Research on Spread Spectrum Codes Optimized by Sparrow Search Algorithm and Extreme Gradient Boosting by LIANG Zhiru, BIAN Dongming, ZHANG Gengxin

“…【Objective】Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) has been widely used in military and civilian communications due to its strong resistance to various common interferences, high security, and ease of implementation. …”
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In-House Fabrication and Validation of 3D-Printed Custom-Made Medical Devices for Planning and Simulation of Peripheral Endovascular Therapies by Arianna Mersanne, Ruben Foresti, Chiara Martini, Cristina Caffarra Malvezzi, Giulia Rossi, Anna Fornasari, Massimo De Filippo, Antonio Freyrie, Paolo Perini

“…Bland–Alman plots revealed a strong agreement between the 3D models and patient anatomy, with outliers ranging from 4.3% to 6.9%. …”
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Experimental and DFT studies on the green synthesis of 2-amino-4H-chromenes using a recyclable GOQDs-NS-doped catalyst by Parvin Beigiazaraghbelagh, Shahnaz Rostamizadeh, Ahmad Poursattar Marjani, Aidin Bahrami, Arezu Ghiasvand, Zahra Arabi

“…Furthermore, comparative $${^1}$$ 1 H and $${^{13}}$$ 13 C NMR analyses of compound 4c reveal strong agreement between computational and experimental findings. …”
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Duncan-Chang Constitutive Model of Vetiver Root and Soil Matrix at Different Growth Stages by WU Ruibin, JI Jinnan, YANG Yuzhe

“…Despite the inability to capture the strain softening phenomenon of individual soil, the stress-strain curve, predicted shear strength indicators, and measured values exhibit a strong correlation (R2>0.91). They effectively predicted the variation characteristics of the curve in the elastic, hardening and plastic stages. (2) The Duncan-Chang constitutive model parameters of root-soil matrixs exhibited a significant correlation with root characteristic parameters. …”
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Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve by Jasmin Packer, Mark Kohler, Dolly Dawson, Nusrat Asad, Rosslyn von derBorch, Anna Chur‐Hansen

“…Our findings provide insight into people's behaviours that are strongly motivated by social norms, rather than wildlife protection, in respecting dog control regulations within nature reserves. …”
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Comparative Study of Gleason 7 (3+4) and (4+3) Prostatic Adenocarcinomas with Prognostic Criteria and Immunohistochemical Profiles of AMACR, PSA and Ki-67 by Clarice F. E. M. Osório, Waldemar S. Costa, Carla B. M. Gallo, Luciano A. Favorito, Francisco J. B. Sampaio

“…Anti-AMACR protein expression was based on four scores: negative, weak, moderate and strong. The statistical analysis was performed with the Graph Pad Prism 5 program. …”
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Treatment preferences of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer: A discrete choice experiment by Liam Mannion, Verity Watson, Vinod Mullassery, Rajesh Nair, Thomas Charlton, Margaret Northover, Deborah Enting, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Muhammad Shamim Khan, Ramesh Thurairaja, Suzanne Amery, Kathryn Chatterton, Kate Smith, Simon Hughes

“…Participants indicated a strong preference for treatments that increased their life expectancy (p = <0.001), had a lower risk of long‐term complications (p = <0.001) and less changes to their body image (p = <0.001). …”
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Epidermoid cysts of the orofacial region: A clinico-pathological study of 13 cases with review of literature by Priya Kumar, Rewa Malhotra, Aadithya B. Urs, Jeyaseelan Augustine, Sujata Mohanty

“…Results: The study found strong male predilection in the ratio of 10:3 with an average age of presentation as 28 years. …”
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APOE4 and infectious diseases jointly contribute to brain glucose hypometabolism, a biomarker of Alzheimer's pathology: New findings from the ADNI. by Aravind Lathika Rajendrakumar, Konstantin G Arbeev, Olivia Bagley, Matt Duan, Anatoliy I Yashin, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…Therefore, we investigated the interplay between infections and APOE4, a strong genetic risk factor for AD.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed data on 1,509 participants in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database using multivariate linear regression models. …”
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Describing team development within a novel GP-led urgent care centre model: a qualitative study by Azeem Majeed, Geva Greenfield, Sarah Morton, Shamini Gnani, Agnieszka Igantowicz

“…Eight key facilitating factors for the team were identified: appointment of leaders, perception of fair workload, education on roles/skill sets and development of these, shared professional understanding, interdisciplinary working, ED collaboration, clinical guidelines and social interactions.Conclusions A strong interprofessional team has evolved within the GP-led UCCs over time, breaking down traditional professional divides. …”
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High-Risk Genotypes Associated with Poor Response to Controlled Ovarian Stimulation in Indian Women by Anuradha Udumudi, K. Chaitra Lava, Vandana Hegde

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Statistical analysis using odds ratio was carried out to understand the significance of the results obtained. Results: Strong association of c.146G>T of AMH, c.622-6C>T of AMHR2, c.453-397T>C and c.975G>C of ESR1, c.2039G>A of FSHR and c.161+4491T>C of LHCGR with infertility and response to COS was established. …”
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Research Anti-Impact Mechanism of Roof Presplitting Blasting in Deep Composite Thick and Hard Key Strata by Xiaoqi Hao, Gang Han, Hu Liu, Jiahao Xie, Yawu Shao, Yin Zhang, Jinglong Cao, Qian Zhao

