Self-Handicapping and Its Value in Sports by Yetkin Utku Kamuk

“…Self-handicapping behavior, which can be manifested either behaviorally or verbally, helps protecting the self-esteem of the individual in short-term, but causes psychological/social problems if used frequently. …”
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Methods for extrapolating costs and effects in economic evaluations of telehealth interventions: a scoping review protocol by Søren Paaske Johnsen, Ulla Møller Weinreich, Sabine Michelsen Raunbak, Flemming Witt Udsen

“…The reviews conclude that most economic evaluations of telehealth interventions are small-scale and short-term. The choice of time horizon in economic evaluation, in general, is an important part. …”
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Parental Evaluation of a Responsive Parenting Program for Infants with Hearing Loss by Reinhild Glanemann, Karen Reichmuth, Stephanie Brinkheetker, Antoinette am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen, Katrin Neumann

“…The Muenster Parental Program (MPP) is a short, evidence-based early intervention program that focuses on parental responsiveness. …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of in-hospital mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by Tianyun Gao, Zhiqiang Nong, Yuzhen Luo, Manqiu Mo, Zhaoyan Chen, Zhenhua Yang, Ling Pan

“…The prediction models of short-term mortality were developed by seven machine learning algorithms. …”
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The Perioperative NonaGEnaRIan And cenTenarian suRgICal (GERIATRIC) Risk Stratification Tool by Laurence Weinberg, PhD, Dong Kyu Lee, PhD, Luke Fletcher, MD, Bobby Ou Yang, MD, Jadon Karp, MD, Anoop N Koshy, PhD, Ranjan Guha, FANZCA, Hugh Slifirski, MD, Michael R D’Silva, MD, Rinaldo Bellomo, PhD, Leonid Churilov, PhD

“…The tool can be used to assist perioperative clinicians with shared decision-making and short-term prognostication.…”
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Exploring the Inducement for Social Awareness Behavior and Optimal Control Strategy on Nipah Virus Transmission by Saima Efat, K. M. Ariful Kabir

“…In this study, we leverage optimal control theory to address short-term disease dynamics using a single season strategy. …”
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ED‐ConvLSTM: A Novel Global Ionospheric Total Electron Content Medium‐Term Forecast Model by Guozhen Xia, Fubin Zhang, Cheng Wang, Chen Zhou

“…Abstract In this paper, we proposed an innovative encoder‐decoder structure with a convolution long short‐term memory (ED‐ConvLSTM) network to forecast global total electron content (TEC) based on the International GNSS Service (IGS) TEC maps from 2005 to 2018 with 1‐hr time cadence. …”
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Unravelling spatiotemporal propagation processes among meteorological, soil, and evaporative flash droughts from a three-dimensional perspective by Chen Hu, Dunxian She, Gangsheng Wang, Liping Zhang, Zhaoxia Jing, Zhihong Song, Jun Xia

“…The spatiotemporal matching framework identified 21 meteorological-soil, 12 meteorological-evaporative, 10 soil-evaporative, 19 evaporative-soil, 8 meteorological-soil-evaporative, and 4 meteorological-evaporative-soil flash drought propagation events in the MLRYRB, whereas minor flash droughts with short durations and limited areas failed to pair. …”
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Kay Boyle and Caresse Crosby: Devoted Friendship by Linda HAMALIAN

“…Their emotional involvement intertwined with their interest in mutual literary endeavors, and the Crosbys’ Black Sun Press published Boyle’s first collection of short stories and her translation of the first chapter of René Crevel’s Babylon, “Mr. …”
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What Signal Paradoxes of Global Economy by T. A. Malova

“…Disruption of international communications as the only possible way to combat the spread of infection in the short term contradicts the need to restore its interconnectedness in the long term. …”
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Biomimetic bioreactor for potentiated uricase replacement therapy in hyperuricemia and gout by Bin Yang, Bin Yang, Guihu Luo, Tailei Nie, Zhenglan Ban, Quanxin Ning, Jialin Zhang, Xiangru Liu, Yanhua Lin, Xiaochun Xie, Qianyun Chen, Han Zhong, Ying Huang, Pan Liao, Yan Liu, Chenyang Guo, Chuanxu Cheng, Erwei Sun, Erwei Sun

