Assessment of the magnitude, economic impact, and factors associated with expired veterinary pharmaceuticals in animal health facilities in South Wollo, Ethiopia by Yesuneh Tefera Mekasha, Ermias Belay Mekonnen, Abebe Tesfaye Gessese, Kassahun Berrie, Achenef Melaku Beyene, Bereket Dessalegn

“…The quantitative study identifies the lack of an information system and necessary software, poor store management, and lack of strict accountability as critical contributors to veterinary pharmaceutical expiration. …”
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Competências profissionais: autopercepção de egressos inseridos na área de Nutrição em Alimentação Coletiva by Jessicley Ferreira de Freitas, Dinara Leslye Macedo e Silva Calazans, Ignácio Fukuda Veríssimo de Mello, João Carlos Alchieri

“…Os dados foram analisados por estatística descritiva e análise de similitude, com apoio do software Iramuteq. Resultados: Os egressos demonstraram melhores domínios nas competências como ética profissional e comprometimento com o cliente, porém competências profissionais englobadas nas dimensões “saber agir”, “saber aprender” e “saber mobilizar recursos” apresentaram baixo grau de domínio em relação às requeridas para atuação profissional na área, podendo comprometer o atendimento às necessidades de alimentação e nutrição do usuário. …”
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Securing black lion tamarin populations: improving habitat-based inputs and risks for population viability analysis to inform management decisions by Francy Forero-Sánchez, Francy Forero-Sánchez, Gabriela Cabral Rezende, Gabriela Cabral Rezende, Cláudio Valladares-Pádua, Cláudio Valladares-Pádua, Fabio Stucchi Vannucchi, Fabio Stucchi Vannucchi, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Luciana Pacca, Kathy Traylor-Holzer

“…The resulting population viability projections using Vortex simulation software identify core subpopulations with low extinction risk and high gene diversity, as well as smaller subpopulations with low long-term viability, highlighting the need for targeted conservation strategies across the fragmented metapopulation.…”
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Curso de reabilitação de condições pós-Covid-19 by Francenilde Silva de Sousa, Douglas Moraes Campos, Ana Emilia Figueiredo de Oliveira, Cadidja Dayane Sousa do Carmo, Deysianne Costa das Chagas, Karoline Corrêa Trindade, Mizraim Nunes Mesquita, Elza Bernardes Monier, Paola Trindade Garcia

“…A análise dos dados foi realizada pelo teste Wilcoxon, com nível de significância de 5%, no software RStudio versão 4.1.3. Todos os aspectos éticos foram atendidos. …”
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HIV-1 resistance mutations and genetic diversity among children failing antiretroviral treatment in five healthcare facilities in Benin, West Africa. by Edwige Hermione Dagba Gbessin, Edmond Tchiakpe, René Kpemahouton Keke, Nicole Vidal, Michel Kiréopori Gomgnimbou, Haziz Sina, Euloge Senan Adjou, Aldric Afangnihoun, Moussa Bachabi, Akadiri Yessoufou, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Lamine Baba-Moussa

“…Sequences were read on the ABI 3500 sequencer and then edited with ViroSeqHIVv3.0 software. The HIV drug resistance database at Stanford University was used to identify mutations and viral subtypes were assigned by phylogenetic analyses.…”
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Nanopore sequencing as a novel method of characterising anorexia nervosa risk loci by Natasha Berthold, Silvana Gaudieri, Sean Hood, Monika Tschochner, Allison L. Miller, Jennifer Jordan, Laura M. Thornton, Cynthia M. Bulik, Patrick Anthony Akkari, Martin A. Kennedy

“…Our bioinformatics pipeline entailed base-calling and alignment with Dorado and minimap2 software, followed by variant calling with four separate tools, Sniffles2, Clair3, Straglr, and NanoVar. …”
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Design of Conformal Cooling of an Additively Printed Aluminium Die-Casting Mold Component by J. Sviželová, L. Socha, A. Mohamed, M. Pinta, K. Koza, T. Sellner, K. Gryc, M. Dvořák, M. Roh

“…Three geometric designs of the insert were created, and numerical simulations of the temperature field of the mold were carried out in ProCAST software for each variant. Numerical simulations were validated through the temperature field of the mold detected by a thermal camera during the casting cycle. …”
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Sequence-structure based prediction of pathogenicity for amino acid substitutions in proteins associated with primary immunodeficiencies by Ekaterina S. Porfireva, Anton D. Zadorozhny, Anastasia V. Rudik, Dmitry A. Filimonov, Alexey A. Lagunin, Alexey A. Lagunin

“…SSPR models were created for each protein using the MultiPASS software based on the Bayesian algorithm and different levels of MNA (Multilevel Neighborhoods of Atoms) descriptors for the representation of structural formulas of protein fragments including AAS.ResultsThe accuracy of prediction was assessed through a 5-fold cross-validation and compared to other bioinformatics tools, such as SIFT4G, Polyphen2 HDIV, FATHMM, MetaSVM, PROVEAN, ClinPred, and Alpha Missense. …”
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Рrevention of contrast-induced nephropathy during interventional treatment of acute coronary syndrome by L.O. Miakinkova, T.I. Yarmola, G.L. Pustovoit, Iu.A. Kostrikova, B.O. Pysana, V.V. Talash

“…Mathematical processing was performed using Statistica 8.0 software (StatSoft Inc, USA). Patients with chronic kidney disease had a high and very high risk of contrast-induced nephropathy in 19.4% and 3.2% of cases, among them in 91.6% high, and in 100% – very high-risk contrast-induced nephropathy developed. …”
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Cross-cultural insights into internet addiction and mental health: a network analysis from China and Malawi by Mengze Li, Yidi Wang, Bin Liu, Xiaoli Ni, Zhujing Ma, Fengzhan Li, Tifei Yuan, Hongyi Chen, Zhongying Wu, Qiannan Jia, Lei Song, Yinchuan Jin, Qun Yang

