A ten-year trend analysis of malaria prevalence at Sunyani Municipal Hospital, Ghana by Antwi Joseph Barimah, Rebecca Dorcas Commey, Nyantakyiwaa Duah Salomey, James Dumba, Yaw Boakye Nketiah, Bernard Opoku Amoah, Larry Agyemang, Tweneboah Yvonne Ofosua, Deborah Arhinful, Gyamfi Opoku Sandra

“…Although there is a mixed but decreased trend, the region’s confirmed malaria case rate is nevertheless concerning and indicates a substantial public health burden. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Novel adjuvant nano-vaccine induced immune response against Acinetobacter baumannii by Tohid Piri-Gharaghie, Abbas Doosti, Seyed Abbas Mirzaei

“…However, in HEK-293 human cells, by increasing the concentration of CpG ODN (C274) from 1 to 50 μg/ml, the activation rate of TLR-9 also increased, so that the highest activation rate (81%) was obtained at the concentration of 50 μg/ml (***P < 0.001). pDNA-CPG C274/CSNPs immunized BALB/c mice produced increased amounts of total-IgG, as well as IFN-γ and IL-1B in serum samples, compared to non-encapsulated pDNA-CPG C274. …”
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The Role of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients With Residual Nodal Disease After Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Kristina Shaffer, Lilian Harris, Lori Gentile, Amelia Merrill, Lori Kellam, Michelle Fillion, Peter Turk

“…Conversely, there was a significantly increased rate of lymphedema in the ALND, 57.9%, vs the SLNB group, 35.3% ( P  = 0.03). …”
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A correlation research of Ki67 index, CT features, and risk stratification in gastrointestinal stromal tumor by Huali Li, Gang Ren, Rong Cai, Jian Chen, Xiangru Wu, Jianxi Zhao

“…Abstract Background and Objectives Recurrence and metastasis are the most important factors affecting the quality of life and survival rate of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). …”
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The clinical efficacy of a novel smartphone-based salivary self-test for the prediction of pre-eclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension and intrauterine growth restriction: a pros... by Ida Catharina Püschl, Ida Catharina Püschl, Lisbeth Bonde, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Mia Sato Tackney, James Quest, Bjarke Lund Sorensen, Nicholas Stephen Macklon, Nicholas Stephen Macklon

“…Baseline characteristics were obtained at recruitment and pregnancy outcomes from the journals. The mean compliance rate of self-testing was assessed. For the statistical analyses, standard color analyses deduced the images into the red-green-blue (RGB) color model value, to observe the individual, longitudinal pattern throughout the pregnancy for each outcome. …”
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Wide Field-of-View Air-to-Water Rolling Shutter-Based Optical Camera Communication (OCC) Using CUDA Deep-Neural-Network Long-Short-Term-Memory (CuDNNLSTM) by Yung-Jie Chen, Yu-Han Lin, Guo-Liang Shih, Chi-Wai Chow, Chien-Hung Yeh

“…Results revealed that the proposed air-to-water OCC system can support a transmission rate of 7.2 kbit/s through a still water surface, and 6.6 kbit/s through a wavy water surface; this satisfies the hard-decision forward error correction (HD-FEC) bit-error-rate (BER).…”
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Prevalence and Outcome of Operative Vaginal Delivery among Mothers Who Gave Birth at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia by Zenebe Hubena, Ahadu Workneh, Yibeltal Siraneh

“…Prevalence of operative vaginal delivery is found to be 10.3% with the commonest indication of nonreassuring fetal heart rate pattern. Nearly all of mothers and neonates had favorable outcome. …”
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The impact on lateral wall fractures by a sliding hip screw device in trochanteric fractures: a biomechanical study by Magnus Høgevold, Carl E. Alm, Bryan J. Wright, Lydia Ragan, Frede Frihagen, Stephan M. H. Röhrl, Jan E. Madsen, Jan E. Brattgjerd

“…The specimens with a detached lesser trochanter themselves demonstrated a significantly higher rate of lateral wall fractures than those with an attached lesser trochanter (9/14 vs 1/14, p = 0.004). …”
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Dynamic Evolution, Spatial Differences, and Convergence of Land Green Use Efficiency in Resource-based Cities by BIAN Zhiqiang, ZHANG Qianhua

