Risk assessment for the population of regions of the Russian Federation from exposure to radon based on data from radiation-hygienic passports of territories by D. V. Kononenko, T. A. Kormanovskaja

“…Such models take into account the combined effect of smoking and exposure to radon.The paper describes the procedure for calculating three risk estimates that could be used to characterize a given region or for interregional comparisons. …”
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Adoption of Climate-smart Agriculture Practices by Smallholder Rice Farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria by Daniel Agou Gabriel, Jane Mbolle Chah, Chibuzo Uzoma Izuogu, Loveday Chukwudi Njoku, Ngozi Umeh, E.

“…The multistage sampling procedure was used to select 142 rice farmers. Structured interview scheduled and focus group discussion were used for data collection. …”
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Lung parenchima changes in neurofibromatosis type 1 by Ilić Aleksandra, Raljević Snežana, Adžić Tatjana, Škodrić-Trifunović Vesna, Stanimirović Jelena

“…This is a case report presenting the NF1 associated with the abnormality of lung parenchyma established during diagnostic procedures at the Intensive Care Unit, Clinic of Pulmonology.…”
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Myocardial electroporation — an alternative to thermal methods of atrial fibrillation treatment by E. A. Archakov, R. E. Batalov, M. S. Khlynin, A. V. Smorgon, S. V. Popov

“…However, the accumulated experience of their use has revealed a number of shortcomings — the lack of long-term pulmonary vein isolation, as well as life-threatening procedure complications. Relatively recent foreign studies showed data on the use of an alternative method of influencing arrhythmogenic foci. …”
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A Rapid Aphasia Assessment Battery for Non-Written Chinese Dialect by Seedahmed S. Mahmoud, Weibin Cheng, Yin Wang, Jiawei Chen, Yuming Zhong, Qiang Fang

“…The battery’s content, including assessment materials, procedures, and scoring criteria, adheres to scientific principles. …”
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ATRIAL SEPTUM FENESTRATION FOR PATIENT WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION by V. V. Plechev, T. Z. Aminov, I. V. Buzaev, I. E. Nikolaeva, B. A. Oleynik, G. A. Khalikova, A. I. Davletbaeva

“…After implantation of fenestrated occluder the patients showed significant improvement of life quality: decrement of breathlessness, higher tolerance to physical exertion, less swelling in lower limbs, absence of syncopal condition. Such procedure perhaps prolongs life time.Conclusion. Implantation of fenestrated occluder, modified in intra-operative conditions, can be an adequate method to help patients with iPAH, under conditions of unavailability of special devices in the market.…”
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Growth Failure in Children with Congenital Heart Disease by Jihye Lee, Teresa Marshall, Harleah Buck, Mulder Pamela, Sandra Daack-Hirsch

“…Long-term use of medications and exposure to repeated diagnostic procedures also contribute to growth failure. Beyond physical effects, growth failure profoundly influences neurodevelopment, psychosocial well-being, and survival outcomes. …”
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Investigation of Firing Conditions and Boron Fluxes for the Optimized Synthesis of LiNi0.9Mn0.05Co0.05O2 for High Energy Density Li‐Ion Batteries by Ethan Williams, David Burnett, Peter Slater, Emma Kendrick

“…Nickel‐rich layered oxide cathodes, such as LiNi0.9Mn0.05Co0.05O2 (NMC 90‐5‐5) exhibit high energy densities but face challenges related to capacity fade and structural instability that arise during the material synthesis procedure. This study explores their synthesis shorter firing times and lower firing temperatures via large‐scale hydroxide precipitation and boron‐based fluxes during sintering. …”
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Optimization of Methods for the Selection of Multifocal Intraocular Correction in Eye-Lens Surgery by N. E. Temirov, N. N. Temirov, G. A. Klimenova

