CONUS+ Experiment by N. Ackermann, S. Armbruster, H. Bonet, C. Buck, K. Fülber, J. Hakenmüller, J. Hempfling, G. Heusser, M. Lindner, W. Maneschg, K. Ni, M. Rank, T. Rink, E. Sánchez García, I. Stalder, H. Strecker, R. Wink, J. Woenckhaus, CONUS Collaboration

“…A direct network connection between the experiment and the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) makes it possible to control and monitor data acquisition in real time. The impact of all these modifications is discussed with particular emphasis on the resulting CE $$\nu $$ ν NS signal prediction for the first data collection phase of CONUS+. …”
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Hospitalizations for bronchiolitis among infants before and after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an area-based study of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy by Elisa Ballardini, Marco Manfrini, Silvia Fattori, Elena Pellacani, Branislava Ćosić, Giancarlo Gargano, Alberto Berardi

“…Results in the study period, 2–4% of infants were admitted for bronchiolitis (10% of all admissions under 1 year) and 59% of them were aged less than 90 days. …”
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Enlarged airspaces in the distal lung in adolescents born very preterm as measured by aerosol by Per Wollmer, Cecilia Hagman, Madeleine Petersson Sjögren, Jakob Löndahl, Ellen Tufvesson, Hugo Öhrneman, Frida Lindström, Jenny Rissler

“…The BPD group had a decreased FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 s, z-score: −1.28±1.37, p=0.012) and DLCO (z-score: −0.92±1.01, p=0.013) compared with the controls, but all other lung function variables showed normal values.Conclusions Our results suggest that the enlarged airspaces seen in preterm infants likely remain in adolescence. …”
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The predictive value of radiomics and deep learning for synchronous distant metastasis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Wan-Bin He, Chuan Zhou, Zhi-Jun Yang, Yun-Feng Zhang, Wen-Bo Zhang, Han He, Jia Wang, Feng-Hai Zhou

“…Methods A total of 143 ccRCC patients were included in the training cohort, and 62 ccRCC patients were included in the validation cohort. The CT images from all patients were normalized, and the tumor regions were manually segmented via ITK-SNAP software. …”
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Attempt to save Friendship, or What the Liberator of Prague Did in Czechoslovakia in May 1968 by I. A. Permyakov, S. G. Antonenko

“…As Marshals Konev and Moskalenko admitted themselves, they “had no opportunity to fully understand all the processes”. The so-called "intelligence surveillance", which is mentioned in the Czech press, was carried out by them in a completely open way of meeting and exchanging views with colleagues, speaking at rallies, and communicating with workers. …”
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Posttraumatic stress disorder in disaster-exposed youth: examining diagnostic concordance and model fit using ICD-11 and DSM-5 criteria by BreAnne A. Danzi, Ellen A. Knowles, Rachel C. Bock

“…There was moderate to substantial concordance between ICD-11 and the DSM-5 models. All diagnostic models were associated with exposure and impairment, but only ICD-11 was associated with threat. …”
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Post-return stroke VHF electromagnetic activity in north-western Mediterranean cloud-to-ground lightning flashes by A. Kolínská, A. Kolínská, I. Kolmašová, I. Kolmašová, E. Defer, O. Santolík, O. Santolík, S. Pédeboy

“…Contrastingly, we show that all examined <span class="inline-formula">+CG</span> flashes exhibit a rapid increase in the VHF radiation rate and the VHF power immediately after the RS. …”
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The association of social media use and other social factors with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Egyptian university students by Mustafa Mohammed Hassan, Hisham Ahmed Orebi, Basem Salama, Ibrahim Ali Kabbash

“…Those at risk of ADHD represented 30.5%. All sociodemographic variables were not found to significantly affect the risk for ADHD except for the presence of the father in the family. …”
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Do We Need Exercise Tests to Detect Gas Exchange Impairment in Fibrotic Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias? by Benoit Wallaert, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Julia Salleron, Isabelle Tillie-Leblond, Thierry Perez

“…Results were obtained in 121 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF, n=88) and fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonias (NSIP, n=33). All but 3 patients (97.5%) had low DLCO values (<LLN) whereas only 66.6% had low KCO; 42 patients (65%) exhibited resting hypoxemia (<75 mmHg); 112 patients (92.5%) exhibited a high P[(A-a)O2], peak (>35 mmHg) and 100 (83%) demonstrated significant oxygen desaturation during 6MWT (>4%). …”
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Access to medicines and patient satisfaction in healthcare facilities: A cross-sectional study of a Peruvian population-based survey by Valeria Gianell Olivera-Molina, Juan Carlo Maita-Durand, J. Jhonnel Alarco

