Correlation between B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Functional/Cognitive Parameters in Discharged Congestive Heart Failure Patients by Laura Leto, Marzia Testa, Mauro Feola

“…In 951 patients (mean age 71 ys; 37% females) a positive correlation was obtained between BNP and age, creatinine levels, NYHA class at admission and discharge, and levels of hydration; an inverse, negative correlation between BNP and sodium levels, LVEF, distance performed at 6MWT at admission and at discharge, and scores at MMSE at admission and discharge emerged. …”
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Characteristics of the obstetric patient in critical stage in Cienfuegos province. by Bárbara Lucía Cabezas Poblet, Yoel Valle, María Antonia Cabezas Poblet, Esteban Hernández Barrios, Rolando T. Espín González

“…<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;">Fundaments</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">:</span></strong> The critically ill patient has an important place in the assessment of the quality of the medical assistance since around 5 % of all females who reach a full term pregnancy without potential risk factors, become this kind of patients due to different causes. …”
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The effectiveness of orthodontic treatment with clear aligners in different thicknesses by Saniye Merve Cengiz, Merve Goymen

“…Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness, pain, and satisfaction levels of patients treated with different thicknesses of clear aligners among class I maxillary mild crowding cases. Twenty-eight subjects were randomly divided into two groups. …”
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Ecological status assessment of the rivers in Slovenia – an overview by Gorazd Urbanič

“…A WFD compliant ecological assessment includes ecological typology of water bodies, definition of reference conditions and classification system with five ecological classes. In this paper, an overview is given on the development of the ecological assessment system for Slovenian rivers. …”
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A new taxonomy of neuroprotective agents for stroke appropriate for the reperfusion era by Mersedeh Bahr-Hosseini, Jeffrey L. Saver

“…We propose a new taxonomy of neuroprotective treatment agents appropriate for the reperfusion era that recognizes six broad classes of agents, each targeting a distinct process and time epoch of injury: (1) Bridging neuroprotectives slow infarct expansion in the pre-reperfusion period, (2) Blood–brain barrier stabilizers restore the integrity of BBB before and early after reperfusion, (3) Microcirculation lumen preservers protect arteriolar and capillary endothelial cell integrity deterring the no-reflow phenomenon, (4) Reperfusion injury preventors block inflammatory, oxidative, and other processes that start immediately after reperfusion, (5) Edema reducers avert cerebral swelling and secondary injury due to brain tissue compression and herniation, and (6) Delayed neuroprotectives mitigate injury due to apoptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction in the late post-reperfusion period. …”
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Development and characterization of a double-crested cormorant hepatic cell line, DCH22, for chemical screening by Tasnia Sharin, Doug Crump, Jason M. O’Brien

“…DCCOs are high trophic level aquatic birds that are used for routine contaminant monitoring programs in the Laurentian Great Lakes and marine coasts of Canada. Developing a DCCO cell line for in vitro toxicological screening will ideally provide improved understanding of the effects of environmental chemicals given the large differences in sensitivity between laboratory and wild avian species. …”
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Promoting physical activity in vulnerable adults ‘at risk’ of homelessness: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Sarah E Jackson, Lee Smith, Charlotte Stringer, Mike Loosemore, Eloise Moller, Guillermo Felipe López-Sánchez, Joseph Firth, James Johnstone, Brendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort

“…Following baseline assessments and allocation to intervention (exercise classes) or control (usual care), participants will be followed up at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. …”
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REAPING BENEFITS THROUGH EFFECTIVE PEER REVIEW IN A COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM by Vaida Misevičiūtė

“…The course under investigation has been designed based on the best practices that have been discovered through literature review like modeling, oral feedback, peer review forms, classroom atmosphere, and cultural aspects of review. …”
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Large-Scale Mapping and Predictive Modeling of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake by Karl E. Havens, Matthew C. Harwell, Mark A. Brady, Bruce Sharfstein, Therese L. East, Andrew J. Rodusky, Daniel Anson, Ryan P. Maki

“…The simple modeling approach could serve as a coarse-scale tool for evaluating effects of water level management on Chara populations.…”
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Pharmaceuticals as emerging pollutants: Implications for water resource management in Malaysia by Asvinidevi Arumugam, Khai Ern Lee, Pei Yuen Ng, Aida Soraya Shamsuddin, Aziemah Zulkifli, Thian Lai Goh

