Gene content of seawater microbes is a strong predictor of water chemistry across the Great Barrier Reef by Marko Terzin, Steven J. Robbins, Sara C. Bell, Kim-Anh Lê Cao, Renee K. Gruber, Pedro R. Frade, Nicole S. Webster, Yun Kit Yeoh, David G. Bourne, Patrick W. Laffy

“…However, environmental disturbances such as degraded water quality and marine heatwaves, can impact these vital functions as seawater microbial communities experience notable shifts in composition and function when exposed to stressors. This sensitivity highlights the potential of seawater microbes to be used as indicators of reef health. …”
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Anti-thermal-quenching and colour-tuneable Tb3+/Ce3+-doped phosphor from natural wollastonite by Yu Xinhong, Chen Feng, Yang Ming, Ruan Min, Feng Wei

“…In the xTb3+/0.06Ce3+/xLi+ (0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.09) co-doped wollastonite phosphors, Ce3+ acted as a sensitizer and the energy transfer efficiency from Ce3+ to Tb3+ reached 62.5%. …”
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Generalization of artificial neural network for predicting methane production in laboratory-scale anaerobic bioreactor landfills by M.J. Zoqi

“…However, it showed a significant sensitivity to variation of waste mechanical properties.…”
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Causal association between circulating α-Klotho levels and venous thromboembolism: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yanmin Song, Liping Cao, Hui Long

“…The MR scatter plot and leave-one-out test were used for sensitivity analysis. In addition, reverse causal associations were assessed. …”
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Fetal growth and risk of stillbirth: a population-based case-control study. by Radek Bukowski, Nellie I Hansen, Marian Willinger, Uma M Reddy, Corette B Parker, Halit Pinar, Robert M Silver, Donald J Dudley, Barbara J Stoll, George R Saade, Matthew A Koch, Carol J Rowland Hogue, Michael W Varner, Deborah L Conway, Donald Coustan, Robert L Goldenberg, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network

“…Some of the characteristics used for individualized fetal growth estimates were missing and were replaced with reference values. However, a sensitivity analysis using individualized norms based on the subset of stillbirths and live births with non-missing variables showed similar findings.…”
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A nursing and midwifery training program in Kathmandu on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship and infection prevention and control: a qualitative and quantitative outcomes and... by Jamuna Tamrakar Sayami, Rakchya Amatya, Kshitij Karki, Deepak Bajracharya, Basudha Shrestha, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Tyler Prentiss, Anita Shallal, Marcus Zervos, Katie Latack, Linda Kaljee

“…At immediate post-training, an increasing number of respondents indicated that they would not dispense antibiotics for adults [14.74% (4.88, 24.60%) CI 95%] and children [8.13% (−1.88, 18.14%) CI 95%] with fever and sore throats, and for non-pregnant women with burning sensation when urinating [10.69% (0.68%, 20.71%) CI 95%]. …”
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Lake pulses driven by glacier melting and climate variability by Songtao Ai, Shoukat Ali Shah, Yi Cai, Jiajun Ling, Xinde Chu, Shijin Wang, Yuande Yang, Runchuan Ouyang, Jiachun An, Wolfgang Rack

“…These glaciers, which are highly sensitive to climatic variations, serve as vital indicators of climate change. …”
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Mortality-related risk factors of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection with focus on antimicrobial regimens optimization: a real-world retrospective study in China by Sheng Deng, Jinglan Chen, Pengxiang Zhou, Qin Hu

“…All patients received definitive therapy and 65.0% (78/120) received sensitive drug treatment. Among those 65.4% (51/78) received combination therapy and 34.6% (27/78) received monotherapy. …”
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Evaluation of Lyso-Gb1 as a biomarker for Gaucher disease treatment outcomes using data from the Gaucher Outcome Survey by Ari Zimran, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, Tama Dinur, Majdolen Istaiti, Jaco Botha, Elena Lukina, Pilar Giraldo, Patrick Deegan, Stephan vom Dahl

“…Glucosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb1) has been shown to be a reliable, key, specific, and sensitive biomarker for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment response in clinical studies of patients with GD. …”
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Association between controlling nutritional status score and the prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lei Peng, Jian Tang, Ningjun Zhang, Zhongnan Zhang, Deqi Wang, Youfu He

“…A random-effects meta-analysis was executed, with CONUT scores treated as either categorical or continuous variables. Sensitivity analyses and Egger’s test were conducted to appraise the robustness of results and publication bias, respectively. …”
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%diag_test: a generic SAS macro for evaluating diagnostic accuracy measures for multiple diagnostic tests by Jacques K. Muthusi, Peter W. Young, Frankline O. Mboya, Samuel M. Mwalili

“…Commonly used diagnostic accuracy measures (DAMs) include sensitivity and specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratios, area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUROC), area under precision-recall curves (AUPRC), diagnostic effectiveness (accuracy), disease prevalence, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) etc. …”
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"I feel good because I have saved their lives": Acceptability of assisted partner services among female index clients and male sexual partners in Kenya. by Brienna Naughton, Mercy Owuor, Beatrice Wamuti, David A Katz, Monisha Sharma, Wenjia Liu, Harison Lagat, Edward Kariithi, Mary Mugambi, Rose Bosire, Sarah Masyuko, Carey Farquhar, Bryan J Weiner

