Validation of the animal naming test for diagnosing minimal hepatic encephalopathy by A.D. Cano-Contreras, J.A. Velarde-Ruiz Velasco, F. Higuera-de-la-Tijera, C.F. Castillo-Diaz, D. Grajales-Velázquez, I. Méndez-Ruiz, V.A. Jiménez-Hernández, R. Aguirre-Lázaro, J.A. Sánchez-Hernández, H.R. Ordaz-Álvarez, J.M. Remes-Troche

“…Using an ANT1 cutoff point of ≤15, MHE was identified in 65 (32.7%) patients, along with 75% sensitivity, 72% specificity, 53% positive predictive value, 87% negative predictive value, and 73% diagnostic accuracy. …”
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PCR-Based <i>Legionella</i> Risk Evaluation of Drinking Water Systems—An Empirical Field Evaluation by Markus Petzold, Nicole Zacharias, Sarah Uhle, Laurine Kieper, Nico Tom Mutters, Thomas Kistemann, Christiane Schreiber

“…DNA is ubiquitously detected, the positive predictive value was low. <i>L. pneumophila</i> DNA was in 18% of the drinking water samples detected by qPCR, among which only 7% was quantifiable. …”
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Prognostic impact of systemic inflammation indicators on all-cause and CVD mortality in adults with MASLD by Yaqiong Wang, Kuangyang Chen, Jie Yu, Yifan Tu, Yuxin Zhao, Yikai Zhang, Yepeng Hu, Hong Yang, Han Yan, Chao Zheng

“…Time-dependent ROC curve was performed to analysis the predictive value of inflammatory indicators for mortality. …”
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Histopathological Correlation of Atypical (C3) and Suspicious (C4) Categories in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Breast by Prashant Goyal, Shelly Sehgal, Soumyesh Ghosh, Deepti Aggarwal, Pritesh Shukla, Awanindra Kumar, Ruchika Gupta, Sompal Singh

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, and negative predictive value of C4 category in diagnosing breast malignancy were 60.8%, 88.2%, 87.5%, and 62.5%, respectively. …”
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Construction and Validation of a Nomogram-Based Predictive Model for Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Drug Resistance to Tuberculosis by Deng M, Han N, Jia M, Zheng Z, Tian Y, Wang H, Feng L

“…The calibration curve shows that the predicted values of the model are basically consistent with the actual values, indicating good performance. …”
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Rationalization of the Laboratory Diagnosis for Good Management of Malaria: Lessons from Transitional Methods by Neguemadji Ngardig Ngaba, Imteyaz A. Khan, Namrata Hange, Maria kezia Lourdes Ligsay Pormento, Manoj Kumar Reddy Somagutta, Ajay Kumar, Youssouf Abdelkerim, Alarangue Djindimadje, Samia Jahan

“…Diagnostic accuracy was analysed by calculating sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values. Results. Among 1,874 participants, 674 (35.96%) patients had positive Giemsa-stained thick blood films. …”
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Caregiver-assisted testing with HIV self-test kits for children 18 months and older: A GRADE systematic review. by Kathleen McGee, Muhammad S Jamil, Nandi Siegfried, Busisiwe Msimanga Radebe, Magdalena Barr-DiChiara, Rachel Baggaley, Cheryl Johnson

“…Pooled positive predictive value was 36.72% across three non-randomized intervention studies. …”
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The role of serial point-of-care ultrasound during cardiac arrest to predict termination of resuscitation by Farhad Heydari, Mehdi Nasr Isfahani, Babak Masoumi, Sayed Hamed Khajebashi, Forough Hajian, Fatemeh Soleimani

“…Statistical analyses included ROC curves to determine predictive values of cardiac standstill duration for non-ROSC. …”
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The Prediction of Outcomes in Patients Admitted with Traumatic Brain Injury Using the Rotterdam Score by Bikram Shakya, Bidur KC

“…Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values were analyzed, and the receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the score's diagnostic performance. …”
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A Narrative Review of the Odyssey of Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Can 99mTc-SESTAMIBI Molecular Imaging Replace Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy? by Ioannis Iakovou, Nikitas Papadopoulos, Paraskevi Exadaktylou, Christos Melidis, Georgia Koutsouki, Ilias Katsadouros, Savvas Frangos, Ioannis Koutelidakis, Kalliopi Kotsa, Evanthia Giannoula

“…As shown in the literature, Sestamibi has a high negative predictive value in excluding thyroid malignancy. <i>Conclusions:</i> Much like Odysseus’ adventurous 10-year journey returning to Ithaca, the path to diagnosing thyroid cancer is not straightforward. …”
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Significant association between systemic inflammation response index and prognosis in patients with urological malignancies by Wangbin Ma, Wangbin Ma, Wangbin Ma, Rongqiang Liu, Rongqiang Liu, Rongqiang Liu, Xinyi Li, Xinyi Li, Xinyi Li, Jia Yu, Jia Yu, Jia Yu, Weixing Wang, Weixing Wang, Weixing Wang

