Experimental Study on the Property Degradation and Failure Mechanism of Weakly Cemented Sandstone under Dry-Wet Cycles by Zhaoyang Song, Lihui Sun, Shouye Cheng, Zhiqiang Liu, Jie Tan, Fangbo Ning

“…This finding indicates that the dry-wet cycle inhibits the generation and expansion of fractures. The event rate appears to be close to 0 before the rupture, and then the platform oscillates, followed by a sudden increase. …”
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Effectiveness of home-based exercise for functional rehabilitation in older adults after hip fracture surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials... by Lijun Zhao, Xiaona Zhao, Bin Dong, Xiaobin Li

“…No significant improvement was observed in gait speed, 6-minute walking test, short physical performance battery performance (SPPB), activities of daily living (ADL), or fear of falling in the home exercise group. Risk of adverse events, including emergency department visits, hospital readmissions, and falls, did not differ between both groups. …”
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The method of increasing the efficiency of the man-machine system functioning by improving the quality of decision support system software by О.В. Турінський, М.А. Павленко, Г.В. Пєвцов, С.В. Осієвський

“…The solutions obtained meet the requirements of DSTU ISO/IEC 9126, ISO DSTU / IEC 14598, and take into account the requirements of the Software Quality Requirements and Evaluation series of standards as the value of the vertices of the event tree graph. In the process of solving the problem, the specificity of the functioning of the MMS was taken into account, the possibility of formalizing various aspects of knowledge (aesthetic, disizional, causal, diontic) and ensuring a given level of efficiency in finding solutions.…”
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The US Nuclear Policy in the XXI Century: Continuity and Change in the Strategies of the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump Administrations by E. P. Buzhinsky, V. A. Veselov

“…The authors warn of the risk of causing a recurrence of dramatic events similar to the 1962 and 1983 crises and express the hope that lessons drawn from the Cold War will pave the way for a new compromise.…”
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Extent, causes, and consequences of small RNA expression variation in human adipose tissue. by Leopold Parts, Åsa K Hedman, Sarah Keildson, Andrew J Knights, Cei Abreu-Goodger, Martijn van de Bunt, José Afonso Guerra-Assunção, Nenad Bartonicek, Stijn van Dongen, Reedik Mägi, James Nisbet, Amy Barrett, Mattias Rantalainen, Alexandra C Nica, Michael A Quail, Kerrin S Small, Daniel Glass, Anton J Enright, John Winn, MuTHER Consortium, Panos Deloukas, Emmanouil T Dermitzakis, Mark I McCarthy, Timothy D Spector, Richard Durbin, Cecilia M Lindgren

“…We identified three genetic variants and three RNA editing events. Highly expressed small RNAs are more conserved within mammals than average, as are those with highly variable expression. …”
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A review based study on emotional distress and physical pain in oral and head and neck cancer patients pre- and post-chemotherapy by Sanya Mehndiratta, Ravindra Singh, Saanjli Bhandari, Mansha Dadhich

“…Emotional distress is a psychological response that occurs in the form of mental suffering to an experience that arises from the any negative event or condition. It commonly occurs in patients who suffer from cancer-related physical pain throughout the treatments. …”
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An overlap-weighted analysis on the association of constipation symptoms with disease progression and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a nested case-control study by Tongyang Niu, Peize Wang, Xiaomeng Zhou, Tingting Liu, Qi Liu, Rui Li, Haitao Yang, Hui Dong, Yaling Liu

“…A 9-month follow-up was conducted, with death as the endpoint event. Methods: We primarily used the OW method in NCC studies to examine the association between constipation and ALS development and survival. …”
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Why are there discrepancies between depressed patients’ Global Rating of Change and scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire depression module? A qualitative study of primary car... by Alice Malpass, Glyn Lewis, Jude Robinson, Christopher Dowrick, Naila Khan, Louise Fusco

“…Interviews were transcribed and subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis.Results We identified four themes as explanations for mismatch between GRC and PHQ-9: perceptions that GRC provided a more accurate assessment of current mental state than PHQ-9; impact of recent negative or positive life events on either measure; personal understanding of depression as normally fluctuating, and tendency to underscore on PHQ-9 as a means of self-motivation; and lack of recall.Conclusions The combined used of the PHQ-9 and a more open question better captures the patient’s unique experiences of mental health. …”
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A Beam of Light on the Dark Side of the Moon: A Critical Review on the Book Women in Ancient Persia by Ehsan Ahmadinya

“…In addition, through this information, researchers have been able to extract valuable information from court individuals, as well as socio-historical and Juridical trends, and even specialization in artistic events. According to them, Achaemenid history is brought closer to reality. …”
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استراتیجیات استخدام شبکات التواصل الاجتماعى فى الأرشیفات الوطنیة العربیة : دراسة وصفیة تحلیلیة by د. السید صلاح الصاوى