“…Network estimation, centrality, bridge estimation and network comparison, were conducted using R software. Results The prevalence of internet addiction and mental health was significantly higher in China than Malawi. …”
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The role of paternal support in breastfeeding outcomes: a meta-analytic review by Si-si Zhou, Jia Lu, An Qin, Yang Wang, Wei Gao, Hong Li, Lin Rao

“…In accordance with the predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, two researchers independently screened the literature and performed a meta-analysis via RevMan 5.4.1 software. The choice between fixed or random effects models was determined by the outcomes of the heterogeneity test, and relative risks (RR) along with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed. …”
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Effectiveness of dignity therapy on advanced cancer patients: A meta-analysis (尊严疗法对晚期癌症患者干预效果的Meta分析) by ZHANG Saina (张赛娜), FAN Na (范娜), ZHANG Qin (张琴)

“…Meta analysis of the included references was performed using RevMan 5. 4 software. Results A total of 1183 patients were included in 12 studies. …”
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Developing a Label-Free Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis with Chemometrics and Computational Enhancement for Assessing Lupus Nephritis Activity by Mei-Ching Yu, Xiang-Di Huang, Chin-Wei Kuo, Kai-Fu Zhang, Ping-Chung Liang, U-Ser Jeng, Pei-Yu Huang, Frederick Wai Keung Tam, Yao-Chang Lee

“…Furthermore, this IR-based assay incorporates an innovative algorithm and our proprietary iPath software (ver. 1.0), which calculates the prognosis prediction function (PPF, Φ) from the RAD gaps of five spectral markers and correlates these with conventional clinical renal biomarkers. …”
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A Population Analysis of 20 Exoplanets Observed from Optical to Near-infrared Wavelengths with the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Widespread Stellar Contamination by Arianna Saba, Alexandra Thompson, Kai Hou Yip, Sushuang Ma, Angelos Tsiaras, Ahmed Faris Al-Refaie, Giovanna Tinetti

“…We also include 24 WFC3 data sets previously reduced with the same software. Across our target sample, we observe significant divergence among multiple observations conducted with the same STIS grating at various epochs, while we do not detect variations in the WFC3 data sets. …”
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Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of 16S rRNA Sequences Identified Two Lineages of Helicobacter pylori Strains Detected from Different Regions in Sudan Suggestive of Differential Evo... by Abeer Babiker Idris, Hadeel Gassim Hassan, Maryam Atif Salaheldin Ali, Sulafa Mohamed Eltaher, Leena Babiker Idris, Hisham N. Altayb, Amin Mohamed Abass, Mustafa Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, El-Amin Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed A. Hassan

“…The evolutionary aspects were analyzed using MEGA7 software. Results. Molecular detection of H. pylori has shown that 28 (37.33%) of the patients were positive for H. pylori and no significant differences were found in sociodemographic characteristics, endoscopy series, and H. pylori infection. …”
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Comparison of the Fixation Effects of Six Composite Fixatives on Retinal Tissue of Golden Hamsters by WU Haifeng, ZHOU Xiaojiang, LI Chenjiang, LI Huaiyin, GAO Ming

“…Statistical analysis using SPSS 27.0 software revealed significant differences in mean scores among the six fixatives (P<0.001). …”
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Assessment of choroidal vessels in healthy eyes using 3-dimensional vascular maps and a semi-automated deep learning approach by Nicola Valsecchi, Elham Sadeghi, Elli Davis, Mohammed Nasar Ibrahim, Nasiq Hasan, Sandeep Chandra Bollepalli, Sumit Randhir Singh, Luigi Fontana, Jose Alain Sahel, Kiran Kumar Vupparaboina, Jay Chhablani

“…Choroidal thickness (CT) and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) of the whole volumes were calculated using the automated software. The three vessels for each sector were measured, to obtain the mean choroidal vessel diameter (MChVD). …”
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Mechanism of <italic>Coptis chinensis</italic> in Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking by LIU Huiling, TAN Dingying, HUANG Min, CHEN Pingping, ZHANG Wang

“…The corresponding target of active ingredients and related targets of type 2 diabetes mellitus were retrieved through UniProt database and CTD database; Cytoscape 3.6.1 software was used to make the visual network diagram of "<italic>Coptis chinensis</italic>-active ingredients-targets", and STRING database was used to construct the PPI network diagram of intersection targets, and the core targets were analyzed by GO function enrichment and KEGG pathway enrichment. …”
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Measure-and-remeasure as an economically feasible approach to crediting soil organic carbon at scale by Eric Potash, Mark A Bradford, Emily E Oldfield, Kaiyu Guan

“…We provide next steps and software for researchers, credit registries, and project developers to move forward with measure-and-remeasure SOC projects.…”
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Analytical and numerical calculation and simulation of heat transfer in a composite wall made of polyethylene terephthalate bottle by Martial Ngnihamye Nde, Seydou Youssoufa, Fabien Kenmogne, Elvis Mbou Tiaya, Thierry Simo, Leaticia. Ekoro Ottou, Michel Mbessa, Emmanuel Yamb Bell

“…The model equation is solved analytically using the separation of variables method and numerically using the finite difference method, and they are confirmed using CASTEM finite element software. As boundary conditions, a constant temperature (Text) is applied at one end of the wall, and the constant temperature (T0) is applied at any other point at the initial time. …”
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