Long-term survival and clinical implications of allogeneic stem cell transplantation in relapse/refractory lymphoma: A 20-year Singapore experience by Wei Sheng Joshua Loke, Jean Rachel Catapia, Chay Lee Low, Francesca Lim, Jeffrey Quek, Hein Than, Yeow Tee Goh, Yeh Ching Linn, Colin Phipps Diong, Aloysius Ho, William Hwang, Chung Cheng Jordan Hwang, Aditi Ghosh, Liang Pui Koh, Lip Koon Tan, Joanne Lee, Li Mei Michelle Poon, Cheng Kiat Lawrence Ng

“…Conclusion: Long-term curative durability was observed with allo-HSCT for patients with relapsed/ refractory lymphomas. This real-world data serves as a valuable historical benchmark for future studies on lymphomas in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region.…”
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Attitudes of healthcare workers at a District in KwaZulu-Natal regarding institutionalisation of antimicrobial stewardship by Andile P. Dlungele, Lehlohonolo J. Mathibe

“…Background: The Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programme is one of the strategic initiatives of the World Health Organization’s global action plan to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). …”
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Review: Will “cultured meat” transform our food system towards more sustainability? by Jean-François Hocquette, Sghaier Chriki, Dominique Fournier, Marie-Pierre Ellies-Oury

“…Answers to the various questions depend on the different visions of the World by stakeholders, consumers and citizens. Some of them argue for a moderate or a strong reduction in livestock farming, or even the abolition of livestock farming perceived as an exploitation of farm animals. …”
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First aid guidelines for fragile contexts (conflict, disaster and remote areas): Contextualization & Adaptation

“…Discussion: First aid educators around the world have to understand that guidelines are provided as an evidence-based guiding document which need to be adapted by the educator to the realities faced by the learner. …”
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Modelling Euphrates river water quality index based on field measured data in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq by Marwah M. Al-Khuzaie, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The study identifies that nickel, iron, and cadmium concentrations exceeded Iraqi and World Health Organization (WHO) standards, leading to a heavy pollution index peak of 150.38 in the Euphrates River branch. …”
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Development and use of indirect liquid-phase ELISA test system for detection of PRRS virus antigen during in-process control of raw materials intended for vaccine production by Ye. P. Baborenko, O. P. Byadovskaya, D. A. Biryuchenkov, A. V. Konstantinov, R. V. Yashin

“…Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) being endemic and reported in the most countries in the world remains one of the most challenging diseases in pig industry. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF SIMULATIVE MODELLING OF THE INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE CORPORATE NETWORKS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Vagif Gasimov, Balami Ismailov

“…The process of obtaining simulation results was implemented in the GPSS World modeling system and comparative analyzes of the main characteristics of the ISS were carried out for various laws of distribution of output parameters. …”
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Processing streams in a monitoring cloud cluster by Alexey N. Nazarov

“…The International Telecommunication Union’ (ITU) recommendations Y. 3510 present the requirements for cloud infrastructure that require monitoring the performance of deployed applications based on the collection of real-world statistics. Often, computing resources of monitoring clusters of cloud data centers are allocated for continuous parallel processing of high-speed streaming data, which imposes new requirements to monitoring technologies, necessitating the creation and research of new models of parallel computing. …”
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Gated Spatial–Temporal Merged Transformer Inspired by Multimask and Dual Branch for Traffic Forecasting by Yongpeng Yang, Zhenzhen Yang, Zhen Yang

“…At last, some experiments, which are performed on several real-world traffic datasets, demonstrate the better results over classic traffic forecasting methods.…”
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Analysis of a novel method for finding solutions of interval game problems via fuzzy approaches by Monika Bisht, Shivam Rawat, Junaid Ahmed

“…Given the inherent uncertainty in real-world problems, obtaining exact values of payoffs for a matrix game can be difficult. …”
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Profil Klinikopatologi Karsinoma Sel Skuamosa Kepala dan Leher di Padang by Zulda Musyarifah, Yenita Yenita

