A Bi-level Stochastic-Robust Optimal Bidding Model of Wind-Storage System in Spot Markets Considering Internal and External Uncertainties by Haowen Xu, Minglei Bao, Xun Yao, Xiaocong Sun, Yi Ding, Zhenglin Yang

“…At the upper level, the bidding strategy of WSS is developed based on the market clearing results by using the stochastic-robust method to consider uncertainties. In the lower level, the clearing process of the day-ahead market is modeled to determine the clearing market price and quantity. …”
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Machine Learning for Non-Destructive Prediction of Sunflower Leaf Area by Joao Everthon da Silva Ribeiro, Antonio Gideilson Correia da Silva, Pablo Henrique de Almeida Oliveira, Josiana Micarla da Silva Oliveira, Alessandra Nunes da Silva, John Victor Lucas Lima, Ivan Euzebio da Silva, Ester Dos Santos Coelho, Isaque de Oliveira Leite, Elania Freire da Silva, Toshik Iarley da Silva, Lindomar Maria da Silveira, Aurelio Paes Barros Junior

“…However, its measurement using traditional methods can be limited. The search for non-destructive approaches based on leaf dimensions is essential, and machine learning offers promising alternatives for accurate estimation. …”
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Counseling Therapy With Hatha Yoga on Adherence Level, Nutritional Status, and Quality of Life Among HIV-Infected Adolescents by Rajathi Sakthivel

“…Through the simple random method, 388 (195 in the experimental and 193 in the control group) HIV-infected adolescents were selected. …”
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Formation and Characterization of Xylitol-Modified Glycidyl Methacrylate-<i>co</i>-Ethyl Methacrylate Matrices for Controlled Release of Antimicrobial Compounds by Adam Chyzy, Przemysław Gnatowski, Edyta Piłat, Maciej Sienkiewicz, Katarzyna Wozniak, Marta Wojnicka, Krzysztof Brzezinski, Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska

“…For this reason, developing methods for eradicating pathogens from wounds is a challenging medical issue. …”
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Application of fluorescence spectroscopy and laser confocal technology in shale geological evaluation by LI Ping, ZHAI Zheng, WANG Xin, LI Zheng, LIN Jing, HAN Dongmei, AN Tianxia

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Rapid introduction of oral antivirals for COVID-19: implementation of a test and treat program in four African countries by Martin Martin-Odoom, Bridget Griffith, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, Caroline Boeke, Yamikani Gumulira, Nervine Hamza, Pax Axell Karamage, Norman Lufesi, Alexander Martin-Odoom, Nyuma Mbewe, Mwaba Mulenga, Rodrigue Albert Ndayishimiye, Joseph Oliver-Commey, Laine Thomas, Cameron Wolfe

“…We describe here the first comprehensive review of the individual-level data collected from implementation research. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 36 primary, secondary, and tertiary facilities across the four countries. …”
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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Development of Community-Based Tourism in Rural Areas, Case Study: Villages Targeted by Tourism in the Markazi Province by Hamid Afshari, Behrouz Mohammadi Yeganeh, Hossein Farahani, Mehdi Cheraghi

“…To determine the research samples, the purposeful and snowball sampling methods were used and the sampling was done in a period of 2 months. …”
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Defining and Analyzing Nervousness Using AI-Based Facial Expression Recognition by Hyunsoo Seo, Seunghyun Kim, Eui Chul Lee

“…We apply a deep learning model trained via knowledge distillation, with EmoNet as the teacher and MobileNetV2 as the student, to efficiently classify nervousness. The experimental results on the AffectNet dataset show that our proposed method achieves a classification accuracy of 81.08%, improving over the baseline by approximately 6%. …”
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Exploring using HBsAg to predict interferon treatment course to achieve clinical cure in chronic hepatitis B patients: a clinical study by Fei Yan, Fei Tang, Jing Chen, YiCheng Lin, XinYu Chen, Qin Du, WeiLi Yin, Jing Liang, Lei Liu, Fang Wang, BaiGuo Xu, Qing Ye, HuiLing Xiang

“…This research aimed to develop an efficient model for predicting interferon (IFN) treatment course.MethodsPatients with chronic hepatitis B, undergoing PEG-IFN α-2b monotherapy or combined with NAs (Nucleoside Analogs), were recruited from January 2018 to December 2023 at Tianjin Third Central Hospital. …”
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AI-assisted diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis using cascaded neural networks by Zhongxiao Wang, Ruliang Wang, Haichun Guo, Qiannan Zhao, Huijun Ren, Jumin Niu, Ying Wang, Wei Wu, Bingbing Liang, Xin Yi, Xiaolei Zhang, Shiqi Xu, Xianling Dong, Liqun Wang, Qinping Liao

“…Timely and accurate diagnosis is crucial. Traditional methods, relying on clinical evaluation and manual microscopic examination, have limitations. …”
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Linking intrinsic brain dysfunction to behavioral outcomes in combat-exposed males with PTSD symptoms by Deborah L. Harrington, Deborah L. Harrington, Qian Shen, Qian Shen, Annemarie Angeles-Quinto, Annemarie Angeles-Quinto, Sharon Nichols, Tao Song, Hayden Hansen, Kate A. Yurgil, Kate A. Yurgil, Roland R. Lee, Roland R. Lee, Dewleen G. Baker, Dewleen G. Baker, Dewleen G. Baker, Ming-Xiong Huang, Ming-Xiong Huang

