The Adjustment of Covariates in Cox’s Model under Case-Cohort Design by Guocai Rong, Luwei Tang, Wenting Luo, Qing Li, Lifeng Deng

“…The case-cohort data includes a subcohort sampled randomly from the entire cohort and all the failed subjects outside the subcohort. In this paper, the adjustment for the distorted covariates is considered to case-cohort data in Cox’s model. …”
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Diagnosis of Fanconi Anemia: Chromosomal Breakage Analysis by Anneke B. Oostra, Aggie W. M. Nieuwint, Hans Joenje, Johan P. de Winter

“…The mode of inheritance for all subtypes is autosomal recessive, except for FA-B, which is X-linked. …”
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Novel Techniques to Speed Up the Computation of the Automorphism Group of a Graph by José Luis López-Presa, Luis F. Chiroque, Antonio Fernández Anta

“…Using a benchmark of different graph families, we have evaluated the impact of these techniques on the size of the search tree, observing a significant reduction both when they are applied individually and when all of them are applied together. This is also reflected in a reduction of the running time, which is substantial for some graph families. …”
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Evidence of Opportunity and Necessity Driven Entrepreneurship in Nigeria by Abubakar S. Garba, Fariastuti Djafar, Shazali Abu Mansor

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The effect of absorptive capacity on the financial performance of Brazilian and Portuguese companies in a low technological intensity sector by Juliane Laviniki, Claudionor Guedes Laimer, Carlos Rodrigues, João Lourenço Marques

“…The digital transformation has driven a more assertive absorption of external information and knowledge in all economic activities, especially in the low technological intensity sector, where competition has been fierce. …”
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Surviving in the Digital Space: Digital Literacy of Syrian Immigrants in Turkey by Serkan Bayrakcı, Haldun Narmanlıoğlu

“…Both at the general level and at the levelof all variables, the digital literacy of Syrian immigrants was determined to be “Below Average / Weak”.Especially in European countries, public policies have started to be established to increase the digital literacylevels of isolated groups such as immigrants. …”
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Meckel's Diverticulum in Crohn's Disease by Hugh J Freeman

“…Of 877 patients with Crohn's disease, 10 (about 1%) had a Meckel's diverticulum diagnosed, including six men and four women. All were diagnosed with Crohn's disease before age 50 years and seven were diagnosed before age 30 years. …”
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Recognition principle for course allocations in higher institutions based on intuitionistic fuzzy correlation coefficient by Paul Ejegwa, Idoko Onyeke, Victoria Adah

“…The new IFCC techniques possess high reliability and precision based on their mathematical formulations and the inclusion of all intuitionistic fuzzy parameters. The setbacks of the existing IFCC techniques are enumerated and verified with some numerical examples. …”
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Neuronal Differentiation of Adipose Derived Stem Cells: Progress So Far by T. J. Moore, Heidi Abrahamse

“…The nervous system is essential for normal physiological function of all systems within the human body. Unfortunately the nervous system has a limited capacity for self-repair and there are a plethora of disorders, diseases, and types of trauma that affect the central and peripheral nervous systems; however, current treatment modalities are unable to remedy them. …”
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Comparison of the Type and Severity of Nasal Septal Deviation between Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients Undergoing Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Controls by Nafiseh Nikkerdar, Atena Karimi, Fatemeh Bazmayoon, Amin Golshah

“…This prospective case-control study evaluated 49 CRS patients who did not respond to pharmaceutical therapy and were candidates for FESS and 49 asymptomatic controls. All participants underwent CBCT and were inspected for septal deviation type and severity. …”
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Geopolitical competition of great powers in the Arctic by E. S. Karsanova

“…The military presence has increased as well as the competing economic investments and political activity from significant political actors: Russia, China, and the United States of America. Now that all the great powers are investing in the Arctic, the concept of peace and cooperation is giving way to the concept of security and deterrence. …”
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Regionalisation of the Republic of Slovenia by Stane Vlaj

“…The author recognises that in almost all CE member states, far-reaching reforms of regional authorities have been completed, are in progress or are planned for the years ahead. …”
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Pathogenetic Aspects of Oral Cavity Lesions in Inflammatory Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases by N. S. Robakidze, O. B. Shchukina

“…Severe recurrent inflammatory bowel disease and the close relationship of all levels of the digestive tube create prerequisites for the development of pathological processes in the oral cavity. …”
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Effect of Embroidery Style on the Bandwidth of Textronic RFID UHF Transponder Antenna by Magdalena Nizioł, Piotr Jankowski-Mihułowicz, Mariusz Węglarski

“…Therefore, the antenna bandwidth must be sufficiently wide so that the read range of the tag is maximally large for all frequencies of the specified band. The bandwidth of an antenna depends on its type and geometric dimensions, but this parameter can also be influenced by the way a given type of antenna is made. …”
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$$\varLambda $$ Λ CDM model against gravity-thermodynamics conjecture: observational constraints after DESI 2024 by N. Shahhoseini, M. Malekjani, A. Khodam-Mohammadi

“…In the next step, we incorporate all datasets by adding the CMB data to our analysis, indicating a potential deviation from the standard model within the framework of Tsallis cosmology. …”
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Botulinum toxin A as a treatment modality for acute acquired comitant esotropia – An Indian perspective by Akshay Badakere, Vibha Badrinath, Hennaav Kaur Dhillon, Abinaya Valliappan, Viswanathan Natarajan, Sumita Agarkar

“…Patients who were treated with Botox and completed a minimum 3 months follow-up were included in the study. All the patients underwent a complete ophthalmic, orthoptic examination and neuroimaging. …”
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Analysis of Harmful Heavy Metals and Carbonaceous Components in Urban School PM2.5 by Seok Won Kang, Sumin Lee, Jiyou Kwoun, Tae Jung Lee, Young Min Jo

“…The average concentration of PM2.5 from the analysis of all classrooms was 20.7 µg m−3. Mn was the most prevalent heavy metal with a concentration of 0.018 µg m−3, followed by Pb and Cu. …”
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A Rare Case of Supinator Intramuscular Myxoma with Encasement of the Posterior Interosseous Nerve by Chiao Yee Lim, Suryasmi Duski, Ping Ching Chye

“…Tumor location in the forearm is very rare among all the intramuscular myxomas. To the best of our knowledge, there were two cases of supinator intramuscular myxoma reported in the literature, and we intend to report the third case of supinator myxoma with encasement of the posterior interosseous nerve (PIN). …”
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Acute abdomen as an expression of peritoneal tuberculosis: review of the literature and a case report by Guido Nina Guida Acevedo, Rafael Martín Franco Delgado, Ximena Elizabeth Trujillo Romero

“…Tuberculosis is a common problem in the world, mainly in developing countries; Approximately 1 to 3% of all tuberculosis cases are extrapulmonary, and of these, 11 to 16% are abdominal tuberculosis, the sixth most common form. …”
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Reflection in Practice as Source of Values: The Cross-cultural Creation of a Health-care Ethic in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Augustine Shutte

“…This article provides grounds for this view by examining the practice of health-care in post-apartheid South Africa, and the co-reflection of scientific health-care professionals and traditional healers, that are part of constructing a new model for health-care that better serves the needs of all South Africans. This dialogue may uncover values whose scope is wider than that of health-care and which could provide a really humane foundation for a society containing different cultures. …”
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