“…Therefore, the objective of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to comprehensively evaluate the predictive value of SIRI in patients with UM.MethodsA comprehensive search of PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE databases was performed for articles investigating the association between SIRI and UM. …”
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Differentiation of AFP-negative hepatocellular carcinoma from other intrahepatic malignant lesions by a noninvasive predictive model based on Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasound by Qian Zhang, Zhilong Liu, Ruining Wang, Lele Song, Wenwen Fan, Ping Liang, Liping Liu

“…The optimal critical value of the predicted value was 0.524, with a sensitivity of 82.35%, specificity of 85.00%, positive predicted value of 85.37%, negative predicted value of 81.93%, and an accuracy of 83.64%. …”
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The role of MRI in the management of patients with a histological diagnosis of B3 breast lesion after vacuum-assisted biopsy: A case report and a brief review of the literature by Valeria Liberto, MD, Francesca Di Giuliano, PhD, Eleni Chatelou, MD, Paola Elda Gigliotti, MD, Maria Volpe, MD, Maria Pitaro, MD, Glenda Antonelli, MD, Ludovica Mancini, MD, Chiara Adriana Pistolese, PhD

“…The authors highlight the importance of MRI's high negative predictive value in excluding malignancy, especially in conjunction with VAE, which allows for more comprehensive tissue sampling and reduces the need for surgical excision in B3 cases. …”
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Developing a Vital Signal Detection Electrode for Fabric Substrate Using a High-Performance Conductive Carbon-Based Ink by K. Chansaengsri, B. Tunhoo, K. Onlaor, T. Thiwawong

“…The Random Forest (RF) model exhibited the optimized prediction value, with an F1 score of 99.9&#x0025;. Equipment made from carbon screen-printing inks showed potential for health care monitoring with no excessive pressure, dry processing, and repeatability as a flexible wearable bio-electronic device.…”
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Novel fusion of color balancing and superpixel based approach for detection of tomato plant diseases in natural complex environment by Saiqa Khan, Meera Narvekar

“…The novelty of the proposed system lies in the fact that the proposed segmentation is effective for all the varied datasets and it is evaluated by True Positive Rate (TPR), False Positive Rate (FPR), False Negative Rate (FNR), Positive Prediction Value (PPV), False Discovery Rate (FDR), Accuracy and F1 score.…”
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Research on Chinese Stock Market during COVID-19—Based on Random Matrix Theory by Wu Yaojie, Fang Tianhui

“…The results show that (1) the correlation coefficient is approximately a normal distribution, but the mean value is greater than 0, which is greater than that of the more mature markets such as the United States. (2) There are three eigenvalues greater than the prediction value, of which the maximum eigenvalue is about 11.18 times larger than the largest eigenvalue of the RMT. (3) There is a significant positive relationship between the maximum eigenvalue and the correlation coefficient. …”
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Accuracy of D-Dimers to Rule Out Venous Thromboembolism Events across Age Categories by G. Der Sahakian, Y. E. Claessens, J. C. Allo, J. Kansao, G. Kierzek, J. L. Pourriat

“…However, sensitivity and negative predictive value remained at very high level in each age category including older patients. …”
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Integrative PANoptosis gene profiling reveals prognostic and therapeutic insights in prostate cancer by Yi Wang, Yiheng Du, Xizhi Wang, Jiang Yu, Qing Gu, Guangquan Yuan, Yifei Zhu, Liyang Gu, Jun Ouyang

“…A four-gene risk signature (CASP7, ADAR, DNM1L, and NAIP) was identified, showing strong predictive value for overall survival (OS) in both training and validation cohorts. …”
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Lactate Levels in a Replanted Limb as an Early Biomarker for Assessing Post-Surgical Evolution: A Case Report by Alina Belu, Viorel Țarcă, Nina Filip, Elena Țarcă, Laura Mihaela Trandafir, Rodica Elena Heredea, Silviana Chifan, Diana Elena Parteni, Jana Bernic, Elena Cojocaru

“…However, further case reports are required to confirm its predictive value.…”
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Rapid and sustainable deep testosterone reduction predicts effective androgen deprivation therapy for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer by Ze Wang, Haiyang Xiao, Chongliang Zheng, Jian Chen, Qiming Chen, Zhenzhen Chen, Dianzheng Zhang, Luofu Wang, Weihua Lan, Qiuli Liu, Jun Jiang

“…We aimed to investigate the predictive value of serum TT levels on metastatic PCa progression. …”
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