Association between migraine severity and sleep quality: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Nura A. Almansour, Nura A. Almansour, Seham S. Alsalamah, Seham S. Alsalamah, Razan S. Alsubaie, Razan S. Alsubaie, Nada N. Alshathri, Nada N. Alshathri, Yasmeen A. Alhedyan, Yasmeen A. Alhedyan, Faisal Y. Althekair’s, Faisal Y. Althekair’s, Faisal Y. Althekair’s

“…Although migraine patients commonly experience poor sleep quality, the relationship between migraine and sleep is not yet fully understood. This study therefore aimed to determine the association between sleep quality and migraine severity.MethodsA comparative cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,399 participants across all regions of Saudi Arabia from August to October 2023 using standardized questionnaires. …”
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The ameliorative effects of melatonin against BDE-47-induced hippocampal neuronal ferroptosis and cognitive dysfunction through Nrf2-Chaperone-mediated autophagy of ACSL4 degradati... by Quan Yuan, Mingwei Wang, Zhaoxiang Zhang, Ruofei Wang, Dechao Wang, Zichun Sang, Pu Zhao, Xiaoli Liu, Xiaoying Zhu, Gaofeng Liang, Hua Fan, Dongmei Wang

“…Melatonin has been indicated to confer neuroprotection against brain diseases via its potent anti-ferroptotic effects. Therefore, this study aims to explore whether melatonin can mitigate BDE-47-elicited cognitive impairment via suppressing ferroptosis, and further delineate the underlying mechanisms. …”
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Software defined network implementation of multi-node adaptive novel quantum key distribution protocol by Hardeer Kaur, Jai Sukh Paul Singh

“…The authors propose to introduce redundancy in the key generation, thereby increasing the key generation rate and improving the resilience to cyberattacks. …”
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Sunlight exposure practice and its associated factors among infants in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis. by Fanos Yeshanew Ayele, Natnael Kebede, Asnakew Molla Mekonen, Mengistu Mera Mihiretu, Yawkal Tsega, Elsabeth Addisu, Niguss Cherie, Tesfaye Birhane, Chala Daba, Ahmed Hussien Asfaw, Zinet Abegaz, Abel Endawekie, Anissa Mohammed, Dagnachew Melak, Fekade Demeke Bayou, Husniya Yasin, Aregash Abebayehu Zerga, Fikre Bayu Gebeyehu, Birhanu Wagaye

“…Had postnatal care follow-up, being urban residents, mother's employment status, mother's educational status and not fear of sunlight exposure were independent factors of good sunlight exposure practice among infants. Therefore, health professionals create awareness for mothers to increase postnatal follow-up, and the importance of health education especially for rural residents.…”
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Fault-Tolerant Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Considering Unknown Disturbances by Yimin Chen, Shaowen Hao, Jian Gao, Jiarun Wang, Le Li

“…This approach facilitates controller reconfiguration, thereby enhancing and optimizing control performance. …”
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Effect of Clogging on the Permeability of Porous Asphalt Pavement by Yaolu Ma, Xianhua Chen, Yanfen Geng, Xinlan Zhang

“…Then, finite element models for asphalt pavements with hydromechanical coupling were proposed based on porous media theory and Biot’s theory. The variation in pore water pressure was simulated by considering the decrease in voids and the increase in clogging grains. …”
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Sex Disparity in Characteristics, Management, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with ST-Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction: Insights from Henan STEMI Registry by Shan Wang, You Zhang, Qianqian Cheng, Datun Qi, Xianpei Wang, Zhongyu Zhu, Muwei Li, Junhui Zhang, Dayi Hu, Chuanyu Gao, On behalf of Henan STEMI registry study group

“…Eligible women were less likely to receive reperfusion therapy (56.1% vs. 62.4%, P<0.001); the onset to first medical contact (FMC) (255 vs. 190 minutes, P<0.001), onset to fibrinolysis (218 vs. 185 minutes, P<0.001), and onset to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (307 vs. 243 minutes, P<0.001) were significantly delayed in women. …”
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FEAR PHENOMENON IN EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY by V. V. Melnyk

“…The fixation of the fact that fear does not inhibit, but rather activates human activities is an important in socio-theosophical interpretations of fear. The author emphasizes that the fear is objectified in the culture and is amenable to the mechanism of minimization. …”
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INFLUENCE OF SCREENING BLOCK SUPPORTING WAY ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF A SOLID PARTICLE ON AN OSCILLATING SURFACE by EMILIAN MOŞNEGUŢU, VALENTIN NEDEFF, NARCIS BÂRSAN, ALEXANDRA-DANA CHIŢIMUŞ, DRAGOŞ RUSU

