Minimally Invasive Repetitive UVA Irradiation along with Riboflavin Treatment Increased the Strength of Sclera Collagen Cross-Linking by Bo Xiao, Yanhua Chu, Hongyan Wang, Quanhong Han

“…Repetitive minimally invasive UVA irradiation with riboflavin significantly increased biomechanical strength of the sclera in the irradiated area, and biomechanical strength increased with repeated times of irradiation.…”
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A Novel Approach to Cognitive Load Measurement in N-Back Tasks Using Wearable Sensors, Empirical Mode Decomposition With Machine Learning, and Explainable AI for Feature Importance by Aakanksha Dayal, Ziaullah Khan, Kiramat Ullah, Hee-Cheol Kim

“…Early detection of mental workload and stress is vital for preventing adverse health outcomes, emphasizing the importance of timely intervention. In this study, by applying Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) for feature extraction and machine learning classifiers, we achieved high performance with accuracy rates of 88.64% for ECG and 80.68% for Fingertip-PPG Signal. …”
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New Models of Emergency Prehospital Care That Avoid Unnecessary Conveyance to Emergency Department: Translation of Research Evidence into Practice? by Helen Anne Snooks, Mark Rhys Kingston, Rebecca Elizabeth Anthony, Ian Trevor Russell

“…Findings have been disseminated through 18 published papers, cited 274 times in academic journals. We describe examples of how evidence has been put into practice, including new models of care in Canada and Australia. …”
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Analytical Differentiation of Wines from Three Terroirs Located in a Warm Winegrowing Area Based on Their Volatilome by José Miguel Fuentes-Espinosa, Raquel Muñoz-Castells, Jaime Moreno-García, Teresa García-Martínez, Juan Carlos Mauricio, Juan Moreno

“…This research aims to identify aroma compounds, their combinations, and statistical relationships to classify and characterize wines produced in small, defined areas known as “terroirs”, which share edaphoclimatic characteristics grape varieties, viticultural practices, harvest timing, and winemaking processes. The goal is to deepen the understanding of the relationship between the terroir and wine typicity. …”
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Reduced contrast agent volume using a heart-rate dependent and free-breathing scanning protocol in coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for patients with chronic obstruct... by Zengkun Wang, Guoyue Chen, Dewei Song, Xiaodie Xu, Chu Chu, Shuning Zhang, Huijing Chai, Hairong Yu, Xiaomei Luan, Peiji Song

“…Group A (n = 200) underwent CTA following a traditional protocol (70mL). The timing of the scans in Group B (n = 200) was determined according to the patient’s HR and free-breathing (30mL). …”
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Development of a photoacoustic acquisition system and their proof-of-concept for hemoglobin detection by Bruna Pinheiro, Vânia Pinto, Hugo Dinis, Michael Belsley, Susana Catarino, Graça Minas, Paulo Sousa

“…Experimentally it was verified Hb detection for concentrations of Hb between 2.5 and 10 mg/mL in aqueous solutions, roughly 48 times lower than the typical in vivo blood concentrations. …”
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Global perspectives in acute and emergency general surgery in low and middle-income countries: a WSES project protocol for scoping review on global surgery by Mahmoud Diaa Hindawi, Arda Isik, Fausto Rosa, Diego Visconti, Taras Nechay, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Abdourahmane Ndong, Tushar S. Mishra, Stefano Piero Bernardo Cioffi, Francesco Piscioneri, Edward C.T.H. Tan

“…Abstract Background Around five billion people globally lack access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical facilities and care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). …”
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Association between Asymptomatic Unilateral Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis and Electrophysiological Function of the Retina and Optic Nerve by Anna Machalińska, Aleksandra Kowalska-Budek, Miłosz Piotr Kawa, Arkadiusz Kazimierczak, Krzysztof Safranow, Marta Kirkiewicz, Grażyna Wilk, Wojciech Lubiński, Piotr Gutowski, Bogusław Machaliński

“…The ERG rod b-wave and rod-cone a-wave amplitudes were decreased, and implicit times were significantly prolonged, whereas the OP wave index was reduced in EIS compared to that in the controls. …”
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Optimizing Energy Efficiency in UPA-Assisted SWIPT Massive MIMO Systems Over Rician Fading Channels by Mohammad Hassan Adeli, Dariush Abbasi-Moghadam, Hossein Fotouhi, S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

“…Results demonstrate the superiority of our proposed design compared to the conventional scenarios with equal power allocation and fixed PS ratio algorithms with about 2 to 5 times EE improvements. The Results also indicate a considerably higher growth rate on EE by increasing the number of antennas and Rician factors compared to the two other methods.…”
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Metabolomic characterisation of the glioblastoma invasive margin reveals a region-specific signature by James Wood, Stuart J. Smith, Marcos Castellanos-Uribe, Anbarasu Lourdusamy, Sean T. May, David A. Barrett, Richard G. Grundy, Dong-Hyun Kim, Ruman Rahman

