The computerized algorithm for renal assessment improves diagnostic accuracy of renal impairment in hospitalized patients by Chun-You Chen, Te-I. Chang, Cheng-Hsien Chen, Shih-Chang Hsu, Yen-Ling Chu, Nai-Jen Huang, Yuh-Mou Sue, Tso-Hsiao Chen, Po-Hsun Huang, Chung-Te Liu, Hui-Ling Hsieh

“…Discharge diagnoses made by the attending physicians were defined as “clinician’s diagnoses.” The researcher’s diagnoses, made by experienced nephrologists according to the same criteria, were the gold standard to which the computerized algorithms and the clinician’s diagnoses were compared. …”
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Call for Papers - Advancing Astropharmacy and Sports Pharmacy by Ashley Anderson, Ahmer Raza, Shireen Aziz, Misbah Noreen

“…Anderson received her pharmacy degree from Butler University and completed studies in herbal medicine in Zhejiang China during and after pharmacy school. …”
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Regular versus as-needed treatments for mild asthma in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Prapaporn Pornsuriyasak, Sunatee Sa-nguansai, Kunlawat Thadanipon, Pawin Numthavaj, Gareth J. McKay, John Attia, Ammarin Thakkinstian

“…Symptom relief and improved FEV1 were not different among the ICS-containing regimens. …”
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Eu:CROPIS AIV Program: Challenges and Solutions for a Spin-Stabilized Satellite Containing Biology by Toni Delovski, Catherin Düvel, Fabian Greif, Ansgar Heidecker, Sebastian Kottmeier, Olaf Mierheim, Falk Nohka, Fabian Orlowski-Feldhusen

“…This includes the verification of different critical components like the newly developed CFRP pressure vessel containing the primary payload and the Micrometeoroid and Debris Protection Shield, which protects it. Both items went through rigorous testing, including high-velocity impact tests, to ensure their reliability in orbit. …”
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Estimation of blue carbon stock in the Liaohe Estuary wetland based on soil thickness and multi-scenario modeling by Lina Ke, Nan Lei, Shilin Zhang, Changkun Yin, Yao Lu, Lei Wang, Qin Tan, Yu Zhao, Quanming Wang

“…Shallower soil thickness areas in wetlands were distributed near urban residential areas, while deeper soil thickness areas were in phragmites australis wetlands and tidal flat areas. (2) From 2000 to 2023, the wetland ecology in the study area was gradually restored. …”
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Five years comparation of efficacy and safety after ICL-V4c implantation for high and super high myopia correction by Qi Wan, Li Chen, Peiyuan He, Ran Wei, Ke Ma, Hongbo Yin, Jing Tang, Ying-ping Deng

“…Objectives The objective of the investigation is to examine the long term efficacy, safety, and predictability of ICL-V4c implantation for high and super-high myopic patients in order to provide reliable guidance for the selection of refractive surgical procedures.Methods We reviewed 125 eyes from 64 patients who implanted ICL-V4c at the Refractive Surgery Center of West China Hospital in Chengdu, China, between May 2015 and January 2017. These eyes were divided into two groups based on their preoperative spherical equivalent (SE) degree: high myopia (≥ −10D) and super-high myopia groups (< −10D). …”
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Effect of Buyang Huanwu Decoction Foot Bath on Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at Stable Phase by HUANG Huirong, HAN Xueqi, LIU Qinyu, XUE Jialu, YU Zhenling, CHEN Bin, MIAO Shaofang, CHEN Shuifeng

“…At both the before treatment and after treatment for two weeks, the percentage of forced expiratory volume in 1 second to predicted value (FEV1%pred) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) were used to evaluate the changes of pulmonary function in COPD patients at stable phase; the change of locomotor ability was observed by 6-minute walk distance (6MWD); the changes in the degree of dyspnea were assessed using the dyspnea scale of modified British Medical Research Council (mMRC); the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test (CAT) was used to observe the changes of patients' quality of life; the anxiety inventory for respiratory disease (AIR) was used to evaluate the change of anxiety. …”
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Intelligent task-oriented semantic communications:theory, technology and challenges by Chuanhong LIU, Caili GUO, Yang YANG, Jiujiu CHEN, Meiyi ZHU, Lu’nan SUN

“…Aiming at the difficulty of semantic entropy,this paper defines the smallest basic unit of semantic message as semantic element,introduces fuzzy mathematics theory to describe the fuzzy degree of semantic understanding, and gives the calculation expression of semantic information entropy. …”
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Time-frequency characterization of acoustic emission signals from bending damage of corroded reinforced concrete beams in high- temperature saline environment by Dazhong Zhang, Shiyi Zhang, SM Chayan, Yingfang Fan, Surendra P. Shah, Junjie Zheng

