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  1. Article: A hybrid feature selection algorithm to determine effective factors in predictive model of success rate for in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment: A cross-sectional study.

    Mehrjerd, Ameneh / Rezaei, Hassan / Eslami, Saeid / Khadem Ghaebi, Nayyere

    International journal of reproductive biomedicine

    2024  Volume 21, Issue 12, Page(s) 995–1012

    Abstract: Background: Previous research has identified key factors affecting in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection success, yet the lack of a standardized approach for various treatments remains a challenge.: Objective: The objective of ... ...

    Abstract Background: Previous research has identified key factors affecting in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection success, yet the lack of a standardized approach for various treatments remains a challenge.
    Objective: The objective of this study is to utilize a machine learning approach to identify the principal predictors of success in in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatments.
    Materials and methods: We collected data from 734 individuals at 2 infertility centers in Mashhad, Iran between November 2016 and March 2017. We employed feature selection methods to reduce dimensionality in a random forest model, guided by hesitant fuzzy sets (HFSs). A hybrid approach enhanced predictor identification and accuracy (ACC), as assessed using machine learning metrics such as Matthew's correlation coefficient, runtime, ACC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, precision or positive predictive value, recall, and F-Score, demonstrating the effectiveness of combining feature selection methods.
    Results: Our hybrid feature selection method excelled with the highest ACC (0.795), area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (0.72), and F-Score (0.8), while selecting only 7 features. These included follicle-stimulation hormone (FSH), 16Cells, FAge, oocytes, quality of transferred embryos (GIII), compact, and unsuccessful.
    Conclusion: We introduced HFSs in our novel method to select influential features for predicting infertility success rates. Using a multi-center dataset, HFSs improved feature selection by reducing the number of features based on standard deviation among criteria. Results showed significant differences between pregnant and non-pregnant groups for selected features, including FSH, FAge, 16Cells, oocytes, GIII, and compact. We also found a significant correlation between FAge and fetal heart rate and clinical pregnancy rate, with the highest FSH level (31.87%) observed for doses ranging from 10-13 (mIU/ml).
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-25
    Publishing country Iran
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2898387-7
    ISSN 2476-3772 ; 2476-4108
    ISSN (online) 2476-3772
    ISSN 2476-4108
    DOI 10.18502/ijrm.v21i12.15038
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  2. Article: Early prediction of medical students' performance in high-stakes examinations using machine learning approaches.

    Mastour, Haniye / Dehghani, Toktam / Moradi, Ehsan / Eslami, Saeid

    Heliyon

    2023  Volume 9, Issue 7, Page(s) e18248

    Abstract: Introduction: Since the advent of medical education systems, managing high-stakes exams has been a top priority and challenge for all policymakers. However, considering machine learning (ML) techniques as a replacement for medical licensing examinations, ...

    Abstract Introduction: Since the advent of medical education systems, managing high-stakes exams has been a top priority and challenge for all policymakers. However, considering machine learning (ML) techniques as a replacement for medical licensing examinations, particularly during crises such as the COVID-19 outbreak, could be an effective solution. This study uses ML models to develop a framework for predicting medical students' performance on high-stakes exams, such as the Comprehensive Medical Basic Sciences Examination (CMBSE).
    Material and methods: Prediction of students' status and score on high-stakes examinations faces several challenges, including an imbalanced number of failing and passing students, a large number of heterogeneous and complex features, and the need to identify at-risk and top-performing students. In this study, two major categories of ML approaches are compared: first, classic models (logistic regression (LR), support vector machine (SVM), and k-nearest neighbors (KNN)), and second, ensemble models (voting, bagging (BG), random forests (RF), adaptive boosting (ADA), extreme gradient boosting (XGB), and stacking).
    Results: To evaluate the models' discrimination ability, they are assessed using a real dataset containing information on medical students over a five-year period (n = 1005). The findings indicate that ensemble ML models demonstrate optimal performance in predicting CMBSE status (RF and stacking). Similarly, among the classic regressors, LR exhibited the highest root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) (0.134) and coefficient of determination (R2) (0.62), whereas the RF model had the highest RMSD (0.077) and R2 (0.80) overall. Furthermore, Anatomical Sciences, Biochemistry, Parasitology, and Entomology grade point average (GPA) and grades demonstrated the strongest positive correlation with the outcomes.
    Conclusion: Comparing classic and ensemble ML models revealed that ensemble models are superior to classic models. Therefore, the presented framework could be considered a suitable alternative for the CMBSE and other comparable medical licensing examinations.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2835763-2
    ISSN 2405-8440
    ISSN 2405-8440
    DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18248
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  3. Article ; Online: A comparative study of explainable ensemble learning and logistic regression for predicting in-hospital mortality in the emergency department.

