Development of a deep learning system for predicting biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer by Lu Cao, Ruimin He, Ao Zhang, Lingmei Li, Wenfeng Cao, Ning Liu, Peisen Zhang

“…The multiple instance learning method was used to extract whole slide image-level features. …”
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Efficacy of combining aspirin with hydroxychloroquine in pregnancies at high risk for pre-eclampsia: a prospective, multicentre, open-label, single-arm clinical trial, investigator... by Hyun-Hwa Cha, Suk-Joo Choi, Soo-young Oh, Cheong-Rae Roh, Ji-Hee Sung, Won Joon Seong, Yoo-Min Kim, Jisu Seong, Ji Hoi Kim, Gina Nam, Gwang jun Kim

“…Placenta-mediated complications exhibit a distinctive overlapping syndrome between pregnancies, and low-dose aspirin is the only prevention method currently in use. This study investigated the effects of improvements in outcomes with HCQ administration in high-risk pregnancies complicated by a previous experience of PE, FGR or FDIU.Methods and analysis This multicentre, open-label, single-arm trial commenced on 31 May 2022, in three tertiary hospitals in Korea. …”
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Analysis of the Causal Model of the Effective Criteria on the Development of Creative Tourism in Iran by Ahmad hajarian

“…The current research is applied according to its purpose, and based on the descriptive-causal method. The statistical sample of the research was made up of 30 experts and specialists related to tourism using the snowball sampling method. …”
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Identification of Suitable Villages for Agritourism Development (A Case Study of Semirom County) by Narges Vazin, Ali Sadeghi, Zahra Barati

“…This research aims to locate suitable villages for the development of agritourism in rural areas of Semirom County. The method used is a survey-analytical approach. The study population consists of experts and farmers. …”
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Isotope dilution-ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for determination of five alternariol mycotoxins in chestnut by Quanshuai WANG, Weiming SUN

“…Finally, the established method was validated. ResultsThe method ultimately used acetonitrile-water-formic acid (70 + 29 + 1) as the extraction reagent for sample pretreatment. …”
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Multi-Source Unsupervised Domain Adaptation with Prototype Aggregation by Min Huang, Zifeng Xie, Bo Sun, Ning Wang

“…At the domain level, our method establishes distributional alignment between noisy pseudo-labeled target samples and the source domain prototypes. …”
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Provider-reliant contraception use among reproductive-aged women in rural Appalachian Ohio by Kayla M. Alvis, Mikaela H. Smith, Abigail Norris Turner, Maria F. Gallo

“…Methods: We analyzed 2018–2019 cross-sectional data from the Ohio Survey of Women (n = 2568), a population-representative survey of women aged 18–44 years in Ohio. …”
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Design and Research of Low-Cost and Self-Adaptive Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Indoor Measurement Based on Adaptive Indoor Measurement Scanning Strategy and Structural Characteri... by Zhongyue Zhang, Huixing Zhou, Shun Wang, Chongwen Xu, Yannan Lv

“…This paper proposes a novel TLS equipment and a high-efficiency point cloud processing method customized for the novel equipment, with purpose to achieve self-adaption measurement on the basis of indoor characteristics of construction during civil engineering at low cost. …”
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Potential of random forest machine learning algorithm for geological mapping using PALSAR and Sentinel-2A remote sensing data: A case study of Tsagaan-uul area, southern Mongolia by Munkhsuren Badrakh, Narantsetseg Tserendash, Erdenejargal Choindonjamts, Gáspár Albert

“…These suggest that the data split ratio had a greater impact on model accuracy than the number of decision trees. In the second experiment, variations in the number of trees and variables per split had minimal effects, whereas the choice of stratification method significantly affected model outcomes. …”
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METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPING THE STRUCTURE OF A DICTIONARY ENTRY FOR A “DICTIONARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF ORAL FOLKLORE” (STABLE AND TEXTUAL AND FIGURATIVE UNITS) by Ruslan L. Serdeha

“…In addition, to reveal the meanings of the studied units of the language of oral folk art, we used the descriptive method, and to confirm the reliability of the given realizations of the semantics of stable compounds, the method of contextual analysis was used. …”
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Biochemical Effects of Long-Term Exercise on Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Markers in Adolescent Female Athletes by Ömer Faruk Bilici, Dilara Erkan, Dan Iulian Alexe, Dragoș Ioan Tohănean, Canan Demir, Cristina Ioana Alexe, Virgil Ene Voiculescu, Muhammed Fatih Bilici, Héctor Fuentes-Barria, Ulas Can Yildirim

