Prevalence and Residual Risk of HIV in Volunteer Blood Donors of Zhejiang Province, China, from 2018 to 2022 by Hong Zhu, Wei Ding, Wenjuan Han, Xiaofan Zheng, Yiqing Hu, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Danxiao Wu, Jinhui Liu, Faming Zhu

“…The HIV prevalence of blood donors in 12 blood services in Zhejiang Province was 6.11, 6.98, 7.45, 8.21, 8.36, 8.94, 9.04, 9.66, 9.73, 10.22, 11.80, and 12.47 per 100000 donors, without statistically significant difference observed among the services (p>0.05). …”
Get full text

Machine-learning-based cost prediction models for inpatients with mental disorders in China by Yuxuan Ma, Xi Tu, Xiaodong Luo, Linlin Hu, Chen Wang

“…To refine the reimbursement of medical costs for inpatients with mental disorders by health insurance, an accurate prediction model is essential. Per-diem payment is a common internationally implemented payment method for medical insurance of inpatients with mental disorders, necessitating the exploration of advanced machine learning methods for predicting the average daily hospitalization costs (ADHC) based on the characteristics of inpatients with mental disorders. …”
Get full text

Benefits of the Global Integration Method (Método de Integração Global - MIG) in functional priorities of parents of Brazilian children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorde... by Amanda Aparecida Alves Cunha Nascimento, Deisiane Oliveira Souto, Thalita Karla Flores Cruz, Arthur Felipe Barroso de Lima, Gabriela Silva Oliveira, Vitor Geraldi Haase

“…The MIG protocol consisted of functional task training in a naturalistic environment (City of Tomorrow) combined with the use of a flexible therapeutic suit (MIG Flex) and was conducted for 3 months, five times a week, for 3–4 h per day. Descriptive statistics were used to provide the priority profile. …”
Get full text

Effectiveness of Voytik-Harbin Protocol in Fabrication of Ram’s Testicular-Derived Hydrogel and Its Impact on Mouse In Vitro Spermatogenesis by Leila Rashki Ghaleno, Tohid Rezaei Topraggaleh, Leila Montazeri, Abdolhossein Shahverdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi

“…The VH protocol was involved 10 mg of pepsin per 100 mg of ECM in 0.5 M ofacetic acid. Subsequently, mouse testicular cells were cultivated on collagen hydrogel as the control and the moreeffective testicular-derived hydrogel (TDH) to evaluate the early stages of in vitro spermatogenesis.Results: While the Freytes protocol produced a homogeneous pre-gel solution with both HCl concentrations; elevatingthe pH to 7.4 loosened the hydrogel and made gelation problematic. …”
Get full text

Effects of Climate Change on the Potential of Water Harvesting from Air Humidity Under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 Scenarios by Hadi Ramezani Etedali, Sakine Koohi, Zahra Partovi

“…The results in the base period showed that the climate models have a suitable efficiency for investigating the potential of water extraction from air humidity, so that the average correlation index at the level of study stations is more than 0.67 and the value of the RMSE error index is 1.83 liters per square meter in The day is limited to In addition, the monitoring of water extraction conditions from air humidity under climate scenarios in the coming periods indicates the existence of an increasing trend at the 95% confidence level in the amount of water that can be extracted from air humidity, such as the value of Menkendall's non-parametric test under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. …”
Get full text

Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Basivertebral Nerve Laser Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain Associated with Modic Changes: A Preliminary Open-Label Study by Hyeun Sung Kim, Nitin Adsul, Farid Yudoyono, Byapak Paudel, Ki Joon Kim, Sung Ho Choi, Jeong Hoon Kim, Sung Kyun Chung, Jeong-Hoon Choi, Jee-Soo Jang, Il-Tae Jang, Seong-Hoon Oh

