Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Incomplete Paraplegia by Working Group of Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Incomplete Paraplegia

“…The main clinical manifestations of incomplete paraplegia are sensation below the injury level and incomplete loss of motor or sphincter function. …”
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Proposal for a predictive scale of cognitive impairment in adult patients with neurocysticercosis by Jorge Luis Anaya González, Francisco López-Muñoz, Erlen Carmona Alvarez-Builla, Adriana Edit Miniet Castillo, Laudelina Moreira Tusell

“…The prognostic performance of each of the variables was determined by means of sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values, with their respective 9 5% confidence intervals.…”
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Optimum Nitrogen and Density Allocation for Trade−Off Between Yield and Lodging Resistance of Winter Wheat by Haitao Liu, Shufang Sun, Min Jin, Chunhui Li, Jiayu Wang, Haixing Cui, Yong Li, Zhenlin Wang

“…We conducted a two-year field experiment in Tai’an, Shandong Province, China, evaluated SN23 (lodging resistant) and SN16 (lodging sensitive), under three nitrogen applications (120 kg/ha, N1; 240 kg/ha, N2; 360 kg/ha, N3) and four planting densities (75 plants/m², D1; 225 plants/m², D2; 375 plants/m², D3; 525 plants/m², D4), with N2D2 as the control, and measured lodging resistance related indexes and yield. …”
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Evaluation of the carrot gene pool for yield and quality indicators at Volgograd Experiment Station of VIR by V. E. Pryanishnikova, T. V. Khmelinskaya

“…The tests revealed a considerable variability in main agronomic characters of the carrot accessions, especially when high-yielding cultivars were concerned: they were the most sensitive to cultivation in arid environments and suffered a decrease in marketability. …”
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The growth–environment nexus amid geopolitical risks: cointegration and machine learning algorithm approaches by Md. Idris Ali, Md. Atikur Rahaman, Mohammed Julfikar Ali, Md. Ferdausur Rahman

“…Specifically, the study advocates for: (1) diversifying energy sources to reduce reliance on geopolitically sensitive regions, (2) investing in renewable energy technologies to ensure sustainable economic growth, and (3) enhancing trade policies to prioritize low-carbon technologies.…”
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Predictive Model for the Risk of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children by Olivier Mukuku, Augustin Mulangu Mutombo, Lewis Kipili Kamona, Toni Kasole Lubala, Paul Makan Mawaw, Michel Ntetani Aloni, Stanislas Okitotsho Wembonyama, Oscar Numbi Luboya

“…The area under ROC curve of this score was 0.9685, its sensitivity was 93.5%, and its specificity was 93.1%. …”
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A Single-Stage Isolated Battery Charger Using Nonbridged Positive Cuk Converter Configuration by Tanmay Shukla, N. P. Patidar, Apsara Adhikari

“…DCC mode requires lesser sensors in comparison to continuous current conduction mode. …”
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Exploring the role of ELOVLs family in lung adenocarcinoma based on bioinformatic analysis and experimental validation by Zihan Wang, Wenjing Cui, Long Liang, Jingge Qu, Yuqiang Pei, Danyang Li, Ying Luo, Yue Zhang, Yifan Qiu, Yongchang Sun

“…Meanwhile, patients with low-ELOVL6 expression were more sensitive to the 4 representative chemotherapeutic agents. …”
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Assessment of prognosis and responsiveness to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer patients based on the level of immune cell infiltration by Kaili Liao, Minqi Zhu, Lei Guo, Zijun Gao, Jinting Cheng, Bing Sun, Yihui Qian, Bingying Lin, Jingyan Zhang, Tingyi Qian, Yixin Jiang, Yanmei Xu, Qionghui Zhong, Xiaozhong Wang

“…The prognostic potential of the models was quantitatively assessed using Cox regression analysis and the development of column line plots. Immunotherapy sensitivity analysis was performed using CIBERSORT and TIMER algorithms. …”
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Solving Truthfulness-Privacy Trade-Off in Mixed Data Outsourcing by Using Data Balancing and Attribute Correlation-Aware Differential Privacy by Abdul Majeed, Seong Oun Hwang

“…However, data often encompass sensitive information about individuals, and outsourcing the data without sufficient protection may endanger privacy. …”
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Targeting of the HER2/HER3 signaling axis overcomes ligand‐mediated resistance to trastuzumab in HER2‐positive breast cancer by Satomi Watanabe, Kimio Yonesaka, Junko Tanizaki, Yoshikane Nonagase, Naoki Takegawa, Koji Haratani, Hisato Kawakami, Hidetoshi Hayashi, Masayuki Takeda, Junji Tsurutani, Kazuhiko Nakagawa

