Adaptation of k-means to automated forecasting of poorly structured time series of economic dynamics by Dunskaia Lada, Popova Elena

“…Our findings indicate that data mining algorithms make it possible to automate the process of translating numerical indicators of a time series into a linguistic equivalent to obtain predictive values without loss of quality.…”
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Validation of Medication Proxies for the Identification of Hospitalizations for Major Adverse Cerebro-Cardiovascular Events by Steenhuis D, Li X, Feenstra TL, Hak E

“…Therefore, in this study, we aim to assess the validity of various medicines used as a proxy for major adverse cardio-cerebrovascular events (MACCE), that is, to identify an incident or previous hospitalization for a MACCE.Patients and Methods: Using the claims database of a large Dutch healthcare insurer, we estimated the concordance between hospitalization claims for MACCE and specific claims for dispensings to treat MACCE in a cohort of patients on primary preventive antihypertensive and/or antihyperlipidemic therapy between 2013 and 2020.Results: In a cohort of more than 110,000 patients, a dispensing of either vitamin K antagonists, platelet aggregation inhibitors, or nitrates was predictive of an incident hospitalization for a MACCE between 2013 and 2020, with a sensitivity of 71.5% (95% CI: 70.4– 72.5%) and specificity of 93.2% (95% CI 91.1– 93.4%), and any history of hospitalization for a MACCE (prevalence) with a sensitivity of 86.9% (95% CI: 86.5– 87.3%) and specificity of 81.9 (956% CI: 81.6– 82.1%), while positive predicted value remains low. Sensitivity analyses across age, sex, and patients with asthma/COPD or diabetes showed a similarly good performance.Conclusion: Claims for the dispensings of vitamin K antagonists, platelet aggregation inhibitors, and/or nitrates can be validly used as a proxy for new and previous hospitalization for MACCE in patients on primary preventive therapy. …”
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Analysis of factors influencing delayed treatment seeking for dental caries in preschool children: a cross-sectional study by Jingsi Huang, Jiaqi Sun, Ying Ji, Chengyu Chen, Ziyuan Yang, Hong Zhao

“…Predictive analyses indicated that children’s dental fear (AUC: 0.765, 95%CI: 0.707–0.823) and parental oral health literacy (AUC: 0.738, 95%CI: 0.673–0.802) demonstrated relatively high predictive values for delayed treatment. Conclusion Efforts to reduce delayed treatment should prioritise addressing children’s dental fear and improving parental oral health literacy. …”
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HBV and HCV serological monitoring among injection drugs users in opiate substitution treatment in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Sinisa Skocibusic, Marko Martinac, Jurica Arapovic, Svjetlana Grgic, Jadranka Nikolic, Dino Hasanagic, Milenko Bevanda, Jelena Ravlija

“…Sharing drug paraphernalia was found to be the most significant risk factor. The highest predictive values for acquiring HCV-infection were attributed to PWID who used heroin for more than three years and who were unmarried. …”
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Enhancing antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Cuminum cyminum, Origanum vulgare, and Salvia officinalis essential oils through a synergistic perspective by Behnam Gheisary, Sanaz Ashrafi-Saeidlou, Abbas Hassani, Mohammad Fattahi

“…The measured parameters were in close agreement with the predicted values from the quadratic polynomial equation. …”
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Early Post Asymptotic Giant Branch Instability: Does it Affect White Dwarf Hydrogen Envelope Mass? by James MacDonald

“…Estimates of the total mass of hydrogen, M_H , in the stellar envelope from either asteroseismology or spectral evolution are at odds with predicted values from theoretical stellar evolution modeling. …”
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RESULTS OF SNOW COVER FORECAST IN THE CAUCASUS REGION USING THE METHOD OF SINGULAR-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS by Boris Azretaliyevich Ashabokov, Alla Amarbiyevna Tashilova, Lara Asirovna Kesheva

“…As a result of the selection of the main components (1, 3, and 13), prognostic trends of changes in the studied variables were obtained, periods of their increase and decrease were revealed, and predicted values of the average decade height of snow cover and the number of days for the period 2018-2022 were obtained. …”
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Forecasting Delivery Time of Goods in Supply Chains Using Machine Learning Methods by V. K. Rezvanov, O. M. Romakina, E. V. Zaytseva

“…The model showed satisfactory results in terms of time spent on training (3.3087 s) and forecasting (0.0051 s). Actual and predicted values almost perfectly matched. Deviations from actual values were minimal.Discussion and Conclusion. …”
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Employing urinary biomarkers in predicting renal recovery three months after in-hospital acute kidney injury by Shih-Ping Hsu, Chiang-Ting Chien

