Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Methanol–Diesel Dual Fuel Engine at Different Altitudes by Zhongcheng Wang, Zhu Jie, Xiaoyu Liu

“…Currently, in the two technological approaches for using diesel pilot injection to ignite methanol and partially substituting diesel fuel with methanol, neither can fully achieve carbon neutrality in the context of internal combustion engines. …”
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Protocol for implementation of intraoperative adverse event recording during WHO checklist sign-out by Guy Haller, Lauren Clack, Christian Schindler, Luzius A Steiner, Salome Dell-Kuster, Dieter Hahnloser, Jörn-Markus Gass, Christoph S Burkhart, Andreas P Vogt, Katrin Burri-Winkler, Anne C Auderset, Valentin Neuhaus, Giorgio Prouse, Judith Winkens, Amanda Van Vegten, Zuzanna Kita, Monika Finsterwald, Nico Streit, Lisa M Willms

“…Introduction & aim Intraoperative adverse events (iAEs) increase postoperative complications, which are devastating to patients and costly to healthcare systems. …”
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Neurophysiological evidence of single-shot semantic mapping in the developing brain by Marina J. Vasilyeva, Veronika M. Knyazeva, Elena D. Artemenko, Elena A. Vershinina, Ekaterina S. Garbaruk, Ekaterina S. Garbaruk, Maria Yu Boboshko, Maria Yu Boboshko, Aleksander A. Aleksandrov, Yury Shtyrov, Yury Shtyrov

“…This process is to a large degree mediated by a neurocognitive mechanism known as «fast mapping» (FM) which allows the child to quickly map new words onto neural representations after even a single exposure to them, using context-driven inference. However, the neurophysiological bases of this mechanism are still poorly understood. …”
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Cluster-randomized trial of the implementation of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) system in children with acute malnutrition 6 to 59 months of age in Ngouri... by Nancy M. Dale, Youssouf Djidita Hagre, Susan Shepherd, George Tomlinson, Stanley Zlotkin, Masra Ngaradoum, Mahmat Bechir, Marius Madjissem, Charles Tehoua, Christopher Parshuram

“…The RISQ System is to be used as an adjunct to current care practice to aid clinicians in clinical decision-making. …”
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E-Mental Health Interventions in Inpatient Care: Scoping Review by Alexander Diel, Isabel Carolin Schröter, Anita Robitzsch, Christoph Jansen, Martin Teufel, Alexander Bäuerle

“…ResultsResearch on digital interventions in the context of inpatient mental health care has been increasing over the years. …”
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Physician experiences of electronic health record interoperability and its practical impact on care delivery in the English NHS: a cross-sectional survey study by Ara Darzi, Jonathan Clarke, Hutan Ashrafian, Ana Luísa Neves, Edmond Li, Olivia Lounsbury, Mujtaba Hasnain

“…Recruitment was performed via convenience sampling and snowballing in collaboration with contacts at Health Education England deaneries and the Royal College of General Practitioners. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab versus sorafenib as first-line therapy in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in the US and Chinese setting: a modelling compa... by Lei Wang, Lulu Liu, Yiling Ding, Qilin Zhang, Yamin Shu

“…In scenario analyses, the atezolizumab plus bevacizumab treatment becomes favourable when the cost of atezolizumab decreases to 67.85% and 18.45% of its original price in the USA and China, respectively.Conclusions The atezolizumab plus bevacizumab is unlikely to be cost-effective compared with sorafenib for patients with unresectable HCC in the context of the USA and China. …”
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Application of urinary peptide-biomarkers in trauma patients as a predictive tool for prognostic assessment, treatment and intervention timing by Gökmen Aktas, Felix Keller, Justyna Siwy, Agnieszka Latosinska, Harald Mischak, Jorge Mayor, Jan Clausen, Michaela Wilhelmi, Vesta Brauckmann, Stephan Sehmisch, Tarek Omar Pacha

“…CE-MS peptidome analysis identified 191 significantly altered peptides in severely injured patients. A consistent increase in the abundance of peptides from A1AT, AHSG, and HBA1 was observed, while peptides derived from PIGR and UROM were consistently decreased. …”
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Assessing Farmers’ Prefrences in using Water Resources in Varamin Plain, Iran A Discrete Choice Experiment Technique by Hojatolah Shayeganfard, Mohsen Mehrara

“…In addition to that, in the context of providing policy recommendations, it is suggested to pay serious attention to the issue of agricultural water in the Varamin Plain. …”
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Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage. by Elaine A Ferguson, Ahmed Lugelo, Anna Czupryna, Danni Anderson, Felix Lankester, Lwitiko Sikana, Jonathan Dushoff, Katie Hampson

