Species structure and year-to-year dynamics of nekton biomass in the upper epipelagic layer of the Pacific waters at Kuril Islands in summer periods of the 2000s by Alexey A. Khoruzhiy, Svetlana V. Naydenko

“…Ratio between these groups is very variable. Total abundance of nekton varied from 1.1 t/km² in 2010 to 4.6 t/km² in 2004, on average 2.4 t/km². …”
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Supporting self-management for patients with Interstitial Lung Diseases: Utility and acceptability of digital devices. by Malik A Althobiani, Rebecca Shuttleworth, John Conway, Jonathan Dainton, Anna Duckworth, Ana Jorge Da Ponte, Jessica Mandizha, Joseph W Lanario, Michael A Gibbons, Sarah Lines, Chris J Scotton, John R Hurst, Joanna C Porter, Anne-Marie Russell

“…Conclusion: Patients can learn appropriate technical skills, yet perceptions of home-monitoring are variable; targeted assessment and tailored support is likely to be beneficial.…”
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Daily alcohol intake and its negative association with constipation based on NHANES data 2005–2010 by Wen-Xing Chen, Xue-Feng Peng, Miao Yu, Deng-Chao Wang

“…Future research should employ more rigorous designs, such as prospective cohort studies, to confirm the association between alcohol intake and gut health and to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms to assess the potential benefits and risks of alcohol consumption.…”
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Dog owners’ perceptions and behaviors regarding extreme heat and weather events by Ashley Etue, Lori R. Kogan, Emma Brown

“…Knowledge of HRI signs was variable—85.7% recognized slowness/stiffness as a symptom, but only 63.9% identified depression/slow response as a concern. …”
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Self-referral practice among patients attending outpatient department of Northwest Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: a multi-center cross-sectional study by Tihtna Alemu, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw, Mekides Engeda Alemu, Lakew Asmare

“…Thus, respondents who had an education level of college and above [AOR = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.10, 0.92], respondents who perceived their illness [AOR = 1.11, 95% CI = 1.06, 2.53], and those who had adequate knowledge about the referral system (AOR = 0.31, 95%CI = 0.16, 0.68) were significantly associated variables with self-referral practice.ConclusionAccording to this study’s findings, more patients than expected visited specialized hospitals than previously reported. …”
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Simulation study on the response characteristics of rock joints to cyclic shear load under constant normal stiffness boundary by Hengjie Luan, Ziyi Liu, Sunhao Zhang, Yujing Jiang, Bo Li, Hongbin Chen, Changsheng Wang, Tianqi Jiang

“…As normal stiffness increased to the same shear displacement, more cracks developed in the joint. When the normal stiffness exceeded 3 GPa/m, a conspicuous failure zone was evident. …”
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Developing a prognostic nomogram for primary thyroid lymphoma: insights from a large retrospective study by Ying Gao, Jinmiao Wang, Weijie Tao, Shoujun Wang, Hai Xie, Ran Duan, Jie Hao, Ming Gao

“…Abstract Background Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is a rare and aggressive malignancy with a need for more precise prognostication tools due to the limitations of existing staging systems. …”
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A hybrid fuzzy logic–Random Forest model to predict psychiatric treatment order outcomes: an interpretable tool for legal decision support by Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon

“…Future work should aim to validate the model across other jurisdictions, incorporate more advanced natural language processing for semantic feature extraction, and explore dynamic rule optimization techniques. …”
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Forecasting Electricity Production in a Small Hydropower Plant (SHP) Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) by Dawid Maciejewski, Krzysztof Mudryk, Maciej Sporysz

“…Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) are difficult to predict due to weather variability. Electricity production by a run-of-river SHP is marked by the variability related to the access to instantaneous flow in the river and weather conditions. …”
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Study of the Electrical Conduction Mechanism in Low-Frequency Field for CuMnO₂ Crednerite-Type Materials Obtained by Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis by Catalin N. Marin, Maria Poienar, Antoanetta Lungu, Cristian Casut, Paula Sfirloaga, Iosif Malaescu

