Long-Term Mortality Outcomes According to the Frequency of Right Ventricular Pacing in Veterans by Brent C. Lampert, Hans J. Moore, Richard L. Amdur, Pamela E. Karasik, Brian M. Lewis, Steven N. Singh, Ross D. Fletcher

“…We analyzed electrograms from transtelephonic monitoring of veterans implanted with pacemakers between 1995 and 2005 followed by the Eastern Pacemaker Surveillance Center. We compared all cause mortality and time to death between patients with less than 20% and more than 80% RVP. …”
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Economic impact of fetal wastage and common diseases, along with their incidence rates and seasonal variations, at an abattoir in FCT, Nigeria. by Ibrahim Dauda Dauda, Abdulhakeem Binhambali, Abdurrahman Hassan Jibril, Zainab Oyiza Idris, Farhan Rhidor Akorede

“…Considering the zoonotic potential of some diseases, which can be transmitted to those handling the carcasses, there is a critical need for enhanced inspection protocols, continuous disease surveillance, and timely reporting in slaughterhouses. …”
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Metabolomic Insights into the Nutritional Status of Adults and Adolescents with Phenylketonuria Consuming a Low-Phenylalanine Diet in Combination with Amino Acid and Glycomacropept... by Bridget M. Stroup, Denise M. Ney, Sangita G. Murali, Frances Rohr, Sally T. Gleason, Sandra C. van Calcar, Harvey L. Levy

“…Nutrient status in phenylketonuria (PKU) requires surveillance due to the restrictive low-Phe diet in combination with amino acid medical foods (AA-MF) or glycomacropeptide medical foods (GMP-MF). …”
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Deconstructing the Politics of Linguistic Mutation in Tom Stoppard’s Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth by Sarra Jouini

“…This new linguistic transformation acts as a catalyst for social and political change, resisting surveillance and censorship of free speech. Stoppard’s plays, therefore, use language to alter power relations, creating space for political defiance. …”
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Posterior Positivity Distribution Analysis of Subclinical Bluetongue in the Eastern and North-Eastern States of India: A Wakeup Call for Outbreak Preparedness by Siddhartha Narayan Joardar, Aritra Sanyal, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Saibal Ray

“…With the aim of getting updated and refined estimates of positivity rates, the sero-surveillance data were analyzed using the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method to calculate the positivity rates of various species across different states and agro-climatic zones. …”
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Early Revelation of Leprosy in China by Sequential Antibody Analyses with LID-1 and PGL-I by Pan Qiong-Hua, Zheng Zhong-Yi, Yang Jun, Wen Yan, Yuan Lian-Chao, Li Huan-Ying, Steven G. Reed, Malcolm S. Duthie

“…In order to detect new leprosy cases in a timely manner, we conducted surveillance visits in some difficult-to-reach mountain areas in South West China where the disease is still prevalent. …”
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HIV and the Gut Microbiota, Partners in Crime: Breaking the Vicious Cycle to Unearth New Therapeutic Targets by Kishanda Vyboh, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Vikram Mehraj, Jean-Pierre Routy

“…The gut microbiota plays a key role in health and immune system education and surveillance. The delicate balance between microbial growth and containment is controlled by the immune system. …”
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Shariah Framework of Banking laws based on the Opinions of Jurists of the Guardian Council by Seyed Hassan Heidari, Mohammad Rasul Fakhreh, Mohammad Ali Farahani

“…Based on descriptive-analytical research, the jurists of the Guardian Council have identified several issues in their Sharia review of the banking regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, including: 'expedited judicial proceedings for specific lawsuits,' 'limitations on legal complaints against supervised credit institutions,' 'the inability to annul or invalidate the actions of the supervisory board,' 'enumerating the duties of the Central Bank Governor and exercising the Central Bank's powers without adherence to laws and Sharia principles,' 'using endowment properties without regard to the endowment deed,' 'the lack of Sharia and judicial competence of non-judicial authorities,' 'the absence of conditions of trustworthiness and honesty for banking officials,' 'the impossibility of judicial objection and litigation,' 'absolute surveillance and access to individuals' information,' 'contrary to public interests,' 'retroactive application of rulings,' 'usury,' and 'disproportionate crime and punishment.' …”
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Association between oxidative balance score and gallstone disease: a population-based study from NHANES by Mengmeng Zhang, Aiming Yang

“…This findings provide valuable insights for surveillance and interventions targeting for antioxidant-rich diet and lifestyle for gallstone disease.…”
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Cryo-EM structure and evolutionary history of the conjugation surface exclusion protein TraT by Chloe Seddon, Sophia David, Joshua L. C. Wong, Naito Ishimoto, Shan He, Jonathan Bradshaw, Wen Wen Low, Gad Frankel, Konstantinos Beis

