A Case-Control Study on Risk Factors and Outcomes in Congestive Heart Failure by Mohammad Shakil Ahmad, Abdulrahman Obaid Matar Alharbi, Abdullah Tawakul, Abdulrahman Mohammed Alturiqy, Mansour Alzahrani, Riyaz Ahamed Shaik

“…All-cause mortality (35.9% vs. 17.1%, p = 0.001), cardiovascular mortality (25.6% vs. 10.3%, p = 0.003), and MACE (51.3% vs. 25.6%, p < 0.001) were greater in cases. …”
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Digital PCR-based genetic profiling from vitreous fluid as liquid biopsy for primary uveal melanoma: a proof-of-concept study by R. J. Nell, M. Versluis, N. V. Menger, M. C. Gelmi, T. H.K. Vu, R. M. Verdijk, G. P.M. Luyten, M. J. Jager, P. A. van der Velden

“…Still, additional mutations in BAP1, SF3B1 and EIF1AX were detected in 15/17 samples and chromosome 3p and 8q copy numbers matched the primary tumour in 19/21 and 18/20 samples, respectively. …”
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Vulnerability to fatal drowning among the population in Southern Bangladesh: findings from a cross-sectional household survey by Dan Ryan, Rebecca Ivers, Kris Rogers, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Aminur Rahman, Kamran ul Baset, Tahera Ahmed, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, A K M Fazlur Rahman

“…A higher rate of fatal drowning was found in rural (38.9/100 000/year) compared with urban areas (29.3/100 000/year). The results of the multivariable logistic regression identified that the factors significantly associated with fatal drowning were being male (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2 to 2.3), aged 1–4 years (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.4 to 6.4) and residing in a household with four or more children (four or more children OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.9; and five or more children OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.2 to 3.7).Conclusion Drowning is a public health problem, especially for children, in the Barisal division of Southern Bangladesh. …”
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Dietary quality and adherence to dietary recommendations in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease by Wenwei Ouyang, Wenwei Ouyang, Bingjie Xiao, Huifen Chen, Lizhe Fu, Fang Tang, Gaetano Marrone, Xusheng Liu, Yifan Wu, Yifan Wu, Juan Jesús Carrero

“…ObjectivesThere is a lack of data regarding the quality of the diet and the adherence to dietary guidelines of patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKD (NDD-CKD) in China.Design and methodsSingle-center cross-sectional study of 261 patients with CKD stages 3–5, who responded to 3-day dietary records and undertook 24-h urine samples along with clinical, laboratory, and anthropometric assessments. …”
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Electrolyte Levels in Poor Prognosis and Early Neurological Deterioration in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke by Shengli Pan, Bohuai Yu, Yilin Chen, Yufan Gao, Wei Xie, Yining Jin, Guoliang Zhou, Jialing Lou, Rui Zhang, Chao Chen, Yiyun Weng, Guangyong Chen

“…A total of 242 patients exhibited a 3‐month poor prognosis. Significant differences were observed in Cl−, Ca2+, and Mg2+ levels between mRS binary classification. …”
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Mineral identification in thin sections using a lightweight and attention mechanism by Xin Zhang, Wei Dang, Jun Liu, Zijuan Yin, Guichao Du, Yawen He, Yankai Xue

“…Furthermore, relative to other models, such as YOLOv3, YOLOv5, YOLOv6, YOLOv8, YOLOv9, and YOLOv10, YOLOv8-SBI has a smaller parameter size of only 3.01 × 106. …”
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Temporal Trends of Maternal Mortality Due to Obstetric Hemorrhage in Chinese Mainland: Evidence from the Population-Based Surveillance Data Between 2000 and 2019 by Yi Mu, Jun Zhu, Yanping Wang, Jiani Zhang, Mingrong Li, Peiran Chen, Yanxia Xie, Juan Liang, Xiaodong Wang, Dandan Shi

“…It peaked in 2001 (22.1 per 100,000 live births, 95% CI: 18.3–26.4) and was lowest in 2019 (1.6 per 100,000 live births, 95% CI: 1.0–2.3). …”
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Number of Retrieval Attempts and the Association of Intravenous Tirofiban with Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients with Successful Endovascular Therapy: Results of the... by Peng X, Guo C, Yang J, Fan S, Xu X, Ma J, Wang Z, Yang S, Zi W, Huang X, Wang H

“…In overall cohort, tirofiban (OR: 1.853, 95% CI: 1.039– 3.307) and more than 2 passes (3 versus 0– 1: OR: 2.482, 95% CI: 1.124– 5.481; 2 versus 0– 1: OR: 0.813, 95% CI: 0.389– 1.696) were significantly associated with the occurrence of sICH. …”
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Deep Learning-based Identification of CP1 and CP2 Stars from LAMOST DR11 by ZhiWei Lu, Xiaoming Kong, YaTao Zhang, ZhenPing Yi, Meng Liu

“…The surface gravity ( $\mathrm{log}$ g ) of CP1 stars is concentrated between 3.4 and 4.6 dex, peaking at 3.9 dex, while CP2 stars range from 3.5 to 4.6 dex. …”
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Сlinical results of transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking in patients with keratoconus by M. M. Bikbov, V. K. Surkova, G. M. Bikbova, N. B. Zainullina

“…There were 94 patients (119 eyes) with I‑III stage keratoconus (according to the Amsler classification) under observation since 2011 to 2013. …”
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Mortality and risk factors in hospitalised adult patients with tetanus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Junbin Huang, Wenbin Zhang, Zhenlin Chen, Zhijie Lin, Hantian Hong, Zhishi Cai

