Genomic analysis and lysogenic conversion of novel RAP44-like phages in Riemerella anatipestifer by Junxuan Zhang, Xiaolu He, Jinzhen Hao, Yefan Wang, Jinyang Su, Xiaoxin Chen, Liying Deng, Yizhang Zheng, Zixing Guo, Mianzhi Wang, Yongxue Sun

“…We aimed to characterize the prophages of R. anatipestifer and explore their role in lysogenic conversion and fitness cost to host bacteria based on the interactive infection of 110 wild-type strains and ATCC 11845. …”
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MonitOring the health trajectory of patients with kNee osteoarthritis referred for orthopaedic opinion: Protocol for the MOTION parallel cohort-implementation studyStrengths and Li... by Christian J. Barton, Michelle Dowsey, Anne Smith, Ilana N. Ackerman, Zanfina Ademi, Samantha Bunzli, Peter Choong, Kay M. Crossley, Joanne Kemp, Jason A. Wallis, Alison Gibbs, Vincent Lengkong, Allison M. Ezzat, Juanita Low, Zhomart Orman, Nicholas F. Taylor, Anna Wong Shee, Natasha A. Lannin, Ewa M. Roos, Raph Hau, Angela Cochrane, Mia Pithie, Emma Draffin, David Mitchell, Trevor Russell, Danilo De Oliveira Silva

“…The effectiveness of improving access to first-line care will be determined through propensity score methods. The cost-effectiveness of improving access to first-line care will be also be determined, and semi-structured interviews (1:1 and focus groups) involving participants, health professionals, administrators, and research team will inform a comprehensive process evaluation. …”
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Study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Belgian primary care and hospital settings on the effectiveness of an eHealth self-management support programme consis... by Josefien van Olmen, An De Groef, Nele Devoogdt, Lore Dams, Bart Morlion, Mira Meeus, G Lorimer Moseley, Louise K Wiles, Peter Hibbert, Patrick Neven, Ines Nevelsteen, Steffen Fieuws, Geert Crombez, Michel Mertens, Ceren Gursen, Wiebren Tjalma, Lander Willem, Lauren C Heathcote, Mark Catley, Anna Vogelzang, Marthe Van Overbeke, Emma Tack, Sophie Van Dijck, Annick L De Paepe, Rani Vanhoudt, Davina Wildemeersch, Femke De Backere

“…This delivery mode is believed to reduce barriers to pain self-management by providing timely, safe and cost-effective assistance addressing the biopsychosocial needs of patients. …”
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Designing model of place branding based on brand attachment (Kish Island case study) by khadigeh Ghaemmaghami Tabrizi, Asghar Moshabaki Esfahaniَ, Abdolah Naami, Naser Azad

“…Place branding through place attachment strategies is strengened by contextual condition, which leads to outcomes like place attachment, place value, social-economic development.IntroductionThese days, the domestic tourism market has grown increasingly due to the heavy cost of foreign travel and Depreciation.Kish Island has been appealed to many domestic and foreign tourisms with its tourism attraction, spectacular spaces and no visa entry for all the travellers. …”
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2023 All-Russian screening for hypertension: results by O. P. Rotar, I. N. Ilyanova, M. A. Boyarinova, E. V. Moguchaya, K. M. Tolkunova, V. A. Dyachkov, O. A. Rubanenko, A. O. Rubanenko, O. E. Gaberman, E. Yu. Gubareva, B. V. Pomogaibo, E. M. Dolya, V. B. Kaliberdenko, I. V. Avdeeva, Yu. A. Tomashevskaya, A. Yu. Falkovskaya, M. A. Manukyan, E. I. Solonskaya, A. A. Vtorushina, S. A. Khunkhinova, V. M. Tsareva, L. E. Molokoedova, M. M. Petrova, D. S. Kaskaeva, I. V. Romanova, L. K. Danilova, A. A. Evsyukov, O. V. Tutyrina, L. E. Tepnadze, T. I. Yakunchenko, O. V. Mevsha, Yu. A. Sharapova, T. M. Chernykh, E. V. Syomkina, O. V. Tsygankova, K. V. Protasov, O. V. Fedorishina, E. R. Makeeva, Y. A. Smolkina, D. D. Nikishina, A. S. Verushkina, E. A. Smirnova, Ya. A. Belenikina, I. V. Bikushova, M. V. Derevyanchenko, V. V. Fedotov, M. Yu. Shaposhnikova, D. V. Sereda, E. A. Kartashova, E. I. Zheleznyak, D. M Rakhmatullina, L. S. Kiseleva, M. Evsevieva, O. V. Sergeeva, V. D. Kudryavtseva, A. M. Zavyalova, V. I. Slezova, K. T. Kitalaeva, N. N. Artemov, A. A. Tanicheva, A. A. Konradi, E. V. Shlyakhto