    Rahmatinejad, Zahra / Dehghani, Toktam / Hoseini, Benyamin / Rahmatinejad, Fatemeh / Lotfata, Aynaz / Reihani, Hamidreza / Eslami, Saeid

    Scientific reports

    2024  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 3406

    Abstract: This study addresses the challenges associated with emergency department (ED) overcrowding and emphasizes the need for efficient risk stratification tools to identify high-risk patients for early intervention. While several scoring systems, often based ... ...

    Abstract This study addresses the challenges associated with emergency department (ED) overcrowding and emphasizes the need for efficient risk stratification tools to identify high-risk patients for early intervention. While several scoring systems, often based on logistic regression (LR) models, have been proposed to indicate patient illness severity, this study aims to compare the predictive performance of ensemble learning (EL) models with LR for in-hospital mortality in the ED. A cross-sectional single-center study was conducted at the ED of Imam Reza Hospital in northeast Iran from March 2016 to March 2017. The study included adult patients with one to three levels of emergency severity index. EL models using Bagging, AdaBoost, random forests (RF), Stacking and extreme gradient boosting (XGB) algorithms, along with an LR model, were constructed. The training and validation visits from the ED were randomly divided into 80% and 20%, respectively. After training the proposed models using tenfold cross-validation, their predictive performance was evaluated. Model performance was compared using the Brier score (BS), The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUROC), The area and precision-recall curve (AUCPR), Hosmer-Lemeshow (H-L) goodness-of-fit test, precision, sensitivity, accuracy, F1-score, and Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC). The study included 2025 unique patients admitted to the hospital's ED, with a total percentage of hospital deaths at approximately 19%. In the training group and the validation group, 274 of 1476 (18.6%) and 152 of 728 (20.8%) patients died during hospitalization, respectively. According to the evaluation of the presented framework, EL models, particularly Bagging, predicted in-hospital mortality with the highest AUROC (0.839, CI (0.802-0.875)) and AUCPR = 0.64 comparable in terms of discrimination power with LR (AUROC (0.826, CI (0.787-0.864)) and AUCPR = 0.61). XGB achieved the highest precision (0.83), sensitivity (0.831), accuracy (0.842), F1-score (0.833), and the highest MCC (0.48). Additionally, the most accurate models in the unbalanced dataset belonged to RF with the lowest BS (0.128). Although all studied models overestimate mortality risk and have insufficient calibration (P > 0.05), stacking demonstrated relatively good agreement between predicted and actual mortality. EL models are not superior to LR in predicting in-hospital mortality in the ED. Both EL and LR models can be considered as screening tools to identify patients at risk of mortality.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Hospital Mortality ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Machine Learning ; Retrospective Studies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-54038-4
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  4. Article ; Online: A systematic review of machine learning-based tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes analysis in colorectal cancer: Overview of techniques, performance metrics, and clinical outcomes.

    Kazemi, Azar / Rasouli-Saravani, Ashkan / Gharib, Masoumeh / Albuquerque, Tomé / Eslami, Saeid / Schüffler, Peter J

    Computers in biology and medicine

    2024  Volume 173, Page(s) 108306

    Abstract: The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC), one of the deadliest cancers around the world, is increasing. Tissue microenvironment (TME) features such as tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can have a crucial impact on diagnosis or decision-making for ... ...

