Biogenic silver nanoparticles from Solanum trilobatum leaf extract and assessing their antioxidant and antimicrobial potential by M. Abareethan, R. Sathiyapriya, Marimuthu E. Pavithra, S. Parvathy, R. Thirumalaisamy, T. Selvankumar, Arunachalam Chinnathambi, Hesham S. Almoallim

“…The results of the particle size analyzer confirm that the average size of the green-synthesised AgNPs is 50 nm. …”
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Using Social Media to Recruit a Diverse Sample of Participants for a Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention to Increase Physical Activity: Exploratory Study by Laura Pathak, Rosa Hernandez-Ramos, Karina Rosales, Jose Miramontes-Gomez, Faviola Garcia, Vivian Yip, Suchitra Sudarshan, Anupama Gunshekar Cemballi, Courtney Lyles, Adrian Aguilera

“…We deployed targeted English and Spanish ads on Craigslist and Facebook in 78 cities based on county-level demographics and diabetes prevalence data to target diverse individuals aged 18‐75 years old, who had been diagnosed with diabetes and had documented depressive symptoms. …”
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Healthy behaviors at age 50 years and frailty at older ages in a 20-year follow-up of the UK Whitehall II cohort: A longitudinal study. by Andres Gil-Salcedo, Aline Dugravot, Aurore Fayosse, Julien Dumurgier, Kim Bouillon, Alexis Schnitzler, Mika Kivimäki, Archana Singh-Manoux, Séverine Sabia

“…These results suggest that healthy behaviors in midlife are a good target for frailty prevention.…”
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High-throughput screening for the identification of dual inhibitors of BRD4 and RIPK3 toward the development of small-molecule medical countermeasure agents against arsenicals by Marina Fosso Yatchang, Ling Zhai, Omar Moukha-Chafiq, Bini Mathew, Fuad Al Abir, Sixue Zhang, Pedro Ruiz, Sara McKellip, Miranda Nebane, Jake Y. Chen, Anupam Agarwal, James R. Bostwick, Mark J. Suto, Mohammad Athar, Corinne E. Augelli-Szafran

“…The BRD4 primary screen had an average Z' value of 0.93 and a signal-to-background (S/B) ratio of 3018, while the RIPK3 primary screen had an average Z' value of 0.86 and S/B = 12.6. …”
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Influences of mountain closure on community composition of ecological service forest in Fuyang, Hangzhou, China by ZHANG Jun, XU Shenghua, WU Chuping, JIAO Jiejie, HUANG Yujie, GAO Hongdi, SHEN Aihua, YUAN Weigao, ZHU Jinru, GAO Zhihui, JIANG Bo

“…The average diameter at breast height of middle-aged broadleaved forest increased by 0.23 cm (2.1%) and its community biomass increased by 18.55 t/hm²(15.9%, P<0.01). …”
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Frequency, demographics, diagnoses and consultation patterns associated with low-acuity attendances in German emergency departments: a retrospective routine healthcare data analysi... by Patrik Dröge, Anna Slagman, Felix Greiner, Martin Möckel, Liane Schenk, Anna Schneider, Thomas Keil, Stephanie Roll, Rainer Röhrig, Felix Walcher, Reinhard Busse, Johannes Drepper, David Legg, Ryan King, Thomas Reinhold, Thomas Ruhnke, Antje Fischer-Rosinský, Yves-Noel Wu, Natalie Baier, Maike Below, Cornelia Henschke, Björn Kreye, Christian Lüpkes, Burgi Riens, Marie-Luise Rosenbusch, Felix Stäps, Kristin Schmieder, Daniel Schreiber, Dominik von Stillfried, Grit Zimmermann

“…Objective Evidence suggests interventions targeting low-acuity attendances have been hampered by insufficient characterisation of potential target groups. …”
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Association between H-type arterial hypertension and vascular stiffness (a pilot study) by Yu. M. Sirenko, O. L. Rekovets, O. O. Torbas, S. M. Kushnir, O. Yu. Sirenko

“…The average age of the patients was 55.85 ± 2.09 (26–74) years. …”
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Clinical course and approaches to therapy in kidney transplant recipients with the novel COVID-19 disease by O. N. Kotenko, L. Yu. Artyukhina, N. F. Frolova, E. S. Stolyarevich

“…During the period from April 15, 2020 to June 15, 2020, 68 people (38 men and 30 women) were hospitalized at our clinic. Their average age was 49.7 ± 9.2 years (22 to 70 years). …”
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User-Driven Development of a Digital Behavioral Intervention for Chronic Pain: Multimethod Multiphase Study by Afra Selma Taygar, Sara Laureen Bartels, Rocío de la Vega, Ida Flink, Linnéa Engman, Suzanne Petersson, Sophie I Johnsson, Katja Boersma, Lance M McCracken, Rikard K Wicksell

“…In the preparation phase (phase 0), fictional patient personas (n=3) were created to represent the diversity of the target population while emphasizing transdiagnostic features across people with chronic pain. …”
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СРАВНЕНИЕ ВЛИЯНИЯ ДЛИТЕЛЬНОЙ ТЕРАПИИ, ОСНОВАННОЙ НА КАРВЕДИЛОЛЕ И БИСОПРОЛОЛЕ, НА МЕТАБОЛИЧЕСКИЕ ПАРАМЕТРЫ И ЭРЕКТИЛЬНУЮ ФУНКЦИЮ У БОЛЬНЫХ АРТЕРИАЛЬНОЙ ГИПЕРТОНИЕЙ И ИЗБЫТОЧНОЙ МАС... by S. Y. Martsevich, S. N. Tolpygina

