Enhanced gait tracking measures for individuals with stroke using leg-worn inertial sensors by Francesco Lanotte, Shusuke Okita, Megan K. O’Brien, Arun Jayaraman

“…Thus, the objective of this study was to develop and test an enhanced gait segmentation algorithm (EGSA) to capture temporal gait parameters in individuals with stroke. …”
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‘Coming out’/self-disclosure in LGBTQ+ adolescents and youth: International and Indian scenario - A narrative review of published studies in the last decade (2012-2022) by Swapnajeet Sahoo, Velprashanth Venkatesan, Rahul Chakravarty

“…Most of the studies are from developed countries, and only one is from India. Eleven were qualitative studies, 11 were cross-sectional studies, and one was a case study. …”
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An efficient and robust MRI-guided radiotherapy planning approach for targeting abdominal organs and tumours in the mouse. by Veerle Kersemans, John S Beech, Stuart Gilchrist, Paul Kinchesh, Philip D Allen, James Thompson, Ana L Gomes, Zenobia D'Costa, Luke Bird, Iain D C Tullis, Robert G Newman, Aurelien Corroyer-Dulmont, Nadia Falzone, Abul Azad, Katherine A Vallis, Owen J Sansom, Ruth J Muschel, Borivoj Vojnovic, Mark A Hill, Emmanouil Fokas, Sean C Smart

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A multimodality cradle was developed for providing subject immobilisation and its performance was evaluated. …”
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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Herceptin-Conjugated Liposomes Loaded with Lipocalin-2 siRNA for the Treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer by Marienid Flores-Colón, Mariela Rivera-Serrano, Esther A. Peterson-Peguero, Pablo E. Vivas-Rivera, Fatima Valiyeva, Pablo E. Vivas-Mejía

“…However, resistance to Herceptin develops within a year, and effective second-line targeted therapies are currently unavailable for IBC patients. …”
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Carbon offsets compatible with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming: Call for a direct action by Rahul Aggarwal

“…Instead, it is a bottom-up approach that seeks to reduce the supply of emissions. This study developed a four-step methodology for implementing a carbon offset market at the source, starting with fixing fossil fuel extraction per producer, then fixing the profit margin per unit of extraction, then calculating the carbon content per unit of fossil fuel, and finally creating a carbon offset market at the source where one can offset their carbon footprint by paying an amount equivalent to the profit from fossil fuel extraction to the producer in exchange for a reduction in an equivalent amount of fossil fuel extraction. …”
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CRISPR-Cas9-based approaches for genetic analysis and epistatic interaction studies in Coxiella burnetii by Samuel Steiner, Craig R. Roy

“…Here, two CRISPR-Cas9 technology-based approaches were developed to study C. burnetii phenotypes resulting from targeted gene disruptions. …”
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Beyond SOFA and APACHE II, Novel Risk Stratification Models Using Readily Available Biomarkers in Critical Care by Jihyuk Chung, Joonghyun Ahn, Jeong-Am Ryu

“…<b>Background:</b> Current severity scoring systems in intensive care units (ICUs) are complex and time-consuming, limiting their utility for rapid clinical decision-making. This study aimed to develop and validate simplified prediction models using readily available biomarkers for assessing in-hospital mortality risk. …”
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Evaluating an online stroke training programme for Saudi Arabian physiotherapists for improving their knowledge and confidence in long-term stroke care: a pilot mixed-methods study by Basema Temehy, Andrew Soundy, Sheeba Rosewilliam

“…Additionally, rehabilitation staff have reported a lack of knowledge and skills to deliver rehabilitation services for people post-stroke in the community. A first step towards developing these services is to train professionals working in this area to deliver community-based rehabilitation for patients with stroke. …”
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Echo-endoscopic drainage of retrogastric pancreatic pseudocysts as a bridge-to-surgery for complicated cases of duodenal duplication cyst: case report by Joseph Xavier Pacifique, Nicolas Jauquier, Natalie Divjak, Sebastien Godat, Sabine Vasseur Maurer

“…When pancreatic pseudocysts (PPC) develop, definitive DDC treatment is delayed and exposes the patient to recurrent episodes of pancreatitis which further lengthen the process. …”
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The Cobra Effect in TVET Policy Making: A Macro-Micro-Macro-Level Analysis of Exemplary Cases From Germany by Johannes Karl Schmees, Janika Grunau