“…The results show that (1) in view of the characteristics of “difficult to collapse and strong energy storage” of composite thick and hard key strata in a deep stope, the targeted low-high combined blasting measures can realize the transformation of overburden structure from “F” type to “Γ” type, effectively shorten the exposed length of key strata, reduce the in-plane static load stress, weaken the dynamic load strength, and reduce the impact risk. (2) After adopting the low-high combined blasting measures, the maximum vertical stress reduction on both sides and above the goaf is 70% and 90%, respectively, and the energy release is up to 106 J, which greatly reduced the stress concentration inside the coal body and weakened the energy intensity when the overlying strata structure in the goaf was broken. (3) The total energy and frequency of microseismic events during the mining period, as well as the pressure strength and pressure step of the support, were significantly reduced. …”
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A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) level among risk factors of ocular involvement in patients with Behçet’s disease by Rasha M. Ghaleb, Hanan S. Gad, Mohamed I. Abdallah, Zaki M. Zaki, Jehan A. Mahmoud

“…Cutaneous lesions and arthritis were strong independent predictors for ocular involvement in BD patients. …”
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Severe pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy: a case report by Yi Lin, Zhao-Zhao Jiang, Xiao-Qian Chi, Jian-Sheng Chen, Chao Wen, Chao Zhang, Ying-Ying Wang, Guang-Liang Xie

“…BackgroundNocardia species are rare opportunistic pathogens in the clinic, with strong invasiveness and dissemination, that can cause serious pulmonary infection, especially in immunocompromised patients, chronic lung diseases and hormone use, and is easy to be missed and misdiagnosed, preventing patients from obtaining timely and effective treatment, resulting in a high mortality rate.Case presentationHere, we present a rare case of a patient with chronic bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy who developed Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pneumonia shortly after hormone therapy. …”
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Development of the cultural tailoring score (CTS): a scoring instrument to assess cultural tailoring of health messaging by Claudia Parvanta, Kayleigh Murray, Samantha Boddupalli, Natalie Erasme, Rheese McNab, Vijay Prajapati, Arabel Severe, Aura Reyes, Richard Harner, Rhonda Holliday

“…It is based on research demonstrating the importance of: (1) Levels of engagement of the intended audience in the production, (2) use of understandable and culturally meaningful language, incorporation of (3) surface cultural cues and (4) deeper cultural constructs, (5) presence of a narrative to bind the information and cultural elements into a relatable story, and (6) factors associated with concrete psychological construal level (“now,” “here,” “you”).Methods We document a trial of the cultural tailoring score conducted by graduate students identifying as Filipino, Haitian, or Hispanic/Latinx reviewing 17 ads promoting COVID-19 vaccine that had been pretested during the pandemic for perceived effectiveness with convenience samples of these same ethnic groups.Results We achieved a combined Spearman’s Rank Correlation rho of 0.45 between the cultural tailoring score and perceived effectiveness ranking of all 17 ads (individual cultural groupings range from Spearman’s rho 0.45 to 0.90), suggesting that cultural components were moderately to strongly associated with perceived effectiveness. Open-ended comments from pretesting respondents support this finding and suggest that cultural components facilitated what the Elaboration Likelihood Model describes as central processing of the main health messages, thereby enhancing health literacy.Discussion The paper discusses recommendations for further development and testing of the CTS to produce a simple tool to guide future multicultural health communication materials production or pretesting.…”
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Bio-Optical Response of Phytoplankton and Coloured Detrital Matter (CDM) to Coastal Upwelling in the Northwest South China Sea by Guifen Wang, Wenlong Xu, Shubha Sathyendranath, Wen Zhou, Wenxi Cao

“…These bio-optical properties, which showed distinct horizontal and vertical distributions across the continental shelf, were strongly influenced by upwelling processes, as well as the shelf topography. …”
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Effect of Colloidal Silicate on the Migration Behaviour of Strontium in Groundwater Environment of Geological Disposal Candidate Site by Rui Zuo, Kexue Han, Rongtao Shi, Fei Ding, Li Liu, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng, Jie Yang, Xin Liu

“…It was inferred that strong chemical interactions and/or surface complexation contributed primarily to Sr(II) sorption, and the process was on the monolayer adsorption of the outer surface. …”
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Assessment of patients’ perception and satisfaction with extemporaneous compounding service in ALERT hospital, Ethiopia by Beyene Hirpina, Muluken Nigatu Selam, Atalay Mulu Fentie, Minychel Wale, Aychew Mekuriaw Tegegne, Samuel Abera

“…Majority of the respondents strongly agreed with their satisfaction with price (51.4%), the adequacy of information provided (67.8%), the ease and smoothness of communication with staff (72.0%), and the politeness and supportiveness of staff (73.2%). …”
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Perovskite Solar Cell: Chemical Composition and Bandgap Energy via Machine Learning by Filipi França dos Santos, Kelly Cristine Da Silveira, Gesiane Mendonça Ferreira, Daniella Herdi Cariello, Mônica Calixto de Andrade

“…The adaptive capacity of perovskite structures for solar spectrum absorption and current displacement is strongly influenced by the bandgap energy, ideally situated between 1.3 and 1.7 eV. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Public Transportation Comfort in Addis Ababa: Objective and Subjective Performance Metrics by Shambel Assefa Esheti, Yonas Minalu Emagnu, Birhanu Demissie Haylemariam, Robeam Solomon Melaku

“…The holistic evaluation demonstrates an average correlation of 81.75%, indicating a strong alignment between peak-hour objective and subjective assessments. …”
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