Comprehensive Sepsis Risk Prediction in Leukemia Using a Random Forest Model and Restricted Cubic Spline Analysis by Kou Y, Tian Y, Ha Y, Wang S, Sun X, Lv S, Luo B, Yang Y, Qin L

“…Feature selection was performed using univariate logistic regression, LASSO, and the Boruta algorithm, followed by multivariate logistic regression analysis. …”
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BananaImageBD: A comprehensive banana image dataset for classification of banana varieties and detection of ripeness stages in BangladeshMendeley Data by Md Hasanul Ferdaus, Rizvee Hassan Prito, Ahmed Abdal Shafi Rasel, Masud Ahmed, Md. Jahid Hassan Saykot, Shanjida Sultan Shanta, Sonali Akter, Ankan Chandra Das, Mohammad Manzurul Islam, Mahamudul Hasan, Md Sawkat Ali

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La actividad turística en la Provincia de Santa Cruz y su impronta en el espacio. El caso de el Calafate y El Chaltén by Mónica Viviana Norambuena

“…El presente trabajo aborda las transformaciones espaciales sufridas en los  asentamientos humanos del área cordillerana de la provincia de Santa Cruz producto de la actividad turística particularmente en los del departamento Lago Argentino. …”
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The Art and life of Alàgbà Fálétí – A Pic torial, Art and Artifacts Exhibition in Honor of Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí (1921- 2017) curated by Akinsola Adejuwon and Seyi Ogunjobi... by Akinsola Adejuwon

“…These facets of life are arranged in a flow of one hundred and thirty-two frames of pictures and images appropriately hanged on the gallery wall boards, awards, artworks and objects displayed on individual stands. …”
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El desarrollo de las capacidades locales de acción a partir de la implementación de estrategias participativas. estudio de caso en el preriurbano de Bahia Blanca by María Prieto, María Amalia Lorda

“…A su vez, se intenta promover el replanteo y discusión del rol de las estrategias metodológicas en el aporte a la formación del pensamiento crítico del alumno-futuro profesional. Particularmente se aborda en esta experiencia los juegos de roles por su potencial formativo y aplicabilidad en las distintas profesiones para el desarrollo, en esta oportunidad, de las capacidades locales de acción. …”
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La filosofía como una continuación por medio de la tarea educativa by Jorge Alarcón Leiva

“… El artículo aborda el estado actual de la filosofía de la educación, que busca comprender la naturaleza y los fundamentos de la educación para mejorar su efectividad. …”
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Standardised protocol for a prospective cross-sectional multicentre clinical utility evaluation of two dual point-of-care tests in non-clinical settings for the screening of HIV an... by James Kiarie, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Jordi Casabona, Soe Soe Thwin, Massimo Mirandola, Rosanna Peeling, Ronald Ballard, Laura Fernàndez-López, Inga Upmace, Juliana Reyes-Urueña, Mara Vaselova, Mitja Ćosić, Simon Maljevac, William Mejías, Ander Pazos, Andrii Chernyshev

“…The protocol has been adapted to individual countries and approved by RP2, ERC and institutional review boards at each site. Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and relevant conferences.…”
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Behavioural Risk for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Infections among a Population of Drug Users and Injectors across Four Regions in Ghana by Chris Guure, Sharren Margaret Obiri-Yeboah Laryea, Samuel Dery, Carlota Baptista da Silva, Comfort Asamoah-Adu, Stephen Ayisi-Addo, Maria-Goretti Loglo, Adamu Mohammed, Kwasi Torpey

“…A team of community advisory boards that comprised former users, current users, and civil society organizations were constituted to help in the implementation of the study. …”
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Professionalisation and governance in sports organisations: towards an integrated understanding by Raphael Stieger, Siegfried Nagel, Grazia Lang

“…However, sports organisations may also undergo restructuring, such as reducing the board size, which can be seen as a step toward the professionalisation of governance. …”
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Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Protection of Human Subjects in Clinical Trials. …”
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Peligro sísmico en la zona metropolitana de Tuxtla Gutiérrez: dos casos de estudio by Roberto Moreno Ceballo, Jorge Antonio Paz Tenorio, Carlos Narcía López, Raúl González Herrera, Josué Alexis Clemente Quezada

“…Las consecuencias de los sismos ocurridos en esta región sureste de la República Mexicana han cobrado vidas y generado daños importantes que han trascendido en los grupos con mayor grado de marginación de la población. Esta investigación aborda los daños históricos y los espesores de suelo como indicadores del efecto de sitio para un análisis de la peligrosidad sísmica de dos municipios: Tuxtla Gutiérrez y Chiapa de Corzo. …”
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Urbanizaciones cerradas en Mar del Plata: ordenamiento territorial y construcción social del espacio by Alejandro Maya

“…Este trabajo aborda el crecimiento de distintos emprendimientos urbanísticos cerrados en la ciudad de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina). …”
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Multilevel determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: protocol for a concurrent triang... by Bankole Olatosi, Jiajia Zhang, Xiaoming Li, Chen Liang, Jihong Liu, Peiyin Hung, Shan Qiao, Berry A Campbell, Myriam E Torres, Neset Hikmet

