Development of risk models for early detection and prediction of chronic kidney disease in clinical settings by Pegah Bahrami, Davoud Tanbakuchi, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Habibollah Esmaily

“…Data initially remained imbalanced to investigate the ability of models to work on imbalanced datasets. …”
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A study on climate change impacts using lumped versus distributed hydrological models in a semi-arid basin by Farahnaz Baharvand, Ali Reza Massah Bavani, Mohammad Mahdavi, Massoud Goodarzi

“… This paper, aims to evaluate the impacts of potential climate change on the stream flow of a semi-arid catchment (called Merek) in western Iran using Distributed Catchment Scale Model (DiCaSM) and IHACRES lumped model and compare their ability in simulation of the future stream flow in this area. …”
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Multi-view knowledge representation learning for personalized news recommendation by Chao Chang, Feiyi Tang, Peng Yang, Jingui Zhang, Jingxuan Huang, Junxian Li, Zhenjun Li

“…This limitation stems from their insufficient ability to jointly consider user history and the characteristics of candidate news items in the modeling process. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of the Pain Resilience Scale among Lebanese Adults with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Melissa Makhoul, Samar Noureddine, Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Laila Farhood, Souha Fares, Imad Uthman, Douglas J. French, Christopher R. France

“…The Pain Resilience Scale (PRS), which measures behavioral perseverance and the ability to regulate emotions and cognition despite ongoing pain, lacks an Arabic version. …”
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MUSLIM POLE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY AND THE GENIE OF GLOBALIZATION by L. L. Fituni, I. O. Abramova

“…«Muslim economy» is a civilizational form of national economies in Muslim countries and an integral part of the global economy, including both the economic life and welfare of the global Muslim population and the economic potential, sustainability and the ability for self-development of the economies of Muslim states. …”
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Effectiveness of pre-employment card policy on employment transition during covid-19: evidence from Indonesian dual labor market by Beni Teguh Gunawan, El Bram Apriyanto, Hennigusnia Hennigusnia, Ivan Lilin Suryono, Ardhian Kurniawati

“…To analyze employment transitions, this research employs a multinomial logit model, selected for its ability to estimate the probability of multiple, categorical employment outcomes, making it especially suitable for evaluating the diverse pathways individuals might take from unemployment to formal or informal employment, and from informal to formal sectors. …”
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Emerging Strategies in Cartilage Repair and Joint Preservation by Mircea Adrian Focsa, Sorin Florescu, Armand Gogulescu

“…<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Cartilage repair remains a critical challenge in orthopaedic medicine due to the tissue’s limited self-healing ability, contributing to degenerative joint conditions such as osteoarthritis (OA). …”
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Plasma microRNA signatures predict prognosis in canine osteosarcoma patients. by Latasha Ludwig, Michael Edson, Heather Treleaven, Alicia M Viloria-Petit, Anthony J Mutsaers, Roger Moorehead, Robert A Foster, Ayesha Ali, R Darren Wood, Geoffrey A Wood

“…Current methods, including histologic grading schemes, have fallen short in their ability to predict clinical outcome. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small molecules present in all tissues and bodily fluids and are dysregulated in cancer. …”
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PSMA antibody, humanized PSMA.CAR10.3, or Cetuximab increases prostate cancer localization of NF-κB p50-deficient immature myeloid cells (p50-IMC) and phagocytosis by their macroph... by Mohammad A. Alzubi, Theresa Barberi, Alan D. Friedman

“…Lack of tolerance of human PSMA or EGFR by immune-competent mice and lack of expression of human PSMA protein in the prostate of AR2-Probasin-hPSMA transgenic mice precluded our ability to determine whether human-specific PSMA or EGFR antibody or PSMA.CAR10.3 increases anti-tumor efficacy of murine p50-IMC. …”
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Clinical Effect on Early Rehabilitation Intervention of Patients after Coronary Artery bypass Grafting by Xin HE, Weiming ZHANG, Xin CHEN, Huijuan PAN, Yuanfeng SUN

“…Objective:To investigate the clinical effects of perioperative education and one-to-one rehabilitation training on patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery through exercise ability, pain, activities of daily living and mental status.Methods:A total of 204 patients in Ruijin Hospital of School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomly divided into rehabilitation group and control group, with 102 cases in each group. …”
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Stock Market Prediction Based Multi-Attribute Decision Making Model Using Picture Fuzzy $${\hat{Z}}$$ Z ^ -Information by Shahzaib Ashraf, Amna Khalid, Bushra Batool, Mehdi Tlija, Chiranjibe Jana, Dragan Pamucar

“…This integration is to enhance the ability of the model to address completely unclear decisions utilizing the peculiarities of $${\hat{Z}}$$ Z ^ -numbers. …”
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Interfacial tension reduction using nitrogen graphene quantum dots with various precursors, molar ratios, and synthesis durations for enhanced oil recovery by Younes Gholamzadeh, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Mohammad Sharifi