“…SKBR3‐HRG and BT474‐HRG cells lost sensitivity to trastuzumab, which was accompanied by Akt activation. …”
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ANALYSIS OF SURFACE DEFECTS OF ALUMINUM AND ITS ALLOYS WITH A SCANNING KELVIN PROBE by A. K. Tyavlovsky, A. L. Zharin, O. K. Gusev, R. I. Varabei, N. I. Muhurov, G. V. Sharonov, K. U. Pantsialeyeu

“…This provides the possibility of rapid nondestructive testing and diagnostic of precision metal surfaces, in particular the starting substrates for sensitive elements and sensory devices manufacture.…”
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Exploring Asian maternal experiences and mHealth needs for postpartum mental health care by Siti Sabrina Kamarudin, Idayu Badilla Idris, Norfazilah Ahmad, Shalisah Sharip

“…Conclusions Mothers expressed a desire for mHealth services emphasizing the need for these educational tools to be culturally sensitive, accommodating local language and religious practices, and offering support during confinement, to effectively address the unique needs of postpartum mothers. …”
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Bioinspired surface structures for added shear stabilization in suction discs by Alyssa M. Hernandez, Jessica A. Sandoval, Michelle C. Yuen, Robert J. Wood

“…Discs were tested using a robotic arm equipped with a force sensor, which sheared them across smooth and rough surfaces at a fixed speed and distance. …”
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Aspiring to clinical significance: Insights from developing and evaluating a machine learning model to predict emergency department return visit admissions. by Yiye Zhang, Yufang Huang, Anthony Rosen, Lynn G Jiang, Matthew McCarty, Arindam RoyChoudhury, Jin Ho Han, Adam Wright, Jessica S Ancker, Peter Ad Steel

“…The model was relatively robust to sensitivity analyses regarding performance across age, race, and by varying predictor availability but less robust across diagnostic groups. …”
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Dynamic Reliability Management for FPGA-Based Systems by Jahanzeb Anwer, Sebastian Meisner, Marco Platzner

“…Redundancy is a commonly used technique to enhance the fault-tolerance capability of radiation-sensitive applications. However, redundancy comes with an overhead in terms of excessive area consumption, latency, and power dissipation. …”
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Fine Particle pH and its Impact on PM2.5 Control in a Megacity of Central China by Mingming Zheng, Ke Xu, Lianxin Yuan, Nan Chen, Menghua Cao

“…Total ammonia (NHx) and sulfate contributed 79.1–93.7% to pH changes in spring and winter, while relative humidity was the largest contributor (33.7–36.3%) in summer and fall. By sensitivity simulations, PM2.5 remained acidic with pH changes less than 0.5 units in spring, summer and fall in foreseeable future even when the concentration varied by two orders of magnitude. …”
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Ganciclovir Resistance-Linked Mutations in the HCMV <i>UL97</i> Gene: Sanger Sequencing Analysis in Samples from Transplant Recipients at a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Brazil by Anna Caroline Avila da Rocha, Grazielle Motta Rodrigues, Alessandra Helena da Silva Hellwig, Dariane Castro Pereira, Fabiana Caroline Zempulski Volpato, Afonso Luís Barth, Fernanda de-Paris

“…<b>Methods:</b> A nested-PCR approach combined with a touchdown PCR method was employed to enhance the sensitivity and specificity of the sequencing analysis. …”
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Study protocol on risk factors for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus in different trimesters and their relation to maternal and neonatal outcomes (GDM-RIDMAN) by Khalida Ismail, Boon How Chew, Iliatha Papachristou Nadal, Angus Forbes, Nurul Iftida Basri, Rozita Zakaria, Pamela Phui Har Yap, Veronika Rysinova, Intan Nureslyna Samsudin, Nurain Mohd Noor, Ziti Akthar Supian, Haslinda Hassan, Fuziah Paimin, Siti Rohani Mohamed Alias, Norizzati Bukhary Ismail Bukhary, Madeleine Benton

“…The comparative incidences of maternal and neonatal health outcomes, the comparative prevalence of the psychosocial outcomes between women with GDM and without GDM, specificity, sensitivity, positive and negative predictive values of the risk factors, separately and combined, will be reported. …”
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Female genital mutilation among children in Ethiopia: A time-to-event analysis of age at circumcision. by Michael Arthur Ofori, Daniel Biftu Bekalo, David Kwamena Mensah, Niharika Jha

“…Effective interventions to reduce FGM prevalence would need to address multiple aspects simultaneously, including improving access to education (especially for girls and women), targeting both urban and rural areas with awareness campaigns, and considering culturally sensitive approaches that take into account religious and traditional beliefs while promoting the health and rights of girls and women.…”
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