Clinical and economic analysis of the modern strategies for treating metabolic syndrome by Marina Fedorovna Kalashnikova, Vera Uchamprina, Tatiana Ivanovna Romantsova, Andrey Nikolaevich Gerasimov

“…The objective of this study was to identify the ways to optimize therapy for metabolic syndrome through complex clinical and economic analysis. …”
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Comparing the linkages between carbon components and soil aggregates in vegetable fields to continuous input of different carbon sources. by Yuan Yang Peng, Jiang Ling Huang, Yan Qin Peng, Yin Peng, Shi Xiong Li, Xi la Tu Da Bu

“…Organic fertilizer treatment showed a higher carbon pool activity index, while biochar outperformed in other indices. The combined application yielded the most favorable results. …”
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A prospective study on the management of urinary bladder injuries in a military hospital in Yemen by Nasser Albaddai, Khaled Alkohlany, Aziz Shamsan, Wael Alsaqaf, Abdullah Al-Sakkaf, Ahmed Farei, Abdaljaleel AL-BAIDAI

“…Abstract Background Urinary bladder (UB) injuries pose significant challenges in conflict zones, yet evidence on optimal management in resource-limited settings remains scarce. …”
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Acute creatine supplementation enhances technical performance in adolescent basketball players under cognitive-motor dual-task condition by Junyu Wu, Peng Qiu, Youqiang Li

“…Background Basketball games involve numerous cognitive-motor dual-task (CMDT) situations, where athletes must execute technical skills while processing complex on-court information. However, adolescent athletes often experience performance declines under CMDT conditions due to increased cognitive load. …”
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Population norms of health-related quality of life in Iran: findings from a national EQ-5D-5L study by Satar Rezaei

“…Anxiety/depression were more prevalent among younger individuals, while problems in other dimensions tended to increase with age. …”
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Complementary Effect of an Educational Website for Children and Adolescents with Primary Headaches in Tertiary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Henrike Goldstein, Lisa-Marie Rau, Verena Bachhausen, Julia Wager

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Tension-type headache and migraine are common among children and adolescents, often causing significant distress and persisting into adulthood. While outpatient pain therapy is essential, it is not always sufficient. …”
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Surgeons Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Preoperative Inflammatory Bowel Disease Medications and Post-Operative Complications by Alhassan N, Alnwdel AN, Beyari MB, Aldeligan SH, Alhassan R, Abdulla MH, Bin Traiki T

“…Noura Alhassan,1 Abdullah Nasser Alnwdel,2 Mohammed Basem Beyari,3 Saleh Husam Aldeligan,3 Reem Alhassan,4 Maha Hamadien Abdulla,1 Thamer Bin Traiki1 1Colorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia; 3College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 4Pharmacy Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Mohammed Basem Beyari, Email Mohammedbeyari44@gmail.comBackground: Biologics, particularly anti-TNF agents, have transformed the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but concerns about their perioperative safety persist.Objective: This study evaluates the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of surgeons in Saudi Arabia regarding the preoperative management of IBD patients undergoing surgery while on biological treatments.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 115 surgeons. …”
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Exploiting historical agronomic data to develop genomic prediction strategies for early clonal selection in the Louisiana sugarcane variety development program by Dipendra Shahi, James Todd, Kenneth Gravois, Anna Hale, Brayden Blanchard, Collins Kimbeng, Michael Pontif, Niranjan Baisakh

“…ML methods predicted TRS and SY with the highest accuracy in cross‐stage predictions, while Bayesian models predicted NS and CY with the highest accuracy. …”
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Potassium fertilization modulates potato (Solanum tuberosum L. V7) yield and rhizosphere microbiome dynamics by Jing Yang, Jing Yang, Xiaodong Han, Qi Li, Dong Wang, Yuankai Li, Ziyi Zhang

“…Both bacterial and fungal communities exhibited distinct successional trajectories, with tuber expansion stage emerging as a critical transition point in community assembly.DiscussionThis investigation establishes 180-240 kg/ha K2O as the optimal application rate for maximizing potato yield while maintaining balanced rhizosphere microbial communities. …”
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Impact of early β-blocker use on the incidence of sepsis and clinical outcomes following cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study by Chen Yin, Chengjian Guan, Qianli Ma, Shaotong Zhang, Qian Chen, Bing Xiao

