Causal Effects of Sleep Traits on Angina Pectoris: Mediation by Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Zeng C, Ke Y, Li H, Zhang C, Chen J, Chen M

“…Two-sample MR analyses were carried out to gain a general map of sleep traits, risk factors and AP, then a multivariable MR was performed and the effect of each factor was calculated.Results: We discovered a positive association between nap, narcolepsy, insomnia and stable angina pectoris (SAP), while getting up in morning associated with SAP negatively. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Relation to Reproductive Health Among Young Albanian Women by Alketa Zazo, Eliona Kulluri, Enxhi Vrapi

“…RESULTS: Women, participating in this study, appeared to be well-informed regarding the risk factors associated with cervical cancer, yet only 32.7% had carried out a Pap-smear test. ‘Being healthy’, lack of diseases, lack of time, and for a minority of 9% the lack of knowledge were the main reasons listed for not undertaking cervical screening. …”
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TCAD analysis of the high-temperature reverse-bias stress on AlGaN/GaN HEMTs by Franco Ercolano, Luigi Balestra, Sebastian Krause, Stefano Leone, Isabel Streicher, Patrik Waltereit, Michael Dammann, Susanna Reggiani

“…Subsequently, the comparison between HTRB experimental results and the calibrated TCAD simulations was carried out to understand degradation mechanisms under stress conditions. …”
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Pericardial Involvement in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia by Abir Derbel, Mouna Snoussi, Raida Ben Salah, Faten Frikha, Leila Abid, Imed Frikha, Sameh Marzouk, Zouhir Bahloul

“…Analysis of the fluid ruled out any infectious cause of this effusion.  Histological examination confirmed the vascular dysplasia with signs of hemorrhage and inflammation. …”
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Study of Predictive Value of Middle Ear Risk Index on Hearing Improvement in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media by Bipin Kishore Prasad, Nitya Singh, Ramesh AV

“…Each unit increase in risk index score was associated with statistically significant increase of 0.64 dB in BC. Out of the seven individual factors, only perforation and previous surgery showed statistical significance in terms of hearing improvement. …”
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Hemorrhagic syndrome at liver cirrhosis by I. A. Kurkina, O. S. Volkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…There is no conventional strategy of treatment and prophylaxis of bleedings for these patients. Carrying out of randomized controlled studies for evaluation of laboratory tests in prediction of bleedings or thromboses at patients with cirrhoses, for studying efficacy of modern concentrates of factors of coagulation, for assessment of restrictive policy of decantation of blood components is necessary.…”
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Evaluating empirical and machine learning approaches for reference evapotranspiration estimation using limited climatic variables in Nepal by Erica Shrestha, Suyog Poudyal, Anup Ghimire, Shrena Maharjan, Manoj Lamichhane, Sushant Mehan

“…Two strategies were applied: (1) the proposed ML models were tested at each weather station using leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV), (2) meteorological stations were grouped into three clusters using the K-means clustering and model performance were evaluated on each cluster. …”
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Association between prognostic nutritional index and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality in American adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yuqing Lei, Shaohong Tao, Yubo Yang, Fang Xie, Weining Xie

“…BackgroundThe current research was to investigate the relationship between prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and mortality, with a focus on all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, for those with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).MethodsData from 20,142 patients who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which was carried out between 2005 and 2014, were included in this research. …”
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Application of different edge detection methods for faults identification in Anza Basin, Kenya by Gege Li, Qing Chen, Bingqiang Yuan, Xianfeng Tan, Hao Chen, Xiaoyu Huang, Lang Pan

“…Additionally, it determines the fault system in the basin and carries out structural zoning. The results of the processing of various gravity boundary identification methods with the gravity data in the study area show that a gravity gradient zone is developed in the Anza Basin, where the Bouguer gravity anomalies are all negative and exhibit a large variation range, overall showing a high-southwest and low-northeast trend. …”
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Segmentasi Wilayah Terdampak Bencana Berdasarkan Fitur Geo-Posisi by Ade Sutedi, Indri Tri Julianto, Leni Fitriani

“…The test results indicate that the DAS-Apps prototype can successfully carry out the area segmentation process based on the geo-positioning radius from the disaster information point, making it suitable for implementation in emergency response and disaster management application frameworks in future research. …”
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DATA MINING ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTION OF STUDENT TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE IN ICT: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW by Juma Habibu Shindo, Mohamedi Mohamedi Mjahidi, Mohamed Dewa Waziri

