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A simplified method to approximate a ROC curve with a Bézier curve to calculate likelihood ratios of quantitative test results

MethodsX, 2020
In order to calculate likeli hood ratios (LR) values for quantitative test results, a distribution-independent algorithm based on Bézier curves is proposed.
Walter Fierz
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Effect of Signal Selection in Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) Analysis

Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology, 2010
Selection of the signal is one of the major factors in a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) study for evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of medical imaging systems. We investigated the effect of signal selections in ROC studies which were applied to evaluate a difference between the two systems.
Takeda, Satoshi, Goto, Makoto, Maruno, Tatsuya, Honda, Takuya, Mochidome, Kousuke, Shiraishi, Junji   +5 more
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Salivary cytokine panel indicative of non-small cell lung cancer. [PDF]

, 2018
Objective To develop a combinatorial panel of salivary cytokines that manifests the presence of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that will eventually improve prognosis by facilitating the early diagnosis and management of this common cancer. Methods We
Koizumi, Tomonobu, Shetty, Vivek, Yamaguchi, Masaki   +2 more
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Performance analysis of anaplasma antibody competitive ELISA using the ROC curve for screening of anaplasmosis in camel populations in Egypt [PDF]

, 2020
Anaplasmosis is a tick-born and potential zoonotic disease caused by Anaplasma (A.) phagocytophilum, A. ovis, A. platys and A. capra. Anaplasma marginale affecting bovines and camels causing significant economic losses.
El-Adawy, Hosny, Mertens-Scholz, Katja, Neubauer, Heinrich, Parvizi, Omid, Roesler, Uwe   +4 more
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Evaluation of Waist Circumference Cut-off Values as a Marker for Fatty Liver among Japanese Workers

Safety and Health at Work, 2012
Objectives: Metabolic syndrome has received attention as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, with particular importance attached to visceral fat accumulation, which is associated with lifestyle-related diseases and is strongly correlated with waist
Naomi Abe, Sumihisa Honda, Doosub Jahng
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Factors Related to the Length of Stay for Patients With Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundThe length of stay (LOS) of patients with schizophrenia has been a wide concern of researchers. Reasonable management of the LOS to achieve a balance between quality of treatment and efficient medical source allocation has become a significant ...
Peng Cheng, Lirong Wang, Lizhi Xu, Ying Zhou, Li Zhang, Weihui Li   +5 more
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AUCTSP: an improved biomarker gene pair class predictor

BMC Bioinformatics, 2018
Background The Top Scoring Pair (TSP) classifier, based on the concept of relative ranking reversals in the expressions of pairs of genes, has been proposed as a simple, accurate, and easily interpretable decision rule for classification and class ...
Dimitri Kagaris, Alireza Khamesipour, Constantin T. Yiannoutsos   +2 more
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity of a Brazilian of Short Version of the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Background: A short version of the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) comprising only re-experiencing symptom items has been recently validated on Japanese adults.
Cláudia de Faria Cardoso, Cláudia de Faria Cardoso, Cláudia de Faria Cardoso, Natalia Tiemi Ohe, Vera Lúcia Taba, Vera Lúcia Taba, Tamyres Tomaz Paiva, Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Luciana Aparecida Campos, Luciana Aparecida Campos, Luciana Aparecida Campos   +12 more
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How to reduce the number of rating scale items without predictability loss? [PDF]

, 2017
Rating scales are used to elicit data about qualitative entities (e.g., research collaboration). This study presents an innovative method for reducing the number of rating scale items without the predictability loss. The "area under the receiver operator
Araya, R., Garcia-Campayo, J., Kakiashvili, T., Koczkodaj, W. W., Montero-Marin, J., Rutkowski, K., Strzałka, D., Szymańska, A.   +7 more
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Prediction of breast cancer using blood microbiome and identification of foods for breast cancer prevention

Scientific Reports, 2023
The incidence of breast cancer (BC) is increasing in South Korea, and diet is closely related to the high prevalence of BC. The microbiome directly reflects eating habits.
Jeongshin An, Jinho Yang, Hyungju Kwon, Woosung Lim, Yoon-Keun Kim, Byung-In Moon   +5 more
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