The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) is commonly used
for assessing the discriminative ability of prediction models even though the measure is …

Background: COVID-19 represents a threat both for the physical and psychological health of
oncological patients experiencing heightened distress levels to which the fear of the virus is …

Background The sensitivity of bile cytology for malignant biliary strictures is not adequate. To
overcome this limitation, we evaluated whether quantitative analysis of microRNAs …

The overlap coefficient (OVL) measures the similarity between two distributions through the
overlapping area of their distribution functions. Given its intuitive description and ease of …

During the early stage of biomarker discovery, high throughput technologies allow for
simultaneous input of thousands of biomarkers that attempt to discriminate between healthy …

Background The infrared tympanic thermometer (IRTT) is a popular method for temperature
screening in children, but it has been debated for the low accuracy and reproducibility …

It is common to compare biomarkers' diagnostic or prognostic performance using some
summary ROC measures such as the area under the ROC curve (AUC) or the Youden …

The overlap coefficient (OVL) measures the common area between two or more density
functions. It has been used for measuring the similarity between distributions in different …

We have demonstrated that assessments of microRNA (miRNA) expressions in circulating
peripheral blood mononucleated cell (PBMC) and sputum specimens, respectively, may …

Diagnostic tests play an important role in medical research and clinical practice. The
ultimate goal of a diagnostic test is to distinguish between diseased and nondiseased …