Comparison of Asymptomatic Brain Lesions Between Thalassemia Major and Sickle Cell Anemia Patients by Derya Yavuz Demiray, Özge Eriş Davut, Gönül Oktay

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> A total of 26 patients with thalassemia major and 23 patients with sickle cell anemia were included. …”
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Farming in the Forests of Florida by Brian Becker, Sarah Workman

“…There are many nontimber forest products including animals and shade tolerant plants which can be intentionally promoted by specific management practices. …”
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‘Soltanto le montagne non si incontrano’. Buone pratiche per il recupero di colture/culture locali fra tradizione e innovazione by Laura Bonato

“…Its recovery, which is at once economic, cultural and touristic, plays a significant – and, in my opinion, fortifying – role in interaction, cooperation and exchanges between local communities and acts as a link between tradition and the present day. …”
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O Tratado de Marraqueche no contexto do regime global de políticas de informação by Ana Paula Lima dos Santos, Elisabete Gonçalves de Souza

“…Aponta o Tratado de Marraquechecomo uma inovação disruptiva quecontribui para o atendimento dos objetivos estabelecidos pela Agenda 2030no que diz respeito a construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis e inclusivas em todos os níveis. Debatea preocupação da área daCiência da Informação com os avanços nos estudos com relevância social sob a influência da transversalidade do quadro que compõe as infraestruturas de informação, a “modularidade”em plataformas digitais ea importânciadas redes colaborativas na produção e difusão de acervos acessíveis a pessoas com deficiência. …”
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An affine invariant approach for dense wide baseline image matching by Fanhuai Shi, Jian Gao, Xixia Huang

“…Under affine transformations, both point location and its neighborhood texture are changed between views, so dense matching becomes a tough task. The proposed approach tends to solve this problem within a sparse-to-dense framework. …”
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Hybrid probe combining MicroLED and neural electrode for precise neural modulation and multi-site recording by Gota Shinohara, Tasuku Kayama, Ayumu Okui, Wataru Oda, Atsushi Nishikawa, Alexander Loesing, Nahoko Kuga, Takuya Sasaki, Hiroto Sekiguchi

“…This scalable, flexible tool overcomes integration challenges, advancing optogenetic research and opening avenues for exploring neural dynamics and targeted neurological therapies.…”
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The Relationship of Conduction Disorder and Prognosis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Wei-Chieh Lee, Yen-Nan Fang, Tien-Yu Chen, Yun-Yu Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Hsiu-Yu Fang, Po-Jui Wu, Huang-Chung Chen, Ping-Yen Liu

“…This study enrolled a total of 33970 participants and involved 3392 and 30578 patients with and without conduction disorders, respectively. …”
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South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 updated guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis by G Tarr, N Govind, M Seboka, E Gardiner, B Hodkinson

“… The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) requires early diagnosis and prompt initiation of therapy, together with lifestyle interventions, particularly smoking cessation. …”
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Tenascin C-Guided Nanosystem for Precision Delivery of Obeticholic Acid in Liver Fibrosis Therapy by Yawen Wang, Lei Yang, Qing Xu, Taiyu Liu, Hongliang He, Lisha Liu, Lifang Yin

“…<b>Methods:</b> We designed a liposomal delivery system functionalized with the GBI-10 aptamer and encapsulating obeticholic acid (OCA lips@Apt) to enhance selective delivery to fibrotic liver tissue while minimizing systemic toxicity. <b>Results:</b> Both in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that the aptamer-modified OCA liposomes effectively treated hepatic fibrosis through dual mechanisms: modulation of abnormal bile acid metabolism and attenuation of inflammation. …”
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ICT-policy in a geographical context by Sten Lorentzon

“…In this context the use of ICT is seen as a tool to counteract tendencies towards regional imbalances. …”
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Perioperative Management of a Patient Taking Suboxone® at the Time of Ambulatory Surgery by Shawn H. Malan, Christopher H. Bailey, Narjeet Khurmi

