Global sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification for a mathematical model of dry anaerobic digestion in plug-flow reactors by Daniele Bernardo Panaro, Andrea Trucchia, Vincenzo Luongo, Maria Rosaria Mattei, Luigi Frunzo

“…Despite the significant number of applications of sensitivity analysis in wet anaerobic digestion, there are no examples of global sensitivity analysis for mathematical models describing the dry anaerobic digestion in plug-flow reactors. For the first time, the present study explores the global sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification for a plug-flow reactor model. …”
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The effectiveness of non-exposure to incarceration in preventing COVID-19 and mitigating associated events: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Elida Lucia Carvalho Martins, Patrícia Constantino, Gustavo Laine Araújo de Oliveira

“…Abstract Background For a long time, the penalty of imprisonment has been studied and criticized as ineffective in achieving the goals of resocialization and rehabilitation of offenders, and studies have associated incarceration with increased prevalence of disease. …”
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CuAl-LDH Modified with Filamentous Macroalgae for Anionic Dyes Removal: A Study on Selectivity, Adsorption Efficiency, and Regeneration by Alfan Wijaya, Laila Hanum, Elda Melwita, Aldes Lesbani

“…For the adsorption process, the effects of initial pH, contact time, initial concentration, temperature, adsorption selectivity, and adsorbent regeneration, as well as kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics were studied. …”
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Selection of promising apple genotypes for columnar growth habit and scab resistance using diagnostic DNA markers by N. I. Savel’ev, A. S. Lyzhin, N. N. Savel’eva

“…The use of molecular markers very accurately determines the presence of necessary genes in the genome early during ontogenesis and reduces the time of selection. The purpose of this study was molecular genetic testing of initial forms of apple and hybrid seedlings of apple to identify carriers of the target alleles of genes for monogenic scab resistance (Rvi6) and columnar growth habit (Co) and the clarification of the pattern of inheritance of the Co and Rvi6 genes in hybrid progeny populations. …”
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Risk Factors Associated With Pediatric Asthma Hospitalization: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Lucy Grace de los Angeles Luna Muñoz, Silvia Ursula Revoredo Llanos, Karina Ordaya-Gonzales, Liliana Arriola-Montenegro, Andres Chaponan-Lavalle, Jose Arriola-Montenegro

“…Results: The multivariate analysis showed that the factors: cesarean delivery, non-exclusive breastfeeding, history of bronchiolitis, obesity and maternal age together predict 92. 0% of the cases of asthma; however, taking the influence of all the factors at the same time, it was found that the cesarean delivery route, non-exclusive breastfeeding, obesity and maternal age are significant for the regression (p<0.05), while the factor history of bronchiolitis is not significant (p>0.05). …”
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Optimized Path Planning and Scheduling in Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems Using Ant Colony Optimization and Streamlit Visualization by Isam Sadeq Rasham

“…The performance was also measured by policy gradient loss, travelled distance and time taken to complete the tasks. Results: The proposed framework showed potential in enhancing the efficiency of tasks required and the travel distances involved. …”
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Blood from septic patients with necrotising soft tissue infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen reveal different gene expression patterns compared to standard treatment by Julie Vinkel, Alfonso Buil, Ole Hyldegaard

“…Whole blood RNA sequencing and clinical data were collected at baseline and after the intervention, and at equivalent time points in the non-HBO group. Gene expression profiles were analysed using machine learning techniques to identify sepsis endotypes, treatment response endotypes and clinically relevant transcriptomic signatures of response to treatment. …”
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Empiric antibiotic therapy resistance and mortality in emergency department patients with bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study by Leonhard M. von Beck, Gabriella Anna Rapszky, Veronika E. Kiss, Szilard Sandor, Szabolcs Gaal-Marschal, Tamas Berenyi, Csaba Varga, Bank G. Fenyves

“…Abstract Background Timely management of sepsis in the emergency department, including the use of appropriate antimicrobials, is crucial for improving patient outcomes. …”
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Transthyretin-Related Familial Amyloidosis Polyneuropathy with Spinal Cord Damage: A Case Report by Liu H, Huang C, Du Y, Liu J, Ren X, Wang H, Ye J, Zhou H, Duan Z

“…It is thus recommended that clinicians pay attention to the identification of rare diseases with timely imaging, pathological, and genetic testing, to avoid poor outcomes.Keywords: transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy, myelopathy, case…”
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Economic Evaluation of a Novel Lung Cancer Diagnostic in a Population of Patients with a Positive Low-Dose Computed Tomography Result by Michael J. Morris, Sheila A. Habib, Maggie L. Do Valle, John E. Schneider

“…Perspectives from both Medicare and private payers in a US setting are included, with a 1-year time horizon. Cost calculations included procedure expenses, complication costs, and diagnostic assessment costs per patient. …”
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Multifunctional Plumeria rubra nanoparticles: Antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory activities by Bassma H. Elwakil, Mohab H. Elsabrouty, Areej Eskandrani, Keshav Raj Paudel, Esraa Abdelhamid Moneer

