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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0356.v1

Initial Review and Analysis of COVID-19 Host Genetics and Associated Phenotypes

Yosuke Tanigawa, Manuel Rivas

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; host genetics; genetics; polygenic risk score

Online: 24 March 2020 (08:36:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201710.0169.v1

A Longitudinal Approach to Biological Psychiatric Research: The PsyCourse Study

Monika Budde, Heike Anderson-Schmidt, Katrin Gade, Daniela Reich-Erkelenz, Kristina Adorjan, Janos L. Kalman, Fanny Senner, Sergi Papiol, Till F. M. Andlauer, Ashley L. Comes, Eva C. Schulte, Farah Klöhn-Saghatolislam , Anna Gryaznova, Maria Hake, Kim Bartholdi, Laura Flatau, Markus Reitt, Silke Quast, Sophia Stegmaier, Milena Meyers, Barbara Emons, Ida Sybille Haußleiter, Georg Juckel, Vanessa Nieratschker, Udo Dannlowski, Max Schmauß, Jörg Zimmermann, Jens Reimer, Sybille Schulz, Jens Wiltfang, Eva Reininghaus, Ion-George Anghelescu, Volker Arolt, Bernhard T. Baune, Carsten Konrad, Andreas Thiel, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Christian Figge, Martin von Hagen, Manfred Koller, Fabian U. Lang, Moritz E. Wigand, Thomas Becker, Markus Jäger, Detlef E. Dietrich, Sebastian Stierl, Harald Scherk, Carsten Spitzer, Here Folkerts, Stephanie H. Witt, Franziska Degenhardt, Andreas J. Forstner, Marcella Rietschel, Markus M. Nöthen, Peter Falkai, Thomas G. Schulze, Urs Heilbronner

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Psychiatry And Mental Health Keywords: Schizophrenia; bipolar; psychosis; depression; polygenic risk score; diagnosis; RDoC

Online: 27 October 2017 (11:58:11 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201911.0314.v3

Financial Performance Analysis of Distressed Banks in Ghana: Exploration of Financial Ratios and Z-score

Juabin Matey

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: Bank; , Debt; Distress; Performance; Credit Management Practice; Z-score

Online: 19 December 2019 (13:05:29 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0164.v1

Decentralization and Transboundary Pollution: Evidence from the Change of Water Pollution Levels in China

Yongliang Yang, Manhong Shen

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: Boundary effect; Transboundary pollution; Propensity Score Matching

Online: 20 March 2017 (17:33:38 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0091.v1

The Government Support and the Innovation of the New Energy Firms

Weijian Du, Mengjie Li

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: Government support; Innovation probability; Innovation destiny; Propensity score matching

Online: 10 May 2017 (18:04:33 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0041.v1

Plasma cBIN1 Score (CS) Identifies HFpEF and Can Predict Cardiac Hospitalization in Stable Ambulatory Patients

Andriana P. Nikolova, Tara C. Hitzeman, Rachel Baum, Bing Xu, Sosse Agvanian, Yu Xie, Dael R. Geft, David H. Chang, Jaime D. Moriguchi, Antoine Hage, Babak Azarbal, Lawrence S. Czer, Michelle M. Kittleson, Jignesh K. Patel, Alan H. B. Wu, Jon A. Kobashigawa, Michele Hamilton, TingTing Hong, Robin Shaw

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Cardiac And Cardiovascular Systems Keywords: biomarkers; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); cBIN1; cBIN1 Score (CS)

Online: 7 January 2018 (13:49:49 CET)

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Objective: We determined, in stable ambulatory heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) subjects and matched controls, the capability of a novel blood based cardiac-specific cBIN1 Score (CS) to diagnose heart failure and prognosticate future hospitalization. Background: Heart failure (HF) poses a costly health care burden worldwide with rising prevalence. Abnormal calcium signaling is intrinsic to HF pathophysiology and correlates with reduced expression of a cardiac membrane scaffolding protein, cardiac bridging integrator 1 (cBIN1). We hypothesize that CS, a numerical score derived from plasma cBIN1 concentration, is a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of HF. Methods: Plasma cBIN1 is quantified by an ELISA test, and CS is calculated as the natural log of the normalized reciprocal of plasma cBIN1 concentration. We determined CS among 52 clinically stable individuals with HFpEF (LVEF ≥ 50%) (mean age 57 ± 15 years old, 63% men) and 104 age and sex matched volunteers with no known history of HF. We obtained plasma concentrations of NT-proBNP, a marker of volume status, as comparison. Baseline co-morbidities and one year longitudinal clinical information were obtained through electronic medical records. Results: Median CS is 0 (IQR -0.4 – 0.6) in the control cohort and is increased to 1.8 in the HFpEF cohort (IQR 1.5 – 2.3, p < 0.0001). For HFpEF diagnosis, CS has a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve (AUC) of 0.94 (95% CI 0.95 – 0.99) and NT-proBNP of 0.89 (95% CI 0.83 – 0.95). Kaplan-Meier analysis of one year cardiovascular hospitalizations reveals that HFpEF patients with CS ≥ 1.8 have a hazard ratio (HR) of 4.0 (95% CI 1.4 – 11.2, p=0.009). Combining CS ≥ 1.8 with NT-proBNP ≥ 300 pg/mL, increases HR to 21.4 (95% CI 2.7 – 171.6, p=0.004). Conclusions: In a cohort of stable ambulatory HF patients with cardiomyopathies of multiple etiologies and preserved ejection fraction, a positive CS correlates with worsening myocardial health and predicts future hospitalization. CS, a marker of cardiac muscle health, provides a novel index to informing the management of stable ambulatory HF patients.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0040.v1

Plasma cBIN1 Score (CS) Identifies HFrEF and Can Predict Cardiac Hospitalization in Stable Ambulatory Patients

Yu Xie, Tara C. Hitzeman, Ronit H. Zadikany, Andriana P. Nikolova, Rachel Baum, Bing Xu, Sosse Agvanian, Gil Y. Melmed, Dermot T. McGovern, Dael R. Geft, David H. Chang, Jaime D. Moriguchi, Antoine Hage, Babak Azarbal, Lawrence S. Czer, Michelle M. Kittleson, Jignesh K. Patel, Alan H. B. Wu, Jon A. Kobashigawa, Michele Hamilton, TingTing Hong, Robin M. Shaw

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Cardiac And Cardiovascular Systems Keywords: biomarker; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); cBIN1; cBIN1 Score (CS)

Online: 7 January 2018 (12:51:36 CET)

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Objective: We determined, in stable ambulatory heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) subjects and matched controls, the capability of a novel blood based cardiac-specific cBIN1 Score (CS), which assesses the health of cardiac muscle, to identify patients with known heart failure (HF) and to prognosticate future hospitalization. Background: Limited clinical tools are available in assessing cardiac muscle health in stable ambulatory patients. Cardiac bridging integrator 1 (cBIN1) is a cardiomyocyte t-tubule membrane scaffolding protein which regulates calcium signaling in cardiomyocytes, decreases in failing muscle, and is present in plasma in levels that correlate with cardiac content. We hypothesize that CS, a normalized index of plasma cBIN1 concentration, can function as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of HF. Methods: Plasma cBIN1 concentration is measured by an ELISA test, and CS is calculated as the natural log of the ratio of a constant population mean cBIN1 to measured cBIN1 concentration. We determined CS among 125 clinically stable individuals with HFrEF (LVEF ≤ 40%) (mean age 56 ± 10 years old, 79% men) and 125 age, sex matched volunteers with no known history of HF. We obtained plasma concentrations of NT-proBNP, a marker of volume status, as comparison. Baseline co-morbidities and 18-month longitudinal clinical information were obtained through electronic medical records. Results: CS follows a normal distribution with a median of 0 in the control population and median is significantly increased among HFrEF patients to 1.8 (IQR 1.4 – 2.1, p < 0.0001). CS diagnosed HFrEF with a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve (AUC) of 0.93 (AUC is 0.98 for NT-proBNP, and combined CS and NT-proBNP AUC is 0.99). Unlike NT-proBNP, CS does not correlate with body mass index (BMI) in either the control or HFrEF population (Pearson’s r = -0.15, p = 0.12; Pearson’s r = 0.003, p = 0.97, respectively). NT-proBNP significantly correlates with renal function (Pearson’s r = -0.37, p = 0.001), while CS also has no correlation (Pearson’s r = 0.03, p = 0.71). During an 18-month follow-up, a high CS ≥ 1.8 at the initial visit predicted future cardiovascular hospitalizations (38% vs. 21%, p = 0.04, hazard ratio 2.0). NT-proBNP did not predict future cardiovascular hospitalizations. Conclusions: Plasma cBIN1 based CS is insensitive to BMI and renal function and differentiates myocardial health between patients with HFrEF versus matched controls. An abnormally high CS reflected poor intrinsic myocardial health and can predict future 18-month cardiac hospitalization in stable ambulatory patients.

