Functional Connectivity Biomarker Extraction for Schizophrenia Based on Energy Landscape Machine Learning Techniques by Janerra D. Allen, Sravani Varanasi, Fei Han, L. Elliot Hong, Fow-Sen Choa

“…However, significant patient and control differences were found for the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS), auditory perceptual trait and state (APTS), visual perceptual trait and state (VPTS), working memory score, and processing speed score. …”
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Directly Fabricated Flexible Photodetector Based on TiO₂-Doped Carbon Nanosheets Film by Yunlong Zhang, Xiaolin Li, Zhipeng Cao, Qiang Wu, Gong Chen, Bo Wen, Dongfeng Diao, Xi Zhang

“…The edge states suppress the recombination rate of photo-generated electron-hole pairs, thereby significantly enhancing the photo-responsive performance. …”
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Acoustic and Natural Language Markers for Bipolar Disorder: A Pilot, mHealth Cross-Sectional Study by Cristina Crocamo, Riccardo Matteo Cioni, Aurelia Canestro, Christian Nasti, Dario Palpella, Susanna Piacenti, Alessandra Bartoccetti, Martina Re, Valentina Simonetti, Chiara Barattieri di San Pietro, Maria Bulgheroni, Francesco Bartoli, Giuseppe Carrà

“…Symptom severity assessment was based on clinician ratings, using the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) for manic and depressive symptoms, respectively. …”
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Thermal comfort and energy related occupancy behavior in Dutch residential dwellings by Anastasios Ioannou

“…Specifically in houses with a good energy rating, the neutral temperature was higher than in houses with a poor rating. …”
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Identification of novel diagnostic and prognostic microRNAs in sarcoma on TCGA dataset: bioinformatics and machine learning approach by Rahem Rahmati, Fatemeh Zarimeidani, Farnaz Ahmadi, Hannaneh Yousefi-Koma, Abdolreza Mohammadnia, Maryam Hajimoradi, Shadi Shafaghi, Elham Nazari

“…We identified a significant association between the overall survival rate of sarcoma patients and miRs levels. The combination of miR.3688 and miR.3936 achieved the greatest diagnostic standing. …”
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Developing a molecular diagnostic model for heatstroke-induced coagulopathy: a proteomics and metabolomics approach by Qingbo Zeng, Qingwei Lin, Longping He, Lincui Zhong, Ye Zhou, Xingping Deng, Nianqing Zhang, Qing Song, Qing Song, Jingchun Song, Jingchun Song

“…Significant differences were observed between the groups in temperature, heart rate, white blood cell count, platelet count, liver function, coagulation markers, APACHE II score, and GCS score. …”
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Empirical Study of the Impact of Unemployment on Political Stability in Iran (1985-2015) by habib samani, robabeh khilkordi

“…According to the results of the study, it seems that in order to establish political stability in the country, the unemployment rate should be restrained in the first place and the Gini coefficient should be reduced and the economic boom in the country should be created by strengthening domestic production and following the pattern of resistance economy.…”
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Clustering analysis of volatile organic compound biomarkers with tobacco exposure and the association with cardiovascular health outcomes in an observation study cohort by Juan Zhao, Haoyun Hong, Joseph Zhai, Remy Poudel, Sanjay Srivastava, Andrew C. Stokes, Pawel K. Lorkiewicz, Tian Jiang, Rose Marie Robertson, Aruni Bhatnagar, Jennifer L. Hall, Naomi M. Hamburg, Rachel J. Keith

“…After adjustment for age, sex, and race, Cluster 2 was associated with a higher heart rate (β=3.29; 95% CI: -0.26–6.84; p<0.05) compared to Cluster 1. …”
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Identification of biomarkers for Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma through Mendelian randomization and integrated bioinformatics analysis by Pengjian Zhang, Weizhang Chen, Kai Chen, Yuanhang Ye, Weijun Wu

“…Abstract Background Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is a common head and neck tumor with an increasing incidence rate and limited therapeutic efficacy in advanced stages. …”
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Paradox of Low CA-125 in Patients with Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure by Raquel López-Vilella, Borja Guerrero Cervera, Víctor Donoso Trenado, Julia Martínez-Solé, Sara Huélamo Montoro, Valero Soriano Alfonso, Franco Appiani, Luis Martínez Dolz, Luis Almenar-Bonet

“…Scheduled admissions, transfers from other hospitals, pulmonary congestion patterns, mixed patterns, and low output were the exclusion criteria. …”
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Candidate circRNAs related to skeletal muscle development in Dazu black goats by Chengli Liu, Pu Yang, Xiao Wang, Baiju Xiang, Guangxin E, Yongfu Huang

“…Furthermore, the expression pattern of 10 DEcircRNAs with RT-qPCR was verified, which showed 80% concordance rate with that of RNA_seq datasets. …”
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Dual-omics analysis reveals B vitamin regulation and metabolism in Areca Catechu inflorescence by Wenxiu Jiang, Xiaoxia Liu, Weiying Li, Jing Yang, Panjing Li, Minggeng Xie, Guangzhen Zhou