“…Conclusion: We conclude that it is essential to take micro-level perspectives into account when developing political strategies for TVET. Therefore, TVET policies and programs should be developed from a more subject-oriented perspective and as a second step include societal needs. …”
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Predicting the Gender-based Aerobic Capacity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients with superadded Infection: A Study Protocol by Prachi Rana, Subhasish Chatterjee, Sameer Singhal

“…Aim: To develop a gender-based prediction equation to assess aerobic capacity in COPD patients with infection. …”
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Shaping cancer center priorities through Community Advisory Board collaboration by Stephanie Evett, Megan E. Schmidt, Sarah H. Nash, Kelly Wells Sittig, University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Advisory Board, Natoshia M. Askelson

“…This helps cancer center leadership identify priorities and develop strategic plans to reduce the cancer burden. …”
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Feasibility of rational constructive and technological parameters of organization options of multigroup shunting on the basis of simulation modeling by S. V. Karasev, D. A. Sivitskiy

“…In terms of operating costs, the costs associated with the current maintenance of permanent devices, as well as locomotive-hours, car-hours (for operator companies) and the cost of occupying one kilometer of station tracks are taken into account. The developed model is used for technical and economic comparison based on the minimum of the reduced costs of 16 construction and technological variants for organizing a multi-group selection of cars that differ in the shunting method (degree, combinatorial, stepped maximum and duplicating) and the number of grouping tracks (from 2 to 5) . …”
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Advanced neural network architectures for tomato leaf disease diagnosis in precision agriculture by Hritwik Ghosh, Irfan Sadiq Rahat, Md. Mintajur Rahman Emon, Md. Jisan Mashrafi, Mohammed Abdul Al Arafat Tanzin, Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Shashi Kant

“…Abstract This study addresses the critical challenge of detecting and classifying tomato leaf diseases using advanced deep learning technologies, a pivotal step in enhancing productivity within precision agriculture. …”
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Lncident: A Tool for Rapid Identification of Long Noncoding RNAs Utilizing Sequence Intrinsic Composition and Open Reading Frame Information by Siyu Han, Yanchun Liang, Ying Li, Wei Du

“…How to rapidly identify lncRNAs and messenger RNA is the fundamental step to uncover the function of lncRNAs identification. …”
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Yeast GPCR signaling reflects the fraction of occupied receptors, not the number by Alan Bush, Gustavo Vasen, Andreas Constantinou, Paula Dunayevich, Inés Lucía Patop, Matías Blaustein, Alejandro Colman‐Lerner

“…We found experimentally that this robustness originates during G‐protein activation. We developed a complete mathematical model of this step, which suggested the ability to compute fractional occupancy depends on the physical interaction between the inhibitory regulator of G‐protein signaling (RGS), Sst2, and the receptor. …”
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Polarization modulated spectroscopic ellipsometry-based surface plasmon resonance biosensor for E. coli K12 detection by Soraya Zangenehzadeh, Emil Agocs, Fenja Schröder, Nassima Amroun, Rebekka Biedendieck, Dieter Jahn, Axel Günther, Lei Zheng, Bernhard Roth, Hans-Hermann Johannes, Wolfgang Kowalsky

“…We show that polarization modulated spectroscopic ellipsometry achieves a refractive index resolution in the order of $$10^{-5}$$ 10 - 5 RIU, and a limit of detection of $$10^{2}$$ 10 2 CFU/mL for E. coli K12 which is compatible with other surface plasmon resonance based phase sensitive methods with more complex detection concepts. As a follow-up step, an optical model can be developed to enhance this biosensor’s performance, and applications for sorting and detecting other biological targets will be investigated.…”
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NiS2/MoS2 Hetero‐Nanosheets Grown on Double‐Layered Hollow Carbon Nanospheres for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction by Xinxin Luan, Kaili Zhu, Chuanjie Wang, Wenbin Shi, Alicja Szymska, Katarzyna Matras‐Postolek, Ping Yang

“…The formation of DLHCs@NiS2/MoS2 composites provides an efficient way to develop catalysts for water splitting.…”
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TFC: A Series of Band Selection Methods for Hyperspectral Target Detection by Qianghui Wang, Xikui Miao, Enze Guo, Tao Zhao

“…Band selection (BS) is an important preprocessing step for HSI applications, and it plays an important role in reducing data volume and improving processing efficiency. …”
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A Novel High Performance Object Identification Approach in Care Homes Using Gaussian Preprocessing by Sara Auweiler, Melina Mueller, Diana Puhla, Pascal Penava, Ricardo Buettner

“…Applying the Gaussian filter significantly improves the model&#x2019;s accuracy to 96.81%, demonstrating its potential as a crucial preprocessing step and setting a new benchmark for this application. …”
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