PolyRes-Net: A Polyhierarchical Residual Network for Decoding Anatomical Complexity in Medical Image Segmentation by Amr Magdy, Khalid N. Ismail, Marghny H. Mohamed, Mahmoud Hassaballah, Haitham Mahmoud, Mohammed M. Abdelsamea

“…Specifically, PolyRes-Net achieves the highest mDSC scores of 91.02%, 91.80%, and 89.25% on CVC ClinicDB, 2018 Data Science Bowl, and ISIC-2018 skin lesion segmentation challenge dataset, respectively. …”
Get full text

Habitat Distributions and Abundance of Four Wild Herbivores on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: A Review by Tian Qiao, Chiwei Xiao, Zhiming Feng, Junzhi Ye

“…In the future, we should focus on enhancing the ecological functions of habitats to achieve harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, as well as establishing a scientific compensation mechanism to mitigate human–wildlife conflicts. …”
Get full text

A new approach to children’s work that prioritises resilience, well-being and agency: emerging findings from a ‘cash plus’ intervention in Bangladesh by Neil Howard, Keetie Roelen, Giel Ton, Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza, Saklain Al Mamun, Kabita Chowdhury, Taslima Aktar, Lopita Huq

“…These results point to the potential for this intervention to be scaled-up in efforts to achieve the eighth Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring decent work for all, including the elimination of child labour.…”
Get full text

Real-world clinical outcome of unresectable locally advanced & de-novo metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a multicentre retrospective study by Mohamed Aseafan, Ali H. Alfakeeh, Emad Tashkandi, Mervat Mahrous, Mohammed Alghamdi, Bader Alshamsan, Marwan Al-Hajeili, Safwan Bakhsh, Kanan Alshammari, Fahad A. Almugbel, Abdulhameed H. Alfagih, Ahmed Allehebi, Mohamed Montaser, Mohamed Hamdy Elsafty, Khaled Abd Elaziz Elnaghi, Ibrahim Issa, Eesa Bakshi, Sadeem AlSubaie, Bandar AlMutairi, Hoda Mokhtar, Mohamed Aboelatta, Nedal Bukhari, Ali M. Alzahrani, Tusneem Elhassan, Ali Alqahtani, Shouki Bazarbashi

“…The median PFS for first-line treatment was 5.3 months, with FOLFIRINOX achieving the longest PFS (6.5 months). The median OS was 10.34 months for the entire cohort, with better survival outcomes observed in patients receiving FOLFIRINOX (12.3 months). …”
Get full text

Hydrophobization of Chitin Nanofibers by Grafting of Partially 2-Deoxygenated Amyloses Through Enzymatic Approach by Naoki Yamamoto, Masayasu Totani, Jun-ichi Kadokawa

“…Water contact angle measurements of the cast films of the products indicated that successful hydrophobization was achieved by the grafting of P2D-amylose chains with a sufficient chain length, a relatively high 2-deoxy-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-glucose unit ratio, and low crystallinity.…”
Get full text

Modifiable facilitators and barriers to exercise adherence in older adults with MCI/dementia using the Theoretical Domains Framework: a systematic review protocol by Jie Wang, Lina Wang, Xueting Zhen, Hang Yan, Hong Tao, Yaxiu Cai, Haiqin Chen, Chenxi Ge

“…However, many older adults with MCI/dementia are not sufficiently active to achieve these benefits. Allowing for the current studies on exercise adherence in older adults with MCI/dementia still have some deficiencies. …”
Get full text

A quasi affine transformation evolution algorithm with evolution matrix selection operation for parameter estimation of proton exchange membrane fuel cells by Mohammad Aljaidi, Pradeep Jangir, Sunilkumar P. Agrawal, Sundaram B. Pandya, Anil Parmar, Samar Hussni Anbarkhan, Laith Abualigah

“…Results show that the QUATRE-EMS algorithm reduces SSE significantly, with an average SSE of 0.078492, which is 15% less than the best performing existing algorithms. QUATRE-EMS also achieved the lowest average values of absolute error, relative error and mean bias error among different PEMFC stack references, with accuracy improved by up to 20%. …”
Get full text

Adult Height after Growth Hormone Treatment at Pubertal Onset in Short Adolescents Born Small for Gestational Age: Results from a Belgian Registry-Based Study by M. Thomas, D. Beckers, C. Brachet, H. Dotremont, M.-C. Lebrethon, P. Lysy, G. Massa, N. Reynaert, R. Rooman, S. van der Straaten, M. Roelants, J. De Schepper

“…Results. The PUB group achieved a mean (±SD) total height gain of 0.8 ± 0.7 SDS and an AH of −2.5 ± 0.7 SDS after 4.1 ± 1.1 years of GH treatment with a dosage of 41.8 ± 8.4 μg/kg/day. …”
Get full text

CIVILIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL SELF-IDENTIFICATION IN UKRAINE: PHILOSOPHICAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH by M. I. Boichenko, O. V. Yakovleva, V. V. Liakh

“…These concepts reflect the options for the citizens of Ukraine to make a personal choice of the way in achieving social self-identity. Douglas North’s concept of "open-access order" states and "limited access order" states can be used as a basis for an alternative, pragmatic approach to choice the criteria of national self-identity. …”
Get full text

