Measuring readiness for nurse-led shared decision making in clinical practice: development and first testing of the RSDM-N scale by Meiqi Meng, Sihan Chen, Dan Yang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yajuan Yang, Ziyan Wang, Jingyuan Zhang, Xuejing Li, Yufang Hao

“…Methods This study follows the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methodology guidance and has two phases. …”
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Analysis of Breaking Characteristics of C₄F₇N/CO₂ Mixture Gas in Circuit Breaker by Xiaolong Li, Lei Liu, Wen Wang, Zhenxin Geng

“…The core pressure also rises significantly, with a greater pressure difference established in the compressor at moment of arc initiation. This study provides a reference for the design of an environmentally friendly circuit breaker and the selection of the mixed gas ratio.…”
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Influences of the metastability of austenitic stainless steels on the wear behavior in a radial shaft seal system by Tong Zhu, Marek Smaga, Tim Schollmayer, Christoph Burkhart, Oliver Koch, Stefan Thielen, Tilmann Beck

“…It has been proved that regardless of the different initial surface conditions, the metastability of the austenite phase significantly influenced the wear performance of the machine components. …”
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Acta Medica Indonesiana - The Indonesian Journal of Internal Medicine 253 Extended Dual Antiplatelet for Diabetic Elderly Patients After Drug-eluting Stent Implantation: an Evidenc... by Benedicta M Suwita, Purwita W Laksmi, Ika P Wijaya

“…This review has several limitations, such as its potential selection bias and underrepresented proportion of diabetic and elderly patients. …”
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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in hydrocephalus secondary to vestibular schwannomas by Ernesto Enrique Horta-Tamayo, Diana Rosa Ortega-Raez, Luis Cesar Acosta-González, Orestes López-Piloto, Lismary Martínez-Valdés, Martha Suárez-Cruz

“…The following descriptors were used: "Hydrocephalus" and "vestibular schwannomas" or "acoustic neuromas" or "acoustic neurinomas" and "endoscopic third ventriculostomy". The initial search found 195 articles. After selection, 5 articles were chosen for the study. …”
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Efficacy and safety of topical vs. oral calcium channel blockers for chronic anal fissures: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tianshuo Li, Pengfei Ye, Xinli He, Chen Li, Lanlan Xi, Zuowu Xi

“…Two reviewers independently performed study selection, quality assessment, and data extraction. …”
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Study of the process of hydrolysis of milk proteins using enzyme preparations of domestic and production by E. S. Semenova, E. S. Simonenko, S. V. Simonenko, S. N. Zorin, N. A. Petrov, V. K. Mazo

“…To obtain a peptide module with pre-determined physical and chemical parameters, an appropriate selection of initial protein, application of various enzymes, and ranging of technological parameters like pH, temperature, exposure time, enzyme-substrate ratio and other parameters is required.…”
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The integration and associated challenges of Mental Health Competencies in Undergraduate Nursing Education: a scoping review by Precious Chibuike Chukwuere, Nombulelo Esme Zenani, Katlego Mthimunye, Rosemary Godbold, Ghada Shahrour

“…Full-text screening was conducted for all the identified articles, and the research team carefully scrutinized this process. Results The initial literature search generated 717 articles. …”
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Localized In Vivo Electro Gene Therapy (<i>LiveGT</i>)-Mediated Skeletal Muscle Protein Factory Reprogramming by Jacob Hensley, Michael Francis, Alex Otten, Nadezhda Korostyleva, Tina Gagliardo, Anna Bulysheva

“…Plasmid DNA encoding human insulin and human glucokinase were chosen for this study to evaluate the <i>liveGT</i> platform for protein replacement potential. Initial in vitro GET was performed in mouse myoblasts to evaluate human insulin and glucokinase co-delivery. …”
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Thermal degradation of volatile organic compounds in edible oils: A comprehensive HPLC analysis across varieties and heating durations by Basant Shubhankar, Krishna Pyare, Ruby Rani, Suchitra Tyagi, Kavita Kumari, Annapurna Kumari

