Importance of hospital-specific antibiotic policy for ensuring maternal quality of care in India: A narrative review by Arijit Banerjee, Jhuma Biswas

“…Implementing hospital-specific antibiotic policies effectively reduces infection rates and improves maternal-neonatal outcomes through standardized regimens prioritizing narrow-spectrum antibiotics and utilizing local antibiograms. …”
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Proactive Data Placement in Heterogeneous Storage Systems via Predictive Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning by Suchuan Xing, Yihan Wang

“…The system incorporates a sophisticated reward mechanism that balances performance gains against migration overhead, while employing prioritized experience replay and adaptive learning rates to handle non-stationary workload characteristics. …”
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Residential solar adoption—main determinants and the future of small-scale photovoltaics by Severin Reissl, Luis Sarmiento, Johannes Emmerling

“…We present a data-driven microsimulation model analyzing residential photovoltaic adoption in Germany to address uncertainties in future adoption rates. We develop and calibrate a technology adoption model incorporating economic, financial, and behavioral factors to replicate historical adoption patterns from 2007 to 2020 and project future scenarios. …”
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Experimental study on instability and failure mechanism of sandstone under freeze-thaw and load. by Wenyu Lv, Ru You, Chuangye Wang, Zhihe Wang, Yongping Wu, Panshi Xie, Chao Lyu, Sheng Luo, Yichen Li

“…Notably, the attenuation constant λ follows a monotonically decreasing pattern with increasing loading rate. Failure mode analysis reveals that sandstone predominantly exhibits tensile-shear composite failure characteristics at complete failure, with tensile cracks dominating in quantity. …”
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Dynamics of mental state and prolactin levels in patients with chronic schizophrenia during aripiprazole therapy by L. N. Gorobets, I. V. Dorovskikh, A. V. Litvinov, V. S. Bulanov, S. K. Gamdullaev, T. A. Pavlova

“…The effectiveness of therapy does not depend on the background values of the hormone: at high rates, prolactin levels decrease, and at low rates, they increase. …”
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Associated Determinants of Surface Urban Heat Islands across 1449 Cities in China by Yuanzheng Li, Lan Wang, Min Liu, Guosong Zhao, Tian He, Qizheng Mao

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Persistence of Ebola virus in semen among Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: A cohort study of frequency, duration, and risk factors. by A E Thorson, G F Deen, K T Bernstein, W J Liu, F Yamba, N Habib, F R Sesay, P Gaillard, T A Massaquoi, S L R McDonald, Y Zhang, K N Durski, S Singaravelu, E Ervin, H Liu, A Coursier, J E Marrinan, A Ariyarajah, M Carino, P Formenty, U Ströher, M Lamunu, G Wu, F Sahr, W Xu, B Knust, N Broutet, Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group

“…<h4>Background</h4>Sexual transmission chains of Ebola virus (EBOV) have been verified and linked to EBOV RNA persistence in semen, post-recovery. The rate of semen persistence over time, including the average duration of persistence among Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors, is not well known. …”
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Navigating Pathways in Prostate Cancer Survivorship: A Comprehensive Review of Challenges, Interventions, and Long-Term Outcomes by Anthony Galvez, Dhruv Puri, Elizabeth Tran, Kassandra Zaila Ardines, Yahir Santiago-Lastra

“…Advances in screening, early detection, and therapeutic innovations have significantly improved survival rates, transforming prostate cancer into a chronic condition for many men. …”
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Analysis of Changes in Vegetation Cover Using Satellite Images of Sorok Island in Republic of Korea by Hyungjin Cho, Seungnam Jin, Jong-Seo Won, Youngjun Park

“…This study uses Sentinel-2 satellite images from 2016 and 2024 to calculate normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and analyze vegetation vitality and change rates. Results indicate that NDVI values in 2024 have generally increased compared to 2016, and vegetation vitality has also improved. …”
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Dataset for Traffic Accident Analysis in Poland: Integrating Weather Data and Sociodemographic Factors by Łukasz Faruga, Adam Filapek, Marta Kraszewska, Jerzy Baranowski

