Modified screening and management strategies for chronic rhinosinusitis in hematologic patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by Yen-Hui Lee, Chih-Feng Lin, Te-Huei Yeh, Huai-Hsuan Huang, Yi-Tsen Lin

“…Objectives: Given the lack of consensus on the screening and treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in the patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), we reviewed the risk factors for CRS to improve the efficiency of sinonasal screening and analyzed the effect of treating CRS in search of guidance for modifying current management strategies for rhinosinusitis in HSCT patients. …”
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PERFORMANCE OF CATFISH (PANGASIUS SP.) CULTIVATION WITH POND MEDIA: CASE STUDY IN BANJAR REGENCY, SOUTH KALIMANTAN PROVINCE, INDONESIA by Emmy SRI MAHREDA, Rina MUSTIKA

“…This study uses a survey method. The research location was determined purposively in Banjar Regency; the research respondents were catfish cultivators in ponds, collectors, retailers, and catfish consumers. …”
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Additive Manufactured Multi-Material 3D metasurfaces for broadband achromatic electromagnetic focusing by Jiaqi Cai, Li Deng, Jiexin Lai, Shufang Li, Md Ashif Islam Oni, Shuvashis Dey, Yang Yang

“…To further improve the design efficiency, deep conditional generative adversarial network is introduced in this paper to quickly determine the structural parameters and realize the inverse design, which significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of the metasurface structure design. …”
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DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISATION OF 3D SOLID TUMOUR CELL MODELS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED CANCER TREATMENT by A. B. Danilova, T. L. Nekhaeva, N. A. Efremova, M. A. Maydin, E. I. Fedoros, I. A. Baldueva

“…They are an interesting tool for genetic, epigenetic, biomedical and pharmacological studies aiming to determine the most effective individual therapeutic approaches, since they allow modeling the dynamic evolution of a tumor disease from early stages to metastatic spread through interaction with the microenvironment.The purpose of the study was to compare characteristic features of formation and spatial organization of spheroids, obtained from solid malignant tumors cells with various histogenesis: melanomas, soft tissue sarcomas and osteosarcomas, epithelial tumors.Material and Methods. …”
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Artificial intelligence performance in ultrasound-based lymph node diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinyang Han, Jingguo Qu, Man-Lik Chui, Simon Takadiyi Gunda, Ziman Chen, Jing Qin, Ann Dorothy King, Winnie Chiu-Wing Chu, Jing Cai, Michael Tin-Cheung Ying

“…With the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the diagnostic efficiency of LNs is further enhanced. This study evaluates the performance of ultrasound-based AI applications in the classification of benign and malignant LNs. …”
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Windows Malware Detection Under the Machine Learning Models and Neutrosophic Numbers by Alber S. Aziz, Mohamed eassa, Ahmed Abdelhafeez, Ahmed A. Metwaly, Ashraf. M. Hussein, Nariman A. Khalil

“…Significant cybersecurity risks are posed by malware assaults on Windows computers, which call for efficient detection and prevention systems. Supervised machine learning classifiers have shown great promise in the field of malware detection. …”
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Tobacco consumption influence on spending patterns within Costa Rican households by Erick Enrique Sequeira Benavides

“…Due to heteroskedasticity and endogeneity, the Generalized Method of Moment Three-Stage-Least-Squares (GMM-3SLS) is used since it provides more efficient parameter estimates. …”
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Applying Optimized ANN Models to Estimate Dew Point Pressure of Gas Condensates by Luo Han, Saeed Sarvazizi

“…Therefore, it can be said that the proposed method is efficient and effective.…”
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Stability of developing oil companies of Russia by V. V. Biryukova

“…In the article the questions of stability of developing Russian companies of an oil and gas complex are considered; methodological and methodical approaches to the analysis of stability of the oil companies as difficult, open spontaneous social and economic systems are stated; results of the stability assessment of their development on the basis of determining indexes of economic efficiency, ecological and social responsibility, and also innovative activity are presented.…”
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Robot path planning using enhanced Q-learning algorithm based on single parameter. by Noor Fallooh, Ahmed Sadiq, Eyad Abbas, Ivan Hashim

“…This reliance can reduce the number of parameters and increase the algorithm’s execution efficiency. A modified version of Q-learning was investigated with to determine the optimal path planning in several dynamic obstacle environments. …”
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Exploring the VAK model to predict student learning styles based on learning activity by Ahmed Rashad Sayed, Mohamed Helmy Khafagy, Mostafa Ali, Marwa Hussien Mohamed

