Density of wild boar population and spread of African swine fever in the Russian Federation by O. I. Zakharova, A. A. Blokhin, N. N. Toropova, O. A. Burova, I. V. Yashin, F. I. Korennoy

“…The measure  is effective only when 70–80%  of animals are culled in a short time, which is practically impossible due to the high costs and some peculiarities of the population control and depopulation  process. …”
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Status and risk factors for depression, anxiety, and insomnia symptoms among adolescents in the post-pandemic era by Xing-Jie Yang, Li-Bin Zhang, Lei-Lei Wang, Hu Deng, Yu-Long Li, Rong-Jia Zhao, Jia-Yan Xu, Yu-Chun Yang, Shuang-Jiang Zhou

“…Chi-square tests revealed significant variations in the prevalence of these conditions according to age, sex, coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection status, family infection status, and increased screen time (P < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis indicated heightened rates of depression, anxiety, and insomnia symptoms among rural adolescents, females, those aged 16–18 years, individuals with a history of COVID-19, those with a long COVID-19 illness, and those with increased screen time (all P < 0.001). …”
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Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET/CT for the detection of sternal wound infection post-sternotomy by Angela Cai, Mehrshad Bakhshi, Yoan Lamarche, Francois Harel, Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau

“…FDG-PET/CT results must take into account time since surgery; when PET/CT is performed more than 3 months following surgery, a negative scan can exclude DSWI with a high level of certainty.…”
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Assessing the Relationship Between the Type of Internet Use and Internet Addiction in Early and Middle Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study From Qatar by Khansa Chemnad, Maryam Aziz, Sanaa Al- Harahsheh, Azza Abdelmoneium, Ahmed Baghdady, Diana Alsayed Hassan, Raian Ali

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to differentiate between essential and nonessential internet use and how they relate to IA in early and middle adolescents, as well as the relationship between subjective happiness with the amount of time spent on nonessential internet use and IA. …”
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Predicting cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality using the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio: Insights from explainable machine learning models by Jichao Wu, Die Huang, Jiefang Li, Jingxing Yi, Yu Lei, Jun Yin

“…We employed various statistical methods, including weighted Cox proportional hazards models, restricted cubic spline models, and time-varying receiver operating characteristic curves, to examine the association between LMR and mortality risk. …”
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Rehabilitation Protocol Variability Following Arthroscopic Bankart Repair and Remplissage for Management of Anterior Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review by Juan B. Villarreal-Espinosa, Michael M. Reinold, Mohammad Khak, Mohammad J. Shariyate, Carol Mita, Jeffrey Kay, Arun J. Ramappa

“…Time to return to sport was also described in 37/41 of the retrieved studies. …”
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Integrating Sports Massage into Pre-training Routines Can Enhance Athletic Preparedness and Performance Capacity in Kabaddi Players by Muhammad Isnandar, Farid M. Alhumary, Krzykarist Krzykarist, Restin Zega, Reymond Benedith Hutajulu, Rachel Junika Abelia Putri, Martin Hofmeister

“…Data were collected at baseline, after 4 weeks, and following 8 weeks of intervention, encompassing measurements of muscle temperature, range of motion, reaction time, performance indicators, and perceived readiness, utilizing standardized assessment instruments. …”
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Le sensorium synthétique : réflexion sur l’utilisation de l’expographie immersive numérique et muséale by Dominique Gélinas

“…As a starting point, this paper brings to light the many definitions of immersion and how they have changed over time.First, I begin with an overview of the different ways immersive exhibits have been analyzed since their revival in the 1970s and 1980s. …”
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Smartphone apps for mental health: systematic review of the literature and five recommendations for clinical translation by Aljawharah Almuqrin, Ryan Hammoud, Ilham Terbagou, Stefania Tognin, Andrea Mechelli

“…However, challenges such as reduced feasibility over time, potential biases and underrepresented demographics require further research. …”
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Digital sleep phenotype and wrist actigraphy in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis and people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analy... by Andrea Cipriani, Edoardo Giuseppe Ostinelli, John Torous, Paolo Brambilla, Philip McGuire, Dominic Oliver, Rosario Aronica, Charlotte Austin