“…In order to achieve this, a theoretical study has been conducted by using a simulation program, Working Model 2D, within which two ways of supporting the screening block have been conceived: the working surface supported by tie-rods, and the surface suspended on tie-rods. …”
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Ageing Healthy: Perceptions of Older Persons, Community Members, and Other Stakeholders in Uganda by Eunice L. Kyomugisha MA, Rachel King PhD, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi PhD, Susan Nakkazi MA, Carol Brayne PhD, Louise Lafortune PhD

“…Community dialogues, focus group discussions with older persons, community members, community-based organization leaders, key informant interviews with Ministries of Gender (2), Health (1), non-governmental organizations (3) and elderly representatives (5) were held. Thematic content analysis framework was used. Physical perceptions of ageing healthy included physical fitness, absence of health challenges, good physical appearance and looking younger. …”
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A Review on Covid-19 Detection Using Artificial Intelligence from Chest CT Scan Slices by Dhanshri M. Mali, S. A. Patil

“…According to studies, COVID-19 is frequently accompanied by coughing. Therefore, the identification and classification of cough sounds can be a promising method for rapidly and efficiently diagnosing the disease. …”
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Peripheral neuropathy as initial manifestation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome by Antonio Villa, Marianna Gregorio, Francesca Bassi, Ignazio Santilli

“…Neurological complications in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), previously known as Churg-Strauss syndrome, can be seen in 60-70% of cases, and in a portion of them neurological dysfunction may precede the involvement of other organs. …”

Seq2scFv: a toolkit for the comprehensive analysis of display libraries from long-read sequencing platforms by Marianne Bachmann Salvy, Luca Santuari, Emanuel Schmid-Siegert, Nikolaos Lykoskoufis, Ioannis Xenarios, Bulak Arpat

“…In addition to providing annotated scFvs, translated sequences and numbered chains, Seq2scFv enables linker inference and characterization, sequence encoding with unique identifiers and quantification of identical sequences across selection rounds, thereby simplifying enrichment identification. With its versatile and standalone functionality, we anticipate that the implementation of Seq2scFv tools in antibody discovery pipelines will efficiently expedite the full characterization of display libraries and potentially facilitate the identification of high-affinity antibody candidates.…”
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Superfoods: exploring sustainability perspectives between nutrient synthesizers and accumulators by G. Santunione, G. Montevecchi, G. Montevecchi

“…Analyzing the sources and characteristics of the main compounds found in superfoods reveals that most of them come from plants or bacteria, rather than animal origins. …”
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Comparative Analysis of All-Sky Luminous Efficacy Models Based on Calculated and Measured Solar Radiation Data of Four Worldwide Cities by Donghyun Seo

“…It was found that all the evaluated models provide good predictions (over 0.96 R2 value) for both global and diffuse illuminance. Among them, the Perez luminous efficacy model shows the highest performance in terms of accuracy and bias. …”
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Assessment and Management of Postoperative Pain among Nurses at a Resource-Constraint Teaching Hospital in Ghana by Faisal Mahama, Jerry P. K. Ninnoni

“…Although participants may have some knowledge of assessing and managing postoperative pain, this knowledge was not largely used to manage postoperative pain effectively, partly because of resource constraints. Therefore, there is the need for adequate training and with provision of resources, it is imperative that the use of standardized pain assessment scales could help in the proper assessment and management of postoperative pain in this setting.…”
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Properties of Gobi Aggregate and Sulfide-Rich Tailings Cemented Paste Backfill and Its Application in a High-Stress Metal Mine by D. Q. Deng, Y. H. Liang, F. C. Huangfu

“…In the process of mining, no collapse or delamination occurs. Therefore, the proportion of various backfill materials applied in production is reasonable, being verified by the experiment and field test.…”
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Multiplicity of Nontrivial Solutions for a Class of Nonlocal Elliptic Operators Systems of Kirchhoff Type by Yuping Cao, Chuanzhi Bai

“…The main tool used for obtaining our result is Morse theory.…”
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Pancreatic Ductal Organoids React Kras Dependent to the Removal of Tumor Suppressive Roadblocks by Lukas Perkhofer, Melanie Engler, Johann Gout, Frank Arnold, Mareen Morawe, Markus Breunig, Thomas Seufferlein, Alexander Kleger, Pierre-Olivier Frappart

“…The developmental process of PDAC is thought to be stepwise via precursor lesions and sequential accumulation of mutations. Thereby, current sequencing studies recapitulate this genetic heterogeneity in PDAC and show besides a handful of driver mutations (KRAS, TP53) a plethora of passenger mutations that allow to define subtypes. …”
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Evaluation Performance of Ultrasonic Testing on Fruit Quality Determination by Fikret Yildiz, Ahmet Turan Özdemir, Selman Uluışık

“…Destructive methods provide reasonable success rate of quality determination of fruits; however, they practically have many concerns about effectiveness, time, and cost. Therefore, developing portable, fast, and cost-effective techniques without harming fruits are desired for fruit quality evaluation. …”
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