Phytoplankton communities as indicator of trophic state in some habitats of Batanghari River system in Sumatera Island, Indonesia by Sulastri Sulastri, Lumbantoruan Reliana, Sudarso Jojok, Sukamto Tedjo

“…The result showed that phytoplankton abundance ranges from 85 to 3264 individuals L-1 indicating medium to low productivity. …”
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Rethinking Advanced Driver Assistance System taxonomies: A framework and inventory of real-world safety performance by Ksander N de Winkel, Michiel Christoph

“…Categorizing systems by either functional class or interaction type revealed central tendencies favoring safety of longitudinal control and intervening systems, while comfort-enhancing systems showed detrimental effects.From the categorizations, we derived dimensions urgency and level of control, scoring individual ADAS! accordingly. A linear model based on these dimensions (pseudo-R2=0.103) explained a similar amount of variance as the categorizations (functional class: 0.140, interaction type: 0.087). …”
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The Basas Spanish Squat: Superimposition of Electrical Stimulation to Optimize Patellar Tendon Strain: A Case Series by Carlos Basas, Naoaki Ito, Karin Grävare Silbernagel, Fernando Reyes-Gil, Ángel Basas

“…The results support the theory that the Basas Spanish Squat with E-stim increases patellar tendon strain and could explain the reported clinical benefits in individuals with patellar tendinopathy. # Level of Evidence 4, Case series…”
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Relationship between parental school involvement and its barriers among parents of students in grades 4 to 9: based on latent class and correspondence analyses by Junqiao Guo, Bihua Zhao

“…Students in grades 4 to 9 experience preadolescence (grades 4 to 6) and early adolescence (grades 7 to 9), which are critical periods of transition in individual development. The latent class analysis revealed sub-populations of parental school involvement and its barriers. …”
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Soils and Fertilizers for Master Gardeners: Soil Physical Characteristics by Amy L. Shober, Alexander Joseph Reisinger, Mary G. Lusk, Sally Ann Scalera

“…This new 7-page article describes the physical properties of soils, including soil formation in Florida, the soil profile, and water dynamics within soils, and provides a thorough reference for Master Gardeners and other individuals searching for a basic understanding of soil dynamics to apply to residential landscapes. …”
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Use of a Non-Pharmacological Pain Relief Kit to Reduce Opioid Use Following Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study by Denis J O'Hara, Timothy F Tyler, Malachy P McHugh, Susan Y Kwiecien, Tyler Bergeron

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a multimodal non-pharmacological ‘pain relief kit’ on pain, function, and opioid consumption in individuals recovering from orthopedic surgery. # Hypothesis Patients provided with the pain relief kit would consume less opioid medication, report lower pain levels, and have better functional outcome scores than the control group…”
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Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Caregivers in the United States by Megan Vu, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, Latha Ganti

“…# Background/Objective First discovered by Alois Alzheimer in 1906, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has become a growing global health concern with numerous implications for individuals and modern society. As patients’ symptoms of dementia continue to worsen, they gradually grow more limited in their independence. …”
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Factors associated with essential newborn care practices among non-institutional births in urban Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh Urban Health Survey 2021 by Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Mst. Fatema Begum, Md Badsha Alam, Md Awal Kabir, Md Nuruzzaman Khan

“…Results Approximately 49% of all mothers reported practicing the highest level of ENC. Among the individual components, the highest adherence was observed for the use of a disinfected instrument to cut the umbilical cord (90%). …”
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A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol by Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Babatope O Adebiyi, Kufre J Okop, Anna-Marie Beytell

“…Introduction Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy can result in mental and physical birth defects in individuals. These birth defects are usually described as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). …”
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Enhancing depression recognition through a mixed expert model by integrating speaker-related and emotion-related features by Weitong Guo, Qian He, Ziyu Lin, Xiaolong Bu, Ziyang Wang, Dong Li, Hongwu Yang

