Education and Symptom Reporting in an mHealth App for Patients With Cancer: Mixed Methods Development and Validation Study by Carolina Muñoz Olivar, Miguel Pineiro, Juan Sebastián Gómez Quintero, Carlos Javier Avendaño-Vásquez, Pablo Ormeño-Arriagada, Silvia Palma Rivadeneira, Carla Taramasco Toro

“…Current cancer therapies, notably chemotherapy, pose challenges due to their side effects. The early detection and management of the side effects are vital but complex. …”
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Comparative study of the profile of supragingival dental plaque and tooth decay in patients with lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis by Aida Mehdipour, Maryam Masoumi, Roohollah Fateh, Mohammad Aghaali, Faezeh Mohammadidana, Ali Saleh, Alireza Rasouli, Faezeh Kabiri

“…Abstract Background and objectives Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are complex autoimmune diseases that present with a range of systemic and oral manifestations including dental decay and alterations in the oral microbiome profile. …”
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Application of the U-Net Deep Learning Model for Segmenting Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Images by Ahmad Alenezi, Ali Mayya, Mahdi Alajmi, Wegdan Almutairi, Dana Alaradah, Hamad Alhamad

“…Background: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a type of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) used to evaluate patients with suspected or confirmed coronary artery disease (CAD). Detection and diagnosis of CAD are complex processes requiring precise and accurate image processing. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine and N-(2-Mercaptopropionyl)-Glycine in Pharmaceutical Preparations by Lea Kukoc-Modun, Njegomir Radić

“…Regression analysis of the calibration data showed a good correlation coefficient (0.9999). The detection limit of the method was 0.14 μM for NAC and 0.13 μM for MPG. …”
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Absolute quantification of Neuron-specific enolase based on surface plasmon resonance by Cui Lin, Yijie Wang, Tao Peng, Pengpeng Liu, Yuanyuan Liang, Wencheng Kang, Xiaoping Yu, Yang Song, Xuping Shentu

“…However, traditional methods suffer from various disadvantages, including instability, complexity, time-consuming operations, and the necessity for standards. …”
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Determination of Tacrolimus in Plasma by Paper Spray In-situ Mass Spectrometry Based on Multistage Fragmentation by Fei PAN, Shuang YANG, Zi-yu QU, Di ZHANG, Chun-xia WANG, Hong-bin ZHEN, Zi-hong YE, Xin-hua DAI, Xiang FANG, Hai-di JIANG, Jie XIE, You JIANG

“…The results demonstrated a good linear relationship for tacrolimus within the linear range of 5.00 to 1 000.00 μg/L, with a correlation coefficient (R²) of 0.998. The limit of detection and limit of quantitation are 1.00 and 5.00 μg/L, respectively. …”
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Accumulation of 137Cs and 90Sr radionuclides by dominants and co-dominants of birch-pine forest communities in Northern Ukraine by Lukash O, Tkaczenko H, Yakovenko O, Szikura A, Kurhaluk N

“…For 90Sr, the negative β coefficient implies that certain area types are associated with lower Sr accumulation, while for 137Cs the effect of area type may be more complex or context-dependent. …”
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Advanced Cancer Classification Using AI and Pattern Recognition Techniques by Haddou Bouazza Sara, Haddou Bouazza Jihad

“…Accurate cancer classification is essential for early detection and effective treatment, yet the complexity of gene expression presents significant challenges. …”
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Diagnosis of Localized Faults in Multistage Gearboxes: A Vibrational Approach by Means of Automatic EMD-Based Algorithm by M. Buzzoni, E. Mucchi, G. D’Elia, G. Dalpiaz

“…The physical meaningful modes are selected by means of a criterion based on Pearson’s coefficients and the fault detection is performed by dedicated condition indicators. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Fusion of Landsat and MODIS Data for Monitoring of High-Intensity Fire Traces in Karst Landscapes: A Case Study in China by Xiaodong Zhang, Jingyi Zhao, Guanzhou Chen, Tong Wang, Qing Wang, Kui Wang, Tingxuan Miao

“…This study advances fire monitoring in karst regions by significantly improving both the spatio-temporal resolution and accuracy of burn scar detection compared to conventional approaches. The framework provides a viable solution for fire impact assessment in topographically complex landscapes under cloudy conditions.…”
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Rapid and sensitive electrochemical determination of flavonoids in Albanian wines using zeolite X and Prrenjasi clay as carbon paste modifiers by Nensi Isak, Muhamed Farruku, Xhensiana Ndreka, Sara Dervishi, Magdalena Cara, Edlira Baraj, Avni Berisha, Arjan Korpa, Kledi Xhaxhiu

