How Delphi studies in the health sciences find consensus: a scoping review by Julia Schifano, Marlen Niederberger

“…Methods Forming the basis of this scoping review are publications on consensus Delphi studies in the health sciences between January 1, 2018, and April 21, 2021, in the databases Scopus, MEDLINE via PubMed, CINAHL, and Epistemonikos. …”
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Reinforced colour preference of parasitoid wasps in the presence of floral scent: a case study of a cross-modal effect by Soichi Kugimiya, Takeshi Shimoda, Junji Takabayashi

“…They seldom visited blue and red models. When starved, the wasps became even more particular, visiting yellow significantly more frequently than green models, irrespective of the presence of the floral scent, indicating that they preferred to use yellow visual cues in their food search. …”
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WHAT IS GOOD SCIENCE AND HOW FAR CAN IT GO? by Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas

“… I have seized this opportunity to share with our readers a topic, seldom discussed among human movement professionals, which is nevertheless fundamental for our scientific endeavors:  philosophy of science. …”
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Large-scale OMNeT++-based deterministic networking simulation practice by Chenqiang GAO, Xiangyang ZHU, Jinghai YU

“…TSN and DetNet are major components of the deterministic networking solution, detailed research has been conducted by industry and academia.However, the study seldom considers the joint of these two technologies under large-scale networks.To facilitate the analysis of the joint networks, TSN and DetNet specifific extensions to the popular OMNeT++/INET framework for network simulations was presented, in particular, the time slot scheduling, the TSN node/host/interface and DetNet node/host/interface, the framework for collaboration between the controller and the simulation system.A proof of concept implementation and exemplary evaluation of the joint of these two technologies under large-scale networks was presented.The results show that in large-scale cross-domain scenarios, the time slot scheduling mechanism can provide end-to-end deterministic service guarantee.…”
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MXene−Graphene Oxide Heterostructured Films for Enhanced Metasurface Plasmonic Biosensing in Continuous Glucose Monitoring by Rui Li, Hongli Fan, Youqian Chen, Shaoping Yin, Gang L. Liu, Yanan Li, Liping Huang

“…Although some optical sensing materials are used in non‐invasive devices for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), surface or localized plasmon sensing material are seldom applied in CGM owing to modest sensitivity and bulk sensing apparatus. …”
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Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan by Tomiko Hokama, Chiemi Yogi, Colin W. Binns, Andy H. Lee

“…However, community-based screening for infantile anemia is seldom reported. …”
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Global cyclic queuing and forwarding mechanism for large-scale deterministic networks by Yijun MO, Zihan YANG, Huiyu LIU, Tianliu HE

“…Delay and jitter sensitive industrial control and remote driving application-driven network by best-effort to deterministic service.To meet the deterministic application of delay and jitter demands, industry and academia have conducted detailed research on stream filtering shaping and queue forwarding control, implementing microsecond delay and microsecond jitter of light load steady in small-scale ethernet environment.However, the study seldom considers the effects of long-distance topology change, transmission delay fluctuations and short-time traffic overloads, challenging to meet deterministic requirements under large-scale backbone networks.For this challenge, based on cyclic queuing and forwarding, considers source-destination path properties and deterministic traffic intensity, the global cyclic queuing and forwarding three-queue was proposed.The deterministic network simulation system was based on OMNeT++.Experiments compare queue forwarding control mechanisms such as CQF, CQF-three and GCQF-three.Results show that GCQF-three can timely adjust the gatecontrol and queueing priority according to the deterministic traffic state, achieves the best in delay, jitter and network utilization.…”
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Etiology, Clinical Features, and Diagnosis of Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus: A Scoping Review by Nilanchali Singh, Prafull Ghatage

“…Diagnosis is mainly based on clinical features. Biopsy is seldom required. It has been well established as a precursor lesion of dVIN and vulvar carcinoma.…”
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The care needs of persons with oropharyngeal dysphagia and their informal caregivers: A scoping review. by Aurora Ninfa, Valeria Crispiatico, Nicole Pizzorni, Marta Bassi, Giovanni Casazza, Antonio Schindler, Antonella Delle Fave

“…<h4>Aims</h4>To explore and map the literature investigating the care needs related to OD management of adult persons with OD and their informal caregivers during the last 20 years.<h4>Methods</h4>A scoping review was conducted and reported following PRISMA guidelines. …”
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Clinical Role of Epigenetics and Network Analysis in Eye Diseases: A Translational Science Review by Michele Lanza, Giuditta Benincasa, Dario Costa, Claudio Napoli

“…Although changes in aberrant DNA methylation play a major role in the pathogenesis of most ocular diseases, histone modifications are seldom investigated. Hypermethylation in TGM-2 and hypomethylation in MMP-2/CD24 promoter genes may play a crucial role in pterygium development; hypermethylation in regulatory regions of GSTP1 and OGG1 genes appear to be diagnostic biomarkers of cataract; hypomethylation of TGF-β1 promoter may trigger glaucoma onset; hypermethylation of the LOXL1 gene might be associated with pseudoexfoliation syndrome. …”
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Financial sustainability of modern composting: the economically optimal scale for municipal waste composting plant in developing Asia by Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo, Dickella Gamaralalage Jagath Premakumara