“…The preoperative VAS score of 7.79 ± 0.97 changed to 1.92 ± 1.38, postoperatively (P<0.01). As per Macnab’s criteria, seven patients (50%) had excellent, six patients (42.85%) had good, and one patient (7.14%) had fair outcomes. …”
Get full text

mmPrivPose3D: A dataset for pose estimation and gesture command recognition in human-robot collaboration using frequency modulated continuous wave 60Hhz RaDARMendeley Data by Nima Roshandel, Constantin Scholz, Hoang-Long Cao, Milan Amighi, Hamed Firouzipouyaei, Aleksander Burkiewicz, Sebastien Menet, Felipe Ballen-Moreno, Dylan Warawout Sisavath, Emil Imrith, Antonio Paolillo, Jan Genoe, Bram Vanderborght

“…These keypoints were extracted from RGB-D images captured by an Intel RealSense camera recorded at 30 frames per second using the Nuitrack SDK, and labeled with gestures. …”
Get full text

Identification of positive childhood experiences with the potential to mitigate childhood unhealthy weight status in children within the context of adverse childhood experiences: a... by Brooklyn M. Mellar, Maryam Ghasemi, Pauline Gulliver, Barry Milne, Fiona Langridge, Tracey McIntosh, Christa Fouche, Boyd Swinburn, Ladan Hashemi

“…The analytic sample was restricted to those who provided obesity data at age 8 and one child per mother, resulting in a sample of 4,895 children. …”
Get full text

A study of disability and socio-economic impact of mental morbidities from the state of Madhya Pradesh, India by Vijender Singh, Roshan F. Sutar, Suruchi Gupta, Abhijit P. Pakhare, Arun M. Kokane, B. A. Aravind, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao

“…The evidence for disability in mental illnesses would help the clinician, caregivers, policymakers, and various stakeholders to come up with sustainable solutions not only to help fill the existing gaps in care but also to develop new avenues as per the specific needs of the population of Madhya Pradesh (MP). …”
Get full text

Large-Scale Experimental Validation of Real-Time Monitoring in Underground Gas Storage Wells Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing by Linqing Luo, Diana Abdulhameed, Gang Tao, Tianchen Xu, Jiangnan Wang, David Xu, Kenichi Soga, Yuxin Wu

“…It also successfully detected gas leaks through the cement behind the casing for newly constructed borehole, with a minimum leak rate of 1.5 LPM (Liter Per Minute). During simulated pressure cycles, the DFOS system detected small strain changes and minor tubing deformations, highlighting its potential for early detection of tubing failure. …”
Get full text

The Analysis of In Vivo Aging in Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Using Colony-Forming Unit-Fibroblast Assay and the CD45lowCD271+ Phenotype by Payal Ganguly, Jehan J. El-Jawhari, Agata N. Burska, Frederique Ponchel, Peter V. Giannoudis, Elena A. Jones

“…There was a notable age-related decline in the number of MSCs per millilitre of BM aspirate revealed by the CFU-F assay (r=−0.527, p<0.0001) or flow cytometry (r=−0.307, p=0.0116). …”
Get full text

Dose-Dependent Hemodynamic, Biochemical, and Tissue Oxygen Effects of OC99 following Severe Oxygen Debt Produced by Hemorrhagic Shock in Dogs by William W. Muir, Carlos L. del Rio, Yukie Ueyama, Bradley L. Youngblood, Robert S. George, Carl W. Rausch, Billy S. H. Lau, Robert L. Hamlin

“…Subsequently twenty-four dogs were randomly assigned to one of four groups (n=6 per group) and administered: 0.0, 0.065, 0.325, or 0.65 g/kg of OC99 combined with 10 mL/kg lactated Ringers solution administered in conjunction with 20 mL/kg Hextend IV over 60 minutes. …”
Get full text

Coffee, including caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis by Paul Roderick, Peter Clive Hayes, Julie Parkes, Ryan Buchanan, Oliver John Kennedy, Jonathan Andrew Fallowfield

“…We judged the quality of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) criteria.Results We found 18 cohorts, involving 2 272 642 participants and 2905 cases, and 8 case–control studies, involving 1825 cases and 4652 controls. An extra two cups per day of coffee was associated with a 35% reduction in the risk of HCC (RR 0.65, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.72). …”
Get full text

