Understanding the implementation of interventions to improve the management of frailty in primary care: a rapid realist review by David Reeves, Thomas Blakeman, Harm Van Marwijk, Khulud Alharbi, Jung Yin Tsang

“…We sought to identify factors that enable or constrain the implementation of interventions for frail older persons in primary care.Design A rapid realist review.Data sources Cochrane Library, SCOPUS and EMBASE, and grey literature. …”
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Enhancing Air Conditioning System Efficiency Through Load Prediction and Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Case Study of Ground Source Heat Pumps by Zhitao Wang, Yubin Qiu, Shiyu Zhou, Yanfa Tian, Xiangyuan Zhu, Jiying Liu, Shengze Lu

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Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation by Sofia Bonicalza, Elena Valsecchi, Emanuele Coppola, Valeria Catapano, Harriet Thatcher

“…Continuous improvement in volunteer training and equipment design is also recommended. Conclusions This study highlights CS’s potential to improve public engagement and knowledge in conservation. …”
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Predicting Energy Consumption Using Stacked LSTM Snapshot Ensemble by Mona Ahamd Alghamdi, Abdullah S. AL-Malaise AL-Ghamdi, Mahmoud Ragab

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Use of different organic fertilizers on soil fertility improvement, growth and head yield parameters of cabbage (Brassica oleraceae L) by Emmanuel Ibukunoluwa Moyin-Jesu

“…Methods The three organic fertilizer treatments were applied each at 6 t/ha with a reference treatment NPK 15-15-15 applied at 300 kg/ha and a control treatment arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. Results The results showed significant increases (P.05) in the growth and head yield parameters of cabbage crop under the different organic fertilizers compared to the control treatment. …”
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Improved Continuous Wavelet Transform for Modal Parameter Identification of Long-Span Bridges by Mingjin Zhang, Xu Huang, Yongle Li, Hao Sun, Jingyu Zhang, Bin Huang

“…To find the appropriate time-frequency resolution, an optimal wavelet basis design principle based on minimum Shannon entropy was proposed. …”
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MEMPSEP‐III. A Machine Learning‐Oriented Multivariate Data Set for Forecasting the Occurrence and Properties of Solar Energetic Particle Events Using a Multivariate Ensemble Approa... by Kimberly Moreland, Maher A. Dayeh, Hazel M. Bain, Subhamoy Chatterjee, Andrés Muñoz‐Jaramillo, Samuel T. Hart

“…We also collect remote sensing data from instruments onboard the Solar Dynamic Observatory, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, and the Wind solar radio instrument WAVES. The data set is designed to allow for variations of the inputs and feature sets for machine learning (ML) in heliophysics and has a specific purpose for forecasting the occurrence of SEP events and their subsequent properties. …”
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Complex Power System Status Monitoring and Evaluation Using Big Data Platform and Machine Learning Algorithms: A Review and a Case Study by Yuanjun Guo, Zhile Yang, Shengzhong Feng, Jinxing Hu

“…Numerous open-sourced Big Data analytical tools and software are integrated as modules of the analytic engine, and self-developed advanced algorithms are also designed. The proposed framework comprises a data interface, a Big Data management, analytic engine as well as the applications, and display module. …”
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Removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions by activated carbon and its composite with P2W17O61: A spectroscopic study to reveal adsorption mechanism by Abdul G. Al Lafi, Ali Khuder

“…Molecular scale information is needed to understand ions coordination to mineral surfaces and consequently to accelerate the design of improved adsorbents. The present work reports on the use of two-dimensional correlation Fourier Transform infra-red spectroscopy (2D-COS-FTIR) and hetero 2D-COS-FTIR- X-ray diffraction (XRD) to probe the mechanism of Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solutions by activated carbon (AC) and its composite with P2W17O61 (AC-composite). …”
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Health Behaviours among Travellers Regarding Risk Compensation Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Taizhou, China by Meng-Ge Yang, Li-Jun Wang, Lu-Yin Xu, Mang Ke, Liang-Xue Sun

“…A self-administered online survey was designed and distributed over WeChat to identify the difference in health behaviours before and after COVID-19 vaccination among travellers at a train station in Taizhou, China, from 13 February to 26 April 2022. …”
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Evaluation of Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Digestibility and Ileum Histomorphology of Broiler Chickens fed Two Forms of Diets Supplemented with Exogenous Proteases by RA Alhotan, HH Al-Baadani, EOS Hussein

