Clinical and anamnestic factors of epilepsy development and course in children with cerebral palsy by V. P. Zykov, F. A. Murachueva, N. V. Chebanenko, R. M. Alieva

“…Studying risk factors and determining clinical characteristics of children with CP may aid in early epilepsy prevention and diagnostics in this group.Objective: Studying risk factors and developing a model for predicting development of epilepsy in children with CP.Material and methods. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHANGE IN NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND NEUROCHEMICAL INDICATORS IN TRAINED WORKERS EXPOSED TO MERCURY AND VINYL CHLORIDE by Елена Владимировна Катаманова, Ирина Валерьевна Кудаева, Олег Леонидович Лахман, Виктор Степанович Рукавишников, Елена Николаевна Корчуганова, Ирина Михайловна Ещина

“…Purpose – to study the dynamics of changes in neurophysiological and neurochemical parameters in workers exposed to mercury and vinyl chloride. Methods. 131 trainees exposed to mercury and vinyl chloride were examined. …”
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Design of a discrete сosine transformation processor for image compression systems on a losless-to-lossy circuit by V. V. Kliuchenia

“…Wide support  in  a  huge  number  of  multimedia applications of the JPEG format by circuitry and software solutions and the need for image coding according to the  L2L  scheme  determines  the  relevance  of  the  problem  of  creating  a  decorrelated  transformation  based  on DCT and methods for rapid prototyping of processors for computing an integer DCT on programmable systems on a FPGA chip. …”
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Genetic markers of obesity risk: stronger associations with body composition in overweight compared to normal-weight children. by Andreas Beyerlein, Rüdiger von Kries, Andrew R Ness, Ken K Ong

“…<h4>Background</h4>Genetic factors are important determinants of overweight. We examined whether there are differential effect sizes depending on children's body composition.…”
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Relationship between adequacy of prenatal care utilization by Zahra Bostani Khalesi, Fateme Rafat, sedigheh Pakseresht

“…Methods: This analytic historical cohort study was performed on 205 pregnant women referring to health centers in Rasht city. …”
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The relationship between enamel and dentin calibrated-radiographic-density measured by cone beam computed tomography and dental caries status in young adults by Imad Barngkgei, Yaser Alhalabi, Sara Roubah

“…Results The radiographic density of mandibular incisors and all incisors of both jaws had the highest Pearson correlation coefficients with DMFT (0.33 < r < 0.42, P-value = 0.016). …”
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Validation of a parent-proxy, obesity-specific Health-Related Quality of Life measure - sizing them up - in Singaporean adolescents seeking obesity treatment by Wang Chin Eileen Ng, Khairunisa Binte Khaider, Qiao Fan, Chu Shan Elaine Chew

“…Methods We recruited 91 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years old and their parents from KKH between June 2022 and January 2023. …”
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Limb Dominance Does Not Affect Y-Balance Test Performance in Non-Athlete Adolescents by Carissa A. Stoddard, Sharon Wang-Price, Satoko E. Lam

“… # Study Design Prospective cohort study # Methods Twenty-six healthy non-athlete adolescents (13.6 ± 1.0 years, 22 girls, 4 boys) performed the YBT-LQ on two separate days while the same investigator scored their performance. …”
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Physical Activity and Obesity in Iraqi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social and Demographic Correlates and BMI Associations by Duaa Salman Abd Ali, Amean Ajeel Yasir

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficients and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to examine the associations. …”
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Construction of a TTN Mutation-Based Prognostic Model for Evaluating Immune Microenvironment, Cancer Stemness, and Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Patients by Lei Zhao, Weiwei Fan, Kunpeng Luo, Siqi Xie, Rui Wang, Jingming Guan, Zhendong Chen, Shizhu Jin

“…Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression was used to identify the genes for constructing the immune feature-based prognostic model and to determine their coefficients. Result. A gene prognostic model was then constructed to predict patient outcomes; the model was then externally validated using data from the Gene Expression Omnibus. …”
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Psychometric Features of the Emotional Climate Scale for Couples in Divorce Applicants by Mohammad Hossein Sorbi, Nahid Ardian, Saeedeh Qane-Mokhlesoon, Shah Ehsan Habib

