PubMed,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(7), P. 3067 - 3079
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
To
evaluate
the
effectiveness
and
feasibility
of
managing
cancer
living
meaningfully
(CALM),
an
intervention
used
to
reduce
fear
recurrence
(FCR)
in
breast
survivors
improve
their
quality
life
(QoL).
A
total
103
were
enrolled.
Participants
randomly
assigned
CALM
group
or
care
as
usual
(CAU)
group.
The
participants
completed
a
survey
at
baseline
(T0)
after
two
(T1),
four
(T2),
six
(T3)
sessions.
patients
assessed
using
Cancer
Worry
Scale
(CWS),
Psychological
Distress
Thermometer
(DT),
Functional
Assessment
Therapy-Breast
(FACT-B)
Hospital
Anxiety
Depression
(HADS).
After
intervention,
showed
significant
decrease
levels
FCR,
distress,
anxiety,
depression
(χ2=154.353,
χ2=130.292,
χ2=148.879,
χ2=78.681;
P<0.001,
0.001,
respectively)
increased
QoL
(χ2=122.822,
P<0.001).
Compared
with
CAU
group,
differences
QoL,
anxiety
(F=292.431,
F=344.156,
F=11.115,
F=45.124,
F=16.155;
P=0.01,
respectively).
Negative
correlations
found
between
CWS
FACT-B
scores
(T0:
r=-0.6345,
P<0.001;
T1:
r=-0.4127,
P=0.0017;
T2:
r=-0.2919,
P=0.0306;
T3:
r=-0.3188,
P=0.0177)
r=-0.7714,
P<0.0001;
r=-0.6549,
r=-0.5060,
P=0.0002;
r=-0.3151,
P=0.0291).
Thus,
reduced
improved
QoL.
Diagnostics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(3), P. 239 - 239
Published: Jan. 23, 2024
Cardiovascular
diseases,
prevalent
as
leading
health
concerns,
demand
early
diagnosis
for
effective
risk
prevention.
Despite
numerous
diagnostic
models,
challenges
persist
in
network
configuration
and
performance
degradation,
impacting
model
accuracy.
In
response,
this
paper
introduces
the
Optimally
Configured
Improved
Long
Short-Term
Memory
(OCI-LSTM)
a
robust
solution.
Leveraging
Salp
Swarm
Algorithm,
irrelevant
features
are
systematically
eliminated,
Genetic
Algorithm
is
employed
to
optimize
LSTM’s
configuration.
Validation
metrics,
including
accuracy,
sensitivity,
specificity,
F1
score,
affirm
model’s
efficacy.
Comparative
analysis
with
Deep
Neural
Network
Belief
establishes
OCI-LSTM’s
superiority,
showcasing
notable
accuracy
increase
of
97.11%.
These
advancements
position
OCI-LSTM
promising
accurate
efficient
cardiovascular
diseases.
Future
research
could
explore
real-world
implementation
further
refinement
seamless
integration
into
clinical
practice.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Dec. 13, 2021
Chest
X-ray
(CXR)
images
have
been
one
of
the
important
diagnosis
tools
used
in
COVID-19
disease
diagnosis.
Deep
learning
(DL)-based
methods
heavily
to
analyze
these
images.
Compared
other
DL-based
methods,
bag
deep
visual
words-based
method
(BoDVW)
proposed
recently
is
shown
be
a
prominent
representation
CXR
for
their
better
discriminability.
However,
single-scale
BoDVW
features
are
insufficient
capture
detailed
semantic
information
infected
regions
lungs
as
resolution
such
varies
real
application.
In
this
paper,
we
propose
new
multi-scale
words
(MBoDVW)
features,
which
exploits
three
different
scales
4th
pooling
layer's
output
feature
map
achieved
from
VGG-16
model.
For
MBoDVW-based
perform
Convolution
with
Max
operation
over
layer
using
kernels:
[Formula:
see
text],
and
text].
We
evaluate
our
Support
Vector
Machine
(SVM)
classification
algorithm
on
four
public
datasets
(CD1,
CD2,
CD3,
CD4)
5000
Experimental
results
show
that
produces
stable
accuracy
(84.37%,
88.88%,
90.29%,
83.65%
CD1,
CD4,
respectively).
Frontiers in Immunology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: Oct. 31, 2022
Machine
learning
(ML)
algorithms
were
used
to
identify
a
novel
biological
target
for
breast
cancer
and
explored
its
relationship
with
the
tumor
microenvironment
(TME)
patient
prognosis.
The
edgR
package
identified
hub
genes
associated
overall
survival
(OS)
prognosis,
which
validated
using
public
datasets.
Of
149
up-regulated
in
tissues,
three
ML
COL11A1
as
gene.
COL11A1was
highly
expressed
samples
poor
positively
correlated
stromal
score
(r=0.49,
p<0.001)
ESTIMATE
(r=0.29,
TME.
Furthermore,
negatively
B
cells,
CD4
CD8
but
cancer-associated
fibroblasts.
Forty-three
related
immune-regulation
identified,
five-gene
immune
regulation
signature
was
built.
Compared
clinical
factors,
this
gene
an
independent
risk
factor
prognosis
(HR=2.591,
95%CI
1.831-3.668,
p=7.7e-08).
A
nomogram
combining
variables,
showed
better
predictive
performance
(C-index=0.776).
model
correction
prediction
curve
little
bias
from
ideal
curve.
is
potential
therapeutic
may
be
involved
infiltration;
high
expression
strongly
Scientific African,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
22, P. e01961 - e01961
Published: Nov. 1, 2023
In
December
2019,
the
first
case
of
coronavirus
2019
(COVID-19)
appeared
in
China,
quickly
leading
to
a
global
pandemic.
Early
and
accurate
diagnosis
is
crucial
for
effective
disease
management.
While
reverse
transcription
polymerase
chain
reaction
(RT-PCR)
standard
diagnostic
test,
it
may
yield
false
negative
misleading
results.
Artificial
intelligence
(AI)
systems
are
accelerating
transformation
medical
field,
particularly
early
detection
diagnosis.
Recent
research
has
combined
AI
with
imaging
modalities,
such
as
chest
X-ray
(CXR)
computed
tomography
(CT),
detect
virus,
aiding
doctors
making
decisions
reducing
misdiagnosis
rates.
this
article,
we
conducted
systematic
review
high-quality
articles
published
high-impact
journals
that
examined
convolutional
neural
network
(CNN)-based
methods
detecting
COVID-19
from
radiographic
or
CT
images
discussed
associated
issues.
We
synthesized
publicly
available
datasets
evaluation
measures,
including
accuracy,
sensitivity,
specificity,
F1
score,
each
system
used
automatic
using
several
well-performing
CNN
architectures.
Furthermore,
identified
key
questions
future
directions
field.
Our
results
show
use
considerable
potential
improve
accuracy
reduce
Nevertheless,
important
challenges
must
be
addressed,
limited
access
need
rigorous
model
validation.
Additionally,
generalization
models
different
populations
contexts
needs
examined.
findings
underscore
directions,
exploration
deep
learning
smaller
datasets,
enhancing
performance
complex
cases,
designing
practical
deployment
clinical
settings.
Digital Health,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
The
rising
of
new
cases
and
death
counts
from
the
mpox
virus
(MPV)
is
alarming.
In
order
to
mitigate
impact
MPV
it
essential
have
information
virus's
future
position
using
more
precise
time
series
stochastic
models.
this
present
study,
a
hybrid
forecasting
system
has
been
developed
for
infection
world
daily
cumulative
confirmed
series.