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Vancomycin dosing and target attainment in children

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2017
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the best dosing strategy for vancomycin by studying the associated factors and examining correlations between the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) values and trough ...
David Hwang, Nan-Chang Chiu, Lung Chang, Chun-Chih Peng, Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, Fu-Yuan Huang, Hsin Chi   +6 more
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Simultaneous equation and area under the curve spectrophotometric methods for estimation of cefaclor in presence of its acid induced degradation product; A comparative study

Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017
Two simple spectrophotometric methods were developed and validated for determination of cefaclor in presence of its acid induced degradation product; namely simultaneous equation method using two wavelengths 265 and 235 nm Method (A) and Area under the ...
Khalid A.M. Attia, Nasr M. Elabasawy, Ebrahim Abolmagd   +2 more
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Maternal preterm birth prediction in the United States: a case-control database study

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Preterm birth is serious public health worldwide, and early prediction of preterm birth in pregnant women may provide assistance for timely intervention and reduction of preterm birth.
Yan Li, Xiaoyu Fu, Xinmeng Guo, Huili Liang, Dongru Cao, Junmei Shi   +5 more
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Evaluation of the Role of Exosome-derived MiRNA in Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]

International Journal of Scientific Research in Dental and Medical Sciences, 2023
Background and aim: Considering the importance of early detection of breast cancer and the use of non-invasive methods, the present study was conducted to evaluate the role of exosome-derived miRNA in breast cancer diagnosis. Material and methods: In the
Pezhman Ghadami, Neda Mehrafar, Maryam Hassanpour Amnieh, Fatemeh Rabiee, Mandana Ebrahimi, Hamed Rouzbahani   +5 more
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Ability to Predict Melanoma Within 5 Years Using Registry Data and a Convolutional Neural Network: A Proof of Concept Study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2022
Research relating to machine learning algorithms, including convolutional neural networks, has increased during the past 5 years. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate how accurately a convolutional neural network, trained on Swedish registry ...
Martin Gillstedt, Sam Polesie
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Finding an Appropriate Cut-off Point for Neck Circumference to Determine Overweight and Obesity in a Large Sample of Iranian Adults

Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Obesity, 2022
Objective: Obesity is a major public health concern and there are different ways to detect it in population. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the neck circumference (NC) in a simple and practical way.
Fatemeh Bidmeshki, Narjes Hazar, Masoud Mirzaei, Masoud Rahmanian   +3 more
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Web-Bootstrap Estimate of Area Under ROC Curve

Austrian Journal of Statistics, 2016
The accuracy of binary discrimination models (discrimination between cases with and without any condition) is usually summarized by classification matrix (also called a confusion, assignment, or prediction matrix). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC)
Hana Skalská, Václav Freylich
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Is Early Monitoring Better? Impact of Early Vancomycin Exposure on Treatment Outcomes and Nephrotoxicity in Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Antibiotics, 2020
Optimal early vancomycin target exposure remains controversial. To clarify the therapeutic exposure range, we investigated the association between vancomycin exposure and treatment outcomes or nephrotoxicity in patients with methicillin-resistant ...
Thanawat Chattaweelarp, Dhitiwat Changpradub, Baralee Punyawudho, Sudaluck Thunyaharn, Wichai Santimaleeworagun   +4 more
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Predicting the Digestive Tract Development and Growth Performance of Goat Kids Using Sigmoidal Models

Animals, 2021
The transition from monogastric to rumination stage is crucial in ruminants’ growth to avoid stressors—weaning and neonatal mortalities. Poor growth of the digestive tract could adversely affect the performance of the animal.
Mahmoud Abdelsattar, Yimin Zhuang, Kai Cui, Yanliang Bi, Naifeng Zhang   +4 more
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The area under the precision‐recall curve as a performance metric for rare binary events

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Species distribution models are used to study biogeographic patterns and guide decision‐making. The variable quality of these models makes it critical to assess whether a model's outputs are suitable for the intended use, but commonly used evaluation ...
H. Sofaer, J. Hoeting, C. Jarnevich
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