Predictive value of self-prioritized mobility factors on gait speed and life space in older nigerians: A cross-sectional study by Divine Esohe Eghomwanre, Freeman Ojeikere Ahonsi, Isreal Adandom, Tyler Sun, Daniel Rayner, Francis Kolawole, Henrietta Fawole, Soroush Shirazi, Michael Kalu

“…However, assessing all these factors during the fast-paced discharge process is impractical. This study aimed to identify the factors that Nigerian older adults consider most critical and determine which factors (in combination) most realistically predict gait speed and life space among these Nigerian older adults. …”
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Multi-scale eddy identification and analysis based on deep learning method and ocean color data by Meng Hou, Lixing Fang, Kai Wu, Jie Yang, Ge Chen

“…The algorithm integrates high resolution ocean color data, digital image processing, artificial intelligence, and multi-scale object detection technologies. …”
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What do physicians want at the end? An international qualitative study on physicians’ personal end-of-life preferences and what influences them by Sarah Mroz, Frederick Daenen, Sigrid Dierickx, Freddy Mortier, Ludovica De Panfilis, Luca Ghirotto, Toby Campbell, Kenneth Chambaere, Luc Deliens

“…Background: Physicians play a key role in end-of-life decision-making. As research suggests a connection between physicians’ personal end-of-life preferences and their clinical practice, it is important to understand what physicians want for themselves at the end of life and what has shaped their preferences. …”
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Understanding how users of home-based aged care services with cognitive impairment rate their social care related quality of life by Lyn Phillipson, James Caiels, Louisa Smith, Ann-Marie Towers

“…However, there is limited information about how self-directed home care is experienced by older people with cognitive impairment and dementia, and how their thinking informs their care choices and quality of life. Methods We used the ASCOT-Easy Read, a staggered reveal method, talk aloud techniques, probing questions, and physical assistance to support users of self-directed home care in Australia with cognitive impairment and dementia to discuss their Social Care Related Quality of Life (SCRQoL). …”
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Health-related quality of life after rehabilitation from knee surgery in rural and urban settings: a quasi-experimental study by José Moreira, Ana João, Pedro Aguiar, Armando Raimundo, Marina Mesquita, José Flamínio, Manuel Almeida, Paulo Boto

“…Abstract Background Injury to the knee joint is associated with physical disability, stiffness, pain, restriction of movement and impairment of the person’s quality of life, with a few treatment options, including surgery and rehabilitation. …”
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Qualidade de vida do cuidador do portador de Doença de Alzheimer [Quality of life of Alzheimer patients’ caregivers] by Bruna Mantovani Bagne, Renata Cristina Gasparino

“…No significant correlation was found out among the tools. Quality of life evaluation and development of professional strategies can help decrease caregivers’ health deterioration process.   …”
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Delineating Life‐Course Percentile Curves and Normative Values of Multi‐Systemic Ageing Metrics in the United Kingdom, the United States, and China by Liming Zhang, Jiening Yu, Xueqing Jia, Zichang Su, Yingying Hu, Jingyun Zhang, Wei Yang, Xi Chen, Emiel O. Hoogendijk, Huiqian Huang, Zuyun Liu

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Evaluating main gas emission and energy consumption economy during tobacco leaf curing life cycle based on clean energy by Yinlong Zhu, Yonglei Jiang, Yi Chen, Jiaen Su, Ming Li, Qiongfen Yu, Zhenhua Gu, Jianhuan Deng, Sheng Tang, Zhihao Song, Xudong Wang, Bo Ma

“…In addition, biomass had the largest total emissions in the entire life cycle of clean energy tobacco leaf baking. As baking time increases, pollutant emissions also increase. …”
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Efficient Method of Road Outlier Recognition Using Deep Learning Coupled with Data Augmentation Approach by Sarfaraz Natha, Fareed Ahmed Jokhio, Muhammad Shafique, Naeem Ahmed, Danish Munir Arain

