Using the superiorly based pharyngeal flap to surgically manage cleft velopharyngeal insufficiency: a cohort study by Marvee Turk, Pragaash Shanmuganathan, Carli Maddocks, David Chong

“…**Introduction**: The surgical management of velopharyngeal insufficiency is traditionally guided by algorithms based on dynamic imaging, such as nasoendoscopy and video fluoroscopy. …”
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Aplicación de un Algoritmo Evolutivo Flexible a la Optimización de la Operación de Sistemas Hidrotérmicos by Carlos Jordán Villamar, Duval Medina, Andrés Zuñiga

“…Results were compared with those obtained from GAMS* and two other classic evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithms and evolutionary strategies. …”
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Aplicación de un Algoritmo Evolutivo Flexible a la Optimización de la Operación de Sistemas Hidrotérmicos by Carlos Jordán Villamar, Duval Medina, Andrés Zuñiga

“…Results were compared with those obtained from GAMS* and two other classic evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithms and evolutionary strategies. …”
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Robust Tracking Control of Underactuated UAVs Based on Zero-Sum Differential Games by Yaning Guo, Qi Sun, Quan Pan

“…This approach contrasts with conventional methods by treating disturbances as strategic “players”, enabling a systematic framework to address both external disturbances and model uncertainties. …”
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Enhancing needle puncture detection using high-pass filtering and diffuse reflectance by Rachael L’Orsa, Rachael L’Orsa, Rachael L’Orsa, Rachael L’Orsa, Anupam Bisht, Linhui Yu, Kartikeya Murari, Kartikeya Murari, Kartikeya Murari, Garnette R. Sutherland, Garnette R. Sutherland, David T. Westwick, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

“…In pre-hospital settings, tension pneumothorax is treated by venting the pleural cavity via a needle introduced through the chest wall. …”
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FEATURES OF DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF IMPACTED TEETH (A LITERATURE REVIEW) by P.S. Flis, L.O. Brodetska

“…Many research works on resorption of the teeth roots located next to the impacted ones have been analysed; a variety of methods for treating dental retention has been reviewed. Conclusions and their discussions. …”
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Automated 3D segmentation of the hyoid bone in CBCT using nnU-Net v2: a retrospective study on model performance and potential clinical utility by Ismail Gümüssoy, Emre Haylaz, Suayip Burak Duman, Fahrettin Kalabalik, Seyda Say, Ozer Celik, Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar

“…Automatic segmentation of HB can enhance clinicians’ decision-making speed and accuracy in diagnosing and treating various clinical conditions. Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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Transformer attention fusion for fine grained medical image classification by Danyal Badar, Junaid Abbas, Raed Alsini, Tahir Abbas, Wang ChengLiang, Ali Daud

“…The presented research demonstrates how fine-grained visual classification methods benefit detecting and treating DR during its early stages.…”
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Herbify: an ensemble deep learning framework integrating convolutional neural networks and vision transformers for precise herb identification by Farhan Sheth, Ishika Chatter, Manvendra Jasra, Gireesh Kumar, Richa Sharma

“…While synthetic drugs are often highly effective in treating acute conditions, their use is frequently accompanied by adverse side effects. …”
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Rationale and design of the HERZCHECK trial: Detection of early heart failure using telemedicine and cardiovascular magnetic resonance in structurally weak regions (NCT05122793) by Sebastian Kelle, Anna Clara Nolden, Maximilian Leo Müller, Rebecca Elisabeth Beyer, Henning Steen, Bjoern Andrew Remppis, Johannes Wieditz, Hannah Kentenich, Alex Tuit, Mina Cvetkovic, Undine Ella Witt, Florian André, Sein Schmidt, Alexander Huppertz, Dusan Simic, Dirk Müller, Arim Shukri, Matthias Issing, Andre Glardon, Katrin Christiane Reber, Ulf Landmesser, Norbert Frey, Burkert Pieske, Stephanie Stock, Volkmar Falk, Tim Friede, Gisela Thiede

“…Yet established screening algorithms for asymptomatic pre-HF, allowing for early and effective preventive interventions, are largely lacking. …”
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Prediction of Corona-Virus Using Deep Learning by Laith Al-Ali

