Anaerobic Co-digestion of Fresh Maize Leaves with Elephant Grass by AD Olugbemide, AO Imasuen, PO Oleghe, JO Efosa

“…However, Digesters C and D had negative effects on biogas yield producing 460ml and 400ml. …”
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The utility of artificial intelligence in identifying radiological evidence of lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis in a high-burden tuberculosis setting by Z Z Nxumalo, E M Irusen, B W Allwood, M Tadepalli, J Bassi, C F N Koegelenberg

“…In total, 382 chest radiographs that had a confirmed diagnosis were assessed: 127 with lung cancer, 144 with PTB and 111 normal. …”
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Assessment of Nuchal Translucency Nasal Bone and Ductus Venosus Flow in the First Trimester: Pregnancy Outcomes by Şafak Özdemirci, Deniz Esinler, Funda Özdemirci, Melek Bilge, Funda Akpınar, İnci Kahyaoğlu

“…We had 3 fetuses with Down syndrome. Among these 3 fetuses, we noted NT≥3.5 mm in 1 fetus, absence of nasal bone in 1 fetus and abnormal DV flow in 1 fetus. …”
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Model Analyses of Changes in Spring Surface Ozone Concentrations over Shandong Province in the Period of 2014–2017 by Jialin Li, Juzhen Cai, Houfeng Liu, Xiao Han, Yongfu Xu, Xiaofang Cai, Meigen Zhang

“…Besides, the changes in NOx emissions had a close relationship with the variations in O3 concentrations when the changes of O3 were dominated by the emission variations.…”
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YOUTHS PROTEST IN NIGERIA: THE ENDSARS IN PERSPECTIVE by Felix Ikalewumi

“…This piece employs discourse analysis and uses secondary sources of data. While many researches had looked into youth protests mostly in the advanced countries, Africa generally, only a few assessed youth protests in Nigeria so far. …”
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Silent Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Case Report of Atypical Antipsychotic Induced Elevation of Creatinine Kinase and Altered Mental Status by Amber N. Edinoff, Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amira S. Odisho

“…There were two case studies noted that had marked increases in serum CK with risperidone use. …”
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The healthcare burden of isolated aortic valve insufficiency by Ibrahim Sultan, Michael Ryan, Candace Gunnarsson, Natalie Heidrich, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula

“…We utilized Optum United Health Care Database for US patients who had an AI claim between 2017 and 2022, with 12 months of continuous enrollment (baseline period) prior to diagnosis. …”
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Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills of Junior High School Student: Development of Interactive Worksheet Based on Discovery Learning Model by Khumaeroh Dwi Nur'aini, Abdul Rachman Taufik

“…The results of the study obtained that the interactive worksheet device that had been developed had met the criteria of valid, practical, and effective. …”
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Comparative Analysis of AES, Blowfish, Twofish, Salsa20, and ChaCha20 for Image Encryption by Rebwar Khalid Muhammed, Ribwar Rashid Aziz, Alla Ahmad Hassan, Aso Mohammed Aladdin, Shaida Jumaah Saydah, Tarik Ahmed Rashid, Bryar Ahmad Hassan

“…The results showed that ChaCha20 had the best average time for both encryption and decryption, being over 50% faster than some other algorithms. …”
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Insights into prostate cancer awareness and perceptions among men in Tshwane by L Nzombe, J Shirinde, S Patrick

“…In this study, 91.7% of the subjects responded that they had heard about PCa, while 11% thought they might be at risk for having PCa. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Monetary Incentives on Web Survey Response Rates in the UK Millennium Cohort Study by Charlotte Booth, Erica Wong, Matt Brown, Emla Fitzsimons

“…Therefore, the incentive had a significant positive effect on response rates and some aspects of data quality. …”
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Immune thrombocytopenia in infants: a retrospective study with comparison to toddlers by Anselm Chi-wai Lee

“…Infants with ITP generally had minor or mild bleeding (19, 86.4%) and seldom required treatment (7, 31.8%), and their thrombocytopenia resolved at a mean of 1.90 months after diagnosis. …”
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Prevalence of risk factors for coronary artery disease in an urban Indian population by S Singh, M Singh, S K Singh, R Aggarwal, T Sekhri, R S Kanwar, R Wilfred, P Chugh, M Chhillar, Y K Sharma, J Sethi, J Sundriyal, K Bhadra, N Rautela, Tek Chand

“…Overall, 78.6% subjects had two or more risk factors for CAD.Conclusions The present study demonstrates a high prevalence of CAD risk factors in the Indian urban population. …”
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Length of stay after colorectal surgery in Italy: the gap between “fit for” and “actual” discharge in a prospective cohort of 4529 cases by Lorenzo Pandolfini, Duccio Conti, Piercarlo Ballo, Silvia Rollo, Alessandro Falsetto, Gian Matteo Paroli, Paolo Ciano, Michele Benedetti, Leonardo Antonio Montemurro, Giacomo Ruffo, Massimo Giuseppe Viola, Felice Borghi, Gianandrea Baldazzi, Massimo Basti, Pierluigi Marini, Mariano Fortunato Armellino, Vincenzo Bottino, Giovanni Ciaccio, Alessandro Carrara, Gianluca Guercioni, Marco Scatizzi, Marco Catarci, the Italian ColoRectal Anastomotic Leakage (iCral) study group

“…Conclusions Among other factors, the gap between FFD and AD had an independent impact on LOS. The most frequent reasons for this gap were “not willing to return home” and “social constraint”, while the “need for postoperative rehabilitation” had the greater clinical impact.…”
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Spatiotemporal distribution of rural multifunctionality and its influencing factors: a case study of the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt, China by Yu Chen, Jun Wang

“…The results are as follows: (1) Rural regional agglomeration had obvious characteristics that are undergoing a key transformation from slow to radical. …”
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Effects of Resveratrol on Liver Function Tests in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by P. Ebrahimpour, M. Karamian, A. Sharifi

“…Moreover, subgroup analysis revealed that neither resveratrol dose nor intervention duration had any significant effect on the serum ALT and AST levels.Conclusion. …”
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Follow-Up of Newborns with Neural Tube Defects: A Single Center Experience by Umit Ayse Tandircioglu, Cansu Kethuda Ensert Cihan, Hasan Tolga Celik, Burcak Bilginer, Sule Yigit

“…Eighty-nine (n=32) percent of these patients had meningomyelocele, whereas 90% (n=27) of them had defects in the lumbosacral region. …”
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Antenatal Depression and Anxiety Among Women with Threatened Abortion: A Case-Control Study by Bahar Sariibrahim Astepe, Sukriye Bosgelmez

“…Conclusion: Pregnant women without obstetric complications had similar rates of depression and anxiety as in women with threatened abortion, although anxiety levels were higher in women with threatened abortion. …”
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Innovative approach of nomography application into an engineering educational context. by Trevor Blight, Pedro Martínez-Pagán, Leif Roschier, Daniel Boulet, Lorena Yepes-Bellver, Víctor Yepes

“…Subsequently, a Likert scale survey was conducted, which showed that students had a great and renewed interest in nomography and found it helpful in the engineering learning process. …”
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The first cases of collagenous sprue successfully treated with thioguanine by Chris J J Mulder, Gerd Bouma, Tom van Gils, Tine van de Donk, Foke van Delft, E Andra Neefjes-Borst

“…Evaluation of small bowel biopsies was performed by an expert pathologist.Results None of the patients had ever had coeliac-specific antibodies, and all were negative for HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 phenotype. …”
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