Introduction and HypothesisAccurate identification of female populations at high risk for urinary incontinence (UI) and early intervention are potentially effective initiatives to reduce the prevalence of UI. We aimed...
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Introduction and HypothesisAccurate identification of female populations at high risk for urinary incontinence (UI) and early intervention are potentially effective initiatives to reduce the prevalence of UI. We aimed to apply machine-learning techniques to establish, internally validate, and provide interpretable risk assessment *** from a cross-sectional epidemiological survey of female urinary incontinence conducted in 2022 were used. Sociodemographic and obstetrics-related characteristics, comorbidities, and urinary incontinence questionnaire results were used to develop multiple prediction models. Seventy percent of the individuals in the study cohort were employed in model training, and the remainder were used for internal validation. Model performance was characterized by area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) and calibration curves, as well as Brier scores. The best-performing model was finally selected to develop an online prediction *** results showed that bothersome stress urinary incontinence (BSUI) occurred in 9.6% (849 out of 8,830) of parous women. The XGBoost model achieved the best prediction performance (training set: AUC 0.796, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.778-0.815, validation set: AUC 0.720, 95% CI: 0.686-0.754). Additionally, the XGBoost model achieved the lowest (best) Brier score among the models, with sensitivity of 0.657, specificity of 0.690, accuracy of 0.688, positive predictive value of 0.231, and negative predictive value of 0.948. Based on this model, the top five risk factors for the development of BSUI among parous women were ranked as follows: body mass index, age, vaginal delivery, constipation, and maximum fetal birth weight. An online calculator was provided for clinical *** application of machine-learning algorithms provides an acceptable, though not perfect, prediction of BSUI risk among parous women, requiring further validation and improvement in future researc
Southern China, one of the traditional rice production bases, has experienced significant declines in the area of rice paddy since the beginning of this century. Monitoring the rice cropping area is becoming an urgent...
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Southern China, one of the traditional rice production bases, has experienced significant declines in the area of rice paddy since the beginning of this century. Monitoring the rice cropping area is becoming an urgent need for food security policy decisions. One of the main challenges for mapping rice in this area is the quantity of cloud-free observations that are vulnerable to frequent cloud cover. Another relevant issue that needs to be addressed is determining how to select the appropriate classifier for mapping paddy rice based on the cloud-masked observations. Therefore, this study was organized to quickly find a strategy for rice mapping by evaluating cloud-mask algorithms and machine-learning methods for Sentinel-2 imagery. Specifically, we compared four GEE-embedded cloud-mask algorithms (QA60, S2cloudless, CloudScore, and CDI (Cloud Displacement Index)) and analyzed the appropriateness of widely accepted machine-learning classifiers (random forest, support vector machine, classification and regression tree, gradient tree boost) for cloud-masked imagery. The S2cloudless algorithm had a clear edge over the other three algorithms based on its overall accuracy in evaluation and visual inspection. The findings showed that the algorithm with a combination of S2cloudless and random forest showed the best performance when comparing mapping results with field survey data, referenced rice maps, and statistical yearbooks. In general, the research highlighted the potential of using Sentinel-2 imagery to map paddy rice with multiple combinations of cloud-mask algorithms and machine-learning methods in a cloud-prone area, which has the potential to broaden our rice mapping strategies.
Nowadays, the operations performed by the Internet of Things (IoT) systems are no more trivial since they rely on more sophisticated devices than in the past. The IoT system is physically composed of connected computi...