“…They should archive models of users' participation on what ispublished and shared concerning the archival content on social platforms,especially on important national events.…”
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Assessment of the Scope of Work for Operational Control of Steel Underground Gas Pipelines, Taking Into Account the Organizational and Logistical Factor by N. V. Strutsky, V. N. Romaniuk

“…This simultaneously controls two different levels of failure of the gas pipeline’s serviceability, one of which fully preserves its operability, but creates the possibility of a chain of events threatening to cause a failure in the future (insulation defect), while the other level of failure is, in fact, the case when the failure has already occurred (loss of tightness of the gas pipeline), but before the examination was not detected. …”
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Directed connectivity in theta networks supports action-effect integration by Jasmin Mayer, Moritz Mückschel, Nasibeh Talebi, Bernhard Hommel, Christian Beste

“…The involvement of anterior regions of the IFC, particularly during the acquisition phase of the action-effect, likely reflects episodic control mechanisms in which a past event defines a “template” of what action-effect is to be expected. …”
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Forecasting Megaelectron‐Volt Electrons Inside Earth's Outer Radiation Belt: PreMevE 2.0 Based on Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms by Rafael Pires de Lima, Yue Chen, Youzuo Lin

“…Results also show that PreMevE 2.0 can reasonably well predict the onsets of MeV electron events in 2‐day forecasts. PreMevE 2.0 is designed to be driven by observations from longstanding space infrastructure to make high‐fidelity forecasts for MeV electrons, thus can be an invaluable space weather forecasting tool for the future.…”
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Effect of Orthodontic Treatment on Airway Dimensions in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Prospective Study by Mohammad K. Alam, Mohammad Y. Hajeer, Abdullah H. Alshammari, Saud A. A. Alshammari, Zeyad M. M. Alenezi

“…A substantial decrease in AHI (mean reduction of 8 events/hour, P < 0.05) and an increase in ESS scores (mean improvement of 4 points, P < 0.05) were seen in Group A, suggesting improved sleep quality. …”
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Design of an Integrated Model for Video Summarization Using Multimodal Fusion and YOLO for Crime Scene Analysis by Sai Babu Veesam, Aravapalli Rama Satish

“…The scenario of crime scene analysis in video summarization is more demanding in that it involves the accurate and efficient extraction of critical key events from multi-camera footage, which may include the identification of persons of interest, weapons and complicated environments. …”
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Identification and prevalence of frailty in diabetes mellitus and association with clinical outcomes: a systematic review protocol by David A McAllister, Frances S Mair, Peter Hanlon, Isabella Fauré, Neave Corcoran, Elaine Butterly, Jim Lewsey

“…Inclusion criteria include: (1) adults with any type of diabetes mellitus; (2) quantify frailty using any validated frailty measure; (3) report the prevalence of frailty and/or the association between frailty and clinical outcomes in people with diabetes; (4) studies that assess generic (eg, mortality, hospital admission and falls) or diabetes-specific outcomes (eg, hypoglycaemic episodes, cardiovascular events, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy); (5) cross-sectional and longitudinal observational studies. …”
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Risk Factors for Infection Associated with Ischemic Stroke in Patients over 60 Years of Age by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez, Eduardo René Valdés Ramos, Ezequiel Ernesto López Espinosa

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> infection associated with stroke is the most important medical complication because it increases both the morbidity and the mortality rate in the first 30 days after the event occurs. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify risk factors for infection associated with ischemic stroke in patients over 60 years of age. …”
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Safety and efficacy of an Anti-CD20 Monoclonal antibody (RedituxTM) In Indian patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis by Arun Hegde, Vivek Vasdev, Krishnan Shanmuganandan, Kavita Singh, Sivasami Kartik, Abhishek Kumar

“…The most common adverse event was infusion reaction seen in 16.6% of patients. …”
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Combined balloon plus stent technique for treatment of intracranial aneurysm: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mohammad Amin Habibi, Mohammad Reza Arshadi, Hossein Gharedaghi, Farhang Rashidi, Ali Asgarzadeh

“…In addition, the intraprocedural complication and adverse event rate were 17% (95% CI 3% to %32, p-heterogeneity < 0.001, I2 = 97%) and 15% (95% CI 0–30%, p-heterogeneity < 0.001, I2 = 100%), respectively. …”
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Physical activity for children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ole Jakob Storebø, Marie-Louise Jensen, Merete Bender Bjerrum, Marianne Vamosi

“…The majority of children and adolescents with ADHD are treated with medication that potentially has an insufficient effect or frequently occurring adverse events. Physical activity is thought to alter the physiology of ADHD by affecting the same catecholaminergic system in the brain which is targeted by medication.Methods and analysis This protocol is written in accordance with the ‘Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols’ guideline. …”
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