“…Malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH), and catalase (CAT) levels were analyzed by a spectrophotometric method using a UV/VIS spectrophotometer in blood samples taken from all participants, and the data were compared between the groups. …”
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Evaluating the determinants on students’ switching intentions towards distance learning: an extension of the theory of planned behavior by Hui Guo, Yan Ye, Yu-Chun Lin, Asif Khan, Shih-Chih Chen, Jhao-Hong Liou

“…This study distributed online questionnaires to students with distance learning experience during the epidemic, collected 290 valid samples, and then applied the partial least squares method to analyze. …”
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Effectiveness of the mood shifter ball intervention on stress and burnout among nurses by Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan, JoyEvanjalin Manuvel Raj, Geetha Poomalai

“…The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the mood shifter ball intervention on stress and burnout among nurses at a tertiary care hospital in Chennai and to extrapolate themes from reflective practices. Materials and Methods: A mixed-methods, pre-experimental one-group pretest–post-test design was conducted. …”
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Requirements of Patients Undergoing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Preparation for Discharge from the Hospital -A Qualitative Study by Chen N, Zou Q, Gu C, Cheng Q

“…Nuo Chen,1,* Qingsong Zou,1,* Chunhong Gu,2 Qian Cheng2 1Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Orthopaedic Department, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qian Cheng, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 1111 Xianxia Road, Changning District, Shanghai, 200336, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18121222110, Email chengqian@shsmu.edu.cnObjective: To enhance the understanding of the challenges and needs faced by patients undergoing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in preparation for discharge, this study seeks to provide a practical framework for devising effective discharge plans tailored to this demographic.Methods: Using purposeful sampling, 15 patients who underwent UKA at a tertiary hospital in China between March and May 2023 were selected for face-to-face interviews, aiming to explore their experiences and needs during the discharge preparation phase. …”
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Similarity Function for One-Shot Learning to Enhance the Flexibility of Myoelectric Interfaces by Xiang Wang, Xu Zhang, Xiang Chen, Xun Chen, Zhao Lv, Zhen Liang

“…The effectiveness of the proposed method was evaluated by experiments conducting MPR across diverse scenarios. …”
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Evolving Perceptions and Attitudes to Adopting Generative AI in Professional Settings: Multicenter Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Senior Chinese Hospital Leaders by Zheng Zhi, Jing Zhao, Qiang Li, Qingxia Li, Meifang Xu, Yan Zuo, Ming Wang, Jiankang Liu, Jingyi Guan, Jia Wang

“…Interview transcriptions were analyzed using Colaizzi’s method to extract themes related to knowledge acquisition, attitudinal shifts, and evolving barriers and facilitators to GenAI adoption. …”
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Psychological aspects of glycemic control in young patients with type 1 diabetes by Oleg Gennad'evich Motovilin, Yulia Andreevna Shishkova, Sergey Ivanovich Divisenko, Ekaterina Andreevna Andrianova, Elena Viktorovna Surkova, Ivan Ivanovich Dedov

“…To elucidate the relationship between glycemic control (assessed by the level of HbA1c) and psychological status of the patients. Materials and methods. The study included 115 patients with type 1 diabetes aged 13-27 years. …”
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Decomposition analysis of public health service utilization and health disparities among urban and rural older adult migrants in China by Bo Dong, MengHan Jiang, Jing Zong

“…Against the backdrop of growing urban–rural development disparities in China, this study aims to examine the differences in public health service utilization and health status between urban and rural older adult migrants and quantify the contribution of relevant influencing factors.MethodsThis study utilized data from the 2018 China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS). …”
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Social service organizations report improvements in social services-health care integration in survey during California’s medicaid initiative (“CalAIM”) by Abigail Arons, Priscilla Alban-Acuna, Melora Simon, John Whaley, Nicole Fossier, Amy Simon, Rohan Rastogi, Caroline Fichtenberg

“…Given the potential for power imbalance both within the landscape of SSOs and between SSOs and healthcare entities, monitoring and elevating SSO perspectives during implementation is paramount. Methods We report the results of the SSO subgroup within a statewide survey conducted eighteen months into CalAIM implementation (July-September 2023, following CalAIM’s January 2022 launch) among a diverse convenience sample of SSO respondents who were familiar with CalAIM. …”
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The effect of weightlifting training with added respiratory dead space on buffering capacity and blood lactate in weightlifters by Vahid Rabiei, Mohammad Fashi

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of added respiratory dead space in weightlifting training on carbon dioxide, bicarbonate, and blood lactate.Materials and Methods: Eighteen young healthy males (age, 28.72±14.14 years and body mass index 24.27±1.34 kg/m2) with at least 6 months experience of weightlifting training, were voluntarily selected and randomly divided into two groups of weightlifting+added respiratory dead space (WARDS, n = 9) and weightlifting training (n = 9). …”
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