Synthetic Data Generation and Evaluation Techniques for Classifiers in Data Starved Medical Applications by Wan D. Bae, Shayma Alkobaisi, Matthew Horak, Siddheshwari Bankar, Sartaj Bhuvaji, Sungroul Kim, Choon-Sik Park

“…Compared with the performance of TL without oversampling, the improvement achieved by the incremental SMOTE methods ranged from 27.18% to 40.97%. …”
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Accurate inversion of chlorophyll content based on PROSPECT-LSROGF-BAS-BP method by Shengfan Zhu, Jin Zhang, Dan Wang, Rui Ding

“…The PROSPECT-LSROGF-BAS-BP model achieves root mean square errors (RMSEs) of 4.186, 4.258, and 3.894 g/cm2, with determination coefficients (R2) of 0.876, 0.862, and 0.903, respectively—outperforming the other methods in terms of accuracy. …”
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Optimized fertilization patterns increase foxtail millet biomass on the distribution and transformation in Loess Plateau of China. by Tianyou Zhou, Qinhui Liu, Shuangshuang Yang, Zhihao Wang, Panpan Zhang, Xiaolin Wang, Xiaoling Ji, Xiong Zhang

“…Organic manure or microbial fertilizers are essential sources of plant nutrients to supplement farmland soil, and organic and inorganic fertilizers are considered an effective way to achieve sustainable agriculture by improving the soil and increasing crop yields. …”
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Relation between Renal Function and Insulin Resistance of Type 2 Diabetic Iraqi Patients by Rami Fadhel Lefta, Ekhlas Abdallah Hassan

“…The methods employed in this investigation were designed to achieve these specific aims, seventy patients and twenty controls were involved for this study. …”
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Microstructural and Mechanical Behaviors of Friction Stir Welded Dissimilar AA6082-AA7075 Joints by M. Vetrivel Sezhian, K. Giridharan, D. Peter Pushpanathan, G. Chakravarthi, B. Stalin, Alagar Karthick, P. Manoj Kumar, Murugesan Bharani

“…The weld joints produced at 2300 rpm, tool traveling rate of 40 mm/min, and tool plunge speed of 30 mm/min showed the greatest tensile strength of the 191 MPa hardness of 145 Hv at the weld center and also the maximum bending strength of 114.23 N/mm2 was achieved. The lowest bending strength of 25.38 N/mm2 was obtained at 1600 rpm with 60 mm/min due to inappropriate mixing of the base metals and poor joint quality. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of Tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics With Reinfection and Optimal Control by Francis Oketch Ochieng

“…Policymakers should prioritize investing in the development and deployment of highly efficacious vaccines to achieve optimal public health outcomes and economic benefits, aligning with Kenya's Vision 2030.…”
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Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, association with ocean currents and seasonal effects of upwelling using real-time Argos locations by Chelsea E. Clyde-Brockway, Chelsea E. Clyde-Brockway, Samir Harshad Patel, Gabriela Blanco, Samuel J. Friederichk, Stephen Morreale, Frank V. Paladino, Frank V. Paladino

“…Behavioral modification to achieve this consistency could be through depth use (48 ± 28 m vs. 37 ± 47 m), though this mechanism alone seems unlikely to fully explain their ability to mitigate environmental dynamics. …”
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Effects of No-tillage of Rice on Blue and Green Water at Basin Scale by LUO Kaisheng

“…It is of great significance to study the hydrological effect of no-tillage of rice for the popularization of no-tillage technology and the sustainable development of agriculture.However,previous studies were mainly conducted at station scale,and the effect of no-tillage of rice on blue-green water at basin scale is still unclear.Taking the Xiangjiang River Basin as the test area,based on the land use data,digital elevation data,soil data,agricultural management data in 2000 and meteorological data-driven SWAT model,this paper simulates the effect of no-tillage of rice on blue water (water yield+deep groundwater recharge) and green water (actual evapotranspiration+soil moisture content) in the basin.The results show that:Compared with traditional tillage,no-tillage of rice had a greater influence on recharge of deep groundwater,resulting in a decrease of 5.62%,which was 5.35% higher than that of water yield.However,the change of blue water was mainly attributed to the change of water yield,whose contribution was 72.46%.The green water flow (actual evapotranspiration) decreased by 8.460×10⁷ m³ due to no-tillage of rice,but the increase of green water reservoir (soil moisture content) offset these and eventually resulted in the increase of green water.Therefore,the change of blue-green water distribution under no-tillage of rice was mainly achieved by changing water yield and soil moisture content.The water yield mainly caused the change of blue water,while the soil moisture content mainly resulted in the change of green water.Due to the mutual offset of hydrological factors,there was no significant final effect of no-tillage rice on the blue-green water of the whole basin,but large spatial differences within the basin.No-tillage of rice increased the proportion of green water in the total water resources,and increased the ecological water available in the farmland ecosystem,so it played a positive role.…”
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Postgraduate Students’ Individual Educational Paths: Design Principles and Implementation Conditions (on the Example of a Technical University) by A. S. Klimova, L. F. Krasinskaya

“…They are able to determine the goals of educational and scientific activities, assess their competencies, and analyze achievements and failures. Most of scientific advisors are ready to assist postgraduate students in IEP designing. …”
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Using Passive BCI for Personalization of Assistive Wearable Devices: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Asghar Mahmoudi, Morteza Khosrotabar, Klaus Gramann, Stephan Rinderknecht, Maziar A. Sharbafi

