Acute Appendicitis Remains a Great Mimicker – The Pitfalls in the Differential Diagnosis and Tactics - A Case Report by Georgi Popivanov, Marina Konaktchieva, Vladimir Vasilev, Kirien Kjossev, Marin Penkov, Dimitar Penchev

“…Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common non-traumatic abdominal emergency. Despite the improved knowledge, experience, and technological advance, its diagnosis remains a challenge. …”
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A Novel Temperature Reconstruction Method for Acoustic Pyrometry Under Strong Temperature Gradients and Limited Measurement Points by Jingkao Tan, Lehang Chen, Na Li, Qulan Zhou, Zhongquan Gao, Jie Zhou

“…Acoustic pyrometry (AP) is a promising methodology for high-quality temperature field reconstruction, which is widely used in the monitoring of atmosphere, room, and furnace. However, most of the existing acoustic reconstruction algorithms are developed and utilized in relatively uniform temperature distributions. …”
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In vitro machine learning-based CAR T immunological synapse quality measurements correlate with patient clinical outcomes. by Alireza Naghizadeh, Wei-Chung Tsao, Jong Hyun Cho, Hongye Xu, Mohab Mohamed, Dali Li, Wei Xiong, Dimitri Metaxas, Carlos A Ramos, Dongfang Liu

“…Specifically, one such therapy involves engineering immune cells to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR), which combine tumor antigen specificity with immune cell activation in a single receptor. To improve their efficacy and expand their applicability to solid tumors, scientists optimize different CARs with different modifications. …”
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An Interpretable Method for Asphalt Pavement Skid Resistance Performance Evaluation Under Sand-Accumulated Conditions Based on Multi-Scale Fractals by Yuhan Weng, Zhaoyun Sun, Huiying Liu, Yingbin Gu

“…The performance of mainstream machine learning models is compared, and the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) model is optimized using the Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMA-ES) algorithm. …”
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Cardiac Computed Tomography Measurements in Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Clinical Deterioration by Anthony J. Weekes, Angela M. Pikus, Parker L. Hambright, Kelly L. Goonan, Nathaniel O’Connell

“…Introduction: Most pulmonary embolism response teams (PERT) use a radiologist-determined right ventricle to left ventricle ratio (RV:LV) cut-off of 1.0 to risk-stratify pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. …”
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Comparative Assessment of Several Effective Machine Learning Classification Methods for Maternal Health Risk by Md Nurul Raihen, Sultana Akter

“…Maternal risk analysis can improve prenatal care, improve mother and baby health, and optimize healthcare resources by identifying misclassified observations using machine learning algorithms such as LDA, QDA, KNN, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Bagging, and Support Vector Machine, all of which have a significant impact on maternity health risk assessment. …”
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On Flood Detection Using Dual-Polarimetric SAR Observation by Su-Young Kim, Yeji Lee, Sang-Eun Park

“…This study aims to elucidate the optimal exploitation of polarimetric scattering information in dual-pol SAR data. …”
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Dose prediction of CyberKnife Monte Carlo plan for lung cancer patients based on deep learning: robust learning of variable beam configurations by Yuchao Miao, Jiwei Li, Ruigang Ge, Chuanbin Xie, Yaoying Liu, Gaolong Zhang, Mingchang Miao, Shouping Xu

“…Abstract Background Accurate calculation of lung cancer dose using the Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm in CyberKnife (CK) is essential for precise planning. …”
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Real-Time Common Rust Maize Leaf Disease Severity Identification and Pesticide Dose Recommendation Using Deep Neural Network by Zemzem Mohammed Megersa, Abebe Belay Adege, Faizur Rashid

“…We applied image preprocessing techniques such as image equalization, noise removal, and enhancement to improve model performance. Additionally, during training, we utilized batch normalization, dropout, and early stopping to reduce overfitting, improve accuracy, and improve execution time. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Phenotypic Traits in Chinese Cabbage Using 3D Point Cloud Technology by Chongchong Yang, Lei Sun, Jun Zhang, Xiaofei Fan, Dongfang Zhang, Tianyi Ren, Minggeng Liu, Zhiming Zhang, Wei Ma

