Energy Calibration and Inverse-Square Law of Radiation in Gamma-Ray Measurement Using a Scintillation Detector for Laboratory Experiments by Shiori Iida, Wei-Guo Jin

“…Results revealed that employing quadratic or cubic function fits for energy calibration yielded more than twice the accuracy compared to the conventional linear function fit. …”
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The Oncoplacental Gene Placenta-Specific Protein 1 Is Highly Expressed in Endometrial Tumors and Cell Lines by Eric J. Devor, Kimberly K. Leslie

“…Further, we find that PLAC1 expression is significantly higher in the more advanced, more aggressive endometrial serous adenocarcinomas and carcinosarcomas relative to endometrioid adenocarcinomas by more than 6-fold and 16-fold, respectively. …”
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A new quantitative evaluation method for drilling risk based on uncertainty analysis by Zhichuan Guan, Ya-Nan Sheng, Ming Luo, Yuqiang Xu, Bo Zhang, Qing Wang

“… With drilling operations extending to offshore or deep and complex formations, drilling risk is becoming more and more serious. Traditional methods cannot assure the safety of high-risk drilling operations. …”
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Application of Mobile Internet Applications in Rehabilitation by LI Jiehui, LI Dongxia, ZHOU Mingchao, XUE Kaiwen, LONG Jianjun, WANG Yulong

“…It makes rehabilitation assessment more simple and convenient, and makes trainings more intelligent and diversified. …”
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Non-linear mixed-effects modelling and population-based model selection for 131I kinetics in benign thyroid disease by Deni Hardiansyah, Ade Riana, Heribert Hänscheid, Ambros J. Beer, Michael Lassmann, Gerhard Glatting

“…Conclusions The best mathematical model from the PBMS-NLME approach has one more free parameter than the EANM SOP function, which could lead to more accurate TIAs.…”
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Intertwined depressive and cognitive trajectories and the risk of dementia and death in older adults: a competing risk analysis by Jufen Liu, Ziyang Ren, Yushan Du, Lirong Nie

“…Independent trajectory analysis showed that emerging or high (vs no) depressive trajectories and poor or rapidly decreased cognitive trajectories (vs very good) from 1996 to 2010 were at significantly higher risk of subsequent all-cause dementia, AD and all-cause death. 15 joint trajectories of depressive symptoms and cognitive function from 1996 to 2010 were determined, where rapidly decreased cognitive function was more common in those with no depressive symptoms. …”
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Immunomodulatory effects of polysaccharides from edible fungus: a review by Zhenhua Yin, Zhenhua Liang, Changqin Li, Jinmei Wang, Changyang Ma, Wenyi Kang

“…The polysaccharides from edible fungus showed many kinds of biological activities, including anti-tumor, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetes, improving functional constipation activities. In particular, the immunomodulatory effects have been paid more and more attention by scholars, but there was no systematic introduction of their immunomodulatory mechanism. …”
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Effectiveness of virtual reality technology in rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Yunchuan Li, Junjie Peng, Jintao Cao, Yang Ou, Jiaming Wu, Weisha Ma, Feng'e Qian, Xiaoqian Li

“…Subgroup analysis revealed that fully immersive VR did not significantly improve knee function as compared to non-immersive VR.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study is the first to systematically compare VRT with traditional therapy, and we found that VRT is a more effective treatment than traditional therapy in post-ACLR rehabilitation. …”
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The surgical treatment of Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans by A Hartley, C Ramanathan, H Siddiqui

“…Forty-seven percent of patients had alteration in their urinary function and 48% alteration in their sexual function due to the disease, prior to referral. …”
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Trust-based Routing Optimization using Learning Automata in Wireless Sensor Network by Maryam Hajiee, Mehdi Fartash, Nafiseh Osati Eraghi

“…The use of wireless sensor networks is becoming more and more important due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the living conditions of human beings today. …”
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Using Evolutionary Computation on GPS Position Correction by Jung Yi Lin

“…More and more devices are equipped with global positioning system (GPS). …”
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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: VASCULAR WALL AS THE TARGET ORGAN IN COMORBID PATIENTS by N. A. Karoli, A. P. Rebrov

“…In patients with COPD and HT in comparison with COPD patients without HT and healthy individuals more pronounced damages of the vascular wall, endothelium vasoregulatory function disturbances and a tendency to the reduction in endothelium-dependent vasodilation were determined both during COPD exacerbation and remission. …”
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Sling exercise for chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Yu-Shan Yue, Xu-Dong Wang, Bin Xie, Zhong-Han Li, Bing-Lin Chen, Xue-Qiang Wang, Yi Zhu

“…Based on two trials, SE was more effective than thermomagnetic therapy at reducing pain (short-term: WMD -13.90, 95% CI -22.19 to -5.62; long-term: WMD -26.20, 95% CI -31.32 to -21.08) and improving function (short-term: WMD -10.54, 95% CI -14.32 to -6.75; long-term: WMD -25.75, 95% CI -30.79 to -20.71). …”
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Neurocognitive evaluation in patients with intracranial Meningiomas: A systematic review by Christina K. Arvaniti, Alexandros G. Brotis, Maria E. Karaferi, Antonios D. Benos, Kerasia Goupou, Kostas N. Fountas

“…Aspects such as neurocognitive function and quality of life become more and more crucial. …”
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Sidelobe Level Reduction in the ACF of NLFM Signals Using the Smoothing Spline Method by Roohollah Ghavamirad, Ramezan Ali Sadeghzadeh, Mohammad Ali Sebt

“…Moreover, the sidelobe arrangement in the autocorrelation function becomes more regular with the smoothing spline method, improving range resolution. …”
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Can attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder be considered a form of cerebellar dysfunction? by Valeria Isaac, Vladimir Lopez, Maria Josefina Escobar

“…While the cerebellum’s role in motor function, such as balance, motor coordination, and execution, is well recognized, ongoing research has evidenced its additional and fundamental role in neurocognitive development and executive function, including attention and social cognition, which are all areas of impairment commonly found in ADHD. …”
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Comparison of wavelet approximation order in different smoothness spaces by M. R. Islam, S. F. Ahemmed, S. M. A. Rahman

“…A nonlinear space comes from arbitrary selection of wavelet coefficients, which represent the target function almost equally. In this case our computational work will be reduced tremendously in the sense that approximation error decays more quickly than that in linear case.…”
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Deciphering the Enigma of Wave-Particle Duality by Mani Lal Bhaumik

“…On this basis, many of the bizarre behaviors observed in the quantum domain, such as wave function collapse, the limitation of prediction to only a probability rather than an actuality, the apparent simultaneous existence of a particle in more than one place, and the inherent uncertainty can be reasonably comprehended. …”
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Novel Approaches to the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Disease in Childhood by Richard TL Couper

“…The purpose of this review is to explore novel means of diagnosing pancreatic disease, including pancreatic function testing, organ imaging and, more recently, molecular biology techniques. …”
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A Trading Model for the Electricity Spot Market That Takes into Account the Preference for Energy Storage Trading by Qikai Ma, Bo Liu, Jiang Li

“…In this paper, we propose an electricity spot market trading model that considers the trading preferences of energy storage to incentivize energy storage to participate more actively in the market. First, the trading preferences of energy storage are modeled with a utility function in which the time preference coefficient and price elasticity are introduced. …”
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