Association between maternal rectovaginal group B streptococcus and the risk of stillbirth: a meta-analysis by Yujue Wang, Jingjing Liu, Jinlian Song, Teng Zhang

“…Conclusions While the meta-analysis did not find a significant overall association between maternal rectovaginal GBS colonization and stillbirth, significant associations were noted under specific conditions, such as studies using IAP, retrospective designs, and multivariate analyses. Further research is needed to clarify these associations.…”
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Integrated Planning for Shared Electric Vehicle System Considering Carbon Emission Reduction by Xiaohui Sun, Yumei Mi, Askar Ahtam, Zhi Zuo

“…Secondly, a charging demand simulation predictive model framework was designed. Finally, an SEV scheduling model with maximal operating income and minimal scheduling costs as optimization objectives was constructed considering the benefits of carbon emission reduction. …”
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Decoding communicative action vitality forms in social contexts by Radoslaw Niewiadomski, Radoslaw Niewiadomski, Amrita Suresh, Alessandra Sciutti, Giuseppe Di Cesare, Giuseppe Di Cesare

“…Moreover, understanding the VFs features could be useful in designing rehabilitative interventions for conditions involving social and communicative impairments, such as autism.…”
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Molecular Identification of Fusarium proliferatum from toenails: A case report by Sazan Jamal Gharib, Nawroz Abdul-razzak Tahir

“…To study of these fungi as the true causative agents of nail infection, we describe a PCR/sequencing assay to confirm routinely diagnosis of the infecting fungi in this case with toenail Onychomycosis. Designation of the ordinary laboratory of Fusarium is very challenging because of the septate hyphae of Fusarium are hard to discriminate from those of Aspergillus, which has a more favourable consequence and this time-consuming. …”
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Investigation of customized total knee implant with articular cartilage under loading conditions using finite element analysis. by Shady A Alshewaier, Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar, Ali Ahmed Ali Almakrami, S Sabarunisha Begum, Ahmad Alassaf, Ibrahim AlMohimeed, S Meenatchi Sundaram, Dheeraj Poojary, Natteri M Sudharsan, Eddie Y K Ng

“…The results indicated a 5% reduction in stress with implants designed for a 100 kg body weight, along with a significant reduction in ligament strain when compared to conventional knee joint stresses. …”
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Results of scientific expedition to natural biotopes of the Republic of Tyva in 2019 with the purpose of infectious disease monitoring in wild bird populations by M. S. Volkov, V. N. Irza, A. V. Varkentin, S. V. Rogolyov, A. V. Andriyasov

“…Notwithstanding the absence of AIV very virulent isolate detections in wild bird populations the middle term prognosis for 2020 can be designated as cautious, as the avian influenza epidemic situation is deteriorating globally, especially in the European countries, and the threat of the virus introduction to the Russian territory with migratory birds still exists.…”
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Artificially intelligent nursing homes: a scoping review of palliative care interventions by Isabel Ronan, Sabin Tabirca, Sabin Tabirca, David Murphy, Nicola Cornally, Mohamad M. Saab, Patrice Crowley

“…The aim of this scoping review is to synthesize research surrounding AI-based palliative care interventions in nursing homes.MethodsA PRISMA-ScR scoping review was carried out using modified guidelines specifically designed for computer science research. A wide range of keywords are considered in searching six databases, including IEEE, ACM, and SpringerLink.ResultsWe screened 3255 articles for inclusion after duplicate removal. 3175 articles were excluded during title and abstract screening. …”
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The psychometric properties of the child anxiety and depression life interference scale (CADLIS) by Maddison O’Gradey-Lee, Alana Jones, Esther Gandhi, Heidi Lyneham, Ronald M. Rapee, Jennifer L. Hudson

“…This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Child Anxiety and Depression Life Interference Scale (CADLIS), a brief child (CADLIS-C) and parent-report (CADLIS-P) measure designed to assess life interference from anxiety and depressive disorders in both the child and parent’s life. …”
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SUBJECT «NUMBER SYSTEMS» IN TWO-LEVELED FORMAT PREPARATION TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS by V. I. Igoshin

“…The study involves the theoretical methods: the analysis of pedagogical and methodical literature, normative documents; historical, comparative and logical analysis of the content of pedagogical mathematical education; forecasting, planning and designing of two-leveled methodical system of training of future teachers of mathematics.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Novel Node Centrality-Based Efficient Empirical Robustness Assessment for Directed Network by Xiaolong Deng, Hao Ding, Yong Chen, Cai Chen, Tiejun Lv