“…On-demand therapy was the most common reason for skipping medications and was more common in women, while men more often cited the high drug cost and a history of adverse reactions. Among patients with HTN, home BP measurement was associated with a higher prevalence of achieving target BP as follows: 1000 (60%) vs 100 (17%), p<0,001.Conclusion. …”
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Acceptability, feasibility, and program outcomes of an equity-focused, adapted community-based healthy lifestyle program for children, young people, and their families in Perth, We... by Stephanie Smith, Stephanie Smith, Stephanie Smith, Stephen Paull, Stephen Paull, Stephen Paull, Katie M. Iwanowski, Katie M. Iwanowski, Katie M. Iwanowski, Tania Harris, Joanna C. Moullin, Monica Jane, Jordan Bill, Deborah A. Kerr, Christina M. Pollard, Glenn Pearson, Melanie Robinson, Bonnie Furzer, Bonnie Furzer, Bonnie Furzer, Natasha Bear, Ben Jackson, Ben Jackson, Robyn Mildon, Nick Sevdalis, Richard Norman, Jacqueline A. Curran, Jacqueline A. Curran, Cameron C. Grant, Sarah C. Armstrong, Sarah C. Armstrong, Yvonne C. Anderson, Yvonne C. Anderson, Yvonne C. Anderson, Yvonne C. Anderson

“…Child health utility instruments will be used for cost-utility analysis. Study (3) Assess program scalability post-pilot. …”
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Multi-source Data-driven Analysis of Deformation and Influencing Factors for Expansive Soil Canal Slopes by ZHANG Yuhan, HU Jiang, LI Xing

“…Moreover, dense deployment of monitoring points not only increases construction challenges but also significantly raises project costs. Thus, a key challenge in long-distance canal slope safety monitoring lies in improving deformation monitoring coverage and cost-effectiveness while maintaining precision. …”
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Exploring Site‐Specific Carbon Dioxide Removal Options With Storage or Sequestration in the Marine Environment – The 10 Mt CO2 yr−1 Removal Challenge for Germany by W. Yao, T. M. Morganti, J. Wu, M. Borchers, A. Anschütz, L.‐K. Bednarz, A. Bhaumik, M. Böttcher, K. Burkhard, T. Cabus, A. S. Chua, I. Diercks, M. Esposito, M. Fink, M. Fouqueray, F. Gasanzade, S. Geilert, J. Hauck, F. Havermann, I. Hellige, S. Hoog, M. Jürchott, H. T. Kalapurakkal, J. Kemper, I. Kremin, I. Lange, J. M. Lencina‐Avila, M. Liadova, F. Liu, S. Mathesius, N. Mehendale, T. Nagwekar, M. Philippi, G. L. N. Luz, M. Ramasamy, F. Stahl, L. Tank, M.‐E. Vorrath, L. Westmark, H.‐W. Wey, R. Wollnik, M. Wölfelschneider, W. Bach, K. Bischof, M. Boersma, U. Daewel, M. Fernández‐Méndez, J. K. Geuer, D. P. Keller, A. Kopf, C. Merk, N. Moosdorf, N. Oppelt, A. Oschlies, J. Pongratz, A. Proelss, G. J. Rehder, L. Rüpke, N. Szarka, D. Thraen, K. Wallmann, N. Mengis

“…This serves as an entry point to discuss main uncertainty factors and research needs beyond technology readiness, and, where possible, cost estimates, expected environmental effects, and monitoring approaches. …”
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In-Situ Determination of Buildings’ Thermo- Physical Characteristics by Arash Rasooli

“…This data acquisition is referred to as “on-board-monitoring” category of measurements, which removes the hassle, cost, and intrusion associated with locally-conducted experiments. …”
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Hematochemical hallmarks as markers of pulmonary TB severity: A multicenter cross-sectional study by Francesco Di Gennaro, Giacomo Guido, Sergio Cotugno, Francesco Cavallin, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Lorenzo Onorato, Federica Zimmerhofer, Luca Pipitò, Giuseppina De Iaco, Giuseppe Bruno, Massimo Fasano, Agostina Pontarelli, Annarita Botta, Tiziana Iacovazzi, Rossana Lattanzio, Virginia Di Bari, Gianfranco Panico, Raffaella Libertone, Caterina Monari, Alessia Musto, Mariangela Niglio, Federica De Gregorio, Gaetano Brindicci, Carmen Rita Santoro, Luigi Ronga, Roberta Papagni, Elda De Vita, Francesco Rosario Paolo Ieva, Loredana Alessio, Gina Gualano, Salvatore Minniti, Giovanni Battista Buccoliero, Sergio Lo Caputo, Sergio Carbonara, Antonio Cascio, Roberto Parrella, Fabrizio Palmieri, Nicola Coppola, Annalisa Saracino