“…Rice bran oil displayed an initial benzene concentration of 10.00 µg/Kg that reduced to 2.10 µg/Kg. …”
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Acta Medica Indonesiana - The Indonesian Journal of Internal Medicine 253 Extended Dual Antiplatelet for Diabetic Elderly Patients After Drug-eluting Stent Implantation: an Evidenc... by Benedicta M Suwita, Purwita W Laksmi, Ika P Wijaya

“…This review has several limitations, such as its potential selection bias and underrepresented proportion of diabetic and elderly patients. …”
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Automated note annotation after bioacoustic classification: Unsupervised clustering of extracted acoustic features improves detection of a cryptic owl by Callan Alexander, Robert Clemens, Paul Roe, Susan Fuller

“…The clustering process also facilitates a semi-supervised learning approach, allowing rapid selection of uncertain examples for model improvement. …”
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Mapping vulnerability to climate change for spatial planning in the region of Stuttgart by J. M. McMillan, F. Göttsche, J. Birkmann, R. Kapp, C. Schmidt, C. Schmidt, B. Weisser, B. Weisser, A. Jamshed

“…We propose solutions regarding issues such as spatial resolution, indicator selection, aggregation, and complexity; report initial feedback from planners; and make recommendations for further bridging the gap between risk and vulnerability research and planning practice.…”
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Red blood cell count and its inverse association with diabetic retinopathy: Exploratory development of a risk assessment model in a retrospective cohort by Jing Li, Qian Xu, Xiao Yuan, Wen Hu

“…The exploratory model incorporating RBC provides an initial framework for evaluating DR risk in patients with T2DM. …”
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Convergence in key month of phenology-based mangrove species classification using sentinel-2 imagery data: insights from structural and physiological indices by Yangcan Bao, Xiaofeng Lin, Mingming Jia, Zhongyong Xiao, Cuiping Wang, Jiangfu Liao, Yinghui Zhang

“…The results of this study highlight the key phenological patterns and provide guidance for VI selection in future research.…”
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Identify predictive factors for the emergence of self-reported oropharyngeal dysphagia in older men and women populations: a retrospective cohort analysis by Shuang Liu, Shuang Liu, Ling-Jie Fan, Hao Tian, Sha-Sha Wei, Si-Jie Zhang, Mei He, Ji-Hong Wei

“…Employing a random forest feature selection, specifically recursive feature elimination and mean decrease impurity algorithm, we assessed 128 variables to identify critical factors including demographics, health, physical and neurological functionality, and environmental conditions. …”
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Invasion Patterns of the Coypu, <i>Myocastor coypus</i>, in Western Central Greece: New Records Reveal Expanding Range, Emerging Hotspots, and Habitat Preferences by Yiannis G. Zevgolis, Alexandros D. Kouris, Stylianos P. Zannetos, Ioannis Selimas, Themistoklis D. Kontos, Apostolos Christopoulos, Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Triantaphyllos Akriotis

“…In Greece, since its initial recording in 1965, the species has been rapidly expanding, forming sizable populations in northern continental regions. …”
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Deep learning driven interpretable and informed decision making model for brain tumour prediction using explainable AI by Khan Muhammad Adnan, Taher M. Ghazal, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Sajid Farooq, Chan Yeob Yeun, Munir Ahmad, Sang-Woong Lee

“…Abstract Brain Tumours are highly complex, particularly when it comes to their initial and accurate diagnosis, as this determines patient prognosis. …”
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Genomic changes of Lassa virus associated with mammalian host adaptation by Linda Easterbrook, Xiaofeng Dong, Jack Smith, Susan Fotheringham, Sarah Kempster, Catherine Hartley, Tessa Prince, Victoria Graham, Emma Kennedy, Stephen Findlay-Wilson, Lucy Crossley, Roger Hewson, Neil Almond, Julian A. Hiscox, Stuart Dowall

“…Results To evaluate genetic changes in LASV during adaptation to a new host, a guinea pig model of infection was utilised. Initial infection with LASV stocks cultured from cell culture resulted in only mild or subclinical disease. …”
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Bicyclic peptide-enhanced covalent inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease by Qian Wang, Yanhui Wang, Jian Li, Hong Liu, Shiyu Chen

“…Results: The need for peptide display selection in discovering hit bicyclic peptides was overcome. …”
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