Mortality Trends in Patients Hospitalized with the Initial Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Middle Eastern Country over 20 Years by Emad Ahmed, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Ayman El-Menyar, Hajar A. H. AlBinali, Rajvir Singh, A. A. Gehani

“…Comparing the two decades (1991–2000) to (2001–2010), the use of antiplatelet drugs increased from 84% to 95%, β-blockers increased from 38% to 56%, and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) increased from 12% to 36% (P<0.001 for all). …”
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A Large Intrathoracic Hiatal Hernia as a Cause of Complete Heart Block by Ali Abbood, Hareer Al Salihi, Jorge Parellada, Mario Madruga, S. J. Carlan

“…After surgical repair of the hiatal hernia, she developed episodes of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response and was started on diltiazem. She eventually converted back to normal sinus rhythm and remained dysrhythmia free. …”
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A Multi-Scale Convolutional Residual Time-Frequency Calibration Method for Low-Accuracy Air Pollution Data by Jiahao Liu, Fei Shi, Zhenhong Jia, Jiwei Qin

“…Additionally, the Frequency Enhanced Channel Attention Mechanism (FECAM) uses Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) to convert time-domain data to frequency-domain, assigning weights to different frequency components to enhance key features and suppress irrelevant ones. …”
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DNA-mediated self-assembly oxidative damage amplifier combined with copper and MTH1 inhibitor for cancer therapy by Cui Ren, Zhiyong Shi, Xiaowen Zhang, Xueer Yu, Yang Gao, Zhi Qi, Yu Chen, Yong Wang

“…In this research, DNA-mediated self-assembly nanoparticles (HTCG@TA NPs) were engineered with high-performance amplified oxidative damage and gene therapy effect for synergistic anti-tumor treatment. Cu2+ was converted into Cu + by redox reactions to deplete GSH while H2O2 was catalyzed to generate hydroxyl radicals (·OH). …”
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Investigation of DC‐bus control modes and impacts on energy yield for a modular HVDC wind drive train by Lorrana Faria da Rocha, Lynn Verkroost, Hendrik Vansompel, Pål Keim Olsen

“…The modular structure discussed consists of a stacked polyphase bridge converter connected to the modules of a segmented generator. …”
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Automated and virus variant-programmable surrogate test qualitatively compares to the gold standard SARS-CoV-2 neutralization assay by Danielle W. Ali, Maggie L. Bartlett, Christopher D. Heger, Francisco Ramirez, Linwood Johnson, Kevin L. Schully, Eric D. Laing, Wei Wang, Carol D. Weiss, Emilie Goguet, Christopher C. Broder, Stephanie A. Richard, Nusrat J. Epsi, Brian Agan, David Tribble, Mark P. Simons, Timothy H. Burgess, Edward Mitre, Simon Pollett, Darci R. Smith

“…To circumvent the challenges of cell-based assays, SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization tests (sVNTs) measure inhibition of the binding of the spike (S) protein receptor binding domain (RBD) to its receptor, human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) by neutralizing antibodies. …”
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Nephrogenic Adenoma of the Urinary Bladder after Kidney Transplantation: Long-Term Follow-Up by Iftikhar Khan, Mahmoud Obeid, Nasreen Hasan, Fayyad Jaradat, Bodhisatwa Sengupta, Mahmoud Tabbal, Abdullah Alsaif, Mansour Tawfeeq, Mohammad Al Qahtani

“…The long-term outcome and potential to convert into malignancy are not established, and therefore, there are no recommendations on how to follow up these patients. …”
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Code-Switching ASR for Low-Resource Indic Languages: A Hindi-Marathi Case Study by Hemant Palivela, Meera Narvekar, David Asirvatham, Shashi Bhushan, Vinay Rishiwal, Udit Agarwal

“…This work examines the development of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for low-resource languages, focusing on Hindi and Marathi, particularly in multilingual and code-switching environments. ASR systems, which convert spoken language into text, face significant challenges when applied to low-resource languages with limited data for training models. …”
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Aggregate data‐driven dynamic modeling of active distribution networks with DERs for voltage stability studies by Sunil Subedi, Jesus D. Vasquez‐Plaza, Fabio Andrade, Hossein Moradi Rekabdarkolaee, Robert Fourney, Reinaldo Tonkoski, Timothy M. Hansen

“…Abstract Electric distribution networks increasingly host distributed energy resources based on power electronic converter (PEC) toward active distribution networks (ADN). …”
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Intelligent back-propagated neural networks to study nonlinear heat transfer in tangent-hyperbolic fluids by Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja, Huma Tayyab, Aamna Muskan Malik, Qazi Mahmood Ul Hassan, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar, Muhammad Shoaib

