Systemic issues and efficiency reserves in EU agriculture: a slack-based DEA approach by Bohdan Kyshakevych, Olga Melnyk, Natalia Maksyshko, Yuriy Maturin, Yaroslaw Kotyk

“…The study uses super efficiency slack-based Data Envelopment Analysis models to evaluate the efficiency of the agricultural sector in EU countries. …”
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Biophysical and computational insights from modeling human cortical pyramidal neurons by Sapir Shapira, Ido Aizenbud, Daniela Yoeli, Yoni Leibner, Huibert D. Mansvelder, Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Michael London, Michael London, Idan Segev, Idan Segev

“…This effort has yielded unprecedented morphological and biophysical data on human neurons obtained during epilepsy or tumor surgeries. …”
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Age, Spatial, and Temporal Variations in Hospital Admissions with Malaria in Kilifi County, Kenya: A 25-Year Longitudinal Observational Study. by Polycarp Mogeni, Thomas N Williams, Gregory Fegan, Christopher Nyundo, Evasius Bauni, Kennedy Mwai, Irene Omedo, Patricia Njuguna, Charles R Newton, Faith Osier, James A Berkley, Laura L Hammitt, Brett Lowe, Gabriel Mwambingu, Ken Awuondo, Neema Mturi, Norbert Peshu, Robert W Snow, Abdisalan Noor, Kevin Marsh, Philip Bejon

“…Reduced transmission might lead to increasing susceptibility to malaria among older children due to lower acquired immunity, and this has implications for ongoing control strategies.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We conducted a longitudinal observational study of children admitted to Kilifi County Hospital in Kenya and linked it to data on residence and insecticide-treated net (ITN) use. …”
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Financial and non–financial factors in companies’ adaptation process towards sustainability and sustainable business models by Magdalena Zioło, Elżbieta Szaruga, Anna Spoz

“…The study analyzed 6,864 observations, that is, 96,096 data cells. The data are divided into two groups of variables: financial and non-financial. …”
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Multi-omics profiling reveals elevated CO2-enhanced tolerance of Trifolium repens L. to lead stress through environment-plant-microbiome interactions by Lei Wang, Sui Wang, Haifeng Su, Hongguang Cai, Yankun Song, Xiang Gong, Zhihui Sun, Jianhua Qu, Ying Zhang

“…In this study, we collected roots and rhizosphere soils from Trifolium repens L. subjected to lead (Pb) stress under ambient and elevated CO2 conditions, generating transcriptomic data for roots, microbiota data for rhizospheres, and conducting comprehensive multi-omics analyses. …”
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Hydraulic effects of vessel-induced waves on early life stages of lake macrophytes by Susanne Scherbaum, Juergen Geist, Yannic Fuchs, Josef Schneider

“…This corresponds to our field data, where 95% of oospores were found in samples from water depths ≥ 2 m. …”
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Prevalence, common helminthes, and factors associated with helminthes among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a tertiary hospital in Uganda. by Fowsia Ali Said, Emmanuel Okurut, Naima Bashir Mohamed, Simon Byonanuwe, Richard Mulumba, Isaac Kusolo

“…Despite the measures put in place, the prevalence of Helminthes among pregnant women in Uganda is still high which has implications for both the mother and to the developing fetus.…”
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Ageing workers’ mental health during COVID-19: a multilevel observational study on the association with the work environment, perceived workplace safety and individual factors by David C Christiani, Lilah Rinsky-Halivni, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg

“…This study aimed to investigate the association between individual level, work environment exposure factors and perceived workplace safety with a decline in mental health of ageing workers from different industry sectors.Design Observational study, prevalence assessment of survey added to longitudinal cohort data.Setting The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) from 27 countries in Europe and Israel participating in the COVID-19 survey (summer 2020) and having prepandemic waves’ SHARE data.Participants Workers aged 50–70 (n=6449) who attended their workplaces at least partially after the pandemic broke out.Primary outcome measure Perceived decline in mental health compared with preoutbreak status.Results Multilevel analyses demonstrated that 24.5% (95% CI 23.5% to 25.5%) of ageing workers in Europe experienced mental health decline associated with national-level self-reported COVID-19 burden. …”
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Dynamical Dark Energy in the Crosshairs: A Joint Analysis with DESI, Type Ia Supernovae, and TDCOSMO Constraints by Tonghua Liu, Xiaolei Li, Jieci Wang

“…In this work, we perform a comprehensive joint analysis of three representative dark energy models—ΛCDM, the Chevallier–Polarski–Linder (CPL) parameterization, and the Generalized Emergent Dark Energy (GEDE) model—using the latest observational data sets: baryon acoustic oscillation measurements from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 1 (DR1) and 2 (DR2), Type Ia supernovae, and time-delay cosmography from Time-Delay COSMOgraphy (TDCOSMO) lensing. …”
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Evaluation of ecological environment quality in China's mining areas by remote sensing: A review by LI Feiyue, LI Jun, XIAO Wu, ZHANG Chengye, WANG Shanshan, YANG Junquan, ZHANG Xiaoping, CHENG Yang

