Application of Real-Time 3D Navigation System in CT-Guided Percutaneous Interventional Procedures: A Feasibility Study by Priya Bhattacharji, William Moore

“…To evaluate the accuracy of a quantitative 3D navigation system for CT-guided interventional procedures in a two-part study. Materials and Methods. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Ventricular Fibrillation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction by Ruifeng Liu, Xiangyu Gao, Jihong Fan, Huiqiang Zhao

“…The calibration curve showed a strong alignment between predicted probabilities and observed outcomes, with a mean absolute error of 0.033. …”
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Accurate Needle Localization in the Image Frames of Ultrasound Videos by Mohammad I. Daoud, Samira Khraiwesh, Rami Alazrai, Mostafa Z. Ali, Adnan Zayadeen, Sahar Qaadan, Rafiq Ibrahim Alhaddad

“…Ultrasound imaging provides real-time guidance during needle interventions, but localizing the needle in ultrasound videos remains a challenging task. …”
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RNA Splicing Aberrations in Hereditary Cancer: Insights from Turkish Patients by Seda Kilic, Ozge Sukruoglu Erdogan, Seref Bugra Tuncer, Betul Celik Demirbas, Zubeyde Yalniz Kayim, Hulya Yazici

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Evaluating the Booster Grant’s Impact on YouthMappers’ Climate Activism and Climate Education in Sri Lanka by Ibra Lebbe Mohamed Zahir, Suthakaran Sundaralingam, Meerasa Lewai Fowzul Ameer, Sriram Sindhuja, Atham Lebbe Iyoob

“…A Radial Basis Function (RBF) model revealed moderate predictive accuracy, excelling in variables like CAE and TSR but indicating higher error rates in SPI and CEC. Practical outcomes include flood risk maps, curriculum-integrated teaching schemes, and localized mapping workshops. …”
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Social Desirability Bias in a Randomized Controlled Trial That Included Breastfeeding Promotion in Western Kenya by Christine P Stewart, Charles D Arnold, Anne M Williams, Benjamin F Arnold, Amy J Pickering, Holly Dentz, Marion Kiprotich, Audrie Lin, Clair Null, John M Colford, Jr., Kathryn G Dewey

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Evaluating quasi-experimental approaches for estimating epidemiological efficacy of non-randomised field trials: applications in Wolbachia interventions for dengue by Jo Yi Chow, Lin Geng, Somya Bansal, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, Lee Ching Ng, Ary Anthony Hoffmann, Jue Tao Lim

“…However, assessing its real-world efficacy is challenging due to the non-randomised, field-based nature of most intervention studies. This research re-evaluates the spatial–temporal impact of Wolbachia interventions on dengue incidence using a large battery of quasi-experimental methods and assesses each method’s validity. …”
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How Physicians Learn to Say "I'm Sorry": Power, Culture, and Apology in Medical Education by Stephanie Quon, Sarah Low, Sarah Zhou, Katherine Zheng

“…Background: Apologizing after a medical error is a vital component of ethical, patient-centered care. …”
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Individual psychological characteristics and features of coping with the disease in patients with the first psychotic episode and post-psychotic depression as targets for psychosoc... by E. Yu. Antokhin, A. V. Vasilyeva, T. A. Boldyreva, R. I. Antokhina

“…Purpose of the study: to determine the individual psychological characteristics and features of coping with the disease in patients with the first psychotic episode and post-psychotic depression in order to identify targets for subsequent psychosocial interventions. We examined 1112 patients who underwent the first psychotic episode, of which, after the introduction of inclusion/exclusion criteria, two groups were formed in the final design: 243 patients with postpsychotic depression and 119 patients without depression in partial remission. …”
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Developing an Equitable Machine Learning–Based Music Intervention for Older Adults At Risk for Alzheimer Disease: Protocol for Algorithm Development and Validation by Chelsea S Brown, Luna Dziewietin, Virginia Partridge, Jennifer Rae Myers

“…While lifestyle interventions show promise for reducing cognitive decline, culturally sensitive interventions are needed to ensure acceptability and engagement. …”
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The effect of abdominal drawing-in manoeuvres and abdominal bracing techniques via telerehabilitation on lumbar repositioning error in seated sedentary participants with chronic lo... by Pongsatorn Saiklang, Thiwaphon Chatprem, Parvinee Saiklang, Rungthip Puntumetakul, Gillian Yeowell

“…To investigate the effects of two LSE techniques, ADIM and AB, delivered via telerehabilitation on lumbar repositioning error (LRPE), numeric rating scale, and transversus abdominis muscle performance in seated sedentary participants with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and LI. …”
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Planning community-based intervention for speech for children with cleft lip and palate from rural South India: A needs assessment by Subramaniyan Balasubramaniyan, Vaidyanathan Raghunathan, B. Rajashekhar, B. W. C. Sathiyasekaran, Roopa Nagarajan

“…Results: In this study, inter-rater reliability between three evaluators revealed good agreement for the parameters: resonance, articulatory errors and voice disorder. About 83.8% (n = 151/180) of the participants demonstrated errors in articulation and 69% (n = 124/180) exhibited abnormal resonance. …”
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Auto-expansion software prompting reduces abbreviation use in electronic hospital discharge letters: an observational pre- and post-intervention study by Shamus Toomath, Emily J Hibbert

“…Methods Observational pre- and post-intervention study conducted in 2019 at a tertiary referral hospital in Western Sydney. …”
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Development of a Laser Surgical Device with Vibration Compensation: Mechanical Design and Validation of Its Compliant Mechanism by Emil Ionuț Niță, Daniel C. Comeagă, Dragos A. Apostol, Virgil-Florin Duma

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Accurate hourly AQI prediction using temporal CNN-LSTM-MHA+GRU: A case study of seasonal variations and pollution extremes in Visakhapatnam, India by Sreenivasulu T, Mokesh Rayalu G

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Accidental Intravenous Administration of Simethicone in a 4-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report by Agnė Lozovskytė, Gabija Laubner Sakalauskienė, Robertas Badaras

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Dry Eye Disease among Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study on the Impact of Screen Time and Sleep Quality by Aninda Debnath, Anita Verma, Swati Verma, Nidhi Vadanere, Priyansha Gupta

“…In contrast, students with refractive errors had a lower likelihood of developing DED (adjusted OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.27–0.72, P < 0.01). …”
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Resolving Artifacts in Voltage‐Clamp Experiments with Computational Modeling: An Application to Fast Sodium Current Recordings by Chon Lok Lei, Alexander P. Clark, Michael Clerx, Siyu Wei, Meye Bloothooft, Teun P. de Boer, David J. Christini, Trine Krogh‐Madsen, Gary R. Mirams

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A power analysis framework to aid the design of robust semi-field vector control experiments by Andrea M. Kipingu, Dickson W. Lwetoijera, Kija R. Ng’habi, Samson S. Kiware, Mafalda Viana, Paul C. D. Johnson

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# Language processing characteristics in normal pressure hydrocephalus: insights from eye-tracking analysis of incorrect responses by Ji-Yeong Kim, Jiho Lee, Nayeon Kim, Ki-Su Park, Janghyeok Yoon, Kyunghun Kang, Ji-Wan Ha

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