“…Primary outcome was total sleep time (TST), with secondary outcomes including time in bed (TIB), sleep latency, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, nighttime awakenings and self-reported sleep quality. …”
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Understanding barriers to veterinary involvement in dairy calf health management by Kristen Y. Edwards, Angel Abuelo, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Michael A. Steele, Joao H. C. Costa, David L. Renaud

“…Additionally, the odds of frequently reviewing records increased with the amount of time spent working with calves (OR: 10.2 per 10% increment, 95% CI: 10.0–10.5). …”
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Novel lncRNA LncMSTRG.11341.25 Promotes Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow Stem Cells via the miR-939-5p/PAX8 Axis by Feifei Ni, Jianjun Li, Qin Yin, Yangyang Chen, Zengwu Shao, Hong Wang

“…Previous clinical studies by our research group found that fracture healing time was obviously delayed in patients who underwent splenectomy, for combined traumatic fractures and splenic rupture, which is most likely related to the dysregulation of immune inflammatory function of the body after splenectomy. …”
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Mir-449b improves the epigenetic status of buffalo transgenic embryos produced by handmade cloning by Gaurav Tripathi

“…The relative expression level of HDAC1 and DNMT1 were significantly reduced (p<0.05), up to 0.33±0.39 fold and 0.16±0.74 fold, respectively, compared to control when treated with miR-449b mimic. At the same time, in the case of miR- 449b inhibitor, the expression level of HDAC 1 gene was sig- nificantly higher (p<0.05) up to 4.89±0.39 fold compared to the control. …”
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What are the important factors influencing the physical activity level of junior high school students: a cross-sectional survey by Huijun Ma, Xuefeng Li, Chengliang Ma, Da Teng

“…Notably, a significant disparity (p = 0.012) was observed in the combined duration of moderate and high-intensity activities, with male students engaging more time compared to their female counterparts (307.500 vs. 255.000 min). …”
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Efficacy of Group O Washed Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Vital Signs and Hematologic Stability in Trauma Patients With Different Blood Types by Gou XJ, Li LF, He XL, Chen X, Yu AY, Tian WY

“…Significant changes were noted in platelet count (PLT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and C-reactive protein (CRP) following transfusion (P < 0.05). …”
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Own Experience in the Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Diagnosis of Esophageal Achalasia by O. A. Storonova, N. I. Kanevskii, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The comparison criteria were the training time and the f1_score metric. The technical characteristics of the model (hyperparameters) were selected using the GridSearchCV method. …”
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Progress in prediction of photocatalytic CO2 reduction using machine learning approach: A mini review by Md Mohshin Ali, Md. Arif Hossen, Azrina Abd Aziz

“…ML models also simplify the material selection, reducing experimental validation time and thereby improving the overall efficiency of PC-CO2R. …”
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Optimization of the Fermentation Process for Pine-needle Sweet-potato Glutinous Rice Wine and Analysis of Its Antioxidant Activity by Jie YOU, Rusheng XIE, Weibin WU

“…The effects of pine-needle addition, initial sugar content, fermentation time, yeast addition, solid-liquid ratio, and fermentation temperature on the fermentation process were investigated. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are not rare and often require an intervention at some point of time. Pediatric cardiac catheterization, a minimally invasive procedure, is performed to diagnose and to correct many cardiac abnormalities. …”
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Quality of Life with Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Qualitative Interviews and General Public Utility Estimation in the United Kingdom by Lena Hubig, Anna-Katrine Sussex, Alasdair MacCulloch, Derralynn Hughes, Ryan Graham, Liz Morris, Syed Raza, Andrew J. Lloyd, Amanda Sowinski, Katy Gallop

“…Participants rated the health states using the EQ-5D-5L, visual analogue scale, and time trade-off interviews. **Results:** Twelve individuals living with LOPD and 2 clinical experts were interviewed. …”
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