“…Abstract The World Health Organization predicts that by 2030, depression will be the most common mental disorder, significantly affecting individuals, families, and society. Speech, as a sensitive indicator, reveals noticeable acoustic changes linked to physiological and cognitive variations, making it a crucial behavioral marker for detecting depression. …”
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Digital empowerment in nursing: A cross-sectional exploration of digital competencies in healthcare services among nurses by Dipali Dumbre, Sheela Upendra, Shital Waghmare, Betsy Sara Zacharias, Pratik Salve

“…According to the findings of the multivariable logistic regression model, individuals between the ages of 26–30 years, gender (male), and education were found to have a significant association with digital competency, as indicated by a level of significance below 0.005. …”
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Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Restoration Using Sironix Suture Anchor: A Retrospective Observational Study by Krunal Shah, Ruchita Manwani, Ashok Kumar Moharana, Sachin Angrish, T. S. Deepak

“…Purpose: The most effective approach to treat individuals with rotator cuff tears (RCTs) remains uncertain, but operative treatment, especially arthroscopic surgery with various suture anchors, is becoming more popular. …”
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Rheumatoid-like hand deformities and aortic valve disease in a 13-year-old girl with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: a case report by Anjuman Ara Rahman, Abhijit Datta, Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Anindita Das Barshan, Mohammad Jahid Hasan

“…A high index of suspicion is essential for timely diagnosis and tailored management, thus reducing the burden of atherosclerotic heart disease in affected individuals.…”
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The role of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the formation of atherosclerotic vascular lesions in patients with abdominal obesity by N. L. Denisov, V. B. Grinevich, Ye. V. Chernetsova, Yu. A. Kravchuk, K. V. Ivashkin

“…This resulted in the rank of prognostic factors based on severity of carotid artery changes, making it possible to conclude individual atherosclerotic risk score for AD and different forms of NAFLD. …”
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A Comparative Study Evaluated the Performance of Two-class Classification Algorithms in Machine Learning by Shilan Abdullah Hassan, Maha Sabah Saeed

“…The Organization for World Health (WHO) reports that around 17 million individuals worldwide pass away from cardiovascular diseases (CVD), notably heart attacks and strokes, each year. …”
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The combined impacts of toxic drug use and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canada: A thematic analysis of online news media articles. by Emily J Tetzlaff, Nicholas Goulet, Melissa Gorman, Glen P Kenny

“…<h4>Results</h4>Four main themes were identified within our media-based analysis: (I) the reported impact of toxic drug use on human thermoregulation and behavioural adaptation; (II) the reported demand of intersecting crises on the health system; (III) barriers and stigma reported to influence an individual's access to or use of heat mitigation behaviours and services; and (IV) the reported impact of extreme heat on the public health response to drug poisoning emergencies.…”
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Eyecare practitioner perspectives and attitudes towards myopia and myopia management in the UK by Sophie Coverdale, Lindsay Rountree, Kathryn Webber, Matthew Cufflin, Edward Mallen, Alison Alderson, Neema Ghorbani-Mojarrad

“…To improve accessibility, changes are required at multiple levels, from individual ECPs through to wider stakeholders in UK eyecare provision.…”
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Coexistence of spiders in floodplain forests as an indicator of ecological stability and landscape sustainability in the inland Danube Delta by Krumpálová Zuzana, Šustek Zbyšek

“…The coexistence of spiders in the Central European floodplains of the Danube River was assessed at 18 study sites (more than 43,000 individuals identified). Environmental conditions, i.e. groundwater level, flood regime, vegetation and tree shading, were defined as the main factors. …”
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Teaching ideal quantum measurement, from dynamics to interpretation by Allahverdyan, Armen E., Balian, Roger, Nieuwenhuizen, Theo M.

“…., extracting physical properties of individual runs from $\hat{\mathcal{D}}$(tf), then arises due to the ambiguity of its splitting into parts associated with subsets of runs. …”
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Chronic hepatitis C course at elderly and therapeutic approach by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova

“…Expediency of prescription of antiviral therapy to elderly patients should be solved individually, taking into account patient’s activity and quality of life. …”
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