Availability, functionality and access of blood pressure machines at the points of care in public primary care facilities in Tororo district, Uganda by Innocent K. Besigye, Vicent Okuuny, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Anne R. Katahoire, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Robert Mash, Achilles Katamba

“…We sought to understand the availability, functionality and access of BP machines at the points of care within primary care facilities in Tororo district, Uganda. …”
Get full text

PATHOLOGICAL SIGNS OF EPILEPTIC AND NON-EPILEPTIC ORIGIN DETECTED IN AWAKE/SLEEP EEG PATTERNS DURING OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT MONITORING: PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION by V. V. Gnezditskiy, O. S. Korepina, V. A. Karlov, G. B. Novoselova

“…Secondly, a loss of function can be caused by a continuous discharge activity of brain neurons. …”
Get full text

Scalable Electrochemical Synthesis of Novel Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles and Its Application to High-Sensitive Detection of 4-Nitrophenol in Aqueous System by Van-Tuan Hoang, Ngo Xuan Dinh, Tuyet Nhung Pham, Tran Vinh Hoang, Pham Anh Tuan, Tran Quang Huy, Anh-Tuan Le

“…Under a direct-current voltage source, the biomolecules in GTE can release electrons to promote the reducing process of Ag+ to Ag0. …”
Get full text

A Method for Extracting Features of the Intrinsic Mode Function’s Energy Arrangement Entropy in the Shaft Frequency Electric Field of Vessels by Xiaoguang Ma, Zhaolong Sun, Runxiang Jiang, Xinquan Yue, Qi Liu

“…To address the challenge of detecting low-frequency electric field signals from vessels in complex marine environments, a vessel shaft frequency electric field feature extraction method based on intrinsic mode function energy arrangement entropy values is proposed, building upon a scaled model. …”
Get full text

Upper extremity function and disability recovery with vibration therapy after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs by Yueh-Hsun Lu, Hung-Ju Chen, Chun-De Liao, Po-Jung Chen, Xin-Miao Wang, Chieh-Hsiang Yu, Po-Yin Chen, Chueh-Ho Lin

“…Results Overall, 30 RCTs including 1621 people with stroke were selected. Compared with the control, vibration therapy exerted significant effects on upper extremity motor impairment [standardized mean difference (SMD) = 1.19; p < 0.00001)], function (SMD = 0.62; p < 0.00001), and disability recovery (SMD = 1.01; p < 0.00001). …”
Get full text

Comprehensive Evaluation of Different Oat Varieties in Semi-Arid Areas of Gansu Province by Guanlu Zhang, Jikuan Chai, Guiqin Zhao, Liang Zeng, Wenping Wang, Kuiju Niu

“…In light of the current global challenges, such as climate change, the overexploitation of natural resources, and increasing food demand, drought-tolerant forage crops present substantial potential for development in dryland regions. …”
Get full text

Nisin-coated alginate microbeads loaded with honey-derived probiotic yeast for enhanced shelf-life and functionality in snack bars by Fatemeh Taheri, Alireza Sadeghi, Seid Mahdi Jafari, Sara Shahryari, Maryam Zarali

Get full text

Nutritional and Functional Characterization of Flour from Seeds of Chañar (<i>Geoffroea decorticans</i>) to Promote Its Sustainable Use by Marisa Ayelen Rivas, Enzo Agustin Matteucci, Ivana Fabiola Rodriguez, María Alejandra Moreno, Iris Catiana Zampini, Adriana Ramon, María Inés Isla

“…A high polyphenol and dietary fiber content was detected. Flavonoids and condensed tannins were the dominant phenolics. …”
Get full text

Saponins from <i>Solanum nigrum</i> L. Fruit: Extraction Optimization, Structural Characterization, and Dual-Functional Efficacy by Shuyuan Chen, Weiyun Guo, Tonghe Zhang, Jianfang Chen, Li Huang, Jihong Huang, Ruqiang Huang

“…., a widely consumed Asian medicinal edible plant, is a promising source of bioactive saponins for functional food applications. …”
Get full text

Compact Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detector with Adjustable Laser Focal Spot for Multiple Purposes by Zihe Xu, Xi Chen, Fangwu Liu

“…The influence of the excitation power on the detection limit was studied through experiments, and the configuration results for LED/LD as light sources and 487/450 nm wavelengths were compared and optimized. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of the effectiveness of sliding redundancy of radioelectronic facilities by T. E. Gelfman, A. P. Pirkhavka