“…The advantages of the medium and lower large-scale composting plants are (1) waste input and product quality are easier to control than larger scale compost plants, and (2) there are extra income opportunities such as tipping fees and carbon credits that are limited in the case of small-scale composting plants. …”
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De l’ascension à la descension, deux manières d’aborder le paysage ? by Xavier Cailhol

“…The duality of perceptions between the ascent using mountaineering techniques and the descent on skis of this very steep mountain face raises the question of the notion of the ascent, which is well defined and based on numerous mountaineering stories and sociological works, and that of the descent, which is very seldom discussed and includes a complete change in spatial references and the construction of dynamic and adaptive itineraries according to the conditions encountered and the sensations experienced. …”
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Acute Transverse Myelitis (Ascending Myelitis) as the Initial Manifestation of Japanese Encephalitis: A Rare Presentation by Varshney Ankur Nandan, Kumar Nilesh, Behera Dibyaranjan, Tiwari Ashutosh, Anand Ravi, Anand Arvind

“…Adjacent ventrolateral thalamus and internal capsule also showed mild abnormal intensities. Spinal screening showed abnormal cord intensities in entire cord with gross edema in cervical and conus regions. …”
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Scaling deep at the margins: coproduction of nature-based solutions as decolonial research praxis in Cape Town by Patience Mguni, Lise Byskov Herslund, Amber Louise Abrams, Kirsty Carden, Craig Tanyanyiwa, Julia McLachlan, Rachelle Schneuwly, Neil Armitage

“…We conclude that sustainability transitions in the Global South may be more productively understood as contested, seldom-complete endeavours in which justice remains the goal.…”
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A new health literacy scale for staff in preschool childcare institution: development and preliminary validation by Xinqi Zhuang, Yitong Jia, Tianxin Cui, Ge Meng, Jianzhong Zhang, Linxia He, Yin-Ping Zhang

“…This research aims to develop a health literacy scale for staff in preschool childcare institutions and validate its psychometric properties. …”
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Technologies for Interoperable Internet of Medical Things Platforms to Manage Medical Emergencies in Home and Prehospital Care: Scoping Review by Mattias Seth, Hoor Jalo, Åsa Högstedt, Otto Medin, Bengt Arne Sjöqvist, Stefan Candefjord

“…Our literature search followed a dual search strategy and was conducted up to August 2023 across 6 electronic databases: IEEE Xplore, PubMed, Scopus, ACM Digital Library, Sage Journals, and ScienceDirect. After the title, abstract, and full-text screening performed by 2 reviewers, 158 articles were selected for inclusion. …”
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Occupational therapy in overweight and obesity care: Australian perspectives from a mixed methods study by Kieva Richards, Olivia Beattie, Danielle Hitch, Genevieve Pepin

“…Occupational therapists offer a unique perspective on this issue, yet their practice is seldom described in the literature.Aim To explore how Australian occupational therapists use their occupational perspective when working with people who are obese or overweight.Methods A qualitative dominant crossover mixed methods approach was adopted. …”
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Femmes et genre dans l’histoire de l’immigration.  Naissance et cheminement d’un sujet de recherche by Linda Guerry

“…This article explores the existing historiography concerning women and gender in the history of immigration – seldom studied in France –, paying careful attention to the contextual and theoretical evolutions that marked the emergence of this topic in the humanities and social sciences. …”
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Dealing With the Complexity of Effective Population Size in Conservation Practice by Ancuta Fedorca, Joachim Mergeay, Adejoke O. Akinyele, Tamer Albayrak, Iris Biebach, Alice Brambilla, Pamela A. Burger, Elena Buzan, Ino Curik, Roberta Gargiulo, José A. Godoy, Santiago C. González‐Martínez, Christine Grossen, Myriam Heuertz, Sean Hoban, Jo Howard‐McCombe, Maria Kachamakova, Peter Klinga, Viktoria Köppä, Elenora Neugebauer, Ivan Paz‐Vinas, Peter B. Pearman, Laia Pérez‐Sorribes, Baruch Rinkevich, Isa‐Rita M. Russo, Adélaïde Theraroz, Nia E. Thomas, Marjana Westergren, Sven Winter, Linda Laikre, Alexander Kopatz

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Evaluation of cumulative rainfall and rainfall event–duration threshold based on triggering and non-triggering rainfalls: Northern Thailand case by Chinkulkijniwat Avirut, Salee Rattana, Yubonchit Somjai, La Duong Hai, Horpibulsuk Suksun, Hoy Menglim

“…Rather than possessing lower uncertainties of the threshold parameters, the negative threshold provided better compromise predictions of TPF and FPF scores than the positive thresholds. Integrating the cumulative rainfall threshold and an event-based rainfall threshold resulted in a significant improvement in FPF scores, and hence enhanced the compromise predictions of TPF and FPF scores. …”
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