Machine learning model to predicting synergy of ultrasonication and solvation impacts on crude oil viscosity by Nasir Khan, Mehdi Razavifar, Qazi Adnan Ahmad, Muhammad Siyar, Masoud Riazi, Waqar Khan, Jafar Qajar

“…Notably, after 8 min of treatment, the viscosity decreased by over 34% for samples with 16% n-heptane and by more than 47% for those with 0% n-heptane. …”
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Microbiome landscapes of the bladder, intestine, and vagina in bladder cancer: a systematic review by Jonathan Surber, Marie Semmler, Dominik Enderlin, Andres Affentranger, Thomas Scherer, Silvan Sigg, Ernest Kaufmann, Jana Gadient, Luca Truscello, Michael Scharl, Yasser Morsy, Daniel Eberli, Cédric Poyet, Uwe Bieri

“…Bacterial taxa that have been detected in at least two studies, the genera Geobacillus and Rubrobacter were more frequently in bladder cancer patients; while Streptococcus and Roseomonas were more prevalent in controls. …”
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Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Empathy Using the Vocals of Mental Health Helpline Counselors: Algorithm Development and Validation by Ruvini Sanjeewa, Ravi Iyer, Pragalathan Apputhurai, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Denny Meyer

“…Additionally, considering counselor vocals from larger, more heterogeneous populations, including mixed-gender samples, will allow an exploration of the factors influencing the level of empathy projected in counselor voices more generally.…”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Manifestations of Ixodic Tick-Borne Borreliosis Foci in the Tomsk region by O. V. Voronkova, E. N. Ilyinskikh, A. A. Rudikov, T. N. Poltoratskaya, I. E. Esimova, L. V. Lukashova, M. R. Karpova

“…Materials and methods. The material for the study was the data of the federal statistical observation form «Information on infectious and parasitic morbidity» for the 2015-2020. …”
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The “Soft Skills” of plastic surgeons and their teams, compared to other occupations in a COVID-19 pandemic environment by Marco Flávio Mastrandonakis, Amilton Braio Ara, Ana Cristina Limongi França, Eder de Carvalho Januário, Manuela Brandão Borges, Thiago Schiavon Ara, Andressa de Fátima Kotleski Thomaz-de-Lima

“…Conclusion: The results found may suggest that the strategic importance of Soft Skills has become even more intense among physicians specializing in Plastic Surgery. …”
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Efficacy of holmium laser versus pneumatic lithotripsy for mid and distal ureteric stones above 10 mm size by Arvind Arvind, Sudipta Kumar Singh, Partha Protim Mondal, Shashi Kant Tewary, Ankit Agarwal, Apurv Shukla, Ranjan Kumar Dey, Shiva Manohar Dutta

“…Ureteric perforation was significantly more common with Lithoclast than with Laser treatment (P=0.007). …”
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Prevalence and factors associated to calcium pyrophosphate arthritis in patients with gout by Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Maria del Consuelo Modesto-Caballero, Ana Maria Herrero-Beites, Nuria Perez-Herrero, Joana Atxotegi-Saenz de Buruaga, Nerea Perez-Herrero, Hang-Korng Ea, Naomi Schlesinger, Frédéric Lioté

“…CPPA-gout cases had more flares per year, but no more frequent polyarticular distribution at baseline compared to non-CPPA-gout. …”
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Resources used by young people to overcome mental distress in deprived settings in Latin America: a qualitative study by Mauricio Toyama, Ana L. Vilela-Estrada, Karen Ariza-Salazar, Isabela Osorio Jaramillo, Daniela Ramirez-Meneses, Sumiko Flores, Adriana Carbonel, Natividad Olivar, Fernando Luis Carbonetti, Catherine Fung, Diliniya Stanislaus Sureshkumar, Luis Ignacio Brusco, Carlos Gómez-Restrepo, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Stefan Priebe

“…This qualitative study aims to describe the resources reported by urban Latin-American young people as useful to overcome mental distress. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 112 adolescents (age 15–16 years) and young adults (age 20–24 years) who participated in a cohort study in deprived urban areas of Bogota, Buenos Aires and Lima. …”
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Exact Moments of Residuals of Independence by Xianggui Qu

“…Most residual diagnostics depend on large-sample methods, and diagnostic results become dubious when sample sizes are small or data are sparse. …”
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Obesity phenotypes and the risk of myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study by S. V. Mustafina, D. A. Vinter, O. D. Rymar, L. V. Scherbakova, V. V. Gafarov, D. O. Panov, E. A. Gromova, A. V. Gafarova, E. G. Verevkin, T. I. Nikitenko, M. Bobak, S. K. Malyutina

“…To study the dynamics of obesity phenotypes and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) during 13-year follow-up period.Material and methods. The study was performed based on the material of the international project HAPIEE (population sample of men and women 45-69 years old, n=9360, basic survey 2003-2005). …”
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Molecular subtyping of stage I lung adenocarcinoma via molecular alterations in pre-invasive lesion progression by Jun Shang, He Jiang, Yue Zhao, Jingcheng Yang, Yicong Lin, Naixin Zhang, Luyao Ren, Qingwang Chen, Ying Yu, Leming Shi, Yuan Li, Haiquan Chen, Yuanting Zheng