“…The sUCr/Osm test exhibited high sensitivity (0.881; 95% CI: 0.856–0.906) with a cutoff of 8.84 (sUCr/Osm8.84) and high specificity (0.785; 95% CI: 0.707–0.863) with a cutoff of 21.22 (sUCr/Osm21.22). The positive predictive values of the three methods were approximately 0.880. …”
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Role of electrograms recorded from mini electrodes in catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: a retrospective study by Ungjeong Do, Gi-Byoung Nam, Min Soo Cho, Jun Kim, Kee-Joon Choi

“…The positive and negative predictive values of atrial EGMs in the MEs for junctional rhythm induction during the first RF were 79.4% (27/34) and 77.8% (21/27), respectively. …”
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Race-neutral versus race-specific GLI reference equations on spirometry interpretation in the general population by Joon Young Choi, Chin Kook Rhee, Yong Suk Jo, Yet Hong Khor

“…Spirometric data of 10,030 adults from the KoGES cohort were used to derive percent-predicted values using both GLI reference equations. The prevalence of lung function impairment and medical disability, associations of FEV1 and FVC percent-predicted with respiratory symptoms, and lung function trajectories were determined. …”
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Predictors of Pulmonary Oxygenizing Function during Uncomplicated Operations under Extracorporeal Circulation by A. A. Romanov

“…Univariate regression analysis calculating the pair linear correlation coefficient (r) and multiple linear regression were made to comparatively assess the predictive values of different indices in decreasing PaO2/FiO2.Results. …”
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A comparative study of Chinese and ACR-TIRADS diagnostic accuracy in small thyroid nodule risk evaluation by Rasha Nadeem Ahmed, Maysaloon Shaman Saeed, Nazar M. T. Jawhar, Mohamed Tarek El-Diasty, Noha Yahia Ebaid, Mostafa Mohamad Assy

“…Both systems had high negative predictive values (> 94%), ensuring reliable exclusion of malignancy. …”
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The relationship between hemogram based inflammatory indices and prognosis in ectopic pregnancy cases treated with methotrexate by Ceren Bilir, Cenk Soysal, İsmail Bıyık, Özlem Ulaş, Nuh Mehmet Erbakırcı, Hatice Sarı, Yasemin Taşçı

“…NLR, MLR, PLR, and SII showed no significant predictive values. Hospitalization was longer in the surgical group (7.9 ± 5.8 days) compared to methotrexate-only cases (5.8 ± 3.9 days). β-hCG levels are reliable biomarkers for predicting rupture risk in ectopic pregnancies. …”
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Nomograms to predict the long‐time prognosis in patients with alpha‐fetoprotein negative hepatocellular carcinoma following radical resection by Jian Huang, Fu‐Chen Liu, Li Li, Wei‐Ping Zhou, Bei‐Ge Jiang, Ze‐Ya Pan

“…Calibration curves indicated a good agreement between observed actual outcomes and predicted values. Kaplan‐Meier curves and DCA indicated that nomograms were powerful in discrimination and clinical usefulness. …”
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Evaluating ChatGPT-4 Plus in Ophthalmology: Effect of Image Recognition and Domain-Specific Pretraining on Diagnostic Performance by Kevin Y. Wu, Shu Yu Qian, Michael Marchand

“…While these results do not necessarily imply that the chatbot has the comprehensive skill level of a human ophthalmologist, the results suggest there may be educational value to these tools if additional investigations provide similar results.…”
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INTEGRASI PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DAN BUDAYA LOKAL TERHADAP LEBARAN TOPAT DI MASYARAKAT LOMBOK by Heriyadi Heriyadi

“…The main objective of this study is to find out how Islamic education values are integrated into local cultural practices, and how people interpret these traditions in their social and spiritual lives. …”
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Exploring the impact of national laboratory accreditation on quality and practices: a qualitative study from a government medical college in western India by Khushali D. Parikh, Mihir P. Rupani

“…Participants recognized accreditation’s educational value, skill enhancement opportunities, and improved market credibility. …”
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Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Hands-On Simulation Case for Internal Medicine Residents Improves Knowledge and Confidence by Marni H. Wilkoff, Emily S. Seltzer, Nicholas R. Piniella, Harrindra Seepersaud, Priscilla Loanzon, Susannah Kurtz, James Salonia, Daniela Jodorkovsky

“…Discussion A hands-on simulation curriculum positively impacted IM residents’ confidence and knowledge in managing GI bleeds, highlighting its educational value.…”
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«Axiological Turn» in Russian Education: Position of Subjectivism by I. V. Yakovleva, S. I. Chernykh, T. S. Kosenko

“…In order to find the foundations of a new axiological tradition in the educational space, a theoretical formalization of the category of “value” in the historical and philosophical tradition is being developed, and the results of this formalization are projected onto modern Russian education.On the one hand, the interpretation of educational values as skills, abilities and competencies is nothing more than an objective requirement of a dynamically changing socio-cultural situation with its ever-increasing uncertainty. …”
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