When “Aging” meets “Intelligence”: smart health cognition and intentions of older adults in rural Western China by Xiao-Yu Li, Xiao-Yu Li, Xiao-Yu Li, Jun Li, Ning-Li Zhu, Ning-Li Zhu, Ning-Li Zhu, Lei Luo, Lei Luo, Lei Luo, Si-Yu Zhang, Si-Yu Zhang, Si-Yu Zhang, Wen-Wen Cheng, Wen-Wen Cheng, Wen-Wen Cheng, Jia-Xue Li, Jia-Xue Li, Jia-Xue Li, Chen Yu, Chen Yu, Chen Yu, Song-He Lu, Liang Zhu, Liang Zhu, Liang Zhu

“…Moreover, concerted efforts by governments, enterprises, and all sectors of society are essential to deliver more accessible and cost-effective health management and services to older adults. …”
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Carbon Credit Earned by Rooftop PV Systems: Assessing Opportunities for Carbon Market Adoption in the Ecuadorian Context by Ruben Hidalgo-Leon, Jose Campoverde-Gil, Jaqueline Litardo, Miguel Torres, Maria Luisa Granda, Viviana Villavicencio, Scarleth Vasconcelos, Cristian A. Hernandez, Juan Solano-Aguirre, Pritpal Singh, Guillermo Soriano

“…The results indicated that the 166 kWp system was the most promising, supplying approximately 74% of the building’s electricity demand. …”
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Backtranslation of human RNA biosignatures of tuberculosis disease risk into the preclinical pipeline is condition dependent by Hannah Painter, Sasha E. Larsen, Brittany D. Williams, Hazem F. M. Abdelaal, Susan L. Baldwin, Helen A. Fletcher, Andrew Fiore-Gartland, Rhea N. Coler

“…We observed the best performance when the model most closely reflected human infection or disease conditions. …”
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Enhancing agricultural sustainability: Optimizing crop planting structures and spatial layouts within the water-land-energy-economy-environment-food nexus by Haowei Wu, Zhihui Li, Xiangzheng Deng, Zhe Zhao

“…On the contrary, rice production led to greater environmental costs though it provided higher economic returns. …”
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Universal conditional networks (UniCoN) for multi-age embryonic cartilage segmentation with sparsely annotated data by Nishchal Sapkota, Yejia Zhang, Zihao Zhao, Maria Jose Gomez, Yuhan Hsi, Jordan A. Wilson, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Greg Holmes, Meng Wu, Ethylin Wang Jabs, Joan T. Richtsmeier, Susan M. Motch Perrine, Danny Z. Chen

“…While DL approaches have been proposed to automate cartilage segmentation, most such models have limited accuracy and generalizability, especially across data from different embryonic age groups. …”
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Cementless unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is safe and effective at a minimum follow‐up of 4.2 years: A systematic review by Pierangelo Za, Giuseppe Francesco Papalia, Umberto Cardile, Pietro Gregori, Sebastiano Vasta, Edoardo Franceschetti, Stefano Campi, Rocco Papalia

“…However, several advantages are reported for cementless UKA, such as improved osseointegration, reduced cement‐related costs and complications. The aim of this study was to analyse clinical outcomes, survival, complications, failures and revision rate of cementless UKA. …”
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Enhancing the selectivity and conditional sensitivity of an antimicrobial peptide through cleavage simulations and homoarginine incorporation to combat drug-resistant bacteria by Keyi Yao, Jiachen Liu, Ruize Sun, Yun Wang, Yangyang Jiang, Tao Wang, Xiaoling Chen, Chengbang Ma, Tianbao Chen, Chris Shaw, Mei Zhou, Lei Wang

“…Abstract Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered one of the most promising new antimicrobial agents to combat antibiotic resistance and have garnered significant attention over the past few decades. …”
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Effect of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation with electrical stimulation on generalized anxiety disorder: Study protocol for an assessor-participant blinded, randomized sham-co... by JingLing Lai, Jun Liu, Lei Zhang, JiuDong Cao, Yang Hong, Ling Zhang, JiLiang Fang, XiaoLing Wang

“…Background: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is the most common type of anxiety disorder and can cause severe damage to patients and increase medical and social burdens. …”
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Multi-input PINN Surrogate Model for Digital Twin of Lead-cooled Fast Reactor Main Pump by GUO Yiwen, LI Liangxing, XIANG Zutao, GUI Jiabin, SHI Shang, LEI Zhenxin, XU Xiangyang

“…This approach results in high computational costs and prolonged design cycles. To address the issues, a physics-informed neural network (PINN) surrogate model with a multi-input structure was developed and applied it for rapid prediction of the flow field of the MPC in LFR under different operating conditions, to be used in the state tracking module of a digital twin system. …”
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Which Surgical Hand Preparation Method Is More Effective? A Comparative Study of Hand Rub and Hand Scrub by Claudia Olivia, Kusman Ibrahim, Titis Kurniawan