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Development and validation of a quick screening tool for predicting neck pain patients benefiting from spinal manipulation: a machine learning study by Changxiao Han, Guangyi Yang, Haibao Wen, Minrui Fu, Bochen Peng, Bo Xu, Xunlu Yin, Ping Wang, Liguo Zhu, Minshan Feng

“…Results The combined LASSO and Boruta algorithms identified nine optimal predictors, with the union feature set achieving superior performance. …”
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Scalable reinforcement learning for large-scale coordination of electric vehicles using graph neural networks by Stavros Orfanoudakis, Valentin Robu, E. Mauricio Salazar, Peter Palensky, Pedro P. Vergara

“…Extensive experimental evaluations show that EV-GNN significantly outperforms state-of-the-art RL algorithms in scalability and generalization across diverse EV charging scenarios, delivering notable improvements in both small- and large-scale problems.…”
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Exploring Machine Learning Models for Vault Safety in ICL Implantation: A Comparative Analysis of Regression and Classification Models by Qing Zhang, Qi Li, Zhilong Yu, Ruibo Yang, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Yue Huang, Hui Liu, Chen Zhang, Salissou Moutari, Shaozhen Zhao

“…In the task of predicting vault > 750 µm vs. ≤ 750 µm, random forest emerged as the most effective classifier, achieving accuracy of 86 ± 9% and an AUC of 0.88. …”
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Adaptive Feedforward Vibration Control of Helicopter Cabin Floor Driven by Piezoelectric Stack Actuators: Modeling, Simulation and Experiments by Laishou Song, Yingquan Wang, Xiaoyu Shen

“…Active control of structural response is the most practical and effective approach to mitigate helicopter vibration and enhance ride quality. …”
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Examination of Machining Parameters and Prediction of Cutting Velocity and Surface Roughness Using RSM and ANN Using WEDM of Altemp HX by I. V. Manoj, Hargovind Soni, S. Narendranath, P. M. Mashinini, Fuat Kara

“…The cutting velocity, surface roughness, recast layer, and microhardness variations were examined on the WEDMed surface. The genetic algorithm was used to optimize the cutting velocity and surface roughness, thereby improving the overall quality of the product. …”
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A comprehensive review of ball detection techniques in sports by Cristiano Moreira, Lino Ferreira, Paulo Jorge Coelho

“…This is a highly debated and researched topic, but most works focus on one sport. Effective generalization of a single method or algorithm to different sports is much harder to achieve. …”
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A Clinically Interpretable Approach for Early Detection of Autism Using Machine Learning With Explainable AI by Oishi Jyoti, Hafsa Binte Kibria, Zareen Tasnim Pear, Md Nahiduzzaman, Md. Faysal Ahamed, Khandaker Reajul Islam, Jaya Kumar, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury

“…SHAP are also illustrated to improve model interpretability by highlighting the most influential features, thereby aiding physician understanding. …”
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High-Dimensional Projected Clustering for Learner Competency Analysis in Medical Training Programs by Sandhya Harikumar, C. S. Jayamohan Pillai, V. Vani Chithra, Raghu Raman, Mr Kaimal, Kai-Yu Tang, Prema Nedungadi

“…The system helps learners refine their skills by identifying areas that need improvement and providing timely assistance to struggling learners. …”
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Interpretable model based on MRI radiomics to predict the expression of Ki-67 in breast cancer by Li Zhang, Qinglin Du, Mengyi Shen, Xin He, Dingyi Zhang, Xiaohua Huang

“…Combining the SHAP algorithm with the model improves its interpretability, which may assist clinicians in formulating more accurate treatment strategies.…”
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Predicting the Remaining Useful Life of an Aircraft Engine Using a Stacked Sparse Autoencoder with Multilayer Self-Learning by Jian Ma, Hua Su, Wan-lin Zhao, Bin Liu

“…However, the hyperparameters of the deep learning, which significantly impact the feature extraction and prediction performance, are determined based on expert experience in most cases. The grid search method is introduced in this paper to optimize the hyperparameters of the proposed aircraft engine RUL prediction model. …”
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