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Sensitivity and Specificity of Information Criteria [PDF]
Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2018 Information criteria (ICs) based on penalized likelihood, such as Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC), and sample-size-adjusted versions of them, are widely used for model selection in health and biological research.
Dziak, John J +4 more
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What are sensitivity and specificity? [PDF]
Evidence Based Nursing, 2019 Whenever we create a test to screen for a disease, to detect an abnormality or to measure a physiological parameter such as blood pressure (BP), we must determine how valid that test is—does it measure what it sets out to measure accurately? There are lots of factors that combine to describe how valid a test is: sensitivity and specificity are two such
Amelia Swift +2 more
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The specific suppression of contact sensitivity [PDF]
Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1978 The ability of 2,4,6 trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced regulatory cells to modulate the generation of contact sensitivity (CS) to picryl chloride has been studied. We have confirmed that such suppressor cells can modulate CS and have extended these observations to demonstrate that suppressor factors, liberated by suppressor cells in ...
Mark I. Greene +2 more
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New, specific ultrasonographic findings for the diagnosis of pulled elbow [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2014 Objective Among infants and preschool children with complaint of upper extremity immobility, pulled elbow, also known as nursemaid’s elbow or radial head subluxation is the most common cause presenting to pediatric emergency departments.
Yu Sung Lee +2 more
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Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2022 Objectives:To compare intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation formulas in terms of absolute error (AE) and receiver operating characteristic curves in eyes with axial length (AL) shorter than 22.0 mm.Materials and Methods:The data of hyperopic patients ...
Wiktor Stopyra
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The sensitivity and specificity of chest CT in the diagnosis of COVID-19
European Radiology, 2020 The identification of patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 is highly important to control the disease; however, the clinical presentation is often unspecific and a large portion of the patients develop mild or no symptoms at all.
A. Kovács +5 more
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Diagnosing Malignancy by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Cases of Solitary Thyroid Nodules
Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2022 Background: A solitary thyroid nodule is a discrete swelling that is palpable in apparently normal thyroid gland. It can be identified clinically as well as radiologically.
Bibek Ghimire +4 more
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Treponemal-specific Tests for the Diagnosis of Syphilis
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 We conducted a systematic review of relevant syphilis diagnostic literature to address the question, “What is the sensitivity and specificity of the treponemal tests currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the diagnosis of ...
Ina U. Park +3 more
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Meta-analysis of the Diagnostic Test Accuracy of Pediatric Inpatient Fall Risk Assessment Scales [PDF]
Child Health Nursing Research, 2019 Purpose: This study was conducted to obtain data for the development of an effective fall risk assessment tool for pediatric inpatients through a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic test accuracy of existing scales.
Eun Joo Kim +3 more
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Evaluation of Sensitivity and Specificity of Interleukins 25 and 33 in Diagnosis of Pediatric Asthma
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021 The roles of interleukin 25 (a member of the interleukin 17 family) and interleukin 33 (a member of the interleukin 1 family) in asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness are yet to be fully understood.
Abeer Thaher Naji AL-Hasnawi
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