The Application of Selective Hepatic Inflow Vascular Occlusion with Anterior Approach in Liver Resection: Effectiveness in Managing Major Complications and Long-Term Survival by Khai Viet Ninh, Nghia Quang Nguyen, Son Hong Trinh, Anh Gia Pham, Thi-Ngoc-Ha Doan

“…SHIVO in anatomical liver resection is a safe and feasible approach to help resect precisely targeted tumors and manage several complications in liver resection.…”
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Influence of government price regulation and deregulation on the price of antineoplastic medications in China: a controlled interrupted time series study by Xiaodong Guan, Luwen Shi, Haishaerjiang Wushouer, Mingchun Yang, Sheng Han, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Anita Katharina Wagner

“…Neither government price regulation nor deregulation had a significant impact on average volumes of or average spending on all antineoplastic medications immediately after the policy changes or in the longer term (p>0.05).Conclusion Compared with unregulated antineoplastics, the prices of regulated antineoplastic medications decreased after setting price caps and did not increase after deregulation. …”
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Machine learning enhanced formation pressure prediction using integrated well logging and mud logging by Jiwen Liang, Ming Luo, Wentuo Li, Bo Sun, Chuanliang Yan, Zhongying Han, Yuanfang Cheng

“…The prediction results of traditional models and IWM models were compared using neighboring wells as the prediction targets. The results indicate that the backpropagation neural network model based on a genetic algorithm and IWM (IWM-GABP) achieves the highest prediction accuracy, with an average prediction accuracy greater than 96%. …”
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Measuring Digital Health Literacy in Older Adults: Development and Validation Study by SungMin Kim, Choonghee Park, Sunghyeon Park, Dai-Jin Kim, Ye-Seul Bae, Jae-Heon Kang, Ji-Won Chun

“…MethodsWe conducted a primary survey targeting 600 adults aged 55-75 years and performed an exploratory factor analysis on 74 preliminary items. …”
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Re-Implementation of Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in the Community: Findings From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Melanie J Woodfield, Sarah Fortune, Tania Cargo, Sally Merry, Sarah E Hetrick

“…Fourteen clinicians enrolled in the trial, there was no attrition, and an 89.8% average survey response rate was achieved. Secondary outcomes included clinician ratings of the usefulness and acceptability of intervention components. …”
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Comparative analysis of global and Chinese trends in the burden of ischemic stroke attributable to secondhand smoke from 1990–2021 by Xiao Zhou, Jiaming Liu, Xin Li

“…However, China's ASMR and ASDR remain significantly higher than the global average. APC analysis revealed greater mortality trends among the elderly and females. …”
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DNA encoding an HIV-1 Gag/human lysosome-associated membrane protein-1 chimera elicits a broad cellular and humoral immune response in Rhesus macaques. by Priya Chikhlikar, Luciana Barros de Arruda, Milton Maciel, Peter Silvera, Mark G Lewis, J Thomas August, Ernesto T A Marques

“…ELISPOT analyses indicated that the average Gag-specific IFN-gamma response elicited by the hLAMP/gag chimera was detectable after only two or three naked DNA immunizations in all five immunized macaques and reached an average of 1000 spot-forming cells (SFC)/10(6) PBMCs. …”
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Typologies of activity-related behaviours during adolescence and their transitions: a longitudinal analysis of the ELSPAC cohort by Anna Timperio, Pavel Piler, Lauren Arundell, Lenka Andrýsková, Aleš Gába, David Janda, Ana María Contardo Ayala

“…Typologies were identified using Latent Transition Analysis.Results Four typologies of activity-related behaviours were identified and labelled to reflect their behavioural profiles: (1) Actives (high outdoor time and organised PA and sport participation, low screen time and optimal sleep duration); (2) Active screeners (median outdoor time, high organised PA and sport participation, high screen time, and optimal sleep duration); (3) Poor sleepers (average outdoor time and organised PA and sport participation, low screen time and not meeting sleep guidelines) and (4) Averages (average duration of all behaviours and optimal sleep duration). …”
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Burden of tuberculosis in underserved populations in South Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Lydia M L Holtgrewe, Ann Johnson, Kate Nyhan, Jody Boffa, Sheela V Shenoi, Aaron S Karat, J Lucian Davis, Salome Charalambous

“…Underserved PLWH had a 31-fold higher TB prevalence than the national average, but similar LTBI prevalence as measured in one study. …”
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Wearable IoT (w-IoT) artificial intelligence (AI) solution for sustainable smart-healthcare by Gurdeep Singh