“…Conclusions: Hematological markers, while rapid and cost-effective, demonstrated limited discriminative ability for TB severity. …”
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flexZhouse by Mohd Zairul

“…The term touches upon interconnected elements that cover many issues ranging from demand (housing needs, demographics, household income, quality housing) to supply (the authorities’ requirements, design, cost, sustainability and procurement). In this thesis, we discuss some of the problems related to the supply and demand issues and examine a possible intervention to solve the problem. …”
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APG mergence and topological potential optimization based heuristic user association strategy by Zhirui HU, Meihua BI, Fangmin XU, Meilin HE, Changliang ZHENG

“…Conclusions: The proposed user association strategy can improve the network scalable degree of cell-free networks at the cost of less rate loss. The smaller the overlap rate threshold or the upper limit of APs associated with an AP,the more the network scalable degree increases and the greater the rate loss.…”
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Multi-Comparison of Different Ocular Imaging Modality-based Deep Learning Models for Visually Significant Cataract Detection by Jocelyn Hui Lin Goh, BEng, Xiaofeng Lei, MSc, Miao-Li Chee, MPH, Yiming Qian, PhD, Marco Yu, PhD, Tyler Hyungtaek Rim, MD, PhD, Simon Nusinovici, PhD, David Ziyou Chen, MBBS, FRCOphth, Kai Hui Koh, BSc, Samantha Min Er Yew, BSc, Yibing Chen, BEng, Victor Teck Chang Koh, MBBS, MMed, Charumathi Sabanayagam, MD, PhD, Tien Yin Wong, MD, PhD, Xinxing Xu, PhD, Rick Siow Mong Goh, PhD, Yong Liu, PhD, Ching-Yu Cheng, MD, PhD, Yih-Chung Tham, PhD

“…Because retinal photography is routine in diabetic retinopathy screening, this approach could enable opportunistic cataract screening with minimal add-on cost. Financial Disclosure: Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.…”
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Rationale and design of the HERZCHECK trial: Detection of early heart failure using telemedicine and cardiovascular magnetic resonance in structurally weak regions (NCT05122793) by Sebastian Kelle, Anna Clara Nolden, Maximilian Leo Müller, Rebecca Elisabeth Beyer, Henning Steen, Bjoern Andrew Remppis, Johannes Wieditz, Hannah Kentenich, Alex Tuit, Mina Cvetkovic, Undine Ella Witt, Florian André, Sein Schmidt, Alexander Huppertz, Dusan Simic, Dirk Müller, Arim Shukri, Matthias Issing, Andre Glardon, Katrin Christiane Reber, Ulf Landmesser, Norbert Frey, Burkert Pieske, Stephanie Stock, Volkmar Falk, Tim Friede, Gisela Thiede

“…The HERZCHECK trial, conducted in structurally underserved rural regions of North-Eastern Germany, aims to close this gap by evaluating the feasibility, diagnostic efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of a fully mobile, telemedically-supervised screening approach, combining cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging and laboratory testing as central elements. …”
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USING A NOVEL PSYCHOSOCIAL GROUP INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE ADAPTION, COPING AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOLLOWING DYSVASCULAR LIMB AMPUTATIONS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY by Rosalie J. Steinberg, Lawrence R. Robinson, Oksana Kachmarchuk, Sharon Jankey, Stephanie Posa, Amanda L. Mayo, Mindy Simon, Alex Kiss, Crystal Mackay, Robert Simpson, Marina B. Wasilewski, Steven Dilkas, Sander L. Hitzig

“…Group therapy is a clinically and cost-effective way to address these mental health challenges, but evidence for its use with LEA inpatients is limited. …”
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Prevalence and penetrance of pathogenic and likely pathogenic LDLR and APOB gene variants linked to familial hypercholesterolemia and increased risk of ischemic heart disease by I. K. Dzhumaniiazova, A. N. Meshkov, A. N. Meshkov, V.V. Daniel, M. V. Ezhov, E. A. Zelenova, U. V. Chubykina, D.A. Kashtanova, M. V. Ivanov, L. R. Matkava, O. I. Blinova, N. A. Kumar, A. Y. Fedorov, H. U. Ibragimova, T. A. Lavrikova, Y. O. Aksenova, T. M. Gurciev, N. V. Gomyranova, Y. S. Vorobeva, Z. B. Hasanova, V. S. Yudin, V. V. Makarov, A. A. Keskinov, S. A. Kraevoy, S. A. Boytsov, S. M. Yudin, V. I. Skvortsova

