Preimplantation Testing of Human Blastomeres for Aneuploidy Increases IVF Success in Couples Where Male Partners Had Abnormal Semen Parameters by Mahira Ismayilova, Aytakin Hasanova, Andrei Semikhodskii

“…<b>Results:</b> In patients with abnormal semen parameters, embryonic aneuploidy was twice as common compared to the control (13.6% vs. 5.8%, <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
Get full text

The Demography, Longevity and Mortality of Bullmastiffs Attending Veterinary Practices in Australia by Abigail Carney, Peter Williamson, Rosanne M. Taylor

“…Additionally, the results may assist owners and breeders in making informed decisions on health risks and breeding programmes in the population.…”
Get full text

Triage of road injury casualties - the role of bystanders: a scoping review by George Stephen Russam, Jake Gluyas-Harris, Nicholas Aveyard, Tim Nutbeam

“…Bystanders demonstrated the ability to apply basic triage tools with moderate accuracy, although over-triage was common and under-triage rates often exceeded accepted thresholds. …”
Get full text

Reconstruction of the transmission history of RNA virus outbreaks using full genome sequences: foot-and-mouth disease virus in Bulgaria in 2011. by Begoña Valdazo-González, Lilyana Polihronova, Tsviatko Alexandrov, Preben Normann, Nick J Knowles, Jef M Hammond, Georgi K Georgiev, Fuat Özyörük, Keith J Sumption, Graham J Belsham, Donald P King

“…All Bulgarian sequences shared a single putative common ancestor which was closely related to the index case identified in wild boar. …”
Get full text

A social ecological approach to identify the barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination acceptance: A scoping review. by Penny Lun, Jonathan Gao, Bernard Tang, Chou Chuen Yu, Khalid Abdul Jabbar, James Alvin Low, Pradeep Paul George

“…One of the biggest obstacles to implementing successful vaccination programmes is vaccine hesitancy stemming from concerns about effectiveness and safety. …”
Get full text

Characterization of the Care Process for Hypertensive People in a Polyclinic in Old Havana by Addys Díaz Piñera, Yamila Soler Carbonell, Nelsy Álvarez Mesa, Armando Rodríguez Salvá

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> arterial hypertension is the most common of all conditions internationally and one of the main risk factors that contributes to premature mortality. …”
Get full text

Advancing Ocular Safety Profile Assessment: A Novel Grading Scale for Ocular Adverse Reactions Associated with Bemarituzumab by Asim V. Farooq, Savreet Kaur, Pradeep Hundal, Maureen Burke, Rosilin Sulaiman, Anita Zahlten-Kümeli, Sumera Raoof, Zhezhen Li, Telma Murias Dos Santos, Xiaojun Jacqueline Huang, Kathryn Colby

“…AEs across clinical trials are graded using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), which may not completely capture the ocular sequelae resulting from the use of emerging therapies. …”
Get full text

Description of route dependencies for computer-based railway signalling systems by Michał Grzybowski, Jakub Młyńczak, Lucyna Sokołowska

“…Systems with considerable number of routes, over a thousand are becoming increasingly common. The research is concerned with the problem of describing route dependencies in computer-based interlocking configuration. …”
Get full text

Architectural Models Enabled Dynamic Optimization for System-of-Systems Evolution by Zhemei Fang, Xiaozhou Zhou, Ani Song

“…This paper follows the principle of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and develops a holistic framework integrating MBSE conceptual representations and approximate dynamic programming (ADP) to support the SoS evolution. The conceptual models provide a common architectural representation to improve communication between various decision makers while the dynamic optimization method suggests evolution planning decisions from the analytical perspective. …”
Get full text

Moving Beyond Mandatory Modules: Authentic Discussions About Racism and Health Equity at a Large Academic Medical Center by Karla Chamorro Garcia, Byron Gonzalez, Julia A. Healey, Leah Gordon, Maria Perla Brault, Esteban A. Barreto, Carlos G. Torres

