Theory of Planned Behavior in predicting condom use in Latin-American Women by David Javier Enríquez-Negrete, Ricardo Sánchez-Medina, Susana Xóchitl Bárcena-Gaona, Itzel Guadalupe Chávez-Santos

“…Objective: To assess the causal relationships among the variables proposed by the TCP to determine if they predict consistent condom use in two groups of Latina women and to identify the inter-group similarities in both groups and the discrepancies with what the model proposes for the North American population. Method: A set of variables were evaluated in two samples of Latina women (Mexican and Argentine): consistency of condom use, intention to use condoms in the next sexual encounter, the subjective norm of friends and parents, attitudes towards condoms, and perceived behavioral control to use condoms. …”
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Starting driving style recognition of electric city bus based on deep learning and CAN data by Dengfeng Zhao, Zhijun Fu, Chaohui Liu, Junjian Hou, Shesen Dong, Yudong Zhong

“…The proposed model can automatically extract the deep spatiotemporal features of multi-channel time series data and achieve end-to-end data processing with higher accuracy and generalization ability. The sample data set of driving style is established by pre-processing the collected in-vehicle CAN bus data including the status of driving and vehicle motion, the data pre-processing method includes data cleaning, normalization and sample segmentation. …”
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Contribution of adverse events to death of hospitalised patients by Ellinor Christin Haukland, Kjersti Mevik, Christian von Plessen, Carsten Nieder, Barthold Vonen

“…Background There is no standardised method to investigate death as a patient safety indicator and we need valid and reliable measurements to use adverse events contributing to death as a quality measure.Objective To investigate the contribution of severe adverse events to death in hospitalised patients and clarify methodological differences using the Global Trigger Tool method on all inpatient deaths compared with a sample of general hospitalised patients.Method Retrospective records reviewing using the Global Trigger Tool method.Results In 0.3% of hospital admissions, adverse events contribute to inpatient death. …”
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Habitat conditions of reef-forming corals directly affect the spatial distribution and stability in fish and macroinvertebrate communities: A case study of Mischief Reef by Peng Xu, Jianfeng Gan, Lintao Huang, Danping Xie, Feilong Li, Hui Huang

“…Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a powerful method for extracting species information from environmental samples, thereby supporting the establishment or enhancement of biodiversity assessments. …”
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Combined identification and attenuation of anomalous amplitude noises in nodal land seismic data by Xinjun Mao, Wen Yang, Zhichao Pang, Qiang Zhou, Haibo Mao, Dongjun Zhang, Xiaotao Wang, Long Pan

“…Based on noise identification, we propose a novel pointwise adaptive threshold (PAT) method. This entails calculating an individual threshold value for each noise sample and subsequently applying noise attenuation. …”
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Coefficient-Shuffled Variable Block Compressed Sensing for Medical Image Compression in Telemedicine Systems by R Monika, Samiappan Dhanalakshmi, Narayanamoorthi Rajamanickam, Amr Yousef, Roobaea Alroobaea

“…This challenge can be surmounted by adopting a variable BCS approach that selectively samples from diverse regions within an image. In this context, this paper introduces a novel CS method that uses an energy matrix, namely coefficient shuffling variable BCS (CSEM-VBCS), tailored for compressing a variety of medical images with balanced sparsity, thereby achieving a substantial compression ratio and good reconstruction quality. …”
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Leveraging expression from multiple tissues using sparse canonical correlation analysis and aggregate tests improves the power of transcriptome-wide association studies. by Helian Feng, Nicholas Mancuso, Alexander Gusev, Arunabha Majumdar, Megan Major, Bogdan Pasaniuc, Peter Kraft

“…For example, when gene expression explains 2% of the variability in outcome, and the GWAS sample size is 20,000, the average power difference between the ACAT combined test of sCCA features and single-tissue, versus single-tissue combined with Generalized Berk-Jones (GBJ) method, single-tissue combined with S-MultiXcan, UTMOST, or summarizing cross-tissue expression patterns using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) approaches was 5%, 8%, 5% and 38%, respectively. …”
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Attention-Based Convolutional Aggregation: An Efficient Model for Off-Gas Profile Forecasting and Dynamic Pre-Control of BOF Steelmaking by Tian-yi Xie, Jun-guo Zhang, Lan-jie Li, Fei Zhang, Shuai Liu, Han-jie Guo

“…First, a data pre-processing method was proposed based on the characteristics of the off-gas curves, where there are many samples, but each sample contains limited time-steps. …”
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Utilization of Rural Resource Assets: Time-Space Estimate on the Total Factor Productivity by Lan Wang, Cong Li