“…BackgroundSepsis after cardiac surgery represents a severe perioperative complication with high incidence and mortality rates. While the cardioprotective benefits of β-blocker following cardiac surgery are widely recognized, their impact on sepsis development remains unclear. …”
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Clinical features of patients with ankylosing spondylitis with inefficacy of two or more biological disease modifying antirheumatic drugs by Sh. F. Erdes, K. V. Sakharova, T. V. Dubinina, M. V. Cherkasova

“…The “Treat-to-target” (T2T) strategy for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) has made it possible to optimize therapy in most patients, but in some of them the treatment goals are not achieved.Objective: to analyze the clinical features of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with inefficacy of two or more biological disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs).Material and methods. …”
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The Impact of Clinical Audits on Improving the Healthcare System in Romania by Rebeca-Maria POPA, Andrei-Marius ȘTEFAN

“…A mixed methods approach used quantitative data from structured surveys and qualitative data from interviews. …”
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Cost-Efficient Fall Risk Assessment With Attention Augmented Vision Machine Learning on Sit-to-Stand Test Videos by Chunhua Pan, Boting Qu, Rui Miao, Xin Wang

“…Falls among the elderly and other at-risk populations pose a significant public health challenge, necessitating innovative methods to detect and intervene early. While automated fall risk assessment methods using wearable sensors or depth cameras have been proposed, the physical and psychological burden of wearing extra sensors, and the high cost of specialized equipment like Kinect, limits their practical adoption. …”
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Integrative Analysis of Epidemiological Profile of Sensitization Clinical Laboratory Markers in Children: Cross-Sectional Study Results by L. G. Levina, L. S. Namazova-Baranova, E. A. Vishneva, K. S. Volkov, K. Y. Efendieva, A. A. Alekseeva, V. G. Kalugina, P. S. Arimova

“…Allergy diagnosis in children should be economically optimal and as sparing as possible, while ensuring the high quality of medical care. …”
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Effects of Different Freezing Rates on the Characteristics of Vegetable Soybean during Frozen Storage by Zhao Fei, Zhang Xu, Jing Hongpeng, Guan Wenqiang, Pi Guannan, Yang Ruili, Liu Bin

“…In order to determine optimal freezing methods for vegetable soybean, effect of three freezing rates of ﹣35 ℃ with 8 m/s wind, ﹣35 ℃ and ﹣18 ℃ on freezing temperature curve and the quality index changes of frozen vegetable soybean stored at ﹣18 ℃were investigated. …”
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A Comparative Study Between Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) Algorithms for Solar PV MPPT Control Under Partial Shading Conditions by Sampson E. Nwachukwu, Komla A. Folly, Kehinde O. Awodele

“…However, due to the intermittent nature of PV arrays, the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm is typically employed to optimize the system&#x2019;s energy production. In the past, the conventional perturb and observe (P&#x0026;O) method was proposed for solar PV MPPT control. …”
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Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates by Marine Le Stum, Eugénie Romero, Gary A. Molander

“…Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a promising class of targeted therapeutics, combining the specificity of antibodies with the potency of cytotoxic drugs to enhance therapeutic efficacy while minimizing off-target effects. The development of new chemical methods for bioconjugation is essential to generate ADCs and to optimize their stability, efficacy, and safety. …”
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Preparation and properties of pea-gravel grouting with sodium bentonite for hydraulic shield tunnel by Changyong Li, Yabin Yang, Bo Zhou, Kele Wang, Yintao He, Shunbo Zhao

“…Results show that whatever the w/b, the axial compressive strength and the modulus of elasticity of PGG decreased while the impermeability increased with the increase of sodium bentonite content. …”
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Multi-UAV assisted air-to-ground data collection for ground sensors with unknown positions by Cheng Yiran, Dong Yangrui

“…Finally, we propose a graph-based UAV path planning algorithm to cover all sensors in the subtasks after classification. This ensures optimal data collection from all sensors within the task area. …”
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The role of interoceptive awareness in social anxiety disorder – results of an internet-based CBT-manualized therapist delivered group-treatment by I. Schmalbach, K. Petrowski

“…Dysregulated interoceptive awareness (IAw) is associated with psychopathology, including social anxiety disorder (SAD), where internal cues influence negative self-perception and anxiety. While internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) offers an effective and more accessible treatment option, experimental treatment outcomes related to IAw and specific to SAD are rare. …”
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