“…The controlling PDEs are similarly converted into nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs), and reference data is generated using the Adam-Bashforth numerical solver. …”
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Exotic Laguncularia racemosa drives rapid shifts in pond-to-mangrove restoration communities by Lin Zhang, Yamian Zhang, Yijuan Deng, Pingping Guo, Wenqing Wang, Mao Wang

“…In China and Southeast Asia, a recently popular method involves converting abandoned aquaculture ponds into secondary mangrove forests (i.e., pond-to-mangrove restoration), which reshapes the landscape to create suitable habitats for mangrove plants. …”
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Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid on the Fatty Acid Content of the Erythrocyte Membrane and Proteinuria in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy by Su Mi Lee, Seuk Hee Chung, Yongjin Park, Mi Kyoung Park, Young Ki Son, Seong Eun Kim, Won Suk An

“…In this study, we evaluated the effect of omega-3 FA on proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy patients who are controlling blood pressure (BP) with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB). …”
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Surface Treatment on Nickel Oxide to Enhance the Efficiency of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells by Kaijie Wang, Ye Tian, Heng Jiang, Meng Chen, Shuangyan Xu

“…Low-temperature annealing (100°C) cannot convert the precursor materials to fully covered NiOx film, while the PSC based on mediate-temperature annealing (300°C) NiOx has larger resistance and thus lower efficiency. …”
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The first clinical case of the left-ventricular electrode implantation with active fixation for the purpose of cardiac resynchronization therapy in Ukraine by V.V. Boiko, S.V. Rybchynskyi, D.O. Lopin, D.E. Volkov

“…Standard therapy includes long-term medications, such as angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin-II-receptor antagonists, beta-blockers, treatment of concomitant cardiac pathology, but drug therapy is not always effective, even with regular use of drugs in the correct dosages. …”
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Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review by Anand Raj Kumar Kullan, Arumuganainar Suresh, Hong Lim Choi, Elke Gabriel Neumann, Fatima Hassan

“…Black soldier flies have the capacity to consume any organic waste material (ranging from livestock litter, food scraps, fruit and vegetable residues, sewage, sludge, municipal solid waste, carcasses, and defatted seed meal) and convert it into valuable BSFL insect meal (suitable for animal feed) and frass (serving as an organic fertilizer). …”
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Utilization of Lagerstroemia speciosa dry leaf litter combined with cat-tle dung for the production of enriched vermicompost – A possibility of valorization by Gnanasekaran R, Jerin Rexiya S, Dhanalakshmi M, Abinaya M, Priyadharshini B, Sharmilee D, Udayamathi M

“…Increased growth, germination, and pest resistance were observed in the plants in which compost was utilized.Conclusion: The current study paves the way to create a green environment by reducing and converting leaf litter into vermicompost which will act as a circular economy.…”
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Evaluating Different Supplements on the Growth Performance and Bioconversion Efficiency of Kitchen Waste by Black Soldier Fly Larvae by Lifei Chen, Meng Xu, Rongsheng Shang, Yizhen Xin, Guiying Wang, Yifan Li, Zhuoya Wang, Xiangyu Wang, Haoyang Sun, Lusheng Li

“…Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) convert kitchen waste into high-quality insect feed. …”
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MLAS: Machine Learning-Based Approach for Predicting Abiotic Stress-Responsive Genes in Chinese Cabbage by Xiong You, Yiting Shu, Xingcheng Ni, Hengmin Lv, Jian Luo, Jianping Tao, Guanghui Bai, Shusu Feng

“…To construct this model, data from relevant studies regarding responses to these abiotic stresses were compiled, and the protein sequences encoded by abiotic SRGs were converted into numerical representations for subsequent analysis. …”
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Chronostructure and circadian rhythms of the parameters of the coagulation system and neurohumoral regulatory systems determining diurnal profile of blood pressure by A.O. Ostapenko, Yu.O. Klitsunova, A.S. Kulbachuk, L.L. Vorontsova

“…., followed by increase overnight to a peak at 8 a.m. Angiotensin-converting enzyme diurnal pattern is characterized by monophasic curve with maximal activity in the evening and minimum at night. …”
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Light-induced rearrangement from macrocyclic to bicyclic lactam: A case study of N-chlorinated laurolactam by Zubčić Gabrijel, Pavić Kristina, You Jiangyang, Vrček Valerije, Portada Tomislav, Bešić Erim, Šakić Davor

“…Converting macrocycle lactams into bicyclic lactams is proposed as an additional way to further increase the metabolic stability of peptide-based drugs. …”
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