    Abstract The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC), one of the deadliest cancers around the world, is increasing. Tissue microenvironment (TME) features such as tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can have a crucial impact on diagnosis or decision-making for treating patients with CRC. While clinical studies showed that TILs improve the host immune response, leading to a better prognosis, inter-observer agreement for quantifying TILs is not perfect. Incorporating machine learning (ML) based applications in clinical routine may promote diagnosis reliability. Recently, ML has shown potential for making progress in routine clinical procedures. We aim to systematically review the TILs analysis based on ML in CRC histological images. Deep learning (DL) and non-DL techniques can aid pathologists in identifying TILs, and automated TILs are associated with patient outcomes. However, a large multi-institutional CRC dataset with a diverse and multi-ethnic population is necessary to generalize ML methods.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/pathology ; Reproducibility of Results ; Colorectal Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology ; Tumor Microenvironment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Systematic Review ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 127557-4
    ISSN 1879-0534 ; 0010-4825
    ISSN (online) 1879-0534
    ISSN 0010-4825
    DOI 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108306
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  5. Article ; Online: Inflammatory bowel disease patients' perspectives of non-medical needs.

    Norouzkhani, Narges / Faramarzi, Mahbobeh / Bahari, Ali / Shirvani, Javad Shokri / Eslami, Saeid / Tabesh, Hamed

    BMC gastroenterology

    2024  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 134

    Abstract: Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) imposes a huge burden on the healthcare systems and greatly declines the patient's quality of life. However, there is a paucity of detailed data regarding information and supportive needs as well as sources ... ...

    Abstract Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) imposes a huge burden on the healthcare systems and greatly declines the patient's quality of life. However, there is a paucity of detailed data regarding information and supportive needs as well as sources and methods of obtaining information to control different aspects of the disease from the perspectives of the patients themselves. This study aimed to establish the IBD patients' preferences of informational and supportive needs through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA).
    Methods: IBD patients were recruited from different centers. Considering inclusion and exclusion criteria, 521 participants were filled a predefined questionnaire. This questionnaire was prepared through literature review of the recent well-known guidelines on the needs of IBD patients, which was further approved by the experts of IBD area in three rounds of Delphi consensus. It includes 56 items in four sections of informational needs (25), supportive needs (15), sources of information (7), and methods of obtaining information (9).
    Results: In particular, EFA was used to apply data reduction and structure detection. Given that this study tries to identify patterns, structures as well as inter-relationships and classification of the variables, EFA was utilized to simplify presentation of the variables in a way that large amounts of observations transform into fewer ones. Accordingly, the EFA identified five factors out of 25 items in the information needs section, three factors out of 15 items in the supportive needs section, two factors out of 7 items in the information sources section, and two factors out of 9 items in the information presentation methods. Through the CFA, all 4 models were supported by Root Mean Squared Error of Approximation (RMSEA); Incremental Fit Index (IFI); Comparative Fit Index (CFI); Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI); and SRMR. These values were within acceptable ranges, indicating that the twelve factors achieved from EFA were validated.
    Conclusions: This study introduced a reliable 12-factor model as an efficient tool to comprehensively identify preferences of IBD patients in informational and supportive needs along with sources and methods of obtaining information. An in-depth understanding of the needs of IBD patients facilitates informing and supporting health service provision. It also assists patients in a fundamental way to improve adaptation and increase the quality of life. We suggest that health care providers consider the use of this tool in clinical settings in order to precisely assess its efficacy.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Quality of Life ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Health Personnel ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2041351-8
    ISSN 1471-230X ; 1471-230X
    ISSN (online) 1471-230X
    ISSN 1471-230X
    DOI 10.1186/s12876-024-03214-x
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  6. Article ; Online: Assessing the quality of electronic medical records in academic hospitals: A multi-center study in Iran.

    Zabolinezhad, Hedieh / Eslami, Saeid / Hassibian, Mohammad Reza / Dorri, Sara

    Frontiers in digital health

    2022  Volume 4, Page(s) 856010

    Abstract: Objective: The present study aimed to assess the quality of electronic medical records (EMR) retrieved from hospital information systems (HIS) of three educational hospitals in Mashhad, Iran.: Methods: In this multi-center, cross-sectional study, ... ...