“…BAB dose titration was allowed, as well as sequential addition of amlodipine and/or indapamideto achieve target BP levels.Results. Both groups of patients were comparable in terms of basic clinical and demographic characteristics of the studied parametersat baseline. …”
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Comparison of two cash transfer strategies to prevent catastrophic costs for poor tuberculosis-affected households in low- and middle-income countries: An economic modelling study. by William E Rudgard, Carlton A Evans, Sedona Sweeney, Tom Wingfield, Knut Lönnroth, Draurio Barreira, Delia Boccia

“…All cost data were reported in 2013 international dollars ($). The target population for TB-specific cash transfers was poor households with a confirmed TB diagnosis, and for TB-sensitive cash transfers was poor households already targeted by countries' established poverty-reduction cash transfer programme. …”
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Impact of lifting school mask mandates on community SARS-CoV-2 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths: a retrospective observational study by Zeynep Ertem, Anseh Danesharasteh, Sonia T. Anand, Nicholas J. Jackson, Richard E. Nelson, Richard E. Nelson, Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins, Lloyd Fisher, Lloyd Fisher, Shira Doron, Westyn Branch-Elliman, Westyn Branch-Elliman, Westyn Branch-Elliman

“…In a secondary analysis, a target trial emulation framework was applied to estimate average treatment effects.ResultsN = 3,970 districts composed of 53,453 schools were included in the cohort. …”
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Prediksi Kelulusan Tepat Waktu Berdasarkan Riwayat Akademik Menggunakan Metode K-Nearest Neighbor by Imam Riadi, Rusydi Umar, Rio Anggara

“…Hasil pengujian akurasi prediksi penelitian menggunakan confusion matrix menghasilkan akurasi paling besar sesuai target yaitu mencapai 78% menggunakan objek penelitian sebanyak 93 data mahasiswa terdiri dari 78 training dan 12 data testing. …”
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High-Resolution Localization Using Distributed MIMO FMCW Radars by Huijea Park, Seungsu Chung, Jaehyun Park, Yang Huang

“…To address these challenges, we propose an efficient high-resolution target localization algorithm. In the proposed method, the target position estimates from multiple FMCW MIMO radars are collected and combined using a weighted averaging approach to determine the target’s position within a unified coordinate system at the data fusion center. …”
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Dietary Tryptophan Requirement of Juvenile Hybrid Grouper (<i>Epinephelus fuscoguttatus</i>♀ <i>× E. lanceolatus</i>♂) by Jiaxian Chen, Xiaohui Dong, Qihui Yang, Shuyan Chi, Shuang Zhang, Beiping Tan, Junming Deng

“…Dietary levels of 0.32–0.46% Trp activated the hepatic mammalian target of rapamycin pathway, while a dietary 0.46% Trp level inhibited the hepatic amino acid response signaling pathway. …”
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Determining the trajectory of a smoke flame using satellite images by A. M. Gribkov, N. D. Chichirova, K. M. Mirsalikhov

“…Thus, in order to calculate the trajectory of a smoke plume from a photograph, we need to know the orientation of the main optical axis during the photograph and the distance to the photograph plane, which we choose perpendicular to the main optical axis and passing through the object, from which we can determine the initial average linear scales, and the direction smoke plume spread.TARGET. …”
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Applications of Recent Metaheuristic Algorithms for Loss Reduction in Distribution Power Systems considering Maximum Penetration of Photovoltaic Units by Le Duy Luan Nguyen, Phuc Khai Nguyen, Viet Cuong Vo, Ngoc Dieu Vo, Thang Trung Nguyen, Tan Minh Phan

“…However, RDPSs have many distribution lines with high resistance, causing high active power loss. So, the core target of the study is to reduce the total active power loss, considering the highest penetration level of installed PVUs. …”
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Smart Nutrient Solution Temperature Control System for Oversummering Lettuce Cultivation Based on Adaptive Dung Beetle Optimizer-Fuzzy PID by Yuliang Cai, Zelan Zhao, Wenzhong Guo, Hailing Xu, Yunfei Teng, Xiaobei Han, Qian Zhao, Lichun Wang

“…System performance tests in the summer greenhouse demonstrated that with a setpoint of 22 °C, the DBO-Fuzzy PID optimized nutrient solution temperature control system maintained an average temperature of 21.98 °C, closer to the target value and exhibiting better adaptability to high-temperature environments compared to traditional PID control. …”
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INFLUENCE OF TIME MODES OF THERMAL TREATMENT ON Pt-Si SYSTEM MICROSTRUCTURE by V. A. Saladukha, V. A. Pilipenko, F. F. Komarov, V. A. Gorushko

“…The Pt films 43.7 nm thick were applied on the substrates of mono-crystal silicon KEF 0.5 with orientation (111) by means of the magnetron platinum target sputtering (purity of 99.95 %) on the unit MPC 603 with the cryogen pumping to the pressure of no less than 5∙10-5 Pa. …”
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SecFedDNN: A Secure Federated Deep Learning Framework for Edge–Cloud Environments by Roba H. Alamir, Ayman Noor, Hanan Almukhalfi, Reham Almukhlifi, Talal H. Noor

“…Cyber threats that target Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing environments are growing in scale and complexity, which necessitates the development of security solutions that are both robust and scalable while also protecting privacy. …”
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