急性缺血性卒中院前延迟风险预测模型的构建及评价 Construction and Evaluation of Pre-Hospital Delay Risk Prediction Model for Acute Ischemic Stroke by 倪佃丽1，陈晓兵1，张广慧2，彭庆荣1 (NI Dianli1, CHEN Xiaobing1, ZHANG Guanghui2, PENG Qingrong1 )

“…The calibration curve showed that the predicted value of the model was relatively consistent with the true value. …”
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The CORCOBIA study: Cut-off points of Alzheimer’s disease CSF biomarkers in a clinical cohort by A. Puig-Pijoan, G. García-Escobar, A. Fernández-Lebrero, R.M. Manero-Borràs, G. Sánchez-Benavides, I. Navalpotro-Gómez, D. Cascales Lahoz, M. Suárez-Calvet, O. Grau-Rivera, A. Boltes Alandí, M.C. Pont-Sunyer, J. Ortiz-Gil, S. Carrillo-Molina, D. López-Villegas, M.T. Abellán-Vidal, M.I. Martínez-Casamitjana, J.J. Hernández-Sánchez, J. Peña-Casanova, J. Roquer, A. Padrós Fluvià, V. Puente-Périz

“…The values of sensitivity (SE), specificity (SP), predictive values and area under the curve (AUC) were calculated, determining the cut-off point according to the Youden index by comparing the CU and AD groups. …”
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Effectiveness of Cooking Procedures in Reducing Antibiotic Residues in Bivalves by Hugo Bastos, André M. P. T. Pereira, Angelina Pena, Andreia Freitas, Marta Leite, Liliana J. G. Silva

“…<b>Results:</b> The data show the percentage of antibiotic remaining after cooking: 100% indicates stability or no reduction; values above 100% show an increase in concentration, and values below 100% reflect a decrease in antibiotic concentration. …”
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Enhanced Effect of Patient Room Disinfection Against Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Enterobacter cloacae</i> and Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Using UV-C Irradiation... by Shiori Kitaya, Kentarou Takei, Yoshitomo Honda, Risako Kakuta, Hajime Kanamori

“…The reduction in bacterial colony counts with and without the UVCCU was measured by counting colony-forming units and calculating the log reduction values, and the UV radiation leakage outside the UVCCU was measured. …”
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Cooling photovoltaic panels with air convection – Parametric environmental and economic analysis with case studies by Tarek Ibrahim, Jalal Faraj, Khalid Kisswani, Georges El Achkar, Rabih Murr, Mahmoud Khaled

“…Results, multiplied by R, the ratio of application’s actual power consumption to the maximum PV power output, have shown that Forced-Finned-PV had the highest average energy enhancement, savings, and CO2 reduction values of 569.09 × R kWh, $244.7 × R, and 330 × R kg respectively for the domestic house case, and 121045.81 × R kWh, $52049.69 × R, 70206.57 × R kg respectively for the power plant case. …”
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Preclinical gout is common in the patient with stage 3–5 chronic kidney disease. Relevance of musculoskeletal ultrasound by Enrique Calvo-Aranda, Laura Barrio Nogal, Boris Anthony Blanco Caceres, Diana Peiteado, Marta Novella-Navarro, Eugenio De Miguel, Jaime Arroyo Palomo, Roberto Alcázar Arroyo, Juan Antonio Martín Navarro, Milagros Fernandez Lucas, Martha Elizabeth Diaz Dominguez, Marco Antonio Vaca Gallardo, Elda Besada Estevez, Leticia Lojo Oliveira

“…Recent reviews and guidelines support ultrasound (US) to assess asymptomatic hyperuricemic (AH) patients to detect gout lesions, showing double contour (DC) and tophus the highest specificities and positive predictive values. Hyperuricemia and gout are common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <60, and both are associated with worse prognosis, although treatment of AH in CKD is not yet recommended in all guidelines. …”
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Experimental Study on Axial Compression Behaviour of Ultra-high-performance Concrete-filled Duplex Stainless Steel Tube Stub Rectangular Columns by TANG Hongyuan, WANG Huixiang, LIU Ye

“…In contrast, other codes adopt the superposition theory, neglecting the constraint effect of steel tubes on concrete, often resulting in predicted values of <italic>N</italic>_test/<italic>N</italic>_cal greater than 1, thus underestimating actual values. …”
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Mortality impact, risks, and benefits of general population screening for ovarian cancer: the UKCTOCS randomised controlled trial by Usha Menon, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Matthew Burnell, Andy Ryan, Jatinderpal K Kalsi, Naveena Singh, Anne Dawnay, Lesley Fallowfield, Alistair J McGuire, Stuart Campbell, Steven J Skates, Mahesh Parmar, Ian J Jacobs

“…For ovarian and tubal cancers diagnosed within one year of the last test in a screening episode, in the MMS group, the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive values were 83.8% (95% CI 78.7 to 88.1), 99.8% (95% CI 99.8 to 99.9), and 28.8% (95% CI 25.5 to 32.2) and in the USS group, 72.2% (95% CI 65.9 to 78.0), 99.5% (95% CI 99.5 to 99.5), and 9.1% (95% CI 7.8 to 10.5) respectively. …”
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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…Outcomes of interest were test accuracy (including sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values), number and proportion of cancers detected (by site and stage), mortality, time to diagnostic resolution, incidental findings, additional tests and procedures, potential harms, HRQoL, acceptability and satisfaction. …”
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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: systematic review and economic evaluation by Julia Geppert, Peter Auguste, Asra Asgharzadeh, Hesam Ghiasvand, Mubarak Patel, Anna Brown, Surangi Jayakody, Emma Helm, Dan Todkill, Jason Madan, Chris Stinton, Daniel Gallacher, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Yen-Fu Chen

“…No significant difference in test accuracy was observed before and after software implementation. Positive predictive values differed significantly according to measurement planes (transverse, maximum orthogonal, any maximum). …”
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Early detection to improve outcome in people with undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis: the PROMPT research programme including RCT by Neil McHugh, Laura Bojke, Mel Brooke Turfrey, Rachel Charlton, Myka Ransom, Laura C Coates, Howard Collier, Claire Davies, Emma Dures, Philip Helliwell, Jana James, Anya Lissina, Vishnu B Madhok, Alison L Nightingale, Jonathan Packham, Catherine Smith, Eldon Spackman, Cerys Tassinari, William Tillett, Sarah T Brown

“…The performances of PEST and CONTESTjt screening tools were compared in terms of estimates of sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and AUC. Analogous exploratory analyses were undertaken with the CONTEST questionnaire. …”
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