Characterization of the Droplet Population Generated by Centrifugal Atomization Nozzles of UAV Sprayers by Fábio Henrique Rojo Baio, Job Teixeira de Oliveira, Marcos Eduardo Miranda Alves, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Fernando França da Cunha, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

“…The experimental design was implemented in a completely randomized scheme, containing variations in the nozzles (hydraulic nozzle and centrifugal atomization nozzle) and application rate (AR) (5, 10, and 15 L ha⁻¹ in the test with the hydraulic nozzle; and 9.2, 12.8, and 15.6 L ha⁻¹ in the test with the centrifugal nozzle), with five replicates per treatment. The hydraulic nozzle test data showed a coefficient of variation of 6.8% VMD for all treatments, with droplet sizes within the fine classification ranging from 132.8 to 163.2 µm. …”
Get full text

Testosterone: Relationships with Metabolic Disorders in Men—An Observational Study from SPECT-China by Jing Cheng, Bing Han, Qin Li, Fangzhen Xia, Hualing Zhai, Ningjian Wang, Michael Jensen, Yingli Lu

“…Body mass index (B −0.32, 95%CI −0.35 to −0.29) and obesity (OR 0.40, 95%CI 0.35–0.45) had the largest association magnitude per one SD increment in TT, while blood pressure and hypertension (OR 0.90, 95%CI 0.84–0.98) had the smallest. …”
Get full text

Impact of driver licensing renewal policies on older driver crash involvement and injury rates in 13 states, 2000–2019 by Cara J. Hamann, Jonathan A. Davis, Gilsu Pae, Motao Zhu, Gregory H. Shill, Brian Tefft, Joseph E. Cavanaugh

“…The primary outcomes were crash and injury rates per 100,000 population. Results The study population included 19,010,179 crash-involved drivers aged 40 and older. …”
Get full text

Implementing sustainable practices to combat root knot nematode infestation in tomato farming from Meghalaya by H. Jeevan, Raghubir Kumar Patidar, Veronica Kadam, Pranab Dutta, Euphema Nongbri, M. N. Rudra Gouda, Santosh Naik, N. S Nysanth

“…T7 also minimized the final soil nematode population to 106.33 ± 1.01 per 100 g, closely followed by T8 (94.67 ± 0.89). …”
Get full text

ClimaWATCH: A new interactive tool for community heat-health vulnerability assessments by Aparna Keshaviah, Dheeya Rizmie, Huihua Lu, Mike Rudacille, Eric Morris, Colleen Psomas, Farid Qamar, Xindi C. Hu

“…Nationally in 2020, excess Medicaid spending amounted to $18 million on heat stress, $15 million on electrolyte imbalance, $25 million on acute myocardial infarction, and $133 million on acute renal failure. Per-beneficiary levels of excess spending on these four acute diagnoses were highest in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California. …”
Get full text

Chaetoceros muelleri sulfated polysaccharides: chain conformation, physical characteristics, and morphology by Valeria Miranda-Arizmendi, Jorge Marquez-Escalante, Agustin Rascon-Chu, Karla Martínez-Robinson, Francisco Brown-Bojorquez, Elizabeth Carvajal-Millan

“…The biopolymer registered weight-average molar mass, intrinsic viscosity ([η]), radius of gyration (RG), hydrodynamic radius (Rh), and sulfate degree of substitution of 1933 kDa, 577 mL/g, 62 nm, 44 nm, and 0.5 (sulfates per disaccharide repeat unit), respectively. The exponent α and the coefficient K in the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada (MHS) equation were 0.76 and 9.76 x 10−3 mL/g, respectively. …”
Get full text

Effect of Flowering Shading on Grain Yield and Quality of Durum Wheat in a Mediterranean Environment by Giancarlo Pagnani, Alfredo Lorenzo, Nausicaa Occhipinti, Lisa Antonucci, Sara D’Egidio, Fabio Stagnari, Michele Pisante

“…This phenomenon poses a significant challenge for agricultural production in many regions worldwide, with a global radiation decrease estimated between 1.4% and 2.7% per decade in areas between 25° N and 45° N. In particular, in Mediterranean regions, the production of durum wheat (<i>Triticum turgidum</i> L. subsp. …”
Get full text