Hydrogel-Based Innovations in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Bridging Pathophysiological Complexities and Translational Therapeutic Gaps by Venera Cristina Dinescu, Liviu Martin, Marius Bica, Ramona Constantina Vasile, Andrei Gresita, Marius Bunescu, Mihai Andrei Ruscu, Madalina Aldea, Alexandra Daniela Rotaru-Zavaleanu

“…Advances in hydrogel engineering have introduced stimuli-responsive systems tailored to the biomechanical environment of the carpal tunnel, enabling sustained therapeutic release and improved tissue integration. …”
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STAGER checklist: Standardized testing and assessment guidelines for evaluating generative artificial intelligence reliability by Jinghong Chen, Lingxuan Zhu, Weiming Mou, Anqi Lin, Dongqiang Zeng, Chang Qi, Zaoqu Liu, Aimin Jiang, Bufu Tang, Wenjie Shi, Ulf D. Kahlert, Jianguo Zhou, Shipeng Guo, Xiaofan Lu, Xu Sun, Trunghieu Ngo, Zhongji Pu, Baolei Jia, Che Ok Jeon, Yongbin He, Haiyang Wu, Shuqin Gu, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Haojie Huang, Weipu Mao, Shixiang Wang, Xin Chen, Loïc Cabannes, Gerald Sng Gui Ren, Iain S. Whitaker, Stephen Ali, Quan Cheng, Kai Miao, Shuofeng Yuan, Peng Luo

“…The checklist and its broader assessment framework provide a holistic evaluation of AI systems, delineating a clear pathway from question gathering to result assessment. …”
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Task Offloading with LLM-Enhanced Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in UAV-Assisted Edge Computing by Feifan Zhu, Fei Huang, Yantao Yu, Guojin Liu, Tiancong Huang

“…Overall, this framework significantly advances UAV trajectory optimization and enhances the performance of multi-agent systems within UAV-assisted edge computing environments.…”
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Relationship between economic development, forest resources, and forest fires: European context by Olena Dobrovolska, Knut Schmidtke, Viktoriia Hnatushenko, Svitlana Sytnyk, Iryna Dmytriieva

“…The study object is the socio-economic systems of the national economies of European countries in relation to the totality of forest resources of the continent. …”
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Family functionality as a mediator in the relationship between humanization and academic burnout in adolescents by Pablo Molina Moreno, Silvia Fernández Gea, María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, María del Mar Molero Jurado, José Jesús Gázquez Linares

“…Family and educational systems play a pivotal role in supporting these competencies. …”
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Changes and their effects on working and daily life time use allocation between work-from-home and office work days during the telework period: insights from the survey in Japan by Eri Aoki, Eri Aoki, Ai Hiramatsu, Keisuke Hanaki

“…This study contributes to sustainable telework strategies by offering insights into effective support systems that balance flexibility, productivity, and environmental sustainability, aiming both for an enhanced personal life and societal benefits.…”
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Unlocking biological complexity: the role of machine learning in integrative multi-omics by Ravindra Kumar, Rajrani Ruhel, Andre J. van Wijnen

“… The increasing complexity of biological systems demands advanced analytical approaches to decode the underlying mechanisms of health and disease. …”
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Study of Atmospheric Pollutants Concentration Correlation with Meteorological Quantities in Bandar Abbas by Marziyeh Sisipoor, Mehdi Rahnama, Saviz Sehat Kashani, Noshin Khodam, faezeh noori, Sajad Qahramani

“…In general, the results of this study showed that the main reason of urban pollution in Bandar Abbas city was the abundance of two particulate pollutants, PM10 and PM2.5, and these conditions are also dependent on the weather systems and climatic conditions of the region. The daily average correlation analysis of PM10 pollutant showed that on a daily scale, this pollutant had a significant and positive relationship with wind speed and a significant and inverse relationship with relative humidity and horizontal visibility. …”
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Antibacterial and quorum sensing regulatory activities of some traditional Eastern-European medicinal plants by Tolmacheva Anna A., Rogozhin Eugene A., Deryabin Dmitry G.

“…The objective of this study was to screen extracts of twenty Eastern European medicinal plants, using wild-type and reporter Chromobacterium violaceum bioassays, for novel components that target bacterial cells and their quorum sensing (QS) communication systems. Three types of activity and their combinations were revealed: (i) direct antimicrobial growth-inhibitory activity, (ii) non-specific and specific pro-QS activities, (iii) anti-QS activity. …”
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Surveying You Only Look Once (YOLO) Multispectral Object Detection Advancements, Applications, and Challenges by James E. Gallagher, Edward J. Oughton

“…Ground-based collection is the most prevalent approach, totaling 63% of the papers reviewed, although uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) for YOLO-multispectral applications have doubled since 2020. …”
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Water loss in transit in an intermittent river in brazilian semi-arid by Cristian Epifanio Toledo, Emanuelly de Moura Silva Almeida, Alexandre Vicente Lopes Neto, Thályta Lharyssa Gonçalves Rodrigues Gonçalves Rodrigues Silva, Filipe Augusto Rodrigues Santos