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0448.v1

C-reactive Protein as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Factor of Endometrial Cancer

Maciej W. Socha, Bartosz Malinowski, Mateusz Wartęga, Oskar Puk, Bartłomiej Wolski, Michał Wiciński

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Obstetrics And Gynaecology Keywords: C-reactive protein; hs-CRP; albumins; Glasgow Prognostic Score; Endometrial Cancer; CRP to albumin ratio; CRP; Cancer; Inflammation

Online: 19 July 2020 (21:13:19 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201803.0109.v1

The Association of Dietary Patterns with High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study in Italy

Martina Barchitta, Andrea Maugeri, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Ottavia Agrifoglio, Aurora Scalisi, Antonella Agodi

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dietetics And Nutrition Keywords: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Mediterranean Diet Score; Principal Component analysis; western diet; prudent diet

Online: 15 March 2018 (03:33:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0204.v1

High Concentrations of Presepsin in the Bile and Its Marked Elevation in Biliary Tract Diseases: A Retrospective Analysis

Takashi Yamaguchi, Masahiro Ohira, Naoyuki Kawagoe, Shoko Nakamura, Shou Tanaka, Rena Oka, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Yuta Sato, Atsuhito Saiki, Yasuo Matsuzawa, Hideaki Bujo, Kensuke Terai, Nobuyuki Hiruta, Ichiro Tatsuno, Chiaki Nakaseko, Hidemasa Kikuchi, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Hiromitsu Yokota, Naomi Shimizu

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Gastroenterology And Hepatology Keywords: Presepsin; Sepsis; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score; alkaline phosphatase (ALP); Bile

Online: 16 June 2020 (09:43:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201711.0124.v1

NN-Harmonic Mean Aggregation Operators Based MCGDM Strategy in Neutrosophic Number Environment

Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik, Bibhas C. Giri, Florentin Smarandache

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Keywords: neutrosophic number; neutrosophic number harmonic mean operator (NNHMO); neutrosophic number weighted harmonic mean operator (NNWHMO); cosine function, score function; multi criteria group decision making

Online: 20 November 2017 (09:53:31 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0171.v3

Clinical Relevance of Genome-Wide Polygenic Score may Be Less than Claimed

David Curtis

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: genome-wide polygenic score; coronary artery disease; AUC

Online: 6 December 2018 (07:06:32 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0476.v1

Capability of Remotely Sensed Drought Indices for Representing the Spatio–Temporal Variations of the Meteorological Droughts in the Yellow River Basin

Fei Wang, Zongmin Wang, Haibo Yang, Yong Zhao, Zhenhong Li, Jiapeng Wu

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing Keywords: remotely sensed drought indices (RSDIs); Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI); meteorological drought; Skill Score (SS); Yellow River basin (YRB)

Online: 19 November 2018 (17:26:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0539.v1

Communication Networks used by Smallholder Livestock Farmers in Disease Outbreaks: Case Study of the Free State, South Africa

Christopher Nwafor, Ifeoma Nwafor

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Networks And Communications Keywords: Correlation; Disease; Extension; Information-Score; Livestock; Perceived-Usefulness

Online: 25 August 2020 (05:01:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201804.0351.v1

Smoking Topography among Korean Smokers: Intensive Smoking Behavior with Larger Puff Volume and Shorter Interpuff Interval

Sungroul Kim, Sol Yu

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public, Environmental And Occupational Health Keywords: topography; cotinine; fagerstrom score; addiction

Online: 27 April 2018 (06:21:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0398.v1

Trajectory of Type 2 Diabetes in Sepsis Outcome: Impacts of Diabetic Complication Burdens, Initial Glucose Level, and HbA1c: Population-Based Cohort Study Combining with Nationwide and Hospital-Based Database

Ming-Shun Hsieh, Sung-Yuan Hu, Chorng-Kuang How, Yi-Tzu Lee, Chen-June Seak, Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh, Jen-Huai Chiang, Chiann-Yi Hsu, Sheng-Hsiang Ma, Pau-Chung Chen

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Endocrinology And Metabolism Keywords: diabetes mellitus; sepsis; diabetes complication severity index score

Online: 22 July 2018 (10:54:29 CEST)

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Background Diabetic patients have an increased risk of infections; however, the association between type 2 diabetes and hospital outcomes of sepsis remains controversial when the diabetes severity is not considered. We examined this association using nationwide and hospital-based databases concomitantly. Methods The first part of this study was conducted using 2 nationwide databases: the Longitudinal Cohort of Diabetes Patients and the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. The diabetic complication burden was evaluated using the adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index score (aDCSI score). In the second part, we used the hospital-based database with laboratory data, such as initial blood glucose and HbA1c levels, to make comparisons between surviving and dead patients with type 2 diabetes and sepsis. Results The nationwide study included 19,719 type 2 diabetic sepsis patients and an equal number of non-diabetic patients. The diabetic sepsis patients had an increased odds ratio (OR) of 1.14 (95% CI 1.1-1.19) for hospital mortality. The OR for mortality increased as the complication burden increased (diabetic sepsis patients with aDCSI scores of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and ≥5 had ORs of 0.91, 0.87, 1.14, 1.25, 1.56, and 1.77 for mortality, respectively (all P<0.001 and P for trend <0.001)). A total of 1,054 diabetic sepsis patients were included from the hospital-based database. Initial blood glucose levels in the surviving and dead diabetic sepsis patients did not differ significantly: 273.9 ± 180.3 versus 266.1 ± 200.2 (mg/dL) (P=0.095). Moreover, the surviving diabetic sepsis patients did not have a lower HbA1c (%): 8.4 ± 2.6 versus 8.0 ± 2.5 (P=0.078). Conclusions In the case of type 2 diabetic sepsis patients, the diabetes-related complication burden is the major determinant of hospital mortality rather than the diabetes itself. Contrary to popular belief, initial blood glucose and HbA1c levels may not be as important as previously thought.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0073.v1

Classification for Liver Diseases Based on Ultrasound Image Texture Features

Sendren Sheng-Dong Xu, Chien-Tien Su, Chun-Chao Chang, Pham Quoc Phu

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Other Keywords: Classification; F-score; Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM); Gray-Level Run-Length Matrix (GLRLM); Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC); Liver Cancer; Liver Abscess; Image Texture, Sequential Backward Selection (SBS); Sequential Forward Selection (SFS); Support Vector Machine (SVM); Ultrasound Image.

Online: 4 October 2018 (14:01:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0181.v1

A Democratic Method and Index to Rationalize Authorship Decisions and Determine the Order of Authors

Thorsten Schmidt

Subject: Social Sciences, Library And Information Sciences Keywords: Authorship contributions, Authorship Score, Authorship Conflicts, First Author, Decision Making, Bibliometry

Online: 9 October 2018 (09:45:12 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0372.v1

Improvement in the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite Score by Multi-Function Swing Suspension Training Program

Sara Sepehri far, Banafsheh Amiri, Mansour Sahebozamani, Hossein Ali Ebrahimi

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Orthopedics And Sports Medicine Keywords: Multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite Score; Multi-Function Swing Suspension Training

Online: 27 May 2022 (08:59:47 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0354.v1

Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Computer-Assisted Reporting Based on Fully Automated Cross-Lingual RadLex® Mappings

Máté E. Maros, Chang Gyu Cho, Andreas G. Junge, Benedikt Kämpgen, Victor Saase, Fabian Siegel, Frederik Trinkmann, Thomas Ganslandt, Holger Wenz

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Other Keywords: machine learning; computer-assisted reporting; RadLex®; natural language processing; contextual reporting; The Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT Score (ASPECTS)

Online: 20 April 2020 (01:31:44 CEST)

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Objectives: Studies evaluating machine learning (ML) algorithms on cross-lingual RadLex® mappings for developing context-sensitive radiological reporting tools are lacking. Therefore, we investigated whether ML-based approaches can be utilized to assist radiologists in providing key imaging biomarkers – such as The Alberta stroke programme early CT score (APECTS). Material and Methods: A stratified random sample (age, gender, year) of CT reports (n=206) with suspected ischemic stroke was generated out of 3997 reports signed off between 2015-2019. Three independent, blinded readers assessed these reports and manually annotated clinico-radiologically relevant key features. The primary outcome was whether ASPECTS should have been provided (yes/no: 154/52). For all reports, both the findings and impressions underwent cross-lingual (German to English) RadLex®-mappings using natural language processing. Well-established ML-algorithms including classification trees, random forests, elastic net, support vector machines (SVMs) and boosted trees were evaluated in a 5 x 5-fold nested cross-validation framework. Further, a linear classifier (fastText) was directly fitted on the German reports. Ensemble learning was used to provide robust importance rankings of these ML-algorithms. Performance was evaluated using derivates of the confusion matrix and metrics of calibration including AUC, brier score and log loss as well as visually by calibration plots. Results: On this imbalanced classification task SVMs showed the highest accuracies both on human-extracted- (87%) and fully automated RadLex® features (findings: 82.5%; impressions: 85.4%). FastText without pre-trained language model showed the highest accuracy (89.3%) and AUC (92%) on the impressions. Ensemble learner revealed that boosted trees, fastText and SVMs are the most important ML-classifiers. Boosted trees fitted on the findings showed the best overall calibration curve. Conclusions: Contextual ML-based assistance suggesting ASPECTS while reporting neuroradiological emergencies is feasible, even if ML-models are restricted to be developed on limited and highly imbalanced data sets.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.1106.v1

An Explainable Vision Transformer Model Based White Blood Cells Classification and Localization

Oguzhan Katar, Ozal Yildirim

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: Vision Transformers; white blood cells; explainable AI models; deep learning; Score-CAM

Online: 15 June 2023 (08:42:51 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques for Solving the Airport Ground Handling Service Equipment Vendor Selection Problem

Peng Yen-Ting, Shen Chien-Wen, Tu Chang-Shu

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Mathematics Keywords: equipment vendor selection; fuzzy TOPSIS; fuzzy weighted average left and right score; multi-choice goal programming; multi-aspiration goal programming

Online: 30 May 2019 (08:42:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0295.v1

Veridical Causal Inference for Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Medical Claims

Ryan Ross, Xu Shi, Megan Caram, Pheobe Tsao, Paul Lin, Amy Bohnert, Min Zhang, Bhramar Mukherjee

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Other Keywords: insurance claims; reproducibility; propensity score; veridical data science; sensitivity analysis

Online: 24 June 2020 (09:51:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202102.0485.v1

Relationship Between D-Dimer / Creatinine Ratio and Coronary Artery Disease Severity in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Yipin Zhao, Huawei Wang, Zebin Lin, Yingying Ji, Qingwei Chen

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Creatinine; D-dimer; D-dimer to creatinine ratio; Gensini score; ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Online: 22 February 2021 (15:25:02 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0441.v1

The Moderating Role of CSR On the Antecedents And Out Come of Earnings Management in The Iraqi Firm

Mohammed Ghanim Ahmed, Yuvaraj Ganesan, Fathyah Hashim

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Accounting And Taxation Keywords: board independence; audit committee; meeting frequency; M-score model

Online: 24 November 2021 (08:08:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0113.v1

Usefulness of Serial Multiorgan Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Acute Heart Failure: Results from a Prospective Observational Cohort

Marta Torres-Arrese, Gonzalo García de Casasola-Sánchez, Manuel Méndez-Bailón, Esther Montero-Hernández, Marta Cobo-Marcos, Mercedes Rivas-Lasarte, Luis Caurecel-Díaz, Pablo Rodríguez-Fuertes, Tomas Villén-Villegas, Yale Tung-Chen

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Cardiac And Cardiovascular Systems Keywords: acute heart failure (AHF); venous congestion; Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS); VExUS (venous excess ultrasonography score).