“…Practical recommendations on the selection of the redundancy mode are presented according to different reliability indices and constructed mathematical models of the sliding redundancy efficiency coefficients. …”
Get full text

Search for signals of positive selection of circadian rhythm genes <i>PER1</i>, <i>PER2</i>, <i>PER3</i> in different human populations by A. I. Mishina, S. Y. Bakoev, A. Y. Oorzhak, A. A. Keskinov, Sh. Sh. Kabieva, A. V. Korobeinikova, V. S. Yudin, M. M. Bobrova, D. A. Shestakov, V. V. Makarov, L. V. Getmantseva

“…To identify selection signals in different population groups, the PER1, PER2 and PER3 genes that are involved in the coordination of thermogenic functions and regulation of circadian rhythms, which is directly reflected in the adaptive abilities of the organism, were investigated. …”
Get full text

Reconstructed Phase Space-Based Damage Detection Using a Single Sensor for Beam-Like Structure Subjected to a Moving Mass by Zhenhua Nie, Tuan Ngo, Hongwei Ma

“…This paper presents a novel damage detection method based on the reconstructed phase space of vibration signals using a single sensor. …”
Get full text

A Label Correction Learning Framework for Gully Erosion Extraction Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images and Noisy Labels by Chunhui Zhao, Yi Shen, Nan Su, Yiming Yan, Shou Feng, Wei Xiang, Yong Liu, Tianhao Zhao

“…To achieve this, we introduce three key components in the framework, including an adaptive correction loss function, a multitree refinement module, and a noise correction module. …”
Get full text

Revealing Potential Initial Mass Function Variations with Metallicity: JWST Observations of Young Open Clusters in a Low-metallicity Environment by Chikako Yasui, Natsuko Izumi, Masao Saito, Ryan M. Lau, Naoto Kobayashi, Michael E. Ressler

“…A total of 52 and 91 sources were extracted in mass- A _V -limited samples in the two clusters, from which initial mass functions (IMFs) were derived by model-fitting the F200W band luminosity function, resulting in IMF peak masses (hereafter M _C ) $\mathrm{log}{M}_{C}/{M}_{\odot }\simeq -1.5\pm 0.5$ for both clusters. …”
Get full text

Dip‐Pen Nanolithography‐Based Fabrication of Meta‐Chemical Surface for Heavy Metal Detection: Role of Poly‐Methyl Methacrylate in Sensor Sensitivity by Rahma Okbi, Mohammed Alkrenawi, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Dror Shamir, Haya Kornweitz, Yael Peled, Moshe Zohar, Ariela Burg

“…The nanosize, the surface‐to‐volume ratio (18.6 and 23.1 μm−1 for DAN‐ and D‐PA‐based ink, respectively), and the binding strength between the ligand and the cation (2.21 and −21.37 kcal mol−1 for DAN‐ and D‐PA‐based ink, respectively) are found to be the source of their high sensitivity, with limit of detection values of 0.40 and 0.30 ppb for DAN and D‐PA, respectively. …”
Get full text

Advancing green flotation: Separation of Cu-Pb minerals through the application of eco-friendly organic double reaction group depressant by Siqi Yang, Xianping Luo, Rufeng Chen, Louyan Shen, Xun Fan, Jiancheng Miao, Xuekun Tang

Get full text

Eeg-based detection of epileptic seizures in patients with disabilities using a novel attention-driven deep learning framework with SHAP interpretability by Tawfeeq Shawly, Ahmed A. Alsheikhy

“…Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning have facilitated the automation of seizure detection from EEG signals with improved accuracy. …”
Get full text

Smoke and Fire-You Only Look Once: A Lightweight Deep Learning Model for Video Smoke and Flame Detection in Natural Scenes by Chenmeng Zhao, Like Zhao, Ka Zhang, Yinghua Ren, Hui Chen, Yehua Sheng

“…Owing to the demand for smoke and flame detection in natural scenes, this paper proposes a lightweight deep learning model, SF-YOLO (Smoke and Fire-YOLO), for video smoke and flame detection in such environments. …”
Get full text

Multi-layer feature fusion and attention-enhanced YOLOv9 for rapid field detection of greenhouse blueberry maturity at long and short distances by Ziwei Pan, Lei Xu, Wanjin Zhao, Cong Fan, Xihao Zhang, Weihui Chen, Yonglin Shen, Nengcheng Chen

“…Given the dense growth of blueberry plants and small fruit size, detecting blueberry maturity at long distances poses significant challenges. …”
Get full text