“…IntroductionExposure to trauma produces abnormal intrinsic brain activity, but its association to stress-related symptom severity is often elusive, and the relationships with co-occurring psychiatric and cognitive changes are poorly understood.MethodsThis study investigated the neurobehavioral mechanisms of persistent disability in male combat-exposed military personnel and veterans with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (CE-PTSD) (n=19) and trauma-exposed healthy controls with similar combat experiences (n=24). …”
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Viral characterization of the reassortants between canine influenza H3N2 and human pandemic (2009) H1N1 and avian H9N2 viruses in canine ex vivo tracheal explants by Tonia T. Kam, Christine H. T. Bui, Hin-Wo Yeung, Peter C. H. Wong, Alex W. H. Chin, John M. Nicholls, Malik Peiris, Kenrie P. Y. Hui, Leo L. M. Poon, Michael C. W. Chan

“…Given that the canine respiratory tract is susceptible to a wide range of influenza viruses, it is of interest whether H3N2-CIV are likely to reassort with human and avian IAVs to generate reassortants with increased zoonotic potential. Methods We conducted a co-infection study in canine tracheal explants. …”
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The effect of tofacitinib on function and quality of life indicators in patients with rheumatoid arthritis resistant to synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic dru... by D. E. Karateev, D. E. Abdulganieva, A. R. Babaeva, A. A. Baranov, L. P. Evstigneeva, O. N. Ivanova, G. V. Lukina, E. L. Luchikhina, V. I. Mazurov, A. S. Misiyuk, O. V. Semagina, A. E. Sizikov, V. N. Sorotskaya

“…Tofacitinib (TOFA), a representative of a new class of targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (s-DMARD), is a promising drug for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other immune inflammatory diseases.Objective: to evaluate the efficiency and safety of therapy with TOFA in combination with methotrexate (MTX) and other s-DMARDs in real clinical practice in patients with active RA and previous ineffective therapy.Patients and methods. …”
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The diagnostic of PAX1 gene methylation in cervical lesions and its role in the triage of non-16/18 HR-HPV positive by Meng-Meng Chen, Meng-Meng Chen, Bing-Qiang Zhang, Bing-Qiang Zhang, Yan-Song Luan, Guo-Long Sun, Yun-Yuan Zhang, Xiao-Yan Zhou, Xi-Feng Zhang, Feng-Chun Gao, Jun-Mei Yu

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to systematically evaluate the application value of PAX1 gene methylation detection in cervical lesion screening and its potential advantages in the triage of non-16/18 high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) positive patients.Materials and methodsThis study enrolled 1,619 HPV-positive female patients who visited the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University from December 2023 to March 2025, with 989 patients ultimately meeting the inclusion criteria. …”
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Poisoning Epidemiology, Clinical Outcomes and Management Decisions for General Public Calls: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Nationwide Telehealth Toxicology Consultation Service D... by Abdullah A. Alharbi, Mohammed A. Muaddi, Meshary S. Binhotan, Ahmad Y. Alqassim, Ali K. Alsultan, Mohammed S. Arafat, Abdulrahman Aldhabib, Yasser A. Alaska, Eid B. Alwahbi, Meshari A. Almutairi, Mobarak Alharthi, M. Mahmud Khan, Mohammed Alabdulaali, Nawfal A. Aljerian

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of all public calls to the national TCS hotline between January 1 and December 31, 2023. …”
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Fistula Tract Laser Closure (FiLac) versus Standard Fistulectomy in the Treatment of Simple Perianal Fistula: A Prospective Interventional Study by Shreethi Sasidharan Pillai, D Balaji, Harshwanth Chandhar, G Tilak Ramu, K Shanmugapriya

“…Conclusion: FiLaC demonstrates advantages over standard fistulectomy in terms of efficiency, recovery time, and complication rates for treating simple perianal fistulas. …”
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Dynamics of Kidney Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Atrial Fibrillation Who Receive Dabigatran by N. A. Novikova, Z. K. Salpagarova, M. I. Chashkina, A. A. Bykova, Z. A. Alimova, А. S. Yadykina, D. F. Mesitskaya, N. A. Babakova, D. A. Andreev

“…Currently, there are scarce studies into the use of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease (in case of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) below 45 ml/min/1.73 m2).Aim. To determine the dynamics of GFR in patients with AF and CKD (in case of GFR below 45 ml/min/1.73 m2).Material and Methods. …”
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Strategy for prophylactic application of peripheral va-ecmo in transplantation involving expected extremely prolonged ischemia time by V. N. Poptsov, V. M. Zakharevich, E. A. Spirina, A. I. Skokova, A. K. Solodovnikova, A. S. Ignatkina, A. A. Kuznetsova, G. B. Glinkin

“…Materials and methods. Thirty-eight recipients (33 (86.8%) males and 5 (13.2%) females), age 11–66 (44.7 ± 12.0) years (median 48.0 years) were examined. …”
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Two-stage stochastic capacitated Lot-Sizing problem by Lot-Size adaptation approach by Arsalan Rahmani, Meysam Hosseini, Amir Sahami

“…The computational results indicate that the proposed method is capable of efficiently solving the model.…”
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ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT FOR ASSESSMENT OF ACCURACY POSITIONING SYSTEMS GLONASS/GPS WITH DIFFERENTIATED APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS by G. I. Lichman, V. A. Kolesnikova, N. M. Marchenko, A. N. Marchenko

“…One of the directions of increase in fertilizers efficiency is reduction of nonuniformity of their distribution across the field. …”
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