Re-Infection Outcomes Following One- And Two-Stage Surgical Revision of Infected Knee Prosthesis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Setor K Kunutsor, Michael R Whitehouse, Erik Lenguerrand, Ashley W Blom, Andrew D Beswick, INFORM Team

“…<h4>Design</h4>Systematic review and meta-analysis.<h4>Data sources</h4>MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, reference lists of relevant studies to August 2015, and correspondence with investigators.…”
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High-resolution spatiotemporal measurement of air and environmental noise pollution in Sub-Saharan African cities: Pathways to Equitable Health Cities Study protocol for Accra, Gha... by Michael Brauer, Majid Ezzati, Sierra N Clark, Abosede S Alli, Jill Baumgartner, Mireille B Toledano, Allison F Hughes, James Nimo, Josephine Bedford Moses, Solomon Terkpertey, Jose Vallarino, Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Ernest Agyemang, Ricky Nathvani, Emily Muller, James Bennett, Jiayuan Wang, Andrew Beddows, Frank Kelly, Benjamin Barratt, Sean Beevers, Raphael E Arku

“…Our design uses a combination of fixed (year-long, n=10) and rotating (week-long, n =~130) sites, selected to represent a range of land uses and source influences (eg, background, road traffic, commercial, industrial and residential areas, and various neighbourhood socioeconomic classes). …”
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The RBF-FD and RBF-FDTD Methods for Solving Time-Domain Electrical Transient Problems in Power Systems by Duc-Quang Vu, Nhat-Nam Nguyen, Phan-Tu Vu

“…RBFs such as Gaussian (GA), Multiquadric (MQ), Inverse Quadric (IQ), and Inverse Multiquadric (IMQ) are used in these numerical methods to formulate the central finite difference approximations of the first- and second-order derivatives of a function. The algorithm of selecting “optimal” shape parameters for our basis functions is also applied, specifically to increase the accuracy of the suggested methods with regard to high accuracy needs. …”
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Extraction and characterization of humic acid from low-rank coal mined reserves in South Sumatra and its application on red chili (Capsicum annuum L.) in fertilizer exhausted soil by Mega Kartika Hermawan, Emma Trinurani Sofyan, Rija Sudirja, Anne Nurbaity

“…Laboratory-scale characterization revealed that locally sourced HA shares many functional groups with commercial leonardite-based HA. …”
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Insight into influence of degradation metabolism of Firmicutes on the microstructure of anthracite coal by Yuewu Wang, Bingjun Liu, Sheng Xue, Yang Yang, Jian Chen, Jingbei Zhang, Chunshan Zheng, Tianyao Zhou

“…Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) experiments revealed that biodegradation stimulated by nitrogen source reduced the aromaticity of coal by 59.62% and enhanced the hydroxyl functional group content by 1.822 times. …”
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Optimization of Adversarial Reprogramming for Transfer Learning on Closed Box Models by Alexander Bott, Moritz Siems, Alexander Puchta, Jurgen Fleischer

“…While it has been shown that this concept can work well in image classification, and a further modification has been developed to classify time series features, this work focuses primarily on the remaining key challenges such as the selection and comparison of appropriate loss functions, the optimisation of hyperparameters using Bayesian methods, and data labelling in the absence of ground truth. …”
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Advancements in Herpes Zoster Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management: Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence Applications by Dasheng Wu, Na Liu, Rui Ma, Peilong Wu

“…Hospital-derived data were the primary source (15/26, 57.7%), followed by public databases (6/26, 23.1%) and internet data (5/26, 19.2%). …”
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Theoretical and technical concept of cemented backfill material for flexible enhanced thermal energy storage in coal underground space by Chao LYU, Wenyu LYU, Qiang SUN, Panshi XIE, Ding LANG, Songtao JI, Jianjun HU

“…In general, CBM–FETES realizes the full integration of mines and variable energy sources and enriches the connotation of filling mining. …”
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Analysis of the Possibility of Using Energy Harvesters to Power Wearable Electronics in Clothing by Anna Dąbrowska, Agnieszka Greszta

“…., sensors and diodes) implemented to clothing indicate the possibility of using miniaturized EHs as a power source for such elements. Each of the discussed EH has both disadvantages and advantages. …”
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Evaluation of the coupling coordination effect of Hefei Rail transit station area based on supply and demand matching. by Wangyang Gui, Mengnan Cheng, Tong Zhang, Yifei Guo, Bin Xu

