Neonatal Septicemia in Nepal: Early-Onset versus Late-Onset by Shamshul Ansari, Hari Prasad Nepal, Rajendra Gautam, Sony Shrestha, Puja Neopane, Moti Lal Chapagain

“…In particular, since rate of CoNS causing sepsis is alarming, prompting concern to curb the excess burden of CoNS infection is necessary.…”
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Particle Swarm Algorithms to Solve Engineering Problems: A Comparison of Performance by Giordano Tomassetti, Leticia Cagnina

“…The results indicate that one PSO algorithm achieves better solutions than the other one in fixed iterations tests, and the latter achieves acceptable results in less-function evaluations with respect to the first PSO in the case of fixed threshold tests.…”
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Ocular Surface Microbial Flora and Photorefractive Keratectomy by Alireza Peyman, Mehdi Bazukar, Tahmineh Narimani, Majid Mirmohammadkhani, Mohsen Pourazizi

“…Postoperative microorganisms isolated from conjunctival samples were CoNS spp. in 15 (42.9%), Streptococcus spp. in 3 (8.6%), and Staphylococcus aureus in one (2.9%), and Corynebacterium spp. in one (2.9%). …”
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A Review of Characterization Approaches for Smallholder Farmers: Towards Predictive Farm Typologies by Devotha G. Nyambo, Edith T. Luhanga, Zaipuna Q. Yonah

“…In order to achieve predictive farm typologies, three stages in characterization are recommended as tested in smallholder dairy farmers datasets: (a) develop farm types from a comparative analysis of more than two unsupervised learning algorithms by using training models, (b) assess the training models’ robustness in predicting farm types for a testing dataset, and (c) assess the predictive power of the developed farm types from each algorithm by predicting the trend of several response variables.…”
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AIs @ School: the perception of the actors of the learning processes by Carlo Giovannella, Licia Cianfriglia, Antonello Giannelli

“…The purposes for which they are used, with a few ex-ceptions, appear to be fairly trivial and predictable: carrying out searches, generating texts and translations, generating tests and their resolutions and, in rare case, generating images. …”
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Sleep problems were unrelated to social media use in the late COVID-19 pandemic phase: A cross-national study. by Tore Bonsaksen, Daicia Price, Gary Lamph, Isaac Kabelenga, Amy Østertun Geirdal

“…The data were analyzed with independent samples t-tests, Chi Squared tests of independence, and single and multivariable logistic regression analyses. …”
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Surfaces and Air Bacteriology of Selected Wards at a Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hailu Getachew, Awoke Derbie, Daniel Mekonnen

“…The main isolates were coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNs), 44%, followed by S. aureus, 37.4%, and Klebsiella species at 11.6%. …”
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A Comparative Analysis Between the ENVISAT and ICEYE SAR Systems for the Estimation of Sea Surface Current Velocity by Virginia Zamparelli, Pietro Mastro, Antonio Pepe, Simona Verde

“…The standard deviation of DCA measurements is derived and tested against what is expected by theory. The presented analysis results are beneficial to evaluate the pros and cons of the new-generation X-band to the first-generation ASAR/ENVISAT system, which has been extensively exploited for ocean currents monitoring applications. …”
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Big Data Analysis Using Apache Spark MLlib and Hadoop HDFS with Scala and Java by Hoger Khayrolla Omar, Alaa Khalil Jumaa

“…However, loading the datasets from Hadoop HDFS as well as to the local disk to identify the pros and cons of each manner and discovering perfect reading or loading dataset situation to reach best execution style. …”
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Higher performance enhancement of direct torque control by using Space Vector Modulation for doubly fed induction machine by Gouaamar Radouan, El Fadl Adiba, Bri Seddik, Mekrini Zineb

“…All proposed control algorithms have been subjected to rigorous tests and simulations using a MATLAB/Simulink environment. …”
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Magnitude of Multidrug Resistance among Bacterial Isolates from Surgical Site Infections in Two National Referral Hospitals in Asmara, Eritrea by Eyob Yohannes Garoy, Yacob Berhane Gebreab, Oliver Okoth Achila, Nobiel Tecklebrhan, Hermon Michael Tsegai, Alex Zecarias Hailu, Abrehet Marikos Buthuamlak, Tewelde Ghide Asfaga, Mohammed Elfatih Hamida

“…In contrast, Staphylococcus aureus, CONS, and Streptococcus viridians were the predominant Gram-positive isolates. …”
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The Cost of Health Care for AIDS Patients in Saskatchewan by Kevin P Browne, Steve D Shafran, John M Conly

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Bacteriological Assessment of the Indoor Air of Different Hospitals of Kathmandu District by Arzu Kunwar, Samyukta Tamrakar, Shyaron Poudel, Sony Sharma, Pramila Parajuli

“…The bacteriological agents were isolated and identified by cultural characteristics, Gram staining, and biochemical tests, and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern was determined using CLSI Guideline, 2015. …”
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A state-of-the-art review of the recent advances of theranostic liposome hybrid nanoparticles in cancer treatment and diagnosis by Hannaneh Azimizonuzi, Arman Ghayourvahdat, Mareb Hamed Ahmed, Radhwan Abdul Kareem, Athmar Jaber Zrzor, Aseel Salah Mansoor, Zainab H. Athab, Shaylan Kalavi

“…An evaluation of the pros and cons of the many HLs types used in cancer detection and treatment has also been conducted. …”
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Care coordination across healthcare systems: development of a research agenda, implications for practice, and recommendations for policy based on a modified Delphi panel by Aneesa Motala, Susanne Hempel, Michelle Wong, Maria Bolshakova, Ning Fu, David Ganz, Sonali Saluja, Timothy Kim, Carolyn Turvey, Kristina Cordasco, Aashna Basu, Tonya Page, Reshma Mahmood, Jenny Barnard, Isomi M Miake-Lye

“…Discussions were informed by a rapid review of tested approaches to fostering collaboration, facilitating care coordination and improving communication across healthcare systems.Outcome measures The study planned to formulate a research agenda, implications for practice and recommendations for policy.Results For research recommendations, we found consensus for developing measures of shared care, exploring healthcare professionals’ needs in different care scenarios and evaluating patient experiences. …”
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The Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns: A Nine-Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana by John Gameli Deku, Mavis Puopelle Dakorah, Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Verner N. Orish, Francis Abeku Ussher, Godsway Edem Kpene, Vida Angmorkie Eshun, Eunice Agyei, Waldermer Attivor, James Osei-Yeboah

“…This study retrospectively analysed data from 4,489 patients who were referred to the Laboratory Department for blood culture and sensitivity testing from January 2009 to December 2017. Sociodemographic data included age, gender, and patients’ department. …”
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Molecular Epidemiological Characteristics of <i>Staphylococcus pseudintermedius</i>, <i>Staphylococcus coagulans,</i> and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Cultured from Clinical Ca... by Sara Horsman, Julian Zaugg, Erika Meler, Deirdre Mikkelsen, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães, Justine S. Gibson

“…These isolates underwent matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation– time of flight bacterial identification, minimum inhibitory concentration testing using Sensititre^TM plates and WGS. …”
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An ensemble machine learning-based performance evaluation identifies top In-Silico pathogenicity prediction methods that best classify driver mutations in cancer by Subrata Das, Vatsal Patel, Shouvik Chakravarty, Arnab Ghosh, Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Nidhan K. Biswas

“…Results The random forest algorithm emerged as the top performer among the three tested ML algorithms, with an AUC-ROC of 0.89, compared to 0.83 for the other two, in distinguishing pathogenic driver mutations from benign passenger mutations using all 41 PCSAs. …”
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