Analysis of factors associated with intercostal neuralgia after osteoporotic thoracic spine fracture and construction of a prediction model by Zhen-Gang Liu, Fan Yang, Peng-fu Li, Qi Song, Gao Wang, Bo-Yin Zhang

“…Methods The retrospective study involved 518 patients with thoracic OVCF treated at our hospital, among whom those with and without intercostal neuralgia were matched at a 1:1 ratio.Relevant basic clinical data and imaging parameters of the patients were recorded, t-test was used for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables to determine the factors associated with intercostal neuralgia. …”
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Gender Disparities in Medical and Dental Admissions: Students' Perspectives on Barriers by Nabiha Farasat Khan, Muhammad Ilyas, Usama Saeed Usama, Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Saim, Raz Muhammad

“… Objectives: To explore the gender distribution trends in the MDCAT test, MBBS, and BDS admissions at Bolan Medical College (BMC), Quetta, from 2019 to 2024, and to gather students' perceptions regarding the barriers faced by female students in medical education. …”
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Physicochemical properties of water quality of Imeh, Edegelem and Chokocho communities located along Otamiri-oche River in Etche Ethnic Nationality of Rivers State, Nigeria by BM Onyegeme-Okerenta, C Obia, MO Wegwu

“…The  difference between the rainy and dry season was tested statistically using the t-test. The results of the statistical analyses showed a significant difference (p<0.05) between the rainy and dry seasons. © JASEM Keywords: River, physico-chemical parameters, pH, rainy and dry seasons   …”
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Design and Fabrication of a Car Sports Rims. by Nsimbe Laban

“…The casted rim should undergo more heat treatment processes so as to improve its strength and more tests including the impact tests should be done on the casted rim so as to ensure that it will perform its intended function before putting it in service.…”
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Design and Prototyping of Solar Operated Fertilizer Sprayer. by Nduhura, Whycliffee

“…For this project, the emphasis was put on the design, construction and testing for the performance of a solar operated fertilizer sprayer using low power pump and solar panel. …”
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Investigating the Efficiency of Coffee Husks in Bio-Retention Model for Storm Water Treatment. by Musasizi, Joseph

“…The results of the study showed that the bioretention column P drastically improved storm water quality at 30 days by reducing values of Faecal Coliforms, Total Suspended Solids, Total Coliforms, Biological Oxygen Demand and Nitrates as compared to the tested raw storm water composite sample except Colour.…”
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Assessing the Use of Crushed Rock Aggregate and Carbon Black for Laterite Soil Stabilization in Road Construction. by Turyamureeba, Emmanuel

“…Carbon black was procured from GM Tire Recycling Plant in Njeru, Eastern Uganda (00°22’42.9” N, 33°08’10.4” E). Preliminary tests, including Particle Size Distribution, Atterberg Limits, Maximum Dry Density, and California Bearing Ratio (CBR), were conducted to assess the suitability of the lateritic soil for stabilization. …”
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Suitability of Sand as Improvement to Mechanical Properties of Laterite Soil for Road Subbase. by Tumusiime, Darious

“…California Bearing Ratio (CBR) is a laboratory test used to determine the strength and resistance of a soil material to deformation under load. …”
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Marcio POCHMANN. Nova Classe Média? O trabalho na base da pirâmide social brasileira. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2012. 123 páginas. by Vinicius Lobo

“…De 2002 a 2012, a constante atividade teórica do Professor Marcio Pochmann resultou em abundante coleção de textos sobre a situação econômica do Brasil. São mais de 200 textos entre artigos, ensaios e capítulos de livros, que, em sua maioria, versam sobre o tema da dinâmica das relações de trabalho no Brasil. …”
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Pemanfaatan Internet Of Things (Iot) Dalam Proses Pengeringan Rimpang Dengan Menggunakan Platform Node-Red by Gaguk Suprianto

“…Moreover, with IoT the sensor data obtained is managed in a database for analysis purposes. Field test results for error testing obtained an average error percentage of 1.5% and accuracy testing obtained an average accuracy percentage of 98.49%. …”
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Desain Layanan E-Surat untuk Desa Waru Barat, Pamekasan, Madura menggunakan QR-Code by Wahyudi Agustiono, Intan Rofika Putri, Devie Rosa Anamisa

