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Jan Walter Benjamins, Ming Wai Yeung, Teemu Maaniitty et al. · 2021 · International Journal of Cardiology
BACKGROUND: Standard computed tomography angiography (CTA) outputs a myriad of interrelated variables in the evaluation of suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). But an important proportion of obstructive lesions does not cause significant myocardial ischemia. Nowadays, machine learning (ML) allows integration of numerous variables through complex interdependencies that optimize classification and prediction at the individual level. We evaluated ML performance in integrating CTA and clinical variables to identify patients that demonstrate myocardial ischemia through PET and those who ultimat
View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.04.009Cited by 13 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics and Astronomy
Chuneeta D. Nunhokee, Donald M. Null, Cathryn M. Trott et al. · 2025 · The Astrophysical Journal
Abstract This paper presents the spherically averaged 21 cm power spectrum derived from Epoch of Reionization (EoR) observations conducted with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). The analysis uses EoR0-field data, centered at (R.A. = 0 h , decl. = −27 ∘ ), collected between 2013 and 2023. Building on the improved methodology described in C. M. Trott et al. (2024), we incorporate additional data quality control techniques introduced in C. D. Nunhokee (2020). We report the lowest-power-level limits on the EoR power spectrum at redshifts z = 6.5, z = 6.8, and z = 7.0. These power levels, measur
View details →DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adda45Cited by 13 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science
Rabab Ali Abumalloh, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Osama Halabi et al. · 2024 · Journal of Innovation & Knowledge
Recommendation agents (RAs) have proven to be effective decision-making tools for customers, as they can boost trust and loyalty when customers shop online. They can analyse large amounts of data using machine learning algorithms and…
View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2024.100569Cited by 13 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Ryota Nishio, Tomotaka Dohi, Miho Yokoyama et al. · 2025 · JMIR mhealth and uhealth
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is effective in preventing cardiovascular diseases; however, participation in CR programs remains limited due to the associated challenges. The integration of wearable devices and real-time monitoring offers a potential solution to enhance adherence to remote CR programs and their outcomes. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a remote CR program using wearable devices and real-time monitoring with or without online coaching (OLC) in improving exercise capacity in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: We enrolled 50 pat
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Jing Luo, Zheng Dong, Hui Xie et al. · 2022 · Liver International
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Management of elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has become a major concern. Some data suggest that cryoablation improves the outcomes of elderly patients with HCC, but its efficacy and safety remain…
View details →DOI: 10.1111/liv.15169Cited by 13 Negative / Null Result Report
Gabriela Yamazaki de Campos, Raquel Amorim Oliveira, Patrícia Kellen Martins Oliveira-Brito et al. · 2020 · PeerJ
Background The macrophage lineage is characterized by plasticity due to the acquisition of distinct functional phenotypes, and two major subsets are evaluated; classical M1 activation (strong microbicidal activity) and alternative M2…
View details →DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10295Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences
Jing Mai, Ying Ning, Zhonglong Lin et al. · 2025 · Industrial Crops and Products
Many bacteria such as Bacillus , Pseudomonas , and Lactobacillus are widely present in flue-cured tobacco leaves during the aging process, indicating they play important roles in improving tobacco quality. In this study, we aimed to screen…
View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.121580Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMaterials Science
L L Sun, Yisa Zhao, Xiyu Caomeng et al. · 2026 · ChemistryOpen
Traditional blending electrospinning has a series of issues during implementation, and the corresponding monolithic nanofibers can always be updated through the intentional design of core-sheath nanostructures. In this study, a modified coaxial electrospinning approach was employed to refine the electrospinning process by eliminating abnormal phenomena, while simultaneously imparting core-sheath nanostructures and improved transdermal finasteride (FIN) delivery performance. Using an electrospinnable ethylcellulose (EC) solution containing FIN as the core fluid and an unspinnable polyvinylpyrro
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Yumeng Zhang, Premsai Kumar, Jacob J. Adashek et al. · 2022 · Cells
Modulating the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) pathway has improved responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in certain solid tumors, such as melanoma. Little is known about COX-2 inhibition in response to ICIs in metastatic renal cell…
View details →DOI: 10.3390/cells11162505Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMaterials Science