“…Understanding the electrical conduction mechanism in the polycrystalline CuMnO₂ materials is important for their use in photo-electrochemical and photocatalytic applications, photovoltaic devices, and, more recently, in environmental protection.…”
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Rapid Quality Assessment of Polygoni Multiflori Radix Based on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Bin Jia, Ziying Mai, Chaoqun Xiang, Qiwen Chen, Min Cheng, Longkai Zhang, Xue Xiao

“…Near-infrared spectroscopy is a nondestructive analytical technique that offers a more desirable approach than traditional methods for assessing content levels. …”
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Socio-economic burden of Rift Valley fever outbreak in a pastoralist community in Marsabit County, Kenya, 2018 by Mathew Munyamaara Mutiiria, Peter Gatongi, Elvis Oyugis, Mathew Muturi, Athman Mwatondo, Bernard Chege, Juster Mungiiria

“…Young herd owners were more likely to suffer economic losses compared to the aged (>60 years of age). …”
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Project-Based Activity as a Means of Socio-Emotional Development in Preschool Children by Valeriya A. Plotnikova, Alexander N. Veraksa, Nikolai E. Veraksa, Nataliya S. Nikolaeva

“…At the same time, creative project activities proved to be more effective for children with a low level of executive functions. …”
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Development of a Surface-Inset Permanent Magnet Motor for Enhanced Torque Density in Electric Mountain Bikes by Jun Wei Goh, Shuangchun Xie, Huanzhi Wang, Shengdao Zhu, Kailiang Yu, Christopher H. T. Lee

“…The surface-inset approach offers a scalable and cost-effective solution that bridges the gap between conventional SPMSMs and more complex IPMSMs in high-demand e-mobility applications.…”
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Evaluating the predictive effect of vitamin D on clinical outcomes of infliximab-treated Crohn’s disease patients by Jiao Zheng, Hongping Gao, Yu Zhang, Mingxuan Sun, Hang Sun, Ying Pei

“…The potential risk variables were then investigated using univariate, multivariate, and LASSO regression models.ResultsIncluded were 158 individuals with CD treated with IFX. …”
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Examination of Gender Differences: Causal Attributions of Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Overweight and Obesity by Carmen Henning, Caroline Seiferth, Tanja Färber, Magdalena Pape, Stephan Herpertz, Sabine Steins-Loeber, Jörg Wolstein

“…The results indicated that women rated psychological causes, particularly stress-related causes, significantly higher, F(1,211) = 14.88, p < .001, η2 = .07, and were more likely to cite emotional eating than men, χ2(1, N = 639) = 15.06, p < .001. …”
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Dental fluorosis and associated factors among Colombian schoolchildren: A Mixed Methods Study by Bruno Gutiérrez-Quiceno, Yeimy Tatiana Ortega-Burbano, Angye Paola Salcedo-Muñoz, Rafaela Reis da Silva, Johana Alejandra Moreno-Drada

“…The researchers analyzed data using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis (quantitative), with the dependent variable fluorosis measured using Dean’s Index. …”
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Provider advice, pregnant persons’ expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized con... by Erin Solomon, Abby McPhail, Zoran Bursac, Melissa A. Little, G. Wayne Talcott, Rebecca A. Krukowski

“…Results Participants with higher baseline BMIs were more likely to expect excessive GWG as defined by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM; Overweight: 46.3%, Obesity: 65.4%). …”
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Hydrological dynamics, wetland morphology and vegetation structure determine riparian arthropod communities in constructed wetlands by David Åhlén, Sofia Hedman, Jerker Jarsjö, Björn K. Klatt, Lea D. Schneider, John Strand, Ayco Tack, Imenne Åhlén, Peter A. Hambäck

“…In contrast, the size of flood zone areas only affected some wolf spider groups, that were more abundant in wetlands with intermediately sized flood zones. …”
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Comparison of a Continuous Forest Inventory to an ALS-Derived Digital Inventory in Washington State by Thomas Montzka, Steve Scharosch, Michael Huebschmann, Mark V. Corrao, Douglas D. Hardman, Scott W. Rainsford, Alistair M. S. Smith, The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

“…Remote sensing data acquisitions, such as airborne laser scanning (ALS), are becoming more widely applied to operational forestry to derive similar stand-based inventories. …”
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