Comprehensive evaluation of the prediction of fetal growth restriction using the ratio of fetal cerebellar transverse diameter to abdominal circumference combined with uterine arte... by Weiying Tang, Pingping Wu, Yanyan Zheng, Baobao Yang

“…Blood biomarkers such as insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), placental growth factor (PlGF), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were also assessed.ResultsThere were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, BMI, gestational weeks, parity, and gravidity (P > 0.05). …”
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Rare disease challenges and potential actions in the Middle East by Ahmad Nader Fasseeh, Nada Korra, Ahmed Aljedai, Ahmed Seyam, Hajer Almudaiheem, Hana A. Al-Abdulkarim, Marwan Janahi, Mary Gamal, Sahar Fahmy, Sara Aldallal, Sherif Abaza, Zoltán Kaló

“…By implementing comprehensive strategies that consider both economic efficiency and fairness, healthcare systems can better serve rare disease patients and improve their quality of life.…”
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End-of-life costs of medical care for advanced stage cancer patients by Kovačević Aleksandra, Dragojević-Simić Viktorija, Rančić Nemanja, Jurišević Milena, Gutzwiller Florian, Matter-Walstra Klazien, Jakovljević Mihajlo

“…The average costs per patient were significantly different according to the diagnosis, with the highest (13,114.10 EUR) and the lowest (4.00 EUR) ones observed in the breast cancer and melanoma, respectively. …”
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Preparation and Physicochemical Properties of High-purity Isomaltooligosaccharides by Sequential Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography by Shenghui RUAN, Xiqun ZHENG, Xiaolan LIU, Liangyu LI

“…The separation degree of different types of cation exchange resin on isomaltooligosaccharides, monosaccharides and disaccharides mixture was compared, ZG106 K+ resin was selected as the suitable separation medium. …”
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Association between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and Parkinson’s disease amongst adults in the US by Li Ke, Qiaosheng Tang, Ying Li, Wenli Xing, Lei Zhao, Sili Jiang

“…Additionally, subgroup analyses were conducted to investigate whether the effect of NPAR varied across different demographic subgroups.ResultsThe NPAR score demonstrates a significant positive correlation with PD. …”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Rolling Bearings Based on TCN–Transformer Networks Using Vibration Signals by Xiaochao Jin, Yaping Ji, Shiteng Li, Kailang Lv, Jianzheng Xu, Haonan Jiang, Shengnan Fu

“…In addition, a new RUL prediction method, TCN–Transformer, is developed which can efficiently learn and integrate local and global features of vibration signals, addressing the long time series prediction problem in RUL prediction. …”
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Evaluation of the molecular mechanism underlying proline metabolic and catabolic pathways and some morpho-physiological traits of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants under arseni... by Nader Adamipour, Farzad Nazari, Ayoub Molaahmad Nalousi, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

“…Results The results revealed a significant decrease in morphological traits and photosynthetic efficiency, chlorophyll content, and total soluble protein content with increasing As concentration. …”
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Preparing Lawyers for the Twenty-First Century by William Twining

“…Whether we are doing so as efficiently, as imaginatively or as professionally as we might is another matter. …”
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Effects of <i>Tithonia diversifolia</i> Extract as a Feed Additive on Digestibility and Performance of Hair Lambs by Olga Teresa Barreto-Cruz, Juan Carlos Henao Zambrano, Maria Alejandra Ospina Barrero, Román David Castañeda-Serrano

“…Animal production requires efficiency, safety and environmental sustainability. …”
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UTAP2: an enhanced user-friendly transcriptome and epigenome analysis pipeline by Jordana Lindner, Bareket Dassa, Noa Wigoda, Gil Stelzer, Ester Feldmesser, Jaime Prilusky, Dena Leshkowitz

“…This technology has made it possible to detect differences across cell types, genotypes, and conditions. …”
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Current status and management strategies of medical waste in Jinshan District， Shanghai by WANG Jinzhen, JIANG Yan, JIANG Yong, YANG Haojie, YANG Guang, FAN Lei, NIE Lianlian, YANG Danhong

“…Compliance rates also varied among different types of institutions regarding the establishment of temporary storage facilities and the implementation of the transfer manifest system, with community healthcare institutions exhibiting relatively lower compliance rates (P<0.05). …”
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Foreign direct investment as a factor of growth: The experience of European Union countries by Kovačević Radovan

“…As the growth literature suggests, many different factors combine to create an environment conducive to higher economic growth. …”
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Spatial and temporal predictability drive foraging movements of coastal birds by Madeleine Foley, Kimberly A. Lato, Matthew Fuirst, Richard R. Veit, Robert M. Cerrato, Lesley H. Thorne

“…Herring gulls showed direct travel between urban foraging sites but revisited sites in different orders, suggesting that a mosaic map may be used to navigate between known urban foraging sites. …”
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Perampanel in adjunctive therapy of patients with brain tumor-related epilepsy: real-world data by G. G. Samsonova, I. A. Zhidkova

“…Among patients with FS, the proportion of responders was 83.3–90.9% at different follow-up periods, including 31.2–50.0% who showed seizure freedom. …”
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THE DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS’ APPLICATION OF THE ORAL LIQUID IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSTICS OF THE DENTAL MOBIDITY IN THE STAFF OF THE STEEL-MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES’ EMPLOYEES by A.V. Samoilenko, S.V. Pavlov, I.V. Vozna

“… The dental health of the industrial enterprises’ workers has specific differences from the average indicators of the epidemiological examinations, which is associated with a negative effect on the tissue and oral cavity of the working zone’s atmosphere. …”
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Multi-relation-pattern knowledge graph embeddings for link prediction in hyperbolic space by Longxin Lin, Huaibin Qin, Quan Qi, Rui Gu, Pengxiang Zuo, Yongqiang Cheng

“…In recommendation systems, for example, the model can enhance personalized suggestions by better understanding user-item relationships, especially when the relationships are hierarchical, such as in the case of user preferences across different product categories. Existing KGE models mostly learn embeddings in Euclidean space, which perform well in high-dimensional settings. …”
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Geospatial large language model trained with a simulated environment for generating tool-use chains autonomously by Yifan Zhang, Jingxuan Li, Zhiyun Wang, Zhengting He, Qingfeng Guan, Jianfeng Lin, Wenhao Yu

“…Automating the geospatial task solving process can effectively enhance the efficiency of GIS users. Traditionally, researchers tend to design rule-based systems to autonomously solve similar geospatial tasks, which is inflexible and difficult to adapt to different tasks. …”
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Green-Agile Maturity Model: An Evaluation Framework for Global Software Development Vendors by Nasir Rashid, Siffat Ullah Khan, Habib Ullah Khan, Muhammad Ilyas

“…The experts&#x2019; demographic represents 25 different countries. We also identified the industry practices through SLR and survey, to address our identified critical factors. …”
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BIOCHEMICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF COMBINED THERAPY APPLICATION IN THE ACUTE PHASE OF EXPERIMENTAL HELMINTHIASIS OF ANIMALS by E. A. Grishina, A. A. Erovichenkov

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of the invasion process and different strategies of treatment on some biochemical blood indices of mice infested with Syphacia obvelata and Trichocephalus muris of gastrointestinal tract, in order to optimize etiotropic therapy and improve its efficiency. …”
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ST-YOLOv8: Small-Target Ship Detection in SAR Images Targeting Specific Marine Environments by Fei Gao, Yang Tian, Yongliang Wu, Yunxia Zhang

“…Future work will focus on lightweight model optimization for deployment on mobile platforms to broaden its applicability across different scenarios.…”
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