    Abstract Objective: The present study aimed to assess the quality of electronic medical records (EMR) retrieved from hospital information systems (HIS) of three educational hospitals in Mashhad, Iran.
    Methods: In this multi-center, cross-sectional study, inpatient electronic records collected from three academic hospitals were categorized into five data groups, namely demographics (D); care handler (CH), indicating the doers of the medical actions; diagnosis and treatment (DT); administrative and financial (AF); and laboratory and Para clinic (LP). Next, we asked 25 physicians from the three academic hospitals to determine data elements of medical research and education value (called research and educational data) in every group. Flowingly, the quality of the five data groups (completeness * accuracy) was reported for entire sampled data and those specified as research and educational data, based on the exact concordance between electronic medical records and corresponding paper records. HISRA, standing for HIS recording ability, was also assessed compared to data elements of standard paper forms.
    Results: For entire data, HISRA was 58.5%. In all hospitals, the highest data quality (more than 90%) belongs to D and AF data groups, and the lowest quality goes to CH and DT groups (less than 50%, and 60%, respectively). For research and educational data, HISRA was 47%, and the quality of D and AF data groups were the highest (nearly 100%), while CH and DT stood around 50% and 60% in order. The quality of the LP data group was almost 85% in all hospitals but hospital C (well over 30%). Total data quality for the hospitals was almost less than 70%.
    Conclusions: The low quality of electronic medical records was mostly a result of incompleteness, while the accuracy was relatively good. Results showed that the HIS application development mainly focused on administrative and financial aspects rather than academic and clinical goals.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-23
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2673-253X
    ISSN (online) 2673-253X
    DOI 10.3389/fdgth.2022.856010
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  7. Article: Author Response.

    Rahmatinejad, Zahra / Hoseini, Benyamin / Pourmand, Ali / Reihani, Hamidreza / Rahmatinejad, Fatemeh / Eslami, Saeid / Hanna, Ameen Abu

    Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

    2024  Volume 28, Issue 2, Page(s) 183–184

    Abstract: How to cite this article: ...

    Abstract How to cite this article:
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-05
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2121263-6
    ISSN 1998-359X ; 0972-5229
    ISSN (online) 1998-359X
    ISSN 0972-5229
    DOI 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24609
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  8. Article ; Online: Optimizing nanoliposomal formulations: Assessing factors affecting entrapment efficiency of curcumin-loaded liposomes using machine learning.

    Hoseini, Benyamin / Jaafari, Mahmoud Reza / Golabpour, Amin / Momtazi-Borojeni, Amir Abbas / Eslami, Saeid

    International journal of pharmaceutics

    2023  Volume 646, Page(s) 123414

    Abstract: Background: Curcumin faces challenges in clinical applications due to its low bioavailability and poor water solubility. Liposomes have emerged as a promising delivery system for curcumin. This study aims to apply ensemble learning, a machine learning ... ...

    Abstract Background: Curcumin faces challenges in clinical applications due to its low bioavailability and poor water solubility. Liposomes have emerged as a promising delivery system for curcumin. This study aims to apply ensemble learning, a machine learning technique, to determine the most effective experimental conditions for formulating stable curcumin-loaded liposomes with a high entrapment efficiency (EE).
    Methods: Two liposomal formulations composed of HSPC:DPPG:Chol:DSPE-mPEG2000 and HSPC:Chol:DSPE-mPEG2000 at 55:5:35:5 and 55:40:5 M ratios, respectively, were prepared using the remote loading method, and their particle size and polydispersity index (PDI) were determined using Dynamic Light Scattering. To model the impact of five factors (molar ratios, particle size, sonication time, pH, and PDI) on EE%, the Least-squares boosting (LSBoost) ensemble learning algorithm was employed due to its capability to effectively handle nonlinear and non-stationary problems. The implementation and optimization of LSBoost were performed using MATLAB R2020a. The dataset was randomly split into training and testing sets, with 70% allocated for training. The mean absolute error (MAE) was used as the cost function to evaluate model performance. Additionally, a novel approach was employed to visualize the results using 3D plots, facilitating practical interpretation.
    Results: The optimal model exhibited an MAE of 3.61, indicating its robust predictive capability. The study identified several optimal conditions for achieving the highest EE value of 100%. However, to ensure both the highest EE value and a suitable particle size, it is recommended to set the following conditions: a molar ratio of 55:5:35:5, a PDI within the range of 0.09-0.13, a particle size of approximately 130 nm, a sonication time of 30 min, and a pH within the range of 7.2-8. It is worth mentioning that adjusting the molar ratio to 55:40:5 resulted in a maximum EE of 88.38%.
    Conclusion: These findings underscore the high performance of ensemble learning in accurately predicting and optimizing the EE of the curcumin-loaded liposomes. The application of this technique provides valuable insights and holds promise for the development of efficient drug delivery systems.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-13
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 428962-6
    ISSN 1873-3476 ; 0378-5173
    ISSN (online) 1873-3476
    ISSN 0378-5173
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123414
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  9. Article ; Online: Telemedicine Based on Human Activity Recognition in Elderly Healthcare.

