Plant Disease Classifier: Detection of Dual-Crop Diseases Using Lightweight 2D CNN Architecture by Hasibul Islam Peyal, Md. Nahiduzzaman, Md. Abu Hanif Pramanik, Md. Khalid Syfullah, Saleh Mohammed Shahriar, Abida Sultana, Mominul Ahsan, Julfikar Haider, Amith Khandakar, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury

“…Also, the precision, recall, F1-score of the proposed model is 97 % and Area Under Curve (AUC) score of the model is 99.9% which is an indicator of the very good performance of the model. Class activation maps were shown using the Gradient Weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) technique to visually explain the disease detected by the proposed model, and a heatmap was produced to indicate the responsible region for classification. …”
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Evaluation of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Veterinary Professionals and Senior Animal Health Students in Central Gondar Zone, Gondar, Ethiopia: Antimicrobial Use and Re... by Abibo Wondie Mekonen, Yesuneh Tefera Mekasha, Melaku Getahun Feleke, Atsede Getaneh, Meron Dereje, Misganew Bafe, Sete Nigussie, Achenef Melaku Beyene

“…In order to combat this issue and promote responsible antimicrobial use (AMU), it is imperative for veterinary professionals and graduating students to possess extensive knowledge, maintain positive attitudes, and adhere to good practices regarding AMU and AMR. Objective To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAPs) of veterinary professionals and senior animal health students’ towards veterinary AMU and AMR. …”
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Phytocompounds from Indonesia Medicinal Herbs as Potential Apelin Receptor Agonist for Heart Failure Therapy: An In-silico Approach by Muhamad Rizqy Fadhillah, Wawaimuli Arozal, Muhammad Habiburrahman, Somasundaram Arumugam, Heri Wibowo, Suci Widya Primadhani, Aryo Tedjo, Surya Dwira, Nurul Gusti Khatimah

“…Gambogic acid demonstrated favorable pharmacokinetic properties: good bioavailability, minimal blood-brain barrier penetration, no cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme interactions, and low toxicity. …”
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Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Relationship to the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy among Newborn Infants by Hend Elmoursi, Mohamed Abdalla, Bader Eldin Mesbah, Abdelmoneim Khashana

“…Moreover, salivary LDH showed a good discriminative ability where the AUC was 0.966 regarding salivary LDH (95% CI: 0.917–1.0) (p<0.001). …”
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Blood molecular subtypes to guide precision treatment strategies in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis by In-Woon Baek, Jung Woo Rhim, Kyung-Su Park, Ki-Jo Kim

“…In a canakinumab-treated dataset, treatment response was correlated with IL1B expression and NF-κB signaling pathway, and neutrophil activation-associated processes were effectively suppressed in a good responder group. GSK3B and p38 MAPK inhibitors showed a significant counteracting effect on the perturbed gene expression of sJIA. …”
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Evidence for direct dopaminergic connections between substantia nigra pars compacta and thalamus in young healthy humans by Giovanni Cirillo, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Federica Franza, Mario Cirillo, Michele Papa, Fabrizio Esposito

“…While histological validation and concurrent PET-MRI remains needed for ultimate proofing of existence, given the potential role of this pathway, the possibility to achieve a good reproducibility of these measurements in humans might enable the monitoring of dopaminergic-related disorders, towards targeted personalized therapies.…”
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Relating Sensory, Cognitive, and Neural Factors to Older Persons’ Perceptions about Happiness: An Exploratory Study by Alexandra J. Horne, Kimberly S. Chiew, Jie Zhuang, Linda K. George, R. Alison Adcock, Guy G. Potter, Eleonora M. Lad, Scott W. Cousins, Frank R. Lin, Sara K. Mamo, Nan-Kuei Chen, Abigail J. Maciejewski, Xuan Duong Fernandez, Heather E. Whitson

“…Participants with a higher proportion of responses in the “accomplishments” domain (e.g., winning, getting good grades) demonstrated increased FC between the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens, regions implicated in reward and motivated behavior. …”
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Assessment of the Scholastic Performance and Cognitive Functions in Malnourished Children of Primary and Secondary Class Students by J. U. Senthamizhan, P. G. Rajakumar, Rathinasamy Muthusamy

“…The scholastic performance was assessed using the school annual examination records and classified as good or poor scholastic performance with cutoff mark criteria of 50%. …”
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Compression Performance of Newly Designed Replaceable Tubular Steel Piers by Haifeng Li, Xuehang Zhao, Wei Sun, Zhe Xiong

“…The plastic deformation of the specimens is sufficient, and the deformation performance is good. For type IV-A specimens with LYP steel tubular plates and constrained steel plates on both sides, the mechanical behaviour of the new tubular steel piers is significantly improved, and increasing the height of the constrained LYP steel tubular plate can improve the compressive behaviour of the new tubular steel pier. …”
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Impact of chlorine dioxide and chlorhexidine mouthwashes on friction and surface roughness of orthodontic stainless steel wires: an in-vitro comparative study [version 2; peer revi... by Arun S Urala, Shivani Apte, Divya S