Online: 7 December 2021 (23:46:59 CET)

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Background and Objectives: Acute Heart Failure (AHF) is a common disease and a cause of high morbidity and mortality, constituting a major health problem. The main purpose of this study was to determine the impact of multiorgan ultrasound in identifying the pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients admitted due to AHF, predict the evolution of the disease during hospitalization and identify areas of improvement in the care of patients with AHF. Materials and Methods: Patients were evaluated with a standard exam of lung ultrasound, echocardiography, inferior vena cava (IVC) and femoral, renal, hepatic, portal venous Doppler flow patterns at admission and on the day of discharge. Results: Thirty patients were enrolled during November 2021. The mean age was seventy-nine years (Standard Deviation – SD 13,4). Seven patients (23.3%) had a renal function worsening. Regarding ultrasound findings, venous excess ultrasonography score (VExUS) score was calculated at admission and at discharge, surprisingly remaining unchanged or even worsened in most of them (21 patients, 70.0%). The area under the curve for the Lung Score was 83.9% (p = 0.008), obtaining a cutoff value of 10 that showed a sensitivity of 82.6% and a specificity of 71.4% in the identification of intermediate and high PH. It was possible to monitor significant changes between both exams on the lung score (p <0.001), hepatic vein Doppler (p <0.001), portal vein Doppler (p = 0.030), intra-renal vein Doppler (p = 0.025) and VExUS score (p = 0.023), remaining similar the femoral vein Doppler (p = 0.177) and IVC (p = 0.132). Conclusions: Our study results suggest that performing serial multiorgan Point-of-Care ultrasound can help us to better identify high and intermediate probability of PH patients with AHF. Currently proposed multi-organ, venous Doppler scanning protocols, such as the VExUS score, should be further studied in different populations before expanding its use in AHF patients.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0303.v1

Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is a Prognostic Indicator for Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke: Results from a 3-month Follow-up Study

Bei-lei Zhu, Yan-zhi Wu, Zhong-ming Cai, Cheng-wei Liao, Le-qiu Sun, Zhi-peng Liu, Hao-man Chen, Xue-rong Huang, Ren-qian Feng, Sheng-lie Ye, Qun-li Lin, Xu-dong Zhou, Man-man Zhang, Bo Yang

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Controlling Nutritional Status Score; Hemorrhagic stroke; Nutrition screening; Prognosis; Modified Rankin Scale

Online: 15 January 2021 (16:08:15 CET)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0114.v1

Why D-Mannose May Be as Efficient as Antibiotics in the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Lower Urinary Tract Infections Preliminary Considerations and Conclusions from a Non-interventional Study

Florian Wagenlehner, Horst Lorenz, Oda Ewald, Peter Gerke

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Urology And Nephrology Keywords: urinary tract infection; cystitis; D-mannose; antibiotics; acute cystitis symptom score

Online: 8 February 2022 (13:25:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202012.0735.v1

Greek Version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score. Part I: Linguistic Validation

Konstantinos Stamatiou, Evangelia Samara, Jakhongir F. Alidjanov, Kurt G. Naber, Adrian Pilatz, Florian M. Wagenlehner

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Urology And Nephrology Keywords: Greek language; translation; acute cystitis symptom score; ACSS; cystitis; urinary tract infection; female pa-tients; diagnosis; patient-reported outcome

Online: 29 December 2020 (15:40:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202012.0053.v1

Are Dietary Indices Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Its Phenotypes? A Case-Control Study

Ana Cutillas-Tolín, Julian Arense-Gonzalo, Jaime Mendiola, Evdochia Adoamnei, Fuensanta Navarro-Lafuente, María Luísa Sanchez-Ferrer, Maria Teresa Prieto Sanchez, Ana Carmona-Barnosi, Jesus Vioque, Alberto M. Torres-Cantero

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS); PCOS phenotypes; Rotterdam Criteria; hyperandrogenism; Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS); Alternate Healthy Index (AHEI); Alternate Healthy Index 2010 (AHEI-2010) and DASH index

Online: 2 December 2020 (09:29:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0307.v1

Supplementing Dairy Ewes Grazing Low Quality Pastures with Plant-Derived Oils and Rumen-Protected EPA+DHA Pellets Improves Lactation Traits and Body Condition Score

Quang V. Nguyen, Hung V. Le, Don V. Nguyen, Peter Nish, John R. Otto, Bunmi S. Malau-Aduli, Peter D. Nichols, Aduli E.O. Malau-Aduli

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: PUFA; oils; body condition score; sheep milk composition; supplementation; canola; flaxseed; safflower; rice bran

Online: 13 November 2018 (10:05:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201911.0298.v2

A Hierarchical Machine Learning Model to Discover Gleason Grade Group-specific Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer

Osama Hamzeh, Abedalrhman Alkhateeb, Julia Zheng, Srinath Kandalam, Crystal Lueng, Govindaraja Aikukke, Dora Cavallo-Medved, Nallasivam Palanisamy, Luis Rueda

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: classification; prostate cancer; gleason score; machine learning; next-generation sequencing

Online: 26 November 2019 (04:01:21 CET)

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1) Background: One of the most common cancer that affects men worldwide and North American men is prostate cancer. Gleason score is a pathological grading system to examine the potential aggressiveness of the disease in the prostate tissue. The advancement in computing and next-generation sequencing technology now allow us to study the genomic profiles of patients in association with their different Gleason score more accurately and effectively. 2) Methods: In this study, we used a novel machine learning method to analyze gene expression of prostate tumors with different Gleason scores, and identify potential genetic biomarkers for each Gleason group. We obtained a publicly-available RNA-Seq dataset of a cohort of 104 prostate cancer patients from the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repository, and categorized patients based on their Gleason scores to create a hierarchy of disease progression. A hierarchical model with standard classifiers in different Gleason groups, also known as nodes, was developed to identify and predict nodes based on their mRNA or gene expression. In each node, patient samples were analyzed via class imbalance and hybrid feature selection techniques to build the prediction model. The outcome from analysis of each node is a set of genes that can differentiate each Gleason group from the remaining groups. To validate the proposed method, the set of identified genes are used to classify a second dataset of 499 prostate cancer patients collected from cBioportal [1]. 3) Results: The overall accuracy of applying this novel method to the first dataset was 93.3%, and further validated to 87% accuracy using the second dataset. This method also identified genes that were not previously reported as potential biomarkers for specific Gleason groups. In particular, PIAS3 was identified as a potential biomarker for Gleason score 4+3=7, and UBE2V2 for Gleason score 6. 4) Insight: Previous reports show that the genes predicted by this newly proposed method strongly correlate with prostate cancer development and progression. Furthermore, pathway analysis shows that both PIAS3 and UBE2V2 share similar protein interaction pathways, the JAK/STAT signaling process.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201911.0223.v1

Identification and Preference of Game Styles in LaLiga Associated with Match Outcomes

Julen Castellano Paulis, Miguel Pic

Subject: Social Sciences, Education Keywords: match analysis; team sport; key performance indicator; interaction; elite; score

Online: 19 November 2019 (03:57:36 CET)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0341.v1

The Appropriateness of Invasive Ventilation in COVID-19 Positive Cancer Patients: The Hardest Decision for Oncologists

Michele Ghidini, Alice Indini, Erika Rijavec, Claudia Bareggi, Monica Cattaneo, Barbara Galassi, Donatella Gambini, Francesco Grossi

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: COVID-19; invasive ventilation; cancer; ICU; ONCOVID-ICU; Milano Policlinico; SOFA score; ARDS

Online: 16 July 2020 (04:17:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0209.v1

Characterization of Microbiota in Bronchiectasis Patients with Different Disease Severities

Sang Hoon Lee, YeonJoo Lee, Jong Sun Park, Young-Jae Cho, Ho Il Yoon, Choon-Taek Lee, Jae Ho Lee

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: bronchiectasis; FACED score; microbiome

Online: 10 October 2018 (08:14:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0094.v1

A Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Double Blinded, Parallel Group Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of AEV01 for Mild COVID19 in Elderly Patients at Risk of Complications

RAMESH KANNAN, VANITHA MURALIKUMAR, VAMSEEDHAR ANNAM, SAKTHI BALAN, ARAVINDA KUMAR, SEKHAR MM, RENU MEDASANI

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pharmacology And Toxicology Keywords: COVID-19; Picrorhiza kurroa; AEV01; NEW Score; Immunomodulatory; unvaccinated elderly population

Online: 7 May 2022 (05:47:32 CEST)

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Background: While several drugs are in the pipeline for treatment of various grades of COVID-19 disease, none of them have shown promise until now. Medicinal plants are crucial in developing and developed countries for their primary and basic health needs owing to better tolerability, superior compatibility with human body and having lesser side effects. AEV01 , a speciality extract of kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa), is one potential medicinal herb which can be effective for mild COVID19 in elderly patients at risk of complications and aging immunity. Purpose: The efficacy and safety of AEV01 for mild COVID-19 in elderly patients at risk of complications was investigated in this study. Study design: A prospective, phase 3, randomized, multicentric, placebo controlled double blinded parallel group interventional trial. Methods: This study was conducted in elderly patients diagnosed as COVID-19 with mild symptoms. 70 patients were randomized into two groups to receive AEV01 capsule (100mg) and placebo respectively thrice daily for 30 days along with standard care of treatment as per national WHO/ICMR guidelines. Clinical improvement timelines and corresponding scores using 8-point ordinal scale and NEWS were assessed for efficacy and safety of AEV01 in COVID-19 patients. Results: AEV01 group showed a significant improvement (P=0.0001) in the normalization of the SpO₂ rate and relief from cough. There was also significant difference in time to recovery, with patients in the AEV01 drugtreated group recovering in 4.5 days as compared to Placebo in 9.1 days. ESR, LDH, serum ferritin, Neutrophil-Lymphocyte ratio (NLR), TNF- alpha, IL-6 and CD4 cell counts, which are considered as prognostic markers in COVID19 infected patients, showed a significant improvement in patients treated with AEV01. The AEV01 drug treated group showed significant clinical improvement in the 8-point ordinal scale severity rating and NEW Score from day 3 onwards which continued up to end of study. Conclusion: AEV01 has shown a significant improvement in clinical and laboratory parameters. There was also reduction in the progression of the COVID-19 disease in unvaccinated elderly patients from mild to moderate when treated at an earlier stage.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0251.v1

