Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults by Christophe Büla, Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Julia Spaltenstein, Helene Krief

“…Subgroup analyses were performed according to the severity of physical limitations.Main outcome measures ‘Going outdoors frequently’ was defined as going out ≥5 days/week and not spending most of the time sitting or lying down.Results Three in four (73.9%) participants reported going outdoors frequently. …”
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Prevalence of bacterial bloodstream infections and association between neutropenia and 30-day mortality among oncology inpatients at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia by Khalifa Binkhamis, Ibrahim Aldakhil, Abdulrahman Alhawas, Alwaleed Alsaleh, Amjad Albaroudi, Bader Almuhanna, Mohaned Makkawi, Musa Alzahrani

“…Gram-negative bacteria were more prevalent (n=48, 60.0%) than gram-positive bacteria, with the most common being Escherichia coli (n=20, 25.0%). …”
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A User-Centered Design Approach for a Screening App for People With Cognitive Impairment (digiDEM-SCREEN): Development and Usability Study by Michael Zeiler, Nikolas Dietzel, Fabian Haug, Julian Haug, Klaus Kammerer, Rüdiger Pryss, Peter Heuschmann, Elmar Graessel, Peter L Kolominsky-Rabas, Hans-Ulrich Prokosch

“…In the first focus group discussion, the developers identified and corrected the most significant criticism in the next version. Based on the iterative improvement process, only minor issues needed to be addressed after the final focus group discussion. …”
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Accounting for observation biases associated with counts of young when estimating fecundity: case study on the arboreal-nesting red kite (Milvus milvus) by Sollmann, Rahel, Adenot, Nathalie, Spakovszky, Peter, Windt, Jendrik, Mattsson, Brady J.

“…In these data, bias in counts was at most 1 in either direction, more common in larger broods, and undercounting was more common than overcounting. …”
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Green Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Artichoke By-Products: Pilot-Scale Comparison of Ultrasound, Microwave, and Combined Methods with Pectinase Pre-Treatment by Lidia Gil-Martínez, José Manuel de la Torre-Ramírez, Sofía Martínez-López, Luis Miguel Ayuso-García, Giovanna Dellapina, Giovanna Poli, Vito Verardo, Ana María Gómez-Caravaca

“…The results showed that EUAE was the most effective technique, achieving a total phenolic content (TPC) of 210.76 ± 1.40 µmol GAE/g d.w. with an extraction yield of 21.38%. …”
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Phenotyping for heat stress tolerance in wheat population using physiological traits, multispectral imagery, and machine learning approaches by Neelesh Sharma, Manu Kumar, Hans D Daetwyler, Richard M Trethowan, Matthew Hayden, Surya Kant

“…With the increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves and extreme weather events, heat stress has become a challenge for wheat production, which is one of the most important cereal crops. To sustain wheat production under heat stress conditions, there is an urgent need to develop high-yielding, heat-tolerant wheat varieties. …”
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Energy-Aware and Reliability-Based Localization-Free Cooperative Acoustic Wireless Sensor Networks by Junaid Qadir, Ubaid Ullah, Beatriz Sainz-De-Abajo, Begona Garcia Zapirain, Goncalo Marques, Isabel de la Torre Diez

“…In EPACA protocol, a source node computes a function value for every neighbor node. The most prior node in terms of calculated function is considered as the target destination. …”
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Research on long-term outcomes of meniscectomy by G. K. Kamushadze

“…Their tears are among the most common injuries, especially in athletes and older individuals. …”
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Construction of Clinical Predictive Models for Heart Failure Detection Using Six Different Machine Learning Algorithms: Identification of Key Clinical Prognostic Features by Qu FZ, Ding J, An XF, Peng R, He N, Liu S, Jiang X

“…Furthermore, correlation analysis revealed a strong relationship between blood calcium and ionized calcium (|cor|=0.99), as well as a significant association between ACEI dosage (|cor|=0.68) and left ventricular metrics (|cor|=0.58); on the other hand, no correlations were observed between mean hemoglobin levels and other clinical characteristics.Conclusion: The present study identified LR as the most effective risk prediction model for patients with HF, highlighting blood calcium, ACEI dosage, and mean hemoglobin level as significant predictors. …”
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Recent advances in remediating nonylphenol in soils and sediments: Opportunities and scope for the future research by Yage Guo, Shun Han, Wen Qiu, Xinhua Gao, Tanveer Ahmad, Wenzong Zhou, Xuanyu Tao, Lina Sun, Weiguang Lyu

