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Confirmation of infantile spasms resolution by prolonged outpatient EEGs

Epilepsia Open, 2021
Objective There is no consensus on the type or duration of the posttreatment EEG needed for assessing treatment response for infantile spasms (IS). We assessed whether outpatient electroencephalograms (EEGs) are sufficient to confirm infantile spasms (IS)
Christopher J. Yuskaitis, Kate Mysak, Brianna Godlewski, Bo Zhang, Chellamani Harini   +4 more
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Intermittent Time Series Demand Forecasting Using Dual Convolutional Neural Networks

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Forecasting intermittent demands is challenging due to their irregular and unpredictable demand pattern. This makes the businesses unprepared for upcoming demands, where the conventional methods often fail to predict the demand occurrence pattern ...
Sina Mirshahi, Patrick Brandtner, Zuzana Komínková Oplatková   +2 more
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Standardized predictive values

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2014
The predictive value of a diagnostic test is highlydependent upon disease prevalence. Disease preva-lence, however, varies widely from patient to patient.Since patients in whom the diagnosis is unclear arethe ones most likely to get a diagnostic test, it is help-ful to standardize the predictive value of a diagnostictest to a disease prevalence of 50%.
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Predictive power of Koplik’s spots for the diagnosis of measles

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: Measles is a major cause of mortality globally. In many countries, management of measles is based on clinical suspicion, but the predictive value of clinical diagnosis depends on knowledge and population prevalence of measles.
Dominik Zenner, Luis Nacul
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CD4 and CD8 Lymphocyte Counts as Surrogate Early Markers for Progression in SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Prospective Study

Viruses, 2020
Background: COVID-19 pathophysiology and the predictive factors involved are not fully understood, but lymphocytes dysregulation appears to play a role.
Joan Calvet, Jordi Gratacós, María José Amengual, Maria Llop, Marta Navarro, Amàlia Moreno, Antoni Berenguer-Llergo, Alejandra Serrano, Cristóbal Orellana, Manel Cervantes   +9 more
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Short-Term Foreshocks as Key Information for Mainshock Timing and Rupture: The M_w6.8 25 October 2018 Zakynthos Earthquake, Hellenic Subduction Zone

Sensors, 2020
Significant seismicity anomalies preceded the 25 October 2018 mainshock (Mw = 6.8), NW Hellenic Arc: a transient intermediate-term (~2 yrs) swarm and a short-term (last 6 months) cluster with typical time-size-space foreshock patterns: activity increase,
Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos, Apostolos Agalos, George Minadakis, Ioanna Triantafyllou, Pavlos Krassakis   +4 more
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Explore the Predictive Value of Peripheral Blood Cell Parameters in Refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia in Children Over 6 Years Old

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Background: To determine the predictive value of peripheral blood cell parameters for refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (RMPP) in children over 6 years old.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in children with RMPP admitted to the ...
Yaoyao Ling, Jing Ning, Yongsheng Xu
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Predictive value of 18F-FDG PET/CT for evaluating the response to hypofractionated radiotherapy combined with PD-1 blockade in non-small cell lung cancer

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
PurposeThis retrospective study aimed to investigate 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as a predictor of response to hypofractionated radiotherapy (HFRT) combined with programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)
Shan Tang, Shan Tang, Yan Zhang, Yunfei Li, Yan Zhang, Yuke Xu, Haoyuan Ding, Yue Chen, Peirong Ren, Hua Ye, Shaozhi Fu, Sheng Lin   +11 more
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A comparative analysis of the different HIV testing techniques used in Zambia: data from a clinical performance study

BMC Research Notes
Background Approximately 40 million people globally are living with HIV (PLWH) and more than 50% of these PLWH reside in Eastern and Southern Africa. Zambia has an adult HIV-1 prevalence (ages 15–49) of 11.1 [10.5–11.6] %, among the highest in the world (
Loveness Mukuka, Andros Theo, Precious Simushi, Mowa Zambwe, Peter J. Chipimo   +4 more
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The Prognostic Value of Biomarkers on Detecting Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in a Chinese Elderly Population

International Journal of General Medicine, 2021
Lianghua Guo,1 Bin Song,1 Jianhong Xiao,1 Hui Lin,1 Junhua Chen,1 Xianghua Su2 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Mindong Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuan City, 355000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurosurgery, Mindong ...
Guo L, Song B, Xiao J, Lin H, Chen J, Su X   +5 more
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