“…In this paper, time measure and space measurement are adopted alternatively, and spatiotemporal vertical-horizontal progressive deduction is built with the improved model, so as to set up a perfect spatiotemporal dynamic effect evaluation system: First of all, improve the U-HDM-GML index model, study on the improvement strategy for input redundancy and unexpected output redundancy in the utilization efficiency of rural collective resources assets in various provinces of China, as well as the equilibrium rupture relation between the two from the perspective of global space and time, and at the same time of fulfilment of time measurement and estimation, provide support for better expressing the spatial effect in terms of improving approach and strategy; secondly, measure the improvement strategy of the total factor productivity of research samples with the spatial expletory ESDA test method, and it is also applicable to global spatial effect evaluation system; finally, apply FE-SDM to further analyze the difference of spatial effect of total factor productivity in rural resource asset utilization. …”
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Promoted field emission and cell attachment of TiO2 nanorods/carbon fiber with hydrogen doping induced by cold atmospheric‐pressure Ar/H2 plasma jet by Xinyu Zhu, Zihao Yin, Guozhi Ma, Limin Li

“…In the cell attachment experiments, H:TNCF exhibits more attached cells with a larger cell attachment area, compared with the TNCF sample. …”
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Community healthcare workers’ satisfaction with ward-based outreach team services in Tshwane district, South Africa by J. V. Ndimande, G. A. Ogunbanjo, S. N. Nyalunga, A. Masango-Makgobela, T. Bongongo

“…Using a 95% confidence level and 5% confidence interval, the sample size was 310. However, we over-sampled to 431 participants. …”
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Tunable Terahertz Plasmonic Sensor Based on Graphene/Insulator Stacks by Yi Huang, Shuncong Zhong, Haizi Yao, Daxiang Cui

“…From the analysis of theoretical resonance angle of the sensor and the finite element method (FEM) based simulation, we reveal that the number of graphene layer (<italic>N</italic>), the Fermi level energy <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(E_{F})$</tex-math></inline-formula> of graphene, and refractive index of testing samples have a great effect on these performance parameters. …”
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Antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles and cold plasma in the treatment of hospital wastewater by Layth L. Hamid, Anas Yahya Ali, Marwah M. Ohmayed, Asmiet Ramizy, Thamer Y. Mutter

“…This technology has the potential to contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally responsible healthcare system.…”
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HIV Incidence Estimates Using the Limiting Antigen Avidity EIA Assay at Testing Sites in Kiev City, Ukraine: 2013-2014. by Ruth Simmons, Ruslan Malyuta, Nelli Chentsova, Iryna Karnets, Gary Murphy, Antonia Medoeva, Yuri Kruglov, Alexander Yurchenko, Andrew Copas, Kholoud Porter, CASCADE Collaboration in EuroCoord

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate HIV incidence and highlight the characteristics of persons at greatest risk of HIV in the Ukraine capital, Kiev.<h4>Method</h4>Residual samples from newly-diagnosed persons attending the Kiev City AIDS Centre were tested for evidence of recent HIV infection using an avidity assay. …”
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Physico-chemical characteristics of coffee parchment and its combustion residue to delineate the components required for gasification catalyst by Zahra Fona, Irvan, Rondang Tambun, Fatimah, Adi Setiawan

“…Moreover, the surface morphology of the CR600 sample was rougher and more irregular, similar to the CR700, but different from the CR500 and CP. …”
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ICT in religious education as a factor in fostering empathy by Ninoslav Z. Kačarić, Snežana Jokić

“…The limitations of the research include a relatively small sample size and the reliance on the respondents’ self-evaluation, while future research could include a larger sample size, longitudinal approaches, and more in-depth analyses of specific ICT tools.…”
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Mechanical properties and disintegration behavior of EICP-reinforced sea sand subjected to drying-wetting cycles by Kai Xu, Ming Huang, Zijian Liu, Mingjuan Cui, Shuang Li

“…The disintegration tests were conducted on EICP-treated sea sand to investigate the disintegration resistance of bio-cemented samples with various cementation levels. The microstructures of samples before and after disintegration were examined to disclose the disintegration mechanisms of EICP-reinforced sea sand. …”
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An observational analysis of shade-related pedestrian activity by Michelle Levenson, David Pearlmutter, Or Aleksandrowicz

“…The impact of shade on pedestrian travel activity is examined through observation of a large sample of sidewalk users at a variety of urban sites under hot and sunny conditions. …”
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Performance of 119 Brazilian children on Stroop paradigm: Victoria version Desempenho de 119 crianças brasileiras no paradigma Stroop: versão Victoria by Helenice Charchat-Fichman, Rosinda Martins Oliveira

“…METHOD: A sample of 119 children, aged from 7 to 10 years, was submitted to the Victoria version of Stroop. …”
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Smartphone and tablet use pattern in children up to 5 years old in Spain: a cross-sectional study by Sonia de Paz-Cantos, Adrián González-Marrón, Cristina Lidón-Moyano, Maria Cerrato-Lara, Ana Díez-Izquierdo, Jose M Martínez-Sánchez

“…In children who have free access to the devices, 11.6% (95% CI: 6; 16) use these devices up to 30 minutes after waking up on weekdays, 15.4% (95% CI: 10; 21) during weekends and 14.0% (95% CI: 8; 19) use smartphone and/or tablet up to 1 hour before going to bed. Conclusion: more than 4 out of 10 children in our sample used smartphones and/or tablets daily. …”
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