“…Potential research opportunities include expanding accessible indicators by remote sensing, constructing a framework for integrated data collection on the surface and underground, improving the data quality of remote sensing indicators, constructing a new indicator system for evaluation using remote sensing, and developing cloud computing algorithms.…”
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Association of dietary quality indicators with gallstones in the US: NHANES 2017–2020 by Weigen Wu, Yuchen Pei, Junlong Wang, Qizhi Liang, Wei Chen

“…This study aimed to explore the association between dietary quality indicators and gallstones using data from the 2017 to 2020 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Investigating the Effects of Urban Sprawl on Carbon Distribution Using AHP-TOPSIS and MGWR Models by Seyed Reza Mousavi, Monire Mahmoudi Holasoo, Mehdi Shah Mohammad, Samira Heydari

“…The population and housing census data from 1395 (2016-2017) and the GIS data from the detailed plan of Urmia provide a basis for investigating population distribution, land use patterns, and carbon emission indicators across the city's neighborhoods. …”
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Relationship between knowledge transfer and sustainable innovation in interorganizational environments of small and medium-sized enterprises by Ana Judith Paredes Chacín, Sebastian Diaz Bejarano, Freddy Marín-González, Elmer Vega-Ramírez

“…Likewise, an application of the K-means algorithm was used to group the variables into subsets. The study of the data was complemented with the multivariate technique and the principal components analysis (PCA) to validate the contrasting of the declared hypotheses. …”
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Levenberg-Marquardt recurrent neural network for heat transfer in ternary hybrid nanofluid flow with nonlinear heat source-sink by Ibrahim Mahariq, Kashif Ullah, Mehreen Fiza, Aasim Ullah Jan, Hakeem Ullah, Saeed Islam, Seham M. Al-Mekhlafi

“…This study focuses on the application of ternary hybrid nanofluids (manganese zinc ferrite, copper, and silver) over a spinning disk, which has significant implications for thermal management, biomedical devices, aerospace, and industrial cooling systems. …”
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Multi-omics network toxicology reveals the role of benzo[a]pyrene in ovarian cancer: Integrating gut microbiota dynamics and Mendelian randomization by Jinfa Huang, Qian Yang, Lingling Zeng, Kaixian Deng

“…., HSP90AA1: −11.7; AHR: −10.0). Analysis of TCGA data revealed significant dysregulation of 11 core genes in ovarian tumors (e.g., upregulated BCL2L1/CASP3; downregulated ALB/MTOR; all p < 0.001), with prognostic implications (AHR HR = 1.17, p = 0.028; CYCS HR = 1.18, p = 3.5E-05). …”
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National Trends in Medication Prescriptions for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Erectile Dysfunction: Findings from the Norwegian Prescription Database by Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Ingunn Roth, Christian Arvei Moen, Peder Gjengstø, Christian Beisland

“…Further studies are needed to link this with individual data to ascertain discontinuation rates and conversion from pharmacotherapy to surgical intervention. …”
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Mid-term results after DAIR for patients with acute periprosthetic joint infections of the hip or knee by Alberto Alfieri Zellner, Niclas Watzlawik, Jonas Roos, Gunnar Thorben Rembert Hischebeth, Christian Prangenberg, Alexander Franz, Frank Sebastian Fröschen

“…Abstract Introduction Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are severe complications following total joint arthroplasty, with significant implications for implant longevity and patient quality of life. …”
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Determinants of export activities in Ukrainian regions in the pre-conflict and the first-stage conflict periods by Elena Horská, Serhiy Moroz, Jozef Palkovič

“…The modelling procedure included all standard methods for panel data analysis. Based on its results, the one-way fixed effects model was selected as the most suitable for the performed analysis. …”
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The role of cerebrovascular reactivity on brain activation during a working memory task in type 2 diabetes by Yarden Oliel, Ramit Ravona‐Springer, Maayan Harel, Joseph Azuri, Chen Botvin Moshe, David Tanne, Salo Haratz, Barbara B Bendlin, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Abigail Livny

“…DISCUSSION The findings highlight methodological implications, emphasizing the importance of accounting for impaired CVR when analyzing and interpreting fMRI data in T2D patients. …”
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Pentraxin-3 as a novel biomarker in predicting outcomes of nosocomial pneumonia: a prospective observational study by Isha Garg, Nishant Kumar Chauhan, Harsh Vardhan, Shrimanjunath Sankanagoudar, Naveen Dutt, Gopal Durgeshwar, Hariharan Iyer, Nikhil Kothari, Ravisekhar Gadepalli, Deepak Kumar

“…However, multivariate analysis of subgroup data revealed serum pentraxin-3 levels to be an independent risk factor for mortality in VAP patients. …”
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