Comprehensive Study of Thunderstorm Indices Threshold Favorable for Thunderstorms During Monsoon Season Using WRF-ARW Model and ERA5 Over India

Unashish Mondal, Anish Kumar, S. K. Panda, Devesh Sharma, Someshwar Das

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Thunderstorm Indices; WRF-ARW; Lightning; Optimal Threshold; Model Skill Score

Online: 4 May 2023 (10:01:07 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202107.0559.v1

Comparative Analysis of Lenvatinib and Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multi-Center, Propensity Score Study

Jaejun Lee, Ji Won Han, Pil Soo Sung, Soon Kyu Lee, Hyun Yang, Hee Chul Nam, Sun Hong Yoo, Hae Lim Lee, Hee Yeon Kim, Sung Won Lee, Jung Hyun Kwon, Jeong Won Jang, Chang Wook Kim, Soon Woo Nam, Jung Suk Oh, Ho Jong Chun, Si Hyun Bae, Jong Young Choi, Seung Kew Yoon

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma; Lenvatinib; Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy; Propensity score matching

Online: 26 July 2021 (09:59:34 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202012.0584.v1

Genetic and Environmental Factors Influence Pleomorphy of lRRK2 Parkinsonism

Vinita Ganesh Chittoor, Jeremy Nichols, Birgitt Schüle

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Parkinson’s disease; parkinsonism; LRRK2; neuropathology; modifier; genetics; GWAS; environmental risk factors; polygenic risk score

Online: 23 December 2020 (10:49:22 CET)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0118.v1

Validating the Effects of Disruptive Technologies using Operational Breakeven Theory, Relative Solvency Ratio and Altman’s Z-score on Selected Firms in Nigeria and India

Enyi Patrick Enyi, Ayodeji Kofi Ajibade

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Accounting And Taxation Keywords: Disruptive Technologies; Operational Breakeven; Altman’s Z-score; Enyi’s RSR; Going Concern; Market Induced Survival Ratio; Disruptive Technology Gains Index

Online: 5 November 2021 (11:31:53 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0187.v1

Workload in the Care of a Patient with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and the Patient’s Need for Nursing Care

Paulina Szydłowska-Pawlak, Dorota Maria Kilańska, Remigiusz Kozlowski, Roman Załuska, Monika Borzuchowska, Michał Marczak

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Nursing Keywords: nurse; workload; staff workload; nursing intensive care; nursing activities score

Online: 10 February 2023 (07:53:12 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0448.v1

The Impact of Event Scale – Revised: Examining its cutoff scores among Arab psychiatric patients and healthy adults within the context of COVID-19 as a collective traumatic event

Amira M. Ali, Saeed Abdullah Al-Dossary, Abdulaziz Mofdy Almarwani, Maha Atout, Rasmieh Al-Amer, And Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees

Subject: Social Sciences, Psychology Keywords: Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R)/post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); cutoff point/cutoff score; psychiatric patients/the general public/healthy adults; psychometric evaluation/criterion validity; Coronavirus Disease-19/COVID-19; Arabic version/Arab/Saudi Arabia

Online: 25 January 2023 (05:02:13 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0012.v1

Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Vasanthakumar Gunasekaran, Mettu Srinivas Reddy, Ashwin Rammohan, Naresh P Shanmugam, Deepashree Thirchunapalli, Rathnavel G Kanagavelu, Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, Mohamed Rela

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Gastroenterology And Hepatology Keywords: Budd-Chiari syndrome; Living donor; Liver transplantation; Propensity score-Matched Analysis; Outcomes

Online: 1 October 2021 (11:52:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0484.v1

Validation of the American English Version of The Acute Cystitis Symptom Score

Jakhongir F. Alidjanov, Kurt G. Naber, Adrian Pilatz, Florian M. Wagenlehner

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Urology And Nephrology Keywords: Acute Cystitis Symptom Score; ACSS; cystitis; urinary tract infection; female patients; diagnosis; patient-reported outcome

Online: 18 November 2020 (16:35:23 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202102.0404.v1

Darknet Traffic Big-Data Analysis and Network Management to Real-Time Automating the Malicious Intent Detection Process by a Weight Agnostic Neural Networks Framework

Konstantinos Demertzis, Konstantinos Tsiknas, Dimitrios Takezis, Charalabos Skianis, Lazaros Iliadis

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Algebra And Number Theory Keywords: Darknet; Traffic Analysis; Network Management; Malicious Intent Detection; Weight Agnostic Neural Networks; Real-Time Forensics; Shapley Value; Power Predicting Score

Online: 18 February 2021 (09:56:34 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0320.v1

Performance Analysis of Segmentation and Classification of CT scanned Ovarian Tumours using UNet and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Ashwini Kodipalli, Vaishnavi Gururaj, Shriya VR, Steven L Fernandes, Santosh Dasar

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Mathematical And Computational Biology Keywords: Ovarian Tumours; UNet; Convolutional Neural Networks; VGG 16; DenseNet; ResNet; Dice score; Jaccard score

Online: 13 April 2023 (10:50:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0305.v1

Polygenic Risk Score and Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes

Marija Majda Perisic, Klemo Vladimir, Mario Storga, Ali Mostashari, Raya Khanin

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Obstetrics And Gynaecology Keywords: gestational diabetes; pregnancy; polygenic risk score; gwas; machine learning

Online: 20 July 2022 (12:09:41 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0361.v1

Combining Awake Anesthesia with Minimal Invasive Surgery Optimizes Intraoperative Surgical Spinal Cord Stimulation Lead Placement

Philippe Rigoard, Amine Ounajim, Lisa Goudman, Chantal Wood, Manuel Roulaud, Philippe Page, Bertille Lorgeoux, Sandrine Baron, Kevin Nivole, Mathilde Many, Emmanuel Cuny, Jimmy Voirin, Denys Fontaine, Sylvie Raoul, Patrick Mertens, Philippe Peruzzi, François Caire, Nadia Buisset, Romain David, Maarten Moens, Maxime Billot

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Anesthesiology And Pain Medicine Keywords: PSPS; FBSS; SCS; surgical lead; SCS implantation; MAST (for Minimal Access Spine Technologies); TCIVA (for Target Controlled Intra-Veinous Anesthesia); composite score; pain mapping; neuropathic pain; chronic pain; quality of life; anesthesia; hypnosis

Online: 25 July 2022 (08:34:26 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0431.v2

Prediction of Postoperative Outcomes Following Hip Fracture Surgery: Independent Validation and Recalibration of the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score

William J. Doherty, Thomas A. Stubbs, Andrew Chaplin, Mike R. Reed, Avan A. Sayer, Miles D. Witham, Antony K. Sorial

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy And Rehabilitation Keywords: Hip fracture; Casemix; Validation; Discrimination; Risk score; Calibration

Online: 9 July 2020 (17:23:04 CEST)

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Objectives Independent validation of risk scores after hip fracture is uncommon, particularly for evaluation of outcomes other than death. We aimed to assess the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score (NHFS) for prediction of mortality, physical function, length of stay and postoperative complications. Design Analysis of routinely collected prospective data partly collected by follow-up interviews. Setting and Participants Consecutive hip fracture patients were identified from the Northumbria hip fracture database between 2014-2018. Patients were excluded if they were not surgically managed or if scores for predictive variables were missing. Methods C-statistics were calculated to test the discriminant ability of the NHFS, Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS), and ASA grade for in-hospital, 30- and 120-day mortality, functional independence at discharge, 30-days and 120-days, length of stay, and postoperative complications. Results We analysed data from 3208 individuals, mean age 82.6 (SD 8.6). 2192 (70.9%) were female. 194 (6.3%) died during the first 30-days, 1686 (54.5%) were discharged to their own home, 211 (6.8%) had no mobility at 120-days, 141 (4.6%) experienced a postoperative complication. The median length of stay was 18 days (IQR 8-28). For mortality, c-statistics for the NHFS ranged from 0.68-0.69, similar to ASA and AMTS. For postoperative mobility, the c-statistics for the NHFS ranged from 0.74-0.83, similar to AMTS (0.61-0.82) and better than the ASA grade (0.68-0.71). Length of stay was significantly correlated with each score (p<0.001 by Jonckheere-Terpstra test); NHFS and AMTS showed inverted U-shaped relationships with length of stay. For postoperative complications, c-statistics for NHFS (0.54-0.59) were similar to ASA grade (0.53-0.61) and AMTS (0.50-0.58). Conclusions and Implications The NHFS performed consistently well in predicting functional outcomes, moderately in predicting mortality, but less well in predicting length of stay and complications. There remains room for improvement by adding further predictors such as measures of physical performance in future analyses.

