Prevalence and associated factors of diabetes among adult populations of Hawassa town, southern Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study. by Getu Kassa Belete, Hlupheka Lawrence Sithole

“…Additionally, participants were also instructed to fast overnight, after which the standard fasting blood glucose test was conducted. …”
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Central obesity is a burden even in normal weight adolescents of a non-metropolitan Indian City: A case for alarm and action for prevention and control by Tabassum Nawab, Zulfia Khan, Iqbal M. Khan, Mohammad A. Ansari

“…More than 1/4th of normal weight adolescents [27.2% (99/364)] also had CO. Increased fast food intake (OR: 4.1; 95% CI = 2.1-8.1), low Physical Activity Level (OR: 2.4; 95% CI = 1.3-4.3) and more than 10 hours sedentary time spent per day (OR: 2.2; 95% CI = 1.1-4.8) were independent determinants of CO. …”
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Development and Validation of an RP-HPLC Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Triclosan in Human Urine by Prince Karikari, James Oppong-Kyekyeku, Edmund Ekuadzi, Samuel Oppong Bekoe, Rita Opoku, Daniel Nimako Amprako, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Bernard Arhin, Adegoke G. Falade, Ganiyu Arinola, Adeleye S. Bakarey, John I. Anetor, Kevin J. Mortimer

“…In this study, a highly sensitive, fast, and cost-effective isocratic reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method coupled with solid-phase extraction for analysis of triclosan in human urine samples was developed. …”
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Stability of reinforcements (CrB2/TiB2) and lubricants (C/MoS2) in Cu matrix during the sintering process by Chen Zhang, Lei Jia, Jia-mei Zhang, Wu Pan, Zhen-lin Lu, Zhi-guo Xing

“…The content of each reinforcement or lubricant was fixed at 10 wt%, and the powder mixture was sintered by a fast hot-pressed sintering machine at 950 °C under 40 MPa for 1 h under a vacuum atmosphere (<10 Pa). …”
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Exercise intensity and reliability during recreational team handball training for 50–77-year-old unexperienced women by Rita Pereira, Peter Krustrup, Carlo Castagna, Carlos Resende, Ivone Carneiro, José Magalhães, Susana Póvoas

“…Total distance covered was 1878±333 m and the participants spent 54%, 3% and < 1% of total match time walking, fast running and sprinting, respectively. Total PL was 224±41 (AU), with 67% of total match time being spent in low-intensity zones. …”
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Prediction of the RFID Identification Rate Based on the Neighborhood Rough Set and Random Forest for Robot Application Scenarios by Hong-Gang Wang, Shan-Shan Wang, Ruo-Yu Pan, Sheng-Li Pang, Xiao-Song Liu, Zhi-Yong Luo, Sheng-Pei Zhou

“…The test is conducted under the constructed RFID experimental environment, whose results showed that the model can predict the identification rate of the RFID system in a fast and efficient way, and the classification accuracy can reach 90.5%. …”
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Some Rare Earth Elements Analysis by Microwave Plasma Torch Coupled with the Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry by Xiaohong Xiong, Tao Jiang, Wenhao Qi, Jun Zuo, Meiling Yang, Qiang Fei, Saijin Xiao, Aimin Yu, Zhiqiang Zhu, Huanwen Chen

“…A sensitive mass spectrometric analysis method based on the microwave plasma technique is developed for the fast detection of trace rare earth elements (REEs) in aqueous solution. …”
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Evaluating ecosystem multifunctionality in tree-based intercropping: a case study from southern Québec, Canada by David Rivest, Marc-Olivier Martin-Guay, Ève-Marie Hébert, Samuel Dulac, Alain Cogliastro, Audrey Maheu

“…Conversely, C stocks in fast-growing poplar biomass were substantially higher than those in red oak. …”
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The rapid rise of SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron subvariants with immune evasion properties: XBB.1.5 and BQ.1.1 subvariants by Danyi Ao, Xuemei He, Weiqi Hong, Xiawei Wei

“…During the Omicron wave, several subvariants have emerged, with some exhibiting greater infectivity and immune evasion, accounting for their fast spread across many countries. Recently, two Omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and XBB lineages, including BQ.1.1, XBB.1, and XBB.1.5, have become a global public health issue given their ability to escape from therapeutic monoclonal antibodies and herd immunity induced by prior coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) vaccines, boosters, and infection. …”
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Modeling crowd dynamics through coarse-grained data analysis by Sebastien Motsch, Mehdi Moussaïd, Elsa G. Guillot, Mathieu Moreau, Julien Pettré, Guy Theraulaz, Cécile Appert-Rolland, Pierre Degond