“…The data set is divided into 75% of the training data and 25% of the test data after applying deep learning algorithms. Python libraries such as pandas, NumPy, and matplotlib are also used in addition to sklearn and Keras. …”
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Diabetes diagnosis using a hybrid CNN LSTM MLP ensemble by Yanmin Fan

“…If left untreated, this illness can be lethal to a person. Diabetes can be treated and a good life can be led with early diagnosis. …”
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An Intelligent Diagnostic System to Analyze Early-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease for Clinical Application by N. I. Md. Ashafuddula, Bayezid Islam, Rafiqul Islam

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive condition characterized by the gradual deterioration of kidney functions, potentially leading to kidney failure if not promptly diagnosed and treated. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have shown significant promise in disease diagnosis, but in healthcare, clinical data pose challenges: missing values, noisy inputs, and redundant features, affecting early-stage CKD prediction. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF K-MEDOIDS AND K-PROTOTYPES CLUSTERING FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HYPERTENSION DISEASE by Hardianti Hafid, Selvi Annisa

“…Overall, the K-Medoids and K-Prototypes algorithms can detect early hypertension risk by dividing patients into different risk groups. …”
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Multi-omics analysis and experiments uncover the link between cancer intrinsic drivers, stemness, and immunotherapy in ovarian cancer with validation in a pan-cancer census by Yilin Li, Cen Chen, Xiaoyu Ji, Ningxiao Jiang, Fei Wang, Xiangqian Gao, Weiwei Chen, Qiang Tang, Yan Li, Shinan Zhang, Gaofeng Qin, Yingjiang Xu, Yanlin Wang, Lingwen Kong, Lei Han, Jie Mei

“…A novel cancer stem cell index (CSCI) was developed and validated using multiple advanced algorithms and large-scale datasets, as well as corresponding clinical features, including 14 OV transcriptomic datasets, 7 pan-cancer ICI transcriptomic cohorts and one melanoma scRNA dataset derived from PD-1 treated patients.ResultsChromosomal 20q gain, 8q gain, and 5q loss have been identified as ovarian cancer-specific driving variations. …”
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Long-term deformation behavior and hanger force adjustment scheme of a prestressed concrete continuous rigid-frame arch bridge by Wenshan Gao, Bosen Wang, Jinsong Zhu, Yanlei Wang, Yijun Zhang, Shen Zhou, Jiuxing Zhang

“…This method establishes mathematical relationships between adjustment values, main girder displacements, and hanger forces, followed by treating main girder deflection as a constraint and hanger forces as the objective function to determine the optimal adjustment values through a constrained nonlinear optimization algorithm. …”
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Private Data Incrementalization: Data-Centric Model Development for Clinical Liver Segmentation by Stephanie Batista, Miguel Couceiro, Ricardo Filipe, Paulo Rachinhas, Jorge Isidoro, Inês Domingues

“…As the target of this study is not to propose a new image segmentation model, the existing medical imaging segmentation models—including U-Net, ResUNet++, Fully Convolutional Network, and a modified algorithm based on the Conditional Bernoulli Diffusion Model—are used. …”
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Socioeconomic factors and all cause and cause-specific mortality among older people in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cohort study. by Cleusa P Ferri, Daisy Acosta, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, Juan J Llibre-Rodriguez, Aquiles Salas, Ana Luisa Sosa, Joseph D Williams, Ciro Gaona, Zhaorui Liu, Lisseth Noriega-Fernandez, A T Jotheeswaran, Martin J Prince

“…Social protection for older people, and the effectiveness of health systems in preventing and treating chronic disease, may be as important as economic and human development.…”
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Secondary arterial hypertension in the practice of a family doctor: analysis of a clinical case by N.Ye. Barabash, V.V. Zlatkina, M.M. Lebedynska, M.Yu. Gorshunska, I.V. Shop

“…Over the past decades, tremendous progress has been made in understanding, diagnosing, and treating secondary forms of arterial hypertension (AH). …”
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System identification and robust PID controller tuning of quarter car suspension system using hybrid optimization techniques by S. Sakthiya Ram, C. Kumar, R. Saravanakumar, David Banjerdpongchai

“…After validating the resulting dynamic model, various PID controllers are designed using standard metaheuristic algorithms—Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithm (GA), and Simulated Annealing (SA). …”
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