Real-world study of phakic refractive lens for correction of high myopia by An-Peng Pan, Xu Shao, Yi-Ke Li, Zi-Yue Li, Qiong Yan, Wei-Yang Sun, A-Yong Yu

“…The OVD-free method demonstrated a significant reduction in the incidence of early acute IOP elevations (28.8% vs. 53.1%, P = 0.022) compared to the conventional method. The difference of initial endothelial cell loss (9.4 ± 14.2% vs. 13.6 ± 14.6%) between the two groups trended toward significance (P = 0.056). …”
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Neural Network and Hybrid Methods in Aircraft Modeling, Identification, and Control Problems by Gaurav Dhiman, Andrew Yu. Tiumentsev, Yury V. Tiumentsev

“…The efficiency of the obtained solution is illustrated by comparing the response of the control object with a failure situation (a decrease in the efficiency of longitudinal control by 50%) with and without adaptation.…”
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Predicting egg production rate and egg weight of broiler breeders based on machine learning and Shapley additive explanations by Hengyi Ji, Yidan Xu, Ganghui Teng

“…In each dataset, data from a single poultry house were divided into a training set and a validation set in an 8:2 ratio, and data from the remaining two poultry houses were combined to form the test set. We systematically compared the performances of the following seven ML models in predicting egg production rate and egg weight: random forest (RF), multilayer perceptron (MLP), support vector regression (SVR), least squares support vector machine (LSSVM), k-nearest neighbors (kNN), XGBoost, and LightGBM. …”
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Significance of KLK7 expression, polymorphisms, and function in sheep horn growth by Mingzhu Shan, Hao Li, Xinyue Li, Guoqing Zhang, Jianxin Shi, Pingjie Feng, Lisheng Zhou, Zhangyuan Pan, Mingxing Chu

“…Conclusion Our results demonstrate that KLK7 was highly expressed in soft horn and skin tissues, and its expression was significantly higher in small-horned sheep than it was in large-horned sheep, suggesting that KLK7 may have an inhibitory effect on horn growth. By comparing the amino acid sequence of KLK7 with KLK7 sequences in other species, we discovered eight amino acids at specific positions in the KLK7 protein sequence that may have regulatory functions in determining the size of horns in ruminant animals. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of self-reported oral health problems among adults in the Fanteakwa districts in Ghana by Joana Kwabena-Adade, Enoch Aninagyei, Joy Ato Nyarko

“…Despite the observed relationships, Modified Poisson regression identified that compared to the rural dwellers, the urban dwellers had lower odds of self-reporting oral health problems (aOR = 0.718, p = 0.032, CI: 0.531–0.971), after controlling for age and frequency of teeth brushing in a day. …”
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Associations between age, red cell distribution width and 180-day and 1-year mortality in giant cell arteritis patients: mediation analyses and machine learning in a cohort study by Si Chen, Rui Nie, Xiaoran Shen, Yan Wang, Haixia Luan, Xiaoli Zeng, Yanhua Chen, Hui Yuan

“…KM survival analysis further showed that GCA patients hospitalized or admitted to the ICU with higher age or elevated RDW levels had significantly lower survival rates compared to younger patients or those with lower RDW levels (P < 0.0001). …”
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Mechanism of abnormal specification of spermatogonial stem cells after Rb1 knockout in mitotic-arrested prospermatogonia by CHEN Xinling, CHEN Xinling, LONG Yixuan, DU Guihua, DU Guihua