“…Surgical Site Infection (SSI) can be a devastating complication, leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Pre-surgical hand preparation is an effective strategy to prevent SSI. …”
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Innovative Business Models Towards Sustainable Energy Development: Assessing Benefits, Risks, and Optimal Approaches of Blockchain Exploitation in the Energy Transition by Aikaterini Papapostolou, Ioanna Andreoulaki, Filippos Anagnostopoulos, Sokratis Divolis, Harris Niavis, Sokratis Vavilis, Vangelis Marinakis

“…Furthermore, according to the results, technological and legal risks are the most significant, followed by political, economic, and social risks, while environmental risks of blockchain integration are not as important. …”
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Uptake of early infant diagnosis (EID) at six weeks after cessation of breastfeeding among HIV exposed children: A cross sectional survey at six high volume health facilities in Ir... by Sophia Samson, Rose N. Mpembeni, Prosper F. Njau, Rogati S. Kishimba

“…Introduction: Approximately 6% of the deaths among children aged below five years in Tanzania is attributed to HIV/AIDS. Most of these deaths could be prevented if these children were identified, diagnosed and initiated on HIV treatment early. …”
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Applying the Nonadoption, Abandonment, Scale-Up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) Framework to Adapt the CHAMP App for Pediatric Feeding Tube Weaning: Application and Case Report by Dana M Bakula, Alexandra Zax, Sarah Edwards, Kristina Nash, April Escobar, Rachel Graham, Amy Ricketts, Ryan Thompson, Sarah Bullard, Julianne Brogren, Leah Shimmens, Lori A Erickson

“…It may improve access, communication efficiency, and satisfaction among families and health care teams while reducing costs and enhancing safety monitoring. The app could also make TF weaning more accessible to families with lower health literacy.…”
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Strategies for adaptation of Russian commercial banks to innovative technologies by O. S. Solenaya

“…The limitations are the material costs of purchasing software and the readiness of personnel to use it. …”
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Interobserver agreement in BPPV diagnosis using eye movement recordings by Ali A. Melliti, Rajneesh Bhandari, Anita Bhandari, Andrea Castellucci, Marie-Cecile Gerards, Bre Myers, Vipin Ola, Peter Oostenbrink, Hans Van Kampen, Sophie Vanbelle, Raymond van de Berg

“…Abstract Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most prevalent peripheral vestibular disorders seen in specialized dizziness clinics. …”
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Predictors of post caesarean section surgical site infection and referral pattern for caesarean section in a tribal dominant and resource constraint tertiary level health care Cent... by Sona Singh, Neha Jain, Shruti Singh Parihar, Akash Ranjan Singh, Sanjeev Bakshi, Vikrant Kabirpanthi, Nagendra Singh

“…Abstract Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common complication post-caesarean section, causing risks such as antibiotic resistance, prolonged hospital stay, increased costs, maternal sepsis and even death. …”
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Detection of external defects on potatoes by hyperspectral imaging technology and image processing method by Su Wenhao, Liu Guishan, He Jianguo, Wang Songlei, He Xiaoguang, Wang Wei, Wu Longguo

“…After that, principal component analysis was conducted again based on the five selected characteristic wavelengths, then elected the principal component images where the differences of grey value between the defective area and the surrounding area on potatoes were most obvious. Furthermore, in order to eliminate the impact of grey value of potato images in the background and improve the contrast between defective area and surrounding area, image subtraction algorithm was put forward. …”
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The influence of new 1,2,3-triazolo-1,4-benzodiazepine derivatives on the muscle tone of rodents by I. V. Botsula, I. V. Kireyev, O. M. Koshovyi, V. A. Chebanov

“…Anxiety disorders represent one of the most prevalent categories of psychiatric illnesses, affecting individuals regardless of gender, age, or social standing. …”
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Temporal Dynamics and Disturbance Responses in Coral‐Dwelling Decapods Provide a Novel Perspective on Their Ecological Role in Coral Reef Systems by Susanne Bähr, Natalie Dunn, Sancia E. T. van derMeij, Joydeep Chowdhury, Francesca Benzoni

“…Interestingly, fate‐tracking showed that most sites maintained reproductively active crab populations despite bleaching, while compounded stressors at one site caused a local population collapse. …”
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GuardianML: Anatomy of Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning Techniques and Frameworks by Nges Brian Njungle, Eric Jahns, Zhenqi Wu, Luigi Mastromauro, Milan Stojkov, Michel A. Kinsy

“…GuardianML filters potential frameworks based on user-defined criteria, such as the number of parties involved in multi-party computation or the need to minimize communication costs in homomorphic encryption scenarios. The system’s recommendations and optimizations are formulated as a maximization problem using linear integer programming to identify the most suitable solution for various use cases. …”
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