Test-retest and intrasession reliability of assisted sprint outcome measurements using a motorized resistance device by Ola Eriksrud, Frederic Westheim

“…For test-retest reliability mostly high to extremely high ICC values (>0.77), and good (<5%) CV values were observed for all outcome measurements. …”
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Assessment of Selected Parameters of Liver Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients with Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis by Sabina Więcek, Halina Woś, Andrzej Pogorzelski, Bożena Kordys-Darmolinska, Henryk Mazurek, Urszula Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk

“…Increased APRI values were only found in subjects with advanced hepatic lesions, most often in the form of portal hypertension.…”
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SELECTION OF THERAPEUTIC TACTICS FOR EARLY ANEMIA OF PREMATURE INFANTS WITH VERY LOW OR EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY RESULTS by O. A. Senkevich, E. A. Smetanina, A. N. Yilg

“…Background: Early anemia of prematurity (EAP) is a serious issue of contemporary neonatology due to increasing survivability of premature infants. One of the most efficient preventive methods is extreme prematurity prevention. …”
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Hand hygiene basic compliance rate monitoring among healthcare workers of a public hospital in Trinidad and Tobago by Rajeev Peeyush Nagassar, Sacha Wallace-Sankarsingh

“…The provision of hand washing sinks was adequate in most cases, with a bed to sink ratio of 1:10. There was an increased number of clinically significant organisms isolated on wards with lower BCRs. …”
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for IgA vasculitis abdominal pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiangge Ren, Peidong Zhao, Wen-Sheng Zhai

“…Introduction Abdominal pain is one of the most common symptoms in patients with IgA vasculitis (IgAV), adversely affecting both physical and mental health. …”
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Estimation of the stability of barley regenerated lines within the current breeding process by S. Yu. Lugovtsova, V. Yu. Stupko

“…Ranking of samples based on stability indices has shown that half of the regenerants surpassed their donor genotypes in terms of phenotypic stability (S(1)) (HP.1-Acha, HP-P-71, KP.1-P-71, CP.1-P -71, КР.2-Р-7, НР.1-С-7, НР.2-С-7), four of them according to the Pi superiority index; two of them (KP.1-P-71, KP.1-P-7) according to the balance of productivity / stability (NP(2), S(3)). At the same time, most of the regenerants had 1000-grain weight at the level of donor genotypes. …”
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Pandemic consequences and crisis recovery scenarios by Mariia Minchenko, Kateryna Demchuk

“…Notably, the demand for such goods as cars and clothing decreased while increased for household products. Most developed and many developing countries have sacrificed their economies to defend the population. …”
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Genome-wide identification of the AAT gene family in quinoa and analysis of its expression pattern under abiotic stresses by Hanxue Li, Chunhe Jiang, Junna Liu, Ping Zhang, Li Li, Rongbo Li, Liubin Huang, Xuqin Wang, Guofei Jiang, Yutao Bai, Lingyuan Zhang, Peng Qin

“…Interestingly, these AAT genes are not evenly distributed on the quinoa chromosomes. Instead, most of these genes are centrally located on the outer edges of the chromosome arms. …”
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Worldwide Incidence and Mortality of Bladder Cancer and Human Development Index: An Ecological Study by Elham Goodarzi, Malihe Sohrabivafa, Ali Hasanpour Dehkordi, Zaher Khazaei

“…Background and Objective: Bladder cancer (BC) is the most common cancer of the urinary and genital tract. …”
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Biological and Behavioural Effects of Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposure: An In Vivo Study in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> by Isabel Gaivão, Rita António Santos, Tetiana V. Morozova, Volodymyr V. Tkach

“…Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the most produced compounds worldwide. It acts as an endocrine disruptor and can cause adverse effects in the body, even at low-dose exposures. …”
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Exploiting heart rate variability for driver drowsiness detection using wearable sensors and machine learning by Zakwan AlArnaout, Chamseddine Zaki, Yehia Kotb, Mouhammad AlAkkoumi, Nour Mostafa