“…Road traffic accidents remain a critical public health concern worldwide, with Poland consistently experiencing high fatality rates—52 deaths per million inhabitants in 2023, compared to the EU average of 46. …”
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Media exposure to maternal health trauma: A qualitative study on its effects on Black women's mental health by Diane B. Francis, Nadia Kyeremeh, Nia F. Mason, Soroya Julian McFarlane, Kallia O. Wright

“…Black women experience disproportionately higher rates of death, illness, and mental health issues during and after pregnancy. …”
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Buddhist Principles in Urban Livability Assessment: A Thematic Analysis of Integration Approaches in Contemporary Research (2015-2024) by Kiatanantha Lounkaew

“…The research identifies implementation challenges and opportunities across regions, with traditionally Buddhist areas showing higher adoption rates, though principles remain universally applicable. …”
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Deep Learning Multi-Modal Melanoma Detection: Algorithm Development and Validation by Nithika Vivek, Karthik Ramesh

“…Model reliability was assessed by visualizing the output activation map of each model and comparing the diagnosis patterns to that of dermatologists. The addition of metadata to the image dataset was key to reducing the false-negative and false-positive rates simultaneously, thereby producing better metrics and improving overall model accuracy. …”
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Mechatronic Test Bench Used to Simulate Wind Power Conversion to Thermal Power by Means of a Hydraulic Transmission by Victor Constantin, Ionela Popescu, Mihai Avram

“…The initial work allowed us to obtain different temperatures of the hydraulic oil, up to 60 °C, over a period of 30 min, for various pressures and flow rates, thus confirming that the system is functional overall. …”
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TECTONOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AT INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH’S CRUST SB RAS: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTUAL PROBLEMS by Semen I. Sherman, Konstantin Zh. Seminsky

“…Internal structures of faults are studied; stages in faulting are generally defined in terms of time; regularities of patterns of joints inside faults are described; and original methods of mapping such joints are proposed to reveal tectonic conditions of faulting.Based on seismic monitoring, new methods of quantitative assessment of relative activity rates of faults in real time are developed. …”
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Comparative Analysis of All-cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Moscow and Irkutsk by F. I. Belyalov, I. V. Samorodskaya, S. V. Pogodaeva

“…There were significant distinctions in death rates encoded in such headings as: “Otherforms of acute ischemic heart disease”, “Atherosclerotic heart disease”, “Cerebral atherosclerosis”, “Hypertensive encephalopathy”, and “Unspecified cardiomyopathy”.Conclusion. …”
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Breeding‐Related Changes in Social Interactions Among Female Vulturine Guineafowl by Tobit Dehnen, Brendah Nyaguthii, Wismer Cherono, Neeltje J. Boogert, Damien R. Farine

“…Despite a limited sample size, our study reveals that reproduction can have nuanced trade‐offs with dominance and suggests that the study of dominance may benefit from explicitly considering variation in interaction rates as an additional factor affecting individuals.…”
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Variation of herbivory damage on potato (Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena) leaves in different degrees of proximity to native vegetation in Combaya, La Paz by Emili Antonia Jiménez

“…High herbivory rates are related to the emergence of new pests and are a problem for plants of commercial interest, such as potato (Solanum tuberosum). …”
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AI-driven biomarker discovery: enhancing precision in cancer diagnosis and prognosis by Esther Ugo Alum

“…The advancement of biomarker discovery methodologies with AI seeks to transform cancer by improving patient survival rates through enhanced early diagnosis and targeted therapy. …”
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Near viewing behaviors predict educational system in a machine learning model by Ravid Doron, Einat Shneor, Lisa A. Ostrin, Ariela Gordon-Shaag, Ayelet Goldstein

“…Abstract Intensive education systems are believed to contribute to high rates of myopia. This study examined whether near-viewing behaviors in college students differ based on their pre-college educational systems and whether these behaviors can be used to classify students’ educational background using machine learning. …”
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