“…Polar and hydrophobic metabolites extracted from tumour fragments were assessed, followed by putative assignment of metabolite identifications based on retention times and molecular mass. Class discrimination between tumour regions through showed clear separation of tumour regions based on polar metabolite profiles. …”
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Early Detection of Oncological Diseases of the Digestive System (Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association and the Russian Association of Oncologists for Primary Ca... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. D. Kaprin, M. Yu. Agapov, D. N. Andreev, A. S. Vodoleev, M. Yu. Zharkova, M. P. Korolev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyi, T. L. Lapina, M. V. Mayevskaya, A. V. Okhlobystin, Ch. S. Pavlov, A. V. Paraskevova, S. S. Pirogov, E. A. Poluektova, D. E. Rumyantseva, A. S. Trukhmanov, P. V. Tsarkov, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…The knowledge of clinical manifestations and risk factors in the development of digestive system neoplasms allows a physician to suspect cancer and devise a timely and adequate diagnostic strategy, including laboratory and instrumental studies at specialised clinical centres.…”
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Optimization Study on the Freshwater Production Ratio from the Freezing and Thawing Process of Saline Water with Varied Qualities by Xinyu Feng, Xue Ding, Jiale Yuan, Wanli Xu, Jiao Liu

“…These findings are beneficial for selecting appropriate irrigation times based on irrigation water quality in the actual field application of saline water freezing irrigation, with the aim of more efficiently reducing soil salt content.…”
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A combined recombinase polymerase amplification CRISPR/Cas12a assay for detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 by Megan Ceris Matthews, Jos van der Linden, Isabelle Robène, Samuel Rozsasi, Beatrix Coetzee, Manuela Campa, Johan Burger, Uzoma Nobel Akwuruoha, Ndubuisi Johnkennedy Madufor, Willem Perold, Umezuruike Linus Opara, Altus Viljoen, Diane Mostert

“…The only management option available then is to replace Foc TR4-susceptible with -resistant varieties. Timely detection of the pathogen, however, is an important strategy to prevent the introduction of Foc TR4 into new areas and prevent its spread from infested sites. …”
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Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic N₂ Fixation Using Carbon Catalysts by Changchun Xu, Hongli Su, Shuaifei Zhao, Azadeh Nilghaz, Kunning Tang, Luxiang Ma, Zhuo Zou

“…While transition metal-based catalysts have solved the kinetic constraints to activate nitrogen bonds via the donation-back-π approach, there is a problem: the d-orbital electrons of these transition metal atoms tend to generate H-metal bonds, inadvertently amplifying unwanted HER. Because of this, a timely review of defective carbon-based electrocatalysts for NF is imperative. …”
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Development of the Chinese Dual Auroral Radar Network and Preliminary Results by Jiaojiao Zhang, Ailan Lan, Jingye Yan, Xiang Deng, Wei Wang, Hang Li, Lingchen Sun, Ying Nan, Xiaochao Song, Chi Wang

“…The detection range of the radar network extends longitudinally over approximately 9 hr of local times and covers the middle to high latitudes of the entire Asia region above 40°. …”
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Greening of Svalbard in the twentieth century driven by sea ice loss and glaciers retreat by Gianmarco Ingrosso, Chiara Ceccarelli, Federico Giglio, Patrizia Giordano, Jens Hefter, Leonardo Langone, Stefano Miserocchi, Gesine Mollenhauer, Alessio Nogarotto, Mathia Sabino, Tommaso Tesi

“…Analyses of satellite data (available since ~1980) have revealed a widespread tundra advance consistent with recent global warming, but the length is insufficient to resolve the long-term variability and the precise timing of the greening onset. Here, we measured plant-derived biomarkers from an Arctic fjord sediment core as proxies for reconstructing past changes in tundra vegetation during the transition from the Little Ice Age to modern warming. …”
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In situ training of an in-sensor artificial neural network based on ferroelectric photosensors by Haipeng Lin, Jiali Ou, Zhen Fan, Xiaobing Yan, Wenjie Hu, Boyuan Cui, Jikang Xu, Wenjie Li, Zhiwei Chen, Biao Yang, Kun Liu, Linyuan Mo, Meixia Li, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu

“…Moreover, this in-sensor ANN operates 50 times faster than a von Neumann machine vision system. …”
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Partly cloudy with a chance of mosquitoes: Developing a flexible approach to forecasting mosquito populations by Travis McDevitt‐Galles, Arthur T. Degaetano, Sarah C. Elmendorf, John R. Foster, Howard S. Ginsberg, Mevin B. Hooten, Shannon LaDeau, Katherine M. McClure, Sara Paull, Erin Posthumus, Ilia Rochlin, Daniel Grear

“…Abstract Climate‐induced shifts in mosquito phenology and population structure have important implications for the health of humans and wildlife. The timing and intensity of mosquito interactions with infected and susceptible hosts are a primary determinant of vector‐borne disease dynamics. …”
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Shrub encroachment accelerates the processes of moisture redistribution in alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Lirong Zhao, Kexin Li, Ni Zhu, Junmei Gao, Jing Zhang, Di Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Yanlong Wang, Yushou Ma, Yu Liu

“…Furthermore, groundwater recharge from BL and AS was 4.17 and 3.30 times greater than that from AM (12 %), respectively, which was attributed to changes in soil porosity induced by the disappearance of mattic epipedons. …”
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Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Large Population of Women Living in Spain: Implications for Preventative Strategies by Ana M. Ramos-Leví, Natalia Pérez-Ferre, M. Dolores Fernández, Laura del Valle, Elena Bordiu, Ana Rosa Bedia, Miguel A. Herraiz, M. José Torrejón, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…After logistic regression model, biscuits and pastries intake <4 times/week, red and processed meats intake <6 servings/week, sugared drinks <4 servings/week, light walking >30 minutes/day, and 30 minutes/day of sports at least 2 days/week, compared with opposite consumption, was associated with less GDM risk. …”
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