Effect of HTST Thermal Treatments on End-Use Quality Characteristics of Goat Milk by B. D. Rohitha Prasantha, K. M. S. Wimalasiri

“…Results showed that best quality stability of pasteurized goat milk achieved by heat treatments between 72°C/25 s and 75°C/25 s heat treatments up to 3 weeks of storage under 4°C.…”
Get full text

Integrative physiological and transcriptome analysis unravels the mechanism of low nitrogen use efficiency in burley tobacco by Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yanjun Ma, Xiaolong Chen, Hongzhi Shi

“…Abstract Burley tobacco, a chlorophyll‐deficient mutant with impaired nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), generally requires three to five times more nitrogen fertilization than flue‐cured tobacco to achieve a comparable yield, which generates serious environmental pollution and negatively affects human health. …”
Get full text

Synergistic Enhancement of Carbon Sinks and Connectivity: Restoration and Renewal of Ecological Networks in Nanjing, China by Renfei Zhang, Hongye Li, Zhicheng Liu

“…Finally, by adding 26 ecological stepping stones, 32 ecological corridors, and optimizing landscape components, we achieved dual improvements in both the structural and functional aspects of the ecological network. …”
Get full text

Construction of a health literacy prediction model for diabetic patients: A multicenter study by Zepeng Wang, Junyi Shi, Fangyuan Jiang, Kui Jiang, Yalan Chen

“…Objectives To achieve a rapid assessment of health literacy (HL) levels among diabetic patients. …”
Get full text

Constructing a fall risk prediction model for hospitalized patients using machine learning by Cheng-Wei Kang, Zhao-Kui Yan, Jia-Liang Tian, Xiao-Bing Pu, Li-Xue Wu

“…Among the evaluated models, the Random Forest algorithm demonstrated superior performance, achieving an AUC of 0.814 (95% CI: 0.802–0.827) in the training set, 0.781 (95% CI: 0.740–0.821) in the validation set, and 0.795 (95% CI: 0.770–0.820) in the test set. …”
Get full text

Analysis of heat waves temporal fluctuation in North - West region of Iran and their relationship with greenhouse gases and global land-ocean temperature anomalies

“…Then, we analyzed and evaluated the frequency and severity of the heat waves, as well as changes in the annual, decade, fifty years old fluctuations and their centenary were analyzed. To achieve the research objectives, Pearson and Spearman correlation methods, linear and polynomial regression and non-parametric Mann-Kendall test were used. …”
Get full text

A gram-positive enhancer matrix particles vaccine displaying swine influenza virus hemagglutinin protects mice against lethal H1N1 viral challenge by Yufei Zhang, Yufei Zhang, Yufei Zhang, Pei Zhang, Pei Zhang, Pei Zhang, Xiaoyue Du, Xiaoyue Du, Xiaoyue Du, Xiaona Shi, Xiaona Shi, Xiaona Shi, Jinling Wang, Jinling Wang, Jinling Wang, Shuying Liu, Shuying Liu, Shuying Liu

“…+i.n. administered GEM subunit vaccine achieved hemagglutination inhibition titers in the serum that were equivalent to those observed using the conventional i.m. method. …”
Get full text

Comparative assessment of empirical and hybrid machine learning models for estimating daily reference evapotranspiration in sub-humid and semi-arid climates by Siham Acharki, Ali Raza, Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Mina Amharref, Abdes Samed Bernoussi, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Ahmed A. Al-Othman, Mohamed A. Mattar

“…Results indicate that the Valiantzas 2013 (VAL2013b) model outperformed other empirical models across all stations, achieving high KGE and R2 values (0.95–0.97) and low RMSE (0.32–0.35 mm/day) and RRSE (8.14–10.30%). …”
Get full text

The Mediating Role of Human Resources and Internal Processes on the Relationship between Innovation Strategy and Financial Performance by Vajiheh Dehghan, Mahmoud Moeinadin, Soheila Shahrestani

“…Purpose: Today, organizations must implement an innovation strategy supported by competent human resources and appropriate internal processes to succeed and achieve sustainable financial performance. Therefore, the present study investigates the role of innovation strategy in the financial performance of active manufacturing companies in Yazd province through human resource mediator variables and internal processes. …”
Get full text

Prosthetic stomatitis in patients with diabetes mellitus: correction of psycho-emotional stress by V.M. Dvornyk, I.Yu. Lytovchenko, I.Yu. Popovych, I.A. Holovanova, I.L. Dvornyk, O.V. Muravlova, L.B. Yerus, O.I. Teslenko

“…The proposed method of treatment of prosthetic stomatitis has an individual approach, includes the stress-protective drug thiotriazoline, which corrects psycho-emotional stress, allowing to achieve a stable remission of the disease.…”
Get full text

Exploring Key Elements and Performance of BIM and VR Technologies in the Project Management of Assembled Buildings by Zhi-hong He, Tao Liu

“…Therefore, it is necessary to conduct relevant technological updates and industrial restructuring to solve these problems, so as to achieve sustainable development. With the advantages of energy saving, low carbon, and short construction cycle, assembled buildings have become a new direction for the transformation of the construction industry. …”
Get full text