“…［Results］ 1) Overall, the land green use efficiency in resource-based cities showed a fluctuating upward trend, with an average annual growth rate of 1.363% during the investigation period. From a regional perspective, the land green use efficiency showed a pattern of regional differences in most years, with the eastern region>northeast region>central region>western region. …”
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Prevalence of Flavivirus and Alphavirus in bats captured in the state of Yucatan, southeastern Mexico by Aaron Yeh-Gorocica, Marco Torres-Castro, Claudia Carrillo-Chan, Alejandro Suarez-Galaz, Melissa Suarez-Galaz, Wilson Moguel-Chin, Alonso Panti-May, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Henry Puerta-Guardo, Juan Chable-Santos, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Guadalupe Ayora-Talavera, Celia Selem-Salas, Mario Frias-Casas, Antonio Rivero-Juarez

“…The prevalence of both Flavivirus and Alphavirus was higher during the dry season compared with the rainy season. This high positivity rate, highlighted in both Flavivirus and Alphavirus, suggests a potential contribution of bats in the circulation of these viral genera in sylvatic environments. …”
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Advancing early detection of organ damage and cardiovascular risk prevention: the Suzhou cardiometabolic health study protocol - exploring the role of oral microbiome and metabolic... by Mengmeng Zhu, Mengmeng Zhu, Yiwen Li, Wenting Wang, Longkun Liu, Wenwu Liu, Jiayu Yu, Qian Xu, Jing Cui, Yanfei Liu, Keji Chen, Yue Liu, Yue Liu

“…BackgroundCardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global mortality, with its incidence rate rising year by year due to the prevalence of metabolic diseases. …”
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Nosological aspects of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly at pediatric age by M. M. Kotovich, F. K. Manerov, E. V. Luchsheva

“…Frequency of hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly of unspecified etiology was analyzed with correlation to outpatient clinic admission rate and results of routine inspections. Results. …”
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A Novel Deployment Scheme Based on Three-Dimensional Coverage Model for Wireless Sensor Networks by Fu Xiao, Yang Yang, Ruchuan Wang, Lijuan Sun

“…Experimental results show that, compared with traditional random method, sensor nodes number is reduced effectively while coverage rate of monitor area is ensured using our coverage pattern and deterministic deployment scheme.…”
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Enhancing urban agriculture networks: A clustering and multicriteria decision-making approach to sustainability indicators and governance by Jiangwei Kong, Mengxi Gao, Hind Alofaysan, Dilafruz Fayziyeva, Zhi Liu

“…Patterns of environmental, social, and economic sustainability interact across several aspects of an urban area. …”
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Exploring temporal variations in anxiety in multilingual English teachers: an idiodynamic approach by Ramazan Yetkin, Zekiye Özer-Altınkaya

“…Methods Data were collected from two experienced multilingual English teachers through idiodynamic self-ratings, reflective journals, and semi-structured interviews. …”
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Evaluating the Clinico-biochemical Association between Stress and Chronic Periodontitis by Estimation of Serum Cortisol and Serum Chromogranin A Levels by Shilpa Duseja, Hiral Akshat Parikh, Sareen Duseja

“…The analysis of stress levels using the Social Readjustment Rating Scale and lifestyle evaluation using the Health Practice Index was done. …”
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Suicide risk stratification in adolescents with psychiatric disorders by Pablo Mendez-Bustos, Carlos Mellado, Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Oriana Arellano-Faúndez

“…The purpose of this study was to identify latent classes or groups of youth with similar patterns of suicidal ideation using their responses to the five items of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, that measures suicidal ideation, plus a sixth item measuring intent to carry out suicide. …”
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Principles for Achieving Legibility in Residential Spaces: A Synthesis of Cognitive and Perceptual Approaches by Slobodan Marković, Đorđe Alfirević, Sanja Simonović Alfirević, Sanja Nikolić

“…The experimental component examines cognitive navigation and subjective perception, assessed via the recognition of a 3D interior from a 2D plan and bipolar rating scales. Participants explored regular and irregular layouts through animated simulations. …”
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Evolution of public broadcasting: TeleJurnal’s viewership trends and strategic implications for business sustainability by Săseanu Ramona, Stanomir Ruxandra, Bădulescu Andreea-Alexandra

“…By employing a time-series autoregressive moving-average model, this article assesses the stationarity and autocorrelation of audience data to evaluate the consistency of ratings amidst external factors such as changes in programming strategy, political events, and market competition. …”
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A GPT-Based Approach for Cyber Threat Assessment by Fahim Sufi

“…Notably, anomaly detection identified six significant deviations during the monitored timeframe, starting from 25 September 2023 to 25 November 2024, with a sensitivity of 75%, revealing critical insights into unusual activity patterns. The fully deployed automated model also identified 11 correlated factors and five unique clusters associated with high-rated cyber incidents. …”
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