Nasal microbiota predictors for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus colonization in critically ill children. by Kathleen Zani, Joseph Hobeika, Yilun Sun, Christina Kohler, Anju Cherian, Trinity Fields, Qidong Jia, Li Tang, Nicholas D Hysmith, Elisa B Margolis

“…Anterior nares nasal swabs processed for MRSA culture, nasal microbiome and mecA+ qPCR were obtained within first five days after PICU admission. Predictive values of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus carriage on symptoms of infection and for nasal microbiome attributes were calculated.…”
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Determination of osmotic resistance of erythrocytes using flow cytometry in patients with hereditary spherocytosis by E. F. Mitsura, Zh. N. Pugacheva, L. I. Volkova

“…Diagnostic sensitivity of the test is 93.9 %, specificity 83.3 %, positive and negative predictive values 86.1 and 92.6 %, respectively. It was found that the method with proposed reference intervals allows evaluating the osmotic resistance of erythrocytes fast and objectively, and can be used for differential diagnosis in hereditary spherocytosis.…”
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Effectiveness of two rapid influenza tests in comparison to reverse transcription-PCR for influenza A diagnosis by Ramón Zazueta-García, Adrian Canizalez-Roman, Hector Flores-Villaseñor, Javier Martínez-Garcia, Alejandro Llausas-Vargas, Nidia León-Sicairos

“…Results: The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values obtained for the DFA were 68.97%, 76.63%, 75.47%, and 70%, respectively, while the values obtained for the immunochromatographic assay were 58.62%, 81.82%, 77.27%, and 65.22%, respectively. …”
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Estimation of micro-extraction process hippuric acid for toluene exposure monitoring in urine samples by Behnaz Sarani, Mashaallah Rahmani, Ahmad Reza Abbasian

“…The suggested model showed strong validation, evidenced by adjusted R² = 0.9888, high recovery rates, low error in confirmation runs (1.37–2.09%), and consistent predicted values. The model demonstrated satisfactory recovery rates, emphasizing its potential for analyzing urine samples as an indicator of toluene exposure. …”
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Performance analysis of advanced deep learning technics: Application to solar energy forecasting and management in several cities in Chad by Osée Mounkang, Claude Vidal Aloyem Kaze, Nzoko Tayo Dieudonné, Ghislain Junior Bangoup Ntegmi, Duclair Paul Edouard Pountounynyi, Hervice Roméo Fogno Fotso, Armel Zambou Kenfack, Germaine Kenmoe Djuidje, René Tchinda

“…Additionally, the predicted values were used to calculate the power output of a photovoltaic (PV) system, as well as its efficiency and the energy that could be stored. …”
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Morphology-based selective breeding strategy analysis for abdominal meat yield in Procambarus clarkii by Qishuai Wang, Qian Hu, Siqi Yang, Ruixue Shi, Feifei Zheng, Xiaolong Liu, Jiangfeng Huang, Yanhe Li

“…And the optimal prediction model constructed based on K value was a quadratic curve, with R2 values of 0.684 for males and 0.590 for females, and correlation coefficients of 0.827 and 0.768 between observed and predicted values for males and females, respectively. The results of the abdominal meat yield selective breeding experiment, utilizing the optimal prediction model, demonstrated that the breeding population exhibited favorable morphological variation as expected. …”
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Extraction Optimization and Antioxidant Properties of African Eggplant (Solanum macrocarpon) Leaf Polyphenols by A. A. Famuwagun, K. A. Taiwo, S. O. Gbadamosi, D. J. Oyedele, R. E. Aluko, O. C. Adebooye

“…The study concludes that the experimental values compared closely with the predicted values, which indicates suitability of the model employed for polyphenol extraction optimization from dried S. macrocarpon leaves.…”
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Optimization and modeling of Zn2SnO4 sensitivity as gas sensor for detection benzene in the air by using the response surface methodology by Hassan Hosseinzadeh asl, Ghasem Tohidi, F. Movahedi, E. Hassannayebi

“…Comparison of the modeling results and the predicted values for the sensor sensitivity to benzene shows 97.60% excellent agreement.…”
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Formulation and optimization of upadacitinib-loaded transdermal patches for rheumatoid arthritis with zero-order release kinetics by Shubham Talole, Rahul Godge, Nikita Tambe, Nikita Mhase

“…The experimental values closely matched predicted values with less than 2% error. Accelerated stability studies confirmed minimal changes in critical parameters over six months. …”
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Accuracy of office hysteroscopy in the diagnosis of chronic endometritis by Mohamed Elmahdy Abdel Moneim, Amany Abdelbary Abdel Latif, Marwa Said Shehata, Ibrahim Abdel Latif Ghanem

“…The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of hysteroscopy were 93.83%, 62.07%, 87.36% and 78.26% respectively. …”
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Green solvent extraction of health boosting phenolics from pigeon pea husk by Deepika Goswami, Manju Bala, D. Mridula, Rajesh Kumar Vishwakarma, P. N. Guru

