The role of digital mammography, scintimammography with ^99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) and ultrasound in the diagnosis of multicentric breast cancer by A. V. Chernaya, P. I. Krzhivitskiy, E. A. Busko, P. V. Krivorotko, A. S. Artemyeva, N. S. Popova, V. V. Danilov, V. F. Semiglazov, S. N. Novikov, S. V. Kanaev

“…High (86 %) positive predictive value of SMG advocates it as a tool for surgery and radiotherapy planning.…”
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VALUE OF ANATOMICAL INTRACRANIAL RESERVE IN SURGICAL TREATMENT OF INJURIES AND DISEASES OF THE BRAIN by V. V. Shchedrenok, O. V. Moguchaya, E. G. Potemkina, G. .. Zakhmatov, M. A. Kotov, K. I. Sebelev

“…This method showed a high accuracy (92%) and predictive value (85%) in determination of terms and volume of complex treatment of 140 victims with craniocerebral injury, 120 patients with primary tumors of the brain and 110 patients with acute disorder of cerebral circulation.…”
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A Distributed Model Predictive Control for Multiple Mobile Robots with the Model Uncertainty by Wei Shang, Hanzong Zhu, Yurong Pan, Xiuhong Li, Daode Zhang

“…The control policy is derived by applying the data-driven strategy, and the future predictive value is obtained by employing the linear law in the historical data. …”
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Machine learning in predicting immediate and long-term outcomes of myocardial revascularization: a systematic review by B. I. Geltser, V. Yu. Rublev, M. M. Tsivanyuk, K. I. Shakhgeldyan

“…Most of the research on this issue is focused on creation of novel forecast models with a higher predictive value. It is emphasized that the improvement of modeling technologies and the development of clinical decision support systems is one of the most promising areas of digitalizing healthcare that are in demand in everyday professional activities.…”
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THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF BASELINE PSA BLOOD IN THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER by A. A. Gritskevich, V. L. Medvedev, S. V. Mishugin, N. A. Apolskaya, I. G. Rusakov

“…Using the  initial PSA level and  Gleason  score  improves  the  predictive  value significantly. This article presents the  results  of a retrospective analysis of 307 patients completed the treatment of  PC. …”
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Automated Flow Cytometry: An Alternative to Urine Culture in a Routine Clinical Microbiology Laboratory? by Patricia Mejuto, Mariam Luengo, Julio Díaz-Gigante

“…Due to the high percentage of negative results, there is a need for an efficient screening method, with a high negative predictive value (NPV) that could reduce the number of unnecessary culture tests. …”
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The effect of social support on the quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis by David Castro Costa, Maria José Sá, José M. Calheiros

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the predictive value of social support on health related quality of life (HRQoL) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. …”
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Needs and requests of users of information on the innovative capital of the enterprise: the problem of relevance by V.K.

“…The reasons for the loss of relevance of accounting information in the part of the enterprise’s innovative capital generated by the current accounting system in terms of two main components of relevance (predictive value, confirmatory value) have been grounded. …”
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TRICKS Magnetic Resonance Angiography at 3-Tesla for Assessing Whole Lower Extremity Vascular Tree in Patients with High-Grade Critical Limb Ischemia: DSA and TASC II Guidelines Co... by Sheung-Fat Ko, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, Chen-Chang Lee, Chung-Cheng Huang, Fan-Yen Lee, Shu-Hang Ng, Yi-Wei Lee, Hon-Kan Yip, Min-Chi Chen

“…T-MRA harbored overall high sensitivity (99.5%), specificity (93.6%), positive predictive value (95.4%), negative predictive value (99.6%), and accuracy (97.7%) in depicting significant stenosis. …”
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Research on traction load forecasting of electrified railway by LIU Fu, LIAO Qishu

“…The comparative experiments carried out on the real operation data of a traction substation on Shuohuang railway verify the advantage of the proposed method, where the point forecasting can obtain the prediction value with an error of about 7%, and the probabilistic forecasting can obtain the reliable prediction interval under different confidence coefficients.…”
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Early prediction of menopausal status after chemotherapy in women with early breast cancer in order to optimize adjuvant endocrine therapy by Charissa van Zwol-Janssens, Mandy M. van Rosmalen, Esther Oomen-de Hoop, Jan C. Drooger, Annemieke van der Padt-Pruijsten, Hanneke J.M. Zuetenhorst, Yvonne V. Louwers, Jenny A. Visser, Joop S.E. Laven, Agnes Jager

“…This study aims to evaluate the predictive value of pretreatment anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) serum levels for predicting resumption of ovarian function after chemotherapy (CT). …”
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Ischemia during exercise stress testing, an indication of coronary vasomotor dysfunction? by Diantha J.M. Schipaanboord, Tijn P.J. Jansen, Luuk Scherpenhuijzen, Caïa Crooijmans, Aukelien C. Dimitriu-Leen, Pim van der Harst, Tim P. van de Hoef, René van Es, Hester M. den Ruijter, Peter Damman, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Suzette E. Elias-Smale

