Exposure-response functions of the correlated environmental exposures green space, noise, and air pollution for quantifying mortality burden in health impact assessment by Xuan Chen, Ulrike Gehring, Georgia M.C. Dyer, Kees de Hoogh, Sasha Khomenko, Haneen Khreis, Natalie Mueller, Roel Vermeulen, Harry Williams, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Gerard Hoek

“…The studies show substantial variability in exposure levels and correlations between exposures. …”
Get full text

Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in chronic kidney disease: a study of kidney biopsy cases by Hideaki Kuno, Go Kanzaki, Rina Oba, Takaya Sasaki, Kotaro Haruhara, Kentaro Koike, Nobuo Tsuboi, Takashi Yokoo

“…Abstract Background The interplay between cardiac and kidney functions is mediated by the autonomic nervous system. …”
Get full text

Spatiotemporal Change Analysis and Multi-Scenario Modeling of Ecosystem Service Values: A Case Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Agglomeration, China by Jing Duan, Pu Shi, Yuanyuan Yang, Dongyan Wang

“…Next, the changes to ESV under various scenarios were investigated through the equivalent coefficient method. In order to make more targeted recommendations for regional development, the study also used hotspot analyses to explore the impacts of LUCs on ESV. …”
Get full text

Biochar and its impact on soil profile and plant development by Lin Xu, Kai-Chao Wu, Zhi-Nian Deng, Cheng-Mei Huang, Krishan K. Verma, Tian Pang, Hai-Rong Huang

Get full text

Optimizing hospital length of stay and bed allocation using a fuzzy stochastic transportation problem framework with lomax distribution, by Dr.D. Kalpanapriya, Pullooru Bhavana

“…Additionally, the integration of fuzzy and stochastic elements led to a 20 . reduction in bed allocation mismatches, optimizing resource utilization across hospital departments. • Novel Integration of Lomax Distribution in FSTPWLD: Utilizes the Lomax distribution to model heavy-tailed LOS data, capturing inherent uncertainty and variability in hospital discharge times. • Optimized Decision-Making for Healthcare Management: Employs probabilistic constraints and fuzzy stochastic models to balance operational costs and patient care quality, improving resource allocation. • Validated through Simulations and Practical Scenarios: Numerical experiments highlight the model's effectiveness in reducing bottlenecks and enhancing hospital administration efficiency.…”
Get full text

Main indicators of the credit organizations of the Russian Federation: vectors of changes by T. V. Grishina

“…In recent years, changes in the structure of the banking system and the profi tability of operations conducted by banks. Analysis of the functioning of the system shows a reduced role of banking indicators in the formation of the Russian GDP. …”
Get full text

Different whole body HIIT protocols do not promote different muscle thickness and functional adaptations among healthy physically active subjects by Alexandre L. Evangelista, Júlio B. B. de Camargo, Roberta L. Rica, Luiz Carlos Carnevali Júnior, Gregg S. Mallett, Valentina Bullo, Marco Bergamin, Stefano Gobbo, Danilo S. Bocalini

“…Morphological (ultrasound-derived muscle thickness of the vastus lateralis [MTVL]) and general fitness (muscle endurance and maximal oxygen consumption) assessments were performed at pre- and post-intervention moments.ResultsBoth training protocols elicited significant improvements in all dependent variables (p < 0.05), with no significant between-group differences.ConclusionRegardless of the training configuration, both WB-HIIT programs serve as time-efficient strategies to induce changes in muscle thickness of the vastus lateralis and functional adaptations in healthy, physically active young individuals.…”
Get full text

Sensitivity Analysis of Numerical Coherency Model for Rock Sites by Dongyeon Lee, Yonghee Lee, Hak-Sung Kim, Jeong-Seon Park, Duhee Park

“…Because of difficulties in developing an empirical coherency function from a site-specific dense array, it is seldom used in practice. …”
Get full text

The association between TNF-receptors (TNFR1 and TNFR2) and mortality as well as kidney function decline in patients with chronic kidney disease by Per Wändell, Tobias Feldreich, Anders Larsson, Philip A. Kalra, Johan Ärnlöv, Toralph Ruge, Axel C. Carlsson

“…Differences in eGFR decline in relation to plasma TNFR1 and TNFR2 were estimated by both linear and logistic regression models, with regression coefficients and odds ratios (ORs). Results: Univariate models showed significant associations between TNFR1 (n = 985) and TNFR2 (n = 988) and all-cause mortality based on 7424 person-years at risk, but in the fully adjusted models with continuous variables significant only for TNFR2 HR 1.17 (1.03–1.34), but with a borderline value for TNFR1 HR 1.15 (1.00–1.31). …”
Get full text