“…Sampel diperoleh dari blok parafin yang berasal dari jaringan hasil biopsi kemudian dilakukan reevaluasi terhadap derajat histopatologi dan IPN berdasarkan klasifikasi The World Health Organization (WHO). Hasil: Kasus KSS kepala dan leher pada penelitian ditemukan pada usia 51-60 tahun (30%), dengan lokasi hipofaring dan laring (50,4%), laki-laki (71,4%), stadium IV (64%), sebagian besar dengan KSS berdiferensiasi baik (42,8%) dan IPN hanya ditemukan sebanyak 10,5% kasus. …”
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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori among Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) Symptoms: A Retrospective Study at Selected Africa Air Rescue (AAR) Clinics in Kampala, Uganda, f... by Edity Namyalo, Luke Nyakarahuka, Matthias Afayoa, Joel Baziira, Andrew Tamale, G. Collins Atuhaire, Joseph M. Kungu

“…Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is extremely common worldwide, with almost half of the world’s population infected. In Uganda, no study has been done on the trends of the prevalence of H. pylori infection in the affluent population. …”
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Determinants of Intraocular Pressure (IOP) of Glaucoma Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia by Mitiku Wale Muluneh, Shewayiref Geremew Gebremichael

“…Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world associated with characteristic damage to the optic nerve and patterns of visual field loss due to retinal ganglion cell degeneration. …”
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Risky Behaviors among HIV-Positive Female Sex Workers in Northern Karnataka, India by Apoorva Jadhav, Parinita Bhattacharjee, T. Raghavendra, James Blanchard, Stephen Moses, Shajy Isac, Shiva S. Halli

“…Little is known about the risky sexual behaviors of HIV-positive female sex workers (FSWs) in the developing world, which is critical for programmatic purposes. …”
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Carbon footprint of the energy sector by Leysan R. Gainullina, Aidar R. Fasykhov, Nail F. Timerbaev, Victoria R. Ibragimova

“…The world's attention is focused on the anthropogenic component of climate change. …”
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Emerging Nanoparticle-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Cancer: Innovations and Challenges by Rachitha Puttasiddaiah, Nagaraj Basavegowda, Nityashree Kyathegowdanadoddi Lakshmanagowda, Vinay Basavegowda Raghavendra, Niju Sagar, Kandi Sridhar, Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Maharshi Bhaswant, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Minaxi Sharma

“…Malignant growth is expected to surpass other significant causes of death as one of the top reasons for dismalness and mortality worldwide. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) study, this illness causes approximately between 9 and 10 million instances of deaths annually. …”
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Design of an integrated model with temporal graph attention and transformer-augmented RNNs for enhanced anomaly detection by Sai Babu Veesam, Aravapalli Rama Satish, Sreenivasulu Tupakula, Yuvaraju Chinnam, Krishna Prakash, Shonak Bansal, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque

“…Further, the generalization capability of the framework to unseen anomalies, up to a gain of + 20% on novel event detection, represents a major advancement for real-world surveillance systems.…”
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Typical use effectiveness of Natural Cycles: postmarket surveillance study investigating the impact of previous contraceptive choice on the risk of unintended pregnancy by Simon Rowland, Raoul Scherwitzl, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Jonathan Bull, Olof Lundberg, Elina Berglund-Scherwitzl, James Trussell

“…Objective To investigate the association between contraceptive effectiveness of Natural Cycles and users’ previous choice of contraceptive, and to evaluate the impact of shifting from other methods to Natural Cycles on the risk of unintended pregnancy.Setting Natural Cycles mobile application.Participants 16 331 Natural Cycles users in Sweden for the prevention of pregnancy.Outcome measures Risk of unintended pregnancy.Study design Real world evidence was collected from Natural Cycles users regarding contraceptive use prior to using Natural Cycles and sexual activity while using Natural Cycles. …”
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Using ChatGPT for medical education: the technical perspective by Kwan Yin Chan, Tsz Hon Yuen, Michael Co

“…From the quantitative approach, we launched the world’s first cross-territory virtual bedside teaching with our proposed application and conducted a survey between the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). …”
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Contrast sensitivity before and after refractive error correction among refractive error patients in Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia 2023 by Balcha Negese Kebede, Seid Mohammed Seid, Eyerus Gesesse Samuel

“…Since good visual acuity is not necessarily associated with good visual performance in the “real world” it is important to consider contrast sensitivity when prescribing corrective lenses. …”
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