“…Knowing such things, not only helps the teacher to improve the delivery of the content, but also assists in improving assessment methods to suit each student. The primary motivation of this research is to analyze students’ engagement characteristics in Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) and determine their prevalent instructional preference and learning style and recommend the best learning assessment tools. …”
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Theoretical backgrounds for the bionic substantiation of the parameters of the ring-cutting soil-cultivating roller working bodies by L. F. Babitsky, I. V. Sobolevsky, V. A. Kuklin, Y. N. Ismailov

“…Surface treatment with soil compaction is the most important technological operation that has a direct impact on the conditions of growth and development of the root system of plants, and, as a result, on the yield of cultivated field crops. To improve the efficiency of this process in the development of new forms and justification of parameters and modes of tillage devices mechanical-bionic approach should be used, which proved effective in the development of design schemes and justification of the parameters of various agricultural machines. …”
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Optimized SVR with nature-inspired algorithms for environmental modelling of mycotoxins in food virtual-water samples by Abdullahi G. Usman, Sagiru Mati, Hanita Daud, Ahmad Abubakar Suleiman, Sani I. Abba, Hijaz Ahmad, Taha Radwan

“…The performance of the models was assessed via mean square error, correlation coefficient, and Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency. The SVR-HHO model outperformed existing methods by 4–7% in both the two learning (training and testing) phases respectively. …”
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A review on bioremediation by microbial immobilization-an effective alternative for wastewater treatment by Frank Abimbola Ogundolie, Olorunfemi Oyewole Babalola, Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Christiana Eleojo Aruwa, Jacqueline Njikam Manjia, Taoheed Kolawole Muftaudeen

“…The origin of wastewater determines whether it is considered natural or industrial waste, and the source(s) singly or collectively contribute to increase water pollution. …”
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A hybrid genetic slime mould algorithm for parameter optimization of field-road trajectory segmentation models by Jiawen Pan, Caicong Wu, Weixin Zhai

“…Experiments were conducted on real agricultural trajectory datasets with various sample frequencies, and the proposed algorithm was compared with existing methods to validate its efficiency. According to the experimental data, the optimized model produced better results. …”
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The Effect of Different Cleaning Protocols on Post Space: A SEM Study by Giuseppe Lo Giudice, Angelo Lizio, Roberto Lo Giudice, Antonio Centofanti, Giuseppina Rizzo, Michele Runci, Angela Alibrandi, Marco Cicciù

“…Purpose of the present paper is to analyze the efficiency of different post-space irrigation protocols. …”
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Trauma Simulation Training Increases Confidence Levels in Prehospital Personnel Performing Life-Saving Interventions in Trauma Patients by Christine M. Van Dillen, Matthew R. Tice, Archita D. Patel, David A. Meurer, Joseph A. Tyndall, Marie Carmelle Elie, Jonathan J. Shuster

“…Timing of the simulation interventions was compared with actual scene times to determine applicability of simulation in measuring the efficiency of prehospital personnel. …”
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Sustainability assessment of additive manufacturing end-of-life material management by John D. Chea, Gerardo J. Ruiz-Mercado, Raymond L. Smith, Michael A. Gonzalez, David E. Meyer

“…Additive manufacturing (AM) methods enable complex, customized, and on-demand production of many products from different material types across various industries. …”
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Comparative Characteristics of Various Cereals in Terms of Fodder Value, Antinutrients and Use for Poultry Feeding by Olena V. Gaviley, Oleg O. Katerynych, Igor A. Ionov, Darren K. Griffin, Olena O. Dekhtiarova, Michael N. Romanov

“…These include the application of enzyme preparations, along with dry and wet extrusion methods, for processing grains. By restricting our narrative to a direct comparison of all major staples for poultry feed, we conclude that further research is required specifically in the area of determining how economically viable it is to feed adult and young chickens with compound feeds containing various cereal crops. …”
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Characterization of F-region neutral wind response times and its controlling factors during substorms by Katherine Davidson, Ying Zou, Leslie Lamarche, Asti Bhatt, Mark Conde

“…The neutral wind response time, or the ion-neutral coupling efficiency, is not well characterized, with a wide range of reported response times. …”
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