Diagnostic accuracy of intraoral mobile photography for oral health screening in children: a pilot study by Lia Mania, Ketevan Nanobashvili, Tinatin Manjavidze, Mamuka Benashvili, Ia Astamadze

“…Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of dental photography were evaluated, and Cohen’s kappa was calculated. …”
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Ratios of neutrophil,lymphocyte and monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in acute pancreatitis complicated with acute kidney injury by Wei Mao-bi, Zhang Zhi-qin, Ma Zhou, Wu Xiao-yan

“…Objective To explore the clinical predictive values of admission neutrophil,lymphocyte and monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio（NHR/LHR/MHR）in acute pancreatitis（AP）related with acute kidney injury（AKI）.Methods For this retrospective cohort study,a total of 302 AP patients were divided into AKI and non-AKI groups according to the KDIGO-AKI criteria.The inter-group differences of clinical profiles were compared for NHR,LHR and MHR.Results The incidence of AKI was 21.5%（65/302）.And the clinical stage was 1（n=32,10.6%）,2（n=16,5.3%）and 3（n=17,5.6%）.NHR,LHR and MHR were markedly higher in AKI group than those in NAKI group and the difference were statistically significant（Z=7.356,5.062 & 6.446,P<0.01）.After adjusting basic renal function,gender,concomitant chronic diseases,etiology of AP,basic vital signs and blood biochemical parameters on admission,multivariate logistic forward stepwise regression analysis revealed that admission NHR（OR=1.081,95%CI 1.043～1.121,P<0.01）,MHR（OR=2.445,95%CI 1.514～3.947,P<0.01）and LHR（OR=1.713,95%CI 1.306～2.246,P<0.01）were the independent risks factors for AP-AKI.ROC curve indicated that the above parameters had excellent predictive values for AP-AKI and AUC were 0.798,0.761 and 0.705 respectively（all P<0.01）.For understanding the impact of blood lipid levels on the predictive values of NHR,MHR,and LHR for AP-AKI,subgroup analysis showed that AUC of the above parameters were 0.709,0.667 and 0.615 in hyperlipidemic group and 0.830,0.790 and 0.707 in non-hyperlipidemic group respectively.No statistically significant inter-group differences existed in NHR,MHR or LHR（all P>0.05）.Furthermore,vasopressors,mechanical ventilation and renal replacement therapy during hospitalization were defined as special hospital interventions.Fulfilling one of the above required special treatments.And the values of AUC were 0.782,0.702 and 0.679 respectively（all P<0.05）.At the same time,it had an excellent correlation with APACHE II and SIRS scores for assessing the severity of AP.Conclusions Admission NHR,MHR,LHR as the comprehensive inflammatory parameters along with complete blood count and HDL-C are positively correlated with the severity of AP and serve as independent risk factors for AP-AKI.…”
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Prediction of activity of low-molecular inhibitors of the classic complement pathway using computational screening approach by D. M. Karlinsky, A. P. Kaplun, M. E. Popov

“…The theoretically predicted values of IC50 allow selecting ligands with the highest inhibitory potential for further in vitro experiments…”
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Research on Accelerated Degradation Test Design and Life Prediction for Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor by YANG Tao, WANG Xu, XIAO Jianglin

“…By comparing the degradated capacitance predicted by BP neural network with the measured data of the degradation test and the predicted value of the least squares linear fitting of the experimental data, the results show that the prediction error of capacitance based on the BP neural network is within 3%, while the predicted value of the least squares linear fitting is around 6%, which verifies the superiority of the BP neural network life prediction algorithm, and provides strong support for development and application of the subsequent on-line monitoring technology of board level capacitors.…”
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Evaluation of energy and protein intake and prediction of growth performance of growing-finishing pigs based on meta-analysis by DI Hanqiu, WANG Shanshan, ZHONG Yifan, CHEN Bin, WANG Haifeng

“…The results showed that all the three functional models provided a reasonable fit for the DEI and CPI, and the polynomial function had a greater goodness of fit than did the power function and Bridges function. The predicted values of the DEI of the polynomial function and Bridges function were slightly higher than those of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine published by the National Research Council (NRC) in 2012 [referred to as NRC (2012)], while the predicted values of the CPI of the three functions were slightly lower than or close to those of NRC (2012). …”
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The association between muscle strength and z scores of pulmonary function by Laura Petraglia, Klara Komici, Leonardo Bencivenga, Giuseppe Rengo, Raffaella Pagliaro, Angela Sciattarella, Nicola Ferrara, Andrea Bianco, Germano Guerra

“…Abstract Z scores and percent predicted values of spirometry parameters are widely used for the evaluation of pulmonary function and detection of respiratory diseases. …”
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Prediction Algorithm of Parameters of Toe Clearance in the Swing Phase by Tamon Miyake, Masakatsu G. Fujie, Shigeki Sugano

“…The root mean square error between the true and predicted values was 3.28 mm for the maximum toe clearance in the earlier swing phase and 2.30 mm for the minimum toe clearance in the later swing phase. …”
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Diagnostic Value of the Maximal Expiratory Flow&amp;ndash;Volume Curve for Central Airway Obstruction by Feng Y, Lian X, Wang H, Chen J, Xu J