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Nowadays, the operations performed by the Internet of Things (IoT) systems are no more trivial since they rely on more sophisticated devices than in the past. The IoT system is physically composed of connected computing, digital, mechanical devices such as sensors or actuators. Most of the time, each of them incorporates a logical arithmetic unit that can pre-compute or compute on the device. To extract value from the data produced at the edge, processing power offered by cloud computing is still utilized. However, streaming data to the cloud exposes some limitations related to the increased communication and data transfer, which introduces delays and consumes network bandwidth. Clustering data is one example of a treatment that can be executed in the cloud. In this paper, we propose a methodology for solving the data stream clustering problem at the edge. Data Stream clustering is defined as the clustering of data that arrive continuously, such as telephone records, multimedia data, sensors data, financial transactions, etc. Since we use low-cost and low-capacity devices, the objective is, given a sequence of points, to construct a good clustering of the stream using a small amount of memory and time. We propose a 'windowing' scheme, coupled with a sampling scheme to respect the objective. Under the experimental conditions, experiments show that the clustering solutions can be controlled, with difficulties for time-stamped data but not for random data or data with well-delimited clusters. The main advantage of our schema is that we are clustering data "on the fly" with no knowledge or assumption regarding the available data. We do not assume that all the data are known before a treatment batch by batch. Our schema also has the potential to be adapted to other classes of machinelearningalgorithms. (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
In external radiotherapy of head and neck (HN) cancers, the reduction of irradiation accuracy due to HN volume reduction often causes a problem. Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) can effectively solve this problem;however, ...
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In external radiotherapy of head and neck (HN) cancers, the reduction of irradiation accuracy due to HN volume reduction often causes a problem. Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) can effectively solve this problem;however, its application to all cases is impractical because of cost and time. Therefore, finding priority cases is essential. This study aimed to predict patients with HN cancers are more likely to need ART based on a quantitative measure of large HN volume reduction and evaluate model accuracy. The study included 172 cases of patients with HN cancer who received external irradiation. The HN volume was calculated using cone-beam computed tomography (CT) for irradiation-guided radiotherapy for all treatment fractions and classified into two groups: cases with a large reduction in the HN volume and cases without a large reduction. Radiomic features were extracted from the primary gross tumor volume (GTV) and nodal GTV of the planning CT. To develop the prediction model, four feature selection methods and two machine-learning algorithms were tested. Predictive performance was evaluated by the area under the curve (AUC), accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. Predictive performance was the highest for the random forest, with an AUC of 0.662. Furthermore, its accuracy, sensitivity and specificity were 0.692, 0.700 and 0.813, respectively. Selected features included radiomic features of the primary GTV, human papillomavirus in oropharyngeal cancer and the implementation of chemotherapy;thus, these features might be related to HN volume change. Our model suggested the potential to predict ART requirements based on HN volume reduction .
The goal of this article is to provide basic modeling and simulation techniques for systems of multiple interacting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, so called "swarms", for applications in mapping. Also, the paper ...
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The goal of this article is to provide basic modeling and simulation techniques for systems of multiple interacting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, so called "swarms", for applications in mapping. Also, the paper illustrates the application of basic machine-learning algorithms to optimize their information gathering. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the concepts.
This study introduces an innovative diagnostic approach for identifying gate-valve failures in water distribution systems. By implementing high-frequency pressure sensors upstream and downstream of the gate valves, we...
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This study introduces an innovative diagnostic approach for identifying gate-valve failures in water distribution systems. By implementing high-frequency pressure sensors upstream and downstream of the gate valves, we obtained detailed pressure data that are pivotal for fault diagnosis. We explored three distinct machine-learning algorithms and two data-handling techniques to ensure optimal performance in real-world applications. In our methodology, supervised learningalgorithms are used to analyze pressure differentials and predict valve behavior. We rigorously tested these algorithms using both raw and feature-engineered data, and the results indicated the effectiveness of the Gaussian-na & iuml;ve Bayes model with six extracted features. This approach enhances the precision and reliability of diagnostics in water distribution networks.
Natural hazards are often studied in ***,there is a great need to examine hazards holistically to better manage the complex of threats found in any *** regions of the world have complex hazard landscapes wherein risk ...
