Analysis of factors influencing delayed treatment seeking for dental caries in preschool children: a cross-sectional study by Jingsi Huang, Jiaqi Sun, Ying Ji, Chengyu Chen, Ziyuan Yang, Hong Zhao

“…Predictive analyses indicated that children’s dental fear (AUC: 0.765, 95%CI: 0.707–0.823) and parental oral health literacy (AUC: 0.738, 95%CI: 0.673–0.802) demonstrated relatively high predictive values for delayed treatment. Conclusion Efforts to reduce delayed treatment should prioritise addressing children’s dental fear and improving parental oral health literacy. …”
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HBV and HCV serological monitoring among injection drugs users in opiate substitution treatment in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Sinisa Skocibusic, Marko Martinac, Jurica Arapovic, Svjetlana Grgic, Jadranka Nikolic, Dino Hasanagic, Milenko Bevanda, Jelena Ravlija

“…Sharing drug paraphernalia was found to be the most significant risk factor. The highest predictive values for acquiring HCV-infection were attributed to PWID who used heroin for more than three years and who were unmarried. …”
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Early Post Asymptotic Giant Branch Instability: Does it Affect White Dwarf Hydrogen Envelope Mass? by James MacDonald

“…Estimates of the total mass of hydrogen, M_H , in the stellar envelope from either asteroseismology or spectral evolution are at odds with predicted values from theoretical stellar evolution modeling. …”
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Forecasting Delivery Time of Goods in Supply Chains Using Machine Learning Methods by V. K. Rezvanov, O. M. Romakina, E. V. Zaytseva

“…The model showed satisfactory results in terms of time spent on training (3.3087 s) and forecasting (0.0051 s). Actual and predicted values almost perfectly matched. Deviations from actual values were minimal.Discussion and Conclusion. …”
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Employing urinary biomarkers in predicting renal recovery three months after in-hospital acute kidney injury by Shih-Ping Hsu, Chiang-Ting Chien

“…The sUCr/Osm test exhibited high sensitivity (0.881; 95% CI: 0.856–0.906) with a cutoff of 8.84 (sUCr/Osm8.84) and high specificity (0.785; 95% CI: 0.707–0.863) with a cutoff of 21.22 (sUCr/Osm21.22). The positive predictive values of the three methods were approximately 0.880. …”
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Role of electrograms recorded from mini electrodes in catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: a retrospective study by Ungjeong Do, Gi-Byoung Nam, Min Soo Cho, Jun Kim, Kee-Joon Choi

“…The positive and negative predictive values of atrial EGMs in the MEs for junctional rhythm induction during the first RF were 79.4% (27/34) and 77.8% (21/27), respectively. …”
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Race-neutral versus race-specific GLI reference equations on spirometry interpretation in the general population by Joon Young Choi, Chin Kook Rhee, Yong Suk Jo, Yet Hong Khor

“…Spirometric data of 10,030 adults from the KoGES cohort were used to derive percent-predicted values using both GLI reference equations. The prevalence of lung function impairment and medical disability, associations of FEV1 and FVC percent-predicted with respiratory symptoms, and lung function trajectories were determined. …”
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Predictors of Pulmonary Oxygenizing Function during Uncomplicated Operations under Extracorporeal Circulation by A. A. Romanov

“…Univariate regression analysis calculating the pair linear correlation coefficient (r) and multiple linear regression were made to comparatively assess the predictive values of different indices in decreasing PaO2/FiO2.Results. …”
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A comparative study of Chinese and ACR-TIRADS diagnostic accuracy in small thyroid nodule risk evaluation by Rasha Nadeem Ahmed, Maysaloon Shaman Saeed, Nazar M. T. Jawhar, Mohamed Tarek El-Diasty, Noha Yahia Ebaid, Mostafa Mohamad Assy

“…Both systems had high negative predictive values (> 94%), ensuring reliable exclusion of malignancy. …”
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The relationship between hemogram based inflammatory indices and prognosis in ectopic pregnancy cases treated with methotrexate by Ceren Bilir, Cenk Soysal, İsmail Bıyık, Özlem Ulaş, Nuh Mehmet Erbakırcı, Hatice Sarı, Yasemin Taşçı

“…NLR, MLR, PLR, and SII showed no significant predictive values. Hospitalization was longer in the surgical group (7.9 ± 5.8 days) compared to methotrexate-only cases (5.8 ± 3.9 days). β-hCG levels are reliable biomarkers for predicting rupture risk in ectopic pregnancies. …”
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Nomograms to predict the long‐time prognosis in patients with alpha‐fetoprotein negative hepatocellular carcinoma following radical resection by Jian Huang, Fu‐Chen Liu, Li Li, Wei‐Ping Zhou, Bei‐Ge Jiang, Ze‐Ya Pan