“…The proposed Real-time Road Outlier Recognition methodology is formulated as a classification task, involving the analysis and processing of real-time CCTV videos. The proposed study investigated different types of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) pre-trained models with the Data Augmentation (DA) approach to address the frame variance problem in real-time videos. …”
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Addressing Urban Food Insecurity Through Data-Driven and Community-Centric Smart City Frameworks by Nasibeh Zohrabi, John C. Jones, Brittany Keegan, Sarin Adhikari, Brian C. Verrelli, Sherif Abdelwahed

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A high-quality data set for seismological studies in the East Anatolian Fault Zone, Türkiye by L. Colavitti, D. Bindi, G. Tarchini, G. Tarchini, D. Scafidi, M. Picozzi, M. Picozzi, D. Spallarossa

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Composite Mapping for Peptide‐Based Data Storage with Higher Coding Density and Fewer Synthesis Cycles by Anxun Zhang, Longjie Wang, Xiaowei Zhai, Yao Xiao, Yanchan Wu, Yongxi Zhao, Kai Liu, Ji‐Shen Zheng, Dong Chen

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Molecular, cellular, and developmental organization of the mouse vomeronasal organ at single cell resolution by Max Henry Hills, Limei Ma, Ai Fang, Thelma Chiremba, Seth Malloy, Allison R Scott, Anoja G Perera, C Ron Yu

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Comparison of Water Footprints for Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment using Domestic and International LCI Databases by Mi-Jin Choi, Seonghyeok Cho, Sung-Chul Kim, Jongkwan Park

“…This discrepancy is attributed to differences in emission factors and regional data for each material. In particular, the national LCI database does not sufficiently reflect the diversity of recent industrial processes and basic flows, which may lead to distorted water footprint results. …”
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Understanding temperature-rain data using ID3 based concept reduction technique in FCA by S. Usharani, S. Kaspar

“…We illustrate the process of extracting meaningful information from the data with the use of FCA. …”
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Interpreting Pseudo-adiabatic Data: an Excel-based Approach to Kinetic Modeling for Thermal Hazard Evaluation by Kevin Antien, Gérard Vilain

“…Comprehensive validation against both simulated and real-life data underscores its accuracy and adaptability in managing complex exothermic systems. …”
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Monitoring invasive and expansive species in the Krkonoše Mts using UAV multitemporal data and botanical research by L. Kupková, L. Červená, J. Lysák, Z. Hrázský, M. Potůčková, A. Šrollerů, B. Novotná, M. Vítková, J. Pergl, J. Čuda, N. Kolombová, N. Kolombová, K. Kušková, K. Kušková, J. Kutlvašr, J. Kutlvašr, I. Perglová, J. Sádlo, V. Vítek, P. Pyšek, P. Pyšek

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The New Approach to Estimation of the Hazard Function in Business Demography on Example of Data from New Zealand by Pawel Zajac

“…The methodology is based on construction of a stochastic process and is examined in the Monte Carlo simulation study with real data. …”
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From platform provider to big-data-enabled financier: Industrial upgrading in China’s hog sector by Yuxing Zhang

“…This article argues that financializing China’s hog agriculture is operationalized through platformizing the end-to-end lifespan of a hog farming enterprise. The process constructs a feedback-loop system that embeds farming operations within the platform ecosystem, making them susceptible to data-driven, algorithm-aided control. …”
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Impact of Digital Transformation on Accelerating Enterprise Innovation—Evidence from the Data of Chinese Listed Companies by Jiqiong Liu, Chunyan Liu, Shuai Feng

“…Third, financing constraints and financial redundancy play distinct regulatory roles in the process. Fourth, heterogeneity analysis finds that the role of digital transformation in promoting enterprise innovation has different effects in state-owned and non-state-owned enterprises, high-tech and non-high-tech enterprises, and enterprises with different life cycles. …”
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