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Plasma levels of angiopoietin-1 and -2 predict cerebral malaria outcome in Central India

Malaria Journal, 2011
Background The mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria (CM) syndrome are not well understood. Previous studies have shown a strong association of inflammatory chemokines, apoptotic markers and angiogenic molecules with CM associated ...
Jain Vidhan, Lucchi Naomi W, Wilson Nana O, Blackstock Anna J, Nagpal Avinash C, Joel Pradeep K, Singh Mrigendra P, Udhayakumar Venkatachalam, Stiles Jonathan K, Singh Neeru   +9 more
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Can mid-upper arm circumference and calf circumference be the proxy measures to detect undernutrition among elderly? Findings of a community-based survey in rural Puducherry, India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Introduction: Major proportion of the elderly with under nutrition is undetected in the community. One of the feasible ways to detect under nutrition among elderly would be screening in the field settings.
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, R Jayalakshmy, Arjumand Yousuf, Arvind Kumar Singh, Gomathi Ramaswamy, C Palanivel   +5 more
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Accuracy for Mortality Prediction With Additive Biomarkers Including Interleukin-6 in Critically Ill Patients: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

Critical Care Explorations, 2021
Objectives:. Several inflammation markers have been reported to be associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. We aimed to elucidate whether serum interleukin-6 concentration considered with Sequential Organ Failure ...
Ryo Yamamoto, MD, Junichi Sasaki, MD, Takayuki Shibusawa, MD, Taka-aki Nakada, MD, Toshihiko Mayumi, MD, Osamu Takasu, MD, Kenichi Matsuda, MD, Takashi Shimazui, MD, Hiroki Otsubo, MD, Yuto Teshima, MD, Masakazu Nabeta, MD, Takeshi Moriguchi, MD, Shigeto Oda, MD   +12 more
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Application of Supervised Machine Learning Technique on LiDAR Data for Monitoring Coastal Land Evolution

Remote Sensing, 2021
Machine Learning (ML) techniques are now being used very successfully in predicting and supporting decisions in multiple areas such as environmental issues and land management. These techniques have also provided promising results in the field of natural
Maurizio Barbarella, Alessandro Di Benedetto, Margherita Fiani   +2 more
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Clinical significance of postoperative skeletal relapse in the treatment of mandibular prognathism: Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2022
Background/Purpose: Postoperative skeletal relapse is the most important issue in patients undergoing orthognathic surgery. This study aimed to investigate clinical skeletal relapse (≥2 mm) after mandibular setback surgery (intraoral vertical ramus ...
Chun-Ming Chen, Han-Jen Hsu, Kun-Jung Hsu, Yu-Chuan Tseng   +3 more
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ROC Curve Estimation

Revstat Statistical Journal, 2014
This work overviews some developments on the estimation of the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. Estimation methods in this area are constantly being developed, adjusted and extended, and it is thus impossible to cover all topics and areas ...
Luzia Gonçalves , Ana Subtil , M. Rosário Oliveira , Patricia de Zea Bermudez   +3 more
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Metabolomics study of treatment response to conbercept of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Graphical AbstractAMD, age-related macular degeneration; PCV, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy; PLS-DA, partial least squares discriminant analysis; LPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; PC, phosphocholine; ROC, operating characteristic curve; AUC, area under ...
Yinchen Shen, Yinchen Shen, Yinchen Shen, Yinchen Shen, Yinchen Shen, Hanying Wang, Hanying Wang, Hanying Wang, Hanying Wang, Hanying Wang, Xiaoyin Xu, Xiaoyin Xu, Xiaoyin Xu, Xiaoyin Xu, Xiaoyin Xu, Chong Chen, Chong Chen, Chong Chen, Chong Chen, Chong Chen, Shaopin Zhu, Shaopin Zhu, Shaopin Zhu, Shaopin Zhu, Shaopin Zhu, Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng, Junwei Fang, Junwei Fang, Junwei Fang, Junwei Fang, Junwei Fang, Kun Liu, Kun Liu, Kun Liu, Kun Liu, Kun Liu, Xun Xu, Xun Xu, Xun Xu, Xun Xu, Xun Xu   +44 more
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Treatment of adult facial asymmetry with orthodontic therapy or orthognathic surgery: Receiver operating characteristic analysis

Journal of Dental Sciences, 2014
Background/purpose: Not all adult facial asymmetry patients are candidates for surgical correction, therefore patient assessment and selection remain major issues in diagnosis and treatment planning.
Yu-Chuan Tseng, Yi-Hsin Yang, Chin-Yun Pan, Szu-Ting Chou, Kai-Chieh Ou, Hong-Po Chang   +5 more
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Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of clinical signs for screening of convergence insufficiency in young adults.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a dysfunction of binocular vision that is associated with various signs and symptoms in near work. However, CI screening is performed less frequently in adults than in children.
Byeong-Yeon Moon, Sang-Yeob Kim, Dong-Sik Yu   +2 more
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Comparison of Eight Computer Programs for Receiver-Operating Characteristic Analysis [PDF]

Clinical Chemistry, 2003
Abstract Background: ROC analysis is widely accepted to assess and compare diagnostic validity of laboratory tests. Within the last few years, many new ROC programs have become available but have not been systematically evaluated. The aim of this study was to assess different ROC programs regarding their ease of use, mathematical ...
Carsten, Stephan, Sebastian, Wesseling, Tania, Schink, Klaus, Jung   +3 more
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