Experimental assessment and data-driven hybrid machine learning quantification with parametric optimization of compressive strength of ceramic waste concrete by Mihir Mishra, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Kawsarul Islam Kabbo, M Jameel, Turki S. Alahmari, Naim Ahmad, Md. Munir Hayet Khan

“…The feature importance analysis identified water, curing age, and superplasticizer as the most influential factors in predicting the CS of CWC. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of Platelet-rich Plasma Therapy in Chronic Plantar Fasciitis: A Prospective Study on Pain Relief and Functional Improvement by TM Manohar, P Magesh Babu, S Selvakumar, K Satish Kumar, PS Jayaselvan

“…Introduction: Plantar fascia is a connective tissue structure present on the plantar aspect of the foot, which spans from the calcaneum to the toes. The most common cause of heel pain is plantar fasciitis (PF). …”
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RECONSTRUCTION WITH MODULAR ENDOPROSTHESIS AFTER PERIACETABULAR RESECTIONS IN PATIENS WITH PELVIC TUMORS. EARLY RESULTS. MULTICENTRAL R by V. U. Karpenko, V. A. Derzhavin, M. U. Shchupak, A. A. Zheravin, A. V. Buharov, A. V. Bondarev, G. S. Zhamgaryan

“…When performing periacetabular resections, the acetabulum and the hip joint are the most difficult areas to reconstruct. According to some authors, the acetabulum and hip joint reconstruction with modular endoprostheses for patients with periacetabular tumors would lead to better clinical outcomes. …”
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Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding alleviate neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia via the gut microbiota-α-linolenic and linoleic acid metabolism-enterohepatic circulati... by Chunxiu Lin, Yugui Lin, Rui Xiao, Min Guo, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen, Gang Wang

“…Among the various treatment groups, B. longum subsp. infantis exhibited the most potent effect, followed by B. bifidum and B. breve. …”
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The immunogenicity and safety of an inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine and a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in individuals with chronic diseases by Wanqin Tang, Xi Lu, Zhongkui Zhu, Dan Yu, Huaxian Liu, Yufei Song, Lu Shen, Yang Yu, Yanwei Zhao, Yan Xie

“…The rate of adverse events was 0.96% in the Chronic Disease group and 1.47% in the Healthy group, with most events being mild (grade 1). No serious adverse events were observed.ConclusionThe immunogenicity and safety profiles of IIV4 and PPSV23, particularly when administered simultaneously, in individuals with chronic diseases were comparable to those in healthy individuals, supporting the vaccination strategy of IIV4 and PPSV23 in chronic disease population.…”
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PhotoNeuro: A compact photodetector for synchronization of visual stimulus presentation during behavioural experiments in neuroscience by Xavier Cano-Ferrer, Marcelo J. Moglie, George Konstantinou, Antonin Blot, Gaia Bianchini, Albane Imbert, Petr Znamenskiy, M. Florencia Iacaruso

“…This is typically achieved by combining analogue signals that convey timing information about the visual cue shown on liquid crystal displays (LCDs), sensed via photodetectors and recorded through analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) acquisition boards. However, most commercial photodetector systems pose limitations such as high voltage requirements, large sensor footprints that interfere with stimulus presentation, and limited compatibility with open-source platforms. …”
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Consumer Wearable Usage to Collect Health Data Among Adults Living in Germany: Nationwide Observational Survey Study by Kristin Manz, Susanne Krug, Charlotte Kühnelt, Johannes Lemcke, Ilter Öztürk, Julika Loss

“…Of the CW users who collected health data, 47.2% (321/650) wore their CW during nocturnal sleep. The most frequently named motives for the collection of health data with a CW were “to observe my PA” (544/647, 85.0%), “for fun” (508/644, 79.0%), and “for support during exercising” (423/647, 66.3%). …”
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Increasing the Technological Efficiency of Well Killing Using Innovative Technologies by R. A. Gasumov, E. R. Gasumov, Yu. S. Minchenko, V. G. Kopchenkov, V. V. Fedorenko

“…Based on the study, it was determined that the most promising technology for killing wells under conditions of abnormally low formation pressures is the technology of preliminary blocking of the bottomhole formation zone using special compositions of process fluids with controlled rheological parameters, taking into account the characteristics of the formation, technologically applicable in special climatic conditions with low negative temperatures. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites among Schoolchildren from Two Primary Schools in Rama Town, Northern Ethiopia by Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila, Hagos Zewde, Tesfahun Mekene, Aseer Manilal, Serawit Lakew, Abinet Teshome

“…Altogether, eight species of intestinal parasites were identified. The most predominant protozoan and helminths were E. histolytica/dispar (10.9%) and Schistosoma mansoni (7.4%), respectively, and infections were mostly mono-parasitic. …”
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Desarrollo y aplicación del diagnóstico y pronóstico técnico al mantenimiento de los sistemas centralizados de aire acondicionado // Develop and application of the diagnosis and te... by J. L. Sánchez Ávila, J. V. García Ruano

