Integration and acceptability of cervical cancer screening as part of postnatal care among women attending postnatal clinics in the Accra Metropolis, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. by Lawrence Oppong Buadi, Raphael Odame, Ali Samba, Mumuni Kareem, Angela Amoanimaa Boateng, Claudette Ahliba Diogo, Rebecca Tricia Morrision, George Kumi Kwakye, Cecilia Smith-Togobo

“…The outcome of Pap smear tests revealed that most (90.8%) of the participants had normal Pap test results. In the univariable analysis, participants' educational level (p = 0.006); occupation (p < 0.001), and contraceptive use (p = 0.019) were significantly associated with the acceptability of the Pap test procedure. …”
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Investigation on the situation of hospital accompanying visitors and patient satisfaction under the nursing management in orthopedic wards in the post-epidemic era (后疫情时代骨科病房护理管理下住... by CHEN Liping (陈丽萍), WANG Fengmei (王凤美), LI Nannan (李南南), LI Jing (李靖)

“…Conclusion In the post-epidemic era, we still remains vigilant and never slacken our efforts to normalized prevention and control. It is necessary to pay more attention to the psychology of hospitalized male patients and reduce the impact of the epidemic on the lives of inpatients, so as to continuously optimize medical services, ensure medical safety, and improve patient satisfaction. …”
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Relationship between CCL25/CCR9 Levels in Follicular Fluid and High Ovarian Response in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Yongxin Hao, Qianqian Yin, Fangfang Hu, Xiaoyan Liu, Yaru Yang, Fang Sun, Xiaonan Yan

“…The cohort comprised 118 patients exhibiting HOR and 82 patients demonstrating a normal ovarian response (NOR). Results. The age and body mass index (BMI) variances across the two groups did not differ significantly. …”
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Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet’e İstanbul’da Esrar Tekkeleri by Asaf Özkan, Rıdvan Kızılkaya

“…Tütünün keşfedilmesiyle birlikte tütüne karıştırılarak nargile ile içilmeye başlanmıştır. Osmanlı Devleti’nde uyuşturucu maddelerin başında esrar gelmektedir. …”
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of sotorasib as second-line treatment for patients with KRAS-G12C-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) in Switzerland by Tämer El Saadany, Judith Lupatsch, Michael Mark, Michaela Barbier, Tarun Mehra, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Roger von Moos

“…Treatment costs of adverse events were included. RESULTS: Log-normal functions best fitted the survival curves from CodeBreak 200. …”
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The interaction of tPA with NMDAR1 drives neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in α-synuclein-mediated neurotoxicity by Daniel Torrente, Enming J. Su, Alí Francisco Citalán-Madrid, Gerald P. Schielke, Daniel Magaoay, Mark Warnock, Tamara Stevenson, Kris Mann, Flavie Lesept, Nathalie Delétage, Manuel Blanc, Erin H. Norris, Denis Vivien, Daniel A. Lawrence

“…Moreover, overexpression of proteolytically inactive tPA in tPA Ala-BAC mice leads to increased neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration compared to mice expressing normal levels of tPA, suggesting a tPA dose response. …”
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Phosphorus transitions driven by cyclone biparjoy linked middle east North Africa (MENA) and Indian Thar Desert dust storm pathways in Asia’s largest grassland by Rupak Dey, Seema B. Sharma, Mahesh G. Thakkar, Ranjit Kumar Sarangi, Abhiroop Chowdhury, Aliya Naz

“…Statistical analyses (Shapiro‒Wilk normality and Kruskal–Wallis H test) were performed on the data to assess the differences in phosphorus concentrations in terms of PAC (Phosphorus Activation Coefficient) among the phases. …”
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Seasonal spatial-temporal trends of vegetation recovery in burned areas across Africa. by Oswaldo Maillard, Natasha Ribeiro, Amanda Armstrong, Ana I Ribeiro-Barros, Samora Macrice Andrew, Lucy Amissah, Zeinab Shirvani, Jonathan Muledi, Omid Abdi, Huascar Azurduy, João M N Silva, Stephen Syampungani, Hastings Shamaoma, Victorino Buramuge

“…Non-parametric tests were used to analyze MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) products comparing the following three-month seasonal periods: December-February (DJF), March-May (MAM), June-August (JJA), and September-November (SON). …”
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Economic TEHES-Tube Material Evaluation by Absorbability Index under O-S-Dimensions for Minimizing Global Warming and Air Pollution by Exploring Dominance Theory: Green Management... by M. Prabhu, Sri Yogi Kottala, A. Anbazhagan, Anoop Kumar Sahu

“…After data modelling of the TEHES-O-S-composite tube material evaluation model, defuzzification is carried out to normalize O-S-data. Later, the authors’ implemented integrated optimization technique “crisp VIKOR combined FMF technique” to evaluate the EAI of composite TEHES tube materials. …”
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Dental rehabilitation of a patient with a decrease in bite height due to pathological abrasion of hard tooth tissues (clinical case) by V.M. Sokolovska, N.V. Tsvetkova, V.Y. Davydenko, O.A. Pysarenko, Y.E. Tarashevska

“…At the first stage, we normalize the occlusal height and rebuild the function of the masticatory muscles. …”
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Identification of core genes related to exosomes and screening of potential targets in periodontitis using transcriptome profiling at the single-cell level by Wufanbieke Baheti, Diwen Dong, Congcong Li, Xiaotao Chen