“…These properties make it an effective tool in treating OUD and abuse. However, despite its advantages in treating OUD and abuse, buprenorphine can make it difficult to control acute perioperative pain. …”
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International perspective on healthcare provider gender bias in musculoskeletal pain management: a scoping review protocol by Katherine Fisher Wilford, Maria Jesus Mena-Iturriaga, Margaret Vugrin, Macarena Wainer, Phillip S Sizer, Gesine Hendrijke Seeber

“…Yet, a thorough and comprehensive literature summary on this topic is lacking. Therefore, this study aims to systematically: (1) identify and map the available scientific and grey literature as it relates to healthcare provider gender bias in the assessment, diagnosis and management of (chronic) musculoskeletal pain and (2) identify current gaps that necessitate further research.Methods and analysis This scoping review will be conducted in accordance with recent guidelines, and the results will be reported via the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. …”
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Thesis Overview: Oscillating wave surge converters – Large eddy simulation modelling of wave farms hydrodynamics and its related energy potential by Guilherme Fuhrmeister Vargas, Alexandre Beluco

“…This technology, which is on a pre-commercial development scale, presents one of the greatest potentials for electricity generation, due to its operating principle and the great improvement in design experienced over the last few years. Today, Computational numerical modelling is one of the main tools for the study and design of this and several other power generation systems from sea waves. …”
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Satellite observation mission planning issues: hotspots and trends analysis by WANG Yi, LIU Desheng, LIU Jiatong, YANG Yang, HU Qinying

“…First of all, by using science knowledge mapping tool CiteSpace, the visualization analysis of keywords in this field is carried out, drawing a conclusion that the main hotspots are distributed collaboration mission planning methods and planning solving algorithms. …”
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Kant y la “revolución del modo de pensar” (KRV B XI). El significado metodológico general y el significado metafísico específico analizados desde una perspectiva sistemática e hist... by Fernando Moledo

“…En el prólogo a la segunda edición de la Crítica de la razón pura, ¿qué ha querido decir Kant con una “revolución del modo de pensar” que se debe aplicar a la metafísica para que tome el camino de la ciencia? Cabe distinguir dos significados: uno de carácter metodológico, que asume que el conocimiento rige a los objetos y tendría alcance. …”
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Microbubble dynamics in brain microvessels by James H. Bezer, Paul Prentice, William Lim Kee Chang, Sophie V. Morse, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Christopher J. Rowlands, Andriy S. Kozlov, James J. Choi

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Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities by Fanyu Xiu, Carla M. Doyle, Jorge Luis Flores Anato, Jesse Knight, Linwei Wang, Joseph Cox, Daniel Grace, Trevor A. Hart, Terri Zhang, Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, Milada Dvorakova, Rita Shahin, Herveen Sachdeva, Nathan Lachowsky, Hind Sbihi, Darrell H.S. Tan, Michael A. Irvine, Sharmistha Mishra, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

“…Methods: We estimated changes in sexual behaviors during the outbreak using 2022 data from the Engage Cohort Study, which recruited self-identified GBM in Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver (n = 1,445). We developed a transmission dynamic model to estimate the fraction of new infections averted due to the three interventions in each city. …”
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A Review of Routine Laboratory Biomarkers for the Detection of Severe COVID-19 Disease by Keynaz Keykavousi, Fahimeh Nourbakhsh, Nooshin Abdollahpour, Farzaneh Fazeli, Alireza Sedaghat, Vahid Soheili, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…The purpose of this review is to investigate the role of hematological (white blood cell (WBC), lymphocyte, and neutrophil count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet, and red blood cell (RBC) count), inflammatory (C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)), and biochemical (Albumin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, D-dimer, total Cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL)) biomarkers in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 disease and how their levels vary according to disease severity.…”
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Hubungan Paparan Asap Rokok Lingkungan dengan Kejadian Dismenorea Primer by Rifki YS, Ermawati Ermawati, Irvan Medison

“…</em></p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> </em><em> primary dysmenorrhoea, environmental tobacco smoke exposure, students</em>…”
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Sociabilidade e cidadania: os espaços públicos de Salvador como entrelaçamento do concreto, do simbólico e do imaginário by Cíntia San Martin Fernandes

“…The article discusses the paradigm of sensitive reason as a socio-anthropological tool for the understanding of the social relations taking place in contemporary cities. …”
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