“…Six classification algorithms are applied to labeled datasets, with performance metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and runtime assessed to determine the most effective algorithm for timely drowsiness detection and driver alerting. …”
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Accompanying the prostate cancer patient pathway: evaluation of novel clinical decision support software in patients with early diagnosis of prostate cancer by Christian Engesser, Maurice Henkel, Aurelien F. Stalder, Horn Tobias, Pawel Trotsenko, Viktor Alargkof, Philip Cornford, Helge Seifert, Bram Stieltjes, Christian Wetterauer

“…Abstract Background Prostate cancer, the second most prevalent cancer among men with 1.4 million newly diagnosed cases, poses intricate challenges in treatment decision-making due to multifaceted influencing factors. …”
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Road ecology of a Chihuahuan Desert snake community: size-based mortality sets the stage for evolutionary change in a widespread pitviper by Daniel F. Hughes

“…The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) was the most frequently observed species across all surveys (48% of all encounters) and 33% of these observations were found DOR. …”
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Exploring the anticancer and antioxidant properties of Lagerstroemia speciosa bark extract via phytochemical and molecular docking analysis by Shahnaz Parvin Sweety, Tahsin Ahmed Rupok, Mst. Shahnaj Parvin, Jaytirmoy Barmon, Mst. Sarmina Yeasmin, Md. Ekramul Islam

“…In vitro antioxidant assays identified CHF as the most active fraction, exhibiting high phenolic and flavonoid content. …”
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Developing a Fluvial and Pluvial Stochastic Flood Model of Southeast Asia by Gaia Olcese, Paul D. Bates, Jeffrey C. Neal, Christopher C. Sampson, Oliver E. J. Wing, Niall Quinn, Callum J. R. Murphy‐Barltrop, Izzy Probyn

“…This number is roughly half the population living in the 100‐year return period flood zone of Fathom's hazard maps, suggesting most studies based on static flood maps overestimate exposure. …”
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How can campus living labs thrive to reach sustainable solutions? by Annika Herth, Robert Verburg, Kornelis Blok

“…First, a systematic literature review was conducted, identifying sixteen enabling factors. The most pertinent ones were stakeholders and networks, coordination on the organizational level, a conducive work culture, co-creation and collaboration, and suitable methods and practices for living labs. …”
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Duodenal perforation in a child due to lollipop stick ingestion: A case report by Hercules Magalhães Olivense do Carmo, Miguel Lucas Silva Valente, Sthefanie da Silva Bessa, Pedro Lucas Melo Brilhante, Melayne Silva de Oliveira, Luana Livelli Becker, João Lucas de Melo Bardi, Angela Claudia Paixão Soares de Magalhães

“…Background: Foreign body ingestion is common in children. While most ingested objects pass harmlessly through the gastrointestinal tract, some can cause severe complications like perforation, which may be life-threatening. …”
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Value of Time to Positivity of Blood Culture in Children with Bloodstream Infections by Fen Pan, Wantong Zhao, Hong Zhang

“…ROC curve analysis indicated that the TTP cutoff value of CoNS, S. aureus, E. coli, and K. pneumoniae was 22.72 h, 19.6 h, 18.58 h, and 16.43 h, respectively, with most sensitive and specific predictor of BSIs. Conclusions. …”
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Contemporary Approach to Antibiotic Therapy of Urinary Tract Infection by M. V. Zhuravleva, S. K. Yarovoy, A. B. Prokofiev, N. G. Berdnikova, T. M. Ponomarenko, B. A. Rodionov, T. R. Kameneva, N. B. Lazareva, S. Yu. Serebrova, I. V. Sukhobrus

“…To reduce this effect, as well as to impove the effectiveness of treatment, it is necessary to put forward a hypothesis about the proposed microorganism which caused the UTI as precisely as possible and to try to prescribe the most suitable antibiotic. The clinical situation in which the UTI occurred may determine a probable pathogen, which will be the basis for the choice of antibiotic therapy. …”
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Factors affecting innovation capacity: Empirical evidence from small and medium enterprises in Vietnam by Lien Thi Hoa Do, Phuong Vo Hang Hoang, Mai Thi Ngoc Nguyen

“…The survey respondents indicated that collaborative networks exerted the most substantial influence on the innovation capability of SMEs (with an estimate of 0.282). …”
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