“…Subsequently, a core gene-based artificial neural network (ANN) model was built to evaluate the predictive power of core genes for PD. …”
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Molecular mapping of the grain iron and zinc concentration, protein content and thousand kernel weight in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). by Gopalareddy Krishnappa, Anju Mahendru Singh, Swati Chaudhary, Arvind Kumar Ahlawat, Santosh Kumar Singh, Ram Bihari Shukla, Jai Prakash Jaiswal, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Ishwar Singh Solanki

“…The population showed the continuous distribution for all the four traits, that for pooled Fe and PC was near normal, whereas, for pooled Zn, RILs exhibited positively skewed distribution. …”
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The effect of green management on sustainable marketing orientation in small and medium industrial businesses: the mediating role of social legitimacy by Heshmatollah Soroushnia, Jalal Haghighatmonfared, Anahita Salari

“…The proposed criteria introduced by Hir et al. had adopted to assess the measurement model and the structural model, which include several criteria such as "standardized factor loading" (> 0.7), "composite reliability (CR)" (> 7. 0), Average Variance Extracted (AVE) (> 0.5), Normalized Fit Index (NFI) (above 0.90), Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) (< 0.08), the coefficient of determination (R2) (> 0.1). …”
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Effect of tDCS Synchronized FES on Lower Limb Motor and Balance Function of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Hemiplegia by LU Xiao, CHEN Hanbo, DING Lijuan, CHEN Xing, ZHENG Wenhua, WEI Ni, HE Linghui, LI Mengyun, LIU Chen, YAN Tiebin

“…ObjectiveTo observe the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) synchronized with normal walking pattern based on multi-channel functional electrical stimulation (FES) on lower limb motor and balance function in patients with traumatic brain injury hemiplegia.MethodsA total of 56 patients with TBI and hemiplegia were divided into synchronous group (<italic>n</italic>=21), FES group (<italic>n</italic>=20), and tDCS group (<italic>n</italic>=15) by using sealed-envelope randomization. …”
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Analysis of the relationships between the degree of migraine with right-to-left shunts and changes in white matter lesions and brain structural volume by Xin Pan, Haoran Ren, Lili Xie, Yu Zou, Furong Li, Xiaowen Sui, Li Cui, Zhengping Cheng, Jiaojiao Wu, Feng Shi, Hongling Zhao, Shubei Ma

“…RLS flow, HIT-6 score and MIDAS grade were not correlated with the WML variables measured in this study. (3) There was a significant difference in the volume of the precentral gyrus between migraineurs with RLS and normal controls (P < 0.001), and there was a significant difference between migraineurs with different RLS flows and different HIT-6 scores and peripheral cerebrospinal fluid volumes. …”
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Improving machine learning predictions to estimate fishing effort using vessel's tracking data by J. Samarão, A. Moreno, M.B. Gaspar, M.M. Rufino

“…We assessed seven supervised ML algorithms, including Logistic Regression, Ridge Classifier, Random Forest Classifier, K-Neighbours, Gradient Boosting Classifier, LinearSVC, Recurrent Neural Networks and XGBoost, using four case studies, from bivalve dredge and octopus pots and traps fisheries.First, in a preliminary statistical analysis between common error measures derived from the confusion matrix was decided to use accuracy, precision, and sensitivity as evaluation criteria. …”
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Steady-state mixing state of black carbon aerosols from a particle-resolved model by Z. Zhang, Z. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, N. Riemer, C. Liu, C. Liu, Y. Jin, Y. Jin, Z. Tian, Z. Tian, J. Cai, J. Cai, Y. Cheng, Y. Cheng, G. Chen, G. Chen, B. Wang, B. Wang, S. Wang, A. Ding, A. Ding

“…In the model simulation, the mean CT, equivalent to the <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">1</mn><mo>/</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="bbb65cad56c0d284439060f0b57b1898"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-25-1869-2025-ie00001.svg" width="20pt" height="14pt" src="acp-25-1869-2025-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>, is 62 nm, which is consistent with the statistical results indicating a mean CT of 63 nm. …”
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Terpinen-4-ol Improves the Intestinal Barrier Function of the Colon in Immune-Stressed Weaning Piglets by Lihuai Yu, Guangzhi Qiu, Xiaomu Yu, Jianwei Zhao, Jun Liu, Hongrong Wang, Li Dong

“…After the 21-day trial period, piglets in the LPS and TER groups received an intraperitoneal injection of 100 μg/kg body weight of LPS, whereas the piglets in the CON group received an injection of 0.9% normal saline solution. The results showed that LPS stimulation resulted in a decrease (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in the depth of colonic crypts in piglets, which was greater (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in the TER group. …”
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miR124a-3p inhibitor alleviates AFB1-induced hepatoxicity via targeting chicken glucocorticoid receptor mRNA by Mindie Zhao, Liang Chen, Yulan Zhao, Jie Liu, Huimin Chen, Ruqian Zhao

“…Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) plays crucial roles in various processes, including stress response, inflammatory response and toxin response, making it a therapeutic target for numerous diseases. microRNA (miRNA) can target and negatively regulate the expression of GR, thus interfering with its normal function. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) seriously affects poultry health and productivity, exhibiting hepatotoxicity and cytotoxicity. …”
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Life cycle assessment of coconut plantation, copra, and charcoal production by T. Puspaningrum, N.S. Indrasti, C. Indrawanto, M. Yani

“…Ten impacts were calculated using the Center of Environmental Science of Leiden University Impact Assessment baseline method with Simapro software.FINDINGS: This study obtained ten impact categories, not only the global warming potential impact similar to most studies of perennial crop products in Indonesia. Normalization results showed that the category with enormous impacts on humans from coconut cultivation and copra processing activities had terrestrial ecotoxicity potential. …”
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