Luis E. Castro-Anaya, Eduardo Marese, Jaime A. Lozano et al. · 2025 · Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Traditionally, designing novel materials involves exploring new compositions guided by insights from previous work, relying on a trial-and-error approach, where continuous synthesis and characterization proceed until the properties meet the improvements. This method is inefficient due to the challenges of exploring vast chemical spaces. In this study, a machine-learning-based methodology is developed to assist the design from available data in the literature, allowing us to test in silico more than 1.2 million compositions. Two databases with
View details →DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c01944Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Helen L. Reeves, John Reicher, Georgia Priona et al. · 2022 · Frontline Gastroenterology
Objective: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) deaths are rising alarmingly. Many patients are unsuitable for available therapies. Poor response rates further hamper outcomes for those that are. Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) offers hope, although which patients benefit over standard approaches remains unclear. Design/method: As a quality/service improvement, we audited consecutive patients treated with SIRT (2015-2020) by the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust HCC multidisciplinary team. Indications, Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) stage, treat
View details →DOI: 10.1136/flgastro-2022-102137Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences
Laura Macchi, Francesco Poli, Laura Caravona et al. · 2019 · Europe’s Journal of Psychology
The previous research attempts to reduce the influence of the belief bias on deductive thinking have often been unsuccessful and, when they succeeded, they failed to replicate. In this paper, we propose a new way to see an old problem. Instead of considering the analytical abilities of the respondent, we focus on the communicative characteristics of the experimental task. By changing the pragmatics into play through a subtle manipulation of the instruction of the syllogism problem, we obtained a strong improvement in the accuracy of the performance in both untrained and trained in logic respon
View details →DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v15i3.1794Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Marlee R. Labroo, Jessica Rutkoski · 2022 · BMC Genomics
BACKGROUND: Recurrent selection is a foundational breeding method for quantitative trait improvement. It typically features rapid breeding cycles that can lead to high rates of genetic gain. Usually, generations are discrete in recurrent selection, which means that breeding candidates are evaluated and considered for selection for only one cycle. Alternately, generations can overlap, with breeding candidates considered for selection as parents for multiple cycles. With recurrent genomic selection but not phenotypic selection, candidates can be re-evaluated by using genomic estimated breeding v
View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08929-3Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Brian Hitsman, George D. Papandonatos, Jackie K. Gollan et al. · 2023 · Addiction
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Treatment of depression-related psychological factors related to smoking behavior may improve rates of cessation among adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). This study measured the efficacy and safety of 12…
View details →DOI: 10.1111/add.16209Cited by 12 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Karin Hrovatin, Amir Ali Moinfar, Luke Zappia et al. · 2025 · BMC Genomics
Integration of single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets is standard in scRNA-seq analysis. Nevertheless, current computational methods struggle to harmonize datasets across systems such as species, organoids and primary tissue, or different scRNA-seq protocols, including single-cell and single-nuclei. Conditional variational autoencoders (cVAE) are a popular integration method, however, existing strategies for stronger batch correction have limitations. Increasing the Kullback-Leibler divergence regularization does not improve integration and adversarial learning removes biological sign
View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12864-025-12126-3Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine
Xu Yang, Lina Zhao, Anhui Shi et al. · 2023 · The American Journal of Gastroenterology
INTRODUCTION: Adjuvant radiotherapy is recommended for pT1b esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). However, it is unclear whether additional radiotherapy can improve patient survival. This…
View details →DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002257Cited by 11 Replication FailureOpen accessMedicine
Lisa H. Glynn, E Moloney, Stephen Lane et al. · 2025 · JMIR mhealth and uhealth
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) negatively impacts clinical health outcomes, resulting in frequent exacerbations, increased hospitalizations, reduced physical activity, deteriorated quality of life, and diminished self-efficacy. Previous studies demonstrated that a self-management program tailored for adults with COPD improves self-management decisions, resulting in a positive effect on clinical health outcomes. Limitations of these studies include issues regarding heterogeneity among interventions used, patient population characteristics, outcome measures, and longitu
View details →DOI: 10.2196/56318Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Matthew MacLachlan, Michael K. Adjemian, Xiaoli Etienne et al. · 2025 · Nature Communications
The advent of COVID-19 ended an era of stable US retail food prices that followed the world food price crisis of 2010–2012. Pandemic-related disruptions, avian influenza outbreaks, and the Russia-Ukraine war drove 2022 food-at-home…
