Modeling the Evolutionary Mechanism of Multi-Stakeholder Decision-Making in the Green Renovation of Existing Residential Buildings in China by Yuan Gao, Jinjian Liu, Jiashu Zhang, Hong Xie

“…The findings indicate that (1) government regulation and subsidy policies play central guiding roles in the early stages of green renovation, but the effectiveness has clear limitations; (2) ESCOs are most sensitive to policy incentives and market competition, and moderately increasing their risk costs can effectively deter opportunistic behavior associated with low-quality renovation; (3) owners’ willingness to participate is primarily influenced by expected returns and perceived renovation risks, while economic incentives alone have limited impact; and (4) the evolutionary outcomes are highly sensitive to parameters from prospect theory, The system’s evolutionary outcomes are highly sensitive to prospect theory parameters. …”
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Primary Care Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Utility of Metabolic Syndrome as a Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study by Aniruddha Sheth, Sandra C. Thompson, Nahal Mavaddat

“…Insulin resistance was frequently identified as a unifying pathophysiological driver. Nevertheless, most participants did not routinely diagnose MetSy in clinical practice, rather focusing on treating individual component conditions (e.g., obesity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia) due to readily available disease-specific guidelines. …”
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Comprehensive in vitro and whole-genome characterization of probiotic properties in Pediococcus acidilactici P10 isolated from Iranian broiler chicken by Raana Tabashiri, Sahar Mahmoodian, Mohammad Hossein Pakdel, Vahid Shariati, Amir Meimandipour, Javad Zamani

“…The 1.84 Mb genome confirmed P10 as P. acidilactici and, most notably, identified a complete, functional Type II-A CRISPR-Cas system. …”
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Comparative Metagenomic Analysis of the Gut Microbiota of Captive Pangolins: A Case Study of Two Species by Zhengyu Dai, Bowen Xie, Chungang Xie, Jinsuo Xiang, Xinmei Wang, Jing Li, Rongquan Zheng, Yanni Wang

“…Pangolins, one of the most trafficked mammals, face significant health challenges in captivity, including digestive disorders and immune dysfunctions. …”
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A novel methodology for indirect application of hydrophobic agents into cement matrix: Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) as a delivery medium by Dalia Bednarska, Alicja Wieczorek, Julia von Werder

“…Hydrophobic agents are one of the most commonly used means of prolonging the lifespan of cement-based materials. …”
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Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) factors and the incidence of communicable diseases in Urban Bangladesh: Evidence from municipal areas. by Mohammad Hayatun Nabi, Fatema Hashem Rupa, Ishrat Jahan, A B M Nahid Hasan, Farah Naz, Iqbal Masud, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Mosharop Hossian

“…<h4>Results</h4>The study revealed that 24.1% of participants had a communicable disease, with diarrhoea being the most common. Significant predictors of communicable diseases included gender, with females being more likely affected (OR: 3.21, 95% CI: 1.19 to 8.66, p = 0.003), and the source of drinking water, with tube well users at higher risk (OR: 2.81, 95% CI: 1.13 to 7.02, p = 0.015). …”
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Nursing students’ experiences and perceptions regarding in-class flipped classroom: a mixed-methods study by Dongmei Zhang, Anle Huang, Yunxiao Lei, Haiyang Liu, Liu Yang, Congzhi Wang, Ting Yuan, Xiaoping Li, Lin Zhang, Wenyuan Shang

“…However, it requires completing preparatory work before the classroom, with workload burden, time constraints, and lack of familiarity being the most common challenges associated with the pre-class activity. …”
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High diversity of Escherichia coli causing invasive disease in neonates in Malawi poses challenges for O-antigen based vaccine approach by Oliver Pearse, Allan Zuza, Edith Tewesa, Patricia Siyabu, Alice J. Fraser, Jennifer Cornick, Kondwani Kawaza, Patrick Musicha, Nicholas R. Thomson, Nicholas A. Feasey, Eva Heinz

“…Abstract Background Escherichia coli is an important cause of neonatal sepsis and the third most prevalent cause of neonatal infection in sub-Saharan Africa, often with negative outcomes. …”
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The Quest for the Best Explanation: Comparing Models and XAI Methods in Air Quality Modeling Tasks by Thomas Tasioulis, Evangelos Bagkis, Theodosios Kassandros, Kostas Karatzas

“…AQ nowcasting, especially in dense urban centers like Beijing, is crucial for public health and safety. One of the most popular and accurate modeling methodologies relies on black-box models that fail to explain the phenomena in an interpretable way. …”
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Evolution of shrinkage, real density, porosity, heat and mass transfer coefficients during indirect solar drying of cocoa beans by Blaise Kamenan Koua, Paul Magloire Ekoun Koffi, Prosper Gbaha