“…Results‍　‍① The results of scRNA-seq showed that in the two set clusters of prospermatogonia， the prospermatogonia that further specifies to generate SSCs had enriched genes that are associated with cell proliferation. ② Germ cell proliferation assay indicated that the average ratio of Ki67+ germ cells in the testicular cross-section of the cKO mice was significantly higher than that of the control mice at P2.5 ［（46.10±6.21）% vs （11.22±3.27）%， P<0.01］. ③ Flow cytometry revealed that， among the brightest community of ID4-GFP cells， the percentage of the cells at S phase was obviously higher in the testicular cells derived from the cKO mice when compared to the control mice at P2.5 ［（12.05±1.22）% vs （5.05±1.46）%， P<0.05］.④ TUNEL staining displayed that cell apoptosis was detected in the testicular cross-section of cKO mice rather than that of the control mice. ⑤ The results of SSCs specification exploration showed that statistical difference was observed in the percentage of cytoplasmic FOXO1 in the testicular cross-section between the control and cKO mice ［（20.57±2.15）% vs （45.08±2.45）%，P<0.01］. …”
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Adapting the Technology Acceptance Model to Examine the Use of Information Communication Technologies and Loneliness Among Low-Income, Older Asian Americans: Cross-Sectional Survey... by Pauline DeLange Martinez, Daniel Tancredi, Misha Pavel, Lorena Garcia, Heather M Young

“…The 3-factor structural equation modeling revealed reasonable fit indexes (χ2133=345.132; P<.001, chi-square minimum (CMIN)/df = 2595, comparative fit index (CFI)=0.93, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI)=0.88). …”
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Sedoanalgesia with dexmedetomidine in daily anesthesia practices: a prospective randomized controlled trial by Ali Kendal Oğuz, Celaleddin Soyalp, Yunus Emre Tunçdemir, Arzu Esen Tekeli, Nureddin Yüzkat

“…Results Patients in the DP group exhibited significantly lower VAS scores and desaturation rates (p = 0.003) compared to the RP group. Satisfaction scores (patient, surgeon, anesthesiologist) and integrated pulmonary index (IPI) values were significantly higher in the DP group (p < 0.05). …”
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Enhancing predictive accuracy for urinary tract infections post-pediatric pyeloplasty with explainable AI: an ensemble TabNet approach by Hongyang Wang, Junpeng Ding, Shuochen Wang, Long Li, Jinqiu Song, Dongsheng Bai

“…Feature engineering was initially performed, followed by a comparative analysis of five machine learning algorithms (Logistic Regression, SVM, Random Forest, XGBoost, and LightGBM) and the deep learning TabNet model. …”
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Analisis Loyalitas Pelanggan Berbasis Model Recency, Frequency, dan Monetary (RFM) dan Decision Tree pada PT. Solo by Basri Basri, Windu Gata, Risnandar Risnandar

“…The results of this study indicate that the state-of-the-art in the proposed RFM and Decision Tree models is outperform compared to only using the RFM model. Cluster 1 has 860 customers resulting in moderate customer loyalty (blue), Cluster 2 has 69 customers resulting in high customer loyalty (green), and Cluster 3 has 274 customers resulting in lower customer loyalty (red). …”
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Summer Research Internship Curriculum to Promote Self-Efficacy, Researcher Identity, and Peer-to-Peer Learning: Retrospective Cohort Study by Yulia A Levites Strekalova, Rachel Liu-Galvin, Samuel Border, Sara Midence, Mishal Khan, Maya VanZanten, John Tomaszewski, Sanjay Jain, Pinaki Sarder

“…The results of the retrospective pre-then-post survey indicated that there was a significant increase in students’ self-rated research abilities, evidenced by a significant improvement in the mean scores of the respondents when comparing reported skills self-assessment before and after the internship (improvement: median 1.09, IQR 0.88-1.65; W=52.5, P ConclusionsSummer internship programs can incorporate an academic enrichment curriculum with small-group peer learning in addition to a laboratory-based experience to facilitate increased student engagement, self-efficacy, and a sense of belonging in the research community. …”
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Three-way relationships between gut microbiota, helminth assemblages and bacterial infections in wild rodent populations by Bouilloud, Marie, Galan, Maxime, Dubois, Adelaide, Diagne, Christophe, Marianneau, Philippe, Roche, Benjamin, Charbonnel, Nathalie

