Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of operating room technologists in preventing pressure ulcers in surgical patients by Tayyebeh Azarmehr, Najmeh Ghiami Keshtgar

“…Data were collected using a researcher-designed questionnaire that assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to pressure ulcer prevention. …”
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Central Asia, Euro-centrism and Colonialism by N. T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva

“…The proposed act will allow shrinking the focus on the knowledge within the limited national units and frames (thus, lessening the degree of'fetishism of the national identity'), and rather creating conditions for designing the "bridge", linking different cultures, ideologies and institutional spaces in Central Asia, as a transnational intellectual matrix. …”
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Application of Chitosan Composite Flocculant in Tap Water Treatment by Awa Kangama, Defang Zeng, Xu Tian, Jinfu Fang

“…In addition, we have designed a cost-effective method for the treatment cost evaluation. …”
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End-to-end 3D instance segmentation of synthetic data and embryo microscopy images with a 3D Mask R-CNN by Gabriel David, Emmanuel Faure

“…Here, we introduce a 3D adaptation of the Mask R-CNN, a powerful end-to-end network designed for instance segmentation. Our implementation adapts a widely used 2D TensorFlow Mask R-CNN by developing custom TensorFlow operations for 3D Non-Max Suppression and 3D Crop And Resize, facilitating efficient training and inference on 3D data. …”
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Two-stage rolling optimization operation strategy for microgrid considering BESU state by Gang Zhang, Yichen Li, Tuo Xie, Kaoshe Zhang

“…Secondly, considering the number of charge and discharge state conversions, state of charge (SOC) consistency, and charge and discharge efficiency indicators, a BESS power allocation strategy comprising a unit grouping module, a unit screening module, and a power allocation module is designed. The energy valley optimizer (EVO) is employed to optimize the allocation scheme. …”
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A New Empirical Correlation for Estimation of EBF Steel Frame Behavior Factor under Near-Fault Earthquakes Using the Genetic Algorithm by Seyed Abdonnabi Razavi, Navid Siahpolo, Mehdi Mahdavi Adeli

“…The most important feature of the behavior factor is that it allows the structural designer to be able to evaluate the structural seismic demand, using an elastic analysis, based on force-based principles quickly. …”
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Development and implementation of a digiphysical screening model with nationwide reach to diagnose familial hypercholesterolemia by Karin Littmann, Gustav Kindborg, Matthias Lidin, Linda Mellbin, Daniel Eriksson Hogling, Jonas Brinck

“…The centerpiece of the model is a tailormade interactive web-based platform designed to facilitate communication and secure medical information exchange between its participants and the healthcare professionals. …”
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Evidence-based dust exposure prediction and/or control tools in occupational settings: A scoping review protocol. by Gebisa Guyasa Kabito, Yonatal Tefera, Chandnee Ramkissoon, Sharyn Gaskin

“…Studies will be included if they report evidence-based tools for predicting and/or controlling dust exposure using quantitative or semi-quantitative designs and provide a detailed explanation of the methods used for tool development. …”
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Perspectives of medical students on the implementation of sub-internship rotation in year 5 surgical clerkship: A brief report from a private medical college in Pakistan by Amber Sultan, Nadeem A. Siddiqui, Muhammad Anees, Sadaf Khan, Raziuddin Biyabani, Mohammad Nazim

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan from September 2022 to September 2023. A self-designed 5-point Likert scale-based evaluation form was created to explore students’ perspectives regarding their one-week Surgical SI rotation. …”
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Study on the Process Optimization and Wear Resistance of Electron Beam Cladding WC-CoCr Coating on Inconel 617 Surface by Hailang Liu, Yiping Huang, Bo Wang, Xiaoyu Wang

“…A six-factor and three-level orthogonal experiment is designed using Minitab software with scanning beam current, frequency, high voltage, beam spot diameter, offset sweep amplitude, and scanning speed as variables, and the variance and range of the test results are analyzed. …”
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Comparison Of Knowledge and Attitude Towards Chat GPT In First and Final-Year Dental Students by Sadia Naureen, Huma Ghazanfar Kiani, Nadia Naureen, Mahnoor Shafique

“…An electronic questionnaire was designed to assess the knowledge and attitude of first-year (G1) and final-year (G2) dental students studying at RIHS. …”
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Blended learning module for universities and extended education programs by Egorova P. Egorova, Anton A. Abashkin, Vladimir G. Mosin

“…The module is implemented in the Blended Learning format and is designed to be used in educational programs of higher professional education and in extended education programs. …”
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Investigation of rs1746661 Polymorphism in FNDC5 Gene in Obese Patients by Elham Hadi, Hashem Nayeri, Ali Mohammad Ahadi, Ziba Rezvani Sichani

“…Specific primers for G/A/T alleles were designed for the amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, and PCR was performed. …”
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Structural Modifications Reveal Dual Functions of the C-4 Carbonyl Group in the Fatty Acid Chain of Ipomoeassin F by Arman Khosravi, Precious Nnamdi, Alexa May, Kelsey Slattery, Robert E. Sammelson, Wei Q. Shi

“…To resolve this discrepancy, we designed and synthesized two new open-chain analogues (<b>10</b> and <b>11</b>); <b>10</b> without the C-4 carbonyl had a dramatic activity loss, whereas <b>11</b> with an amide functional group was even more potent than Ipom-F. …”
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Prevalence and Pattern of Morbidity Triads among the Elderly Population: A Cross-sectional Study in Bankura District, West Bengal by Ujjwal Das, Nishamani Kar

“…The multi-stage random sampling designed was developed to select the requisite number of elderly. …”
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Retrieve the Optimal Parameters and Structures of Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System for Typhoon Precipitation Forecast Modeling by Chien-Lin Huang, Nien-Sheng Hsu, Chih-Chiang Wei, Chun-Wen Lo

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From temporary bike lanes to a cycling oriented mobility paradigm. The case of Lyon during and after the pandemic of COVID-19 by Nathalie Ortar, Patricia Lejoux, Nicolas Ovtracht

“…Despite initial political consensus, challenges emerged, including limited public recognition of these measures as policy and criticism of safety and navigation in certain designs. Efforts to institutionalize cycling policy have reduced car dominance and expanded public transport, but socio-spatial inequalities and low engagement from working-class communities persist. …”
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FastContext: A tool for identification of adapters and other sequence patterns in next generation sequencing (NGS) data by E. Viesná, V. Fishman

“…Here we introduce FastContext, a tool designed to analyze NGS read structure, based on sequence features found in reads, and their relative position in the read. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Cable-Supported Barrel Vault Structures with Varying Temperature by Guojun Sun, Mingze Wu, Zhihua Chen, Suduo Xue

“…Thereafter, a scale model of a CSBV was designed and used for experiments and corresponding finite element analyses under varying temperature. …”
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Syntax Struggles: A Case Study of English as Second Language Acquisition in a 6-Year-Old Child by Dzikri Ilma, Rusdi Noor Rosa, Alemina Br. Perangin-Angin

“…Research on Alesha is beneficial for parents, language educators, and researchers in understanding children's language development and designing more effective teaching stategies. Furthermore, those interested in researching the same topic are advised to conduct a research with subjects of the same age as Alesha, as well as analysis with other related variables, for a better understanding of second language acquisition in 6-year-old children. …”
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