“…The complex sample design of the 2016 National Health User Satisfaction Survey was considered in all calculations. Results Data from 10 386 healthcare facility users were included. …”
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Relationship of Autophagic Dysfunction With the Quality of Life and Sleep, Depression and Disease Severity in Patients With Restless Legs Syndrome by Esen Çiçekli, Hamza Malik Okuyan, Canan Birimoğlu Okuyan, Şeyda Öznur Ayçiçek, Dilcan Kotan

“…The severity of the disease was assessed using the international RLS rating scale. All participants were administered the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Quality‐of‐Life Scale, and the Beck Depression Inventory. …”
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The role of Pharmaceutical Marketing in Prescribing Decisions in a Developing Country: A Comprehensive Study Exploiting Theory of Planned Behaviour by Mahmoud Al-Areefi, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Abubakr Abdelraouf Alfadl

“…The study revealed that receiving low-value promotional items, belief of physicians that it is appropriate to accept both low- and high-value promotional items, physicians’ exposure to company-direct sources of information, and drug promotion-related factor all are positively and significantly related to physicians’ prescribing decisions (? …”
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Increased Circulating CD4+CXCR5+ Cells and IgG4 Levels in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Autoimmune Diseases by Na Xiao, Xin He, Haiyue Niu, Hong Yu, Ningbo Cui, Hongzhao Li, Li Yan, Zonghong Shao, Limin Xing, Huaquan Wang

“…MDS with AI accounted for 19.6% of all MDS cases in our study. The overall response rate was 81% (17/21) in MDS patients with AI for the first-line treatment. …”
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CNT/DFNS nanoparticles as a valuable admixture for ultrahigh-performance concrete by Seyed Alireza Nasabolhosseini, Amin Honarbakhsh, Rahele Zhiani, Seyed Mojtaba Movahedifar, Mehdi Nobahari

“…Concrete, selected as an ideal low water-to-binder mix with high silica fume content, demonstrated that all CNT/DFNS samples reduced viscosity, extended workability, and required less mixing power than concrete with only CNTs. …”
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Clinical Implications of Pan-Immune-inflammatory Values in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Levent PAY, Ahmet Cagdas YUMURTAS, Seyda DERELI, Tugba CETIN, Hikmet KADI, Tufan CINAR, Mert Ilker HAYIROGLU

“…Multivariate regression analysis revealed that long-term all-cause mortality was 3.5 times higher in tertile 3 compared to tertile 1. …”
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A Multi-Branch Convolution and Dynamic Weighting Method for Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Acoustic–Vibration Information Fusion by Xianming Sun, Yuhang Yang, Changzheng Chen, Miao Tian, Shengnan Du, Zhengqi Wang

“…The model achieved over 99% diagnostic accuracy under all signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions, showcasing exceptional robustness and noise resistance in both noisy and high-SNR environments. …”
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Qualitative study of factors affecting engagement with a hospital-based violence intervention programme in Indianapolis, Indiana by Malaz Boustani, Lauren A Magee, Damaris Ortiz, Zachary W Adams, Brigid R Marriott, Reilin J Moore, Blakney Q Brooks, Clark J Simons

“…The majority of participants identified as black (17/18, 94.4%). Nearly all (75%) participants were between the ages of 13 and 24 years of age at the time of their shooting. …”
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Quality of Life in Yoga Experienced and Yoga Naïve Asian Indian Adults with Obesity by Shirley Telles, Sachin Kumar Sharma, Alok Singh, Niranjan Kala, Vikas Upadhyay, Jaideep Arya, Acharya Balkrishna

“…There were 596 Asian Indian obese adults (age range 20 to 59 years; group mean age ± SD; 43.9 ± 9.9 years): of whom (i) 298 were yoga experienced (154 females; group mean age ± SD; 44.0 ± 9.8 years) with a minimum of 1 month of experience in yoga practice and (ii) 298 were yoga naïve (154 females; group mean age ± SD; 43.8 ± 10.0 years). All the participants were assessed for quality of life using the Moorehead–Ardelt quality of life questionnaire II. …”
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Usefulness of Double-Balloon Endoscopy in the Postoperative Gastrointestinal Tract by Masaki Endo, Yukito Abiko, Syuhei Oana, Norihiko Kudara, Takashi Kosaka, Toshimi Chiba, Yasuhiro Takikawa, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Tamotsu Sugai

“…Hemostasis was achieved in all patients. Conclusion. DBE is very useful modality for the assessment and application of endotherapy to areas of the small bowel which have been altered by surgery.…”
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Battling time restrictions with collective discourse: collaborative quizzes in a condensed human anatomy course by Zi Guo, Natascha Heise

“…Success was measured by individual student outcomes of four collaborative quizzes, two NBME anatomy-focused unit examinations, and overall course evaluations. Results Overall, all students (n = 203) passed the course and performed well on collaborative quizzes and NBME anatomy-focused unit examinations. …”
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