View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61660-xCited by 11 Negative / Null Result Report
Jamal Bech Bouknaitir, Leah Y. Carreon, Stig Brorson et al. · 2022 · Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
OBJECTIVE The authors’ objective was to investigate whether sagittal balance improves in patients with spinal stenosis after decompression alone. METHODS This prospective longitudinal cohort study compared preoperative and 6-month…
View details →DOI: 10.3171/2021.10.spine21445Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result Report
Arindam Datta, Md. Hafizur Rahman, R. Suresh · 2021 · Journal of Environmental Quality
Abstract To control the spread of COVID‐19, the government of India imposed a nationwide lockdown on all nonessential activities from 22 Mar. to 3 May 2020. Daily ambient particulate matter ≤10 μm in diameter (PM 10 ), particulate matter…
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Hubèrt van Hees, Dominiek Maes, Sam Millet et al. · 2020 · Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
Abstract Dietary fibre (DF) is implicated in gastrointestinal health of weaned piglets, either through its physiochemical properties, through modulation of gut microbiota and (or) improved gut integrity. We aimed to study the effect of DF…
View details →DOI: 10.1111/jpn.13475Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Nadine Haase, Julianna Rugor, Łukasz Przybył et al. · 2014 · PLoS ONE
Relaxin is a corpus-luteum produced protein hormone with vasodilatatory, anti-fibrotic, and angiogenic properties that are opposite to angiotensin (Ang) II. We investigated whether or not relaxin ameliorates Ang II-induced target-organ damage. We used double transgenic rats harboring both human renin and angiotensinogen genes (dTGR) that develop severe hypertension, target-organ damage, and die untreated within 7-8 weeks. Recombinant relaxin at a low (26 μg/kg/d) and a high dose (240 μg/kg/d) was given to 4 week-old dTGR and age-matched Sprague-Dawley rats (SD). Systolic blood pressure increas
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A. Clairoux, A. Moore, M. Caron-Goudreault et al. · 2024 · BMC Anesthesiology
Abstract Introduction There is a sizable niche for a minimally invasive analgesic technique that could facilitate ambulatory video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Our study aimed to determine the analgesic potential of a single-shot…
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Brent M. Egan, Jiexiang Li, Sara M. Sarasua et al. · 2017 · Journal of the American Heart Association
Background Low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) control is higher among insured than uninsured adults, but data on time trends and contributing factors are incomplete and important for improving health equity. Methods and Results…
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Mélissa De Regge, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, K. Vandewoude et al. · 2012 · PubMed
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have shown to improve survival after cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) in many, but not all clinical settings. A recent study reported that the use of AEDs in-hospital did not improve survival. The…
View details →DOI: 10.2143/acb.67.4.2062666Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Jing Cheng, Carl Gao, Reeta Ala‐Jaakkola et al. · 2024 · JAMA Network Open
Importance: Probiotic supplementation may improve bowel movements. However, large, properly designed studies are lacking. Objective: To evaluate the potential benefit of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis HN019 on constipation,…
View details →DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36888Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science
Haoze Wu · 2017
In this project, we aimed to improve the runtime of Minisat, a Conflict-Driven Clause Learning (CDCL) solver that solves the Propositional Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) problem. We first used a logistic regression model to predict the…
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Uraiwan Buatoom, Muhammad Usman Jamil · 2023 · Applied Sciences
In image classification, various techniques have been developed to enhance the performance of principal component analysis (PCA) dimension reduction techniques with guiding weighting features to remove redundant and irrelevant features.…
View details →DOI: 10.3390/app13032005Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Faith Hartley, Martin A. Ebert, Alistair Cook · 2025 · Clinical & Translational Immunology
The most successful immunotherapies for solid malignancies to date, immune checkpoint inhibitors, target the essential role of T cells in antitumor immunity. However, T-cell dysfunction presents a major hindrance to treatment efficacy, warranting research into combined treatment strategies for improving outcomes. The use of radiotherapy for this purpose has garnered much interest. Preclinical study has established that radiotherapy activates various immune mechanisms to improve T-cell activation, localisation and function within tumors, which improves response to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
View details →DOI: 10.1002/cti2.70030Cited by 11 Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine
Bilal A. Siddiqui, Sumit K. Subudhi, Padmanee Sharma · 2022 · Cell Reports Medicine
The addition of atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1) to enzalutamide (androgen receptor antagonist) did not prolong survival in metastatic prostate cancer.1Powles T. Yuen K.C. Gillessen S. Kadel 3rd, E.E. Rathkopf D. Matsubara N. Drake C.G. Fizazi K.…
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