“…These parameters yielded an impressive 9.67 ± 0.02% extract yield, 47.99 ± 0.60 mg GAE/g total phenolic content, and 51.24 ± 0.43% DPPH radical scavenging activity, closely aligning with predicted values. LC-MS (ESI-Q-TOF) metabolite profiling of the optimized extract revealed a rich presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, lignans, phenols, xanthones, and glycosides. …”
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Experimental investigation of sustainable structural concrete incorporating completely recycled fine aggregate (CRFA): from material to structural levels by Yibo Yang, Yi Zhang, Baixi Chen, Wen Yang, Wenying Guo, Hengchang Wang

“…Structural testing under bending, axial, and eccentric compression reveals that RAC performs similarly to NAC and can be conservatively predicted by current design codes for NAC, with the ratios between experimental and predicted values exceeding 1.08. Furthermore, with 18.8% and 10.5% reductions in cost and carbon emissions, respectively, CRFA is an economical and sustainable alternative to river sand in structural applications.…”
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CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF LIFE-THREATENING VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA PREDICTORS IN PATIENTS WITH VENTRICULAR EXTRASYSTOLIA AND NO MORPHOLOGICAL HEART PATHOLOGY (A PROSPECTIVE STUDY) by A. I. Olesin, A. V. Koziy, E. V. Semenova, V. A. Litvinenko, A. V. Shabrov

“…In NCD patients with VE due to early post-depolarization and re-entry mechanisms, VE was a predictor of coronary heart disease (CHD) and arterial hypertension (AH), with positive predictive values (PPV), respectively, of 74% and 44%. …”
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Assessment of thyroid lesions using fine-needle aspiration cytology in accordance with The Bethesda System and its histopathological correlation by Himachal Mishra, Manika Alexander, Basavaraj Bommanahalli

“…The corresponding values for sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic precision of FNAC were 71.42%, 100%, and 93.93% respectively, while positive and negative predictive values were determined as 100% and 92.85% respectively. …”
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Experimental and Analytical Study on the Influence of Saturation Pressure and Surface Roughness on Pool Boiling CHF of HFE-7100 by Xiaoguang Fan, Shiya Gu, Jingsheng Lei, Guihang Luo, Fanbin Meng, Liyan Wu, Shiyan Gu

“…To further improve the prediction accuracy, a new empirical correlation for CHF dimensionless K considering the effects of saturation pressure and surface roughness was developed, and the predicted values were in better agreement with the experimental data.…”
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Genotypes Diversity and Virulence Factor screening of Trichomonas vaginalis Isolated from Pregnant Women in Mosul (North of Iraq) by Fouad S. I. Al-Rubaye, Firas M. B. Alkhashab

“…Samples underwent microscopic examination and nucleic acid detection of AP65-1 gene, the wet smear test showed that 16.18%  of the collected specimen were positive while the parasite appeared only in 8.9% of the samples stained with Giemsa dye, the molecular screening for AP65-1gene that encodes for the surface attachment protein showed high sensitivity level of 100 at 50 specificity level in compare with other routine methods, the algorithm was evaluated according to specificity, sensitivity, and predictive values. Random Amplification Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was achieved to estimate genetic indices among isolated strains. …”
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Evaluating the Tree Drawing Test Depression Assessment Scale for adolescent depression screening by Guorui Liu, Wei Liu, Jing Wen, Yige Liu, Hui Jin, Ziyang Li, Yanfei Zhang

“…With a cutoff score of 13, the Youden Index was 0.761, sensitivity was 0.780, specificity was 0.981, and the positive and negative predictive values were 0.952 and 0.839, respectively. The Cohen’s Kappa coefficient between the two raters ranged from 0.753 to 0.977. …”
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WEATHER RISKS AS DRIVERS OF STRUCTURAL SHIFTS IN AGRICULTURE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by Marina Yevgenievna KADOMTSEVA, Andrej Vladimirovich BOGDANOV

“…Most often, the climate trend is presented in the form of predicted values of temperature increase on the Earth's surface by 1.5-2.0 degrees and the facts of the occurrence of the most probable weather risks. …”
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Role and application of diffusion-weighted imaging in evaluation of prostate cancer by Amol Madanlal Lahoti, Ankita Ramprasad Lakhotiya, Sarang Manohar Ingole, Avinash Parshuram Dhok, Prashant N Mudaliar

“…., 95.12%, which is the positive predicted value. The mean ADC for benign category was 1.14 with standard deviation (SD) of 0.14 while mean for prostatitis was 0.91 with SD of 0.26 and for carcinoma was 0.75 with SD of 0.19. …”
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Evolution of CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score for Predicting Risk of Stroke Development in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by A. O. Rubanenko

“…At the same time, developing of the new score systems, that will have better predictive values in stroke prognosis than CHA2DS2-VASc score, is still an actual problem in modern cardiology.…”
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