Objective We aim to explore positive predictive value(PPV)in non-invasive prenatal testing(NIPT)-positive case and investigate the impact of diverse clinical indications and Z-scores on PPV performance.Methods From Ja...
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Forecasting river flow is crucial for optimal planning,management,and sustainability using freshwater resources.Many machine learning(ML)approaches have been enhanced to improve streamflow prediction.Hybrid techniques...
Advances in technology and optimisation are helping to improve decision making in the oil and gas industry.However,most of the traditional metaheuristic algorithms applied in well placement optimisation problems suffe...
KR was supported by the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution,the Bank of New Zealand Save the Kiwi Trust,and the New Zealand Department of Conservation.LS was funded by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship from the Royal Society of New Zealand(contract number RDF-MNZ1201).
Background:Kiwi(Apteryx spp.)are flightless ratites from New Zealand whose numbers and distributions have declined following human arrival.Some of the kiwi species are known to hybridise but the extent of hybridizatio...
supported by the National Research Foundation(NRF)of Korea(grants 2018R1A2B6007436,2018R1A2B6006320,2019R1I1A1A01048852 and 2016R1A6A1A03012877)。
Compared with solid scintillators,liquid scintillators have limited capability in dosimetry and radiography due to their relatively low light yields.Here,we report a new generation of highly efficient and low-cost liq...
Based on dynamometer test cycles or plain motorway operation, heavy truck hybridisation must be considered as uneconomic if only the kinetic vehicle energy can be recuperated. In mountainous regions, micro hybridizati...
SCA was supported by Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships(No.2013077);SCG was supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship(FT130101253)
Background:Modern ecosystems contain many invasive species as a result of the activity of acclimatisation societies that operated in the second half of the nineteenth century,and these species provide good opportuniti...
Three Australian tephritid fruit flies (Bactrocera tryoni - Q-fly, Bactrocera neohumeralis - NEO, and Bactrocera jarvisi - JAR) are promising models for genetic studies of pest status and invasiveness. The long hist...
Hybridisation was traditionally considered rare on coral reefs. However, a rapid increase in hybrid studies over the last 20 years has revealed that hybridisation on coral reefs is common and widespread. In this revie...
Supported by the Iranian Ministry of Science;Technology and the PA Hens Memorial Fund
The Middle East is an important contact zone for a considerable number of bird taxa from the western and eastern Palearctic and from the great Saharo-Sindian desert belt.Using WORLDMAP software,we analyzed the geograp...