Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) among Women with Macerated Stillbirth: A Cross-Sectional Hospital-Based Study from Mwanza, Tanzania by Helmut A. Nyawale, Elieza Chibwe, Fridolin Mujuni, Lidya Maiga, Albert Silvin, Alda Ester Chongo, Bertrand Msemwa, Vitus Silago, Mtebe Majigo, Doreen Kamori, Stephen E. Mshana, Mariam M. Mirambo

“…By log multinomial regression analysis, only urban residence (RRR.4.43: 95% CI 1.53-12.80, p=0.006) independently predicted HCMV IgG seropositivity among women with stillbirth. …”
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Mind at rest, mind at risk: A prospective population-based study of sleep and subsequent mental disorders by Mari Hysing, Allison G. Harvey, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Jens C. Skogen, Anne Reneflot, Børge Sivertsen

“…Conclusion: Sleep disturbances, including insomnia and abnormal sleep durations, predict mental health issues in young adults, even after accounting for baseline mental health and somatic health. …”
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Estimating ocean currents from the joint reconstruction of absolute dynamic topography and sea surface temperature through deep learning algorithms by D. Ciani, C. Fanelli, B. Buongiorno Nardelli

“…Here, we introduce realistic SST L4 processing errors and modify the network to concurrently predict high-resolution SST and ADT from synthetic, satellite equivalent L4 products. …”
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Clinical Features and Predictors of Lethal Outcome in Tick-Borne Encephalitis: A Retrospective Study from Lithuania by G. Rynkevič, E. Žilinskas, D. Streckytė, D. Radzišauskienė, R. Mameniškienė

“…The aim of the study was to analyze clinical manifestations of the TBE and to indicate predictive variables for unfavorable outcome. Methods. …”
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Community empowerment of waste management in the urban environment: More attention on waste issues through formal and informal educations by A. Brotosusilo, D. Utari, H. Negoro, A. Firdaus, R. Velentina

“…The logistic regression predicts the likelihood of urban citizens to litter, given their socio-economic backgrounds and existing littering behavior and environmental awareness.FINDINGS: This study found that education did not affect decreasing the value of littering behavior as expected since it is estimated that an increase of 1 year in school will increase the probability of littering by 0.0189. …”
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Evaluation of Fundus Function in Mature Cataract Patients by Visual Electrophysiology by Min Zhang, Min Ji, Mengjia Tan, Ying Yu, Huaijin Guan

“…The preoperative visual electrophysiological examination has high clinical value in predicting postoperative vision of mature cataract patients with fundus disease. …”
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Using a robust model to detect the association between anthropometric factors and T2DM: machine learning approaches by Nafiseh Hosseini, Hamid Tanzadehpanah, Amin Mansoori, Mostafa Sabzekar, Gordon A. Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…Conclusion The KNN model had a high accuracy (93%) for predicting the association between anthropometric factors and T2DM. …”
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AI augmented edge and fog computing for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) by Deepika Rajagopal, Pradeep Kumar Thimma Subramanian

“…These techniques allow data from many sources to be integrated to effectively assess patient health status and predict potential preventive actions. A subset of the Internet of Things, the Internet of Health Things (IoHT) enables the remote exchange of data for physical processes like patient monitoring, treatment progress, observation, and consultation. …”
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Regulation of adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism by novel synthetic chromenes exploring anti-obesity and broader therapeutic potential by Kewalin Inthanon, Natthawut Wong-a-nan, Srisulak Dheeranupattana, Andres Garcia Guerra, Neal M. Davies, Chatchai Kesornpun, Sasithorn Sangher, Prasat Kittakoop

“…This study presents several promising prospects for the development of synthetic chromenes as potential anti-obesity agents, opening new avenues for drug discovery and benefitting individuals worldwide in addressing obesity-related challenges to human health. In addition, predictive in silico modeling was performed on the identified candidate chromenes. …”
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Measurement properties of the Traumatic Brain Injury Quality of Life (TBI-QoL) and Spinal Cord Injury Quality of Life (SCI-QoL) measurement systems: a systematic review by Rebecca Ataman, Rehab Alhasani, Line Auneau-Enjalbert, Adria Quigley, Henry Ukachukwu Michael, Sara Ahmed

“…Further evidence of measurement error, responsiveness, and predictive validity would advance the use and interpretation of SCI-QoL and TBI-QoL in rehabilitation.…”
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Proteomic profiling of Labeo rohita intestine infected with Edwardsiella tarda: Unveiling the mucosal defense mechanisms, cell adhesion, and cytoskeletal pathways by Nevil Pinto, Mehar Un Nissa, Gowhar Iqbal, Yashwanth BS, Darshan P, Sanjeeva S, Mukunda Goswami

“…Gene ontology and protein-protein interactions were predicted for differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) using Metascape and ShinyGo web tools. …”
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Assessing the Risk Factors of Violent and Non-violent Suicide Attempt Methods: A Population-based Cross-sectional Study by Amin Moradi, Ehsan Mosafarkhani, Fateme Nikbakht, Zahra Amiri, Ali Vafaee Najar