“…Objectives Good oral hygiene measures are important for successful orthodontic treatment. …”
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Investigation of the Normal Blowing Approach to Controlling Wingtip Vortex Using LES by Yubiao Jiang, Wanbo Wang, Chen Qin, Patrick N. Okolo, Kun Tang

“…Results of axial velocity and span-wise pressure distribution of the clean airfoil presented good agreement with known experimental data. LES results indicate that normal blowing suppresses the primary vortex strength, while the vortex core radius, maximum induced velocity, axial vorticity flux, and pressure peak of the primary vortex are reduced by 25%, 28%, 46%, and 52%, respectively. …”
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A novel perspective on survival prediction for AML patients: Integration of machine learning in SEER database applications by Zheng-yi Jia, Maierbiya Abulimiti, Yun Wu, Li-na Ma, Xiao-yu Li, Jie Wang

“…Conclusion: Through in-depth analysis, this study provides a deeper understanding of the epidemiological characteristics of AML and successfully establishes a prediction model based on machine learning, which demonstrates good accuracy and reliability in predicting the prognosis of AML patients.…”
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Ultrasound-assisted modification of oat protein isolates: Structural and functional enhancements by Hamad Rafique, Pai Peng, Xinzhong Hu, Kanza Saeed, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Waseem Khalid, Sonia Morya, Tawfiq Alsulami, Robert Mugabi, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik

“…Moderate ultrasonic treatment (400 W) promoted protein dissolution, and maintained a good balance between β-sheets (71.04 ± 0.08), α-helix (16.27 ± 0.02) and β-turns (12.68 ± 0.03), exhibiting optimized flexibility and structural integrity. …”
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Insights into Enhanced Oil Recovery by Polymer-Viscosity Reducing Surfactant Combination Flooding in Conventional Heavy Oil Reservoir by Yuqiu Chen, Hong He, Qun Yu, Huan Liu, Lijun Chen, Xiaorui Ma, Wenzheng Liu

“…Moreover, the swept area of the surfactant with good emulsifying stability was larger than that of the surfactant with ultralow IFT. …”
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Pectus Carinatum Repair Using the Sandwiched Bars and Screw Fixation System: A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Single Center Experience by Tran Thanh Vy, Ho Tat Bang, Ha Quoc Hung, Lam Thao Cuong, Nguyen Hoang Binh

“…The percentage of patients with good outcomes was 97.4%. No serious procedure‐related complications were observed. …”
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The Referenced Vertex Ordering Problem: Theory, Applications, and Solution Methods by Omer, Jérémy, Mucherino, Antonio

“…Our results highlight that the newly introduced pruning techniques allow the computation of good-quality solutions (in comparison with other solver’s solutions) while reducing the overall computational cost. …”
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Cross-cultural validation and reference norms for the DCDDaily-Q questionnaire Chinese version (DCDDaily-Q-CN): evaluating children’s motor performance in activities of daily livin... by Meihuan Huang, Yujun Zhan, Haishan Zhou, Ping Song, Yanping Fan, Yang Lu, Yijing Chen, Zhen Lv, Qing Liu, Guojun Yun, Jianguo Cao

“…The confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit for the original three-factor model (CFI = 0.936, RMSEA = 0.049). …”
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Therapists perspectives on the Early Intervention after Rape study: a qualitative process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial by Tina Haugen, Joar Øveraas Halvorsen, Oddgeir Friborg, Berit Schei, Cecilie Therese Hagemann, Marianne Kjelsvik

“…We used Thematic Analysis to identify themes and subthemes.Results: Thematic analysis yielded four significant themes for process evaluation: (1) The quality of the new intervention modified prolonged exposure was considered satisfactory through training and supervision and delivered with good adherence to the manual, although some therapists perceived the manual as too rigid; (2) Adoption dynamics within the SACs are complex and include both enthusiasm for clinical research as well as resistance to change; (3) Narrow inclusion criteria and burden with participation for patients may limit reach and representativeness of the RCT; (4) Unintended consequences were identified, such as delayed start, conflicting advices and cross-contamination, underscoring the ongoing necessity for process evaluation alongside RCTs.Conclusion: This qualitative process evaluation offers insight into real-world clinical challenges with implementing a new intervention and conducting a multisite RCT within SACs in Norway. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practice Related to Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Resource-Limited Selamogo Woreda Residents, South West Ethiopia, 2021 by Girma Gilano, null Mulugeta shegaze, Amanuel Dubale

“…An intervention that considers local resources like taking the experience of groups with good knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice led by educated plus positive attitude people regarding the preventability and treatability of Onchocerciasis might be mandatory to improve the status.…”
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Brief Psychiatric Screening Questionnaire in Parkinson’s Disease by Will Lee, David R. Williams, Andrew Evans

“…Moderate to strong correlation (r = 0.464 − 0.733, p<0.004) between predicted scores based on BPQ questions and actual scores of three validated questionnaires was demonstrated. Good repeatability of BPQ questions was demonstrated by moderate to high intraclass correlation coefficients (0.47–0.772, p<0.01). …”
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