“…The cocoa beans had a final porosity approaching 25% and most of its removed water during drying was replaced by gas. …”
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Evidence that the periaqueductal gray matter mediates the facilitation of panic-like reactions in neonatally-isolated adult rats. by Jeyce Willig Quintino-dos-Santos, Cláudia Janaína Torres Müller, Cristie Setúbal Bernabé, Caroline Azevedo Rosa, Sérgio Tufik, Luiz Carlos Schenberg

“…Data are the first behavioral evidence in animals that early-life separation stress produces the selective facilitation of panic-like behaviors in adulthood. Most importantly, results implicate the DPAG not only in panic attacks but also in separation-anxious children's predispositions to the late development of PD.…”
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A role for the thalamus in danger evoked awakening during sleep by Ida Luisa Boccalaro, Mattia Aime, Florence Marcelle Aellen, Thomas Rusterholz, Micaela Borsa, Ivan Bozic, Andrea Sattin, Tommaso Fellin, Carolina Gutierrez Herrera, Athina Tzovara, Antoine Adamantidis

“…Using a convolutional neural network, we identified CMT activity as the most discriminant hub for auditory-evoked sleep-to-wake transitions among all recorded structures. …”
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Quality Comparison of Free-of-Charge Global DSMs: ALOS AW3D30, TanDEM-X 12 m, TanDEM-X EDEM, TanDEM-X 90 m, and Sentinel-1 by U. G. Sefercik, K. Jacobsen

“…Digital Surface Model (DSM), with the height of the visible surface, is the most detailed digital 3D cartographic representation of Earth visible surface including all natural and man-made objects with X, Y planimetric coordinates and altitude Z. …”
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Surgical wounds healing by Secondary Intention-2 Trial: outcomes and learning from the internal pilot phase and main trial by Catherine Arundel, Sabeen Zahra, Ian Chetter, on behalf of the SWHSI-2 Trial Investigators, Site investigators

“…Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials are the most rigorous way of investigating the effectiveness of intervention(s) in healthcare settings. …”
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Point-Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in Benin Hospitals: The Need for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs by Sarah Delfosse, Carine Laurence Yehouenou, Angèle Dohou, Dessièdé Ariane Fiogbe, Olivia Dalleur

“…<b>Results:</b> Of the 450 patients enrolled, 148 received antimicrobials (AMs) (overall prevalence 32.9%), most of them orally (54.2%). Both hospitals had a high rate of Access and Watch antibiotics use, and both prescribed mainly metronidazole. …”
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Patients' characteristics and 30-day mortality for those undergoing elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. by Shakera Ahmed, Anwarul Karim, Tanvir Kabir Chowdhury, Orindom Shing Pulock, Nowrin Tamanna, Mastura Akter, Puja Biswas, Fahmida Afroz, Susmita Dey Pinky, Anika Nahrin Alabbi, Tasnuba Raisa Jamil, Zarin Tasnim, Dipa Dev, Mraching Marma, Tasmiah Tahera Aziz, Hafiz Ahmed Nazmul Hakim, A K M Khairul Basher, Nur Hossain Bhuiyan Shahin, Tahmina Banu

“…All COVID-19-negative patients underwent surgery, while only 46.4% of COVID-19-positive patients underwent surgery. The most common surgical procedures were related to the digestive system, breast, and urinary system. …”
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Imaging diagnosis of probable osteomyelitis in a 9-month-old infant from prehistoric Brazil: A brief history of healthcare in ancient times by Álvaro M. Monge Calleja, Dany Coutinho-Nogueira, Anne Marie Pessis, Ana Solari

“…The right tibia was the most affected, showing an anteromedial deformity and inside out perforations with burred, jagged edges. …”
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The Thirty Years’ Results of Radiation Hygienic Monitoring of Tula Region territories contaminated due to the Chernobyl NPP accident by V. V. Boldyreva, V. V. Ovcharova

“…The information is presented regarding iodine-131 tentative maximum permissible level exceedance in the dairy products of the two most contaminated regional areas - Plavskoye and Arsenievskoye. …”
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From object to context: Scene knowledge enhanced visual grounding for geospatial understanding by Ke She, Mi Zhang, Yuanxin Zhao, Bingnan Yang, Qingyu Liu

“…The QRA module aligns image regions with the query by concentrating on the most contextually relevant areas for precise localization. …”
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Study and evaluation method of concrete erosion under a wind–sand flow load by Wei Liu, Yaoyu Zhu, Ying Jia, Jinyan Si, Li Zhu, Shucheng Li, Xueru Yang, Dangxian Xu

“…The results show that wind speed has the most significant impact on wind erosion. As the wind speed increases from 18 m/s to 30 m/s, the wind–sand flow pressure on the surface of the concrete specimen increases by 243.43 %, and the strength loss rate increases from 0.03 % to 9.34 %. …”
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