The Application of Ultrasonography in the Detection of Airway Obstruction: A Promising Area of Research or Unnecessary Gadgetry? by Sabina Kostorz-Nosal, Mariusz Kowaliński, Aleksandra Spyra, Bartłomiej Gałuszka, Szymon Skoczyński

“…Although numerous conditions are known to affect diaphragm mobility, including neurological, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, it appears that pulmonary diseases may also limit the mobility of this major respiratory muscle. …”
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CMSS1: A RNA binding protein with pivotal roles in non-small cell lung cancer progression and prognosis by Zhe Fan, Wanyu Liu, Zhiwei Gao, Youfa Liu, Hongyang Hai, Zhenyang Lv

“…This study may provide potential guidance for precision therapy and accurate prognosis prediction for patients with NSCLC.…”
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Socioeconomic factors and all cause and cause-specific mortality among older people in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cohort study. by Cleusa P Ferri, Daisy Acosta, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, Juan J Llibre-Rodriguez, Aquiles Salas, Ana Luisa Sosa, Joseph D Williams, Ciro Gaona, Zhaorui Liu, Lisseth Noriega-Fernandez, A T Jotheeswaran, Martin J Prince

“…In Europe, the effects of better education and home ownership upon mortality seem to persist into old age, but these effects may not generalise to LMICs. Reliable data on causes and determinants of mortality are lacking.…”
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A Retrospective Claims-Based Study Evaluating Clinical and Economic Burden Among Patients With Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis Pain in the United States by Patricia B. Schepman, Sheena Thakkar, Rebecca L. Robinson, Craig G. Beck, Deepa Malhotra, Birol Emir, Ryan N. Hansen

“…Assessing such longitudinal changes may be useful to patients and healthcare providers for tracking disease progression, informing treatment options, and employing strategies to optimize patient outcomes…”
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Track Classification and Characteristics Analysis of Northeast China Cold Vortex During the Warm Season by Jin Tong, Yueming Yu, Qiuping Wang, Xulin Ma, Zhaorong Zhuang

“…Understanding the characteristics of the Northeast China Cold Vortex (NCCV) during the warm season (May to September) is essential for enhancing the forecast skills in Northeast China. …”
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Causal role of the pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside degradation superpathway mediation in Guillain-Barré Syndrome via the HVEM on CD4 + and CD8 + T cells by Xianghua Liu, Lingling Liu, Jiuchang Zhang

“…This study suggests that there is a causal relationship between pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside degradation superpathway and GBS, which may be mediated by HVEM on CD4 + and CD8 + T cells. …”
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Analysis of the Causes for Renal Dysfunction during Antibiotic Therapy in a Patient with Lyme Disease by N. Yu. Velts, E. O. Zhuravleva, G. V. Kutekhova, N. V. Tereshkina, A. O. Lovkova, K. V. Gorelov, V. A. Polivanov, S. M. Gyulakhmedova

“…The probability of a causal relationship between the medicinal product and the ADR was evaluated using the Naranjo algorithm.Results: according to the review of literature and the spontaneous reports collected in Pharmacovigilance 2.0, the database in the Automated Information System of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare, both ceftriaxone and the underlying condition (Lyme disease) may cause renal abnormalities. …”
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Legal Regulation of Relations in the Sphere of Crowdfunding in the Republic of Belarus by A. V. Vasilevskii

“…The minimal necessary set of measures was proposed, which may prevent risks and threats associated with procurement and extension of funds through onlinefunding services. …”
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Identification and Validation of Aging-Related Genes in IgA Nephropathy in the Asian Population by Shu J, Li H, Li H

“…CD36 may have diagnostic value for aging-related IgAN. …”
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Gamified Adaptive Approach Bias Modification in Individuals With Methamphetamine Use History From Communities in Sichuan: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Danlin Shen, Jianping Jiao, Liqun Zhang, Yanru Liu, Xiang Liu, Yuanhui Li, Tianjiao Zhang, Dai Li, Wei Hao