“…They were fed in two forms of diets (mash or pelleted) in a 4x2 factorial design. Growth performance and carcass traits were evaluated. …”
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Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in Bone Tissue Engineering: Useful Tools with New Applications by Gabriele Storti, Maria Giovanna Scioli, Bong-Sung Kim, Augusto Orlandi, Valerio Cervelli

“…ASCs favored a better vascularization and integration of the scaffolds, while improvements in scaffolds’ materials and design tried to exploit the osteogenic features of ASCs, thus reducing the need for external bioactive factors. …”
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Analysis of Vitamin A, C and Iron (Fe) Levels in Moringa Leaf-Based Pudding by Reski Zulhijjani, Nur Afni, Ayu Lestari

“…This type of research is a laboratory experimental using a completely randomized design (CRD) which is based on the analysis of levels of vitamins A C and iron (fe) in Moringa leaves pudding with 2 formulations. …”
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Examination of Elder Abuse and Death Anxiety in Older Adults With a Chronic Disease by Seda Karaman, Gülcan Bahçecioğlu Turan, Merve Çayır Yılmaz, Elanur Yilmaz Karabulutlu

“…ABSTRACT Aim This study was conducted to examine elder abuse and death anxiety in older adults who had chronic diseases. Design The present study is a cross‐sectional and correlational study. …”
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Evaluation of ior ® Leukocim efficacy on patients with Neutropenia. by Ana María Ramos Cedeño, Leslie Pérez Ruiz, Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila, Tamara Guerra, Maritza Cabrera Zamora, Hailen Bobillo López

“…</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>To demonstrate the effectiveness of Leukocim an open, phase IV clinical trial was designed, 39 patients from Cienfuegos were evaluated with 73 neutropenic episodes in primary or secondary prophylaxis or treatment, the demographic parameters behaved with an age 49.86 year old average, the predominant sex was the feminine 64.38%, 73.97% belonged to the white race, when the effectiveness was analyzed we obtained that 46.5% received the treatment in an ambulatory way, whereas 52.1% was hospitalized; one patient abandoned before beginning the treatment, the 12,3% of patients abandoned the study, the dose number received in order to correction CAN was between 3 and 7, behaving with a stocking of 1.26 before receiving the treatment and of 5.82 after the same one receiving the next cycle chemo y/o radiotherapy in time demonstrating this way the effectiveness of the product.…”
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AKI Epidemiology and Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study from the Prenephrology Era by K. Asmus, S. Erfurt, O. Ritter, S. Patschan, D. Patschan

“…The investigation was designed as a single-center, retrospective cohort study at the Brandenburg Hospital of the Brandenburg Medical School. …”
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The Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality-Based Exergame Protocol in Improving Postural Balance in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Valeska Gatica-Rojas, María Isabel Camoglino-Escobar, Hernán Carrillo-Bestagno, Ricardo Cartes-Velásquez

“…Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was employed with 10 older people (71 ± 9 years) who participated in a virtual reality-based exergame physical activity protocol consisting of eighteen 25 min sessions conducted at home. …”
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Customized Toric Intraocular Lens Implantation in Eyes with Cataract and Corneal Astigmatism after Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Prospective Study by Domenico Schiano Lomoriello, Giacomo Savini, Kristian Naeser, Rossella Maria Colabelli-Gisoldi, Valeria Bono, Augusto Pocobelli

“…San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy. Design. Prospective interventional case series. Methods. …”
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Efficient and secure attribute-based heterogeneous online/offline signcryption for body sensor networks based on blockchain by Jawaid Iqbal, Arif Iqbal Umar, Noorul Amin, Abdul Waheed

“…To overcome these limitations, we have proposed an efficient and secure heterogeneous scheme for body sensor networks, in which biosensor nodes use a certificate-less cryptography environment to resolve the key escrow and certificate-management problems, while MS uses a public key infrastructure environment to enhance the scalability of the networks. Furthermore, we design an online/offline signcryption method to overcome the burden on biosensor nodes. …”
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Multilevel support-assisted prototype optimization network for few-shot medical segmentation of lung lesions by Yuan Tian, Yongquan Liang, Yufeng Chen, Jingjing Zhang, Hongyang Bian

“…To address this challenge, we propose MSPO-Net, a multilevel support-assisted prototype optimization network designed for few-shot lesion segmentation in computerized tomography (CT) images of lung diseases. …”
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