Searching for a reliable indicator of treatment response in sarcoidosis remains a challenge. The use of the soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R) as a measure of disease activity has been proposed by researchers. A machine learning model was aimed to be developed in this study to predict sIL-2R levels based on a patient's serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels, potentially aiding in lung function evaluation. A novel forecasting model (SVR-BE-CO) for sIL-2R prediction is introduced, which combines support vector regression (SVR) with a hybrid optimization model (BES-CO); The hybrid optimization model composed of Bald Eagle Optimizer (BES) and Chimp Optimizer (CO) model. In this forecasting model, the hyper-parameters of the SVR model are optimized by the BES-CO hybrid optimization model, ultimately improving the accuracy of the predicted sIL-2R values. The hybrid forecasting model SVR-BE-CO model was evaluated against various forecasting methods, including Hybrid SVR with Firefly Algorithm (SVR-FFA), decision tree (DT), SVR with Gray Wolf Optimization (SVR-GWO) and random forest (RF). It was demonstrated that the hybrid SVR-BE-CO model surpasses all other methods in terms of accuracy.
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AIDS Care
March 2025
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil.
In Brazil, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is freely available to individuals at high risk of HIV infection. However, knowledge and perception of PrEP can act as barriers to its access and use. This study evaluated PrEP knowledge and perception among healthcare workers in the Unified Health System in a Brazilian capital.
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March 2025
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson.
Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine potential mediators of the relationship between developmental language disorder (DLD) status and executive function performance.
Method: Participants included preschoolers, of whom 80 met the diagnostic criteria for DLD and 103 were categorized as having typical language abilities. Participants' nonverbal IQ and receptive vocabulary were assessed via standardized tests, and their executive function was tested using the Dimensional Change Card Sort.
J Speech Lang Hear Res
March 2025
Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, New South Wales.
Purpose: Reported ear and hearing difficulties (rEHD) are known to be associated with reading difficulties as well as mental health problems. In this study, we aim to examine the relationship between reading and mental health in children with rEHD.
Method: In this study, we used structural equation modeling to measure the strength of longitudinal relationships between reading and mental health-related variables in children with rEHD-aged 5-11 years-in four large longitudinal databases from the United Kingdom ( = 5,254), the United States (s = 1,541 and 6,401), and Australia ( = 2,272).
Cancer Discov
March 2025
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Historical studies performed nearly a century ago using mouse skin models identified two key steps in cancer evolution: initiation, a likely mutational event, and promotion, driven by inflammation and cell proliferation. Initiation was proposed to be permanent, with promotion as the critical rate-limiting step for cancer development. Here, we carried out whole genome sequencing to demonstrate that initiated cells with thousands of mutagen-induced mutations can persist for long periods and are not removed by cell competition or by immune intervention, thus mimicking the persistence of cells with cancer driver mutations in normal human tissues.
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March 2025
Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Methamphetamine use among sexual minority men (SMM) has been associated with poor ART adherence, and reduced initiation and adherence to PrEP. From May 2021 to May 2023, 226 SMM were enrolled in , a culturally responsive smartphone application to reduce methamphetamine use and improve sexual health. Using a status-neutral approach, an ordinal variable reflected participants' placement on the HIV Prevention/Care Continuum, from HIV-positive, not taking ART, to HIV-negative, currently taking PrEP.
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