“…IntroductionUricase replacement therapy is a promising approach for managing hyperuricemia and gout but is hindered by challenges such as short blood circulation time, reduced catalytic activity, and excessive hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production. …”
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Accounting for microorganisms yields stricter water quality criteria and elevated ecological risks of antibiotics: A case study of sulfonamides in the Yangtze River Delta by Xinyang Zhang, Xiao Yun, Ye Huang, Guofeng Shen, Nan Lin

“…While WQC-nn showed minimal differences from WQC-n, the inclusion of microbial data resulted in more conservative short-term WQCs (SWQC-nnm), calculated as 256.90 μg/L for SMX and 196.09 μg/L for SM2, approximately half of SWQC-nn values (435.20 μg/L for SMX and 491.11 μg/L for SM2). …”
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Routine Surveillance of Upper Urinary Tract Imaging for Diagnosing Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Cancer Recurrence in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Nobutaka Nishimura, Makito Miyake, Tatsuki Miyamoto, Takuto Shimizu, Tomomi Fujii, Yosuke Morizawa, Shunta Hori, Daisuke Gotoh, Yasushi Nakai, Kazumasa Torimoto, Nobumichi Tanaka, Kiyohide Fujimoto

“…On multivariate Fine-Gray proportional regression analyses, a tumor size of ≥30 mm and carcinoma in situ were independently associated with short upper urinary tract urothelial cancer recurrence-free survival (P=0.040 and 0.0089, respectively). …”
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Chitosan oligosaccharides maintained postharvest quality and increased shelf life of mango by Nishat Nitu, Md. Sefat Ullah, Prianka Howlader, Md. Nazmul Mehedi, Habiba Meem, Santosh Bose

“…Purpose: Mango is one of the most important and widely cultivated climacteric fruit which ripens rapidly after harvesting. It exhibits very short shelf life mainly due to high respiration rate, susceptible to various storage pathogens and mechanical injuries at the time of postharvest management which lead to reduce the quality. …”
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Coverage Probability and Area Spectral Efficiency of Full Duplex Communication in C-V2X Network With Dual Connectivity by Adeel Ahmad, Muhammad Nadeem Sial, Junaid Ahmed, Sadiq Ullah

“…FD in C-V2X network has shown to significantly improve ASE with gain of 2.55 dB over Direct Short Range Communication (DSRC) and 2 dB over HD in C-V2X network under specific conditions. …”
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; a distinctive presentation with myocarditis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: case report by Doaa Abdulwahab Mohammed Ayish, Fatma Ayish, Asayel Khamjan, Amal. H. Mohamed, Nagla Abdalghani, Osama Albasheer

“…Here, we present a rare case of EGPA with cardiac involvement that presented with acute heart failure.Clinical findingsA 44-year-old woman with a history of bronchial asthma and sinusitis presented with fever, shortness of breath, fatigue, unintentional weight loss, and polyarthritis. …”
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Leo Tolstoy’s Principle of Non-Resistance to Evil by Violence and Its Criticism in Ivan Ilyin’s Philosophy by Igor I. Evlampiev, Wang Yue

“…They see the consequences of their actions not only in the short term but also in the future so they can more correctly assess them. …”
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MEASUREMENT OF THE AMPLITUDE OF PERIODIC SIGNALS USING THE FIBONACCI METHOD by V. S. Petrushak

“…Amplitude converter of periodic signals into the code based on the Fibonacci method consists of: two comparators, a phase detector, a short pulse shaper, a digital-to-analog converter, a Fibonacci register, an extender, a clock counter, a decoder and an indicator. …”
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Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria by Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu, Wada Zechariah Ojima, Sayomi Bukola Adetutu, Adetoye Mayowa Mary, Ashaolu Joseph Oluwakayode, Olowolafe Tubosun Alex

“…While this is potentially a long-term solution, short and medium-term recommendations were also proffered. …”
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Disseminated tuberculosis masquerading as a psychiatric illness—A case report by Shalini Bhaskar, Mimi N. M. Noh

“…With standard treatment with a four-drug anti-TB regimen (along with a short course of dexamethasone), she improved well. …”
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