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Reliability of an Instrumented Pressure Walkway for Measuring Walking and Running Characteristics in Young, Athletic Individuals by Alyx Jorgensen, Matthew McManigal, Austin Post, David Werner, Christopher Wichman, Matthew Tao, Elizabeth Wellsandt

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Laboratory Study # Methods Individuals (n=38) in this cross-sectional study walked and ran at self-selected comfortable speed on a pressure-sensitive Zeno^TM^ Walkway. …”
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The accuracy of a simple, low-cost GPS data logger/receiver to study outdoor human walking in view of health and clinical studies. by Bénédicte Noury-Desvaux, Pierre Abraham, Guillaume Mahé, Thomas Sauvaget, Georges Leftheriotis, Alexis Le Faucheur

“…Methods. Healthy subjects performed two experiments that consisted of different prescribed outdoor walking protocols. …”
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Statistical Study of the Impact of Digitalization of Organizations on Lending Activity: Regional Level by I. K. Zarov

“…It was concluded that the results of the study could be used to develop business lending programs for commercial banks and determine the priorities of regional digital development programs by government bodies.…”
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Device-Driven Service Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing with Location Prediction by Qian Zeng, Xiaobo Li, Yixuan Chen, Minghao Yang, Xingbang Liu, Yuetian Liu, Shiwei Xiu

“…To address this limitation, this paper constructs a model based on constraints, optimization objectives, and server connection methods, determines experimental parameters and evaluation metrics, and sets up an experimental framework. …”
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Evaluating the green credentials and performance of deep eutectic solvents in the extraction of antibiotics and mycotoxins in foods by Oluwatobi Kolawole, Chongdee Thammakhet-Buranachai, Awanwee Petchkongkaew, Thanasat Sooksimuang, Christopher Elliott, Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri

“…The capacity of DES to efficiently isolate these chemical contaminants from a wide variety of food samples and environmental friendliness of the entire analytical methods have been evaluated and discussed. …”
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Relationship between kinetic and kinematic variables of squat jump in professional male soccer players by Jorge Pérez Contreras, Rodrigo Villaseca-Vicuña, Esteban Aedo Muñoz, Francisco Vidal-Maturana, Felipe Hermosilla Palma, Alejandro Bustamante-Garrido, Felipe Inostroza Ríos, Juan Francisco Loro-Ferrer, Pablo Merino Muñoz

“… Objective: To determine the relationship between the kinetic and kinematic variables of the squat jump (SJ). …”
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Effectiveness of Four-Decontamination Techniques on Bacterial Growth on CPR Manikins after Use in a CPR Course

“…Objective: Determine the degree of contamination on CPR manikins after routine use, and evaluate the efficacy of four disinfecting methods to reduce bacterial growth. …”
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Testing linearity of CT System and Contrast Volume Tailoring for Optimal Hounsfield Units: A Theoretical and Experimental Study by Anahita Jafari, Fariba Zarei, Hamidreza Masjedi, Samira Moshiri, Vyas Akondi, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Rezvan Ravanfar Haghighi

“…Materials and Methods: Aqueous solutions of Iopaque, with 300mgI/mL of iodine, were prepared for different weight/weight ( ) iodine concentrations and filled in a water-pool phantom, and the  observations were taken at different kVps for 10 different CT machines. …”
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Advanced 3D Depth Imaging Techniques for Morphometric Analysis of Detected On-Tree Apples Based on AI Technology by Eungchan Kim, Sang-Yeon Kim, Chang-Hyup Lee, Sungjay Kim, Jiwon Ryu, Geon-Hee Kim, Seul-Ki Lee, Ghiseok Kim

“…Morphometric metrics were measured by linking boundary box information with 3D depth information to determine horizontal and vertical diameters. Without occlusion, mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) using boundary box-based methods was 6.201% and 5.164% for horizontal and vertical diameters, respectively, while mask-based methods achieved improved accuracy with MAPE of 5.667% and 4.921%. …”
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