“…The trained Naive Bayes classifier achieved an average accuracy of approximately 72% in distinguishing between the two conditions. …”
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Navigating the Risk Landscape in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Postpercutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Narrative Review by Utkarsh Gaur, Charuta Gadkari, Aditya Pundkar

“…Delays in door-to-balloon times continue to be a major challenge to achieving better outcomes in regions with limited resources. …”
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Improved population coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine after implementation of a school-based vaccination programme: the Singapore experience by Karuppiah Vijayalakshmi, Anne Hui Yi Goei

“…Conclusion: High HPV vaccine coverage was achieved after implementation of the school-based immunisation programme. …”
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Preoperative CT-based radiomics nomogram to predict the micropapillary pattern in lung adenocarcinoma of size 2 cm or less by Xiaoyu Pan, Liang Fu, Jiecai Lv, Lijuan Feng, Kai Li, Siqi Chen, Xi Deng, Liling Long

“…DCA confirmed that the nomogram model had the better clinical benefit.ConclusionsThe nomogram model achieved promising prediction efficiency for identifying the presence of the MPP in LUAD tumors ≤2 cm, allowing clinicians to develop more rational and efficacious personalized treatment strategies.…”
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Artificial Intelligence in Lymph Node Metastasis Prediction for T1 Colorectal Cancer: Promise and Challenges by Jung Ho Bae

“…Technical success was achieved in 96.0% (24/25) and 48.0% (12/25) of patients in the new and conventional method groups, respectively (risk ratio, 2.00; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.32 to 3.03; risk difference, 48.0%; 95% CI, 27.0% to 69.0%; p<0.001). …”
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Depression Recognition Using Daily Wearable-Derived Physiological Data by Xinyu Shui, Hao Xu, Shuping Tan, Dan Zhang

“…Our results demonstrate the feasibility of using daily wearable-derived physiological data for depression recognition. The achieved classification accuracies suggest that this approach could be integrated into clinical settings for the early detection and monitoring of depressive symptoms. …”
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Development and evaluation of the recombinant BP26 protein-based C-ELISA for human brucellosis diagnosis by Yujia Xie, Shaoqing Lin, Liping Guo, Xinru Qi, Shiqi Zhao, Qichuan Pei, Yixiao Chen, Qi Wu, Yun Wang, Meixue Yao, Dehui Yin, Dehui Yin

“…The detection performance was validated through the analysis of 190 human serum samples, which included 95 brucellosis serum samples and 95 negative serum samples collected by the Xuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and a comparative analysis was conducted on the diagnostic efficacy of indirect ELISA for brucellosis using both BP26 and LPS-based methods.ResultsThe BP26 mAb based C-ELISA achieved 100% sensitivity and specificity in detecting human brucellosis, significantly outperforming the C-ELISA based LPS mAb. …”
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Charting the path to the implementation of universal health coverage policy in Nigeria through the lens of Delphi methodology by Jibril M. Bashar, Sulaiman Hadiza, Ozoilo J. Ugochi, Lawal S. Muhammad, Adeoye Olufemi, Ukoh Eberechi, Yakubu Agada-Amade, Alhassan Yusuf, Abdulhamid H. Abdullahi, Hassan S. Musa, Ahmad A. Ibrahim, Kalu-Umeh Nnennaya, Jennifer Anyanti, Dayyabu Yusuf, Kenneth Okoineme, Jennifer Adebambo, Samuel O. Ikani, Dennis Aizobu, Musa Abubakar, Babandi S. Zaharaddeen, Lawal Aminu, Yusuf H. Wada

“…Abstract Background Expanding access to equitable health insurance is an important lever towards the overall strategy for achieving universal health coverage. In Nigeria, health insurance coverage is low with a renewed government action on increasing access to and coverage of high-quality healthcare services to citizens, particularly for the vulnerable and poor population. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of facility-based essential maternal and child health services from March to August 2020 compared with pre-pandemic March–August 2019... by Grace J Chan, Delayehu Bekele, Bezawit Mesfin Hunegnaw, Kimiko Van Wickle, Chalachew Bekele, Fanos Ashenafi Gebremeskel, Michelle Korte, Christine Tedijanto, Lisanu Taddesse

“…We aimed to assess maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) service utilisation during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with prior to the pandemic.Methods We conducted a mixed study design in eight health facilities that are part of the Birhan field site in Amhara, Ethiopia and compared the trend of service utilisation in the first 6 months of COVID-19 with the corresponding time and data points of the preceding year.Result New family planning visits (43.2 to 28.5/month, p=0.014) and sick under 5 child visits (225.0 to 139.8/month, p=0.007) declined over the first 6 months of the pandemic compared with the same period in the preceding year. …”
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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Near-Peer Teaching Modality In Undergraduate Dental Students Learning A Psychomotor Skill (Partial Denture Fabrication) Considering Social And Cogni... by Saima Irshad, Gulmina Saeed Orakzai, Waqar-Un Nisa, Nauman Bari Khan, Misbah Ali, Saba Farooq

“…Focus group discussion also revealed various themes such as the benefits of experience as NPT, skills achieved and enhanced motivation thus supporting the “Involvement of NPT in dental education”. …”
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An ensemble prediction approach to weekly Dengue cases forecasting based on climatic and terrain conditions by Sougata Deb, Cleta Milagros Libre Acebedo, Gomathypriya Dhanapal, Chua Matthew Chin Heng

“…Results: The proposed ensemble prediction achieved a mean absolute error of 21.55, 4.26 points lower than the 25.81 obtained by a standard negative binomial model. …”
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