Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…The main strength of the study relates to the ability to identify the key outcome of surgery from HES data over a full 5-year time frame. …”
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Fault Diagnosis for Bearing Based on 1DCNN and LSTM by Haibin Sun, Shichao Zhao

“…Second, one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1DCNN) is used for self-adaptively extracting robust features from the original bearing signal, and more features are extracted while ensuring the validity and saliency of the extracted features by combining maximum pooling and average pooling layers to downsample features. …”
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How lived experiences of illness trajectories, burdens of treatment, and social inequalities shape service user and caregiver participation in health and social care: a theory-info... by Carl R May, Katja C Gravenhorst, Alyson Hillis, Mick Arber, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Katie I Gallacher, Frances S Mair, Ellen Nolte, Alison Richardson

“…Interventions that fit these pressure points are likely to effectively solve problems around their ability to influence the organisation and delivery of their care. …”
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Cervical ripening at home or in hospital during induction of labour: the CHOICE prospective cohort study, process evaluation and economic analysis by Mairead Black, Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Sayem Ahmed, Linda Williams, Kathleen A Boyd, Maggie Reid, Amar Bhide, Neelam Heera, Jane Huddleston, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Gordon C S Smith, Rosemary Townsend, Helen Cheyne, Christine McCourt, Sarah Stock

“…Deidentified data on all eligible women having IOL was extracted from the BadgerNet system using existing data fields. …”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…Two reviewers extracted data independently using a piloted data extraction form. …”
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Ambiguous facial expression detection for Autism Screening using enhanced YOLOv7-tiny model by Akhil Kumar, Ambrish Kumar, Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody

“…The presented model is developed by integrating a pyramid of dilated convolutional layers in the feature extraction network of the YOLOv7-tiny model. Further, its recognition abilities are enhanced by incorporating an additional YOLO detection head. …”
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Structural Characterizations and Biological Evaluation of a Natural Polysaccharide from Branches of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Abel by Shengjia Lu, Yali Zhang, Yanghui Ou, Jianghui Xin, Hongliang Yao, Litao Guan

“…Additionally, we study its properties, such as monosaccharide composition, structural features, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory abilities. Results: BBD was employed to optimize polysaccharide extraction (solid-liquid ratio = 1:40; 90 °C; 130 min) for a higher yield. …”
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Abstract visual reasoning based on algebraic methods by Mingyang Zheng, Weibing Wan, Zhijun Fang

“…Abstract Extracting high-order abstract patterns from complex high-dimensional data forms the foundation of human cognitive abilities. …”
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Co-designing and testing the learn together guidance to support patient and family involvement in patient safety investigations: a mixed-methods study by Jane O’Hara, Lauren Ramsey, Siobhan McHugh, Joseph Langley, Justin Waring, Ruth Simms-Ellis, Gemma Louch, Jenni Murray, Carl Macrae, John Baker, Rebecca Lawton, Daisy Halligan, Olivia Rogerson, Penny Phillips, Debra Hazeldine, Sarah Seddon, Joanne Hughes, Rebecca Partridge, Katherine Ludwin, Laura Sheard

“…Three databases were searched, followed by independent screening of title and abstracts (20% double-screened). Data were extracted from included studies, before undergoing a narrative synthesis. …”
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Polysaccharide Composition of Dietary Fiber During Raspberry and Blackberry Juice Production by Monika Kosmala, Joanna Milala, Elżbieta Karlińska

“…Water-extractable pectin (WSP) and chelating-agent extractable pectin (ChSP) both constituted 8–9% of AIS each. …”
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Facilitating clinical reasoning for medical students in clinical settings: a scoping review by Yeny Dyah Cahyaningrum, Yoyo Suhoyo, Gandes Retno Rahayu

“…Additionally, the impacts of identified factors on strengthening clinical reasoning abilities require more analysis.…”
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Supporting students with special educational needs during the transition to kindergarten: Multiple case studies by Hanan Radwan, Elizabeth Hannah

“…An ecological perspective was adopted to examine how teachers and parents support school transitions for SEN students. Data was extracted from semi-structured interviews with teachers and coordinators, while parents’ experiences were extracted from parent surveys. …”
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Effects of auditory training on children with developmental language disorder: a systematic review by Wenxin Hu, Jialin Zhang, Tao Chen, Yuying Sun

“…Compared to controls across five studies, AT did not significantly increase language abilities (expressive, receptive and total). Four out of five studies found significant improvements in children’s speech perception abilities after AT treatment, particularly phonological awareness and phoneme discrimination. …”
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<i>Cochlospermum angolense</i> Welw ex Oliv: Phytochemical Profile, Antioxidant Activity, and Therapeutic Prospects by Nsevolo Samba, Abdy Morales Barrios, Estela Guerrero De León, Cesar Raposo, Radhia Aitfella Lahlou, Joana Curto, Jesus M. Rodilla, Alejandro M. Roncero, David Diez, Lúcia Silva

“…Both extracts demonstrated notable abilities to scavenge 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, nitric oxide, and superoxide radicals, as well as to inhibit lipid peroxidation. …”
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Explanation of the Components of Skill-Based Education in Higher Education With A Qualitative Approach by Shahram Mehravar Giglou, Adel Zahed Babelan

“…Results: In total, 113 free codes were extracted from the content of the interviews. After merging the similar codes, finally, 98 codes were extracted and classified into 16 similar sub-themes and finally categorized into 7 main themes. …”
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Teaching strategies and outcome assessments targeting critical thinking in bachelor nursing students: a scoping review protocol by Elisabeth Carlson, Gunilla Borglin, Frida Westerdahl, Anne Wennick

“…Data will be charted using a standardised extraction form. The qualitative data will be presented through a thematic analyses, and the quantitative data by descriptive numerical analysis. …”
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Comparing the efficacy of physical therapy interventions in Alzheimer’s disease: a network meta-analysis by Jiawen Wu, Yunfei Teng, Yaming Xie, Shuangtao Xing, Songsong Zhi

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive and debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that significantly impairs cognitive function and daily living abilities, representing a major public health challenge. …”
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Leveraging meaning-induced neural dynamics to detect covert cognition via EEG during natural language listening—a case series by Ludvik Alkhoury, James O'Sullivan, Giacomo Scanavini, Jin Dou, Joshitha Arora, Lilah Hamill, Abigail Patchell, Ana Radanovic, William D. Watson, Edmund C. Lalor, Edmund C. Lalor, Nicholas D. Schiff, N. Jeremy Hill, N. Jeremy Hill, Sudhin A. Shah

“…At least a quarter of adult patients with severe brain injury in a disorder of consciousness may have cognitive abilities that are hidden due to motor impairment. …”
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Reducing Computational and Memory Cost of Substructuring Technique in Finite Element Models by M H. Kadkhodaee, H. Moslemi

“…In the present study, the cost functions of computations and memory usage are extracted in terms of number of subdivisions and optimized mathematically. …”
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Behavior Analysis With Integrated Visual-Motor Tracking for Developmental Coordination Disorder by Ruimin Li, Hong Fu, Yang Zheng, Shuiping Gou, Jane Jie Yu, Xiaowei Kong, Hongmin Wang

“…First, visual components of interest are detected and extracted using a series of intelligent algorithms. …”
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