Relationship between age and delayed cerebral ischemia in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage requiring invasive mechanical ventilation: a secondary analysis by Qing-qing Wu, Wei-wen Chen, Tian-lai Lin, Cun-rong Chen, Zhi-rong Ding, You-li Chen

“…After adjusting for confounding variables, for patients aged < 53 years, the risk of DCI increased by 14% (OR, 1.14; 95% CI 1.05–1.23) for each 1-year increase in age. For patients aged 53 to 77 years, the risk of DCI decreased by 19% (OR, 0.81; 95% CI 0.73–0.88) for each 1-year increase. …”
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Photodiagnosis and photodynamic recognition of cervical cancer with SEM and AFM images. by Sevcan Aytaç, Gürkan Özbey

“…One approximate and three detail coefficients have been obtained for each one AFM and SEM cervix images. Homogeneity, contrast, angular second moment, entropy, mean, standard deviation, correlation, cluster prominence, dissimilarity, and cluster shade values have been calculated for each of these one approximate and three detail coefficients. …”
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Revealing viral hepatitis epidemiology in the Democratic Republic of Congo: insights from yellow fever surveillance reanalysis by Patrick Mukadi-Kakoni, Yannick Munyeku-Bazitama, Gracia Kashitu-Mujinga, Marguerite Manwana-Pemba, Niclette Zenga-Bibi, Patient Okitale-Talunda, Christelle Mbelu-Kabongo, Fleurette Domai-Mbuyakala, Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu, Pierre Mutantu-Nsele, Yoshinao Kubo, Sheila Makiala-Mandanda, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Koya Ariyoshi, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

“…Tailored interventions are required for mitigating the burden of viral hepatitis in each province.…”
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UAV launch methods by Oleksandr Dobrodomov, Vladyslav Proroka, Oleksii Kulyk

“…As a result, a flowchart was developed to select the preferred type of launch device for each UAV class and usage conditions. This, in turn, allows this conceptual article to serve as a foundation for more in-dep. …”
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Ethnobotany, floristic and phytochemical studies of medicinal plants used to treat uterine fibroids in Mbarara City, Uganda by Calton Nantinda, Esther Lynnet Kisakye, David Musana, Isaac Ssessanga, Ukashar Ssenabulya, Timothy Omara, Ivan Kahwa, Florence Nalimu

“…Fabaceae (10.6%), Asteraceae, Lamiaceae (8.5% each), Asparagaceae and Cucurbitaceae (6.4% each) were the most ordinary families. …”
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Implementation of Differentiated Learning in Improving Problem-solving Skills in Collaborative Projects Based on Science and Technology by Desy Aprima, Sasmita Sari

“…Through this approach, each student can receive learning that is appropriate to their ability level, allowing them to actively participate in collaborative science and technology projects. …”
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Prediction of digestible energy requirement in growing finishing stage of pigs using machine learning models by Nibas Chandra Deb, Jayanta Kumar Basak, Sijan Karki, Elanchezhian Arulmozhi, Dae Yeong Kang, Niraj Tamrakar, Eun Wan Seo, Junghoo Kook, Myeong Yong Kang, Hyeon Tae Kim

“…Two experiments were conducted in 2022 and 2023, involving a total of eighteen 65-day-old crossbred pigs during each experimental period. These pigs were equally divided into three experimental pig barns, each comprising three gilts and three boars, and subjected to different DE content diets. …”
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The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of diabetic foot ulcers in the South African public healthcare sector by M J Turner, S Leigh-de Rapper, T P Mokoena, S van Vuuren

“…Sample swabs were taken from 51 DFUs using the Levine method. Each sample swab was spread onto blood agar plates, and thereafter individual pathogens were isolated. …”
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Assessment of long-term changes in subvalvular aortic stenosis in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Vladlen V. Bazylev, Andrey B. Voevodin, Alexey S. Masyutin

“…Cox regression analysis found that each year of patient’s age increased the risk of no postoperative decrease in IVS thickness after surgery by 12% every month. …”
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Asking an AI for salary negotiation advice is a matter of concern: Controlled experimental perturbation of ChatGPT for protected and non-protected group discrimination on a context... by R Stuart Geiger, Flynn O'Sullivan, Elsie Wang, Jonathan Lo