“…These two new centrality models are designed to capture this cascading effect in directed online social networks. …”
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Comparison of Adequacy of Anaesthesia (AoA) monitors with CONOX® monitor regarding sevoflurane consumption during routine general anaesthesia: A randomised clinical trial by Rajendran. Arulkumaran, Anusha Cherian, Aswini Kuberan, Prasanna Udupi Bidkar

“…No studies have measured and compared the total consumption of inhaled anaesthetic agents while using these monitors. We designed a study to compare AoA and CONOX in terms of sevoflurane usage, fentanyl usage and recovery from the effects of anaesthesia. …”
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Research status of east Asian traditional medicine treatment for chronic cough: A scoping review. by Boram Lee, Chan-Young Kwon, Ye Ji Kim, Jae Hyun Kim, Kwan-Il Kim, Beom-Joon Lee, Jun-Hwan Lee

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among 474 included studies, the study designs were mainly randomized controlled trials (72.4%), and the population was evenly distributed between children and adults. …”
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Features of the Processes of Digitalization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in Ukraine by Reshetnyak Olena I., Bielikova Nadiia V., Yurchenko Oleksiy K., Kalashnikova Kateryna Yu.

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Never lose sight of enemies: giant honeybees perceive troublemakers even in mass flight mode—a case study by Gerald Kastberger, Martin Ebner, Thomas Hötzl

“…The colony was exposed to a wasp dummy designed to simulate a real threat, triggering shimmering waves when the bees were in a quiescent state. …”
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A scoping review of medication self-management intervention tools to support persons with traumatic spinal cord injury. by Lauren Cadel, Stephanie R Cimino, Glyneva Bradley-Ridout, Sander L Hitzig, Tanya L Packer, Lisa M McCarthy, Tejal Patel, Aisha K Lofters, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, Chester H Ho, Sara J T Guilcher

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>There is an opportunity to better support medication self-management for persons with SCI by co-designing an intervention with end-users that comprehensively addresses self-management. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviors in children and adolescents: evidence from an Australian cohort by Nirmal Gautam, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam

“…These findings stress the need for tailored interventions designed to improve the health behaviors of families from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. …”
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The investigation of copper (cu), iron (fe), total iron binding capacity (tibc) and zn levels of blood serum of the ewes in izmir region by Ali Muhtar Tiftik, Selma (Çınar) Doğanay

“…In this research designed for determining Cu,Fe,Tolal iron binding capacity (TIBC) and Zn levels of blood serum of the healthy ewes grazed in the meadows in Izmir Region, a total of 250 units of blood-samples, being from a; least 10 ewes in each herd, were collected from different 15 herds belonging to various villages ot some different counties of İzmir (Karşıyaka, Seferihisar, Torbalı, Kemalpaşa. …”
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Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Corrado Barbui, Chiara Servili, Brian Reichow, Cary Kogan, Isaac Smith, M Taghi Yasamy

“…The purpose of this review protocol is to extend previous findings by systematically analysing randomised controlled trials of parent skills training programmes for parents of children with developmental disorders including intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders and use meta-analytic techniques to identify programme components reliably associated with successful outcomes of parent skills training programmes.Methods and analysis We will include all studies conducted using randomised control trials designs that compare a group of parents receiving a parent skills training programme to a group of parents in a no-treatment control, waitlist control or treatment as usual comparison group. …”
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Intelligent Turning Tool Monitoring with Neural Network Adaptive Learning by Maohua Du, Peixin Wang, Junhua Wang, Zheng Cheng, Shensong Wang

“…., (a) through distinctively designed experimental technique with comprehensive consideration of cutting parameters and tool wear values as variables, (b) through bisensor fusion for simultaneous measurements of low and high frequency signals, (c) through multitheory fusion of wavelet decomposition and the Relief-F algorithm for performing dual feature extraction and feature dimension reduction to achieve more accurate state identification using neural network, and (d) through an innovative programming technique of MATLAB-nested labVIEW. …”
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The system of procedural guarantees of the participants’ rights in criminal proceedings during pre-trial investigation by A. V. Piddubna

“…The current criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine contains legal guarantees designed to ensure proper protection, safeguarding and realisation of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of participants in criminal proceedings. …”
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