“…Calibration curves indicated a good agreement between observed actual outcomes and predicted values. Kaplan‐Meier curves and DCA indicated that nomograms were powerful in discrimination and clinical usefulness. …”
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Extraction of natural antioxidants from Moroccan saffron (Crocus sativus L.) using ultrasound-assisted extraction: An optimization approach with box-behnken design by Chaimae Slimani, Mouhcine Fadil, Chaimae Rais, Laila El-hanafi, Meryem Benjelloun, Hyeong-Moo Shin, John P. Giesy, Abderrahim Lazraq, Mahmoud M.A. Abulmeaty, Khalid M. Almutairi, Mourad A.M. Aboul-Soud

“…Results were consistent with predicted values provided by the quadratic model, which confirmed the efficacy of the Box-Behnken design in maximizing the extraction of polyphenol content from C. sativus. …”
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A Novel Nomogram for Predicting Survival in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis: An Analysis Based on the Large MIMIC-III Clinical Database by Didi Han, Fengshuo Xu, Chengzhuo Li, Luming Zhang, Rui Yang, Shuai Zheng, Zichen Wang, Jun Lyu

“…Multivariate Cox regression showed that weight, sex, insurance status, explicit sepsis, SAPSII score, Elixhauser score, bilirubin, anion gap, creatinine, hematocrit, hemoglobin, RDW, SPO2, and respiratory rate were independent prognostic factors for the survival of SAP patients admitted to an intensive care unit. The predicted values were compared using C-indexes, calibration plots, integrated discrimination improvement, net reclassification improvement, and DCA. …”
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Preparation and capacitor optimization of MnO2/AC using I-optimal coordinate exchange model by Tilahun Temesgen, Eneyew Tilahun Bekele, Bedasa Abdisa Gonfa, C.R. Ravikumar, Lemma Teshome Tufa, Syed Khasim, Dereje Tsegaye, H.C. Ananda Murthy, Yilkal Dessie

“…This indicates the strong correlation between the actual and predicted values, and the proposed model is statistically significant. …”
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Optimization of the Encapsulation of Lemuru Fish Protein Hydrolysate by Spray-Drying Using Response Surface Methodology by Ayu Hanifah, Wawan Kosasih, Diah Ratnaningrum, Dian Andriani, Herlian Eriska Putra, Yellianty Yelliantty, Sri Priatni

“…The actual results also fall well within the confidence interval of the predicted values, confirming the robustness of the model and the reliability of the predicted optimal encapsulation conditions. …”
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Comparative analysis of digital mammography and contrast-enhanced mammography in diagnosing suspicious breast calcifications: implications for surgical decision-making by Marwa Mohamed Taher Mohamed ElSayad, Maha Hussein Mohamed Helal, Omar Hussein Omar, Ahmed Gamal Eldeen Othman, Marwa Elsayed Abdelrahman Ibrahim

“…Calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and total accuracy of DM were 91.4%, 70.8%, 62.7%, 93.9%, and 78% respectively as compared to 85.7%, 90.7%, 83.3%, 92.2%, and 89% for CEM. …”
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Using statistical analysis to evaluate enterprise performance in the Python programming environment by O. G. Konyukova, F. F. Baratova

“…The presented calculations will not only allow timely and promptly react to changes in the external economic environment of activity, but also adjust costs to already predicted values, which, in turn, will help to increase the profitability of the enterprise, which is the main task of any owner.   …”
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Application of Machine Learning Models for the Early Detection of Metritis in Dairy Cows Based on Physiological, Behavioural and Milk Quality Indicators by Karina Džermeikaitė, Justina Krištolaitytė, Ramūnas Antanaitis

“…Models were evaluated based on accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV), area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve (AUC), and Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC). …”
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Establishment of a Generalizable Industrial Crop Model for Microwave Extraction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids by Junyi Chen, Didi Lu, Shiqiang Chen, Song Liu, Yaqiu Zhang, Conghong Zhan

“…The stability and accuracy of the model were verified by the orthogonal experiment of UFA extraction from rice, and the correlation coefficient between the predicted value and the actual value of the orthogonal experiment was 0.9998. …”
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Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Adjusting the Classification of Chinese-TIRADS 4 Nodules by Hong Cheng, Shuang-Shuang Zhuo, Xin Rong, Ting-Yue Qi, Hong-Guang Sun, Xiao Xiao, Wen Zhang, Hai-Yan Cao, Lin-Hai Zhu, Lei Wang

“…The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values of the C-TIRADS classification for the diagnosis of thyroid nodule malignancy before the adjustment based on the CEUS results were 83.6%, 63.8%, 74.4%, 72.7%, and 77.1%, respectively, and these values were 91.0%, 82.8%, 87.2%, 85.9%, and 88.9%, respectively, after the adjustment. …”
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