Role of Sepsis in Obstetric Score (SOS) to identify severe sepsis in pregnant women requiring ICU admission: A prospective observational study by Sangeeta Shah, L Rani Kumari, Firdous Fatima, Sri Manju Challakolusu, Nishitha Tummala, Bathula Mounika

“…SOS score was associated with culture positivity, organ involvement, need for critical care support, and the severity of sepsis. Data were analysed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and appropriate statistical tests were applied; the p-value for significance was set at 0.05. …”
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Modeling and Classification of the Behavioral Patterns of Students Participating in Online Examination by B. J. Ferdosi, M. Rahman, A. M. Sakib, T. Helaly

“…We achieved 100% accuracy in detecting noncheating cases and 87.5% accuracy for cheating cases when the threshold was set to 40.…”
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Marker-assisted selection in the development of advanced apple-tree forms and donors combining scab resistance with increased fruit storability by I. I. Suprun, E. A. Egorov, A. I. Nasonov, E. V. Lobodina, S. V. Tokmakov, I. V. Stepanov

“…The Md-ACS1 gene alleles were detected with a known SCAR DNA marker. The chi-square test was applied for statistical confirmation of the data.Results. …”
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Comparative analysis of reagent kits for DNA extraction from dry blood stains by A. V. Sedykh, M. A. Saitgalina, Yu. V. Ostankova, A. A. Totolian

“…According to the applied Kraskell-Wallis criterion and Dunn’s test, significant differences in both TREC and KREC parameters are present between the group of DNA samples extracted using the “MagnoPrime UNI” reagent kit for manual extraction and the groups of samples extracted by other methods (“MagnoPrime UNI” for automatic extraction) or “Extra-DNA-Bio” and “EXTRA-Prep PS” kits.In the course of the present study, four comparable reagent sets demonstrated a high level of convergence of the obtained data, satisfying all the necessary parameters for further molecular genetic analysis, can be used for neonatal screening and in other areas of research requiring DNA extraction from a dried blood spots.…”
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TAp63γ is the primary isoform of TP63 for tumor suppression but not development by Xinbin Chen, Wenqiang Sun, Xiangmudong Kong, Xin Ming, Yanhong Zhang, Wensheng Yan, Shakur Mohibi, Mingyi Chen, Keith Mitchell, Jin Zhang

“…By contrast, ΔNp63α, which also contains an N-terminal activation domain but is different from that in TAp63, regulates a unique set of genes and functions as a master regulator for development of epidermis and other stratified epithelial tissues. …”
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Advanced abdominal pregnancy at a tertiary hospital in South Africa: a case seriesAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Shannon Harries, Lloyd Tooke, Jean-Christophe Imbeault, Mushi Matjila, Shakti Pillay

“…Seventeen mothers and 18 babies were included in the analysis. Data analysis focused on maternal history, risk factors, delivery complications, intraoperative findings, and neonatal outcomes. …”
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Elucidation of genetic diversity in hawthorn (Crataegus azarolus L.) accessions naturally growing in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Türkiye using morphological, pomological, a... by Yazgan Tunç, Mehmet Yaman, Kadir Uğurtan Yılmaz, Ali Khadivi, Somayeh Goodarzi

“…According to the quantitative data set, we identified twenty accessions (‘G21’, ‘G117’, ‘G104’, ‘G17’, ‘G11’, ‘G124’, ‘G23’, ‘G10’, ‘G125’, ‘G30’, ‘G2’, ‘G38’, ‘G115’, ‘G4’, ‘G111’, ‘G8’, ‘G35’, ‘G106’, ‘G97’, and ‘G52’, respectively) with superior qualities that can be used as parents in breeding programs or selected directly for cultivation. …”
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“Double rings” En-bloc technique with early anatomical apical release in thuflep for the patients with large glands (≥ 80 mL): the outcomes from single center by Kai Zhang, Kunlin Yang, Chao Zuo, Yang He, Zhicun Li, Xinyan Che, Yisen Meng

“…We analyzed patient demographic, perioperative and two-year follow-up data. Results Mean preoperative prostate volume was 135 ml (range, 80–275). …”
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Effect of ionizing radiation on the shear bond strength of two different adhesive systems in primary teeth. in-vitro study by Nourhan Mahmoud Shahin, Basma Mahmoud Nagi, Amin El Sayed Amin, Amira Saad Badran

“…Therefore, this in vitro study aimed to detect the best adhesive system and ideal time to apply restorations in primary irradiated teeth regarding adhesive shear bond strength. …”
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Amplification of select autonomous HERV loci and surrounding host gene transcription in monocytes from patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 by Hyunmin Koo, Casey D. Morrow

“…We analyzed scRNA-seq data from three studies of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and found distinct HERV expression patterns in monocytes. …”
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Organizational and technological level of major repairs of buildings and structures by Liya D. Mailyan, Nikolay O. Sizen

