Cystic Echinococcosis/Hydatid Cyst Coinfection with HIV: A Report from Shiraz, Iran by Yosef Sharifi, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi, Hamed Nikoupour Dailami, Seyed Hamed Jafari, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Mohammad Bagher Khosravi

“…Therefore, in HIV coinfection with hydatid cyst, surgery is preferable to other treatments.…”
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Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes by Chinonso A. Nwakama, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Zainab M. Oketokoun, Samantha O. Brown, Jillian E. Haller, Adriana Méndez, Mohammad Jodeiri Farshbaf, Y. Zoe Cho, Sanjana Ahmed, Sophia Leng, Jessica L. Ables, Brian M. Sweis

“…We found streptozocin-treated mice disproportionately undervalued less-preferred flavors and inverted their meal-consumption patterns shifted toward a more costly strategy overprioritizing high-value rewards. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nano dicalcium phosphate dihydrate from biogenic sources by Md. Kawcher Alam, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Mofassel Hossen Akash, Muhammad Shahriar Bashar, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed

“…Many crystallographic properties of the synthesized substances were examined, including dislocation density, crystallinity index, relative intensity, preference growth, and microstrain. The DCPD percentage obtained by Rietveld refinement analysis is close to 90 %. …”
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Nasal mask versus conventional oxygen supply for endoscopy under intravenous sedation: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jun Lu, Bo Li, Min Zheng, Yu Deng, Lulong Bo, Wentao JI, Xiaoting Zhang, Jinhai Liu

“…This systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of nasal mask oxygenation in reducing the incidence of hypoxaemia during endoscopy under intravenous sedation compared with the conventional oxygen supply.Methods and analysis This study strictly adheres to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocol guidelines. …”
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ZenLDA: Large-Scale Topic Model Training on Distributed Data-Parallel Platform by Bo Zhao, Hucheng Zhou, Guoqiang Li, Yihua Huang

“…Many large-scale LDA training systems have been developed, which usually prefer a customized design from top to bottom with sophisticated synchronization support. …”
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A novel dynamic machine learning-based explainable fusion monitoring: application to industrial and chemical processes by Husnain Ali, Rizwan Safdar, Yuanqiang Zhou, Yuan Yao, Le Yao, Zheng Zhang, Weilong Ding, Furong Gao

“…The outcomes and results showed that the newly developed strategy is preferable to previous approaches regarding explainability and robust detection and identification of the actual root causes with high FDRs and low FARs.…”
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Triatomine Fauna and Recent Epidemiological Dynamics of Chagas Disease in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil by Cláudia M. Melo, Ana Carla F. G. Cruz, Antônio Fernando V. A. Lima, Luan R. Silva, Rubens R. Madi, Veronica de Lourdes S. Jeraldo, Ruben Mercado

“…The distribution of triatomines exhibits an expanding south-central to northern dispersion, with a preference for semiarid and agreste areas and occasional observations in humid coastal areas due to anthropogenic actions reflected in the environment. …”
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Augmented Reality for extremity hemorrhage training: a usability study by Krishant Tharun, Alberto Drogo, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, Serena Ricci, Serena Ricci

“…It includes a training scenario with a multimodal interactive system made of visual and audio cues, that would adapt to user's learning pace and feedback preference.ResultsUsability tests on 20 subjects demonstrated that the system is well tolerated in terms of discomfort and workload. …”
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“Arming half-baked people with weapons!” Information enclaving among professionals and the need for a care-centred model for antibiotic use information in Uganda, Tanzania and Mala... by Susan Nayiga, Eleanor E MacPherson, John Mankhomwa, Fortunata Nasuwa, Raymond Pongolani, Rita Kabuleta, Mike Kesby, Russell Dacombe, Shona Hilton, Delia Grace, Nicholas Feasey, Clare I.R. Chandler

“…Sharing of general instructions to encourage professionally-prescribed practices was preferred. Conclusions Without good access to prescribers, the tension between enclaving and sharing of knowledge presents an equity issue. …”
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Enhancing the quality indicators and shelf-life of cantonese mooncakes by employing different flour complex ratios formulating crusts to minimize oil penetration by Li-Ya Tseng, Ping-Hsiu Huang, Jhih-Ying Ciou, Yu-Wei Chen, Yeu-Ching Shi, Chia-Lung Wang, Chih-Yao Hou, Ming-Kuei Shih

“…This study highlights formulations incorporating medium- and low-gluten flour (M7L3 and M5L5) which showed reduced oil penetration and retained favorable sensory attributes throughout shelf-life, with panelists preferring these combinations for their texture and appearance. …”
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Sensory and Physicochemical Properties and Stability of Folic Acid in a Pineapple Ready-to-Serve Beverage Fortified with Encapsulated Folic Acid by Geethi Pamunuwa, Harshika Nilakshi, Gagani Rajapaksha, Farrah Shakoor, Desiree Nedra Karunaratne