    Ghouchan Nezhad Noor Nia, Raheleh / Arzehgar, Afrooz / Dehdeleh, Vajiheh / Eslami, Saeid

    Studies in health technology and informatics

    2023  Volume 302, Page(s) 987–991

    Abstract: Nowadays, telemedicine can provide remote clinical services for the elderly, using smart devices like embedded sensors, via real-time communication with the healthcare provider. In particular, inertial measurement sensors such as accelerometers embedded ... ...

    Abstract Nowadays, telemedicine can provide remote clinical services for the elderly, using smart devices like embedded sensors, via real-time communication with the healthcare provider. In particular, inertial measurement sensors such as accelerometers embedded in smartphones can provide sensory data fusion for human activities. Thus, the technology of Human Activity Recognition can be applied to handle such data. In recent studies, the three-dimensional axis has been used to detect human activities. Since most changes in individual activities occur in the x- and y-axis, the label of each activity is determined using a new two-dimensional Hidden Markov Mode based on these two axes. To evaluate the proposed method, we use the WISDM dataset which is based on an accelerometer. The proposed strategy is compared to General Model and User-Adaptive Model. The results indicate that the proposed model is more accurate than the others.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Aged ; Human Activities ; Telemedicine/methods ; Smartphone ; Health Facilities
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-19
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1879-8365
    ISSN (online) 1879-8365
    DOI 10.3233/SHTI230323
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  10. Article ; Online: Prediction of medical sciences students' performance on high-stakes examinations using machine learning models: a protocol for a systematic review.

    Mastour, Haniye / Dehghani, Toktam / Jajroudi, Mahdie / Moradi, Ehsan / Zarei, Mitra / Eslami, Saeid

    BMJ open

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 5, Page(s) e064956

    Abstract: Introduction: Predicting medical science students' performance on high-stakes examinations has received considerable attention. Machine learning (ML) models are well-known approaches to enhance the accuracy of determining the students' performance. ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Predicting medical science students' performance on high-stakes examinations has received considerable attention. Machine learning (ML) models are well-known approaches to enhance the accuracy of determining the students' performance. Accordingly, we aim to provide a comprehensive framework and systematic review protocol for applying ML in predicting medical science students' performance on high-stakes examinations. Improving the current understanding of the input and output features, preprocessing methods, setting of ML models and required evaluation metrics seems essential.
    Methods and analysis: A systematic review will be conducted by searching the electronic bibliographic databases of MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS and Web of Science. The search will be limited to studies published from January 2013 to June 2023. Studies explicitly predicting student performance in high-stakes examinations and referencing their learning outcomes and use of ML models will be included. Two team members will first screen literature meeting the inclusion criteria at the title, abstract and full-text levels. Second, the Best Evidence Medical Education quality framework rates the included literature. Later, two team members will extract data, including the studies' general data and the ML approach's details. Finally, the information consensus will be reached and submitted for analysis. The synthesised evidence from this review provides helpful information for medical education policy-makers, stakeholders and other researchers in adopting the ML models to evaluate medical science students' performance in high-stakes exams.
    Ethics and dissemination: This systematic review protocol summarises findings of existing publications rather than primary data and does not require an ethics review. The results will be disseminated in publications of peer-reviewed journals.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Students, Medical ; Education, Medical/methods ; Medicine ; Publications ; Systematic Reviews as Topic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2599832-8
    ISSN 2044-6055 ; 2044-6055
    ISSN (online) 2044-6055
    ISSN 2044-6055
    DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064956
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