“…To achieve this goal the following tasks have been set: to identify problems arising in the field of organization and technology of major repairs; to detect the factors affecting the fulfillment of major repairs; to develop a formula for determining the quality of organizational and technological level in major repairs and to make proposals for its improvement.Materials and methods. …”
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External validation and update of the pediatric asthma risk score as a passive digital marker for childhood asthma using integrated electronic health recordsResearch in context by Arthur Hamie Owora, Bowen Jiang, Yash Shah, Benjamin Gaston, Malaz Boustani

“…Methods: Using a retrospective, population-based observational study design, children born between 2010 and 2017 who were consecutively enrolled at any of the pediatric healthcare institutions that contribute EHR data to the Indiana Network of Patient Care (INPC) databases were included in our analyses. …”
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Post-marketing safety concerns with pirfenidone and nintedanib: an analysis of individual case safety reports from the FDA adverse event reporting system database and the Japanese... by Tao Wang, Zhiwei Cui, Yingyong Ou, Siyu Lou, Huayou Chen, Chengyu Zhu, Linmei Zhou, Fan Zou

“…This study aims to identify and compare adverse drug events (ADEs) associated with pirfenidone and nintedanib in real-world settings by analyzing data from the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). …”
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Development and Validation of an Indirect and Blocking ELISA for the Serological Diagnosis of African Swine Fever by Chukwunonso Onyilagha, Kaye Quizon, Dmytro Zhmendak, Ian El Kanoa, Thang Truong, Thanuja Ambagala, Alfonso Clavijo, Van Phan Le, Shawn Babiuk, Aruna Ambagala

“…The two assays were produced commercially (AsurDx^™ bELISA and iELISA) and subjected to extensive validation. Based on data from a set of characterized reference sera, the prototype commercial assays, while maintaining 100.00% specificity, showed 97.67% (AsurDx^™ bELISA) and 83.72% (AsurDx^™ iELISA) sensitivity. …”
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Microarray analysis of virulence gene profiles in Salmonella serovars from food/food animal environment by Wen Zou, Sufian F Al-Khaldi, William S Branham, Tao Han, James C Fuscoe, Jing Han, Steven L Foley, Joshua Xu, Hong Fang, Carl E Cerniglia, Rajesh Nayak

“…In general, genes belonging to inv, pip, prg, sic, sip, spa or ttr families were detected in more than 90% of the isolates, while the iacP, avrA, invH, rhuM, sirA, sopB, sopE or sugR genes were detected in 40 to 80% of the isolates.  …”
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Normative Database of Spatiotemporal Gait Metrics Across Age Groups: An Observational Case–Control Study by Lianne Mobbs, Vinuja Fernando, R. Dineth Fonseka, Pragadesh Natarajan, Monish Maharaj, Ralph J. Mobbs

“…Introduction: Gait analysis is a vital tool in the assessment of human movement and has been widely used in clinical settings to identify potential abnormalities in individuals. …”
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Multiradar Collaborative Task Scheduling Algorithm Based on Graph Neural Networks with Model Knowledge Embedding by Haoqing LI, Dian YU, Changchun PAN, Wenxian YU, Dongying LI

“…Modern radar systems face increasingly complex challenges in tasks such as detection, tracking, and identification. The diversity of task types, limited data resources, and strict execution time requirements make radar task scheduling a strongly NP-hard problem. …”
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Systematic review of the performance of HIV viral load technologies on plasma samples. by Kimberly A Sollis, Pieter W Smit, Susan Fiscus, Nathan Ford, Marco Vitoria, Shaffiq Essajee, David Barnett, Ben Cheng, Suzanne M Crowe, Thomas Denny, Alan Landay, Wendy Stevens, Vincent Habiyambere, Jos Perrins, Rosanna W Peeling

“…<h4>Background</h4>Viral load (VL) monitoring is the standard of care in developing country settings for detecting HIV treatment failure. Since 2010 the World Health Organization has recommended a phase-in approach to VL monitoring in resource-limited settings. …”
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Screening tools for work-related asthma and their diagnostic accuracy: a systematic review by Peymane Adab, Rachel E Jordan, Gareth I Walters, Christopher C Huntley, Ngamjit Kongsupon, Shiyao Li, Siwanon Rattanakanokchai, Samuel Wallbanks

“…We aimed to summarise and compare the performance of screening tools for identifying WRA in both clinical settings and workplaces.Methods We searched for studies that used structured questionnaires or prediction models (with/without physiological tests) to identify WRA in clinical settings or workplaces with individuals aged≥16 years in MEDLINE, Embase, other bibliographic databases and grey literature between 1975 and 2024. …”
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A Framework to Retrieve Water Quality Parameters in Small, Optically Diverse Freshwater Ecosystems Using Sentinel-2 MSI Imagery by Matheus Henrique Tavares, David Guimarães, Joana Roussillon, Valentin Baute, Julien Cucherousset, Stéphanie Boulêtreau, Jean-Michel Martinez

“…It is based on GRS for atmospheric and sun glint correction, WaterDetect for water detection, and inversion models that were automatically selected based on two different sets of optical water types (OWTs)—one for each variable; for chl-a, we produced a blended product for improved spatial representation. …”
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