Neural correlates of subjective cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review of structural and functional brain changes for early diagnosis and intervention by Giulia Marafioti, Laura Culicetto, Desirèe Latella, Angela Marra, Angelo Quartarone, Viviana Lo Buono

“…Dynamic functional connectivity studies report reduced brain activity efficiency, while graph theory analyses show decreased network integration. …”
Get full text

Evaluating the effects of urban development on the ecological carrying capacity of Isfahan city based on the system dynamics approach by Zahra Dehghan Manshadi, Parastoo Parivar

“…In order to validate the model, the historical trend and simulation of two variables of urban population and the number of industries have been compared using the coefficient of determination.Results and discussion: The pressure factors on the urban carrying capacity were detected and analyzed by assessing key variables in the system, such as water sustainability (WSI) and air quality, as well as changes in the landscape structure of Isfahan using landscape metrics. …”
Get full text

Direct methanol fuel cells parameter identification with enhanced algorithmic technique by Manish Kumar Singla, Muhammed Ali S.A, Ramesh Kumar, Hamed Zeinoddini-Meymand, Farhad Shahnia

Get full text

Research Progress of Intelligent Evaluation and Virtual Reality Based Training in Upper Limb Rehabilitation afrer Stroke by XIE Qiurong, LIN Wanqi, ZHANG Qi, SHENG Bo, ZHANG Yanxin, HUANG Jia

“…Automated assessment of upper extremity motor function based on machine learning algorithms with markerless sensing techniques has focused on the Fugl-Meyer assessment of upper extremity (FMA-UE), Brunnstrom stages, and Wolf motor function test (WMFT) scales and has been proved with high-scoring accuracy and time efficiency. …”
Get full text

Energy optimization through morphing blade design under structural constraints: a case study on the NREL 1.5 MW wind turbine by Najafian Arezoo, Jahangirian Alireza

“…The morphing process is modeled using an m-degree shape function and optimized through a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to maximize power generation while minimizing structural displacement and thrust forces. …”
Get full text

Eficiência técnica na suinocultura: efeitos dos gastos com meio ambiente e da renúncia fiscal Technical efficiency in swine breeding: effect of the expenses with the environment an... by Benedito D. Pereira, João C. de S. Maia, Rosalina Camilot

“…After estimating the technical efficiency indices with data of ten properties situated in Mato Grosso from production functions, whose dependent variable is represented by the production of swine and the independent ones are the consumption of water, electricity and the amount of workers directly tied with the productive process. …”
Get full text

How Can We Manage Repairing a Broken Finite Vibrating String? Solutions to the Problem I by Vladimir L. Borsch

Get full text

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and loss-of-function of the protein underlie the X-linked epilepsy associated with the W356× mutation in synapsin I. by Maila Giannandrea, Fabrizia C Guarnieri, Niels H Gehring, Elena Monzani, Fabio Benfenati, Andreas E Kulozik, Flavia Valtorta

“…Given that the NMD efficiency is highly variable among individuals and cell types, we investigated also the effects of expression of the mutant protein and found that it is expressed at lower levels compared to wild-type synapsin I, forms perinuclear aggregates and is unable to reach presynaptic terminals in mature hippocampal neurons grown in culture. …”
Get full text

Measurement of Salivary Cortisol for Revealing Age-Specific Dependence of Cortisol Levels on Time, Feeding, and Oxygen Metabolism in Newborn Infants by Tomoko Suzuki, Sachiko Iwata, Chinami Hanai, Satoko Fukaya, Yuka Watanabe, Shigeharu Nakane, Hisayoshi Okamura, Shinji Saitoh, Osuke Iwata

Get full text

Advanced IoT-based monitoring system for real-time photovoltaic performance evaluation: Conception, development and experimental validation by Njimboh Henry Alombah, Jerome Ndam Mungwe, Ambe Harrison, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Hilaire Bertrand Fotsin

“…Moreover, the Internet of Things (IoT) functionality allows for the remote monitoring and data collection of a PV system from any location on the globe. …”
Get full text

MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION DESIGN FOR CUTTING MECHANISM OF ROADHEADER BASED ON IMPROVED GENETIC ALGORITHM by MAO Jun, PAN DeWen, XIE Miao, ZHENG GuangHui

“…The comprehensive performance of cutting mechanism of roadheader is decided by cutting dust,quantity of pick consumption,specific density consumption,load fluctuation and production efficiency. This paper takes motion parameters and structure parameters of cutting mechanism for design variables and optimizes multi-objective function of comprehensive performance of cutting mechanism based on the improved genetic algorithm. …”
Get full text