“…Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a scoping review of studies from 2007 to 2024 was conducted using the Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases. …”
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Towards unbiased skin cancer classification using deep feature fusion by Ali Atshan Abdulredah, Mohammed A. Fadhel, Laith Alzubaidi, Ye Duan, Monji Kherallah, Faiza Charfi

“…Extensive experiments were conducted using publicly accessible datasets to evaluate SWNet’s effectiveness.This study utilized four datasets-Mnist-HAM10000, ISIC2019, ISIC2020, and Melanoma Skin Cancer-comprising skin cancer images categorized into benign and malignant classes. Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques, specifically Grad-CAM, were employed to enhance the interpretability of the model’s decisions. …”
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Le national à distance. Circulation de normes et réécriture du politique de la Tunisie by Stéphanie Pouessel

“…Henceforth, migration appears as a constitutive element of the national identity, and no longer as an emanation of a class of citizens based elsewhere. The national can no longer serve as the exclusive prism of nationality; rather, the national has become an exchange of ideas that by nature blurs the traditional limits of cultural identity.…”
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Novel Bat‐Monitoring Dataset Reveals Targeted Foraging With Agricultural and Pest Control Implications by Brian Lee, Samantha Sambado, D. Nākoa Farrant, Anna Boser, Kacie Ring, David Hyon, Ashley E. Larsen, Andrew J. MacDonald

“…Specifically, bat activity over rice fields is 1.5 times higher than over any other land cover class and nearly double that of any other agricultural land cover. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Social sciences by D.V. Elistratov

“…Therefore, the aim of the study was to find new approaches to organizing and conducting classes on tactical and spe-cial training of the personnel of the Internal Affairs Directorate, including abandoning the principle of causing the least harm to the attacker, in the event of an armed attack on a In-ternal Affairs Directorate facility, taking into account, within the framework of tactical and special training, certain training elements used in the Armed Forces. …”

Mini meta-analysis of anticholinesterase actions of atorvastatin, simvastatin and rosuvastatin, and in silico identification of their protein targets in Mus musculus by Fouad Kasim Mohammad, Rawnaq Faris Al-Shalchi

“…In silico mouse body protein targets for the statins were mainly classes of Family AG protein- coupled receptor (20.0 %-33.3 %), Oxidoreductase (6.7–13.3 %) and Eraser (13.3 % each), with others at 0–26.7 %. …”
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Mechanisms of Herbal Nephroprotection in diabetes mellitus by Dorin Dragoș, Maria Mirabela Manea, Delia Timofte, Dorin Ionescu

“…Despite the multilayered complexity of the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of DN, the conventional treatment is limited to just a few drug classes fraught with the risk of adverse events, including the progression of renal dysfunction. …”
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Influence of transient conditions on thermal comfort evaluations: Field study in university buildings by Keovathana Run, Franck Cévaër, Jean-François Dubé

“…However, thermal conditions in buildings are rarely steady, particularly in university buildings where students move from one class to another after each session. While this issue has been discussed previously, those studies are lab-based experiments that lack realistic settings. …”
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Disentangled Contrastive Learning From Synthetic Matching Pairs for Targeted Chest X-Ray Generation by Euyoung Kim, Soochahn Lee, Kyoung Mu Lee

“…Experimental results demonstrate the fidelity and diversity of the generated images through qualitative assessments and quantitative comparisons, outperforming state-of-the-art class-conditional generative adversarial networks on two public CXR datasets. …”
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Plains Zebras Prioritize Foraging Without Sacrificing Social Bonds During a Severe Drought by Severine B. S. W. Hex, Erin S. Isbilen, Daniel I. Rubenstein

“…Although animals prioritized feeding and the number of social interactions dramatically decreased in the late drought period, social associations remained robust. We observed age/sex class‐specific changes in social behavior, reflecting the nutritional needs and social niche of each individual. …”
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Traditional games as a tool for improving psychosocial development: a comparative study of structured and progressive learning models by Rekha Ratri Julianti, Adang Suherman, Amung Ma'mun, Dian Budiana, Eka Fitri Novita Sari

“…The instrument in this research was a questionnaire developed by students at the Wesleyan University Graduate School, namely the Class 7 Students' Psychosocial Adjustment Needs Questionnaire, with data analysis techniques using the t-test. …”
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