“…Various remediation approaches have been developed, including physicochemical, microbial, and phytoremediation methods, with chemical and microbial approaches receiving the most attention. Recent advances in chemical remediation have led to the development of innovative technologies such as biochar-based advanced oxidation processes. …”
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Discriminatory Value and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model Based on Serum Cytokines in Pediatric Acute Appendicitis: A Single-Center Experience of 483 Cases by Jiajia Zhou, Guobin Liu, Xiaofeng Song, Quan Kang

“…<b>Objectives</b>: Pediatric acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most prevalent acute abdominal conditions in pediatric surgery. …”
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Case Report: Dramatic response to entritinib in a patient with gastrointestinal stromal tumor positive for NTRK3 fusion by Guomin Dong, Pengyu Han, Zhiyun Zhang, Qian Ge, Jian Jiang, Suoni Li, Jiequn Ma, Jie Bai, Hui Wei, Zheng Zhao

“…Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, with proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase (c-kit), or PDGFRα mutations detected in around 85% of cases. …”
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The effectiveness of digital health intervention on glycemic control and physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Haoyuan Xue, Lin Zhang, Yarong Shi, Hao Zhang, Chuanrong Zhang, Yang Liu, Wenshu Tan, Yaorong Liu, Yaorong Liu

“…Subgroup analyses indicated online platforms most effectively lowered HbA1c (MD = −0.54). No improvements occurred in HOMA-IR (MD = −0.18, 95% CI: −0.79 to 0.44) or physical activity (SMD = 0.16, 95% CI: −0.08 to 0.39). …”
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The impact of electrical stimulation on NaCl diffusion in tenderloin and the quality of dry-cured loin during the marination process by Mixin Zhou, Yuanyuan Liu, Chun Ye, Linggao Liu, Li Chen, Lisha Lan, Shenghui Bi, Yehua Liu, Keshan Wang, Minfei Liu, Qiujin Zhu

“…Energy spectrum analysis revealed that NaCl distribution in the meat tissue was most concentrated following ES treatment. Binarized images of NaCl permeation in pork loin clearly demonstrated that ES enhanced NaCl permeation. …”
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Clinical differences between HBV and alcohol related ACLF in a WGO classification multicenter study by Qian Zhang, Jiaxuan Hu, Shaotian Qiu, Jiale Bian, Aimin Gao, Fang Liu, Caiyan Zhao, Liaoyun Zhang, Wanhua Ren, Shaojie Xin, Yu Chen, Zhongping Duan, Tao Han

“…These etiological disparities were most pronounced in type C ACLF. Despite these distinct profiles, mortality did not differ between etiologies. …”
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Acute neuroendocrine changes after traumatic brain injury by Zsofia Dina Magyar-Sumegi, Levente Stankovics, Dominika Lendvai-Emmert, Andras Czigler, Emoke Hegedus, Mark Csendes, Luca Toth, Zoltan Ungvari, Andras Buki, Peter Toth

“…Results: Severity of TBI seems to be the most important risk factor of PTHP. Adrenal insufficiency (AI) was present in 10% of TBI patients (prevalence can be as high as 50% after severe TBI), and hypocortisolemia is a predictor of mortality and long-term hypopituitarism. …”
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Microbial metabolism in laboratory reared marine snow as revealed by a multi-omics approach by Lei Hou, Zihao Zhao, Barbara Steger-Mähnert, Nianzhi Jiao, Gerhard J. Herndl, Yao Zhang

“…Fast-growing taxa within the Gammaproteobacteria were the most dominant group at both the metagenomic and metaproteomic level. …”
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Dynamic control of upper limit for rainfall storing and effective use in rice paddies based on improved AquaCrop model by En Lin, Rangjian Qiu, Xinxin Li, Mengting Chen, Shizong Zheng, Fei Ren, Xiaoming Xiang, Chenglong Ji, Yuanlai Cui, Yufeng Luo

“…Although the heading–flowering stage was the most sensitive to flooding, the model still achieved reasonable accuracy, with an NRMSE of 11.61 % and R² and NSE values of 0.81, indicating its ability to capture yield variations under complex stress conditions. …”
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Yemen’s attitudes towards rhino horn and jambiyas by Lucy Vigne, Esmond Martin

“…However, the dagger is still a proud sign of being a northern tribesman, and Sanaa remains the centre of the jambiya industry - with rhino horn most favoured for handles; Taiz trails a distant second in importance. …”
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Early-term birth and its association with universal two-child policy: a national cross-sectional study in China by Jie Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jing Hua, Wenchong Du, Jingjing Chen, Guanghua Wang, Gareth J Williams

“…Stratified analysis showed that the association between universal two-child policy and ETB were the strongest in multiparous young women or women without previous uterine scars (each p&lt;0.05), and disappeared in all women of advanced maternal age (each p&gt;0.05).Conclusion The incidence of ETB was high in China when compared with most of reported countries, and there might be a link between two-child policy and ETB. …”
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