Quantifying economic risks to dairy farms from volcanic hazards in Taranaki, Aotearoa / New Zealand by N. J. McDonald, L. Dowling, E. P. Harvey, A. M. Weir, A. M. Weir, M. S. Bebbington, N. Bui, C. Magill, H. M. Craig, G. W. McDonald, J. J. Monge, S. J. Cronin, T. M. Wilson, D. Walker

“…To do this, we developed a dynamic, multi-event farm system model of response and recovery, which takes in hazard intensity metrics from a series of volcanic events and generates the resulting annualised revenues, expenditures, and recovery costs through time. The model is formulated in a generalised way such that it can be used for various other hazard types and agricultural land uses. …”
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Epidemiology and risk factors of healthcare-associated urinary tract infections: a prospective study in a Tunisian tertiary hospital by Hela Ghali, Omar Khalil Ben Saad, Sana Bhiri, Salma Balhi, Farah Azouzi, Amani Maatouk, Sameh Boughattas, Saoussen Layouni, Jihed Anoun, Sofien Benzarti, Emna Trabelsi, Zeineb Mrizak, Maha Brahim, Arwa Nafetti, Aroua Kamel, Fatima E. Khouya, Sofien Aidani, Yosr Boussoukaya, Mohamed Ben Rejeb, AbdelHalim Trabelsi, Houyem S. Latiri, Asma Ben Cheikh

“…Abstract Healthcare-associated urinary tract infections (HAUTIs) represent a significant challenge to healthcare systems worldwide, contributing to patient morbidity, mortality, and increased healthcare costs. Understanding the epidemiology and risk factors associated with HAUTIs is crucial for implementing targeted prevention strategies and optimizing patient care. …”
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Socio-economic contextual determinants and behavioral changes during pregnancy: evidence from the "MAMI-MED" cohort by Francesca Bitonti, Angelo Mazza, Martina Barchitta, Andrea Maugeri, Roberta Magnano San Lio, Giuliana Favara, Claudia La Mastra, Maria Clara La Rosa, Fabiola Galvani, Elisa Pappalardo, Carla Ettore, Giuseppe Ettore, Federico Mertoli, Carmela Elita Schillaci, Antonella Agodi

“…Geocoding techniques were employed to link individual-level data to selected contextual variables related to education, income, unemployment, and housing costs in the participants' residential areas. Mann–Whitney test, Kruskal–Wallis tests, logistic regressions and mixtures of regressions models with concomitant variables are implemented 1) to investigate the associations between contextual covariates and individual responses, 2) to assess the presence of latent sub-groups of the population reacting differently to the same contextual factors. …”
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Urban Tree Canopy Mapping and Analysis Using Iterative Annotation Method and Deep Learning: A Case Study in Beijing by Yulong Ding, Ximin Cui, Zhengchao Chen, Zeqing Wang, Debao Yuan, Xiang Meng, Xuan Yang, Yue Xu, Xiangyu Tian

“…Deep learning models typically require large amounts of labeled data for training, but manually annotating pixel-level labels is time-consuming and costly. To address this, we propose an iterative method based on intersection over union (IoU), integrating multiscale segmentation and nearest-neighbor classification algorithms. …”
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Age and sex specific thresholds for risk stratification of cardiovascular disease and clinical decision making: prospective open cohort study by Matthew Sperrin, Angela M Wood, Lois Kim, Zhe Xu, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Stephen Kaptoge, Juliet Usher-Smith, Matthew Arnold, Lisa Pennells, Ryan Chung

“…Such gains should be weighed against the costs of treating more younger people with statins for longer.…”
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Integrating anamnestic and lifestyle data with sphingolipid levels for risk-based prostate cancer screening by Caterina Peraldo-Neia, Paola Ostano, Melissa Savioli, Maurizia Mello-Grand, Ilaria Gregnanin, Francesca Guana, Francesca Crivelli, Francesco Montagnani, Michele Dei-Cas, Rita Paroni, Antonella Sinopoli, Francesco Ferranti, Nicolò Testino, Marco Oderda, Andrea Zitella, Chiara Fiameni, Amedeo Gagliardi, Alessio Naccarati, Luca Clivio, Paolo Gontero, Stefano Zaramella, Giovanna Chiorino

“…Conclusions Circulating sphingolipids are promising biomarkers that, when combined with PSA, anamnestic, and lifestyle data, may enhance PCa screening precision and reduce the need for invasive, costly examinations.…”
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Comparative clinical characteristics among different age group of adult COVID‐19 patients: A multicenter study by Wei Cheng †, Yating Peng †, Aiyuan Zhou, Ling Lin, Xin Liao, Dingding Deng, Peng Huang, Wenlong Liu, Mingyan Jiang, Xudong Xiang, Qingcui Shuang, Shan Cai, Ping Chen, Xucai Liao