Preprint ESSAY | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1453.v3

Goodbye H-index, Welcome C-score

Valenti Rull

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Other Keywords: h-index; c-score; individual evaluation; citation scores; first authorship; multiauthorship; scientific misconduct

Online: 24 January 2024 (07:32:45 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202108.0545.v1

A Novel Multi-dimensional Clinical Response Index Dedicated to Improving Global Assessment of Pain in Patients with Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome After Spinal Surgery, Based on a Real-life Prospective Multicentric Study (PREDIBACK) and Machine Learning

Philippe Rigoard, Amine Ounajim, Lisa Goudman, Pierre-Yves Louis, Yousri Slaoui, Manuel Roulaud, Nicolas Naiditch, Bénédicte Bouche, Philippe Page, Bertille Lorgeoux, Sandrine Baron, Elodie Charrier, Laure Poupin, Delphine Rannou, Géraldine Brumauld de Montgazon, Brigitte Roy-Moreau, Nelly Grimaud, Nihel Adjali, Kevin Nivole, Mathilde Many, Romain David, Chantal H. Wood, Raphael Rigoard, Maarten Moens, Maxime Billot

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Anesthesiology And Pain Medicine Keywords: Composite score; Machine learning; PSPS; Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS); Chronic pain; Pain Intensity; Quality of Life; Pain Mapping; Pain Surface; Functional Capacity; Psychological Distress; Anxiety and Depression

Online: 30 August 2021 (13:04:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0495.v1

Movement Analysis to Predict Broiler Walking Ability

Danilo Florentino Pereira, Irenilza de Alencar Nääs, Nilsa Duarte da Silva Lima

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: computing image analysis; gait score; unrest index

Online: 19 April 2021 (14:17:10 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Methylation‐Based Reclassification of Bladder Cancer Based on Immune Cell Genes

Qizhan Luo, Thomas-Alexander Vögeli

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Urology And Nephrology Keywords: Immune cell; DNA CpGs; Bladder cancer; Subtype; mutation; CNV; Immune score; Immune Checkpoints

Online: 5 September 2020 (06:00:06 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0108.v1

Clinical Validation of the Greek Version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS). Part II

Konstantinos Stamatiou, Evangelia Samara, Jakhongir F. Alidjanov, Adrian M. E. Pilatz, Kurt G. Naber, Florian M. E. Wagenlehner

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Urology And Nephrology Keywords: Acute Cystitis Symptom Score; cystitis; patient-reported outcome; questionnaire; women

Online: 6 September 2021 (17:02:05 CEST)

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Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0402.v2

I Can Achieve Intrauterine Growth Rete if You Give Me Enough Nutrition: Preterm Infant Born at ≤29 Weeks Gestation

Angela Hoyos

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Very preterm infants; Z-score on weight; neonatal nutrition; appropriate intrauterine neonatal growth

Online: 30 July 2021 (15:00:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202010.0637.v1

Analysis of the Cost of Varying Levels of User Perceived Quality for Internet Access

Ali Adib Arnab, John Schormans, Sheikh Razibulhasan Raj, Nafi Ahmad

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Networks And Communications Keywords: Mean Opinion Score (MOS); Quality of Experience (QoE); bandwidth; bandwidth cost; Quality of Service (QoS)

Online: 30 October 2020 (12:55:01 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0297.v1

A 15-DNA Repair Gene Prognostic Signature for Immunotherapy in Gastric Cancer

Binbin Yuan, Chengfei Jiang, Lingyan Chen, Jinlong Cui, Min Chen, Shu Zhang, Yimeng Cai, Jian-Hua Mao, Xiaoping Zou, Bo Hang, Pin Wang

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: gastric cancer; immunotherapy; immune checkpoint blockade (ICB); immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI),; DNA repair gene signature (DRGS); prognostic biomarker; score system

Online: 20 October 2021 (22:47:19 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0038.v1

Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation with or without Chemolipiodolization for Early-stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis

Kota Takaki, Masahito Nakano, Kazuta Fukumori, Yoichi Yano, Yuki Zaizen, Takashi Niizeki, Kotaro Kuwaki, Masaru Fukahori, Takahiko Sakaue, Sohei Yoshimura, Mika Nakazaki, Takuji Torimura

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma; percutaneous radiofrequency ablation; chemolipiodolization; risk factors; propensity score-matched analysis

Online: 4 October 2021 (10:19:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0429.v1

Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy with Cisplatin Versus Sorafenib for Intrahepatic Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Yuki Zaizen, Masahito Nakano, Kazuta Fukumori, Yoichi Yano, Kota Takaki, Takashi Niizeki, Kotaro Kuwaki, Masaru Fukahori, Takahiko Sakaue, Sohei Yoshimura, Mika Nakazaki, Ryoko Kuromatsu, Shusuke Okamura, Hideki Iwamoto, Shigeo Shimose, Tomotake Shirono, Yu Noda, Naoki Kamachi, Hironori Koga, Takuji Torimura

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy; cisplatin; sorafenib; multikinase inhibitors; risk factors; propensity score-matched analysis

Online: 24 September 2021 (12:38:25 CEST)

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Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0409.v1

Comparison of 0.12% Chlorhexidine and a New Bone Bioactive Liquid, BBL, Mouthrinses on Oral Wound Healing: A Randomized, Double Blind Clinical Human Trial

Eduard Ferrés-Amat, Ashraf Al Madhoun, Elvira Ferrés-Amat, Neus Carreo, Miguel Barrajas, Areej Said Al-Madhoun, Eduard Ferrés-Padró, Carles Marti, Maher Atari

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dentistry And Oral Surgery Keywords: chlorhexidine; bioactive liquid; oral wound healing; pain index score; early wound healing score

Online: 27 September 2022 (03:37:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0314.v1

Relationships between Serum Interleukin-6, Radiographic Severity and WOMAC Index in Patients with Primary Knee Osteoarthritis

Shereen Elwan, Faisal Mohammed Hilal, Ahmed Bashawyah, Antonella Paladini, Nema Soliman, Martina Rekatsina, Abdallah El-Sayed Allam, Yu-Ting Tai, Jui-An Lin, Giustino Varrassi, Riham Ahmed

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Interleukin-6; primary knee osteoarthritis; Visual analogue scale; Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; WOMAC; Kellegren-Lawrence score

Online: 18 January 2023 (01:58:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0291.v1

Multidimensional Machine Learning on 2173 COVID-19 Patients in Vietnam

Tue Trong Nguyen *, Tu Cam Ho *, Huong Thi Thu Bui *, Ulrike Protzer, Van Thanh Ta

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: COVID-19; Multidimensional Analysis; HCA; Hierarchical cluster analysis; regression analysis; mild; moderate; severe; Age; Score index of the chest X-ray; percentage and quantity of neutrophils; Albumin; C reactive protein; ratio of Lymphocytes

Online: 20 September 2022 (04:50:36 CEST)

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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of the study was to determine (a) the overall preclinical character; (b) the cumulative cutoff values and the risk ratio, and (c) the factors associated with severity by a unidimensional and multidimensional analysis on 2173 Sars-Cov2 patients. METHODS: The machine learning study population consisted of 2173 patients (1587 mild and non symptoms patients, 377 moderate patients, 209 severe patients). The status of the patients was recorded from September 2021 to March 2022. RESULTS: The Covid19 Severity directly links with a significant correlation to Age, Score index of the chest X-ray, percentage and quantity of neutrophils, Albumin, C reactive protein, and ratio of Lymphocytes. Their important cut off values (from regression analysis) respectively are: 77.56 years old (the mild-moderate group), 5.53 (the mild-moderate group) and 10.51 (the moderate-severe group), 84.80% (the mild-moderate group) and 87.74%(the moderate-severe group), 11.77G/L (the moderate-severe group), 29.73g/L (the moderate-severe group), 7.46mg/dL (the mild-moderate group), 6.32% (the moderate-severe group). Their significant (p<0.0001) R score correlation with the severity of Covid19, are: 0.44, 0.52 and 0.52, 0.33 and 0.44, 0.42, -0.43, 0.40, -0.41. Their significant risk ratio (p<0.00001) from the meta-analysis, respectively are: 4.19 [3.58-4.95], 3.29 [2.76-3.92] and 3.03 [2.4023;3.8314], 3.18 [2.73-3.70] and 3.32 [2.6480;4.1529], 3.15 [2.6153;3.8025], 3.4[2.91-3.97], 0.46 [0.3650;0.5752] (p<0.00001), 0.34 [0.2743;0.4210]. The pair ALT – Leucocytes and Transferrin – Anion Chloride get the most important correlation shift. ALT – Leucocytes show the important negative link (R=-1, p<0.00001) in the mild group to the significant positive correlation in the moderate group (R=1, p<0.00001). Transferrin–anion Chloride has an important positive association (R=1, p<0.00001) in the mild group with a significant negative correlation in the moderate group (R=-0.59, p<0.00001). The network map and HCA show that in the mild-moderate group, the closest neighbors with the Covid19 severity are ferritins, Age. Then there is C-reactive protein, SI of X-ray, Albumin, and Lactate dehydrogenase, which are the next close neighbors of these three factors. In the moderate-severe group, the closest neighbors with the Covid19 severity are Ferritin, Fibrinogen, Albumin, the quantity of Lymphocytes, SI of X-ray, white blood cells count, Lactate dehydrogenase, and quantity of neutrophils. CONCLUSIONS: Complete multidimensional study in 2173 Covid19 patients in Vietnam shows the whole picture of all the preclinical factors, which may become the clinical reference marker for surveillance and diagnostic management

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0783.v1

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Epidemiology and Outcomes of Candidemia: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon

Aline El Zakhem, Omar Mahmoud, Johnny Zakhour, Sarah B. Nahhal, Nour El Ghawi, Nadine Omran, Walaa G. El Sheikh, Hani Tamim, Souha S. Kanj

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Epidemiology And Infectious Diseases Keywords: Candida; Candidemia; invasive candidiasis; Candida auris; non-albicans candida; COVID-19; antifungal susceptibility; Lebanon; Arab world; EQUAL score

Online: 11 May 2023 (04:37:02 CEST)