“…Under high temperature and corrosion conditions, the level of bending failure cracks is basically concentrated below 1/2 of the beam height, and the development level of the cracks is greatly limited. As the degree of rusting increases, the proportions of AE signal RA in the beams of RC-1, CRC-1, and G-1 are 77.6 %, 81.96 %, and 90.8 %, respectively, showing an increasing trend, and the proportion of shear cracks in the beams increases. …”
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Influence of mental workload on professional identity of nursing students who were born between 1995 and 1999 (“95后”护生工作心理负荷对职业认同的影响) by LU Sheng (陆晟), WANG Zhenmeng (王振猛), SHENG Yuehong (盛月红)

“…Results A total of 302 questionnaires were distributed, out of which 292 (96. 69%) were completed. …”
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Kinetics of IgM, IgA, IgG to SARS-CoV-2 in children with COVID-19 in Lviv region in different periods of the infectious process depending on the severity of the course and age by Maria Stasiv

“…In the majority of hospitalized children, IgM values at different degrees of disease severity were positive from the first to the seventh day of illness. …”
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Pengelompokan Hasil Pencarian Skripsi Berbahasa Indonesia Menggunakan Metode DBSCAN dengan Pembobotan BM25 by Rangga Adi Satria, Indriati Indriati, Sutrisno Sutrisno

“…In order to cluster the search results of Indonesian language thesis, using the title and abstract of the thesis, BM25 word weighting and DBSCAN clustering were used, a clustering method that considers the document sample density point. …”
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Coarse-scale vertical distribution of pelagic amphipods in two contrasting seasons of the southern Gulf of Mexico by Marco Violante-Huerta, Laura Sanvicente-Añorve, Miguel Alatorre-Mendieta, Edlin Guerra-Castro

“…Results indicated that assemblages were significantly different in both seasons (ANOSIM test, p &lt; 0.05), but differences were stronger in winter, which contradicts the first hypothesis. …”
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Uncovering women's healthcare access challenges in low- and middle-income countries using mixed effects modelling approach: Insights for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals... by Bewuketu Terefe, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Agazhe Aemro, Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Mulugeta Wassie, Mohammed Seid Ali

“…For the multivariable analysis, variables with a p-value ≤0.2 in the bivariate analysis were considered. The Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with a 95% Confidence Interval (CI) and a P value < 0.05 was reported to indicate statistical significance and the degree of association in the final model.…”
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Impact of incorporating wheat straw together with basal nitrogen ratio on panicle formation and grain yield in rice by Li Qin, Chenyu Wang, Hong Zhao, Shenqi Zhou, Kun Liu, Lijun Liu

“…The 2-year (2020–2021) results in field trials showed that: (1) under NR, compared with FP, although the panicles per unit area were increased, the spikelet number per panicle, filled grains, and grain weight decreased to varying degrees, and finally the grain yield decreased significantly in IP. …”
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The Contribution of the Hotel Industry on Youth Empowerment in Mbarara City: A Case Study of Hotel Triangle Mbarara City. by Owomuhangi, Emmanuel

“…Statistics indicated that the study participants were evenly distributed. However, degree, diploma, and certificate holders were very low given a combined 55% which was slightly above the 40% of a combined secondary and primary level. …”
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Student Manual Kabale University by Kabale University

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Clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture at Houtian Baguapoint around umbilicus combined with acupoint massage in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea (针刺脐后天八卦穴联合穴位按摩治疗原发性痛经的临床... by HE Yan (何宴), DUI Minjie (杜敏杰)

“…The treatment group was given acupuncture at the Houtian Bagua point around umbilicus combined with acupoint massage. All patients were intervened for 3 menstrual cycles. The Cox Menstrual Symptom Scale(CMSS) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were used to compare the dysmenorrhea status and pain degree of patients in the two groups, and the adverse reactions of patients in the two groups were compared. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq reveals the non-cardiomyocytes heterogeneity and novel cell populations in dilated cardiomyopathy by Siyu He, Chunyu Li, Mingxin Lu, Fang Lin, Sangyu Hu, Junfang Zhang, Luying Peng, Li Li

“…Then, the xCell algorithm, EPIC algorithm, MCP counter algorithm, and CIBERSORT method were applied to identify DCM-related cell types with a high degree of precision and specificity using RNA-seq datasets. …”
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Proximal, Microbiological and Nutritional Characterization in Chinese Potato Flour of the White Variety Colocasia Esculenta for Application in Functional Foods by F. López, L. Arboleda, V. González

“…Additionally, the physical-chemical analyses carried out on the flour obtain a pH of 6.66 ± 0.10% acidity (oxalic) 2.24 ± 0.00% Brix degrees 2 ± 0.50%. The nutritional values reported in the Chinese potato flour of the white variety lies mainly in its content of Methionine with a value of 21.15%, Alanine with 10.43%, Isoleucine with 8.08%, Threonine with 7.41%, Histidine with 3.65% and lysine with 3.10%. …”
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