Human leukocyte Antigen-B*27 allele subtype prevalence and disease association of ankylosing spondylitis among south indian population by Vikram Haridas, Praveenkumar Shetty, M Nirmal Kumar, K C Vasanthakumar, Kiran Haridas, Vitthal Khode, Anil Bargale

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Effects of fluconazole and amphotericin B in the control of cryptococcal pneumonia in vivo by Zhao Yu, Zhihao Liu, Jiaojiao Qian, Yuanyuan Qian

“…Key respiratory function indices—forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), and FEV1/FVC ratios—were measured pre- and post-treatment, alongside levels of procalcitonin (PCT), soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1), miR-15b, and TGF-β1. …”
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Modification of Rayleigh dissipation function for numerical simulation of internal damping in rod structures by V. N. Sidorov, E. S. Badina, D. O. Klimushkin

“…This approach allows us to take into account energy dissipation due to internal friction in the material when both its volume and shape change. The presented technique is promising in practical calculations of structures when shear stiffness has a significant impact on their stress-strain state.Materials and methods. …”
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Applicability of Pulse Pressure Variation during Unstable Hemodynamic Events in the Intensive Care Unit: A Five-Day Prospective Multicenter Study by Bertrand Delannoy, Florent Wallet, Delphine Maucort-Boulch, Mathieu Page, Mahmoud Kaaki, Mathieu Schoeffler, Brenton Alexander, Olivier Desebbe

“…The six predefined inclusion criteria for pulse pressure variation applicability were as follows: mechanical ventilation, tidal volume >7 mL/kg, sinus rhythm, no spontaneous breath, heart rate/respiratory rate ratio >3.6, absence of right ventricular dysfunction, or severe valvulopathy. …”
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A Perspective of the Pore Architecture of Nanoporous Materials by Vapour Adsorption of Aromatics and Olefins by R. Vijayalakshmi Puranik, Prakash Kumar, B.M. Chandrashekara, C. Ravindra Reddy, Y.S. Bhat, B.S. Jaiprakash

“…The packing density of the adsorbate molecules in the channels of the adsorbent was determined by the space-filling characteristics of the molecules which, in turn, depended on various factors such as the effective molecular volume, steric factors, the positioning of the double bonds, and the attractive and repulsive forces.…”
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Effect of Mn Doping on Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of CoCuNiTi High-Entropy Alloy Coatings by Mingxing Ma, Zhixin Wang, Chengjun Zhu, Ying Dong, Lixin Liu, Liang Zhao, Qingxue Cui, Dachuan Zhu, Deliang Zhang

“…The addition of Mn causes a decrease in the lattice constant and cell volume of the above two phases, as well as an increase in the density of the two phases and the FCC phase content. …”
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A Study on Histomorphological Spectrum in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding at a Tertiary Care Center by Santharam M, Preethi Sekar, Karthikeyan TM, Sharanya Kandaswamy

“…It includes any alteration in frequency, length, or volume that deviates from typical menstrual rhythms. …”
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Production Performance and Nitrogen and Phosphorus Mass Balance in Biofloc-based African Catfish Intensive Culture at Different Densities by Sumitro, Tatag Budiardi, Hilmi Fauzi, Julie Ekasari

“…African catfish with an average body weight of 2.64 ± 0.06 g was randomly distributed into 12 units of round tank with a working volume of 2 m3 of water and maintained for 8 weeks. …”
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Divisive Refinement of Metal Fiber at the PM0.1 Classification Stage for PM0.5–0.1 Sampling with Nanosampler by Yuta Kurotsuchi, Kazuhiko Sekiguchi, Yohei Hayakawa

“…In the 4D cartridge, it was estimated that 8.7 mg of SUS wool fiber was required to achieve a classification efficiency of 100 nm at 50% cutoff diameter because the apparent volume fraction of SUS wool fiber increases with the introduction of the partition. …”
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Delivering Volumetric Hyperthermia to Head and Neck Cancer Patient-Specific Models Using an Ultrasound Spherical Random Phased Array Transducer by Muhammad Zubair, Imad Uddin, Robert Dickinson, Chris J. Diederich

