Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics of symptomatic pituitary adenomas in elderly patients: a consecutive series of 114 patients by Run Wang, Xiaodi Han, Cheng Xie, Qinghua Zhang, Liang Kan, Sheng Han

“…BackgroundPituitary adenomas (PAs) present with clinical features such as neuroendocrine abnormalities and mass effects, common in the general morbidity population. However, in elderly patients, the disease progression renders some clinical features difficult to detect and identify in time. …”
Get full text

Metro Train Stopping Scheme Decision Based on Multisource Data in Express-Local Train Mode by Jin Li, Yaqiu Wang, Shiyin Zhang, Huasheng Liu

“…Therefore, the stopping schemes in accordance with the trend of the passenger flow are more conducive to improving the attractiveness of the rail transit and improving the sharing rate of the urban public transit. …”
Get full text

Intra-articular injections in the treatment of osteoarthritis by Yu. A. Olyunin, I. N. Schendrigin

“…When comparing the effectiveness of these drugs, it was shown that during the 1st month, HA had more favorable results, after 3 months the results did not differ significantly, and after 6 months, the effectiveness of HA was higher. …”
Get full text

Source reconstruction accuracy of MEG and EEG Bayesian inversion approaches. by Paolo Belardinelli, Erick Ortiz, Gareth Barnes, Uta Noppeney, Hubert Preissl

“…In contrast, ARD and GS are more robust to noise and less affected by temporal correlations between sources. …”
Get full text

Migratory birds benefit from urban environments in a highly anthropized Neotropical region. by Rodrigo Pacheco-Muñoz, Adrián Ceja-Madrigal, Jorge E Schondube

“…In this study, we examined how migratory birds use urban, productive, and wildland environments of a highly anthropized region of Western Mexico known as "El Bajío". We used Generalized Linear Models to compare species richness, abundance, and the functional traits of migratory bird assemblages among these three environments. …”
Get full text

Identification method for wheel/rail tread defects based on integrated partial convolutional network by CHENG Xiang, HE Jing, ZHANG Changfan, JIA Lin

“…The effectiveness and generalizability of the proposed method were further validated through comparative experiments, visualization analysis, and generalization tests.…”
Get full text

Internal Control Systems and Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Nandaula, Mwebe Lilian

Get full text

Effects of Process Parameters on Microstructure Evolution of Pure Aluminum Target under Clock 135° Collaborative Hot Rolling: A Simulation Study by Rui Xu, Xin Xu, Shengcan Ma

Get full text

Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death in a Female Patient Presenting with Takotsubo-Like Cardiomyopathy due to Epicardial Coronary Vasospasm by Sorin Giusca, Tom Eisele, Peter Nunninger, Benedikt Münz, Grigorios Korosoglou

“…The prognosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy is generally more favourable compared to myocardial infarction; however, severe complications such as rupture of the LV and life-threatening arrhythmias may occur. …”
Get full text

Interaction Prediction on BACE-1 Inhibitors Data for Alzheimer Disease using Message Passing Neural Network by Bihter Daş, Suat Toraman

“…The medical condition that develops as memory loss, dementia, and a general decrease in cognitive functions due to the death of brain cells over time is called Alzheimer's disease. …”
Get full text

Anxiety and depression in relation to anxious driving and driver behaviors: the moderating role of traffic climate by Berke Taş, Derya Azık Özkan, Bahar Öz

“…Moreover, moderation analyses revealed that traffic climate factors, including functionality and external affective demands, moderate the relationship between anxiety and driving behaviors. …”
Get full text

Förutsättningar för ämnesspecifik läsförståelse i samhällskunskap i grundskolan by Åsa af Geijerstam, Jenny Wiksten Folkeryd, Yvonne Hallesson, Pia Raattamaa Visén

“…Results show that the classrooms where teachers work according to special models give clearer support to read and comprehend longer coherent verbal texts by using this type of texts and working with them through a variety of functions for reading activities, activities general for several subjects as well as more subject specific activities. …”
Get full text

