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Incremental regression of localization context for automatic segmentation of ossified ligamentum flavum from CT data
PurposeSegmentation of ossified ligamentum flavum (OLF) plays a crucial role in develo** computer-assisted, image-guided systems for decompressive...
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A comparison of random survival forest and Cox regression for prediction of mortality in patients with hemorrhagic stroke
ObjectiveTo evaluate RSF and Cox models for mortality prediction of hemorrhagic stroke (HS) patients in intensive care unit (ICU).
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Privacy-preserving logistic regression with secret sharing
BackgroundLogistic regression (LR) is a widely used classification method for modeling binary outcomes in many medical data classification tasks....
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Self efficacy associated with regression from pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain and low back pain following pregnancy
BackgroundSelf-efficacy, one’s ability to deal with pain, disability, and other symptoms through self-management techniques, positively affect the...
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Does climate change affect the transmission of COVID-19? A Bayesian regression analysis
AimCoronavirus is an airborne and infectious disease and it is crucial to check the impact of climatic risk factors on the transmission of COVID-19....
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Comparison of raw and regression approaches to capturing change on patient-reported outcome measures
PurposePatient-reported outcome (PRO) analyses often involve calculating raw change scores, but limitations of this approach are well documented....
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Comparing Bayesian hierarchical meta-regression methods and evaluating the influence of priors for evaluations of surrogate endpoints on heterogeneous collections of clinical trials
BackgroundSurrogate endpoints, such as those of interest in chronic kidney disease (CKD), are often evaluated using Bayesian meta-regression. Trials...
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Effects of habit formation interventions on physical activity habit strength: meta-analysis and meta-regression
BackgroundInterventions aimed at promoting physical activity (PA) behavior through habit formation pathways are gaining popularity, as they differ...
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Spontaneous complete regression of pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms with celiac artery occlusion after aorto-splenic bypass without additional treatment: a case report
BackgroundPancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm (PDAA) is a rare, but fatal disease. However, the association between aneurysm size and the risk of...
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Spontaneous regression of advanced transverse colon cancer with deficient mismatch repair: a case report
BackgroundSpontaneous regression (SR) of cancer occurs in 1 in 60,000–100,000 patients. This phenomenon has been reported in almost all cancer types,...
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Comparison of causal forest and regression-based approaches to evaluate treatment effect heterogeneity: an application for type 2 diabetes precision medicine
ObjectivePrecision medicine requires reliable identification of variation in patient-level outcomes with different available treatments, often termed...
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Pulmonary vein isolation durability and lesion regression in patients with recurrent arrhythmia after pulsed-field ablation
BackgroundA novel multipolar pulsed-field ablation (PFA) catheter has recently been introduced for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Pre-market data...
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Progression to diabetes and regression to normoglycemia in pre-diabetic subjects: results from a pragmatic community trial in a middle-income country
PurposeThe incidence of prediabetes has been on the rise, indicating a growing public health concern, as individuals with prediabetes are at higher...
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Quantitative bias analysis in practice: review of software for regression with unmeasured confounding
BackgroundFailure to appropriately account for unmeasured confounding may lead to erroneous conclusions. Quantitative bias analysis (QBA) can be used...
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Regression of choroidal metastasis from breast carcinoma with palbociclib
BackgroundUveal metastasis is reported to be the most common intraocular malignancy. The most common site of origin of ocular metastases in females...
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Prevention of Re-attempt Suicide Through Brief Contact Interventions: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression of Randomized Controlled Trials
Brief contact intervention (BCI) is a low-cost intervention to prevent re-attempt suicide. This meta-analysis and meta-regression study aimed to...
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Interpretable machine learning models for hospital readmission prediction: a two-step extracted regression tree approach
BackgroundAdvanced machine learning models have received wide attention in assisting medical decision making due to the greater accuracy they can...
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Effects of concurrent chemoradiotherapy with or without Endostar on the regression of retropharyngeal lymph node and prognosis of patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study
Background and PurposeTo investigate the effect of combining Endostar with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (ECCRT) compared to concurrent...
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Clinical nurses’ work-life balance prediction due to patient safety incidents using classification and regression tree analysis: a secondary data analysis
BackgroundPatient safety incidents lead to performance difficulties for nurses when providing nursing practice. This affects work-life balance and...
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Tumor Regression Grade and Overall Survival following Gastrectomy with Preoperative Therapy for Gastric Cancer
BackgroundPre-/perioperative chemotherapy is well-established for management of locoregional gastric cancer (LRGC). The American Joint Committee on...
