Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Source of Information on HIV Infection Among College Students by Zheng C, Tang Q, Zeng J, Zhong H, Xie H, Ou H

“…Caixia Zheng,1,* Qingyun Tang,2,* Jianyong Zeng,1 Huiqun Zhong,2 Hongyan Xie,3 Hongjie Ou1 1Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of General Practice, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hongjie Ou, Department of Infectious diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, No. 10, Shanggu Road, Siming District, Xiamen City, 361003, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China, Email ouhongjie@sina.com Hongyan Xie, Department of General Practice, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No. 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou City, 510515, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Email 492577598@qq.comObjective: To evaluate the college students’ awareness, knowledge, attitude, and source of information on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).Methods: This is a multicenter study with 490 college students participated in the questionnaire survey. …”
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Early Detection of Malignant Cells in Gastric Lavage via Hexokinase 2 and Single-Cell Sequencing for Gastric Cancer Diagnosis by Qian P, Sun J, Zhao Z, Lu P

“…Peiyu Qian,1,2,* Jie Sun,3,* Zhenya Zhao,4 Peihua Lu5 1Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 2Minhang Fudan Medical Education Research Center, Minhang District Central Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201100, People’s Republic of China; 3Center of Clinical Research, the Affiliated Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214023, People’s Republic of China; 4International Medical Care Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214023, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Peihua Lu, Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214023, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8613918164127, Email lphty1_1@163.com Zhenya Zhao, International medical care Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8615221091968, Email 15221091968@163.comObjective: Gastric cancer represents a significant global health challenge due to its high prevalence and mortality rates, largely attributed to the limitations of current screening methods, such as endoscopy, which impede early diagnosis. …”
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New compounds with a dihydropyridine framework as promising hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective agents by Elena S. Ketova, Anna V. Myazina, Elena Yu. Bibik, Sergey G. Krivokolysko

“…The experimental results were statistically processed using the recognized methods of mathematical statistics. When processing the experimental data, the average arithmetic (AA) was determined. …”
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Breast Cancer Knowledge and Attitude Toward Breast Cancer Screening Practice Among Catholic Nuns in Lake Zone—Tanzania by Gotfrida Marandu, Kija Malale, Rose Laisser, Joseph Mwanga, Peter Rambau

“…Study design: The study was a cross-sectional design. Methods: A total of 385 Catholic nuns participated in the study. …”
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Serum RIPK1, Acute Lung Injury, and Outcomes in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multicenter Prospective Study by Cai L, Dou X, Dong W, Zou K, Zhang L, Hong H, Zhang X, Liu J, Tian D, Wu X, Zhang J

“…Multifactorial analytical methods were applied to assess relevancies.Results: Patients, as opposed to controls, had markedly raised serum RIPK1 levels, with the even substantially higher levels in those with lower GCS scores, bilateral pupil enlargement or obliterated basal cisterns. …”
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Microbiological Diagnostic Performance and Clinical Effect of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for the Detection of Immunocompromised Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumon... by Zheng H, Peng P, Wang S, Zhang B, Yang L, Wang Y, Li L, Pang G

“…This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy and clinical applicability of mNGS for immunocompromised patients with CAP compared to the culture method.Methods: This study included 168 patients. …”
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL LIFE INNOVATIONS (2010–2021) by Yuriy A. Zatsnyi., Margaryta О. Zaitseva.

“…In addition, the method of sociolinguistic analysis of the collected material was used. …”
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Overcoming the pitfalls in employee performance evaluation: An application of ratings mode of the Analytic Hierarchy Process by Rafikul Islam, Nagendran Periaiah

“…ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: In the literature, many schemes are available to evaluate employees’ performance. But often, these methods are criticized as they either take all the criteria of evaluation as equally important or they lack the capability to strike a balance between objective and subjective factors. …”
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Impact on Participation and Autonomy Questionnaire (IPA): Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version for Stroke Survivors by He YN, Qin XH, Lv JH, Guo YP

“…Ya-Nan He,* Xiao-Huan Qin,* Jian-Hong Lv, Yan-Ping Guo Department of Nursing, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jian-Hong Lv; Yan-ping Guo, Department of Nursing, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 150 Jimo Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 200120, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-18930805118 ; +86-13764211995, Email lv2253jh6@outlook.com; gyp13764211995@126.comPurpose: This study aimed to evaluate reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy Questionnaire (IPA-C) for people with stroke.Methods: The English version of the IPA (IPA-E) was translated into the Chinese version using the protocol for linguistic validation of patient-reported outcome instruments. …”
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Combining Cirrus and Aerosol Corrections for Improved Reflectance Retrievals over Turbid Waters from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Data by Bo-Cai Gao, Rong-Rong Li, Marcos J. Montes, Sean C. McCarthy

“…The two methods produce comparable retrieved results, but the second method is about 20 times faster than the spectrum-matching method. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of the Role of Heat Shock Proteins in the Immune Microenvironment and Clinical Significance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Xiao H, Wang B, Xiong S, Li C, Ding Y, Chao D, Mei B, Shen N, Luo G

“…However, the specific role of HSPs in HCC requires further investigation.Methods: We analyzed the genomic characteristics of HSPs in liver cancer in the TCGA and ICGC databases, and functional enriched analysis of HSPs. …”
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Predicting Resistance and Survival of HCC Patients Post-HAIC: Based on Shapley Additive exPlanations and Machine Learning by Yao F, Miao J, Quan B, Li J, Tang B, Lu S, Yin X