“…It has been identified that the presence of more polar atomic bonds on the surfaces of GQDs decreases the ability of GQDs to reduce IFT. In this way, urea-derived and thiourea-derived GQDs exhibit less capability for IFT reductions from 19.03 to 12.33 and 18.04 mN/m at 1000 ppm GQDs and 200,000 ppm NaCl concentration, respectively. …”
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Shared rare genetic variants in multiplex autism families suggest a social memory gene under selection by Kang Seon Lee, Taeyeop Lee, Mujun Kim, Elizaveta Ignatova, Hyo-Jeong Ban, Min Kyung Sung, Younghoon Kim, Youn-Jae Kim, Jin-Hee Han, Jung Kyoon Choi

“…These knockin mice showed improved abilities to retain social memory over time. The results of our population genetic and evolutionary analyses, behavior experiments, and genome editing propose a molecular mechanism that may confer a selective advantage through social memory enhancement and may cause autism-related social impairment when disrupted in humans. …”
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(Meta)verse as the next escaper from competition public enforcement by Luca Megale

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Health-promoting activities among Saudi Arabian parents of children with disabilities: A cross-sectional study by Salmah A. Alghamdi, Muna I. Assiri, Reem A. Fallatah, Farah M. Albeladi, Hawa Alabdulaziz, Fatimah Alsaggaf

“…However, parents of children with disabilities often face unique challenges that can impact their ability to engage in such activities. These challenges may include increased caregiving responsibilities, limited access to resources, and emotional and physical burdens, which may hinder their involvement in health-promoting behaviors. …”
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Dual‐fluorescence imaging and automated trophallaxis detection for studying multi‐nutrient regulation in superorganisms by Lior Baltiansky, Einav Sarafian‐Tamam, Efrat Greenwald, Ofer Feinerman

“…Our system provides access to data that were previously unavailable and is crucial for a complete description of nutrient regulation by social insects. More broadly, the ability to simultaneously and efficiently track two material flows in a behaving colony provides new opportunities for tackling many open and emerging questions on topics other than nutrition, such as disease spread and social regulation of colony development.…”
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Reliability and Validity of Longshi Scale in Assessing the Activities of Daily Living of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury by Miaoling CHEN, Fubing ZHA, Fang LIU, Mingchao ZHOU, Yulong WANG, Jianjun LONG

“…Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of Longshi daily living ability rating scale(Longshi scale)in patients with spinal cord injury, and to provide objective basis for its wide application.Methods:A total of 412 patients with spinal cord injury(SCI)were selected from 60 medical institutions in China for the activities of daily living(ADL)assessment.Each patient was evaluated twice by both professionals(rehabilitation physician or therapist)and non-professionals(family member or companion of the patient).The Longshi scale and Barthel index were used for each assessment, and all assessments were required to be completed within the same day.The intraclass correlation coefficient(ICC)was used to analyze the correlation of scores on Longshi scale in different evaluators; the Kappa test was used to analyze the consistency of ADL rating in different evaluators; Barthel index was used as the criterion, and Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the criterion validity of Longshi scale;and compare the time spent in the evaluation of the two scales.Results:A total of 406 patients completed the scale evaluation effectively, with an effective rate of 98.5%.①The results of reliability test: Kappa test was used to evaluate the ADL level of the Longshi scale by professionals and non-professionals, with k value of 0.878 and 95%confidence interval(<italic>CI</italic>)of 0.839-0.917, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01).Intraclass correlation coefficient analysis was used to analyse the different of the scores of Longshi scale in different evaluators, with ICC value was 0.836, 95%<italic>CI</italic> was 0.805-0.863, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01).②The results of validity inspection: the Pearson correlation coefficient r value between the total scores on Longshi scale of the bedridden, domestic, and community groups and Barthel index was 0.711, 0.596 and 0.610, respectively, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001).③The results of time spent evaluation: compared with Barthel index(BI), both professionals and non-professionals took less time to evaluate Longshi scale than Barthel index, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:The Longshi scale has the advantages of being easy to understand and less time to evaluate.It is good reliability and standard validity in the evaluation of ADL for SCI patients, and it has better feasibility and can be popularized and applied in clinical practice.…”
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Development and Validation of a Nosocomial Infection Nomogram Model in the NICU: A Novel and Nurse-Led Way to Prediction in Preterm Infants by Shang Y, Chen L, Hu X, Zhang K, Cheng Q, Shui X, Deng Z

“…Internal validation showed the AUC of 0.952.Conclusion: This nomogram model, which is mainly based on nurses’ observations, shows good predictive ability. It offered a more convenient option for neonatologists and nurses in the NICU.Keywords: nosocomial infection, preterm infants, prediction model, nomogram, nurse-led…”
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Effectiveness of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Elina Jääskeläinen, Mikko Manninen, Heikki Hurri, Mikko Rantasalo, Yun Zhou, Hannu Kautiainen, Leena Ristolainen

“…The primary outcomes were perceived pain, walking ability, and quality of life. ResultsThe data collection process began in 2018 and concluded in 2022, intending to obtain valuable information regarding the effect of AlterG training after TKA and determine whether it, along with traditional exercises, could be an effective form of rehabilitation that can be performed at home. …”
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Computational thinking in the context of higher education: Analytical review by E. K. Khenner

“…In computational thinking, cognitive skills include abstraction, decomposition, pattern recognition, algorithmisation, visualisation, logical thinking, communicative competence, the ability to present, structure and analyse data, and some others skills. …”
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