“…The sensory panel showed the highest preference to pineapple RTS with incorporated encapsulated folic acid at a quantity of its recommended daily intake (400 µg/200 mL) before heat treatment. …”
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Variable domain mutational analysis to probe the molecular mechanisms of high viscosity of an IgG1 antibody by Jing Dai, Saeed Izadi, Jonathan Zarzar, Patrick Wu, Angela Oh, Paul J. Carter

“…Subcutaneous injection is the preferred route of administration for many antibody therapeutics for reasons that include its speed and convenience. …”
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Hibernation Habitat Selection by the Threatened Chinese Softshell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) in the Yellow River Wetlands of Northwest China: Implications for Conservation Manage... by Qingjun Zhu, Meiling Hong, Qiutong Xie, Fei Kong, Liu Lin, Hai‐tao Shi

“…In aquatic habitats, turtles preferred ponded areas formed during the dry period of the Yellow River with low water velocity and less anthropogenic disturbance. …”
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One size does not fit all: revising traditional paradigms for assessing accuracy of QSAR models used for virtual screening by James Wellnitz, Sankalp Jain, Joshua E. Hochuli, Travis Maxfield, Eugene N. Muratov, Alexander Tropsha, Alexey V. Zakharov

“…For this increasingly common task, we now recommend the use of models with the highest positive predictive value (PPV) built on imbalanced training sets as preferred virtual screening tools. This recommendation stems from practical considerations of how the results of virtual screening are used in experimental laboratories where only a small fraction of virtually screened molecules can be tested using standard well plates. …”
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Nível de atividade física de estudantes de educação física no Brasil: uma revisão sistemática by Vitor Tavares da Silva, Lorena Rodrigues Silva, Vinicius Guadalupe Barcelos Oliveira, Bianca Pagel Ramson, Eduardo Lucia Caputo, Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva

“…Metodologicamente tratou-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura, a qual foi estruturada a partir das recomendações do Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). …”
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The Gut Microbiome Regulates the Psychomotor Effects and Context-Dependent Rewarding Responses to Cocaine in Germ-Free and Antibiotic-Treated Animal Models by Andrew D. Winters, Dina M. Francescutti, David J. Kracht, Diptaraj S. Chaudhari, Branislava Zagorac, Mariana Angoa-Perez

“…GF mice also showed reduced cocaine-conditioned place preference (CPP) (<i>p</i> = 0.002), which normalized after conventionalization. …”
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β-Glucosidase VmGlu1 is required for toxin production and pathogenicity of Valsa mali by Xinyue Cui, Dewan Zhang, Liyong Gao, Na Liu, Sen Lian, Weichao Ren, Baohua Li, Caixia Wang

“…In this study, we found that the expression level of the β-glucosidase gene VmGlu1 was induced by 9.42-fold following rutin treatment, and VmGlu1 possessed the capability to degrade both rutin and phloridzin, but under the same conditions, VmGlu1 showed a distinct preference for rutin degradation, with an initial degradation rate 8.66 times higher than that of VmGlu2. …”
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Silicon and Phosphorus Co-doping of Aluminium Nitride Nanotube (SiP-AlNNT) as Sensors for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Fuel Pollutants: A Computational Approach by Musa Runde, Uzairu Muhammad Sada, Friday Odey Izachi, Odey S. Eburu, Anthony M.S. Pembere

“…Comparing the behaviour of the nanotube towards sensing and adsorption of the various PAHs, preference due to tiny differences across the analyses is for anthracene. …”
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Effectively alleviate rheumatoid arthritis via maintaining redox balance, inducing macrophage repolarization and restoring homeostasis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by metformin-... by Rui Zhang, Xingyu Lin, Rongjie Lin, Zhenbin Chen, Chenfang Miao, Yao Wang, Xiaoqin Deng, Jianlong Lin, Shishui Lin, Shaohuang Weng, Min Chen

“…Mechanistically, MCDs restored the homeostasis of FLSs while reducing the level of synovial inflammation by blocking IL-6/gp130 signaling pathway. Combined with preferable biocompatibility, MCDs offer a prospective treatment approach for RA.…”
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Socio-psychological research of value orientations of students by Evgeniia L. Chernyshova, Dmitry V. Ivanov, Ekaterina I. Roschupkina

“…The results received, it was found that the subjects of the sample are really prone to delinquent behavior, they have a low level of volitional control of the affective sphere, a pronounced tendency to aggression and violence against the background of negative attitudes towards social norms and rules, the level of legal awareness is low, a positive attitude to law is not formed, and higher, spiritual values are rejected. Among the preferred values are the values of the hedonistic and gloric vector.…”
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