“…Incorporating gamified designs and adaptive algorithms in CBM training may address this issue and enhance engagement and effectiveness. …”
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Multimodal prediction of the need of clozapine in treatment resistant schizophrenia; a pilot study in first-episode psychosis by Jonatan M. Panula, Athanasios Gotsopoulos, Jussi Alho, Jaana Suvisaari, Maija Lindgren, Tuula Kieseppä, Tuukka T. Raij

“…As many as one third of the patients diagnosed with schizophrenia do not respond to first-line antipsychotic medication. This group may benefit from the atypical antipsychotic medication clozapine, but initiation of treatment is often delayed, which may worsen prognosis. …”
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A multistate transition model for survival estimation in randomized trials with treatment switching and a cured subgroup by Haixia Hu, Ling Wang, Kejian Wu, Wei Ge, Jielai Xia, Chen Li

“…The particle swarm optimization algorithm is employed to estimate the model parameters. …”
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Managing the fuzzy boundaries and partitions of marine ecological systems using network theory by Ane Pastor Rollan, Eric L. Berlow, Rich Williams, Eric A. Treml

“…We also suggest that disagreements between algorithms may indicate areas where management boundaries should be flexible or fluid to better reflect the system’s true nature. …”
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Performance Enhancement of Video Data Transmission in Vehicular Adhoc Networks by Nandhini Vineeth, H S Guruprasad

“…Video data in vehicles may serve passengers with information as well as entertainment and, crucially, provide the drivers with dynamic information about the traffic conditions on the road ahead, assisting in reaching their destination safely at the earliest convenience using an optimal route. …”
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Comparison of Cloud Base Height Derived from a Ground-Based Infrared Cloud Measurement and Two Ceilometers by Lei Liu, Xue-jin Sun, Xi-chuan Liu, Tai-chang Gao, Shi-jun Zhao

“…More than 75.5% of the two ceilometers’ differences are within ±200 m and about 89.5% within ±500 m, while only 30.7% of the differences between WSIRCMS and ceilometers are within ±500 m and about 55.2% within ±1000 m. These differences may be caused by the measurement principles and CBH retrieval algorithm. …”
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Differential Protection of Main Transformer of Doubly-Fed Wind Farm Based on Current Synthesized Vector Trajectory Characteristics by Xupeng SONG, Xiaoyang YANG, Zhengzhen FAN

“…During the fault ride-through process of the doubly-fed wind farms, the short-circuit current provided by the wind farm side exhibits frequency deviation, which leads to errors in the Fourier algorithm based phasor extraction. Additionally, the second harmonic restraint element may act incorrectly, leading to longterm blockage of the differential protection. …”
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Optimized detection of insertions/deletions (INDELs) in whole-exome sequencing data. by Bo-Young Kim, Jung Hoon Park, Hye-Yeong Jo, Soo Kyung Koo, Mi-Hyun Park

“…To evaluate INDEL calling from whole-exome sequencing (WES) data, we performed Sanger sequencing for all INDELs called from the several calling algorithm. We compared the performance of the four algorithms (i.e. …”
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The use of rough rules in the selection of topographic objects for generalizing geographical information by Fiedukowicz Anna

“…The conducted research indicates the advantage of the DRST and RST approaches (with the CN2 algorithm) due to the quality of the obtained selection, the greater simplicity of the decision system, and better refined IT tools enabling the use of these systems. …”
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Information flows’ movement analysis in the integrated accounting and analytical system of individual entrepreneurs in the web business on marketplaces sphere by T. M. Nepryahina

“…These studies can be used as the development of state recommendations on accounting by individual entrepreneurs as an alternative to existing ones for organizations. Further studies may be devoted to assessing the effectiveness of the accounting and analytical system for individual entrepreneurs and clarifying the algorithm of automation, as well as obtaining information when accounting within such a system.…”
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An Observational Study on Flask Web Framework Questions on Stack Overflow (SO) by Luluh Albesher, Reem Alfayez

“…Afterward, we utilized the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) algorithm to identify Flask-related topics that are discussed within the set of the identified questions. …”
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