“…We calculated the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) with 95% confidence intervals for the diagnosis of CVDys and its endotypes. …”
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Deep Learning for the Early Diagnosis of Candidemia by Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Sabrina Guastavino, Anna Razzetta, Cristina Marelli, Sara Mora, Chiara Russo, Giorgia Brucci, Alessandro Limongelli, Antonio Vena, Malgorzata Mikulska, Alessio Signori, Antonio Di Biagio, Anna Marchese, Ylenia Murgia, Marco Muccio, Nicola Rosso, Michele Piana, Mauro Giacomini, Cristina Campi, Matteo Bassetti

“…For recognizing candidemia, a deep learning model showed sensitivity 0.80, specificity 0.59, positive predictive value (PPV) 0.18, weighted PPV (wPPV) 0.88, and negative predictive value (NPV) 0.96 on the training set (area under the curve [AUC] 0.69), and sensitivity 0.70, specificity 0.58, PPV 0.16, wPPV 0.87, and NPV 0.95 on the test set (AUC 0.64). …”
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Omniview of three-dimensional ultrasound for prospective evaluation of extrathyroidal extension of differentiated thyroid cancer by Ruyu Liu, Yuxin Jiang, Xingjian Lai, Ying Wang, Luying Gao, Shenling Zhu, Xiao Yang, Ruina Zhao, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xuehua Xi, Bo Zhang

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), accuracy, and area under the ROC curve (AUC) were calculated. …”
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Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose as adjunct biomarkers to exclude periprosthetic joint infection in hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective study by D. Müller, J. Aulenbacher, N. Heine, B. Schloßmacher, V. Lallinger, G. Matziolis, R. von Eisenhart-Rothe, I. Lazic

“…The combined use of all three biomarkers yielded a negative predictive value of 84 % for the diagnosis of PJI. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose may serve as valuable adjunct parameters in the diagnosis of PJI with a high negative predictive value.…”
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20 Years of Experience in Office Hysteroscopy: The Largest Retrospective Study in Greece to Date by Orestis Tsonis, Fani Gkrozou, Nabila Iram, Georgios Ntritsos, Evangelos Dimitriou, Alexandros Tzallas, Angelos Daniilidis, Alexandra Papoudou-Bai, Vassiliki Siafaka, Thomas Vrekoussis, Iordanis Navrozoglou, Minas Paschopoulos

“…Comparing hysteroscopic findings with the respective histology reports revealed that in cases of normal endometrium, sensitivity of 60.9%, specificity of 92.1%, Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of 79.07% and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) 82.8% were estimated. …”
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Integration of intratumoral and peritumoral CT radiomic features with machine learning algorithms for predicting induction therapy response in locally advanced non-small cell lung... by FangHao Cai, Zhengjun Guo, GuoYu Wang, FuPing Luo, Yang Yang, Min Lv, JiMin He, ZhiGang Xiu, Dan Tang, XiaoHui Bao, XiaoYue Zhang, ZhenZhou Yang, Zhi Chen

“…Additionally, the nomogram based on INTRAPERI intra-tumoral and peritumoral features combined with independent clinical predictors has clinical predictive value.…”
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Development of a Predictive Model for Classifying Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor‐Induced Liver Injury Types by Jun Kitadai, Toshifumi Tada, Takanori Matsuura, Mayumi Ehara, Tatsuya Sakane, Miki Kawano, Yuta Inoue, Shoji Tamura, Aya Horai, Yuuki Shiomi, Yoshihiko Yano, Yuzo Kodama

“…At a cut‐off of 0.86, the sensitivity was 60.3%, specificity 74.4%, positive predictive value 92.3%, and negative predictive value 26.9%. …”
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The accuracy of 3D-TUI and 3D power Doppler using Alalfy simple criteria in the diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum by Mahmoud Alalfy, Soha Talaat Hamed, Alaa Sobhi Abd El Ghani, Ahmed Elgazzar, Amr Abbassy, Ahmed S. S. A. Rashwan, Omar Nagy, Mohamed A Shalaby, Hatem Hassan, Asmaa Ibrahem, Hesham Kamal, Reham Mahrous, Eman Kamal

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy of the 3D-TUI cuts in diagnosing adherent from non-adherent were 100%, 100%, 100%, 100% and 100%, respectively. 3D TUI-cuts has a diagnostic accuracy of 98.8 percent when compared to operative findings in accurately determining the exact subtype of placenta accreta spectrum. …”
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Comparative performance and health economic analysis of prenatal screening for down syndrome in Fujian province, China by Lin Zheng, Nuolan Yin, Meiying Wang, Hailong Huang, Shuyu Zhang, Linjuan Su, Liangpu Xu

“…A comparison of screening performance between the two groups showed that NIPT had significantly higher specificity (99.96%) and positive predictive value (55.56%) than FTSS (specificity: 92.93%, positive predictive value: 0.91%). …”
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