“…Fan Yao,1,2,* Jianliang Miao,3,* Bing Quan,1,2 Jinghuan Li,1,2 Bei Tang,1,2 Shenxin Lu,1,2 Xin Yin1,2 1Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 3First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xin Yin, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 136 Yi Xue Yuan Road, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Email yin.xin@zs-hospital.sh.cnPurpose: To establish prediction models using Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) and multiple machine learning (ML) algorithms to identify clinical features influencing hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) resistance and survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Patients and Methods: We recruited 286 patients with unresectable HCC who underwent HAIC. …”
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Can Peritumoral Radiomics Based on MRI Predict the Microvascular Invasion Status of Combined Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma Before Surgery? by Guo L, Huang C, Hao P, Jia N, Zhang L

“…Le Guo,1,2,* Chantao Huang,2,* Peng Hao,2,* Ningyang Jia,3 Ling Zhang2,4 1Lab of Molecular Imaging and Medical Intelligence, Department of Radiology, Longgang Central Hospital of Shenzhen (Shenzhen Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine), Shenzhen, 518116, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Imaging Diagnosis, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiology, Shanghai Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, People’s Republic of China; 4Medical Imaging Department of Ganzhou People’s Hospital, Ganzhou, 341000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ling Zhang, Department of Imaging Diagnosis, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-2062786561, Email zhangling_smu@163.com Ningyang Jia, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-02181875211, Email jianingyang6@163.comObjective: To investigate the role of MRI peritumoral imaging in predicting microvascular invasion (MVI) status in patients with combined hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CCA).Methods: Clinical and pathological data and MRI images of 118 patients with surgically resected and pathologically confirmed cHCC-CCA were retrospectively collected. …”
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A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of Brucellosis Research: Insights from CNKI and Web of Science Databases (2014-2023) by Wang J, Cao Q, Guo S, Li Y, Li G, Yan C, Zheng M, Wang D, Xi X

“…Jin Wang,1,2,* Qing Cao,3,* Shijun Guo,1,2 Yonglin Li,1,2 Guowei Li,1,2 Chunjiang Yan,1,2 Minan Zheng,1,2 Dawei Wang,4 Xiaotu Xi1,2 1Emergency Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine(Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 2The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 3The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 4The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dawei Wang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8613580469953, Email david@gzucm.edu.cn Xiaotu Xi, Emergency Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine(Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8613929556092, Fax +86-020-81887233, Email xxttm@gzucm.edu.cnPurpose: This study aimed to analyze the current status, research hotspots, and frontiers of brucellosis from 2014 to 2023 using data from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science (WoS) via CiteSpace, and to provide new insights for researchers in the field.Material and Methods: Articles related to brucellosis published from 2014 to 2023 were retrieved from CNKI and WoS databases. …”
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Blind Direction-of-Arrival Estimation with Uniform Circular Array in Presence of Mutual Coupling by Song Liu, Lisheng Yang, Shizhong Yang, Qingping Jiang, Haowei Wu

“…In addition, two mutual coupling parameter estimation methods are presented after the DOAs have been estimated. …”
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Research on the coordinated output control strategy of novel DPFC based on multi-objective optimization by Yangqing Dan, Hui Zhong, Jun Wang, Yanan Fei, Le Yu, Licheng Sun

“…To improve power distribution control in systems with multiple Distributed Power Flow Controller (DPFC) sub-units, this study addresses the limitations of conventional strategies such as equal distribution and capacity ratio methods, which often result in low device utilization and high power losses, especially under low line regulation conditions. …”
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COMPLEX ASSESSMENT OF EFFICACY OF STATINS PRESCRIBED AT MOST BY CLINICIANS by A. S. Sivkov, E. V. Shih, M. A. Osadchuk, S. K. Sivkova, N. V. Kireeva, N. P. Chernus

“…The data makes it to conclude the simvastatin, atorvastatin and rosuvastatin are equally effective hypolipidemic drugs in HL type IIA and IIB patients. …”
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Reflective error: a metric for assessing predictive performance at extreme events by Robert Edwin Rouse, Henry Moss, Scott Hosking, Allan McRobie, Emily Shuckburgh

“…However, most existing error metrics used to evaluate the performance of environmental machine learning models weigh error equally across test data. Thus, routine performance is prioritized over a model’s ability to robustly quantify extreme behaviors. …”
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Screening Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: An ICT-Based Study by Antonio Sánchez-Cabaco, Beatriz Palacios-Vicario, Lizbeth De La Torre, Rosalía García-García, Jesús Cacho Gutiérrez, Paula Prieto Fernández

“…Objectives: To analyse the cognitive variables of older adults in confinement during COVID-19 using tele-neuropsychology for cognitive assessment, comparing online with in-person screening. Methods: In total, 148 subjects took part in the study. …”
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Potential for material valorization of composites (glass fiber in polyester resin) in concrete: performance evaluation on mortar by Agnès Zambon, Mylène Deleglise-Lagardere

“…For a percentage of substitution equal to 7%, the mechanical strength is lower than that of the reference sample (30% decrease), with a compressive strength equal to 33 MPa (47 MPa for the reference sample). …”
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