“…We submitted 98,800 prompts to each version, systematically varying the employee's gender, university, and major, and tested prompts in voice of each side of the negotiation: the employee versus their employer. …”
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Automatic Classification of Difficulty of Texts From Eye Gaze and Physiological Measures of L2 English Speakers by Javier Melo, Leigh Fernandez, Shoya Ishimaru

“…We compared machine learning classifiers combining eye, skin and heart sensor data against models using each modality separately. Additionally, we assessed the effect on model performance of shifting the data to account for delayed physiological responses. …”
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Calibration of Low-cost Sensors for Measurement of Indoor Particulate Matter Concentrations via Laboratory/Field Evaluation by Doheon Kim, Dongmin Shin, Jungho Hwang

“…Nonetheless, a high correlation (R2 > 0.9) between each LCS and GRIMM 11-D was obtained. Field evaluation was conducted at Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea) from February 12 to March 31, 2022. …”
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Evaluation of Patients’ Received Doses in Chest CT Scan Protocols for COVID-19 Diagnosis by Sadegh Shurche, Tinoosh Almasi, Maryam Tima, Nima Rostampour

“…The maximum Size-Specific Dose Estimate (SSDE) was 11.97 ± 0.2 and 21.58 ± 0.9 milli Gray (mGy) for each protocol, respectively. The maximum carcinogenicity was 1.09 × 10−4 and 3.05 × 10−4, respectively. …”
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Relationship Between the Number of Occlusal Supporting and Medical Cost: Analysis Using Large Claims Database from Employee Health Care Insurance in Japan by Tatsunori Murata, Korenori Arai, Kosuke Kashiwagi, Shunsuke Baba

“…The proportion of patients who had at least one medical visit and annual medical expenditure in the best condition classes in each classification measure (i.e. A1 for Eichner classification and Area I for Miyachi classification in both endpoints) were 58.2% and 61.1%, and JPY34&#8239;597 (US\$314.52 at JPY110/US\$) and JPY43&#8239;129 (US\$392.08), respectively. …”
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Pesticide application and water quality in Doho and Kibimba rice irrigation schemes, eastern Uganda by Sulaiman, Abubakar Aminua, Sarah, Nachuha, Zakia, Tebetyoc

“…A total of 60 samples (30 from each site) on physicochemical characteristics were collected in situ using standard equipment. 200 local community members (100 from each scheme) were randomly selected while on the farm and interviewed. …”
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ORE MINERALS OF THE BURANOVSKOE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT (SOUTHERN URALS) by A.V. Kasatkin, A.M. Kuznetsov, N.A. Arzamastsev3

“…They occur as individual grains and intergrowths with each other or simple sulfides and form numerous inclusions in fahlores in quartz-scheelite veins. …”

Multi-object coaxial imaging with an Airy beam array by Qi Zhou, Yanfeng Bai, Wei Tan, Xiaohui Zhu, Xiaoqian Liang, Jian Li, Xianwei Huang, Xiquan Fu

“…While most multi-object imaging methods require objects not to be coaxial, which must ensure that each object is within the line-of-sight (LOS) of beam progression. …”
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Trajectories of a magnetic sphere in a shaken three-dimensional granular bed under low gravity by Ke Cheng, Meiying Hou, Wei Sun, Zhihong Qiao, Xiang Li, Tuo Li, Mingcheng Yang

“…Trajectories under various vibration modes are captured and analysed for each gravity level. This paper offers an exhaustive account of data collection and algorithms used for data processing, ensuring the dependability and precision of the datasets obtained. …”
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Trends in innovation management development by Krstić Milan, Skorup Ana, Lapčević Goran

“…In the background of technological progress generations of innovation can be found. Each of them is implemented as a process in which the idea of a change is born, and only after that the change is commercialized, this leading to its adoption by a wider range of users. …”
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New Rome-IV criteria of the functional dyspepsia (review) by A. A. Sheptulin, A. A. Kurbatova

“…Frequent combination of PDS and EPS both with each other, with such symptoms as nausea and belching and some other diseases as gastroesophageal reflux disease and irritable bowel syndrome was demonstrated. …”
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