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Open AccessApplication of deep learning to predict the low serum albumin in new hemodialysis patients
Serum albumin level is a crucial nutritional indicator for patients on dialysis. Approximately one-third of patients on hemodialysis (HD) have protein malnutrition. Therefore, the serum albumin level of patien...
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Open AccessAssociation of proportion of the HDL-cholesterol subclasses HDL-2b and HDL-3 and macrovascular events among patients undergoing hemodialysis
Altered high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) subclass distribution in hemodialysis (HD) patients is well documented. Aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between HDL-C subclass distribu...
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Importance of non-medical reasons for dropout in patients on peritoneal dialysis
To describe the associated factors for non-medical reasons for dropout in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.
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Open AccessTime-varying serum albumin levels and all-cause mortality in prevalent peritoneal dialysis patients: a 5-year observational study
In this study, we investigated the association of time-varying serum albumin levels with mortality over a 5-year period in one cohort of patients undergoing long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Improved Classification Method for Detecting Potential Interactions Between Genes
Multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) constitutes a highly accurate classification algorithm for gene–gene interaction (GGI) identification. GGI detection quality is commonly assessed using the correct cl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Service Design of Medication Administration System Based on IoT
Medication is the most common way for patients to combat illness, and following the doctor’s advice on taking medication has a tremendous impact on a patient’s healing speed. But due to a variety of conditions...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Improved Multi-factor Dimensionality Reduction Approach to Identify Gene-Gene Interactions
Genetic component of disease risk can be determined by gene–gene interactions. Multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) has widely used to identify gene–gene interactions based on the binary classification i...
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Open AccessProtein folding prediction in the HP model using ions motion optimization with a greedy algorithm
The function of a protein is determined by its native protein structure. Among many protein prediction methods, the Hydrophobic-Polar (HP) model, an ab initio method, simplifies the protein folding prediction ...
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Open AccessLongitudinal analysis of cardiac structure and function in incident-automated peritoneal dialysis: comparison between icodextrin solution and glucose-based solution
This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal changes in cardiac structure and function in incident-automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) patients.
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Open AccessCumulative receiver operating characteristics for analyzing interaction between tissue visfatin and clinicopathologic factors in breast cancer progression
Visfatin has been reported to be associated with breast cancer progression, but the interaction between the visfatin and clinicopathologic factors in breast cancer progression status requires further investiga...
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Open AccessImpact of risk factors on functional status in maintenance hemodialysis patients
To survey by measuring patient’s functional status which is crucial when end-stage renal disease patients begin a dialysis program. The influence of the disease on patients can be examined by the measurement o...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Multiobjective differential evolution-based multifactor dimensionality reduction for detecting gene–gene interactions
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML version of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper.
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Open AccessMultiobjective differential evolution-based multifactor dimensionality reduction for detecting gene–gene interactions
Epistasis within disease-related genes (gene–gene interactions) was determined through contingency table measures based on multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) using single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-122 as a predictor of HBsAg seroclearance in hepatitis B and C dual infected patients treated with interferon and ribavirin
It has been demonstrated that microRNA-122 (miR-122) plays key roles in the modulation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication. This study examined the role of miR-122 in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-H...
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Open AccessAn association between time-varying serum albumin level and the mortality rate in maintenance haemodialysis patients: a five-year clinical cohort study
Until now, no long-term studies relating serum albumin level to mortality rate in prevalent haemodialysis (HD) patients have been conducted. We aimed to examine the association between serum albumin level and ...
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Open AccessAn efficiency analysis of high-order combinations of gene–gene interactions using multifactor-dimensionality reduction
Multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) is widely used to analyze interactions of genes to determine the complex relationship between diseases and polymorphisms in humans. However, the astronomical number o...
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Open AccessIdentification of SNP barcode biomarkers for genes associated with facial emotion perception using particle swarm optimization algorithm
Facial emotion perception (FEP) can affect social function. We previously reported that parts of five tested single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the MET and AKT1 genes may individually affect FEP perform...
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Open AccessIdentifying association model for single-nucleotide polymorphisms of ORAI1 gene for breast cancer
ORAI1 channels play an important role for breast cancer progression and metastasis. Previous studies indicated the strong correlation between breast cancer and individual single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of...
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Specific primer design for the polymerase chain reaction
The design of primers has a major impact on the success of PCR in relation to the specificity and yield of the amplified product. Here, we introduce the applications of PCR as well as the definition and charac...
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Particle swarm optimization algorithm for analyzing SNP–SNP interaction of renin-angiotensin system genes against hypertension
Most non-significant individual single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were undiscovered in hypertension association studies. Their possible SNP–SNP interactions were usually ignored and leaded to missing heri...
