Tarred with the same brush: An initial inquiry into courtesy stigma and problem gambling by Matthew D. Sanscartier, Jason D. Edgerton, Derek Chadee, Lance W. Roberts

“…Catholics (b = 0.357, B = 0.355) and Hindus (b = 0.378, B = 0.376) were more likely to be embarrassed or ashamed than Anglicans, Muslims, Protestants, and other religions. …”
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Vaccination Against SARS-Cov-2 among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Based on the Results of COVPARK-LT Study by R. Kaladytė Lokominienė, G. Lokominaitė

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Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka by Kavinda Dayasiri, S. F. Jayamanne, C. Y. Jayasinghe

“…Although the majority of children remained asymptomatic (61, 54.5%), neurological symptoms (34, 67%) were predominantly seen in symptomatic children. …”
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ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНА ІНФОРМАЦІЙНА ТЕХНОЛОГІЯ ШВИДКОЇ КЛАСИФІКАЦІЇ ЗА УМОВ ПЕРЕТИННИХ КЛАСІВ by Yevhenii Bodiansky, Olga Chala

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Assessment of vitamin D-related knowledge, attitudes and practices among Sultan Qaboos University students in Oman: a cross-sectional study by Rahma Said Al Hadhrami, Rehab Al Kaabi, Hajer Juma Al Shuaibi, Rawan Salim Al Abdulsalam

“…In general, female students demonstrated greater general knowledge (p=0.004) and more positive attitudes (p=0.007) compared with males; however, males more frequently reported better practices (p<0.001). …”
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Association between social determinants of health and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and sex differences in US adults: A cross-sectional study by Chun Yang, Na Zhang, Tiankuo Gao, Yingxin Zhu, Chen Gong, Mingyue Xu, Cuicui Feng

“…The overall prevalence of premature ASCVD was 1756 cases, with a weighted estimate of 7,625,240. Although women had a lower prevalence of premature ASCVD (3.2 % [n = 784] vs. 4.3 % [n = 972]), they exhibited a higher level of unfavorable SDoH compared to men. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of MRI-based radiomic features for EGFR mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a meta-analysis by Yuqin Long, Rong Zhao, Xianfeng Du

“…The PLR and NLR were calculated as 5.14 (3.09, 8.55) and 0.17 (0.10, 0.31), respectively. Substantial heterogeneity was observed, with I² values exceeding 50% for all parameters. …”
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Human Trust in Robots: A Survey on Trust Models and Their Controls/Robotics Applications by Yue Wang, Fangjian Li, Huanfei Zheng, Longsheng Jiang, Maziar Fooladi Mahani, Zhanrui Liao

“…We then review existing computational human-robot trust models and discuss the pros and cons of each category of models. These include performance-centric algebraic, time-series, Markov decision process (MDP)/Partially Observable MDP (POMDP)-based, Gaussian-based, and dynamic Bayesian network (DBN)-based trust models. …”
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Prediction of Heavy Oil Production Based on Geomechanical Analysis in Entire Lifecycle of SAGD by Dengke Li, Shaowen Zhu, Yanchao Li, Shijie Shen, Zupeng Chen, Zhanli Ren, Yuxuan Zhou, Yanfang Gao

“…For Karamay heavy oil in Xinjiang, China, the steam breakout time predicted by the new model is 0.72, 1.50, 1.37, and 1.44 times the conventional model when the volumetric strain is 6%. …”
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Actitudes de los psicólogos costarricenses hacia la aplicación de la psicología en la consulta odontológica by Alejandro Amaíz Flores, Silvia Esquivel Castro, Miguel Flores, Andrea González Delgado

“… Estudio exploratorio-descriptivo sobre un grupo de profesionales costarricenses en psicología acerca de sus actitudes hacia la aplicación de los principios psicológicos en la práctica odontológica. La muestra fue de 377 psicólogos (activos en el Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología de Costa Rica). …”
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Evaluating the Contribution of Nocardia spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pulmonary Infections among HIV and Non-HIV Patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana by Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Kwabena Owusu Danquah, Richard Dadzie Ephraim, Anthony Enimil, Venus Frimpong, Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo, Esther Love Darkoh

“…The prevalence of Nocardia spp. among HIV patients was 90.9% whilst 16.7% of the patients had HIV/Nocardia spp. coinfection. …”
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Physiological and biochemical features of fig cultivars (<I>Ficus carica</I> L.) from the collection of the Nikita Botanical Gardens by E. L. Shishkina, E. V. Dunaevskaya, R. A. Pilkevich, N. Yu. Marchuk