“…All patients underwent ultrasonic phacoemulsification according to the standard procedure on the Centurion apparatus. Monofocal IOLs from leading global manufacturers, such as M-plus, Comfort (Oculentis), Restor (Alcon) and the trifocal IOL manufactured by PanOptix (Alcon) were offered to patients for the implantation. …”
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Edge computing based english translation model using fuzzy semantic optimal control technique. by Na Wang

“…Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Proximal Policy Optimisation (PPO) techniques are implemented as optimal control techniques to optimize the translation procedures and enhance the quality and precision of generated translations. …”
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Bunionectomy as an Acute Postoperative Pain Model: Overview of Common Experimental Methods, and Insights from Past Clinical Trials by Singla N, Rogier T, Meske DS

“…These include bunionectomy’s high signal-to-noise ratio (secondary to the ability to standardize surgical procedures, anesthesia and perioperative care) and relative operational simplicity (including relatively easy subject enrollment). …”
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Monomer release from resin based dental restorative materials exposed to radiation by Busra Gulec, Pinar Gul, Burak Erdemci

“…During the 6-week radiotherapy procedure, the samples were kept in 75% ethanol-water solution. …”
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Trading off 1-norm and sparsity against rank for linear models using mathematical optimization: 1-norm minimizing partially reflexive ah-symmetric generalized inverses by Fampa, Marcia, Lee, Jon, Ponte, Gabriel

“…Fampa and Lee (2018) and Xu, Fampa, Lee, and Ponte (2019) propose local-search procedures to construct sparse block-structured generalized inverses that satisfy the two key M-P properties, plus one more (the so-called reflexive property). …”
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Leveraging Advanced Technologies for Real-Time Plant Disease Monitoring by Mishra Archana, Afzal Md

“…This paper tackles these challenges by dealing with advanced plant disease monitoring and management procedures. The basic datasets are plant images and environmental data, and they have already shown the ability to provide useful information when analyzed with ML Algorithms such as CNN and some ensemble methods. …”
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Magnitude of the smoking problem, knowledge, attitude and practice, among family members of primary school students by Babak Nakhostin-Roohi, Aghdas Sojudi, Mahdi Khorshidi Hosseini

“…</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> considering our findings, two procedures recommended to prevail the problem are to provide greater education about hazards of tobacco consumption among students and their family; and to legislate new laws by officials to ban tobacco use at home.…”
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COVID‐19 in early 2023: Structure, replication mechanism, variants of SARS‐CoV‐2, diagnostic tests, and vaccine & drug development studies by Ilker Polatoğlu, Tulay Oncu‐Oner, Irem Dalman, Senanur Ozdogan

“…Herein, the comparison of diagnostic tests for SARS‐CoV‐2 in terms of procedure, accuracy, cost, and time has been presented. …”
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Integrative management of infrastructure and traction equipment at the railway area by N. F. Sirina, S. S. Yushkova

“…The basis of their interaction is the results of integral assessment that generalized various quantity of indicators and assessment factors of transportation process.Mathematical support of procedures of establishing the cost price is implemented in the Intellectual system of control and handling of the locomotive fleet at the area of the railway production infrastructure. …”
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Significance of EMG and ENMG in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Degenerative-Dystrophic Diseases of the Spine (Literature Review) by E. G. Ippolitova, T. K. Verkhozina, Z. V. Koshkareva

“…The work of our clinic has shown that diagnostic electroneuromyography can be considered as a medical procedure – electropuncture, according to its results, tactics of both surgical and conservative treatment can be determined. …”
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In vivo gluten challenge in coeliac disease by HJ Ellis, PJ Ciclitira

“…In vivo gluten challenge is the gold standard for the assessment of celiac toxicity; however, jejunal biopsy is a relatively invasive procedure, thus, other methods have been investigated. …”
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Patterns of enrollment to community-based health insurance and the situations influencing utilization of the services in Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative study by Getahun Siraw, Bewunetu Zewude, Muluken Meshesha

“…In addition, efforts should be made to make sure that there are enough health workers and that a convenient working procedure is established in health centers.…”
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