Research on tetrahedral adaptive mesh grading refinement for intersecting faults by CHEN Yingxian, ZHU Zhe, MA Huiru, FU Jiepeng

“…Current tetrahedral adaptive mesh refinement techniques have primarily focused on the 3D reconstruction and analysis of simple stratified geological bodies. When applying adaptive mesh refinement to complex geological structures, such as those containing intersecting faults with discontinuous data, excessive refinement can easily lead to compromised mesh structures in the fault zones. …”
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Detection of hypertension from pharyngeal images using deep learning algorithm in primary care settings in Japan by Takeo Nakayama, Yusuke Tsugawa, Hiroshi Yoshihara, Memori Fukuda, Sho Okiyama

“…Pharyngeal images include vascular morphological information and may therefore be useful for identifying hypertension.Objectives This study sought to develop a deep learning-based artificial intelligence algorithm for identifying hypertension from pharyngeal images.Methods We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a clinical trial, in which demographic information, vital signs and pharyngeal images were obtained from patients with influenza-like symptoms in multiple primary care clinics in Japan. …”
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Species Identification in Malaise Trap Samples by DNA Barcoding Based on NGS Technologies and a Scoring Matrix. by Jérôme Morinière, Bruno Cancian de Araujo, Athena Wai Lam, Axel Hausmann, Michael Balke, Stefan Schmidt, Lars Hendrich, Dieter Doczkal, Berthold Fartmann, Samuel Arvidsson, Gerhard Haszprunar

“…These promising results indicate that a fast, efficient and reliable analysis of next generation data from malaise trap samples can be achieved using this pipeline.…”
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Association of the child opportunity index with in-hospital mortality and persistence of organ dysfunction at one week after onset of Phoenix Sepsis among children admitted to the... by Ronald Moore, Daniela Chanci, Stephanie R Brown, Michael J Ripple, Natalie R Bishop, Jocelyn Grunwell, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran

“…Model performance measures of interest were the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) and the area under the precision-recall curve (AUPRC). Models developed with electronic medical record (EMR) data using Egleston (EG) or Scottish Rite (SR) as the training site achieved AUROCs of 0.81-0.84 (95% CI range: 0.8-0.85) and 0.82-0.82 (95% CI range: 0.81-0.83) and AUPRCs of 0.59-0.68 (95% CI range: 0.58-0.69) and 0.62-0.64 (95% CI range: 0.61-0.65) respectively. …”
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Risk Factors for Postoperative Infections in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Undergoing Emergency Craniotomy by Zhang Z, Xu L, Xu S

“…This study aims to identify the risk factors associated with these infections to improve patient outcomes.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted, including 312 severe TBI patients who underwent emergency craniotomy at Brain Hospital of Hunan Province between December 2019 and December 2021. Clinical data were collected, and both univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors for postoperative infections.Results: Among the 312 patients, 57 (18.3%) developed postoperative infections. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND EATING BEHAVIORS OF YOUNG ADULTS IN PAKISTAN by Aqsa Nadeem, Saba Nadeem, Shanza Yousaf, Hadia Shafait, Dr.Umar Bacha, Rida Khan

“…Results: To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, as well as exploratory factor analysis, were employed. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of oxygen therapy among emergency nurses by Yazhu Zhao, Linshan Li, Yi Liu, Yongli Gao, Wei Zhang

“…From November to December 2023, data were collected from 410 qualified emergency nurses (response rate: 63.08%) across 15 tertiary hospitals using a validated, self-developed questionnaire. …”
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Values of welfare technologies: a qualitative study of how employees in Swedish care for older adults understand and justify the use of new technology by Doris Lydahl, Anna Davidsson

“…Methods Qualitative interview data involving 37 individuals were collected in municipalities in southern Sweden. …”
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Lablab purpureus: Evaluation and Selection of Drought-tolerant - High-yielding Accessions in Dry Farming Systems Based on Drought Tolerance Indices and Multi-environmental Yield Tr... by Julius Missanga, Patrick Ndakidemi, Pavithravani Venkataramana

“…The twelve accessions used in the study were the best genotypes selected from the former moisture screening experiment at the seedling stage. Data collections included days to 50% flowering and maturity, seed yield plant-1 and seed yield ha-1. …”
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Leveraging Dual Usability Methods to Evaluate Clinical Decision Support Among Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: Mixed Methods Study by Rubina F Rizvi, Sameen Faisal, Mark Sussman, Patricia Mendlick, Sam Brown, Elizabeth Lindemann, Sean Switzer, Genevieve B Melton, Christopher J Tignanelli

