The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Luca Pugliese, Alessandra Luciano, Marcello Chiocchi

“…By providing information on cardiac morphology and function and tissue characterization, CMR is particularly helpful in the quantification of myocardial wall thickness, the detection of hypertrophy in areas blind to echocardiogram, subtle morphologic features in the absence of LV hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and apical aneurysm, the evaluation of LV outflow tract obstruction, and the assessment of LV function in end-stage dilated HCM.…”
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An optimization method of multiscale storage tank target detection introducing an attention mechanism by Wenjia Sun, Chunchun Hu, Nianxue Luo, Qiansheng Zhao

“…Finally, the EIOU loss function is employed instead of the CIOU loss function in the original model to improve the algorithm’s accuracy and speed. …”
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An Algorithm for Extracting Features of Basketball Players' Foul Actions Based on an Attention Mechanism by Peng Wang

“…After fusion, the feature fusion results are input into the classifier with the cross-entropy loss function as the loss function, and the probability value of each possible foul action and the tag target probability are output, complete basketball player foul action feature extraction. …”
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Technologies and mechanisms of crisis management in educational institutions by Cychuk Оlga

“…The author characterizes the technology of anti-crisis management, which involves the following steps: identification of negative impacts from the social or internal environment; forecasting the sequence of possible crisis phenomena; drawing up an action plan to prevent the manifestations of various types of crises; elaboration of various types of regulations; advanced training of teachers; identification of measures to minimize the impact; and implementation of measures to enhance the competitiveness of an educational institution; directing the activities of the team to overcome obstacles; promoting the prevention and overcoming of conflicts in the team; strengthening the responsibility of the team members for the performance of their job functions and the educational institution; introducing continuous monitoring of the state of the pedagogical system in the educational institution; developing a strategy for realizing the opportunities for the development of the educational institution by avoiding crises. …”
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External Determinants of the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – Empirical Analysis by Renata Lisowska

“…The implementation of the above-presented goals was based on the following assumptions: (i) the current situation of the surveyed enterprises is determined with the use of quantitative indicators (turnover volume, number of employees, market share, profit levels) (ii) the analysis of external determinants encompasses three components of the environment: the macro-environment, the meso-environment and the micro-environment, (iii) in each analysed area there are separate analyses conducted for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, enabling greater precision in the identification of external determinants of development for each category of businesses.…”
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deep-Sep: a deep learning-based method for fast and accurate prediction of selenoprotein genes in bacteria by Yao Xiao, Yan Zhang

“…Our algorithm has proved to be a powerful tool for comprehensively characterizing selenoprotein genes in bacterial genomes, which should not only assist in accurate annotation of selenoprotein genes in genome sequencing projects but also provide new insights for a deeper understanding of the roles of selenium in bacteria.IMPORTANCESelenium is an essential micronutrient present in selenoproteins in the form of Sec, which is a rare amino acid encoded by the opal stop codon UGA. Identification of all selenoproteins is of vital importance for investigating the functions of selenium in nature. …”
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Early years examination to identify suspect cerebral visual impairment (EYE-CVI): a feasibility study by Kathleen Vancleef, Rachel F Pilling, Brendan T Barrett

“…The subtests with poor performance in all three areas (pass rate, completion rate and engagement score) were ‘structure from motion’, ‘missing part’ and ‘coherent motion’.Conclusion Training EYT to administer visual function testing is feasible, in that some elements can be conducted in all children with a reasonably short test time. …”
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Endothelial dysfunction in congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency: current knowledge and novel biomarkers by Joanna Hubska, Joanna Hubska, Zuzanna Roszkowska, Małgorzata Bobrowicz, Sebastian Iwaniuk, Beata Rak-Makowska, Beata Rak-Makowska, Urszula Ambroziak

“…We also discuss in vivo methods for assessing endothelial function alongside the potential utility of novel biomarkers, which may facilitate earlier identification of vascular dysfunction and stratification of cardiovascular risk. …”
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Cortical representational geometry of diverse tasks reveals subject-specific and subject-invariant cognitive structures by Tomoya Nakai, Rieko Kubo, Shinji Nishimoto

“…Abstract The variability in brain function forms the basis for our uniqueness. Prior studies indicate smaller individual differences and larger inter-subject correlation (ISC) in sensorimotor areas than in the association cortex. …”
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Updates to the checklist of nocturnal Macroheterocera (Lepidoptera) of the Central High Atlas of Morocco: One new species added for Morocco by Nidal Fetnassi, Omar Er-rguibi, Abdessamad Aglagane, Mohamed Ghamizi, Erki Õunap

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Analysis of PM_2.5 Pollution Transport Characteristics and Potential Sources in Four Chinese Megacities During 2022: Seasonal Variations by Kun Mao, Yuan Yao, Kun Wang, Chen Liu, Guangmin Tang, Shumin Feng, Yue Shen, Anhua Ju, Hao Zhou, Zhiyu Li