“…Abstract Background Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) is a global infectious disease with a large burden of illness and high health care costs. This study aimed to compare clinical features among adult COVID‐19 patients in different age groups. …”
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A new gridded offshore wind profile product for US coasts using machine learning and satellite observations by J. Frech, J. Frech, K. Saha, K. Saha, P. D. Lavin, P. D. Lavin, H.-M. Zhang, J. Reagan, B. Fung

“…In situ wind profiles have sparse geospatial coverage and are costly to obtain en masse, whereas satellite-derived 10 m wind speeds have vast coverage at high resolution. …”
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Systematic bias between blinded independent central review and local assessment: literature review and analyses of 76 phase III randomised controlled trials in 45 688 patients with... by Jianrong Zhang, Yu Huang, Hengrui Liang, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He, Yiyin Zhang, Jiaxi He, Jieyu Wu, Long Jiang, Shiyan Tang, Qihua He, Lindsey Tristine Hamblin, Zhiheng Xu, Yaoqi Chen, Difei Chen, Xinyu Wang, Kexin Deng, Shuhan Jiang, Jiaqing Zhou, Jiaxuan Xu, Xuanzuo Chen

“…Blinded independent central review is usually used as a supplemental or monitor to local assessment but is costly. The aim of this study is to investigate whether systematic bias existed in RCTs by comparing the treatment effects of efficacy endpoints between central and local assessments.Design Literature review, pooling analysis and correlation analysis.Data sources PubMed, from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2017.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Eligible articles are phase III RCTs comparing anticancer agents for advanced solid tumours. …”
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Awareness, attendance, and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive Chinese women in Yunnan province: a cross-sectional study by Jiawei Hu, Rufei Duan, Hongyun Zhang, Xuelian Zhao, Aihui Wu, Le Li, Fanghui Zhao, Yong Zhang

“…The main facilitators to attending cervical cancer screening were health promotion activity and well-organized programs, while the main barriers were high costs of the service and inadequate awareness. Conclusions Although most HIV-positive women attending a large ART clinic in Yunnan were aware of cervical cancer screening, the up-to-date attendance was low. …”
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Antimicrobial-Resistance and Virulence-Associated Genes of <i>Pasteurella multocida</i> and <i>Mannheimia haemolytica</i> Isolated from Polish Dairy Calves with Symptoms of Bovine... by Agnieszka Lachowicz-Wolak, Aleksandra Chmielina, Iwona Przychodniak, Magdalena Karwańska, Magdalena Siedlecka, Małgorzata Klimowicz-Bodys, Kamil Dyba, Krzysztof Rypuła

“…Bovine respiratory disease causes significant economic losses in cattle farming due to mortality, treatment costs, and reduced productivity. It involves viral and bacterial infections, with <i>Pasteurella multocida</i> and <i>Mannheimia haemolytica</i> key bacterial pathogens. …”
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Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative stu... by Elvin Lufele, Sophie Pascoe, Alice Mengi, Alma Auwun, Nalisa Neuendorf, John W. Bolnga, Moses Laman, Stephen J. Rogerson, Kamala Thriemer, Holger W. Unger

“…Transcripts were analysed using inductive and deductive thematic analysis applying a framework assessing: affective attitude, burden, ethicality, intervention coherence, opportunity costs, perceived effectiveness, and self-efficacy. …”
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Exploring the relationship between predicted negative energy balance and its biomarkers of Holstein cows in first-parity early lactation by Hongqing Hu, Sébastien Franceschini, Pauline Lemal, Clément Grelet, Yansen Chen, Hadi Atashi, Katrien Wijnrocx, Hélène Soyeurt, Nicolas Gengler

“…Direct measurement of NEB is impractical for large-scale use due to costs, necessitating reliance on indirect predictors such as milk mid-infrared (MIR) spectrometry-based predicted biomarkers. …”
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Perceptions about chronic health conditions, multimorbidity and self-management practices in rural northeast South Africa: findings from a qualitative study by Edward Fottrell, Stephen Tollman, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Rochelle Burgess, Alisha N Wade, Audry Dube, Nicola Joan Christofides, Belinda J Njiro, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula

“…Participants also highlighted the role of religion in the control of chronic disease risk factors and traditional treatments for uncommon conditions such as epilepsy. Costs associated with lifestyle changes and equipment to manage and monitor health were highlighted as barriers to self-management of chronic health conditions.Conclusions Our findings contribute to emerging research on chronic health conditions and self-management approaches. …”
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Analysis of options for using oxygen-helium mixture in complex therapy and rehabilitation of patients with various diseases of the respiratory organs (review of literature) by Yu. A. Khatuntseva, V. M. Manuylov, A. N. Shcherbyuk, Ya. E. Nemstsveridze, A. A. Andrushchenko, G. I. Kurnakin