“…The optimum conditions for Plumeria rubra nanoparticle synthesis were 30 min stirring time and a 1:1 PVA/Plumeria rubra ratio. The optimized nanoparticles showed antimicrobial activity reached 7.8 μg/mL with entrapment and loading efficiencies %, zeta size, zeta potential, and PDI were 89.0 %, 40.0 %, 18.5 nm, −1.65 mV, and 0.29, respectively. …”
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APPOINTMENT OF HANDWRITING EXAMINATION: ANALYSIS OF COURT PRACTICE by Veronika N. Shkabaro, Аlona V. Bila, Vladislav V. Voronin

“…Based on the results of the analysis of court practice, the authors made conclusions, including: 1) an expert's decision is evidence in a civil trial; 2) the court must provide a well-founded motivation for rejecting the expert's decision in the case of failure to provide its assessment, because it is not enough in the decision to indicate certain doubts about the reliability or correctness of the expert's decision, without noting at the same time reasonable grounds for such doubts; 3) the courts take into account the expert's decision based on the results of the handwriting examination as a means of proof and consider it a valid evidence in the case, but there are exceptions; 4) the court decision on the appointment of an expert must necessarily specify the questions that are put to the expert for research; 5) the party in the case has the right to object to the handwriting examination; 6) there are cases of the impossibility of conducting a handwriting examination at the stage of its conduct due to non-payment of experts' services; 7) the most common civil cases, within the scope of which an expert's decision is evaluated as a means of proof, are cases of invalidating a will, collection of funds under a loan agreement and receipt, invalidation of land lease agreements, etc.…”
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Fullerene-containing modifier of magnetoactive elastomer by М.A. Vasilyeva, F.Yu. Sharikov, I.A. Bogdanov

“…The optical activity of those that have not been subjected to an additional impact is increasing over time. This causes a change in the solution structure and the conformation of the complexes of the solvent molecular structure and C60. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: the “New Medicine”, the Multiparadigmatic Physician, and the Medical Record by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

“…The excellent physician will choose the right paradigm(s) for the person, the illness, or the situation, and will use the case record to keep track of all the subjective and objective factors and events involved in the process of healing through time. The case or medical record has the following purposes: A. …”
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Thrombin Induces COX-2 and PGE2 Expression via PAR1/PKCalpha/MAPK-Dependent NF-kappaB Activation in Human Tracheal Smooth Muscle Cells by Chien-Chung Yang, Li-Der Hsiao, Ya-Fang Shih, Chih-Kai Hsu, Chia-Yu Hu, Chuen-Mao Yang

“…Thus, in this study, the levels of COX-2 expression and PGE2 synthesis induced by thrombin were determined by Western blot, promoter-reporter assay, real-time PCR, and ELISA kit. The various signaling components involved in the thrombin-mediated responses were differentiated by transfection with siRNAs and selective pharmacological inhibitors. …”
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Early results of laparoscopic single‑anastomosis duodeno‑ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy: a case series from a single Polish bariatric center by Mateusz Wityk, Maciej Bobowicz, Mateusz Pryt, Natalia Dowgiałło-Gornowicz

“…The patients were assessed for percentage of total weight loss (%TWL), remission of T2D and hypertension, length of hospital stay, operative time, and complications. All outcomes were reported according to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery standards. …”
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EFFECT OF AUDIT QUALITY ATTRIBUTES AND IFRS ADOPTION ON FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY OF LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Aisha Chado Muhammad

“…This suggests a positive impact on financial reporting quality and the length of time from a company’s accounting year end to the date of the auditor report can determine the FRQ of listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria. …”
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Vitamin D Insufficiency Is Associated with Lower Physical Function in Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes by M. R. Lopes, Paula A. B. Ribeiro, Priscila Ledur, Gabriela C. Souza, Nadine Clausell, Beatriz D. Schaan

“…Clinical characteristics were similar among groups. Total time expended in physical activity was similar among groups (P=0.26). …”
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Platelet antibody production in children with congenital heart disease leading to coagulation dysfunction and reduced platelet function by ZHEN Zida, FU Xiaoyan, ZHANG Huimin, LIU Yu, MA Shuxuan

“…However, the prothrombin time (s) of antibody-positive children was significantly longer than that of antibody-negative children[(12.19±1.07) vs (11.32±0.77)]. …”
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The adductor pollicis muscle thickness is not associated with physical function, lean mass, and nutritional status in patients on maintenance hemodialysis by Débora Moreira Morais, Isadora Cordeiro Trombim, Cassiana Regina de Góes, Barbara Perez Vogt

“…Physical function was evaluated by handgrip strength (HGS), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), the sit-to-stand test, gait speed test, and timed up and go (TUG). Appendicular muscle mass index (AMMI) was estimated using bioelectrical impedance. …”
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