“…Drought resistance was assessed using the method of determining the water-holding capacity and resistance to dehydration in the leaves of fruit crops.Results. Fruits of cv. ‘Muason’ demonstrated the highest dry matter content (26.60 ± 1.30%), total phenolic compounds (169.0±26.0 mg%), sugars (mono: 15.03 ± 1.25%, and total: 17.46 ± 0.56%), water-soluble pectin (1.17%), total pectin substances (1.99%), and K (13565 ± 805 mg/kg); fruits of cv. …”
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Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio correlates with poor prognosis and metabolic alterations in Dabie bandavirus infection by Chunxia Guo, Ruixue Li, Xia Wang, Xiulan Peng

“…Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed the predictive performance of APRI for SFTS prognosis is 0.77, with a 95% CI of 0.73–0.80, which was superior to NLR (area under the curve (AUC): 0.65), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (AUC: 0.54), and systemic immune-inflammation index (AUC: 0.58). …”
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Screening of Aβ and phosphorylated tau status in the cerebrospinal fluid through machine learning analysis of portable electroencephalography data by Masahiro Hata, Yuki Miyazaki, Kohji Mori, Kenji Yoshiyama, Shoshin Akamine, Hideki Kanemoto, Shiho Gotoh, Hisaki Omori, Atsuya Hirashima, Yuto Satake, Takashi Suehiro, Shun Takahashi, Manabu Ikeda

“…The results showed that the machine learning model could distinguish patients with AD-related biomarker changes, achieving 68.1% accuracy (AUROC 0.75) for amyloid beta and 71.2% accuracy (AUROC 0.77) for phosphorylated tau, with gamma activities being key features. …”
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Measuring effective indicators for waste disposal in order to assess the sustainable environment: application of fuzzy approach by Mohammad Hossein Kabgani

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Variação do percentual de gordura frente a diferentes programas de intervenção para redução da gordura corporal by Alberto Saturno Madureira, Janete Maragno Madureira, Maria Salete Mota, Leodir Pazetti, Samuel do Nascimento, Gilberto Oswald, Cristiane Fernanda Rospirski Moreira

“…Pelos dados verificou-se que: o grupo 1 perdeu 2,08 Kg. ao final do experimento e após 1 ano ganhou 3,36 Kg.; o grupo 2 perdeu 5,07 Kg. e após 1 ano ganhou 2,07 Kg.; e, o grupo 3 após o experimento perdeu 9,63 Kg. e após 1 ano ganhou 5,25 Kg. resultando numa recuperação por volta de 52,7% do peso inicial em relação ao perdido até o final do estudo. …”
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Prevalence and consequences of bovine subclinical mastitis in hill tract areas of the Chattogram division, Bangladesh by Md. Piplu Mia, Hemayet Hossain, Khadiza Akter Brishty, Md. Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury, Md. Imranuzzaman, Mostafizor Rahman, Sadia Islam Ria, Milon Mia, Md Saidul Haque, Md. Ashik-uz-zaman, Md. Nazmul Haque, Anzuman Ara, Md. Masudur Rahman, Md. Mahfujur Rahman

“…Crossbred cows exhibited a higher susceptibility to SCM at 47.2%, compared to indigenous breeds (31.2%). …”
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Evaluation of Intestinal Parasite Infection in Low and High Coverage of Graduated Households, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative-Based Crosssectional Study by Desalegn Andargie, Yalewayker Tegegne, Ligabaw Worku

“…Thirteen (18.8%) study participants in LCGHH and four (11.7%) in HCGHH showed heavy infection with the four common soil-transmitted helminths (A. lumbricoides, S. mansoni, hookworm, and T. trichiura). …”
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LINE-1 methylation status and survival outcomes in colorectal cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Akbar Bagheri, Tohid Jafari-Koshki, Leila Alizadeh, Mortaza Raeisi, Yaghoub Moaddab, Abbas Karimi

“…The pooled analysis showed no significant association between LINE-1 hypomethylation and OS in the overall population (HR = 1.70, 95 % CI: 0.97–2.96). However, in stage II/III patients, LINE-1 hypomethylation was significantly associated with poorer OS (HR = 1.92, 95 % CI: 1.26–2.91) and DFS (HR = 2.81, 95 % CI: 1.33–5.93). …”
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Bioguided Isolation and Structure Identification of Acetylcholinesterase Enzyme Inhibitors from Drynariae Rhizome by Ming-Yang Liu, Fan Zeng, Yue Shen, Yu-Ying Wang, Ning Zhang, Fang Geng

“…The bioguided fractionation of the extract using this method resulted in the isolation of eight AChE inhibitory flavonoids, including naringenin, eriodictyol, kaempferol, luteolin, astragalin, luteolin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, naringin, and neoeriocitrin, with the IC50 values of 3.81 ± 0.21 μM, 7.19 ± 0.62 μM, 11.09 ± 1.02 μM, 17.26 ± 0.23 μM, 18.24 ± 2.33 μM, 17.13 ± 1.02 μM, 26.4 ± 1.17 μM, and 22.49 ± 1.25 μM. …”
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