Using Sequence Mining to Predict Complex Systems: A Case Study in Influenza Epidemics by Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani, Manish R. Joshi, Shahab A. AlMaaytah, Ahmed Abdullah Alqarni, Nizar Alsharif

“…The INTS model combines clustering with a time series model to enhance the prediction of influenza outbreaks. …”
Get full text

Incidence and mortality of upper tract urothelial carcinoma in Korea: A nationwide population-based study conducted from 2002 to 2020 by Seongmin Moon, Yun-Sok Ha, Mina Kim, Hoseob Kim, Won Tae Kim, Yong-June Kim, Seok-Joong Yun, Sang-Cheol Lee, Ho Won Kang

“…Results: From 2002–2020, the incidence of UTUC in Korea increased gradually from 9.34 to 11.40 per 100,000 person-years. Although there was a male predominance, the male to female ratio did not change significantly over time; however, age at the time of diagnosis, the comorbidity index, and the proportion of patients undergoing open/laparoscopic surgery increased significantly over time. …”
Get full text

Growth of Zinc Oxide Nanorods with the Thickness of Less than or Equal to 1 μm through Zinc Acetate or Zinc Nitrate for Perovskite Solar Cell Applications by Albertus Bramantyo, Kenji Murakami, Masayuki Okuya, Arief Udhiarto, Nji Raden Poespawati

“…It was found that ZnO NRs had already grown at a thickness of about 100 nm for both ZA and ZN sources. The growth time varied at 15, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after the zero-minute point. …”
Get full text

Defining Optimal Aerobic Exercise Parameters to Affect Complex Motor and Cognitive Outcomes after Stroke: A Systematic Review and Synthesis by S. M. Mahmudul Hasan, Samantha N. Rancourt, Mark W. Austin, Michelle Ploughman

Get full text

Automatic detection and multi-component segmentation of brain metastases in longitudinal MRI by Vincent Andrearczyk, Luis Schiappacasse, Daniel Abler, Marek Wodzinski, Andreas Hottinger, Matthieu Raccaud, Jean Bourhis, John O. Prior, Vincent Dunet, Adrien Depeurnge

“…The retrospective data includes 518 metastases in 184 contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MRIs originating from 49 patients (63% male, 37% female). 131 time-points (36 patients, 418 BMs) are used for cross-validation, the remaining 53 time-points (13 patients, 100 BMs) are used for testing. …”
Get full text

First clinical cases of leishmaniosis in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) housed in wildlife parks in Madrid, Spain by Pablo Moraleda-Berral, Rosa Gálvez, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Lino Pérez de Quadros, Juncal García, Manuel de la Riva-Fraga, Juan Pedro Barrera, Efrén Estévez-Sánchez, Lourdes Cano, Rocío Checa, María Ángeles Jiménez-Martínez, Ana Montoya, Guadalupe Miró

Get full text

Survival and growth of catfish Pangasionodon sp. larvae fed on vitamin C-enriched Artemia by Mia Setiawati, Darina Putri, Dedi Jusadi

“…Two days old larvae were fed on enriched Artemia 12 times/day for seven days. At the end of feeding experiment, it was found that fish fed on Artemia enriched with 100 mg/L culture medium had the highest survival, total length and body weight, respectively 76.17±12.78%, 1.63±0.34 cm, and 20.6±3.8 mg.   …”
Get full text

Exploring the Pharmacokinetics and Gut Microbiota Modulation of Hesperidin and Nobiletin from Mandarin Orange Peel in Experimental Dogs: A Pilot Study by Jun Nakahigashi, Makoto Kurikami, Satomi Iwai, Sadahiko Iwamoto, Shou Kobayashi, Eiji Kobayashi

“…Nobiletin content was 41 mg/100 g (0.041%) and 35 mg/100 g (0.035%) for the early and late harvests, respectively. …”
Get full text

Screening Kandungan Plastik pada Minyak Goreng yang Terdapat pada Gorengan di Jati Padang by Ayu Ratna Sari, Yustini Alioes, Rima Semiarty

“…Sampel yang diambil sebanyak 10 dari penjual gorengan dengan masing-masing sebanyak 100 ml minyak goreng. Semua sampel dilakukan uji kualitatif dengan GC-MS QP2010 jenis kolom RT-5MS (Crossbond 5% Diphenyl- 95% Dimethypoly silicone). …”
Get full text

Peripheral lncRNA NEAT-1, miR374b-5p, and IL6 panel to guide in COVID-19 patients' diagnosis and prognosis. by Marwa A Ali, Olfat G Shaker, Eman M Ezzat, El Shaimaa Gomaa Ali, Mahmoud I Aboelor, Mona I Ahmed, Essam A Hassan, Doaa Y Ali, Heba Mostafa Ahmed, Abeer A Khalefa, Rasha A Hussein, Ahmed Fathy Elkhateeb, Esam Ali Mohamed

“…ROC curve analysis revealed that sensitivity and specificity tests for NEAT-1 and IL-6 levels in the diagnosis of cases illustrated a sensitivity of (100% and 97.9%) and a specificity of (85% and 100%) at cut-off values (0.985 and 12.55), respectively. …”
Get full text