“…We advocate for the development of crowd traffic management systems, whereby observations of crowds can be coupled to fast and reliable models to produce rapid predictions of the crowd movement and eventually help crowd managers choose between tailored optimization strategies. …”
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Systematic Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategies for Near-Miss Events in Interventional Operating Room Nursing by Ma LY, Shan RF, Lu Y, Cong LY, Gu HY

“…The risk factors were ranked as follows: weak coordination ability and lack of responsibility among nurses > operational interruptions > inadequate professional capability > poor communication between medical staff and nurses > equipment malfunction > frequent emergency surgeries and a fast paced working environment.Conclusion: Medication administration errors are frequently encountered, with air embolisms during pressurized fluid infusion representing the most significant risk. …”
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Predicting the clinical subcutaneous absorption rate constant of monoclonal antibodies using only the primary sequence: a machine learning approach by Ronghua Bei, Justin Thomas, Shiven Kapur, Mahlet Woldeyes, Adam Rauk, Jason Robarge, Jiangyan Feng, Kaoutar Abbou Oucherif

“…In this study, we built a model to predict the absorption rate constant (ka), which denotes how fast a mAb is absorbed from the site of administration. …”
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Theoretical Research and Numerical Simulation on Water Resistance Mechanism of Textile Bag in Water Passage by Ang Li, Yuxuan Yang, Mingcheng Zhu, Wenzhong Zhang, Bingnan Ji, Xuesong Ding

“…The textile bag can realize the fast controllable plugging of the large water passage of moving water within the limit of the antihydraulic stress.…”
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Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis by Raquel Pacheco Duro, Paulo Figueiredo Dias, Alcina Azevedo Ferreira, Sandra Margarida Xerinda, Carlos Lima Alves, António Carlos Sarmento, Lurdes Campos dos Santos

“…The diagnosis of isolated pulmonary TB, a positive smear for acid-fast-bacilli and a positive PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients of pulmonary disease, severe sepsis/septic shock, acute renal failure and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome on admission, the need for mechanical ventilation or vasopressor support, hospital acquired infection, use of adjunctive corticotherapy, smoking, and alcohol abuse were significantly associated with mortality (p<0.05). …”
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Chemical Changes Under Heat Stress and Identification of Dendrillolactone, a New Diterpene Derivative with a Rare Rearranged Spongiane Skeleton from the Antarctic Marine Sponge <i>... by Andrea Prófumo, Conxita Avila, Adele Cutignano

“…The waters around the western Antarctic Peninsula are experiencing fast warming due to global change, being among the most affected regions on the planet. …”
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Renewable syngas production from electrified catalytic steam reforming of biomass pyrolysis volatiles by José Juan Bolívar Caballero, Fereshteh Talkhab, Hanmin Yang, Samina Gulshan, Pengcheng Cao, Thomas Lewin, Pär G. Jönsson, Weihong Yang

“…Pyrolysis of biomass plus catalytic reforming of its pyrolysis volatiles is a green alternative to produce solid (biochar) and gaseous (syngas) fuels that have several valuable applications; however, this catalytic process suffers from fast deactivation, and its energy consumption is yet to be studied, factors that determine the process’s feasibility in industrialisation. …”
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Deep eutectic solvent-assisted carbon quantum dots from biomass Triticum aestivum: A fluorescent sensor for nanomolar detection of dual analytes mercury (Ⅱ) and glutathione by Shivam Khare, Neeraj Sohal, Mandeep Kaur, Banibrata Maity

“…In this work, we present a simple, fast, and environment-friendly microwave synthesis approach for the synthesis of DES-assisted nitrogen and chloride co-doped CQDs (N,Cl-CQDs) using a choline chloride-urea based DES. …”
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Aktifitas Listrik pada Otot Jantung by Lili Irawati

“…The<br />potential act of heart autorhytmic cell have 4 phase: phase 0 (fast depolarization), phase 1 (initial repolarization),<br />phase 2 (plateau), and phase 4 (resting).…”
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Tuberculosis Mimicking-Musculoskeletal Tumor of The Hand: An Uncommon Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Andy Lesmana, Hapsari Retno Dewanti, Lenty BR Perangin Angin, Muhamad Irvan Muzakky, Stefi Geovani Valentin Hayon, Mentari Maratus Sholihah, Muhammad Ifham Hanif

“…The histopathology study revealed a chronic granulomatous structure surrounded by epitheloid cells, datia Langhans cells, and caseating necrosis. The acid-fast staining confirmed the presence of bacilliform bacteria. …”
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Post-injury treatment with 7,8-dihydroxyflavone attenuates white matter pathology in aged mice following focal traumatic brain injury by Georgios Michalettos, Fredrik Clausen, Elham Rostami, Niklas Marklund

“…Histological assessment with Luxol Fast Blue (LFB)/Cresyl Violet stain showed that administration of 7,8-DHF resulted in preserved white matter tissue at 2 and 7 dpi with no difference in cortical tissue loss at all investigated time points. …”
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