“…However, further research is needed to assess the clinical applicability and cost-effectiveness of such screening programs.…”
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Quantum ensemble learning with a programmable superconducting processor by Jiachen Chen, Yaozu Wu, Zhen Yang, Shibo Xu, Xuan Ye, Daili Li, Ke Wang, Chuanyu Zhang, Feitong Jin, Xuhao Zhu, Yu Gao, Ziqi Tan, Zhengyi Cui, Aosai Zhang, Ning Wang, Yiren Zou, Tingting Li, Fanhao Shen, Jiarun Zhong, Zehang Bao, Zitian Zhu, Zixuan Song, Jinfeng Deng, Hang Dong, Pengfei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Hekang Li, Qiujiang Guo, Zhen Wang, Ying Li, Xiaoting Wang, Chao Song, H. Wang

“…However, the vulnerability of quantum information to environmental noises and the consequent high cost for realizing fault tolerance has impeded the quantum models from learning complex datasets. …”
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Cadmium Bioavailability Based on Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Technique and Conventional Chemical Extraction in High Geological Background Soil Area of Northwestern Zhejiang P... by Chao WU, Binbin SUN, Xiaomeng CHENG, Dong LIU, Yu QIAO, Ling He, Daoming ZENG

“…Single extraction methods with relatively simple operation and relatively low cost and sequential extraction methods providing morphological distribution feature information, are the most common methods for evaluation of heavy metals bioavailability in soil. …”
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A multi-dimensional approach to improve validation practices for qualitative models of marine social-ecological systems by Bruno Oliveira, Nuno V. Álvaro, Furqan Asif, Andrea Z. Botelho, João Canning-Clode, Daniela Casimiro, Candelaria Cecilia-Ruano, Catherine Chambers, Ana C. Costa, Ana Dinis, Jesús P. García, Ricardo Haroun, Unn Laksá, Gustavo M. Martins, Alexander H. McGrath, Caterina Mintrone, Mirjam Carlsdóttir Olsen, Manuela I. Parente, Paola Parretti, Sarai Pouso, Chiara Ravaglioli, Maria A.M. Ventura, Talea Weissang, Sandra Rybicki, Pamela J. Woods, Anna H. Olafsdottir, Angel Borja

“…The “Administrative, Review, and Overview” dimension, which focused on the managerial overview, showed the models needed improvement in the documentation and replicability, while time and cost constraints were positively evaluated. The presumed utility protocol has shown to be a useful tool providing quantitative and qualitative evaluations for an intermediate evaluation of the model-building process, helping to substantiate confidence, with recommendations for improvements and applications elsewhere.…”
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Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…For their part, wells connected to the nerve centres of the urban road network and to the supply system of thermal buildings would seem to have been in decline, becoming supplementary to the supply provided by the aqueduct pressure system.The collection wells categorically and definitively fell into disuse through the complete obliteration of the reservoir or, if originally in the public sphere, through their assimilation into private property, or even through functional conversion to drains, favoured as it was by the dispersive capacities of the geological subsoil and the considerable depths of the pipe.While this is the information that can be deduced from the analyses conducted on the city of Pompeii’s earliest historical phases, the data that have emerged from the middle and late Samnite periods reveal a change in previous conditions and the adoption of new mechanisms.Between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, the introduction of a new urban layout and Pompeii’s entry into Rome’s sphere of influence triggered an urbanistic mutation of the site inspired by the model of the Roman city.Roman-style hydraulic engineering in Pompeii also encouraged the choice of vaulted chamber cisterns, which were often introduced into the city as a complement to the previous storage structures.The chambered cistern type not only reduced the cost of excavating the lava bed, but also made for greater safety in open-air construction and enhanced the static capacity of the walls and cement cover to improve the structural qualities of the cisterns and considerably increase their storage capacity.In particular, the adoption of the sub-type of cistern with multiple, parallel chambers also made it possible, through the principal of the discharge of forces through the vaulted system, to terrace and amplify the spaces available for building.This is what research has shown in the urban construction of Pompeii, which in the course of the 2nd century BC was also focused near the height of the promontory, as attested above all along the southern lava ridge of Regio VIII. …”
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