On the profitability of beekeeping in conditions of Kamchatka Territory by P. P. Snegur, M. Yu. Dyakov

“…Based on the analysis of the work of a medium-sized amateur apiary (30 bee colonies), located in the Kamchatka Territory and operating as a private subsidiary farm, the profitability level of honey (540 kg per year) and wax (30 kg per year) production was calculated. …”
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PREVENTING THE OBLITERATION OF ARTIFICIAL ANASTOMOSIS AFTER INTRANASAL FRONTOTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC FRONTAL SINUSITIS by A.V. Loburets, S.B. Bezshapochnyi

“…In most cases, chronic forms of sinusitis require the use of surgical treatments. The analysis of data in the world literature shows that the recurrence after endoscopic sinusitis functional sinusotomy is about 20%, and in almost half of cases it is required to conduct reintervention. …”
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Construction and validation of risk prediction model for postoperative infection in OSCC patients after radical resection by ZHANG Jin, CHENG Zheng, YAN Xiaojing, LEI Bing

“…[Results:] Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that age ≥60 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade ≥Ⅱ, diabetes mellitus, tracheotomy, and operation time >260 min were independent risk factors of infection after radical resection in OSCC patients (P<0.05). …”
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A nomogram to predict pulmonary complications after gastrointestinal surgery: a retrospective study by Chiyan Zhou, Weili Wang, Yu-E Diao

“…The nomogram model was validated by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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Exploring attitudes and perceptions regarding a self-driving demonstration by Ronik Ketankumar Patel, Roya Etminani-Ghasrodashti, Apurva Pamidimukkala, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Jay Rosenberger, Ann Foss

“…To complement the survey results, the authors conducted interviews and a focus group study and used conventional content analysis to gain more in-depth insights about RAPID service operations from the perspectives of users and non-users in the post-implementation period. …”
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Stress, Sleep Quality, and Academic Performance among Dental Students in Shiraz, Iran by Zahra Jowkar, Zahra Fattah, Zahra Khorshidi Asl, Seyed Ahmadreza Hamidi

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The Current State of Goat Raising in The City of Uşak Problems and Suggestions for Solutions by Sibel Alapala Demirhan, Murat Erdem

“…In the current study, as the sampling of the study, 132 goat-raising businesses were selected by means of stratified random sampling method and they were administered a questionnaire consisted of 83 questions. The data obtained from the analysis of the questionnaires have revealed that high majority of the goat-raisers are elementary school graduates (86.4%) and they generally raise Hair goat (89.4%). …”
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Establishment of Minimum Clinically Important Difference and Patient Acceptable Symptom State Thresholds in Foot and Ankle Ability Measure and Visual Analogue Scale Scores After Ha... by Jason Teplensky MD, Oguz Turan MS, Sarah Poirier MD, William A. Cantrell MD, James Mueller DO, Sagar Chawla MD, Sara Lyn Miniaci-Coxhead MD

“…Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) were collected pre-operatively and 1 year post-operatively. The specific PROMs utilized were the FAAM- Activities of Daily Living (FAAM-ADL), Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE), and VAS scale. …”
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Patient-centered insights into virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis by Kun Ding, Yan Ma, Lingling Zhang, Yufang Gu, Huixuan Pan, Zhi-E Gu, Hengzhu Zhang

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Infrared thermography based fault diagnosis of diesel engines using convolutional neural network and image enhancement by Wang Rongcai, Yan Hao, Dong Enzhi, Cheng Zhonghua, Li Yuan, Jia Xisheng

“…Significant temperature fluctuations during the operation of diesel engines are often associated with malfunctions, including ignition failure, abnormal intake, and exhaust processes. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence, Severity, and Management of Acute Appendicitis: A Single Center Experience in Thailand by Chompoonut Achavanuntakul, Prasit Mahawongkajit, Saritphat Orrapin, Karikarn Auksornchat, Piyapong Boonyasatid, Nichakarn Waewsri, Alisa Moriguchi, Amonpon Kanlerd