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Invasive fungal infections, notably candidemia, have been associated with COVID-19. The epidemiology of candidemia has significantly changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aim to identify the microbiological profile, resistance rates, and outcomes of COVID-19 associated candidemia (CAC) compared to patients with candidemia not associated with COVID-19. We retrospectively collected data on patients with candidemia admitted to the American University of Beirut Medical Center between 2004 and 2022. We compared the epidemiology of candidemia during and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we compared the outcomes of critically ill patients with CAC to those with candidemia without COVID-19 from March 2020 till March 2022. Among 245 candidemia episodes, 156 occurred prior to the pandemic and 89 during the pandemic. Of the latter, 39 (43.8%) were CAC, most of which (82%) were reported from intensive care units (ICU). Non-albicans Candida (NAC) spp. were predominant throughout the study period (67.7%). Candida auris infection was the most common cause of NAC spp. in CAC. C. glabrata had decreased susceptibility rates to fluconazole and caspofungin during the pandemic period (46.1% and 38.4% respectively). Mortality rate in the overall ICU population during the pandemic was 76.6%, much higher than the previously reported mortality of candidemia from previous studies at our center. There was no significant difference in 30-day mortality between CAC and non-CAC (75.0% vs 78.1%; P =0.76). Performing ophthalmic examination (P = 0.002), CVC removal during the 48 hours following the candidemia (P = 0.008) and identifying the Candida spp. (P = 0.028) were significantly associated with a lower case-fatality rate. The epidemiology of candidemia has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic at our center. Rigorous infection control measures and proper antifungal stewardship are essential to combat highly resistant species like C. auris.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0086.v1

Determination of Treatment Efficacy of Lung Cancer using Diffusion-Weighted Whole Body Imaging with Background Suppression（DWIBS）Quantification Software (BD Score)

Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Tetsuya Numa, Kaori Matsuda, Yoshio Okazaki, Seiichirou Watanabe, Shin Kimoto, Takao Hiraki, Taro Takahara

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: diffusion-weighted whole body imaging with background suppression（DWIBS）; magnetic res-onance imaging (MRI); lung cancer; response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST); ap-parent diffusion coefficient (ADC); BD Score

Online: 5 January 2023 (01:43:25 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0026.v1

Tracking Obesity Phenotypes in Korean Adults Based on KNHANES (2015-2019)

Jieun Shin, Okhyun Kim, Myoungsook Lee

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dietetics And Nutrition Keywords: obesity phenotypes, obesogenic environments, metabolic syndrome, K-score, food pattern

Online: 1 November 2022 (09:36:30 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0289.v3

Internet Access and Nutritional Intake: Evidence from Rural China

Ping Xue, Xinru Han, Ehsan Elahi, Yinyu Zhao, Xiudong Wang

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: internet access; nutritional intake; rural China; propensity score matching

Online: 11 June 2021 (14:54:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.2269.v1

A Longitudinal Analysis of Cyber Adversarial Tactics and Techniques

Marshall S. Rich

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Information Systems Keywords: Behavioral Analysis; Behavioral Score; Cybersecurity; Data Analytics; Geographic Analysis; Longitudinal Study; Model Recalibration; Network Anomaly Detection; Organizational Analysis; Threat Intelligence

Online: 30 June 2023 (16:16:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0211.v1

Development and Validation of a Risk Score to Predict Low Birthweight Using Characteristics of the Mother: A Prospective Cohort Study

Hamid Y. Hassen, Bilal S. Endris, Meselech A. Roro, Seifu H. Gebreyesus, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology And Child Health Keywords: prediction; model; risk score; low birthweight; pregnant women; decision curve analysis

Online: 13 April 2020 (11:15:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.1654.v1

Serum Level of Cytokeratin 18 (M65) as Prognostic Marker of High Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Individuals

Sabrina Pagano, Stephan J.L. Bakker, Catherine Juillard, Robin P.F. Dullaart, Nicolas Vuilleumier

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Internal Medicine Keywords: Cytokeratin 18; Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Fatty liver index; Framingham risk score; Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation 2

Online: 23 June 2023 (10:36:14 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0002.v1

Therapeutic Approach of Anticoagulants and Acute Blood Purification for Patients with Sepsis-Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Post-marketing Surveillance Data of Antithrombin Supplementation

Yutaka Eguchi, Hiroyuki Nagafuchi, Toshiaki Ikeda

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Hematology Keywords: antithrombin; recombinant thrombomodulin; SOFA score; JAAM DIC score; PMX-DHP

Online: 1 October 2022 (07:09:59 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0820.v1

Dietary Pattern, Nutrition-Related Knowledge and Attitudes of Working Women in Western Province, Sri Lanka

Ayesha Salwathura, Faruk Ahmed

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: Dietary Pattern; Dietary Diversity Score; Nutrition Knowledge; Nutrition Attitudes

Online: 12 June 2023 (10:13:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1335.v1

Improved Posttransplant Outcomes with HTK-Custodial When Compared to St. Thomas Solution for Preservation of the Cardiac Allograft

Filip Dulguerov, Tamila Abdurashidova, Emeline Christophel-Plathier¹, Barbara Pitta-Gros, Anna Nowacka, Ziyad Gunga, Raymond Pfister, Mario Verdugo-Marchese, Valentina Rancati, Lars Niclauss, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Albert Adelin, Zied Ltaief, Samuel Rotman, Philippe Meyer, Roger Hullin, Matthias Kirsch

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Cardiac And Cardiovascular Systems Keywords: Heart Transplantation; Cardiac Preservation Solutions; Inotropic Score; Early Results; Mid-term Results

Online: 18 May 2023 (10:50:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0471.v1

Optimal Nutritional Support Strategy based on the Association between Modified NUTRIC Score and 28-Day Mortality in Critically ill Patients: A Prospective Study

Sunny Park, So hyang Park, Ye ju Kim, Geon Ho Lee, Hyung-Sook Kim, Sung Yoon Lim, Soo An Choi

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dietetics And Nutrition Keywords: critically ill patients; 28-day mortality; modified NUTRIC score; nutrition screening tool; nutritionsl support strategy

Online: 18 April 2023 (03:40:37 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Correcting the Correction: A Revised Formula to Estimate Partial Correlations between True Scores

Debra Wetcher-Hendricks

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Accounting And Taxation Keywords: Classical Test Theory; Classical True-Score Theory; Correction for Attenuation; Partial Correlation Coefficient

Online: 25 December 2020 (12:17:02 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.0624.v1

A Traceability Platform for Monitoring Environmental and Social Sustainability in the Textile and Clothing Value Chain: Towards a Digital Passport for T&C

Luis Alves, Miguel Sá, Estrela Ferreira Cruz, Toni Alves, Marcelo Alves, João Oliveira, Manuel Santos, António Miguel Rosado Da Cruz

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Textile and Clothing Value Chain; Blockchain-based Traceability Platform; Environmental and Social Indicators; Environmental and Social Impact Score; Sustainable and Cleaner Production

Online: 9 November 2023 (10:05:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1053.v2

Food Front-of-pack Labelling and the Nutri-Score Nutrition Label—Poland-wide Cross-sectional Expert Opinion Study

Mariusz Panczyk, Hubert Dobrowolski, Beata I. Sińska, Alicja Kucharska, Mariusz Jaworski, Iwona Traczyk

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Food Science And Technology Keywords: consumer awareness; dietary choices; front-of-pack label; Nutri-Score; nutrition labelling

Online: 8 June 2023 (10:06:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0098.v1

Are Semiquantitative Methods Superior to Deauville Scoring in Monitoring Therapy Response of Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma?

Firuz Ibrahim, Michela Gabelloni, Lorenzo Faggioni, Subramanyam Padma, Arun R. Visakh, Dania Cioni, Emanuele Neri

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: Hodgkin lymphoma; chemotherapy; positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT); fluorodeoxyglucose F18 (18F-FDG); Deauville score; standardized uptake value (SUV); response prediction.

Online: 6 December 2022 (09:55:58 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1156.v1

Body Condition Score Assessment of Dairy Cows Using Deep Neural Network and 3D Imaging

Jae Gu Lee, Seung Soo Lee, Mahboob Alam, Sang Min Lee, Ha-Seung Seong, Mi Na Park, Hoang-Phong Nguyen, Duc Toan Nguyen, Min Ki Baek, Chang Gwon Dang, Seungkyu Han

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Vision And Graphics Keywords: dairy cow; body condition score; smart farming; deep learning; machine learning; 3D imaging.

Online: 16 January 2024 (09:55:16 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0485.v1

A Novel Modality Enables New Evidence-Based Individual Risk Stratification That Can Lead To Decisive Management and Treatment Decisions in Prostate Cancer

Meir Weksler, Avi Simon, Robert E. Lenkinski, Hagar Landsman, Haim Matzkin, Nicola Mabjeesh, Ilan Leibovitch

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: cell proliferation; epithelial glands; interactive biopsy guidance; malignancy score; risk stratification; individual treatment recommendations.

Online: 26 December 2022 (10:59:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.0147.v1

Cardiometabolic Morbidity (Hypertension and Obesity) in PTSD: Treatment Implications for the Predictive Validity of Two Structures of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised

Amira Mohammed Ali, Saeed A. Al-Dossary, Carlos Laranjeira, Maha Atout, Haitham Khatatbeh, Abeer Selim, Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Musheer A. Aljaberi, Annamária Pakai, Tariq Al-Dwaikat

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: Impact of Event Scale-Revised/IES-R; cutoff score/cutoff point; three factors/six factors/dimensions; receiver operator curve (ROC); cardiometabolic* /hypertension; obesity/ high body mass index; dental healthcare workers

Online: 4 December 2023 (06:49:44 CET)

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or specific PTSD symptoms may evoke disordered eating and unhealthy lifestyles, resulting in adverse cardiometabolic events (e.g., hypertension and obesity) in certain groups, which may implicate the treatment of this complex condition. The diagnostic criteria of PTSD have lately expanded beyond the three common symptoms (intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal). Simultaneously, four-, five-, and six-dimensional structures of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), a popular PTSD measure, seem to be more robust than the original three-dimension structure. Within the context of COVID-19, this instrumental study used a convenience sample of 58 dental healthcare workers (HCWs) from Russia (mean age = 44.1±12.2 years, 82.8% females) to examine the criterion and predictive validity of two IES-R structures: the IES-R3 and the IES-R6 (with the added symptoms of numbing, sleep disturbance, and irritability). The subscales of the two IES-R structures expressed good internal consistency, strong correlations with the PTSD Symptom Scale (PSS), hypertension diagnosis, and high body mass index (BMI). In receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, all IES-R models perfectly predicted the PSS (all area under the curve (AUC) >0.9, p values <0.001). The IES-R, both hyperarousal subscales, and the IES-R3 intrusion subscale significantly predicted high BMI. Both avoidance subscales and the IES-R3 intrusion subscale, not the IES-R, significantly predicted hypertension. In conclusion, both IES-R structures can reliably measure PTSD symptoms. The IES-R, hyperarousal, and intrusion may be credible criterion variables for predicting high BMI within PTSD while the intrusion and avoidance subscales may reflect the cardiovascular consequences associated with PTSD more reliably than the IES-R itself. The IES-R subscales may predict cardiometabolic adversities in PTSD, signifying a need for proper assessment of lifestyle and the application of dietary and exercise interventions in order to lower physical morbidity in PTSD. Replicating the study in larger samples, which comprise different physical and mental conditions from heterogenous cultural contexts is pivotal to validate the results (e.g., in specific groups such as those with confirmed traumatic exposure and comorbid mood dysfunction).