“…Immunohistochemistry on 73 samples also observed that CAF was more active in S2 compared to S1 and AIS/MIA. …”
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Overweight in an urban Siberian population: 12-year trends by E. V. Akimova, E. I. Gakova, R. Kh. Kayumov, E. Yu. Zagorodnykh, O. V. Smaznova, M. M. Kayumova, V. V. Gafarov, V. A. Kuznetsov

“…To assess the levels of body mass index (BMI) in an urban Siberian population of 25-64-year-old men; to investigate the prevalence of overweight (OW) and its dynamics over the 12-year period of the population monitoring. Material and methods. The study included two randomised, electoral list-based samples of 25-64-year-old male residents of one Tumen City district. …”
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A Study on the Yield Stability of Oilseed Sunflower Genotypes under Drought Stress by Nasrin Akbari, Reza Darvishzadeh

“…If the purpose of the plant breeder is only to rank genotypes among environments, non-parametric statistics are more suitable. If the sample size is small, the use of parametric statistics will be more appropriate than non-parametric ones, but if the sample size is large, the efficiency of both types of stability indices will be equal. …”
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Clinical laboratory evaluation of the Hologic Panther Aptima BV and CV/TV assays for the diagnosis of vaginitis in Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand by Juliet Elvy, Katelyn Carter, Jenna Paterson, Megan Smith, Gayleen Parslow, James E. Ussher

“…We show the potential for molecular methods to increase BV diagnoses and improve reproducibility and consistency of reporting which, according to our clinical audit results, would lead to more women being treated for this dysbiosis condition overall.…”
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The Role of Pedagogical Mentoring in Building Professional Competencies of Future Music Teachers by Lina ILCHUK, Inna RATYNSKA, Halyna SHVYDKIV, Mykola SHVYDKIV, Alla LISOVA

“…The research employed such methods as questionnaires, testing, and a formative experiment. …”
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Metabolomics analysis of aqueous humor from patients with high-myopia complicated nuclear cataract by Qiuyi Huo, Qiuyi Huo, Yitong Xu, Yaqi Wang, Shenrong Zhang, Zhexuan Liu, Jin Li

“…Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify differential metabolites with potential biological significance.ResultsFor HMnC patients, the level of glutathione was decreased, whereas arginine, tyrosine, and tryptophan were more abundant in AH. Dihomomethionine and 8-methylthiooctanaldoxime located in the methionine metabolic pathways were downregulated in NC samples compared with HMnC samples. …”
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Effectiveness of Stress Coping Skills Training With Psycho-Educational Approach among Caregivers` of Schizophrenic Patients on Family Function And Psychological Wellbeing by ّFarzaneh Sheikholeslami, Javad Khalatbary, Shohreh Ghorbanshiroudi

“…Based on the preliminary results with 20 samples, the study sample size was estimated 81. The tools used in this study were Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) and Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). …”
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Self-care practices of professionals on residency programs in the state of Paraíba in Brazil and their implications for primary health care by Ana Paula Ramos Machado, Élida de Fátima Diniz Souza, José Danúzio Leite de Oliveira, José Olivandro Duarte de Oliveira, Lauradella Geraldinne Sousa Nóbrega, Maysa Barbosa Rodrigues Toscano, Nayara Moreira Lacerda Massa, Ricardo Alves de Olinda, Alecsandra Ferreira Tomaz, Carla Campos Muniz Medeiros, David Matheson, Silvana Santos

“…FCM residents are doctors in postgraduate training, while MFHR residents are allied healthcare professionals in postgraduate training. Methods This was a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach and a census-type sample of 300 professionals. …”
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The influence of social media food marketing on body mass index among college students: public health and media perspectives by Ali Ibrahim, Ali Ibrahim, Wegdan Bani-Issa, Alounoud AlMarzouqi, Shamsa Al-awar, Samah Ibrahim, Adam Ibrahim, Hajar Ibrahim, Heba Khalil, Heba Khalil, Dana N. Abdelrahim

“…This study examines the impact of SMM on obesity development within a sample of college students, highlighting how these marketing strategies may contribute to dietary choices that affect long-term health outcomes.MethodsThis study used a cross-sectional design and recruited students from different colleges in a large university in the UAE. …”
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Investigating the associations between personality functioning, cognitive biases, and (non-)perceptive clinical high-risk symptoms of psychosis in the community by Giulia Rinaldi, Stefan Lerch, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Stefanie Julia Schmidt, Marialuisa Cavelti, Michael Kaess, Chantal Michel

“…Impaired personality functioning is prioritized in recent dimensional personality disorder models (DSM-5, ICD-11), yet underexplored in CHR-P, as are associations with cognitive biases, which early studies indicate as possibly linking CHR-P-symptoms and personality pathology. Methods A community sample (N = 444, 17–60 years, 61.8% female) was assessed via clinical telephone interview and online questionnaires. …”
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