“…The development and implementation of innovative rehabilitation methods during treatment and at the posthospital stage is an urgent task of healthcare aimed at reducing labor losses, the level of disability and economic costs.Materials and methods. A systematic analysis of domestic and foreign literature for 2000-2024, published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and indexed in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and RSCI databases, was conducted. …”
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Estimation and prediction on the economic burden of schistosomiasis in 25 endemic countries by Xian-Fa Chen, Qin Li, Robert Bergquist, Jin-Xin Zheng, Su-Ying Guo, Qiu-Feng Lan, Zheng-Ze He, Li-Juan Zhang, Chun-Li Cao, Jing Xu, Xiao-Nong Zhou

“…The HAM model considered: (i) the impact of schistosomiasis mortality and morbidity on labor supply; (ii) age and gender differences in education and work experience among schistosomiasis patients; and (iii) the impact of schistosomiasis treatment costs on physical capital accumulation. To be able to compare the purchasing power of different countries, we used international dollars (INT$), a hypothetical currency unit based on purchasing power parity. …”
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A double-layer model for improving the estimation of wheat canopy nitrogen content from unmanned aerial vehicle multispectral imagery by Zhen-qi LIAO, Yu-long DAI, Han WANG, Quirine M. KETTERINGS, Jun-sheng LU, Fu-cang ZHANG, Zhi-jun LI, Jun-liang FAN

“…However, the determination of CNC from field sampling data for leaf area index (LAI), canopy photosynthetic pigments (CPP; including chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoids) and leaf nitrogen concentration (LNC) can be time-consuming and costly. Here we evaluated the use of high-precision unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multispectral imagery for estimating the LAI, CPP and CNC of winter wheat over the whole growth period. …”
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Engineered CRO-CD7 CAR-NK cells derived from pluripotent stem cells avoid fratricide and efficiently suppress human T-cell malignancies by Yunqing Lin, Ziyun Xiao, Fangxiao Hu, Xiujuan Zheng, Chenyuan Zhang, Yao Wang, Yanhong Liu, Dehao Huang, Zhiqian Wang, Chengxiang Xia, Qitong Weng, Leqiang Zhang, Yaoqin Zhao, Hanmeng Qi, Yiyuan Shen, Yi Chen, Fan Zhang, Jiaxin Wu, Pengcheng Liu, Jiacheng Xu, Lijuan Liu, Yanping Zhu, Jingliao Zhang, Wenbin Qian, Aibin Liang, Xiaofan Zhu, Tongjie Wang, Mengyun Zhang, Jinyong Wang

“…Additionally, engineering CARs into human tissue-derived NK cells demonstrates heterogeneity, low transduction efficiency, and high manufacturing costs. Methods The human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) were genetically modified by knocking out the CD7 gene and introducing the CD7 CAR expression cassette to generate CD7 KO-CD7 CAR-hPSCs. …”
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Dynamics of Clinical Manifestations and Social Functioning in Schizophrenia: A Non-interventional Observational Study of Paliperidone Palmitat Dosage Forms by Aleksandr M. Reznik, Olga A. Karpenko, Elena A. Shumakova, Aleksandr V. Mudrak, Andrey V. Sokolov, Svetlana V. Nazimova, Alina M. Saifulina, Anton M. Eliseenko, Tatjana K. Matvievskaya, Angelina N. Khannanova, Vladimir I. Revenko, Dmitriy V. Scherbakov, Yuriy L. Martynyuk, Aleksandr L. Arbuzov, Oleg A. Yacenko, Polina N. Alekseeva, Aleksandr B. Berdalin, Larisa A. Burygina

“…Studies have shown that the correct selection of target groups for such therapy can reduce the frequency of relapses requiring hospitalization, lower the costs of inpatient care, and shift the focus of therapy from multiple drug administrations to psychosocial work. …”
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Bacteriostatic Activity and Resistance Mechanism of <i>Artemisia annua</i> Extract Against <i>Ralstonia solanacearum</i> in Pepper by Tiantian Du, Weiping Zhu, Chenning Zhang, Xiaomin Liang, Yinghua Shu, Jingyun Zhou, Mengyu Zhang, Yuxuan He, Jincai Tu, Yuanjiao Feng

“…Considering the development costs, the application of <i>A. annua</i> extract at a concentration of 0.75 g·mL⁻¹ demonstrates great potential for green control measures against bacterial wilt in peppers.…”
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