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.1361.v1

NOTCH, SUMOylation and ESR-Mediated Signalling Are the Main Molecular Pathways Showing Significantly Different Epimutation Score Between Expressing or not Estrogen Receptor Breast Cancer in Three Public EWAS Datasets

Luigi Corsaro, Vincenzo Sandro Gambino

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biology And Biotechnology Keywords: n/a; epimutation score; breast cancer; EWAS; stochastic epimutation; methylation; epigenetic association study; epimutation; NOTCH; SUMO; ESR

Online: 19 June 2023 (13:09:54 CEST)

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Oestrogen receptor expression in breast cancer (BC) cells is a marker of high cellular differentiation and allows the identification of two BC groups (ER-positive and ER-negative) that, although not completely homogeneous, differ in biological characteristics, clinical behaviour and therapeutic options. The study, based on three publicly available EWAS datasets, focuses on the comparison between these two groups of breast cancer using an epimutation score. The score is calculated not only based on the presence of the epimutation but also on the deviation amplitude of the methylation outlier value. For each dataset, we performed a functional analysis based first on the functional gene region of each annotated gene (we aggregated the data per gene region TSS1500, TSS200, first-exon, body-gene identified by the information from the Illumina Data Sheet) and then we performed a pathway enrichment analysis through the REACTOME database based on the genes with the highest epimutation score. Thus, we blended our results and found common pathways for all three data sets. We found that a higher and significant epimutation score due to hypermethylation in ER-positive BC is present in the promoter region of the genes belonging to the SUMOylation pathway, the NOTCH pathway, the IFN-$\gamma$ signalling pathway and the deubiquitination protease pathway; while a higher and significant level of epimutation due to hypomethylation in ER-positive BC is present in the promoter region of the genes belonging to the ESR-mediated pathway. The presence of this state of promoter hypomethylation in the ESR-mediated signalling genes is consistent and coherent with an active signalling pathway mediated by oestrogen function in the group of ER-positive BC. SUMOylation and NOTCH pathways are associated with BC pathogenesis and have been found to play distinct roles in the two BC subgroups. We speculated that the altered methylation profile may play a role in regulating signalling pathways with specific functions in the two subgroups of ER-BC.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0053.v1

Changes in the Human Gut Microbiome during Dietary Supplementation with Modified Rice Bran Arabinoxylan Compound

Emily Schupfer, Soo Liang Ooi, Thomas Jeffries, Shaoyu Wang, Peter Micalos, Sok Cheon Pak

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biology And Biotechnology Keywords: RBAC; Biobran/MGN-3; microbiome; prebiotic; functional food; diet; Australian Recommended Food Score

Online: 1 June 2023 (07:42:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.2111.v1

Impact of Homegrown School Feeding Program on Smallholders' Farmer Household Food Security in Northeastern Nigeria

Bulus Barnabas, Sylvester Amoako Agyemang, Edwin Zhllima, Miroslava Bavorova

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: smallholder farmers; food security; school feeding; Nigeria; propensity score matching

Online: 30 May 2023 (10:31:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.1682.v1

Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab Treatment Worsens Liver Reserve in Patients with Nafld/Nash-Associated Liver Cancer More than in Those with Non-nafld/Non-Nash-Associated Liver Cancer

Rie Sugimoto, Kenta Motomura, Takeaki Satoh, Yuki Tanaka, Shinsaku Yamashita, Nobito Higuchi, Toshimasa Koyanagi, Tsukasa Nakamura, Masatake Tanaka, Yuuki Azuma, Takeshi Goya, Akifumi Kuwano, Aritsune Ooho, Mari Ooe, Taiji Mutsuki, Masami Kuniyoshi, Kazuki Kurosaka, Yusuke Morita, Seiya Tada, Yoshifusa Aratake, Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto, Takeshi Senju, Tomoyuki Kurashige, Shigeru Harada, Akihiro Ueda, Masayuki Miyazaki, Makoto Nakamuta, Motoyuki Kohjima

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Gastroenterology And Hepatology Keywords: Atezolizumab; bevacizumab; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; non-alcoholic steato hepatitis; albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score

Online: 26 October 2023 (09:01:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0389.v1

Body Composition Estimation in Breeding Ewes Using Live Weight and Body Parameters Utilizing Image Analysis

Ahmad Shalaldeh, Shannon Page, Patricia Anthony, Stuart Charters, Majeed Safa, Chris Logan

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: body composition; body condition score; body parameters; fat; live weight; ewes condition; im-age analysis

Online: 6 June 2023 (05:54:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0508.v1

The Role of Trust in Government in China’s Rural Pension Program

Benxi Lin, Wenting Li, Yu Yvette Zhang, Junbiao Wu

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: China’s Rural Pension Program; Pension contribution; Trust in government; Propensity Score Matching method; Rural China

Online: 27 December 2022 (03:22:26 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0917.v1

Comparative Analysis of Vascular Calcification Risk Factors in Pre-hemodialysis and Prevalent Hemodialysis Adult Patients: Insights into Calcification Biomarker Associations and Implications for Intervention Strategies in Chronic Kidney Disease

Marko Petrović, Voin Brković, Marko Baralić, Ivko Marić, Nenad Petković, Sanja Stanković, Nataša Lalić, Danijela Stanisavljević, Ljubica Đukanović, Višnja Ležaić

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Urology And Nephrology Keywords: chronic kidney disease; vascular calcifications; FGF-23; Fetuin-A; sclerostin; iPTH; Adragao score

Online: 17 February 2024 (09:04:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.0958.v1

The Efficacy of Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine VS Fentanyl on Post-Operative Pain: A Retrospective Study

Lou’i Al-Husinat, Sarah Al Sharie, Mohammad Araydah, Lana Talafha, Abbas Baydoun, Zaid AL Modanat, Giovanna Grasso, Silvia Tripepi, Maria Rosaria Cuomo, Mohammad Wasfi Amir, Domenico Gammaldi, Antonella Paladini, Giustino Varrassi

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Anesthesiology And Pain Medicine Keywords: dexmedetomidine; fentanyl; spinal anesthesia; post-operative pain; VAS score

Online: 12 January 2024 (05:23:00 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.1735.v1

Framework for Simulation Study Involving Volatility Estimation: The GAS Approach

Richard T. A. Samuel, Charles Chimedza, Caston Sigauke

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Probability And Statistics Keywords: consistency; efficiency; score driven model; simulation design; time-varying parameter estimation

Online: 26 June 2023 (04:40:02 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0111.v1

Interpretation of Tumor Response Grade Following Preoperative Therapy for Gastric Cancer: An Overview

Vasileios Tsagkalidis, Maryjka B. Blaszczyk, Haejin In

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Surgery Keywords: tumor response grade (TRG); gastric cancer; RECIST; tumor regression score

Online: 3 July 2023 (14:25:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0912.v1

Application of Spectral Algorithm Applied to Spatially Registered Bi-Parametric MRI to Predict Tumor Aggressiveness: A Pilot Study

Rulon Mayer, Baris Turkbey, Peter L. Choyke, Charles Simone II

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: logistic probability; prostate cancer; bi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (BP-MRI); Gleason score (GS); signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR); regularization

Online: 12 May 2023 (09:06:16 CEST)

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Background: Current prostate cancer evaluation can be inaccurate and burdensome. Quantitative evaluation of MRI sequences non-invasively helps prostate tumor assessment. However, including Dynamic Contrast Enhancement in the examined MRI sequence set can add complications, inducing possible side effects from the IV placement or injected contrast material, and prolongs scanning time. Purpose: Predict the risk of developing Clinically Significant (Insignificant) prostate cancer CsPCa (CiPCa) and International Society of Urologic Pathology (ISUP) grade using processed Signal to Clutter Ratio (SCR) derived from spatially registered bi-parametric MRI (SRBP-MRI) and thereby enhance non-invasively management of prostate cancer. Methods: This pilot study retrospectively analyzed 42 consecutive prostate cancer patients from the PI-CAI data collection. BP-MRI (Apparent Diffusion Coefficient, High B-value, T2) were resized, translated, cropped, and stitched to form spatially registered SRBP-MRI. Efficacy of noise reduction was tested by regularizing, eliminating principal components (PC), and minimizing elliptical volume from the covariance matrix to optimize the SCR. MRI guided biopsy (MRBx), Systematic Biopsy (SysBx), combination (MRBx+SysBx), or radical prostatectomy determined the ISUP grade for each patient. ISUP grade >=2 (<2) was judged as CsPCa (CiPCa). Linear and Logistic regression were fitted to ISUP grade and CsPCa/CiPCa SCR. Correlation Coefficients (R) and Area Under the Curves (AUC) for Receiver Operator Curves (ROC) evaluated the performance. Results: High correlation coefficients (R) (>0.55) and high AUC (=1.0) for linear and/or logistic fit from processed SCR and z-score for SRBP-MRI greatly exceed fits using prostate serum antigen, prostate volume, and patient age (R~0.17). Patients assessed with combined MRBx+SysBx and from individual MRI scanners achieved higher R (R=0.207+/-0.118) than using all patients in the fits. Conclusions: In the first study to date to apply and test hyperspectral approaches for assessing tumor aggressiveness on SRBP-MRI, high values of R and exceptional AUC to fit the ISUP grade and CsPCA/CiPCA were comparable or better than those from artificial intelligence in other studies.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1533.v1

