SDG space: Revealing the structure and complementarities among sustainable development goals in China by Mimi Gong, Ke Yu, Changchang Zhou, Zhouyi Liu, Zhenci Xu, Ming Xu, Shen Qu

“…These findings help pave the way for China toward a sustainable future by providing science-based policy recommendations for decision-makers. They can be generally applied to other countries and regions to assist in navigating toward sustainable development.…”
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Comparative analysis of mesozooplankton size fraction structure in bivalve aquaculture embayments in Atlantic and Pacific Canadian coastal regions by Ruben D. Cordero, Anaïs Lacoursière-Roussel, Ramón Filgueira, Julie Arseneau, Jeffrey Barrell, Timothy J. Barrett, Christopher W. McKindsey, Daria Gallardi, Olivia Gibb, Terri Sutherland, Thomas Guyondet

“…Seasonal analysis revealed that colder months generally exhibited larger median sizes, with some exceptions influenced by local conditions. …”
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Development of Deep Intelligence for Automatic River Detection (RivDet) by Sejeong Lee, Yejin Kong, Taesam Lee

“…The results show that the augmentation models better generalize new data and can improve performance in real-world environments. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on the Growth of Typical Crops in Karst Areas: A Case Study of Guizhou Province by Jun Ma, Baisha Weng, Wuxia Bi, Dan Xu, Ting Xu, Dengming Yan

“…The results show that (1) the climate is generally getting warmer. From 2019 to 2050, the sowing period of winter wheat and rice tends to be postponed. …”
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Urdu Lip Reading Systems for Digits in Controlled and Uncontrolled Environment by Amanullah Baloch, Mushtaq Ali, Lal Hussain, Touseef Sadiq, Badr S. Alkahtani

“…Results indicate that the LipNet-based 2D CNN-LSTM model achieves overall 92.15 % high accuracy in all conditions, but the Hybrid model demonstrates impressive generalization with an overall 90.00 % accuracy on unseen data due to its enhanced spatiotemporal feature extraction capability. …”
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Internationalization of Russian Education: New Challenges and New Solutions by V. K. Nikolayev, A. A. Skvortsov, R. S. Nikolaev, S. A. Bogatenkov

“…The methodological basis of the study was formed by methods of comparative analysis of the domestic and foreign experience of higher education export, as well as systematization, generalization and interpretation of statistical information, posted on the websites of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, leading Russian and foreign universities, authorities, and analytical agencies. …”
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Predicting competitive alpine skiing performance by multivariable statistics—the need for individual profiling by Robert Nilsson, Apostolos Theos, Ann-Sofie Lindberg, Christer Malm

“…These factors complicate the selection of appropriate tests and the accurate prediction of competitive outcomes.MethodThis study aimed to evaluate the predictive power of a generalized physiological test battery for alpine skiing performance, as measured by FIS points, utilizing multivariable data analysis (MVDA). …”
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Selection and Resource Allocation Strategies for Chatbot Technologies in Higher Education: An Optimization Model Approach by Suhan Wu, Min Luo

“…This efficiency persists across various distributions of chatbots’ technical attributes, and increasing the number of candidate chatbots generally enhances overall educational utility. This suggests that a diverse technological environment can lead to more tailored and effective educational interventions. …”
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Financial Performance Segmentation Changes on Regional Development Banks by Isfan Ferli, Jerry Heikal

“… Merger and acquisition of a banking company are generally understood as efforts to enhance the company by combining strengths or compensating for the weaknesses of one company with the strengths of another. …”
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Multimodal heterogeneous graph fusion for automated obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome diagnosis by Haoyu Wang, Xihe Qiu, Bin Li, Xiaoyu Tan, Jingjing Huang

“…It demonstrated superior diagnostic performance compared to conventional machine learning models and existing deep learning approaches, effectively integrating domain knowledge with data-driven learning to produce explainable representations and robust generalization capabilities, which can potentially be utilized for clinical use. …”
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Analyzing the cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios and health expenditures in the aging population: a 20-year comparative study across high-income countries by Majed Ramadan, Shadell AlGhamdi, Rawiah Alsiary

“…The study aims to examine the association between cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIR) with healthcare expenditures (HE), and human development index score for individuals 70 years old or older.MethodThis is an epidemiological study using publicly available data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) for six over the years 1990–2019. A generalized linear model was employed to examine the association between MIR, and health expenditures and health development index score.ResultsIncluded countries showed a statistically significant negative association between MIR and both HE, and HE, indicating that higher HDI and HE are associated with decreased MIR with the highest decrease was for China, the coefficient for HDI is −1.29 (95% CI: –1.35 to −1.24, p < 0.0001), the coefficient for HE is −0.103 (95% CI: –0.17 to −0.03, p < 0.0001). …”
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Impact of silver diamine fluoride on composite resin bond strength: An In vitro study with various adhesive systems by Farzaneh Shirani, Shirin Ravanbod, Mohammad Soroush Sehat