“…In recent decades, there has been great interest in trying to to improve understanding of the interactions occuring between superficial and subterranean water systems. A variety of analytical solutions have been proposed to describe the interaction of confined and free aquifers with adjacent rivers, including the quantification of the decrease of river flow along its course. …”
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Explainable AI-Based Approach for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Detection via Fundus Imaging by Ainhoa Osa-Sanchez, Hossam Magdy Balaha, Ali Mahmoud, Ashraf Sewelam, Mohammed Ghazal, Begonya Garcia-Zapirain, Ayman El-Baz

“…Future research will focus on improving these systems by expanding the databases in aggregate and incorporating multimodal data.…”
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Highly selective-notch band ultrawide band antenna: A review by Anees Abbas, Wahaj Abbas Awan, Niamat Hussain, Domin Choi, Sangmin Lee, Nam Kim

“…However, designing an antenna with appropriate characteristics for these systems is a significant problem since it must avoid interfering with current limited bandwidth technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi, lower 5G, and satellite downlink band) in the UWB range. …”
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A new maturity recognition algorithm for Xinhui citrus based on improved YOLOv8 by Fuqin Deng, Zhenghong He, Lanhui Fu, Jianle Chen, Nannan Li, Weibiao Chen, Jialong Luo, Weilai Qiao, Jianfeng Hou, Yongkang Lu

“…This paper aims to improve the model for detecting Xinhui citrus maturity in complex orchards, supporting automated fruit-picking systems.…”
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Poor Reporting of Outcomes Beyond Accuracy in Point-of-Care Tests for Syphilis: A Call for a Framework by Yalda Jafari, Mira Johri, Lawrence Joseph, Caroline Vadnais, Nitika Pant Pai

“…Although accuracy data on POC syphilis tests have been widely published, few studies have evaluated broader outcomes beyond accuracy that impact patients and health systems. We comprehensively reviewed evidence and reporting of these implementation research outcomes (IROs), and proposed a framework to improve their quality. …”
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Spatial transcriptomics unveils estrogen-modulated immune responses and structural alterations in the ectocervical mucosa of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users by Vilde Kaldhusdal, Mathias Franzen Boger, Annelie Tjernlund, Adam D. Burgener, Frideborg Bradley, Julie Lajoie, Kenneth Omollo, Joshua Kimani, Keith Fowke, Paulo Czarnewski, Kristina Broliden

“…Ectocervical tissue samples from Kenyan sex workers using DMPA, or non-hormonal contraceptives, underwent spatial transcriptomics and gene set enrichment analyses. Integrated systemic estradiol levels and bulk tissue gene expression data from a larger cohort enhanced the study’s scope. …”
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Investigating the Efficiency of Machine Learning Methods for Simulating the Effects of the Paper-Pulp Industry on Aqua Ecosystem Pollution by Mahmoud Ahmadi, Mehran Davallo, Mohsen Jahanshahi, Vahid Kiarostami, Majid Peyravi

“…The chemical oxygen demand (COD), mixed liquor suspended solids  (MLSS), and pH are considered the main parameters for analyzing pollutant systems. First, the experimental values of MLSS and COD for different hydraulic retention times (HRT=12, 18, and 24) are obtained. …”
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Ineffectiveness of phosphorus binding treatments in a semi-enclosed area of a large, shallow, and hypereutrophic lake by Joseph L. Davidson, Stephen J. Jacquemin, Silvia E. Newell, John C. Hughes, Lindsay D. Starr, Mark J. McCarthy

“…These results suggest that in-lake chemical treatments to mitigate cHABs are unlikely to provide long-lasting benefits in these semi-enclosed areas of large, shallow, hypereutrophic systems, and resources may be better applied toward reducing external nutrient loads (P and nitrogen) from the watershed.…”
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Human Mature Adipocytes Express Albumin and This Expression Is Not Regulated by Inflammation by Maria Luisa Sirico, Bruna Guida, Alfredo Procino, Andrea Pota, Maurizio Sodo, Giuseppe Grandaliano, Simona Simone, Giovanni Pertosa, Eleonora Riccio, Bruno Memoli

“…Our results also showed that systemic inflammation does not modulate albumin gene expression. …”
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Structural and vascular assessment of the optic nerve head and macula in chronic Chagas disease by Cristiana L. M. Agra, Camila V. Ventura, Letícia D. da Fonte, Marcela R. V. Oliveira, Marília Leal, Maria Elisa L. S. M. Assunção, Maria da Glória A. M. Cavalcanti, Silvia M. M. Alves, Ana Karine Soares, Liana O. Ventura, Tiago S. Prata

“…Although our findings suggested that the cardiovascular dysfunction resulting from chronic CD does not seem to cause significant structural or vascular preclinical changes to the ONH and the macula, the results herein benefit this patient population and may provide important preliminary information about the ocular impairment caused by the condition and its possible systemic complications.…”
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