“…Using generalized linear mixed models, we find that current focal (village-level) dog rabies incidence decreases with increasing recent focal vaccination coverage. …”
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Climate science for 2050 by Guy Brasseur, Guy Brasseur, Detlef Stammer, Pierre Friedlingstein, Pierre Friedlingstein, Gabriele Hegerl, Tiffany Shaw, Kevin Trenberth, Kevin Trenberth, Jadwiga Richter, Carolina Vera, André Berger, Helen Cleugh, Steve Easterbrook, Paul Edwards, Daniela Jacob, Michael Mann, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Gavin Schmidt, Mary Scholes, Thomas Stocker, Martin Visbeck, Guoxiong Wu

“…Finally, we speculate about the values and ethics of climate science and the nature of climate research in a world that will be increasingly affected by global warming in a geopolitical context very different from that of recent decades.…”
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Canine Distemper Virus in Mexico: A Risk Factor for Wildlife by Juan Macías-González, Rebeca Granado-Gil, Lizbeth Mendoza-González, Cesar Pedroza-Roldán, Rogelio Alonso-Morales, Mauricio Realpe-Quintero

“…Through an extensive review of recent scientific literature about CDV disease in wildlife that has been published in local and international databases, the findings were connected with the current needs of information from a local to global perspective, and conclusions were made to broaden the context of Mexican epidemiological scenarios as closely related to the neighboring regions.…”
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The future of geography field course pedagogy in UK higher education by Ewan Woodley, Stewart Barr, Lesley Batty, Karen Bickerstaff, Christopher Darvill, Raihana Ferdous, Naomi Holmes, Ihnji Jon, Kenny Lynch, Julian Martin, Alan Marvell, Derek McDougall, Hannah Pitt, Aled Singleton, Catherine Souch, Lynda Yorke

“…Yet, this key area of pedagogy appears increasingly unsustainable and complex for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) within the context of the urgent need for decarbonisation, increasing financial costs, and the institutional challenges of comprehensively embedding necessary Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) considerations into these activities. …”
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miR-34a-5p modulation of polycystic ovary syndrome via targeting the NOTCH signaling pathway by Kexin Zhang, Xiaomeng Wang, Fang Liu, Hong Lin, Yan Wang, Min Zhao, Xiaofei Wang, Yijing Chu, Lin Xu

“…Conversely, inhibiting miR-34a-5p resulted in an increase in cell growth and a decrease in programmed cell death. …”
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Distribution of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and post-translationally modified fetuin-A in outpatients with acute kidney disease detected using a nationwide a... by Ya-Chi Lin, I-Wen Ting, David Ray Chang, Ya-Luan Hsiao, Yu-Ting Lin, Mei-Chuan Hsieh, Shu-Woei Ju, Jie-Sian Wang, Chang-Cheng Jiang, Hsuan-Jen Lin, Cheng-Ting Lu, Che-Chen Lin, Tzu-Ling Tseng, Hung-Chieh Yeh, Hsiu-Yin Chiang, Chin-Chi Kuo

“…Background: Developing criteria for acute kidney disease (AKD) in the outpatient setting (AKDOPT) remains challenging due to the fragmented interoperability of current health information systems. We introduced an acute kidney injury detection system (AKIDS) for AKDOPT within Taiwan's Cloud-based Health Information Exchange Platform to automate serum creatinine (S-Cre) monitoring. …”
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The effectiveness of blended learning technologies in higher education: Assessment methodology by N. V. Bordovskaia, E. A. Koshkina, M. A. Tikhomirova, M. P. Iskhakova

“…In this regard, scientists and practitioners show increasing interest to the problem of the effective use of blended learning technologies, approaches and methods in higher education.Aim. …”
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Radiological Assessment of Coal Fly Ash from Polish Power and Cogeneration Plants: Implications for Energy Waste Management by Krzysztof Isajenko, Barbara Piotrowska, Mirosław Szyłak-Szydłowski, Magdalena Reizer, Katarzyna Maciejewska, Małgorzata Kwestarz

“…It was also found that the frequency of exceeding the annual effective dose limits (IAEDs) showed an increasing trend with the increasing installed capacity of the facility. …”
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Assessing the Spatial Dependence of the Shipped Products Volume in Dynamics by V. M. Timiryanova

“…At the same time, it is obvious that any current state is a consequence of the position achieved by the considered territory in the past. …”
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Business model innovation and SMEs’ resilience: technological roadmap in Nigeria by Oluwakemi R. Alake, Omotayo Adegbuyi, Abiola A. Babajide, Odunayo P. Salau, Oluwakemi O. Onayemi, Opeyemi O. Joel, Oluwatoyin D. Adesanya

“…In summary, this study offers a current road map for technical development in the context of novel business models and the resilience of SMEs in Nigeria. …”
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Extracting Multifaceted Characteristics of Patients With Chronic Disease Comorbidity: Framework Development Using Large Language Models by Junyan Zhang, Junchen Zhou, Liqin Zhou, Zhichao Ba

“… BackgroundResearch on chronic multimorbidity has increasingly become a focal point with the aging of the population. …”
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