“…The ROC curves suggested that PEF, FEF25, and their actual/predicted values had a high diagnostic value for CAO.Conclusion: This study showed that MEFV curves with expiratory phase plateau-like changes were not specific to patients with CAO; they could also be seen in patients without CAO, and they were highly indicative of CAO when combined with a significant decrease in PEF, FEF25, and their actual/predicted values. …”
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Role of ventilator and ultrasound parameters in predicting extubation success by R. Muralidharan, Amarja Ashok Havaldar

“…Primary outcome was to determine the predictive values of P 0.1, PIMTF & DTF for successful extubation. …”
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MRI OPPORTUNITIES IN CERVICAL CANCER LOCAL STAGING PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION by N. A. Rubtsova, E. G. Novikova, V. E. Sinitsyn

“…Results: The accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of MRI for perioperative evaluationof cervical cancer local staging in I group were 87%, 67%, 81%, positive predictive values (PPVs) and negative predictive values (NPVs) were 94% and 56%, respectively. …”
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Current scenario of machine learning applications to hydrothermal liquefaction via bibliometric analysis [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not ap... by Nakorn Tippayawong, Sakprayut Sinthupinyo, Somboon Sukpancharoen, Tossapon Katongtung

“…These models aim to predict values and investigate the impact of variables on the hydrothermal liquefaction process. …”
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Calculation analysis and design on flexural capacity of partially encased steel–concrete composite beam with web opening by Jun Wan, Caisen Wang, Jiongfeng Liang, Hongzhi Su

“…By comparing the predicted values with the tested values, it was found that the prediction error of the model was within 10%. …”
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A spatial clustering-based approach to design monitoring networks of infectious diseases: a case study of hand, foot, and mouth disease by Shuting Li, Yuanhua Liu, Ke Li, Zengliang Wang, Michael P. Ward, Wei Tu, Jiayao Xu, Rui Yuan, Lele Zhang, Na Wang, Jidan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Henry S. Lynn, Zhaorui Chang, Zhijie Zhang

“…Results The optimal sample size was determined to be 103. Overall, the predicted values for each city significantly correlated with the true values (r = 0.81, P < 0.001). …”
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Contribution of hydrogeological, well logs and machine learning in predicting the aquifer hydraulic properties in arid regions: a case study of Nubian Sandstone aquifer, Farafra Oa... by Ahmed Nosair, Muhammad Nabih, Ahmed Bakry

“…The RF model demonstrated superior accuracy, with predicted values of T and K being 113.11 m2/h and 0.2271 m/h in well W-6, and 104.15 m2/h and 0.1867 m/h in well W-8, respectively. …”
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Computed Tomography–based Measurement of Herniated Orbital Volume Following Acute Orbital Fractures by Erina Kawabata, MD, Takashi Nuri, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Ichida, MD, Koichi Ueda, MD, PhD

“…The optimal AVhe cutoff value was 1.013 mL in the OF group (positive and negative predictive values, 96.3% and 66.7%, respectively; area under the curve, 0.925) and 1.13 mL in the MW group (positive and negative predictive values, 90.0% and 69.2%, respectively; area under the curve, 0.956). …”
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Diagnostic Value of Faecal M2PK and FIT in Colorectal Cancer Screening by Farahnaz Joukar, Mohammad Saghafi, Sara Yeganeh, Soheil Hassanipour, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of M2PK were 72.6%, 87.18%, 82.1%, and 79.7%, respectively. …”
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Predictive modelling of whole-body vibration transmission through strategic locations of human body using artificial neural networks by Ali Murtoja Shaikh, Bibhuti Bhusan Mandal

“…The study also compared the model-predicted values to the actual values using four unseen datasets, which were reserved for evaluating the model's generalization performance. …”
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Detection of primary malignancy and metastases with FDG PET/CT in patients with cholangiocarcinomas: Lesion-based comparison with contrast enhanced CT by Youssef Elias, Aladin Mariano, Yang Lu

“…On a lesion-based analysis, the sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values (PPVs), negative predictive values (NPVs), and accuracies of PET/CT and CECT for detection of CCA were 96.5%, 55.5%, 97.2%, 50.0%, 94.1% and 62.2%, 66.7%, 96.7%, 10.0%, 62.5%, respectively. …”
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The management of adults and children with moderate severity asthma by P.M. Jeena

“…Moderate severity asthma occurs in approximately 10 to 15% of patients with chronic reversible airway obstruction and is defined by more than four daytime symptoms per week, more than four night time symptoms per month and peak expiratory flow rates of between 60 and 80% of predicted values. Currently recommended first line chronic maintenance treatment for children and adults for moderate severity asthma is the use of combination therapy of inhaled corticosteroids and long acting beta-2 agonists. …”
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INTERVAL FORECAST OF DEGRADATION OF ELECTRICAL PARAMETER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES by S. M. Baravikou

“…In particular cases parameter's true value deviation for a new instance can differ noticeably from the predicted values. For practical problems of ED gradual failures forecasting for future developments it's important to have interval forecast of functional parameter. …”
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