Design of a Low Threshold Single-Mode In-P Laser Using Regrowth-Free Fabrication by A. Sharma, P. Landais, M. Srivastava, M. Wallace, F. Smyth, A. Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, P. Anandarajah

“…Subsequently, the extracted parameters are used in a rate equation model to predict the performance of the laser in terms of its L <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ - $</tex-math></inline-formula> I characteristics and the sidemode suppression ratio (SMSR). …”
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Optimization of ivacaftor-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles for solubility enhancement by Akshay Parihar, Akshay Parihar, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Himanshu Paliwal

“…The in vitro dissolution study showed improved release pattern from the optimized formulation and release profile followed first-order model indicating a sustained release pattern from lipid matrix.ConclusionThis delivery system presented development of stable nanoparticle formulation exhibiting sustained release pattern, which may contribute to therapeutic outcomes in comparison with drug alone. …”
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Evaluation of planting arrangment and methods on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) seeds by H. Khazaei

“…The highest and lowest fruit and seed yield were obtained in Rokh (two row per ridge and 120×30 cm planting pattern) and Toroq (one row per ridge and 140×50 cm planting pattern) regions, respectively with 2.7 and 3.1 times difference. …”
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Risk of Incidence and Lethality by Etiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hospitalized Children Under 1 Year of Age in Brazil in 2024: A Cross-Sectional Study by Tamires de Nazaré Soares, Natasha Cristina Oliveira Andrade, Suziane do Socorro dos Santos, Marcela Raíssa Asevedo Dergan, Karina Faine Freitas Takeda, Jully Greyce Freitas de Paula Ramalho, Luany Rafaele da Conceição Cruz, Perla Katheleen Valente Corrêa, Marli de Oliveira Almeida, Joyce dos Santos Freitas, Wilker Alves Silva, Marcos Jessé Abrahão Silva, Daniele Melo Sardinha, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima

“…Distribution by final classification and epidemiological week (EW) was analyzed; the incidence rate by Federative Unit (FU) (cases/100,000 < 1 year) with risk classification (Low/Moderate/High) was assessed; and, for cases with positive viral RT-PCR, the etiological frequency and virus-specific lethality rate (deaths/total cases of etiology ×100), also with risk classification, were extracted. …”
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Heating Experiments on Benthic Foraminifera Ammonia sp. to Assess the Suitability of Amino Acid-Based Dating by Rahmadi Hidayat, Didit Hadi Barianto, Sugeng Sapto Surjono, Che Aziz Ali

“…The racemization rate differs from four selected amino acids reported in this study, where aspartic acid is the fastest, followed by glutamic acid, valine and isoleucine epimerization. …”
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Assessment of the experimental infection by Echinostoma paraensei (Lie & Basch, 1967) (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in two Biomphalaria tenagophila (D’Orbigny, 1835) (Gastropoda: P... by Michele Maria Santos, Juberlan Silva Garcia, Raquel de Oliveira Simões, Samaly dos Santos Souza, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Zilton de Araújo Andrade, Arnaldo Maldonado Júnior

“…A correlation between the number of miracidia and the infectivity rate of B. tenagophila (TAIM) was observed. There was no correlation between the number of miracidia used and the number of cercariae released for both B. tenagophila isolates. …”
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Análisis técnico-económico para selección de aspersores Technical and economical analysis for sprinkler selection by Eduardo A. Holzapfel, Ximena M. Pardo, Vital P. da S. Paz, Antonieta Rodrigues, Ximena C. Orrego, Marco A. Lopez

“…To accomplish this an analysis was performed of different factors such as rate of water application, available time for irrigation, wind velocity, distribution pattern and pressure. …”
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Varied Presentations and Clinical Outcomes of Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposit: An Indian Series of Five Patients by Uttayan Chakrabarti, Manish Chaturvedy, Arghya Majumdar, Nitin Kumar Bajpai, Aasma Nalwa, Tapabrata Das, Arpit Agarwal, Rajesh Jhorawat

“…The mean estimated glomerular filtration rate at presentation was 34.6 ml/min/1.73 m2 with 60% patients presenting as RPRF, the mean proteinuria being 5.8 g/day. …”
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Experimental Investigations of the Process of Carbonate Fracture Dissolution Enlargement under Reservoir Temperature and Pressure Conditions by Jingxia Wang, Qingchun Yu

“…The laboratory dissolution rate of S1, S2, S3, and S4 were 2.50 × 10−6, 3.11 × 10−6, 2.70 × 10−6, and 3.04 × 10−6 mol/m2/s. …”
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Artificial slope deformation monitoring and analyzing based on SBAS technology by Xiaochuan Huang, Xiaochuan Huang, Xiaochuan Huang, Jincang Liu, Jincang Liu, Jincang Liu, Ting Yang, Ting Yang, Ting Yang, Yun Li, Yun Li, Yun Li, Lipeng Zhou, Lipeng Zhou, Lipeng Zhou