“…Health care workers (HCWs) were seen to play an important role in mitigating participant fears linked with the intervention, particularly around the sensitive nature of HIV disclosure and sexual partners. …”
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Relationship Between Short‐Term Outcomes and PD‐L1 Expression Based on Combined Positive Score and Tumor Proportion Score in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers Treated W... by Akihiro Ohara, Taisuke Mori, Mai Itoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama, Shun Yamamoto, Ken Kato, Yoshitaka Honma

“…Based on the results from the KEYNOTE‐048 trial, pembrolizumab monotherapy is indicated for platinum‐sensitive recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M‐HNSCC) with a positive combined positive score (CPS). …”
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Determination of antibiotics in bean sprouts by UHPLC-MS/ MS-internal standard method by ZHANG Xiaoyi, ZHENG Sanyan, ZHANG Xiuyao, LI Ruifen, YANG Shuran

“…However, the average recoveries of the 59 kinds of antibiotics in mung bean sprouts were 87.3%‒119.1%, with the RSDs of 0.9%‒15.0% (n=6).ConclusionThe method is rapid, highly sensitive and accurate, which can be used for rapid screening of quinolones, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, macrolides, and nitroimidazole antibiotics in large quantities of bean sprouts.…”
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: potential role of KL-6 and systemic inflammation by Mohamed F. AbdelGhany, Waleed GamalEldin Khaleel, Asmaa Omar Ahmed, Ahmad BaheyElden Ahmed, Lamees M. Bakkar

“…Box plot analysis demonstrated significantly higher KL-6 serum level among IPF patients with cardiovascular comorbidities. Sensitivity 90.0%, specificity 94.6%, and accuracy 92.5% were associated with a cutoff value of KL-6 ≥ 299 for prediction of associated cardiovascular comorbidities among the studied IPF group. …”
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Impact of the initiation of isCGM soon after type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnosis in adults on glycemic indices and fear of hypoglycemia: a randomized controlled trial by Jerzy Hohendorff, Jerzy Hohendorff, Agata Grzelka-Wozniak, Marta Wrobel, Michal Kania, Michal Kania, Lidia Lapinska, Dominika Rokicka, Dorota Stoltny, Irina Kowalska, Krzysztof Strojek, Dorota Zozulinska-Ziolkiewicz, Maciej T. Malecki, Maciej T. Malecki

“…Data on glycemic indices and fear of hypoglycemia (FoH) in newly diagnosed T1DM patients are limited.AimTo assess the impact of initiating intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM) within 1–6 months of diagnosis on glycemic control and FoH in adults with T1DM.Subjects and methodsAfter wearing a blinded sensor for 14 days, participants were randomized (1:1) to either isCGM (intervention) or self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) with glucometers and blinded CGM (control). …”
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Effects of different warm-up methods on 50-meter breaststroke swimming performance by Hsuan-Yen Lee, Te Chao, Chi-Chieh Hsu, Ning-Wei Chang, Yi-Liang Chen, Yung-Shen Tsai

“…Following each warm-up protocol, a 50 m breaststroke performance test was conducted with inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors attached to specific body segments to evaluate and compare stroke performance, stroke length, stroke frequency, and the acceleration of the hands, sacrum, and feet across different warm-up methods.ResultsThe breaststroke specialists who performed the TA warm-ups recorded significantly less time than those who performed the conventional 1,400 m warm-ups (35.31 ± 1.66 s vs. 35.67 ± 1.83 s, p = 0.006). …”
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Cost-utility and cost–benefit analysis of a multi-component intervention (NEXpro) for neck-related symptoms in Swiss office workers by Beatrice Brunner, Andrea Martina Aegerter, Venerina Johnston, Thomas Volken, Manja Deforth, Gisela Sjøgaard, Achim Elfering, Markus Melloh, the NEXpro Collaboration Group

“…Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and cost-effectiveness acceptability curves were presented, along with calculations of the break-even point and the return on investment. Various sensitivity analyses were performed. Results A total of 120 office workers participated in the trial, with 100 completing the intervention period and 94 completing the entire study. …”
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Bacterial Contaminants and Antibiogram of Ghana Paper Currency Notes in Circulation and Their Associated Health Risks in Asante-Mampong, Ghana by Denis Dekugmen Yar

“…All bacteria were 100% resistant to erythromycin, 87.5% to tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and cotrimoxazole, 75% to vancomycin, while 87.50% sensitive to amikacin. The GH¢ notes were heavily colonized with potential pathogens, which are resistant to most commonly used antibiotics and could pose a health threat to users during commercial transactions.…”
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Virological and Immunological Aspects of AIDS Pathogenesis by Brian Conway, Francisco J Diaz-Mitoma

“…In contrast. in six patients with low proviral loads and sensitive isolates. there was a mean increase of 43 CD4 cells/µL. …”
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