“…The result indicates that: (1) the proposed method outperformed Kriging, inverse distance weighting (IDW), and HASM, with coefficient of determination values ranging from 0.91 to 0.94, and root mean square error values ranging from 1.98 to 2.43 µg/m³, respectively; (2) all cities show a similar seasonal pattern, with PM_2.5 concentrations highest in winter, followed by spring, autumn, and summer; Beijing has higher concentrations in the south, Shanghai and Xi’an in the west, and Chengdu in central urban areas, decreasing toward the rural area; (3) potential source contribution function and concentration weighted trajectory analysis indicate that Beijing’s main potential PM_2.5 sources are in Hebei Province (during winter, spring, and autumn), Shanghai’s are in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, Xi’an’s are in Southern Shaanxi Province, and Chengdu’s are in Northeastern and Southern Sichuan Province, with all cities experiencing higher impacts in winter; (4) there is a negative correlation between precipitation, air temperature, and seasonal PM_2.5 levels, with anthropogenic emissions sources such as industry combustion, power plants, residential combustion, and transportation significantly impact on seasonal PM_2.5 pollution.…”
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Advances in Donkey Disease Surveillance and Microbiome Characterization in China by Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Yan Li, Mingxia Zhu, Mengmeng Li, Tongtong Wang, Zhenwei Zhang, Wenqiang Liu, Qingshan Ma, Changfa Wang

“…The health implications of donkey microbiota extend to critical areas including nutrition, immune function, and disease susceptibility. …”
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Utilizing Circadian Heart Rate Variability Features and Machine Learning for Estimating Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Levels in Hypertensive Patients: A Composite Multiscale E... by Nanxiang Zhang, Qi Pan, Shuo Yang, Leen Huang, Jianan Yin, Hai Lin, Xiang Huang, Chonglong Ding, Xinyan Zou, Yongjun Zheng, Jinxin Zhang

“…Background: Early identification of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) levels during the progression of hypertension is essential to prevent cardiac deterioration. …”
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Assessing the Predictive Utility of the C-Reactive Protein-to-Lymphocyte Ratio for Mortality in Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis by Ching-Ya Huang, Shao-Chun Wu, Yuan-Hao Yen, Johnson Chia-Shen Yang, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Ching-Hua Hsieh

“…<b>Introduction:</b> Early identification of high-risk traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients is crucial for optimizing treatment strategies and improving outcomes. …”
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Unraveling shared diagnostic genes and cellular microenvironmental changes in endometriosis and recurrent implantation failure through multi-omics analysis by Dongxu Qin, Yongquan Zheng, Libo Wang, Zhenyi Lin, Yao Yao, Weidong Fei, Caihong Zheng

“…ROC analysis showed that the Area Under the Curve (AUC) values for individual genes in disease diagnosis were all above 0.7. …”
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Construction and Validation of an Early Warning Model for Predicting the 28-Day Mortality in Sepsis Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Yu X, Jiao Z, Yang F, Xin Q

“…Furthermore, the nomogram demonstrated superior predictive performance, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.784 for the training group and 0.689 for the validation group.Conclusion: This nomogram integrates laboratory indicators pertinent to the patient’s metabolic status, hypoxia status, and organ function, thereby enhancing the accuracy of early prediction of 28-day mortality in sepsis patients with COPD. …”
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Cluster of symptoms in kidney failure: A systematic review by Jaime Gomariz-Ruiz, David Pérez-Cruzado, Daniel Gutiérrez-Sánchez

“…Background: Chronic kidney disease is a global problem characterized by a progressive decrease in kidney function with associated symptoms. A better understanding of these symptoms could lead to the development of personalized strategies. …”
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Feasibility of estimating the percentage of desert pavement using Tasseled Cap Transformation indices extracted from Landsat 8 images by farzaneh Fotouhi Firoozabad, Atefeh jebali

“…Desert surfaces that are covered in stones, rubble, and sand that can't be carried by wind are known as desert pavements. The identification of areas that have desert pavement and the estimated percentage of pavement coverage, as well as the sensitivity of the land unit to wind erosion, can lead to the identification of critical centers of wind erosion. …”
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Contrasting responses of steppe Stipa ssp. to warming and precipitation variability by Xiaomin Lv, Qijin He, Guangsheng Zhou

“…Abstract Climate change, characterized by warming and precipitation variability, restricted the growth of plants in arid and semiarid areas, and various functional traits are impacted differently. …”
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SEISMIC BELTS AND ZONES OF THE EARTH: FORMALIZATION OF NOTIONS, POSITIONS IN THE LITHOSPHERE, AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL by Semen I. Sherman, Olga G. Zlogodukhova

“…The research data in the present publication confirm strong arguments in favor of transition to quantitative classification of SZs, identification of faults which are active in real time and function as concentrators of earthquake foci, and evaluation of parameters of fault zones which determine space­and­time locations of earthquake foci.This publication demonstrates the need to develop tectonophysical models of SPs and apply such models to gain a more comprehensive understanding of interactions/correlations between seismic zones in cases of catastrophic earthquakes and/or closely spaced SBs with similar states of stresses.…”
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