“…To address this gap, we employed the SBAS-InSAR methodology to analyze 44 Sentinel-1 SAR images spanning a highway slope region in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, integrating the slope’s construction timeline to temporally dissect deformation patterns and assess geological risks. Our results revealed a maximum annual average settlement rate of −35.69 mm/yr and a peak cumulative settlement of −28.9 mm, with deformation trends strongly correlated to construction phases—primarily concentrated between April 2022 and March 2023. …”
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GPC3: a novel mutated gene in pleuropulmonary blastoma by Jiahang Zeng, Xinying Wang, Yingyi Xu, Qinglin Yang, Junzheng Peng, Fenghua Wang, Jue Tang, Dongmei Huang, Jiachi Liao, Yunyu He, Lin Huang, Jianhua Liang, Le Li, Zefeng Lin

“…Survival analysis revealed that patients with high GPC3 expression (GPC3+++) exhibited a markedly lower two-year survival rate (30%) compared to moderate (GPC3++, 75%) and low (GPC3+, 90.9%) expression groups (p = 0.0035). …”
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Multi-modal remote sensory learning for multi-objects over autonomous devices by Aysha Naseer, Naif Almudawi, Hanan Aljuaid, Abdulwahab Alazeb, Yahay AlQahtani, Asaad Algarni, Ahmad Jalal, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu, Hui Liu, Hui Liu

“…The assessment findings show a remarkable recognition rate of around 97.90% and 98.90%, on the AID and the UC Merced Land datasets, respectively.…”
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Immune-related adverse events of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with perioperative cancer: a machine-learning-driven, decade-long informatics investigation by Yuan Meng, Rong Hu, Song-Bin Guo, Deng-Yao Liu, Zhen-Zhong Zhou, Hai-Long Li, Wei-Juan Huang, Xiao-Peng Tian

“…During the past decade, the amount of research in the field of NAI safety has displayed a positive trend (annual growth rate: 30.2%), and it has achieved good global collaboration (international coauthorship: 17.43%). …”
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Lipidomic analyses reveal the dysregulation of oxidized fatty acids (OxFAs) and acyl-carnitines (CARs) in major depressive disorder: a case-control study by Lei He, Na Duan, Chong Wang, Ru Shan, Jing Li, Lin Wang, Qiuli Liu, Junwei Tao, Li Liu, Xiaoliang Ma, Bing Cao

“…Results Based on the filtering criteria of false discovery rate (FDR) -adjusted P < 0.05, variable importance in projection (VIP) > 1.5, and fold change (FC) > 2.0 or < 0.5, a total of 40 lipids were identified as significantly different. …”
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Effects of different exercise modalities on blood pressure and endothelial function in prehypertension individuals: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yingtian Yang, Qianyu Lv, Xinzheng Hou, Yanfei Lv, Xirui Zhang, Qian Wu, Xuejiao Ye, Chenyan Yang, Mingyu Huang, Shihan Wang

“…The surface underneath the cumulative ranking curve data was utilized to rate interventions. Confidence was evaluated using the CINeMA framework.ResultsA total of 18 articles with 2,592 individuals were included in the NMA. …”
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Prospective Study of the Association Between Frailty and Health Care Utilization in Patients With Advanced CKD by Alice L. Kennard, Alice M. Richardson, Suzanne Rainsford, Kelly L. Hamilton, Nicholas J. Glasgow, Kate L. Pumpa, Angela M. Douglas, Girish S. Talaulikar

“…Frailty independently predicted ED presentation (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 1.25, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09–1.43), hospitalization (IRR: 1.22, 95% CI: 1.08–1.37), and total days of hospitalization (IRR: 1.29, 95% CI: 1.06–1.57) independent of demographics, comorbidity, disability, and inflammation. …”
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Watching live performances enhances subjective and physiological emotional responses compared to viewing the same performance on screen by Damien Gabriel, Julie Devos, Sandrine Chapuis, Alexandre Comte, Pierre-Edouard Billot

“…Heart rate increased with musical intensity in both conditions, while EEG data showed reduced arousal levels during the live performance, possibly reflecting deeper cognitive absorption. …”
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Encephalitis Unraveled: The Unlikely Encounter of Sickle Cell Disease and Cerebral Malaria in a Teenager by Christer Ruff, Leonie Zerweck, Andrea Bevot, Jonathan Remppis, Benjamin Bender, Ulrike Ernemann, Georg Gohla

“…Cerebral malaria is a rare complication of malaria infection and is associated with a high mortality rate.…”
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Gastric Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma: An Important Differential Diagnosis for a Rapidly Growing Gastric Subepithelial Tumor - A Case Report and Literature Review by Nah Ihm Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Seon-Young Park, Hyun A Cho, Ho-Goon Kim

“…Gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a low-grade lymphoma with a long median survival time because of its low proliferation rate. A 75-year-old man was referred to the hospital for hematemesis. …”
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Stomata as the Main Pathway for the Penetration of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Pb into Wheat Leaves by Ke Zhang, Yujing Liang, Chuang Ma, Haopeng Guo, Fuyong Liu, Aihua Gao, Nan Liu, Hongzhong Zhang

“…Compared to the control group (CK), the treatment of T1 and T2 significantly increased Pb concentration in both leaves and grains, as well as the Pb accumulation rate in grains (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS) technology visually confirmed the distribution of particulate Pb in the stomatal region, demonstrating that solid-state Pb can penetrate the leaves through stomata. …”
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