“…It covers performance results rendering research science communication on machine learning models for time series analysis, regression and classification to implement defined and adaptive thresholds, adopting standard deviation and moving average, computing mean square error (MSE), root mean square error (RSME) and mean absolute error (MAE) values, utilizing exponential moving average results on multiple features, prominently targeting resting heartrate data. …”
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Spatial assessment of soil erosion for prioritizing efforts on SDG15.3 in Ethiopia by Dawit Kanito, Bobe Bedadi, Samuel Feyissa, Amos T. Kabo-Bah, SanLinn Kaka

“…Understanding the extent and spatial pattern of soil erosion is vital for effective planning and the implementation of targeted soil conservation strategies, especially under limited resource conditions. …”
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Efficacy of urolithin B-Loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles modified with graphene quantum Dots against MCF-7 breast Cancer cells by Bahareh Nezhadhossein, Akbar Safipour Afshar, Masoud Homayouni Tabrizi, Fatemeh Saeid Nematpour, Mahnaz Mohtashami

“…Characterization using DLS revealed that GQD@MSN-Uro-B exhibited a Z-average particle size of 223.75 nm and a zeta potential of − 22.59 mV, indicating good stability compared to MSN-Uro-B@GQD, which had a larger Z-average size of 241.02 nm and a zeta potential of − 14.99 mV. …”
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2D-QSAR driven design, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation and MM/GBSA studies on quinazoline derivatives for development of VEGFR-2 inhibitors by Mayank Kashyap, Saurabh Gupta, Yogita Bansal, Gulshan Bansal

“…Model M4 of split 3 had the highest average correlation coefficient (r 2  = 0.7209), average $${R}_{m}^{2}$$ R m 2 value (0.6256) and lowest error (MAE = 0.465). …”
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Detection of Hepatovirus A (HAV) in wastewater indicates widespread national distribution and association with socioeconomic indicators of vulnerability by Alessandro Zulli, Elana M. G. Chan, Alexandria B. Boehm

“…We further demonstrated that higher rates of wastewater HAV detection were positively associated with socioeconomic indicators of vulnerability including homelessness and drug overdose deaths (both P < 0.0001). Areas with above average levels of homelessness were 48% more likely to have HAV wastewater detections, while areas with above average levels of drug overdose deaths were 14% more likely to have HAV wastewater detections. …”
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Effects of orally administered crofelemer on the incidence and severity of neratinib-induced diarrhea in female dogs. by Michael Guy, Andre Teixeira, Allison Shrier, Carol Meschter, James Bolognese, Pravin Chaturvedi

“…Targeted therapies have increased cancer therapy-related diarrhea (CTD) burden, with high incidence and/or severity of diarrhea for some agents that inhibit epidermal growth factor receptor and receptor tyrosine kinases. …”
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DYNAMIC BALANCE EVALUATION IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA UNDERGOING CONSOLIDATION THERAPY by Fulya Ipek-Erdem, Sena Sonkaya, Arzu Genç, Şebnem Yılmaz

“…Results: In the 6–7 years group, the average RT was 1.05 seconds (norm: 0.79s), and MVL was 4.31°/s (norm: 4.64°/s). …”
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Knowledge and attitudes towards Alzheimer's disease among adult residents in Jiulongpo, Chongqing, China: A cross-sectional survey. by Jinhua Zhang, Yao Huang, Yi Jiang, Tong Li

“…The domains with the lowest ADKS score rates were "Caregiving" (43.40%) and "Symptoms" (52.25%). The average score on the DAS was 81.72 (standard deviation = 11.19). …”
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miR-21 in cardiovascular disease: new insights and emerging therapeutic potential by Elina Mollajan, Shahrooz Yazdani, Melika Ghasemzadeh, Sayed-Hamidreza Mozhgani

“…Additionally, miR-21’s potential as a diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target is discussed while outlining key challenges and future research directions for clinical translation.…”
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Life satisfaction and related factors in older adults: A cross-sectional study by Fateme Jafaraghaee, Roya Mansour-Ghanaei, Hamid Mayeli, Zahra Atrkar-Roshan

“…This cross-sectional study targeted elderly residents of the Guilan province in Iran. …”
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Impact of Educational Activity Formats, Online or In-Person, on the Intention of Medical Specialists to Adopt a Clinical Behaviour: A Comparative Study by Gloria Ayivi-Vinz, Martin Tremblay, Souleymane Gadio, Suélène Georgina Dofara, Sam J Daniel, Denis Talbot, France Légaré

“…Mean intention before in-person courses was 5.99±1.31 and 6.43±0.80 afterwards (average intention gain 0.44, CI: 0.16–0.74; p=0.003); mean intention before online courses was 5.53±1.62 and 5.98±1.40 afterwards (average intention gain of 0.45, CI: 0.30–0.58; p<0.0001). …”
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