“…The user acceptance testing involving village staffs and people as the primary users indicated the overall score are 97.2% and 95.6% respectively. …”
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Pengembangan Jadwal Shift Staf Editor Video pada Stasiun Televisi Nasional Trans7 berbasis Android menggunakan Algoritma Ant Colony dengan Firebase by Rizal Rizal, Eliyani Eliyani

“…The editor's schedule that has been processed in the back-end application is then converted into an android application, therefore the schedule can be seen by all video editor staff via their own smartphones. Tests are carried out on the results of algorithm calculations, functional systems, integration, and feedback to the system by looking for errors on the software interface, and direct use testing to users. …”
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Colorectal Cancer in Patient with Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms by Z. A. Mamieva, E. A. Poluektova, A. L. Kovaleva, O. S. Shifrin, V. P. Sobolev, V. M. Svistushkin, A. I. Ulyanin, A. S. Tertychnyy, V. T. Ivashkin

“…No significant abnormalities were revealed in outpatient check-up (general and biochemical blood panels, stool test, abdominal ultrasound, oesophagogastroduodenoscopy). …”
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Leveraging public AI tools to explore systems biology resources in mathematical modeling by Meera Kannan, Gabrielle Bridgewater, Ming Zhang, Michael L. Blinov

“…To address this challenge, we investigated the usage of public Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in exploring systems biology resources in mathematical modeling. We tested public AI’s understanding of mathematics in models, related systems biology data, and the complexity of model structures. …”
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Performance Study of CuO/Cu4O3@C Composites in Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 by ZHANG Jinnan, GUO Tianyu, QI Yu, WANG Hongtao

“…[Methods] In this study, wheat bran-based biochar (C) was prepared and coupled with copper oxide to get composite electrocatalysts through a simple hydrothermal method, and physicochemical characterizations and electrochemical performance testings were further condueted. [Findings] The results suggest that the CuO/Cu4O3@C-2 shows the best Faradaic efficiency of C2H4 (46.32%) at -1.08 V (vs. …”
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The Accuracy of an Intraoperative Frozen Section for Premalignant Endometrial Pathology by Ergul Demircivi Bor, Esra Akdeniz, Yucel Nurettin Ceylan, Taner Gunay, Meryem Hocaoglu, Abdulkadir Turgut

“…This indicates that the amount of agreement between the two tests was strong, thus the frozen section would be considered as a valid indicator of postoperative pathology results. …”
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Fetal Thymus Size in Pregnant Women with COVID-19 Infection by Sule Goncu Ayhan, Deniz Oluklu, Selcan Sinaci, Aysegul Atalay, Seyit Ahmet Erol, Eda Ozden Tokalioglu, Muradiye Yildirim, Ozlem Moraloglu Tekin, Dilek Sahin

“…STUDY DESIGN: In this prospective study sonographic fetal thymus size was measured in pregnant women attending our hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by RT-PCR test and age-matched control group. The anteroposterior thymic and the intrathoracic mediastinal diameter was determined in the three-vessel view and their quotient, the thymic-thoracic ratio, was calculated. …”
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EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY AND STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by Ahmed Oluwatobi ADEKUNLE

“…The study employed multivariate regression analysis as well as granger causality test to model the variables. Results show that exchange rate volatility has a significant negative impact on stock market capitalization and volume of transactions on the stock market. …”
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The role of memory in affirming-the-consequent fallacy by Yoko Higuchi, Ethan Oblak, Hiroko Nakamura, Makiko Yamada, Kazuhisa Shibata

“…Here, we provide evidence suggesting a reconsideration of this account using an implicit memory paradigm, which minimizes the involvement of explicit reasoning. Specifically, we tested a two-stage memory model: (1) when a sequence of events is encoded, the memory of the reversed sequence is formed, resulting in the affirming-the-consequent fallacy, and (2) the memories of the forward and reversed sequences are integrated over time, reinforcing the fallacy. …”
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Implementation Analysis of Fast Track and Variable Work Overtime on Delays in the Building Construction Project by Pasca Fitri Febriani, Rizal Bahaswan, Julistyana Tistogondo

“…And based on the results of statistical analysis using the Paired T Test, it was found that Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected, which means that the data is significant. …”
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