“…Six risk factors associated with mortality in these patients were identified, including age ≥40 years (RR=1.89, 95% CI: 1.37 to 2.61), incubation period &lt;7 days (RR=2.10, 95% CI: 1.47 to 3.00), onset period &lt;2 days (RR=2.06, 95% CI: 1.30 to 3.29), Ablett classification ≥III (RR=3.40, 95% CI: 1.91 to 6.05), presence of autonomic dysfunction (RR=4.84, 95% CI: 2.36 to 9.94) and the need for mechanical ventilation (RR=2.46, 95% CI: 1.48 to 4.09).Conclusion The study findings have important implications for clinical practice and public health policy. …”
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Danos mecânicos em sementes de feijão Vigna, causados pelas operações na unidade de beneficiamento Mechanical damages in Vigna bean seeds caused by the operations in the seed proce... by Francisco de A. C. Almeida, Acácio Figueiredo Neto, Rubens F. da Costa, Josivanda P. G. de Gouveia, Maria E. C. de Oliveira

“…<br>After harvesting and threshing the seeds of beans are taken to a seed processing plant where from by elevator are taken to machines of pre-cleaning, cleaning, separation and classification, treatment and packing for posterior storage. …”
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TomatoPoseNet: An Efficient Keypoint-Based 6D Pose Estimation Model for Non-Destructive Tomato Harvesting by Jipeng Ni, Licheng Zhu, Lizhong Dong, Ruixue Wang, Kaikang Chen, Jianbo Gao, Wenbei Wang, Liming Zhou, Bo Zhao, Jiacheng Rong, Zhenhao Han, Kunlei Lu, Xuguang Feng

“…Finally, a geometric model is constructed based on the information about the predicted 3D keypoints to estimate the 6D pose of the cutting points. …”
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Comparing modified light bulb with multiple drilling methods in treating non-traumatic femoral head osteonecrosis: A cohort study by Ali Parsa, Hamid Dolatabadi, Saeid Esmaeilian, Seyed Ali Moshtaghioon, Neda Mirzaei, Omid Shahpari, Elham Rahmanipour, Mohammad Ghorbani

“…At the six-month mark, the MLB group exhibited significantly lower VAS scores (3.82 ± 2.43 vs. 5.30 ± 2.54, p = 0.03) and at twelve months (3.07 ± 2.81 vs. 5.17 ± 3.14, p = 0.01). …”
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The Application and Validity of a New Composite Radiographic Index for Patients with Osteonecrosis of the Jaws by Zafeiroula Yfanti, Sotirios Tetradis, Nikolaos G. Nikitakis, Konstantina Eleni Alexiou, Emmanouil Vardas, Christos Angelopoulos, Kostas Tsiklakis

“…Extensive lytic changes, sclerosis, sequestration, periosteal bone formation, and inferior alveolar canal involvement were mostly observed in clinical Stage 3. Furthermore, a statistically significant correlation between clinical stage and CRIm classification was found (rho = 0.446; <i>p</i>-value < 0.001). …”
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THE PREVALENCE OF DENTOALVEOLAR ANOMALIES AND DEFORMITIES IN PATIENTS WITH DENTAL DEFECTS. by B.M. Mirchuk, Y.V. Maksymov

“…The diagnosis was based on classification have been of surveyed on Kennedy and D.A. …”
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Identifying Current Practices and Areas for Improvement in Medication Management During Care Transition Through an Interprofessional Collaboration Framework by Solh Dost L, Maillard G, Cardoso E, Schneider MP

“…Léa Solh Dost,1– 3 Gaëlle Maillard,1,2 Evelina Cardoso,1,2 Marie P Schneider1– 3 1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Genève, Switzerland; 2Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Genève, Switzerland; 3Pharma24, Academic Community Pharmacy, Geneva, 1205, SwitzerlandCorrespondence: Marie P Schneider, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Rue Michel Servet 1, Genève, 1211, Switzerland, Tel +41 22  379 53 16, Email marie.schneider@unige.chPurpose: Poor coordination and communication during care transitions can lead to medical errors, patient dissatisfaction, and hospital readmissions. …”
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Optimized Hybrid Deep Learning Framework for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Adaptive Weight Selection by Karim Gasmi, Abdulrahman Alyami, Omer Hamid, Mohamed O. Altaieb, Osama Rezk Shahin, Lassaad Ben Ammar, Hassen Chouaib, Abdulaziz Shehab

“…This method improves classification accuracy, especially for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Emergency department presentations related to asthma and allergic diseases in Central Queensland, Australia: a comparative analysis between First Nations Australians and Australian... by Peter D Sly, Rachel L Peters, Jennifer J Koplin, Gulam Khandaker, Desalegn Markos Shifti, Craig F Munns, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Diane Maresco-Pennisi, Renarta Whitcombe

“…There was a significantly higher incidence rate of asthma and allergic disease-related ED presentations among First Nations Australians at 177.5 per 10 000 person-years (95% CI 169.3, 186.0) compared with 98.9 per 10 000 person-years (95% CI 97.2, 100.8) among Australians of other descents. …”
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Tele-rehabilitation using transcranial direct current stimulation combined with exercise in people with spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial by Thanwarat Chantanachai, Irin Apiworajirawit, Pipat Klamruen, Benchaporn Aneksan, Paradee Auvichayapat, Alexandra Lackmy-Vallée, Wanalee Klomjai

“…Primary outcome was the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI). Secondary outcomes included (i) the upper limb muscle strength evaluated by hand-held dynamometer, (ii) spasticity evaluated by H reflex and modified-Modified Ashworth Scale, (iii) functional performance assessed by the spinal cord independence measure III, (iv) transfer performance assessed by the transfer assessment instrument, and (v) quality of life assessed by WHOQOL-BREF. …”
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