“…Giving the hospital staff a common language and the ability to discuss such challenging topics may contribute to a culture of equity within our hospital.…”
Get full text

Ensuring guideline adherence and cost savings in stress ulcer prophylaxis practices in the intensive care unit: a pre-post education study by Yunus Emre Ayhan, Namigar Turgut

“…Accordingly, when inappropriate SUP agent use was calculated per patient in both periods, the total cost saving was 34 dollars.ConclusionInappropriate SUP use is common in the ICU. Adequate adherence to guidelines and proactive involvement of clinical pharmacists may reduce inappropriate SUP use and associated costs.…”
Get full text

Purchase subsidies for 100% zero-emissions vehicle sales goals: Effectiveness, government cost, and supplier capture by Chandan Bhardwaj, Jonn Axsen

“…Globally, purchase subsidies are among the most common policies used to support the deployment of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs). …”
Get full text

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Trends in <i>E. coli</i> Causing Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections in the United States by Simren Mahajan, Neena Kanwar, Gina M. Morgan, Rodrigo E. Mendes, Brian R. Lee, Dithi Banerjee, Rangaraj Selvarangan

“…Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common pediatric infections. This study evaluated the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 3511 uropathogenic <i>E. coli</i> (UPEC) isolated from pediatric patients in the United States from 2014 to 2023. …”
Get full text

Assessing the impact on quality of prediction and inference from balancing in multilevel logistic regression by Carolina Gonzalez-Canas, Gustavo A. Valencia-Zapata, Ana Maria Estrada Gomez, Zachary Hass

“…The class imbalance problem, where one of the two outcome categories occurs much more often than the other, is common in healthcare data, such as when modeling the risk factors for rare diseases. …”
Get full text

Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Cancer: a Study in General Surgery and Gastroenterology Patients by Iván Pimienta Concepción, Icler Naum Sisalema Aguilar, Diego Fernando Vaca Sánchez

“…Most respondents indicated that there was no history of cancer in their immediate family. The most common symptoms of gastrointestinal cancer mentioned by respondents were weight loss, abdominal pain, and blood in the stool. …”
Get full text

Newman's Error Analysis (NEA) in Solving Computational Thinking Problems on Indefinite Integral Material by Lisa Lisa, Elmanani Simamora, Mulyono Mulyono, E. Elvis Napitupulu, Asmin Panjaitan

“…Based on the error analysis using Newman’s Error Analysis (NEA) method, the most common types identified were transformation, processing, and answer-writing errors. …”
Get full text

LONG-TERM EFFECT OF WARMING-INDUCED PERMAFROST THAWING ON TUNDRA VEGETATION—THE EVIDENCE FROM THE CHUKCHI PENINSULA (RUSSIAN NORTHEAST) by Alexey Maslakov, Mikhail Grishchenko, Alina Grigoryan, Dmitry Zamolodchikov

“…The study reveals long-term trajectories of climate, permafrost, and vegetation cover characteristics. Although common biological productivity was growing and active layer was thickening, the particular plant species respond to these changes differently. …”
Get full text

Design of a Robotic Work Cell Using Hierarchical Systems Approach and Visual Components Software by Kanstantsin Miatliuk, Krystian Koc, Atakan Eliacik, Paulo E. Miyagi, Marcosiris A. O. Pessoa

“…The application of the Visual Components program system for the detailed design of the RWC is described after that. …”
Get full text

American Strategy of "Sufficient Presence" in the Middle East by I. V. Ryzhov, M. Yu. Borodina, T. V. Baranova

“…The states managed to find common ground on a number of issues of international politics. …”
Get full text

A Computationally Efficient Model Predictive Control Energy Management Strategy for Hybrid Vehicles Considering Driving Style by Yalian Yang, Yuqi Chen, Changdong Liu

“…A driving style adaptive speed predictor was designed, and the prediction accuracy of the proposed predictor was simulated and compared with that of some common predictors on different driving style data. …”
Get full text