“…Compared to pre-COVID-19, ICU admission rate, the use of a mechanical ventilator, length of stay, and cost increased in the univariate analysis but were not statistically significant in the multivariate analyses. …”
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Evaluation of inflammatory parameters in patients with hepatic hydatid disease by Zhijia Fan, Yao Hu, Li Wang, Haoqin Jiang, Dandan Li, Hui Zhao, Zhicheng Wang

“…The levels of inflammatory parameters were compared in the patient and control group, the predictive value of these inflammatory parameters was assessed by the logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve, and differences between pre- and post-surgical operations were compared by pair tests.Results Significantly higher levels of platelet distribution width (PDW), eosinophil percentage (EOS %), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) and alkaline phosphatase to platelet ratio (APPR) and lower levels of platelet (PLT) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) were observed in patients than in controls. …”
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Clinical observation of transurethral reconstruction of urethral meatus and navicularis fossa short strictures with annular inlay oral mucosa graft urethroplasty by Zhenyu Li, Zhiguang Zhao, Geng Zhang, He Wang, Bo Zhang, Wei Zhang

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the clinical efficacy and safety of a urethroplasty technique for fossa navicularis (FN) strictures using a transurethral annular inlay oral mucosa graft.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data from patients with urethral meatus and navicular fossa stricture who underwent transurethral reconstruction using annular inlay oral mucosa graft urethroplasty in Tangdu Hospital from July 2021 to October 2024. …”
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Identification of Energy Metabolism-Related Subtypes and Diagnostic Biomarkers for Osteoarthritis by Integrating Bioinformatics and Machine Learning by Xu S, Ye J, Cai X

“…Differential expression analysis was conducted to identify key energy metabolism-related genes. …”
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A multiple improved envelope spectra via feature optimization gram (MIESFO-gram) for diagnosis of compound fault signatures by Yazdanianasr Mahsa, Mauricio Alexandre, Gryllias Konstantinos

“…Therefore, the ability to detect combined faults in machinery, having different cyclic frequencies is critical. Envelope Analysis is a popular method for bearing diagnostics, however, as several damaged bearings may excite not only different but also several frequency bands simultaneously, band-pass filtering around only one frequency band may not be sufficient to detect all bearing faults in a machine, especially if it operates under varying conditions. …”
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Clinical and Biometric Factors Associated with Prediction Errors Related to Lens Position in Vitrectomized Patients by Eloi Debourdeau, Pierre Pineau, Chloe Chamard, Julien Plat, Didier Hoa, Frederico Manna, Sandrine Akouete, Thibault Mura, Max Villain, Nicolas Molinari, Vincent Daien

“…Refractive error, actual lens position, C constant, axial length delta, and pre-operative and post-operative anterior and posterior segment variation parameters were calculated. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of intramedullary nailing via the lateral parapatellar approach versus the infrapatellar approach in the treatment of tibial metaphyseal-diaphyseal junct... by Xin Cao, Qingxiang Tang, Bingxin Zhou, Wei Xiao, Huijin Chen

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 45 patients with proximal or distal tibial fractures treated with intramedullary nailing via lateral parapatellar approach (n = 23) or infrapatellar approach (n = 22) between January 2019 and March 2023. …”
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Non-Conservative Therapy in the Prevention of Subepithelial Fibroplasia after LASEK Hypermetropia Correction by S. A. Korotkikh, A. E. Bogachev, A. S. Shamkin

“…In addition, a questionnaire was  conducted on a modified OSDI questionnaire; there a section  characterizing the quality of vision (section B) was removed.Results. The analysis of the obtained data showed that in the study group there was less pronounced “dry eye” syndrome at 3,6,12  months after the operation. …”
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Construction and Validation of an Assistant Decision-Making Model for Platelet Transfusion Refractoriness in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Ruixue Ma BA, Yunju Ma PhD, Qingya Cui PhD, Depei Wu PhD, Xiaowen Tang PhD

“…Assessment of the model was conducted through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC), calibration curve and decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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Instances for the problem of pre-positioning emergency supplies by Renata Turkeš, Kenneth Sörensen

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