Proinflammatory Markers in Prediction of Posttraumatic Psychological Symptoms: A Prospective Cohort Study by Alasdair George Sutherland, Gary A. Cameron, David A. Alexander, James D. Hutchison

“…There is a clear association with the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA), and we wished to examine the predictive value of proinflammatory markers of the HPAA and of the GABA, which acts as an inhibitory regulator. …”
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A meta-analysis for the diagnostic accuracy of SelectMDx in prostate cancer. by Hanting Wu, Yanling Wu, Peijie He, Juan Liang, Xiujuan Xu, Conghua Ji

“…The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated. Included studies were assessed according to the Standards for Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 tool. …”
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Estimation of Mid-trimester Transvaginal Cervical Length and Its Implications as Predictor of Preterm Birth: A Prospective Observational Study by Pooja Sharma, Pratistha Lall, Sanjaya Kumar Gupta, Jayanta Kumar Biswas

“…Moreover, optimum cutoff CL (35.55 mm) had very high predictive values with a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 62.8%, and diagnostic accuracy of 65.0%. …”
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Morphological Study of Palatal Rugae in a Sudanese Population by Altayeb Abdalla Ahmed, Awrad Hamid

“…There was no significant sexual dimorphism in the rugae dimensions, shapes, and orientations, except for forward-directed rugae (P<0.037). A predictive value of 60% was obtained in assigning sex using dimensions and orientations and of 58% using shapes alone. …”
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Influence of obesity on serum levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients. by Daniela Frasca, Lisa Reidy, Carolyn Cray, Alain Diaz, Maria Romero, Kristin Kahl, Bonnie B Blomberg

“…These results altogether could help to identify an inflammatory signature with strong predictive value for immune dysfunction. Inflammatory markers identified may subsequently be targeted to improve humoral immunity in individuals with obesity and in individuals with other chronic inflammatory conditions.…”
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Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, and Platelet (HALP) score as a biomarker for phase differentiation in Peyronie’s Disease: a retrospective cohort study by Türker Soydaş, Selman Ünal, Halil Uzundal

“…Receiver operating characteristic analysis identified a cutoff of>41.2 for chronic phase detection (area under the curve = 0.83, sensitivity 76%, specificity 71%, positive predictive value 73.9%). Conclusion The Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, and Platelet score is a cost-effective tool for differentiating Peyronie’s Disease phases, aiding clinical decision-making.…”
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Value of high‐definition laryngoscopy in the diagnosis of pyriform sinus fistula by Pei‐Jun Zhang, Xiu‐Fen Tian

“…Results A total of 56 patients (33 males and 23 females, ages 2–57 years) were included. The positive predictive value of HDL was 96.4%, and that of barium swallow was 89.2%. …”
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Retraining the veterans health administration’s REACH VET suicide risk prediction model for patients involved in the legal system by Esther L. Meerwijk, Andrea K. Finlay, Alex H. S. Harris

“…For a combined outcome of suicide attempt or suicide death, the retrained models showed a positive predictive value (PPV) of 0.124 and false negative rate (FNR) of 0.527. …”
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Prediction of Microvascular Adaptation to Hypoxia Based on Myogenic Microcirculation Oscillations by Andrzej Marcinek, Joanna Katarzynska, Artur Stanek, Jerzy Gebicki

“…If HS is considered as a direct measure of the microcirculation response to hypoxia, then VM can be considered a measure of the microcirculation’s readiness to provide this response. The predictive value of the VM parameter is presented. The assessment of myogenic activity under normoxia conditions could thus provide a simple and rapid diagnostic tool for health care practitioners.…”
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The Diagnostic Value of Parathormone Washout in Tc-99m MIBI Negative Primary Hyperparathyroidism Cases by Hakan Korkmaz

“…Aim: To determine the sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) of the measurement of parathormone (PTH) in fine needle aspiration (FNA) washout fluid in the preoperative localization of hyperfunctional parathyroid lesions. …”
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AXIOLOGICAL PRIORITIES IN STRUCTURE OF PERSONAL-PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION OF TEACHERS INVOLVED IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION by Galina Yurjevna Kozlovskaya

“…The article dwells on the issues related to the development of personal-professional orientation in teachers involved in inclusive education; value components of personal-professional readiness to work with disabled people in inclusive education, as such issues are discussed in in national and international pedagogic science.…”
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The 3D tooth model segmentation method based on GAC+PointMLP network by Jianjun Chen, Liyuan Zheng, Huilai Zou, Jiafa Mao, Weiguo Sheng

“…Compared to other traditional segmentation algorithms, the proposed method shows improvements of 1.1, 2.04, 1.06, 2.2, and 1.8 percentage points in Overall Accuracy (OA), Sensitivity (SEN), Positive Predictive Value (PPV), and Intersection Over Union (IoU), respectively. …”
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Recent advances in recurrent urinary tract infection from pathogenesis and biomarkers to prevention by Jia-Fong Jhang, Hann-Chorng Kuo

“…Current clinical evidence suggests that serum macrophage colony-stimulating factor and urinary nerve growth factor have potential predictive value for recurrent UTI. Clinical trials have proven the efficacy of the oral immunoactive agent OM-89 for the prevention of UTI. …”
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The good and the bad: using C reactive protein to distinguish bacterial from non-bacterial infection among febrile patients in low-resource settings by Camille Escadafal, Sabine Dittrich, Sandra Incardona, B Leticia Fernandez-Carballo

“…In brief, the literature that was reviewed suggests that CRP testing may be beneficial in low-resource settings to improve rational antibiotic use for febrile patients, but the positive predictive value is insufficient to allow it to be used alone as a single tool. …”
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Expression of TLR4 Is Upregulated in Patients with Sporadic Acute Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection by Xinyi Liu, Ai Zhang, Nianguo Dong, Zhiwen Wang

“…In addition, TLR4-mediated inflammatory product, such as IL-1β and CCL5, could be novel and promising biomarkers with important diagnostic and predictive value in the identification of sporadic TAAD diseases.…”
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Association of albumin-bilirubin grade with survival outcomes in patients with cholangiocarcinoma. by Jing Ye, Rongqiang Liu, Jianguo Wang, Wangbin Ma, Chen Chen, Jia Yu, Weixing Wang

“…Subgroup analysis further showed that high ALBI grade had better predictive value for Asian population(HR:1.92;95%CI:1.46-2.51). …”
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A comprehensive functional classification of cleft hand: The DAST concept by Alok Sharma, Namita Sharma

“…The DAST classification has a predictive value in choice of procedure and prognosticating surgical outcomes.…”
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Predictors of subjective memory functioning in young adults by Eszter Csábi, Fanni Mercédesz Kovács, Márta Volosin

“…Results Our results showed that depression had a significant predictive value on satisfaction with memory and subjective memory complaints. …”
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Gender-specific prognosis in acute coronary syndrome by R. T. Saygitov, M. G. Glezer, D. P. Sementsov, N. A. Malygina

“…Gender-specific study on RF and their predictive value is optimal for predicting in-hospital outcomes of ACS.…”
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Association between residual cholesterol and vulnerable non-culprit lesions progressing to major adverse cardiovascular events by Fengfeng Wang, Qun Li

“…ROC analysis yielded moderate predictive value (AUC = 0.720).ConclusionElevated RC is associated with greater plaque vulnerability and increased MACE risk in patients with NCCL-TCFA. …”
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