“…Further studies are still required to better understand the three-way interactions between gut bacteriota, helminths and other parasites, especially because previous findings have been very variable, even for comparable host-parasite systems. In our study, we used the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene to assess the variability of gut bacteriota diversity and composition in wild populations of a small mammal, the bank vole Myodes glareolus. …”
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Design of Intelligent Feature Selection Technique for Phishing Detection by Sharvari Sagar Patil, Narendra M. Shekokar, Sridhar Chandramohan Iyer

“…We have evaluated our technique using the real-world phishing dataset and compared its performance with the existing techniques. …”
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The Modulation of Laser Refractive Surgery on Sensory Eye Dominance of Anisometropia by Hongting Liu, Qi Chen, Fangfang Lan, Yan Luo, Enwei Lin, Wuqiang Luo, Ming Kong, Jiangxia Wang, Fengju Zhang

“…Stronger sensory eye dominance is seen in the subjects with anisometropic myopia compared to subjects with nonanisometropic myopia. …”
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Correlations of Cancer-Related Fatigue with Clinicopathological Features and Quality of Life in Gastric Cancer by Dong Liu, A-Dong Xia, Yue-Long Xing, Kai Zhang, Dan Chen

“…Relevant data were collected and compared. Results. Statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in age ratio (χ2=41.671, P<0.001), T stage ratio (χ2=9.973, P=0.019), N stage ratio (P<0.001), PS score (P<0.001), and the degree of gastric cancer thickening (14.21±3.32 vs. 12.12±3.81 mm, t=4.572, P<0.001). …”
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Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) and major Histocompatibility Complex Class I (MHC Class I) Expression Patterns and Their Pathologic Associations in triple-Negative Breast Ca... by Kaewkedsri P, Intarawichian P, Jessadapattarakul S, Kunprom W, Koonmee S, Thanee M, Somintara O, Wongbuddha A, Chadbunchachai P, Nawapun S, Aphivatanasiri C

“…PD-L1 expression was also compared between older FFPE blocks (2008– 2018) versus newer blocks (2019– 2021).Results: PD-L1 expression was observed in 29.1% of cases with a Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥ 1 and 8.8% of CPS ≥ 10 cases. …”
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Linking winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L) root traits and root water uptake with electrical resistivity tomography by Huijie Gu, Yanzhe Wang, Luca Peruzzo, Baoru Li, Yang Lu, Xiuwei Liu

“…Further analysis indicated that ER changes were positively correlated (R2 > 34, n = 50) with root surface area density (RSAD) in the 0–100 cm soil layer, particularly showing a stronger correlation with RSAD in the deep soil layer compared to the shallow layer under deficit irrigation (R2=0.65 vs. …”
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Famine Exposure in Early Life and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood: Comparisons of Different Metabolic Syndrome Definitions by Feng Ning, Jie Ren, Xin Song, Dong Zhang, Li Liu, Lei Zhang, Jianping Sun, Dongfeng Zhang, Zengchang Pang, Qing Qiao, on behalf of Qingdao Diabetes Prevention Program

“…For the CDS criteria, compared with individuals without famine exposure, odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for MetS were 1.36 (1.02–1.81), 1.36 (1.06–1.75), and 1.60 (1.06–2.41) in women and 1.10 (0.79–1.53), 1.07 (0.79–1.42), and 1.21 (0.74–1.99) in men who were exposed in the fetal, childhood, and adolescence/adult periods, respectively, after adjustment for age, study cohorts, residential areas, education levels, income levels, current smoking, and current drinking. …”
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Enhanced Biomechanical Stability in Proximal Humeral Fractures: Finite Element Analysis of a Novel Endosteal Anatomical Support Nail for Improved Fixation in Elderly Patients by Jiawen Chen, Zhonghe Wang, Changda Li, Peiyu He, Zhongxuan Chen, Lijun Sun, Xiaoyan Cao, Na Tian, Xiang Dong, Peifu Tang, Hua Chen

“…However, the stiffness and displacement at the fracture site of the EAS fixation without CS were comparable to those of the non‐EAS construct with CS. …”
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