“…We employed an ex-situ method to minimize interferences from complex wine matrices, focusing on catechins as flavonoids representatives. …”
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Addressing the need for non-invasive lung assessment with time-resolved diffuse optics by Giulia Maffeis, Nicola Serra, Alessandro Bossi, Alessandro Bossi, Elisabetta Avanzi, Alberto Dalla Mora, Laura Di Sieno, Rinaldo Cubeddu, Antonio Pifferi, Antonio Pifferi, Paola Taroni, Paola Taroni

“…All measurements exhibit oscillations consistent with the breathing rhythm, suggesting detection of lung expansion and compression. However, marked differences for different subjects and a complex dependence of the detected signal on the photon time-of-flight seem to allure to a non-trivial role of photon propagation through lungs, related–for instance–to the presence of alveoli and perhaps also to the overlying heterogeneous tissues. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of antimicrobial resistance dynamics among broiler and duck intensive production systems by Zsombor Szoke, Peter Fauszt, Maja Mikolas, Peter David, Emese Szilagyi-Tolnai, Georgina Pesti-Asboth, Judit Rita Homoki, Ildiko Kovacs-Forgacs, Ferenc Gal, Laszlo Stundl, Levente Czegledi, Aniko Stagel, Sandor Biro, Judit Remenyik, Melinda Paholcsek

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Video Pulses: User-Based Modeling of Interesting Video Segments by Markos Avlonitis, Konstantinos Chorianopoulos

“…Then, we have calculated the correlation coefficient between the dynamically detected pulses at the local maximums of the user activity signal and the pulse of reference. …”
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Determination of Multiple Free Nucleotides in Meat Products by High Performance Liquid Chromatography by JI Xiaomeng, WANG Zhen, REN Nan, LIU Mengyao, KONG Weiheng, ZHAO Wentao, WANG Jiangyue, LIU Xinyi, GUO Wenping

“…In summary, this method is simple to operate, accurate, repeatable, and suitable for the detection of the five free nucleotides in the complex meat matrix.…”
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Establishment of Hyperspectral Prediction Model of Water Content in Anshan-Type Magnetite by Xiaoxiao XIE, Yang BAI, Jiuling ZHANG, Yuna JIA

“…However, due to the complexity of iron ore composition and properties, traditional detection techniques (such as loss on drying method and resistance method) have shortcomings in sensitivity and accuracy. …”
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Rapid Determination of Trace Impurity Elements in Pure Molybdenum by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Based on the Online-Standard-Addition Method by Yichuan TANG, Yuanyuan FENG, Tao ZHOU, Yanjie CUI, Jianying ZHANG

“…The ratio of intensities for simultaneous sample injection to the sum intensities of A and B injection respectively was about 1.RESULTSMethodological parameters for ICP-MS method based on online-standard-addition were evaluated in terms of method detection limit (MDL), linearly dependent coefficient, precision and accuracy. …”
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Circulating Endothelin-1 as a Diagnostic Marker in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Cross-sectional Study by Anitha Rajendiran, S Sumathi, S Giridharan, V Kuzhandaivelu

“…Hence, ET-1 can be a promising diagnostic marker for AMI assisting in early detection and prognosis.…”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Brain Segmentation Using Bi-Directional Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory U-Net With Densely Connected Convolutions by Meshari D. Alanazi, Amna Maraoui, Imen Werda, Ahmed Ben Atitallah, Turki M. Alanazi, Mohammed Albekairi, Anis Sahbani, Amr Yousef

“…Our method enhances spatial feature learning employing dense connections, and catches complex temporal links across MRI slices. Particularly for the identification of the Enhancing Tumor (ET) region, this novel combination solves the complexity limitation of convolutional techniques, hence improving segmentation robustness. …”
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The Automatic Joint Teeth Segmentation in Panoramic Dental Images using Mask Recurrent Convolutional Neural Networks with Residual Feature Extraction: by Raghavendra H. Bhalerao, Abhijeet Ashok Salunke, Shristi Sharan, Kamlesh Kumar, Priyank Rathod, Prince Kumar, Manish Chaturvedi, Nandlal Bharwani, Krupa Shah, Dhruv Patel, Keval Patel, Vikas Warikoo, Manisha Abhijeet Salunke, Shashank Pandya

“…Segmented images can be used to evaluate periodic changes, providing valuable data for assessing the progression of oral cancer and the efficacy of management.Future research should focus on developing  less complex, lightweight, and faster vision models while maintaining high accuracy. …”
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