“…Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the important risk factors associated with violent and non-violent methods of committing suicide.Methods: This research was a cross-sectional study that included all people who attempted suicide between 2019 and 2023 and were part of the population covered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran). Predictive variables for suicide attempts included age, sex, education, marital status, occupation, place of residence, drug abuse, smoking, psychiatric diagnoses, and the intended outcome of violent and non-violent methods. …”
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Evaluation of Four Multiple Imputation Methods for Handling Missing Binary Outcome Data in the Presence of an Interaction between a Dummy and a Continuous Variable by Sara Javadi, Abbas Bahrampour, Mohammad Mehdi Saber, Behshid Garrusi, Mohammad Reza Baneshi

“…MI methods included using predictive mean matching with an interaction term in the imputation model in MICE (MICE-interaction), classification and regression tree (CART) for specifying the imputation model in MICE (MICE-CART), the implementation of random forest (RF) in MICE (MICE-RF), and MICE-Stratified method. …”
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Safety and accuracy of digitally supported primary and secondary urgent care telephone triage in England: an observational study using routine data by Vanashree Sexton, Catherine Grimley, Jeremy Dale, Helen Atherton, Gary Abel

“…Results Sensitivity was greater in primary triage, whilst specificity was greater in secondary triage. The positive predictive value for attending ED after being assigned a triage urgency level of within 2 h was 46.0% for secondary triage compared to 20.7% for primary triage; for inpatient admission it was 18.0% and 9.2% respectively. 1.5% (n = 1468) patients triaged to same-day or less urgent care at secondary triage were subsequently admitted for in-patient care. …”
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Prolonged screen time is associated with increased severity of tic symptoms in children with tic disorders by Zakaria Ahmed Mohamed, Hanyu Dong, Yang Xue, Miaoshui Bai, Yuling Ouyang, Feiyong Jia

“…Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation analysis to examine the relationship between screen time and tic severity, and multivariate regression analysis to evaluate the predictive power of screen time for tic symptoms. Results Our findings revealed that children with TDs had significantly longer ST compared to the control group, averaging 116.06 ± 147.9 min/day versus 43.23 ± 37.5 min/day, p < 0.001. …”
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Changes in Serum Immunoglobulin Levels Play as Predictors of Treatment Response and Prognosis in Pediatric Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome During the Remission Phase by Amin sadat Sharif, Naghmeh Nickravesh, Marzieh Heidarzadeh Arani, Mohammad Javad Azadchehr, Hossein Motedayyen

“…Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether the serum level of Igs can be considered as an index to predict the response to treatment and the prognosis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) in children in the remission phase. …”
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Alterations in gut‐derived uremic toxins before the onset of azotemic chronic kidney disease in cats by Laurens Van Mulders, Ellen Vanden Broecke, Ellen De Paepe, Femke Mortier, Lynn Vanhaecke, Sylvie Daminet

“…However, renal function biomarkers creatinine, symmetric dimethylarginine, and urinary specific gravity were significantly correlated with indoxyl‐sulfate and TMAO abundance, causing a loss in predictive significance after correction for these factors. …”
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Complete metabolic response as early predictor of long-term efficacy after adoptive T cell therapy using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes by Rikke Andersen, Troels Holz Borch, Eva Ellebaek, Inge Marie Svane, Helle Westergren Hendel, Kasper Madsen

“…These patients might benefit from additional consolidating treatment before clinical progression, but thus far, it is not possible to identify this subgroup of patients prone to progress. In this study the predictive value of early metabolic response after TIL therapy is explored.Materials and methods: 60 patients treated with TIL therapy in 4 different clinical trials and with available [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography-CT (FDG-PET/CT) scans at baseline and at least one follow-up scan 6–8 weeks and/or 12–16 weeks post-TIL infusion were included.Results: Obtaining complete metabolic response (CMR) was associated with significantly superior median overall survival (mOS) compared with not obtaining CMR (p&lt;0.0001). …”
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Women with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Effect of Disease and Psychosocial-Related Correlates on Health-Related Quality of Life by Syed Wasif Gillani, Irfan Altaf Ansari, Hisham A. Zaghloul, Mohi Iqbal Mohammad Abdul, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Mirza R. Baig, Hassaan Anwar Rathore

“…Multivariate regression analysis was used to predict the response. Results. A total of 853 (100%) participants were enrolled and completed the study. …”
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Assessment of Soil Erosion and Its Impact on Agricultural Productivity by Using the RMMF Model and Local Perception: A Case Study of Rangun Watershed of Mid-Hills, Nepal by Dinesh Bhandari, Rajeev Joshi, Raju Raj Regmi, Nripesh Awasthi

“…A household questionnaire survey (n = 120) and focus group discussion (n = 2) in identified risk areas were carried out to understand the people’s perception towards soil erosion and its impact on agricultural productivity. The predicted average soil erosions from the forest, agriculture, and barren land were 2.7 t ha−1 yr−1, 53.73 t ha−1 yr−1, and 462.59 t ha−1 yr−1, respectively. …”
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