“…The transducer consisting of 256 elements randomly positioned on a spherical shell, operated at a frequency of 1 MHz with various phasing schemes and power modulations to analyze 40, 41, and 43 °C isothermal volumes and the penetration depth of the heating volume, along with temperature uniformity within the target area using T10, T50, and T90 temperatures, across different tumor models. …”
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Prevalence and Regional Variations of Visual and Auditory Impairments Among Elderly Individuals in the Faroe Islands: A Cross-Sectional Study by Haanes GG, Christiansen J, Hofoss D

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Potential Use and Challenges of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment and Conservation in Game Lodges and Resorts in Kenya by Richard O. B. Makopondo, Laban K. Rotich, Cynthia G. Kamau

“…Hospitality establishments produce large volumes of wastewater that is sometimes discharged to the environment without being treated. …”
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Decentralized and Asymmetric Multi-Agent Learning in Construction Sites by Yakov Miron, Dan Navon, Yuval Goldfracht, Dotan Di Castro, Itzik Klein

“…We simultaneously train dozer and dumper agents to operate within the same environment, aiming to avoid collisions and optimizing performance in terms of time efficiency and sand volume handling. Our trained agents and heuristics are evaluated in both simulation and real-world lab experiments, testing them under various conditions such as visual noise and localization errors. …”
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Respecting dignity: A fundamental element of the ethical being's existence by Ljupcho Chakar*, Aleksandar Stankov, Goran Pavlovski, Natasha Bitoljanu, Viktorija Belakaposka Srpanova, Ana Ivcheva, Rosica Siamkouri, Zlatko Jakovski

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How to get over with medication errors underestimation? Improving indices of medication errors with focus on intravenous medications in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation sett... by Ava Mansouri, Kiana Moazzeni, Maryam Valeh, Kazem Heidari, Molouk Hadjibabaie

“…The most common potential errors were the use of an incorrect volume of the reconstitution solvent during medication preparation and lack of monitoring in the administration stage.…”
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Deformation-induced pearlite transformation and spheroidization of bearing steel for new energy vehicles by Zhihui Chen, Xiaolong Gan, Man Liu, Zhengliang Xue, Hao Tian, Desheng Li, Guang Xu

“…With the increase of deformation strain from 20% to 75%, the volume fraction of deformation-induced pearlite increased gradually, the spheroidization of cementite occurred, and the hardness of the tested steel decreased from 720 HV to 361 HV. …”
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IRF3 Promotes Production of IL-6 and Nitric Oxide but Represses CCL22 in RAW264.7 Macrophage Cells Exposed to Lipopolysaccharides in Culture by Moore TC, Pinkerton TS, Petro TM

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An Analysis of Mathematics Education Quality: Case Study of Adiyaman University by Suat Aşkın, Murat Ayan

“…The total university student number in the year when the poll is conducted in 2012 is 12.000. The sample volume for the poll is determined as 400 students and the poll is performed. …”
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Associations Between Frailty and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Prediabetes: A Population-Based Study by Zhao C, Wang K

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Physiological variables associated with the development of acute mountain sickness at the South Pole by Paul J Anderson, Bruce D Johnson, Michael F Harrison, Andrew D Miller, Kathy A O'Malley, Maile L Richert, Jacob B Johnson

“…Statistical analysis utilised independent sample t tests to investigate between-group differences (p<0.05) and a forward, step-wise binary logisitic regression analysis was performed.Participants Of 248 eligible ASAP participants, those who did not use acetazolamide (N=98) were included in the present analysis.Primary outcome measures The diagnosis of AMS using the Lake Louise Symptom Score.Results Analysis of participants not using acetazolamide (n=90) found 30 participants developed AMS and 60 participants did not. Estimated plasma volume decreased significantly at altitude (p=0.025) in the AMS group as compared with the No AMS group while body weight did not change (p=0.125). …”
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