‘Many of our customers are discharged patients’: A linguistic study of references to healthcare users in a Finnish pharmacy magazine by Satu Johanna Siiskonen

“…Asiakas ‘customer, client’ is more common than potilas ‘patient’ in all functional frames of pharmacy services, including medical treatment and care. …”
Get full text

Quantitative Assessment of the Uncertainty in Aerosol Optical Property Inversion due to Different Surface Reflection Models by Haoling Zhang, Lei Li, Xindan Zhang, Ke Gui, Yu Zheng, Huizheng Che

“…SSA retrievals are more scattered, with larger root mean square error, yet lower relative deviations due to generally larger values. …”
Get full text

Self-similar Decomposition of the Hierarchical Merger Tree of Dark Matter Halos by Wenkang Jiang, Jiaxin Han, Fuyu Dong, Feihong He

“…At a fixed final mass ratio, however, subhalos of higher-level, higher-mass-ratio, and in more massive haloes tend to be accreted more recently. …”
Get full text

Designing a Platform for Additional Subject Training of Schoolchildren Based on Professional Requests of Teachers by P. S. Lomasko, A. L. Simonova, D. A. Barkhatova, L. B. Khegay

“…The purpose of the research is to determine the needs of teachers and concretize the structural, content, technological and ergonomic characteristics of the new regional platform for the implementation of additional subject training of schoolchildren in the Krasnoyarsk region, functioning in a digital society. Despite the fact that today online education resources are gaining more and more popularity, providing unlimited access to sources of knowledge for all segments of the population, their use in the real educational process, including additional subject training of schoolchildren, is not gaining such popularity as among the adult contingent of students. …”
Get full text

Evaluation and Comparison of Resource sustainability of Two Forest Reserves in Hamadan Province by Mohsen Akbari, Alireza Ildoromi, Farhad Ghasemi Aghbash, Iman Pajohan

“…The role and impact of biodiversity with the highest weight is the most important indicator in the sustainability of both reserves. In general, the study of relative weights for each reserve, total relative weights, final weight of each reserves in terms of sustainability showed the Somaqh forest reserve are more preferred than Aznavaleh reserve in terms of biodiversity, socio-economic criteria, legal frameworks, policies Organizational, production roles and quality .The results show that the Somaqh Valley deposit with a final weight of 0.71479764 is in a better condition in terms of stability than the Baneh Aznavaleh reserves with a final weight of 0.480654343. …”
Get full text

Safety of creatine supplementation: analysis of the frequency of reported side effects in clinical trials by Adriana Gil, Drew E. Gonzalez, Kelly Hines, Diego A. Bonilla, Richard B. Kreider

“…Background Individual studies have indicated that creatine monohydrate supplementation is generally well tolerated and not associated with clinically significant side effects. …”
Get full text

The UPBEAT nurse-delivered personalized care intervention for people with coronary heart disease who report current chest pain and depression: a randomised controlled pilot study. by Elizabeth A Barley, Paul Walters, Mark Haddad, Rachel Phillips, Evanthia Achilla, Paul McCrone, Harm Van Marwijk, Anthony Mann, Andre Tylee

“…CHD patients reporting chest pain and scoring 8 or more on the HADS were randomized to personalized care (PC) or treatment as usual (TAU) for 6 months and followed for 1 year. …”
Get full text

Effects of outdoor play on body composition and physical performance in children: the Yamanashi Adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study. by Masanori Wako, Taro Fujimaki, Jiro Ichikawa, Kensuke Koyama, Ryoji Shinohara, Sanae Otawa, Anna Kobayashi, Sayaka Horiuchi, Megumi Kushima, Zentaro Yamagata, Hirotaka Haro, Yamanashi Adjunct Study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group

“…Unlike previous studies focusing on general physical development, this study scrutinized specific physical functions, uncovering correlations between phase angle and muscle quality. …”
Get full text