Associations of Clinical and Dosimetric Parameters with Urinary Toxicities after Prostate Brachytherapy: A Long-Term Single-Institution Experience

Masaya Ito, Chiyoko Makita, Takayuki Mori, Hirota Takano, Tomoyasu Kumano, Masayuki Matsuo, Koji Iinuma, Makoto Kawase, Keita Nakane, Masahiro Nakano, Tomoyasu Kumano

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Urology And Nephrology Keywords: prostate cancer; brachytherapy; lower urinary tract symptom; international prostate symptom score (IPSS); overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS)

Online: 22 May 2023 (16:28:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.1787.v1

Causal Relationship Investigation between Iron Status and Metabolic Disorders by Mendelian Randomization Studies Revealed Increased Risks of Hypertension and Hypertriglyceridemia but a Protective Role against Hyperglycemia among Taiwanese Han Chinese

Vanessa Joy Timoteo-Garcia, Kuang-Mao Chiang, Yen-Tsung Huang, Hsin-Chou Yang, Wen-Harn Pan

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Life Sciences Keywords: Hemoglobin-polygenic risk score; Iron status; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic risk outcomes; Diabetes or hyperglycemia; Mendelian randomization; Taiwanese Han Chinese; European White

Online: 25 December 2023 (04:46:00 CET)

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A number of epidemiological studies have implicated elevated iron levels with higher risks of cardiometabolic diseases, including the metabolic syndrome (MetS). MetS is a pathologic clustering of metabolic derangements characterized by central obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, which can all lead to increased cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. However, it remains unclear whether a causal association exists between higher iron status and MetS and its associated risk components. Using the data from the Taiwan Biobank (TWB) (19,012 males; 42,340 females) and of the European Whites from the UK Biobank (UKB) (128,549 males; 142,817 females), we first constructed ethnic- and sex-specific hemoglobin-polygenic risk scores (Hb-PRS) as instrumental variable (IV) for iron status with the Hb-associated SNPs we previously identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). We then conducted Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to elucidate the causal role of elevated iron (either Hb-PRS quintiles or continuous Hb-PRS) on various metabolic components. MR-Egger regressions determined the potential pleiotropic effects of the constructed Hb-PRSs, while the causal relationship of Hb-PRS with anemia served as a control in the analyses. The mean Hb concentration range corresponding to the Hb-PRS quintiles is relatively narrow in both UKB (14.91-15.21 g/dL for males and 13.39-13.71 g/dL for females) and TWB (14.79-15.28 g/dL for males and 12.78-13.21 g/dL for females). In these windows of Hb-PRSs, we found differential associations of Hb-PRS with diabetes (T2D) or hyperglycemia (HGY) as compared to other MetS components. The highest quintiles of Hb-PRSs were causally associated with greater risks of hypertension (HTN) and hypertriglyceridemia (DLP) (i.e., [Taiwanese HC males: Q5 vs. Q1 ORHTN = 1.10 (1.00–1.21), p = 0.0473, Q4 vs. Q1 ORDLP = 1.10 (1.00–1.22), p = 0.0485; European White males: ORHTN = 1.05 (1.01–1.09), p = 0.0194, ORDLP = 1.04 (1.00–1.08), p = 0.0468]). Interestingly, we obtained a consistent negative causal association between increasing Hb-PRS quintiles and T2D or HGY risk across all sex subgroups (i.e., [Taiwanese HC females: ORHGY = 0.89 (0.84–0.95), 0.88 (0.83–0.94), 0.87 (0.82–0.93), 0.86 (0.81–0.92) from Q2 to Q5; European White females: ORHGY = 0.92 (0.87–0.98), 0.91 (0.86–0.97), 0.93 (0.87–0.98), 0.87 (0.82–0.93) from Q2 to Q5; all p < 0.05]. The positive causal relationships between Hb-PRSs and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and triglycerides (TG) but inverse causal association with glucose (GLU) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) further corroborated such findings. There is, however, a lack of causal association with central obesity (CO), while a U-shaped type of causality was observed for gout (GT) or hyperuricemia (HUA). Sensitivity analyses, which excluded subjects based on self-reports of health conditions or medications and hospital episode statistics data, revealed similar results. Our MR studies confirm a modest causal relationship between propensity of elevated iron status and increased risk of HTN and DLP. We have further observed that modestly lower iron levels causally contribute to the development of T2D. Further validation and elucidation of the underlying biological mechanisms are highly warranted.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0484.v1

Promotion Effect of Agricultural Production Trusteeship on High-quality Production of Grain——Evidence from the Perspective of Farm Households

Xiaoyan Sun, Youchao Wang, Fengying Zhu, Xiaoyu Liu, Jianxu Liu, Songsak Sriboonchitta

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: agricultural production trusteeship; high-quality production of grain; propensity score matching

Online: 7 June 2023 (04:04:34 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202308.0095.v1

Prevalence of Educational Struggle Correlates with School Districts Toxics Sites and Demographics Variables, with GIS Projections.

Junu Shrestha, Raihan Khan, Shane McClintock, John DeGroote, Catherine Zeman

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public, Environmental And Occupational Health Keywords: toxic score; individualized education plan; geographic information systems; correlation; environmental factors; multiple exposure

Online: 2 August 2023 (02:35:06 CEST)

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contaminated sites located in each school district. Previous studies showed that various environmental factors, such as exposure to toxic substances negatively impacts human health depending on their concentration and occurrence. Therefore, the study aims to use Geographical Information System (GIS) technology and secondary data on IEP numbers of each school district, chemical occurrence in contaminated sites, and demographic data to conduct a correlational analysis. The secondary data obtained from school districts and contaminated sites from Iowa Department of Natural Resources Facility Explorer were populated in ArcMap 10.5 (a GIS software) for generating maps and data to conduct statistical analysis. The contaminants were categorized into metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and solvents with weighing factors as 1, 0.5, and 0.25. A total of 1 Superfund site and 39 CERCLA sites were identified as contaminated sites for this study. The majority of contaminants were heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. The mean toxic score of all contaminated sites combined was 13.4 (sd 14.4). The correlational analysis between the IEP numbers from each school districts and toxic scores from the contaminated sites was positive indicting that increased toxic score increased the number of students enrolled in the IEP program (F=23.7, p<0.0001). The correlational analysis between toxic score and demographics indicated some interesting results. Children under the age of 10 were living in areas with high toxic score and the showed mild correlation (p<0.00052). Similarly, higher number of black population resided in areas with high toxic score (p=0.0032) than the white population (p<0.0001). The result also indicated that children enrolled in IEP were predominantly among the black population (p<0.0001). The correlational analysis between household income and poverty percentage of people residing near the contaminated area indicated that people had low average household income (p=0.0002) and high poverty percentage (p=0.0203) residing in areas with higher toxic score. Regarding the educational status, less number of people with post graduate degree (p<0.0001) resided in areas with high toxic score and more number of people with no degree (p<0.0001) resided in areas with high toxic score. Finally, the study showed the increasing trend of eligible children enrolling in free and reduced lunch programs with increasing toxic scores (p=0.0012) and IEP levels (p=0.0416). This study emphasize on developing multiple exposure to correlate environmental factors contributing to the negative health outcome on people.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0010.v1

Use of Biomarkers to Improve 28-Day Mortality Stratification in Patients with Sepsis and SOFA≤6

Jaume Baldirà, Juan Carlos Ruiz-Rodríguez, Adolfo Ruiz-Sanmartin, Luis Chiscano, Alejandro Cortés, Diego Angeles-Sistac, Roser Ferrer-Costa, Imma Comas, Yolanda Villena, M.Nieves Larrosa, Juan José González-López, Ricard Ferrer

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Emergency Medicine Keywords: Sepsis biomarkers; mortality; MR-proADM; SOFA score; Lactate; molecular diagnosis

Online: 3 July 2023 (08:10:55 CEST)

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Distributed Subgraph Query Processing Using Filtering Scores on Spark

Kyoungsoo Bok, Minyoung Kim, Hyeonbyeong Lee, Dojin Choi, Jongtae Lim, Jaesoo Yoo

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Science Keywords: subgraph query; search order; distributed graph; filtering score

Online: 20 July 2023 (08:17:56 CEST)

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Inverse Association between Dairy Product Consumption and Lower Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults Based on a Cross-Sectional Study

Hunkyung Kim, Yosuke Osuka, Narumi Kojima, Hiroyuki Sasai, Kentarou Nakamura, Chisato Ohba, Mayuki Sasaki, Takao Suzuki

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: dairy product consumption; mini-mental state examination score; lower cognitive function

Online: 27 June 2023 (04:58:23 CEST)

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Pre-operative Malnutrition in Patients with Ovarian Cancer: What are the Clinical Implications? Results of a Prospective Study

Sara Nasser, Esra Bilir, Xezal Derin, Rolf Richter, Jacek P Grabowski, Paulina Ali, Hagen Kulbe, Radoslav Chekerov, Elena Braicu, Jalid Sehouli

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: malnutrition; ovarian cancer; overall survival; nutritional risk screening score; nutrition; phase angle; progression-free survival

Online: 13 November 2023 (08:32:41 CET)

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Predicting Risk of Malignant Stroke in MCA stroke after Successful Re-canalization Using (A-P) Score

Avirag Goswami, Naraharisetty Anita Rau, Jonathan Dissin, Patricia Hushen

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Neuroscience And Neurology Keywords: ASPECTS: Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TICI: Thrombolysis in cerebral infarction; MCA: Middle Cerebral Artery; CBF: Cerebral Blood Flow; ICP: Intracerebral Pressure; CPP: Cerebral Perfusion Pressure; ADAPT: A Direct Aspiration First Pass Technique

Online: 22 June 2023 (15:24:50 CEST)

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