Profile of the geriatric patient hospitalised at Universitas Hospital, South Africa by Anna M. van Staden, Dirk J.V. Weich

“…Women represented 66% of the patients and the mortality rate was 17% in the total study group. The main admitting clinical problems were hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart disease and anaemia. …”
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Heat transfer enhancement using Cu+Al2O3 ferro magnetic nanoparticle confession in an elliptic duct device with energy conservation by Noreen Sher Akbar, M. Fiaz Hussain, Javaria Akram, Fahid Riaz, Muhammad Farooq

“…Various findings suggest that flow rate as well as Brinkmann number enhances entropy for the hybrid nanofluid both independently. …”
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Metode Deteksi Intrusi Menggunakan Algoritme Extreme Learning Machine dengan Correlation-based Feature Selection by Sulandri Sulandri, Achmad Basuki, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar

“…The results of the research conducted using the ELM method showed an accuracy rate of 81.97% with a computation time of 3.39 seconds. …”
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Towards more reliable gambling cost estimates, a population-based study with register-linkage by Tiina A. Latvala, Matthew Rockloff, Matthew Browne, Tomi Roukka, Tomi P. Lintonen, Anne H. Salonen

“…Additionally, costs could be presented as Int$ per adult using the PPP exchange rate to facilitate the comparison of gambling costs between countries.…”
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Health Literacy, Label Comprehension, and Consumer Perceptions of Quasi-Drug Information Among Korean Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ko Y, Kim HJ, Lee SM

“…The survey included demographic data, quasi-drug usage patterns, comprehension of 63 quasi-drug terms, and perceptions of label elements. …”
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Non-linear association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and 90-day mortality in patients with pneumonia receiving glucocorticoids alone or in combination with other immunosup... by Caizhen Chen, Xiuguo Zhang, Baoli Li, Qian Geng

“…On the right side of the inflection point, the hazard ratio was 1.0057(95% CI:0.9923-1.0192; p = 0.406), reflecting a lack of statistical significance. Similar patterns were observed in subgroup analyses, with significant interaction effects noted for age and smoking status. …”
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Quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease during initial treatment by LV Qing-na, ZHANG Xin-yu, HAN Wei, ZHANG Yan-yun, LI Yan-yan, LIU Qi-gui, REN Xian-long, YIN An-chun, SHI Tie-ying, LI Ping, XING Wei, YANG Yue

“…Objective To explore and compare the effects of hemodialysis（HD） vs.peritoneal dialysis（PD） of the quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease（ESRD）.Methods Sixty cases of ESRD receiving initial PD（PD group,n = 30） or HD（HD group,n = 30） were surveyed by the questionnaire procedure.Kidney disease quality of life short form(KDQQL SF^TM Version 1.3 was used.The forms were distributed per month for consecutive 8 months.There were 480 questionnaires in total,in which valid questionnaires were 480,with the effective rate being was 100%.Results（1）SPL was continuously increased with time with the correlation being statistically significant（P =0.0000）.HD group got the maximum value for 2 groups at the sixth and seventh month after constant increases,and thereafter the value basically remained unchanged.PD group reached the maximum value at the eighth month after stable increases.（2） Effects of kidney disease（EKD） varied with the time with the correlation being statistically significant（P = 0.018）.PD group got the maximum value for 2groups at the third and fifth month after constant increases and the value was basically the same after that HD group reached the maximum value at the eighth month after stable increases.（3） Sleep patterns increased over time with the correlation being statistically significant（P = 0.029）.HD group got the maximum value for 2 groups at the sixth month after constant increased,and the value was basically the same after that PD group got the maximum value at the third month after stable increases.（4） Physical function（PF） increased over time with the correlation being statistically significant（P =0.0000）.HD group reached the maximum value for 2 groups at the sixth and eighth month after constant increases.PD group got the maximum value at the sixth,seventh and eighth month after significant increases.（5） Vitality（VT） changed over time with the correlation being statistically significant（P = 0.0000）.The VT values in both groups were constantly increased,and got the maximum at the third month and then decreased significantly after that Conclusions In the initial treatment,we can provide the correct guidance and help patients with ESRD to choose the more reasonable and feasible methods of dialysis,according to the patient’s personal situation and family social condition.…”
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MPC based frequency control of an autonomous microgrid integrated with electric vehicles by Abdullahi Bala Kunya, Muhamad M. Mundu, Aminu Babangida, Péter Tamás Szemes

“…One of the crucial issues is the unpredictability of EV usage patterns, which can lead to sudden fluctuations in generation-demand balance. …”
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Observational Study on Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Breathing Control for Reducing Dental Anxiety in Children by Sorana Maria Bucur, Ioana Maria Crișan, Dorin Ioan Cocoș, Eugen Silviu Bud, Carmen Galea

“…Cluster analysis revealed three response patterns: (1) high anxiety–strong responders (n = 58), mainly benefiting from JPMR; (2) moderate anxiety–partial responders (n = 74); and (3) low anxiety–non-responders (n = 57). …”
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Neural Networks vs. Regression: A Comparative Analysis in Medical Data Processing by Minodora ANDOR, Gheorghe Ioan MIHALAŞ