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The Role of Targeted Focal Therapy in the Management of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: Update on Current Challenges by Daniel W. Smith, Diliana Stoimenova, Khadijah Eid, Al Barqawi

“…The majority of these cancers will not progress to mortal disease, yet most men who are diagnosed opt for treatment as opposed to observation or active surveillance (AS). These men are thus burdened with the morbidities associated with aggressive treatments, commonly incontinence and erectile dysfunction, without receiving a mortality benefit. …”
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Integration of circulating tumor DNA in biliary tract cancer: the emerging landscape by Joy A Awosika, Cecilia Monge, Tim F Greten

“…As research endeavors continue to deepen our understanding in the field particularly in the space of ctDNA surveillance after curative intent, the tremendous progress made so far has enabled integration of ctDNA into the clinical practice of BTCs.…”
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LoRa Resource Allocation Algorithm for Higher Data Rates by Hossein Keshmiri, Gazi M. E. Rahman, Khan A. Wahid

“…However, its inherent low data rate poses a challenge for applications that require higher throughput, such as video surveillance and disaster monitoring, where large image files must be transmitted over long distances in areas with limited communication infrastructure. …”
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Compilation of 10 Years of MIRU-VNTR Data: Canadian National Tuberculosis Laboratory’s Experience by Meenu K. Sharma, Debra Janella, Alisa McGurran, Cindi Corbett, Heather Adam, Pierre-Marie Akochy, David Haldane, Hope MacKenzie, Jessica Minion, Robert Needle, Caroline Newberry, Michael Patterson, Inna Sekirov, Gregory Tyrrell, Hafid Soualhine

“…The housing of all data on one platform, technical ease of the method, easy exchange of data between jurisdictions, and strong collaboration with laboratories and surveillance units at the provincial and federal levels have the potential to identify possible outbreaks in real time.…”
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Emerging trends in cervical cancer incidence among younger Taiwanese generations: an urban–rural comparison by Ya-Xuan Wu, Yi-Chu Chen, Jing-Rong Jhuang, Chun-Ju Chiang, Wen-Chung Lee

“…Although current prevention efforts, such as human papillomavirus vaccination, are noteworthy, there is a need for ongoing surveillance and improved strategies that specifically target recent cohorts.…”
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Simultaneous Determination of Malachite Green, Chloramphenicols, Sulfonamides, and Fluoroquinolones Residues in Fish by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Yongping Chen, Sudong Xia, Xianqin Han, Zhiru Fu

“…The limits of quantification for analytes were in the range of 0.3–1.0 μg kg−1 for samples which were satisfactory to support future surveillance monitoring. The method applicability was checked by analyzing 30 fish samples collected from local markets. …”
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The readiness of the spontaneous reporting system for COVID-19 vaccines safety monitoring in Croatia by Kovačić Barbara, Pavičić Morana, Skvrce Nikica Mirošević, Tomić Siniša

“…In order to overcome the limitations of SRS, active surveillance and post-authorisation safety studies of vaccines should be implemented in Croatia.…”
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Automated Decision Technique for the Crowd Estimation Method Using Thermal Videos by Nermin K. Negied, Ayman El-Sayed, Asmaa S. Hassaan

“…Counting and detecting the pedestrians is an important and critical aspect for several applications such as estimation of crowd density, organization of events, individual’s flow control, and surveillance systems to prevent the difficulties and overcrowding in a huge gathering of pedestrians such as the Hajj occasion, which is the annual event for Muslims with the growing number of pilgrims every year. …”
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Real-Time Quality Monitoring and Anomaly Detection for Vision Sensors in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles by Elena Politi, Charalampos Davalas, Christos Chronis, George Dimitrakopoulos, Dimitrios Michail, Iraklis Varlamis

“…Video Anomaly Detection (VAD) serves as a pivotal technology in intelligent surveillance systems, enabling the temporal or spatial identification of anomalous events within video frames. …”
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Source attribution of human campylobacteriosis at the point of exposure by combining comparative exposure assessment and subtype comparison based on comparative genomic fingerprint... by André Ravel, Matt Hurst, Nicoleta Petrica, Julie David, Steven K Mutschall, Katarina Pintar, Eduardo N Taboada, Frank Pollari

“…It used isolates from clinical cases and from eight potential exposure sources (chicken, cattle and pig manure, retail chicken, beef, pork and turkey meat, and surface water) collected within a single sentinel site of an integrated surveillance system for enteric pathogens in Canada. …”
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