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Natural hazards are often studied in ***,there is a great need to examine hazards holistically to better manage the complex of threats found in any *** regions of the world have complex hazard landscapes wherein risk from individual and/or multiple extreme events is *** parts of Iran experience a complex array of natural hazards-floods,earthquakes,landslides,forest fires,subsidence,and *** effectiveness of risk mitigation is in part a function of whether the complex of hazards can be collectively considered,visualized,and *** study develops and tests individual and collective multihazard risk maps for floods,landslides,and forest fires to visualize the spatial distribution of risk in Fars Province,southern *** do this,two well-known machine-learning algorithms-SVM and MARS-are used to predict the distribution of these *** floods,landslides,and forest fires were surveyed and *** locations of occurrence of these events(individually and collectively) were randomly separated into training(70%) and testing(30%) data *** conditioning factors(for floods,landslides,and forest fires) employed to model the risk distributions are aspect,elevation,drainage density,distance from faults,geology,LULC,profile curvature,annual mean rainfall,plan curvature,distance from man-made residential structures,distance from nearest river,distance from nearest road,slope gradient,soil types,mean annual temperature,and *** outputs of the two models were assessed using receiver-operating-characteristic(ROC) curves,true-skill statistics(TSS),and the correlation and deviance values from each models for each *** areas-under-the-curves(AUC) for the MARS model prediction were 76.0%,91.2%,and 90.1% for floods,landslides,and forest fires,***,the AUCs for the SVM model were 75.5%,89.0%,and 91.5%.The TSS reveals that the MARS model was better able to predict landslide risk,but was less able to
The objective of this work is to illustrate how to algorithmically integrate machine-learning algorithms (MLA's) with multistage/multicomponent fire spread models. In order to tangibly illustrate this process, thi...
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The objective of this work is to illustrate how to algorithmically integrate machine-learning algorithms (MLA's) with multistage/multicomponent fire spread models. In order to tangibly illustrate this process, this work develops a framework for a specific model problem combining: (I) a meshless discrete element "submodel" that tracks the trajectory of airborne hot particles/embers, subject to prevailing wind velocities and updrafts, (II) a topographical "submodel" of the ambient combustible material whereby airborne embers that make contact are allowed to start secondary fires (if conditions are appropriate), combined with ground-based surface spread and burn rates for generating new embers, new updrafts (due to hot air), etc., and (III) a machine-learning Algorithm to rapidly ascertain the multi-submodel system parameters that force the overall model to match observations. The submodels compute both ground and airborne hot-ember driven fire propagation, as well as subsequent distribution of debris/soot, which is important for air-quality assessment. The overall framework is designed for use in digital twin technology, which refers to an adaptive digital replica of a physical system, whereby model updates are continuously in near real-time. This necessitates a rapid simulation paradigm that can easily interface with telecommunications, cameras and sensors. The presented framework is designed to run quickly on laptops and hand held devices, with the guiding principle being to make it potentially useful for first-responders in real-time. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
In order to reduce the costs of industrial testing of analog and Radio Frequency (RF) integrated circuits, a widely studied solution is indirect testing. Indeed, indirect testing is based on learning-machine algorithm...
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In order to reduce the costs of industrial testing of analog and Radio Frequency (RF) integrated circuits, a widely studied solution is indirect testing. Indeed, indirect testing is based on learning-machinealgorithms to train a regression model that links the space of low-cost indirect measurements to the space of performance parameters guaranteed by datasheets, thus relaxing the constraints on expensive test equipment. This article explores the potential benefit of using ensemble learning in this context. Unlike traditional learning models that use a single model to estimate targeted parameters, ensemble-learning models involve training several individual regression models and combining their outputs to improve the predictive power of the ensemble model. Different ensemble methods based on bagging, boosting or stacking are investigated and compared to classical individual models. Experiments are performed on three RF performances of a LNA for which we have production test data and model quality is discussed in terms of goodness-of-fit, accuracy and reliability. The influence of the training set size is also explored. Finally, the efficiency of classical and ensemble models is compared in the context of a two-tier test flow that permits to tradeoff test cost and test quality.
To date semi-empirical or surrogate modeling has demonstrated great success in the prediction of the biologically relevant properties of polymeric materials. For the first time, a correlation between the chemical stru...
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To date semi-empirical or surrogate modeling has demonstrated great success in the prediction of the biologically relevant properties of polymeric materials. For the first time, a correlation between the chemical structures of poly(beta-amino esters) and their efficiency in transfecting DNA was established using the novel technique of logical analysis of data ( LAD). Linear combination and explicit representation models were introduced and compared in the framework of the present study. The most successful regression model yielded satisfactory agreement between the predicted and experimentally measured values of transfection efficiency (Pearson correlation coefficient, 0.77;mean absolute error, 3.83). It was shown that detailed analysis of the rules provided by the LAD algorithm offered practical utility to a polymer chemist in the design of new biomaterials.
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