“…The use of simulated data revealed that NN might be more effective in larger datasets with potential non-linear patterns, but limited interpretability. Conclusion: AI-based models are, indeed, recommended for data processing of large and/or unstructured complex medical data sets. …”
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A biobank for complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) and PTSD: study protocol for a cross-sectional study by Alice Mok, Chrystal Douflias, Lena K. L. Oestreich

“…Additionally, participants will wear an Actigraph smart watch for seven days to collect actigraphy-derived physiological data, including sleep patterns and heart rate variability. All de-identified data will be made openly available on the Open Science Framework upon publication of the main study findings, in accordance with ethical approvals and institutional guidelines for privacy and data security.Conclusion This comprehensive protocol addresses significant gaps in understanding C-PTSD through its multimodal approach. …”
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Compressibility characteristics and modification effect of coal reservoirs in Longtan Formation, Nanchuan area, southeast Chongqing by Jinxian LIU, Tao GUO, Yatong ZHOU, Dongyang LI, Xiaobo JIN

“…Mudstone roof plates with high clay mineral content are brittle, prone to fracturing, and susceptible to swelling upon water contact, which are the major causes for spalling risks and impact horizontal well drilling rate. (4) Irregular natural fractures can lead to fracture propagation and fracture height control failure, while regular fractures that align with the direction of maximum principal stress facilitate artificial fracture propagation and contribute to effective reservoir modification.…”
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Incidence of Hot Flashes among Peri- and Postmenopausal Women in India: A Clinico-demographic Analysis by Mohandas Shobhana, Jyothi Ramesh Chandran, Neelam Aggarwal, Seema Sharma, Revty Jankiram, Anju Soni, Jyoti Jaiswal, Sudha Sharma, S. Lakshmi, Sheela Mane, Meeta Singh, Sushma Verma, Ritu Jain

“…The baseline demographics reveal regional variations in symptom prevalence, with distinct patterns observed across different zones in India. …”
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A Clinicoepidemiological Cross-sectional Study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Men who have Sex with Men Attending Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala, India by Prathyusha Prabhakar, S Darsan

“…The clinical and behavioural profile of each patient, along with the patterns of STIs, was recorded. Clinical examinations were supplemented with investigations performed wherever necessary. …”
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Long-term clinical sequelae in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: A longitudinal cohort study. by Ning Cui, Xin Yang, Hong-Han Ge, Xiao-Hong Yin, Yi-Mei Yuan, Chao Zhou, Xi Wang, Hai-Feng Pan, Hao Li, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Li-Qun Fang, Li-Fen Hu, Peng-Tao Bao, Wei Liu

“…<h4>Background</h4>Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne infectious disease characterized by a high case fatality rate. Despite extensive research on acute-phase manifestations, the long-term clinical sequelae in survivors remain poorly characterized.…”
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Monitoring of urinary microbiota and uropathogens' antibiotic resistance in one urological hospital by Yu. L. Naboka, A. K. Alkina, M. I. Kogan, I. A. Gudima, Kh. S. Ibishev, K. T. Jalagoniya, M. L. Chernitskaya

“…To study the microbial patterns of urine and uropathogens' antibiotic resistance in a urological hospital from 2010 to 2017.Materials and methods. …”
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Adapting Vision Transformer-Based Object Detection Model for Handwritten Text Line Segmentation Task by Osman Furkan KARAKUŞ, Ayla GULCU, Ali Can KARACA

“…Experimental results based on the Intersection over Union (IoU) metric demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms all other methods in terms of the detection rate, recognition accuracy, and Text Line Detection Metric (TLDM). …”
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A predictive model for biomass waste pyrolysis yield: Exploring the correlation of proximate analysis and product composition by Sabah Mariyam, Mohammad Alherbawi, Gordon McKay, Tareq Al-Ansari

“…This paper presents the outcomes of a comprehensive factorial experiment designed to explore the intricate dynamics of volatile content (ranging from 58 % to 76 %), temperature (ranging from 350 °C to 750 °C), and heating rate (ranging from 5 °C/min to 10 °C/min) on the yields of bio-oil, char, and gas in biomass pyrolysis processes. …”
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Modelling land use changes impacts on the silting of small agricultural water harvesting reservoirs by Elia Degli Innocenti, Giulio Castelli, Simone Pozzolini, Federico Preti, Elena Bresci, Enrica Caporali

“…Our analysis aimed at estimating how much the rate of sediment accumulation in the reservoir would vary with the replacement of currently arable land with vineyards. …”
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Model characteristics of the structure and interrelations of integral parameters of students' physical condition by Oleksandr Pryimakov, Marek Sawczuk, Oleksii Tymoshenko, Nataliya Mazurok

“…A strong relationship between APWC and resting heart rate (HR) was identified during testing, with boys demonstrating higher levels of APWC at lower initial HR values compared to girls. …”
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