Impact of non-invasive oxygen reserve index versus standard SpO2 monitoring on peripheral oxygen saturation during endotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit: Protocol for... by Hugo Hille, Aurélie Le Thuaut, Pierre Asfar, Quentin Quelven, Emmanuelle Mercier, Anthony Le Meur, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Virginie Lemiale, Grégoire Muller, Martin Cour, Alexis Ferré, Asael Berge, Anaïs Curtiaud, Maxime Touron, Gaetan Plantefeve, Jean-Charles Chakarian, Jean-Damien Ricard, Gwenhael Colin, Arthur Orieux, Patrick Girardie, Mathieu Jozwiak, Manon Rouaud, Camille Juhel, Jean Reignier, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, CRICS-TRIGGERSEP Network

“…Preoxygenation is performed before introducing the tube to increase the safe apnea time. Oxygenation is monitored by pulse oximeter measurement of peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2). …”
Get full text

Massive subcutaneous filariosis by Filaria martis in beech marten (Martes foina) in Italy by Giovanni Sgroi, Ranju Ravindran Santhakumar Manoj, Ettore Napoli, Nicola D'Alessio, Maria Gabriella Lucibelli, Claudio de Martinis, Esterina De Carlo, Peyman Khademi, Alireza Sazmand, Vincenzo Veneziano

“…The phylogenetic analysis displayed a bootstrap value of 100 % between the cox1 sequences of F. martis of this study and those of beech martens from Italy and European minks from Spain. …”
Get full text

Exoplanet Occurrence Rate with Age for FGK Stars in Kepler by Maryum Sayeed, Ruth Angus, Travis A. Berger, Yuxi(Lucy) Lu, Jessie L. Christiansen, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, Melissa K. Ness

“…We examine the occurrence rates for planets with radii 0.2 ≤ Rp ≤ 20 R _⊕ and orbital periods 0.2 ≤ P ≤ 100 days for FGK stars with ages between 1.5 and 8 Gyr using the inverse detection-efficiency method. …”
Get full text

Assessment of healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice toward medical research in southwest Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Hadi Al Sulayyim, Ali Alrashah, Ali Al Mansour, Fahad Al Sleem, Yahya Alfaifi, Mansour Alyami, Ali Alkhudeer, Hassan Al Hutaylah, Yousef Allajam, Abdullah Alkhurais, Noura Alfaifi, Mansour Majrshi, Abdullah Alsulayyim

“…For attitude, the median score was 100%, indicating a generally positive outlook, with scores between 80% and 100% for most participants. …”
Get full text

Nanopore-based random genomic sampling for intraoperative molecular diagnosis by Francesco E. Emiliani, Abdol Aziz Ould Ismail, Edward G. Hughes, Gregory J. Tsongalis, George J. Zanazzi, Chun-Chieh Lin

“…Furthermore, we validated iSCORED’s real-time applicability in 15 diagnostically challenging primary brain tumors, achieving 100% concordance in detecting aberrant CNV detection, including diagnostic chromosomal gains/losses and oncogene amplifications (10/10). …”
Get full text

Molecular identification of Newcastle disease virus isolated on the poultry farm of the Moscow Oblast in summer of 2022 by А. А. Treshchalina, А. А. Rtishchev, Е. Yu. Shustova, А. V. Belyakova, A. S. Gambaryan, Е. Yu. Boravleva

“…The virus caused 100% death in six-week-old chickens after oral infection and 100% death in all contact chickens, including those kept in cages at a distance, which proves the high level of pathogenicity and contagiousness of the recovered isolate and its ability to transmit both via fecal-oral and aerosols–borne routes. …”
Get full text

Impact of trace elements (total and labile fraction) on the anaerobic digestion activity and microbial community structure by Rahul H.M. Pires, Maria P. Tomasino, Stéphane Simon, Rémy Buzier, Gilles Guibaud, C. Marisa R. Almeida, Ana P. Mucha

“…Only a minor fraction of added TEs was labile and it decreased over time, with Ni being the most labile. Although only a minor fraction of spiked concentration was labile, all TEs inhibited biogas production at the highest spiking concentration (100 μM), with higher inhibition observed for Cd and Ni. …”
Get full text

Nickel removal from electroplating industry wastewater: A bamboo activated carbon by D. Sivakumar, J. Nouri, T.M. Modhini, K. Deepalakshmi

“…The nickel removal from electroplating industry wastewater by bamboo activated carbon was done in this study at various adsorbent dosages (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 g/L), agitation speeds (25, 50, 75 and 100 rpm), particle sizes (2.36, 1.18, 0.6 and 0.3 mm), and concentration dilutions (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%). …”
Get full text

Valorization of mixed blackwater/agricultural wastes for bioelectricity and biohydrogen production: A microbial treatment pathway by G. Plason Z. Plakar, Abdulsalami S. Kovo, Kanayo L. Oguzie, Emeka E. Oguzie

“…The optimal feedstock ratio was found to be 3:1:1 (300 g cassava peel, 100 g banana peel, and 100 g tomato waste), with ideal pH conditions at 9.35. …”
Get full text

Selection of an optimal method for screening the collection of narrow-leaved lupine held by the Vavilov Institute for the qualitative and quantitative composition of seed alkaloids by A. V. Kushnareva, Т. V. Shelengа, I. N. Perchuk, G. P. Egorova, L. L. Malyshev, Yu. A. Kerv, A. L. Shavarda, M. A. Vishnyakova

“…The fullest extraction of alkaloids was observed when the extractant with an added alkaline agent was used (425 mg/100 g). The lowest level of extraction was registered with chloroform (216 mg/100 g). …”
Get full text