“…<br />The development of an experimental plan, in the hotel facilities, allowed to obtain the curves that express the behavior of<br />the degradation of these systems in the time, as well as to determine the most opportune moment for the realization of the<br />maintenance.…”
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Vasculitis as an indicator of disease severity in familial Mediterranean fever by Aviv Barzilai, Aviv Barzilai, Aviv Barzilai, Yarin Mash, Rotem Gershon, Elon Pras, Elon Pras, Sharon Baum, Sharon Baum

“…This study aimed to describe the types of vasculitides in FMF and characterize the patients.MethodsThis nested case-control study compared 27 patients with FMF (12 male) diagnosed with vasculitis with 100 patients (49 men) who did not develop vasculitis.ResultsMost patients (25/27) developed vasculitis after FMF diagnosis. …”
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A simple and effective method to enhance the level of gamma-aminobutyric acid in Chinese yam tubers while preserving its original appearance by Qiang Wang, Zhuo Chen, Xiqiang Gao, Hongde Xu, Yung-Yi Cheng, Shuangyan Liu, Wei Wang, Yuwei Zhang, Dian Meng, Yinuo Wang, Shixiu Liao, Chengping Xie, Yanli Wang

“…Among nitrogen treatment (treatment under a nitrogen atmosphere), carbon dioxide (CO2) treatment (treatment under a CO2 atmosphere), vacuum treatment, and water immersion, CO2 treatment was the most effective GABA-level-increasing method for CY tubers, with water immersion being more effective than nitrogen treatment and vacuum treatment. …”
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Targeting p66Shc to restore KATP channel and renal microvascular responses in a preclinical model of diabetic nephropathy by Bradley Miller, John Imig, John Imig, Samaneh Goorani, Samaneh Goorani, Perrin Schupbach, Franklin Hays, Doris M. Benbrook, Andrey Sorokin

“…Renal microvascular injury occurs in most patients with diabetes, representing one of the main causes underlying chronic kidney disease development. …”
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Predictive value of MetS-IR for the glucose status conversion in prediabetes: a multi-center retrospective cohort study by Dixing Liu, Jiana Zhong, Wenting Xuan, Weikun Chen, Jiajing Yuan, Xiuwei Zhang, Lingjie He

“…The ROC curves analysis showed that METS-IR was the most effective predictor of glycemic status transition in individuals with prediabetes, with an area under the curve (AUC) surpassing those of triglyceride glucose (TyG), atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Селекционно-генетическая оценка гибридов озимой твердой пшеницы на качество клейковины by A. P. Samofalov, M. A. Avramenko, N. E. Samofalova, N. P. Ilichkina, M. M. Kopus

“…It has been established that according to the amount of SDS-sedimentation the hybrids took an intermediate position among the parental forms with a shift to the best parent. The most hybrids had average indexes of the trait in the limits of parental variability. …”
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Mobilizing Health Promotion Through Canada’s Student Mental Health Network: Concurrent, Mixed Methods Process Evaluation by Amy Ecclestone, Brooke Linden, Jessica Rose, Kiran Kullar

“…Evidence for the feasibility of the Network was observed through website use statistics indicating the most frequently viewed pages aligned with our goals: providing mental health education and increasing awareness of available resources. …”
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A Stroll Through Saffron Fields, Cannabis Leaves, and Cherry Reveals the Path to Waste-Derived Antimicrobial Bioproducts by Stefania Lamponi, Roberta Barletta, Michela Geminiani, Alfonso Trezza, Luisa Frusciante, Behnaz Shabab, Collins Nyaberi Nyong’a, Annalisa Santucci

“…Full-proteome multiple sequence alignments across the bacterial strains were used to identify conserved, strain-specific proteins, and molecular docking simulations were applied to predict binding interactions between the most abundant compounds in the extracts and their targets. …”
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Integrated phenotypic analysis, predictive modeling, and identification of novel trait-associated loci in a diverse Theobroma cacao collection by Insuck Baek, Minhyeok Cha, Seunghyun Lim, Brian M. Irish, Sookyung Oh, Jishnu Bhatt, Rakesh K. Upadhyay, Moon S. Kim, Lyndel W. Meinhardt, Sunchung Park, Ezekiel Ahn

“…Machine learning models effectively modeled yield, quantifying a hierarchy of predictor importance, with ‘Total pods’, ‘Infection rate’, and ‘Pod weight’ being the most influential. Integrating existing SNP data for 28 common accessions, multiple SNPs were identified as significantly associated with key horticultural traits, including ‘Total pods’, ‘Infection rate’, and ‘Yield’ (FDR < 0.01). …”
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Shedding light on risk: Seroprevalence of Q fever among farm animals and workers in Ecuador by Mónica Salomé Guerrero-Freire, Yanua Ledesma, Gustavo Echeverría, Federico Carlos Blanco, Jacobus H. de Waard

“…Although well studied in some countries, in most countries in Latin America, there's a lack of information on C. burnetii infection, its prevalence, and its impact on both livestock and human populations. …”
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Dynamic changes of fatty acids and related physical & chemical parameters during deep frying in fish oil supplemented blend oil by MA Feng-lan, CHEN Qi, ZHANG Lan, LI Duo

“…With the prolonging of the deep frying time, the proportions of 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 decreased in different doses of FO, with 12.0% FO decreased most. After 4 h, the acid value had a significant increasing trend; during 4-24 h, acid value of SO was significantly lower than FO (P&lt;0.01). …”
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