“…In terms of study purposes, a large number of studies focused on predicting student performance. Furthermore, about 6 out of 8 algorithms used in previous studies were found to score 80% or above in the average percentage of the highest and lowest accuracy metrics. …”
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A Cross Sectional Study on Thrombocytopenia with Mean Platelet Volume and Platelet Distribution Width in Patient with Febrile Illness by Vidhya.G, J.Margaret Theresa, J.S. Sukanya, Santha Sandasivan, Gerard Rakesh. J

“…The cases of thrombocytopenia were classified as mild, moderate, or severe, and peripheral smears were performed on all 85 cases to rule out pseudothrombocytopenia. Several subgroups were also derived after evaluating the etiology of thrombocytopenia. …”
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Assessment of Management Factors Influencing Vaccination Against Cholera in the Health District of Katana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Irène Ntererwa-Nsimire, Leonid M Irenge, Paulin B Mutombo, Eric M Mafuta, Jean-Luc Gala, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe

“…Cholera vaccine for children under 2 years was available in all the 5 health areas investigated, only 2 out of 5 health areas had enough vaccine stockpiles. …”
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Metallized Sol–Gel coatings on ceramic glazes with photocatalytic activity by Guillermo Monrós, Carolina Delgado, José Antonio Badenes, Guillem Monrós-Andreu, Mario Llusar

“…The photodegradation test carried out with glazed samples on Orange II solution shows excellent photocatalytic activity in the case of TiO2 samples, with a half-life period (t1/2= 34.53 min for the optimal sample), comparable to P25 from Evonik used as reference powder. …”
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Evaluation of Patients’ Received Doses in Chest CT Scan Protocols for COVID-19 Diagnosis by Sadegh Shurche, Tinoosh Almasi, Maryam Tima, Nima Rostampour

“…Radiologists gave an overall acceptance rate of 4.9 ± 0.1 and 4.8 ± 0.2 out of a possible 5-point for images with low-dose and smart protocols, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the accuracy of a simplified hybrid method versus the traditional digital method for measuring palatal volume by Shailendra Singh Rana, Sharvari Vichare, Abhishek Gupta, Anjana Rajagopalan, Om Prakash Kharbanda

“…Two experienced orthodontists carried out the measurements to evaluate the inter and intra-observer reliability. …”
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Determinants of burnout syndrome among undergraduate nursing students in Poland: a cross-sectional study by Katarzyna Szwamel, Wiesława Kowalska, Ewa Mazur, Anna Janus, Iwona Bonikowska, Justyna Jasik-Pyzdrowska

“…We recommended carrying out regular screening tests for burnout, insomnia, anxiety, stress, and depression (e.g., once a year) among students. …”
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Effect of tree size attributes on fruit production and animal-mediated seed dispersal web in Melia azedarach L. (Chinaberry) in north-west Himalaya, India by Sukumaran Arun, Sasidharan Sarath, Khanduri Vinod Prasad, Suraj, Rawat Shweta, Chand Vaisakhy Prem

“…The average fruit production among sample trees varied from 1.8 × 103 to 1.18 × 105. Out of the 10 bird species recorded, the Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Himalayan Black Bulbul) and Pycnonotus leucogenys (Himalayan Bulbul) were the most frequent visitors and crucial for seed dispersal of M. azedarach. …”
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Newly discovered Late Bronze Age settlement in the vicinity of Kamenovo, Kubrat municipality, northeastern Bulgariа: preliminary results by Petar Minkov, Zheni Vasileva, Denitsa Sandeva, Yana Dimitrova, Stanimira Taneva, Plamen Georgiev, Nikola Tonkov, Hristo Popov

“…Unfortunately, more than 100 years after the first discoveries, no large-scale studies focusing on the period of the 2nd millenium BC have been carried out. The fieldwork strategy included combination of various research methods – from remote and non-destructive methods (LiDAR, geophysics, field surveys) to conventional archaeological excavations (trenches and long-term excavations over a larger area) for the sites selected for these studies. …”
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Analysis of Vaginal Microbiome in Women with or Without Episodes of Spontaneous Abortion in Eastern Nigeria by Felix Emele Emele, Prisca Onyeulor, Francisca Nwaokorie, Damian Asogwa

“…This study aimed at comparing the vaginal microbiome of women who have had episodes of spontaneous abortion with those who have not experienced any incident - in order to find out any possible role of vaginal microbiota in spontaneous abortion. …”
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