Are the poorest poor being left behind? Estimating global inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health by Aluísio J D Barros, Cesar G Victora, Fernando C Wehrmeister, Luis Paulo Vidaletti, Leonardo Zanini Ferreira, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor

“…It was disaggregated by wealth deciles for visual inspection of inequalities, and the slope index of inequality (SII) was estimated. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Overview of Dysmenorrhea in Ivorian University Campuses of Cocody (Cote d’Ivoire) by Prisca N’Gatta, Dehi Boston Mian, Virginie Angoi, Koffi N’Guessan, Serge Boni

“…The objective of the study is to update the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of dysmenorrhea in a university setting, in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC). Methods: A prospective longitudinal descriptive study, over 6 months, conducted in three university residences in Cocody, Abidjan, the capital of Côte d’Ivoire. …”
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Safety and efficacy of omaveloxolone v/s placebo for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia in patients aged more than 16 years: a systematic review by Ankita Umrao, Monika Pahuja, Nabendu Sekhar Chatterjee

“…Exploratory outcome measures, such as low-contrast letter visual acuity test, exercise test, T25-FW, 9-HPT, health-related quality of life, and biochemical tests, were also assessed along with adverse events in all the studies. …”
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Evaluation of Urban Infrastructure Resilience Based on Risk–Resilience Coupling: A Case Study of Zhengzhou City by Wenli Dong, Yunhan Zhou, Dongliang Guo, Zhehui Chen, Jiwu Wang

“…It is high in the central city and low in the periphery. Specifically, it is relatively high in the southern and northwestern parts of the airport economy zone (AEZ) and low in the center. …”
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The Impact of Functional Asymmetry of the Cerebral Hemispheres in Students of a Physics and Mathematics Lyceum on the Learning Outcomes by Oksana Ikkert, Tetiana Korol, Kateryna Hlazunova, Iryna Tsinkevych

“…The right hemisphere provides visual-figurative, deductive thinking. The dominance of the left hemisphere determines left-hemispheric thinking, while the dominance of the right hemisphere determines right-hemispheric thinking. …”
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Efficient Edge AI for Next Generation Smart Mirror Applications by Nils Kucza, Florian Porrmann, Christian Stollenwerk, Jens Hagemeyer

“…This publication presents the enhancement of a smart mirror with locally processed artificial intelligence, ensuring low-latency interaction as well non-exposure of private data. …”
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An Omni-Dimensional Dynamic Convolutional Network for Single-Image Super-Resolution Tasks by Xi Chen, Ziang Wu, Weiping Zhang, Tingting Bi, Chunwei Tian

“…The goal of single-image super-resolution (SISR) tasks is to generate high-definition images from low-quality inputs, with practical uses spanning healthcare diagnostics, aerial imaging, and surveillance systems. …”
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Managing water dynamics for optimal outcomes in unilateral biportal endoscopic surgery: preliminary results in a new operative channel by Qian-Liang Wang, Jian-Peng Chen, Yu-Jian Peng, Jun Dai, Xiao-Feng Liu, Jun Yan

“…Registration Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, registration number ChiCTR2300078497, date of registration: 11/12/2023. Conclusion Both low and high water flow pressures can have deleterious effects. …”
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Latent class analysis for health-related quality of life in nurses in China by Yan Zhao, Bei Yang, Jianying Chu, Jianying Chu

“…The types and characteristics of QoL differed among these latent classes. The low-level group had the lowest EQ visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) score (F = 75.217, P < 0.001) and the highest K10 score (F = 61.90, P < 0.001). …”
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Experimental studies of a plasma enhancer for a dual-fuel gas turbine combustion chamber by Serhiy Serbin, Artem Kozlovskyi, Serhiy Vilkul, Badri Disamidze

“…This study investigates the characteristics of a low-current plasma intensifier operating with air as the plasma-forming medium and the supply of a liquid phase simulating fuel, for potential application in dual-fuel gas turbine combustion chambers. …”
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HMCFormer (hierarchical multi-scale convolutional transformer): a hybrid CNN+Transformer network for intelligent VIA screening by Bo Feng, Chao Xu, Zhengping Li, Chuanyi Zhang

“…This will attract more low-income women to volunteer for regular cervical cancer screening. …”
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Replicating Human Perception of Proximity by GABRIEL DIETZSCH, ELCIO HIDEITI SHIGUEMORI

“…While the model achieved moderate performance (F1-Score of 78.4%), results were limited by overfitting and the low variability of the data. Larger datasets did not improve performance, suggesting the importance of visual diversity over quantity. …”
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The Clinical Experience of 22 Years Analysis of Therapeutic and Surgical Treatment of the Early Glaucoma by N. V. Мakashova, A. E. Vasilyeva

“…As a result, in 2021 there were pronounced changes in the visual field of the left eye, the main cause, probably, was a vascular accident against the background of low perfusion pressure and uncompensated IOP. …”
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In-Service Science Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Confidences and Views about Technology-Rich Environments by Betül Timur, Mehmet Fatih Taşar

“…The results show that in-service science teachers have a low level of confidence in using technology during science teaching. …”
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Clinical electroencephalogram (EEG) evaluation is improved by the amplitude asymmetry index by Francisco José Carchedi Luccas, Thalita Bártolo, Nayara Lucio da Silva, Barbara Cavenaghi

“…Results EEG amplitude asymmetry index (AAI) is physiologically low in normal adults, differences usually lesser than 7%. …”
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Interchangeability of Cross-Platform Orthophotographic and LiDAR Data in DeepLabV3+-Based Land Cover Classification Method by Shijun Pan, Keisuke Yoshida, Satoshi Nishiyama, Takashi Kojima, Yutaro Hashimoto

“…All the approaches (i.e., low-resolution digital imagery, LiDAR-derived imagery and image fusion) present results of over 0.65 OA and of around 0.6 macro-F1. …”
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Effects of virtual reality-based interventions on cognitive function, emotional state, and quality of life in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis by Xiaohan Li, Yuting Zhang, Lifeng Tang, Lifeng Tang, Lin Ye, Min Tang

“…The meta-analysis revealed that VR-based interventions significantly improved global cognition, as assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; SMD = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.27 to 1.38, p = 0.003, GRADE: moderate) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE; SMD = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.40 to 1.26, p = 0.0001, GRADE: low). Additionally, VR interventions enhanced attention, as measured by the Digit Span Backward (DSB; SMD = 0.61, 95% CI: 0.21 to 1.02, p = 0.003, GRADE: low) and Digit Span Forward (DSF; SMD = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.34 to 1.45, p = 0.002, GRADE: low). …”
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Aides à la navigation, pratique de la navigation et construction des paysages maritimes en Atlantique du Nord-Est : quelques éléments de réflexion by Pascal Arnaud

“…The height of the construction is practically only justified on a low shoreline, to compensate for the lack of altitude of the substratum. …”
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Molecular Surface Mesh Generation by Filtering Electron Density Map by Joachim Giard, Benoît Macq

“…This map is filtered by an ideal low-pass filter applied on the Fourier Transform of the density map. …”
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Burden of oesophageal cancer attributed to alcohol use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Li Wei, Zhaojun Wang, Junhang Zhang, Dongqing Yan, Hongsen Liang, Donglei Shi

“…ASMR and ASDR decreased in high SDI populations but plateaued in low-middle or low SDI populations for both genders. …”
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