“…The coupling of supply and demand in the rail transit station area is an important driving force for ensuring the balanced development between the traffic functions and the place performance of the rail transit station area. …”
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Coherence in popularized medico-pharmaceutical reports: The case of EPAR summaries for the public by Aage Hill-Madsen

“…The summary for the public reports the gist of the specialized source text in a linguistic register suitable for a lay readership. …”
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Interpretation of Phraseological Units Using Chinese Language in Russian-Chinese Phraseological Dictionaries by Di Liu, Fanhong Meng

“…The results of the research showed that the explanation of Russian phraseology in these lexicographic sources is carried out in two ways: through interpretation and selection of a similar expression. …”
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Managing Static Archives for Historical Research: A Study at the Archives Depot of the East Java Provincial Library and Archives Service, Indonesia by Farah Mumtahanah Mustakim, Adi Prasetyawan

“…The study applied static archive management theories, encompassing record selection, accessioning, arrangement, description, conservation, preservation, storage, and reference functions. …”
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The influence of genetics on the endocannabinoid system gene expression and relevance for targeting reproductive conditions by Keisuke Tanaka, Akwasi A. Amoako, Sally Mortlock, Peter A. W. Rogers, Sarah J. Holdsworth-Carson, Jacqueline F. Donoghue, Wan Tinn Teh, Grant W. Montgomery, Brett McKinnon

“…Abstract Background Endocannabinoids are small lipid molecules that have critical roles in cellular proliferation and function. They are produced locally with their concentrations controlled via the endocannabinoid system (ECS). …”
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Evaluation of Adulticidal Clorine with Black Sand, White Sand and Silica Sand for Decline Coliform Bacteria by Rezania Asyfiradayati, Eni Budiyati, Mitoriana Porusia, Muhammad Rivandi Athaya, Afnan Zain Muzakki, Jenita Berlian Nindyasari, Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim

“…This finding suggests that material selection significantly influences the functional performance of chlorine-based water disinfection systems.…”
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HEARING CORRECTION METHOD BASED ON PSYCHOACOUSTICALLY MOTIVATED FREQUENCY TRANSPOSITION IN A SPEECH SIGNAL by M. I. Porhun, M. I. Vashkevich

“…For frequency transposition, source and target frequency bands are selected. The width of the source frequency band is fixed, while the width of the target band is adaptive. …”
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Tracing the Image of Turks in Travel Writing through Translation by Seda Taş İlmek

“…Therefore, the analysis suggests that the translator, as an intercultural agent, seemed to claim his position as an author-translator in the translation process while particularly illustrating the function of gatekeeping and the use of translation for selecting and highlighting the representation of mental pictures of a certain culture and period.…”
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Designing and implementing a Web-based real time routing service for crisis management (a case study for district 11 of Tehran) by javad sadidi, seyed hassan hosseini sajedi

“…According to the obtained results, the path’s length and traffic’s volume variables have the most important role in target function formation (travel cost) therefore the specific path will be selected as the optimal path, with the minimized distance between the destination and the traffic volume. …”
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Egyptian pediatric kidney transplantation: highlights on post-transplant follow-up and management of complications by the Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee... by Bahia Moustafa, Neveen A. Soliman, Ihab Shaheen, Ahmed Badr, Fatma M. Atia, Mohamed K. El Hatw, Engy Adel Mogahed, Mona EL-Ghamrawy, Khaled El Khashab, Noha Shaheen, Mohamad G. Shouman, Abeer Selim, Magdy El-Sharkawy, Tarek Abd El Azeem, Mohamad Esmat, Manal Salman, Bedeir Ali-El-Dein, Mona Abdel Rahim, Muhamed A. El-Hadedy, Moatasem Elsayed Ghoneim, Mai S. Korkor, Tarek E. I. Omar, Yasser Amer, Ashraf Abdel Baky, On Behalf of Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guideline Committee

“…Chronic allograft nephropathy needs different approaches based on its related causes, allograft pathology, graft function, and availability of re-transplantation. Aim/objectives This national adapted guideline aims to frame evidence-based post-transplant recommendations adopted or adapted from EB source guidelines to optimize post-transplant patient care. …”
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MaGIC: a program to generate targeted marker sets for genome-wide association studies by Claire L. Simpson, Valerie K. Hansen, Pak C. Sham, Andrew Collins, John F. Powell, Ammar Al-Chalabi

“…Maps are in base pairs or linkage disequilibrium units (LDUs) as derived from the International HapMap data, which is useful for association studies and fine-mapping. Markers may be selected on the basis of heterozygosity and source database, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers may additionally be selected on the basis of validation status. …”
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