“…We will use a convergent parallel design which includes a quantitative analysis of data from the 2018–2021 SC Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (unweighted n>2000) and in-depth interviews of 40 postpartum women and 10 maternal care providers to identify distinct mediating pathways.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by institutional review boards at the University of SC (Pro00115169) and the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC IRB.21-030). …”
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The Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) study protocol: a multi-country mixed-method evaluation of pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms by Fenella Beynon, Hélène Langet, Leah F. Bohle, Shally Awasthi, Ousmane Ndiaye, James Machoki M’Imunya, Honorati Masanja, Susan Horton, Maymouna Ba, Silvia Cicconi, Mira Emmanuel-Fabula, Papa Moctar Faye, Tracy R. Glass, Kristina Keitel, Divas Kumar, Gaurav Kumar, Gillian A. Levine, Lena Matata, Grace Mhalu, Andolo Miheso, Deusdedit Mjungu, Francis Njiri, Elisabeth Reus, Michael Ruffo, Fabian Schär, Kovid Sharma, Helen L. Storey, Irene Masanja, Kaspar Wyss, Valérie D’Acremont, TIMCI Collaborator Group

“…Study approval has been granted by all relevant institutional review boards, national and WHO ethical review committees. …”
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Improving the diagnostic accuracy of referrals for papilloedema (DIPP) study: protocol for a mixed-methods study by Luke Bennetto, Beth Stuart, Jonathan Benger, Matthew J Ridd, Helen Bolton, William Hollingworth, Michael Bowen, Amar Shah, Samuel William David Merriel, Alyson Huntley, Victoria Wilson, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Paul Roy, Denize Atan, Frank Moore, Olivia Skrobot, Mary-Ann Sherratt, Marcia Lucraft, Christina Stokes

“…This article describes the protocol for gathering evidence of current referral practices and pathways for people suspected to have papilloedema in England and the development of guidelines based on this evidence and extensive engagement with community- and hospital-based healthcare professionals, patients, and the public.Methods and analysis Both qualitative and quantitative data will be collected from Freedom of Information requests to Integrated Care Boards across England about how they organise their community and hospital services for people with suspected papilloedema, with and without headache. …”
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Do Unresectable Giant Cell Tumors of Bone Treated With Denosumab Progress After Discontinuation of Treatment? by DENO Research Group, Carolina de laCalva, Manuel Angulo, Paula González‐Rojo, Ana Peiró, Pau Machado, Juan Luis Cebrián, Roberto García‐Maroto, Antonio Valcárcel, Pablo Puertas, Gregorio Valero‐Cifuentes, Óscar Pablos, Miriam Maireles, María Luisa Fontalva, Iván Chaves, Aida Orce, Luis Coll‐Mesa, Israel Pérez, Fausto González, María delCarmen Sanz, Isidro Gracia

“…Methods and Results This is a multicenter, retrospective, descriptive study carried out in seven Spanish hospitals with multidisciplinary sarcoma and musculoskeletal tumor boards, between 2009 and 2019. Sixteen patients diagnosed with unresectable GCTBs and treated with denosumab who had reached the end of their treatment were recruited for the study and had been followed up for a minimum of 2 years. …”
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LA ACTIVIDAD TURÍSTICA EN LA PROVINCIA DE SANTA CRUZ Y SU IMPRONTA EN EL ESPACIO. EL CASO DE EL CALAFATE Y EL CHALTÉN by Mónica Viviana Norambuena

“…El presente trabajo aborda las transformaciones espaciales sufridas en los asentamientos humanos del área cordillerana de la provincia de Santa Cruz producto de la actividad turística particularmente en los del departamento Lago Argentino. …”
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EL DESARROLLO DE LAS CAPACIDADES LOCALES DE ACCIÓN A PARTIR DE LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE ESTRATEGIAS PARTICIPATIVAS. ESTUDIO DE CASO EN EL PRERIURBANO DE BAHIA BLANCA by María Prieto, María Amalia Lorda

“…A su vez, se intenta promover el replanteo y discusión del rol de las estrategias metodológicas en el aporte a la formación del pensamiento crítico del alumno-futuro profesional. Particularmente se aborda en esta experiencia los juegos de roles por su potencial formativo y aplicabilidad en las distintas profesiones para el desarrollo, en esta oportunidad, de las capacidades locales de acción. …”
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Prediction of microvascular obstruction from angio-based microvascular resistance and available clinical data in percutaneous coronary intervention: an explainable machine learning... by Zhe Zhang, Yang Dai, Peng Xue, Xue Bao, Xinbo Bai, Shiyang Qiao, Yuan Gao, Xuemei Guo, Yanan Xue, Qing Dai, Biao Xu, Lina Kang

“…The ML workflow comprised feature selection using the Boruta algorithm, model construction with seven classifiers, hyperparameter optimization via ten-fold cross-validation, model comparison based on the area under the curve (AUC), and a Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) analysis to analyze the significance of different features. 32.29% of patients showed inconsistency between AMR and MVO, but we successfully constructed a predictive model for MVO. …”
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Early empiric anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis therapy for sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a randomised clinical trial by Mark Conaway, David R Boulware, Scott K Heysell, Stellah G Mpagama, Christopher C Moore, Alphonce Liyoyo, Conrad Muzoora, Catherine Gitige, Bibie Said, Edwin Nuwagira, Rinah Arinaitwe, Rhina Mushagara, Peter Buzaare, Anna Chongolo, Samuel Jjunju, Precious Twesigye, Megan Null, Tania A Thomas

“…We will also present our findings to the Community Advisory Boards that we convened during study preparation.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04618198).…”
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