“…Results: The application of SDF generally led to a significant decrease in bond strength (p < 0.05). …”
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Critical assessment of uncertainty in economic evaluations on influenza vaccines for the elderly population in Spain by Raúl Ortiz-de-Lejarazu Leonardo, Javier Díez Domingo, Ángel Gil de Miguel, Federico Martinón Torres, Esther Redondo Margüello, Juan Luis López-Belmonte Claver, Paloma I. Palomo-Jiménez, J. Manel Farré Avellà, José María Abellán Perpiñán

“…Overall, they were designed and performed in accordance with the applicable guidelines; however, some critical sources of uncertainty were detected, mainly: (1) the choice and use of efficacy/effectiveness data (real-world single season studies, meta-analyses including studies with high risk of bias and/or high heterogeneity with biased interpretation); (2) use of fewer than 5 seasons to estimate influenza burden; (3) generalized use of influenza-like illness data to estimate effectiveness and burden, among others. …”
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The expression of powdery mildew resistance in spring bread wheat cultivars from the VIR collection of plant genetic resources by T. V. Lebedeva, E. V. Zuev, A. N. Brykova

“…Out of 465 cultivars, resistant accessions amounted to 10,5%, intermediate ones to 16.8%, and susceptible ones to 72.7%. Generally, the resistant varieties originated from Europe and Russia. …”
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and hypertension of the United States population from 2017 to 2020: a cross-sectional study by Yan Luo, Qingyuan Li, Qingyuan Li, Tong Feng, Shasha Meng, Shasha Meng, Ran Duan, Ran Duan

“…Multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for potential confounders such as age, gender, Body mass index (BMI), and lifestyle factors were utilized to explore this association. A Generalized Additive Model (GAM) was employed to generate smooth curves for a nuanced analysis of the nonlinear relationship.ResultsThe findings indicated that moderate WCS (less than 4 hours) was significantly associated with a reduced risk of hypertension, while excessive WCS (greater than 4 hours) showed no significant protective benefits. …”
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White cord syndrome: A rare complication of adequate spinal cord decompression. A case report and review of current literature by Daan N. de Groot, Kennedy Ogenio, F. Yaney Jiang, Niels A. van der Gaag

“…Review of the literature suggests that white cord syndrome is a rare complication, often presents as immediate postoperative deficits, and is managed primarily through dexamethasone and adequate spinal cord perfusion. Recovery is generally favorable but variable, with MRI changes often persisting despite clinical improvement. …”
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Assessing the Projection Correction of Coronal Mass Ejection Speeds on Time‐of‐Arrival Prediction Performance Using the Effective Acceleration Model by Evangelos Paouris, Angelos Vourlidas, Athanasios Papaioannou, Anastasios Anastasiadis

“…Moreover, regarding the speed of CMEs, our work suggests that single viewpoint observations are generally reliable.…”
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Theory and practice of digital political culture: The views of the French school of communicativistics by T. Yu. Lebedeva, L. V. Minaeva

“…The authors note that French researchers generally share the view that digital technologies have not had a revolutionary impact on political communications; rather they have complemented the existing social practices. …”
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Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Caregiving Contributions During Cancer Clinical Trials: A Mixed‐Methods Study by Janine Cerutti, Maria C. Lent, Randall F. Holcombe, Maija Reblin

“…Results While patient–caregiver dyads showed significant disagreement in the symptoms/medication management domain, with caregivers tending to acknowledge the contribution while patients did not (χ2 (1, 21) = 5.82, p = 0.016), both groups generally showed agreement in their perceptions of caregiver involvement and reported similar levels of involvement across the other six assessed domains. …”
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The Impact of Space Radiation on Brains of Future Martian and Lunar Explorers by Yuncong Li, Jingnan Guo, Salman Khaksarighiri, Mikhail Igorevich Dobynde, Jian Zhang, Bailiang Liu, Robert F. Wimmer‐Schweingruber

“…Based on the spectra and frequency of historical extreme SEP events recorded at Earth as ground‐level enhancement events over past five solar cycles, our results suggest that the CNS of astronauts will be generally “safe” on the Martian surface, but those on the lunar surface or in deep space may face radiation risks in their CNS if not well shielded during such extreme events.…”
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