“…A set of usability experts (n=3) and trauma providers (n=5) performed heuristic evaluations and usability testing by end users. Data was collected through a triangulation of methods and analyzed using qualitative (thematic) and quantitative (descriptive) analyses. …”
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The Impact of Students' Motivational Drive and Attitude toward Online Learning on Their Academic Engagement during the Emergency Situation by Audi Yundayani, Yatha Yuni, Fiki Alghadari

“…The structural equation modeling and Hayes' bootstrapping technique were employed to analyze the data further, which was collected through an internet-based poll. …”
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Participatory research with carers: A systematic review and narrative synthesis by Bryher Bowness, Claire Henderson, Samia C. Akhter Khan, Mia Akiba, Vanessa Lawrence

“…A grey literature search, expert consultation and hand‐searching were also used. Following screening, data extraction and quality assessment, a narrative synthesis incorporating thematic analysis was conducted. …”
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Long Limb Bones Asymmetry in the Ancient Population of the Volga-Ural Steppe (Neolithic – Middle Ages) by Artem P. Grigorev

“…The work is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of directional bilateral asymmetry of long limb bones in the population of the Volga-Ural steppe on the basis of osteometric data from the Neolithic/Eneolithic, Early and Late Bronze, Early Iron Age, and the Middle Ages. …”
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Impact of Haemoadsorption Therapy on Short Term Mortality and Vasopressor Dependency in Severe Septic Shock with Acute Kidney Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Danny Epstein, Karawan Badarni, Yaron Bar-Lavie

“…<b>Results</b>: Out of 545 patients with septic shock, 133 developed AKI requiring CRRT, and 76 met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Advanced Deep Learning Approaches for Forecasting High-Resolution Fire Weather Index (FWI) over CONUS: Integration of GNN-LSTM, GNN-TCNN, and GNN-DeepAR by Shihab Ahmad Shahriar, Yunsoo Choi, Rashik Islam

“…This study analyzed FWI trends across the Continental United States (CONUS) from 2014 to 2023, using meteorological data from the gridMET dataset. Key variables, including temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and precipitation, were utilized to calculate the FWI at a fine spatial resolution of 4 km, ensuring the precise identification of wildfire-prone areas. …”
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"People are shortening the lifetime of mentally ill persons"; Community's perception towards mental illness and help-seeking behavior in Bench Sheko, Sheka, Kaffa and West Omo zone... by Nahom Solomon Habtamu, Gebremeskel Mesafint, Kidus Yenealem, Sewagegn Demelash, Zenebu Muche, Dawit Getachew

“…A purposively selected 58 individuals were interviewed by research experts using interview guides and responses were audio recorded. The recorded data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed by following a thematic analysis approach and the findings were narrated by supporting with quotes.…”
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Acceptability and feasibility of Problem Management Plus to address mental health problems among remand prisoners in the Netherlands: a pilot randomised controlled trial protocol by Mathilde J. F. van Oudenaren, Anke B. Witteveen, Anja J. E. Dirkzwager, Marit Sijbrandij

“…For the process evaluation, stakeholders will be interviewed (N = 25), including 1) RCT participants, 2) PM + helpers, supervisors and trainers, 3) prison professionals, and 4) family members & friends of RCT participants. Data of the process evaluation will be analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Internal Migration as a Scientometric Stress Factor - a Study of the Dynamics of Changes in Affiliations of Scientists of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University by Kubko Anastasiia

“…The proposals how to remove some of the identified limitations in the reliability of the obtained data and updated the Scientists of Ukraine database was presented. …”
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Determination of Nettle Leaves Extracts Antioxidant Activity by Various Methods by O. V. Trineeva, A. I. Slivkin, E. F. Safonova

“…AA of water and water-alcohol extracts was determined titrimetrically according to the method developed by T. V. Maksimova with co-authors; the ability to inhibit the autooxidation of adrenaline in vitro. …”
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Association between Systemic Hypertension and Ocular Perfusion Pressure in an Adult Population of North Karnataka, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Rekha R Mudhol, Lingamaneni Sneha

“…Nocturnal hypotension, especially in individuals on antihypertensive treatment, may further compromise optic nerve perfusion. There is limited data on this association, warranting a focused investigation. …”
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