“…Notably, we characterized a key rate-limiting enzyme in the thiamine biosynthesis pathway, the thiazole synthase (AcTHI1), that plays a crucial role in regulating thiamine biosynthesis. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of post-trastuzumab emtansine treatment for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer: a multicenter, matched cohort analy... by C. Courtinard, V. Barbet, R. Schiappa, F. Pilleul, S. Michiels, S. Dabakuyo, S. Gourgou, A. Jaffre, B. Asselain, L. Bosquet, K. Dunton, M. Rosenlund, Z. Liang, J. Cathcart, S. Delaloge

“…Patients and methods: Patients from the French Epidemiology Strategy and Medical Economics (ESME) mBC database who initiated treatment for HER2+ mBC between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2016, and received one or more treatment lines following T-DM1 were propensity score matched 1 : 1 to patients from DESTINY-Breast01 to create an ESME DB-01 matched cohort. Treatment patterns, real-world best overall response, real-world objective response rate (rwORR), real-world disease control rate (rwDCR), real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS), and overall survival (OS) were estimated, including by prior pertuzumab exposure and de novo/relapsed mBC status. …”
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Enhanced Multi-Level Recommender System Using Turnover-Based Weighting for Predicting Regional Preferences by Venkatesan Thillainayagam, Ramkumar Thirunavukarasu, J. Arun Pandian

“…In such scenarios, filtering collaborative patterns based on regional and local characteristics, while emphasizing the significance of branches and user ratings, could enhance the accuracy of recommendations. …”
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Prevalence and associated risk factors of Kola nut chewing among secondary school students in Osogbo, Nigeria by Gloria Erinfolami, Akin Oguntuase, Abiola Akinbode, Adebayo Erinfolami, Adekunle Eegunranti, Olawale Ogunsemi

“…The 30-day prevalence rate of kola nut use was 11.2%. The one-year prevalence of kola nut use was 29.1 percent and the lifetime rate was 74.8 percent. …”
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Isolation and relationship analysis of Listeria phages with various serotype hosts and morphological characterization by Jinni chen, Yan Wang, Lingyun Liu, Hao Zhou, Pan Mao, Lingling Li, Ji Pu, Xuefang Xu, Jing Yang, Jingdong Song, Hui Sun, Xia Luo, Kui Dong, Changyun Ye

“…Abstract Listeriosis, caused by Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), is a severe foodborne illness with a high fatality rate. Listeria phages specifically target and lyse Lm, offer a promising alternative for biocontrol and phage therapy. …”
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Efficacy of Ginkgo biloba on parameters in glaucoma: A systematic review. by Julia Prinz, Verena Prokosch, Xiaosha Wang, Yuan Feng, Peter Walter, Matthias Fuest, Filippo Migliorini

“…All clinical studies investigating the efficacy of GBE administration on the intraocular pressure (IOP), the corrected pattern standard deviation (CPSD) and the mean deviation of visual field testing, and heart rate were considered. …”
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Lake Evaporation and Its Effects on Basin Evapotranspiration and Lake Water Storage on the Inner Tibetan Plateau by Liuming Wang, Junxiao Wang, Lachun Wang, Liping Zhu, Xingong Li

“…The spatial pattern of the effect is mainly controlled by α, and the increasing trend of α (0.6%/10 a) also dominated the increasing trend in regional ETB rate (0.30 mm/a) though with large spatial heterogeneity. …”
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Differential Cortical Responses of Functional and Sensory Electrical Stimulation in Closed-Loop Tremor Suppression for Parkinson&#x2019;s Disease by Xiaoqi Zhao, Tinglan Huang, Mengyue Jin, Hongbo Zhao, Yu Shi, Yanlin Wang, Xiao Shen, Zhen Li, Qingqing Shi, Xiaodong Zhu, Lin Meng

“…Both FES and SES significantly reduced tremor amplitude, with FES showing overall greater suppression (hand suppression rate: 60.72% vs. 48.31%, p &#x003E;0.05; forearm suppression rate: 62.25% vs. 54.41%, p &#x003E;0.05) where substantial inter-individual variability was observed. …”
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Timing of Surgery and Preoperative Predictors of Surgical Site Infections for Patients with Depressed Skull Fractures in a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study by Hervé Monka Lekuya, Jelle Vandersteene, Larrey Kasereka Kamabu, Rose Nantambi, Ronald Mbiine, Anthony Kirabira, Fredrick Makumbi, Stephen Cose, David Patrick Kateete, Mark Kaddumukasa, Edward Baert, Moses Galukande, Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala

“…The group of surgical intervention >48 h had an increased incidence of SSI (57.3% vs. 42.7%, p = 0.006), a longer median of postoperative hospital stay (8[IQR = 6–12] days versus 5 [IQR = 4–9], [p < 0.001]), and a higher rate of reoperation (71.4% vs. 28.6%, p = 0.05) in comparison with the group of ≤48 h. …”
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