Review
Economics
Heleen Vellekoop, Matthijs Versteegh, Simone Huygens, Isaac Corro Ramos, Laszlo Szilberhorn, Tamas Zelei, Balazs Nagy, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Rositsa Koleva-Kolarova, Sarah Wordsworth, Maureen Rutten-van Molken
Summary: This study reviewed the cost-effectiveness of personalized medicine (PM) compared to non-PM. The results showed that while PM brings improvements in health, it is often associated with high costs, resulting in an average net monetary benefit of 0 to negative. Pricing policies may be needed to reduce the costs of interventions with negative net monetary benefit.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Ana Maria Salazar-Bryam, Vinicius Luis Silva, Marina Rodrigues de Abreu, Renata Silva Matos, Mateus Aparecido Goncalves da Rocha, Raphael Culim Neves, Maria Izabel Camargo-Mathias, Claudio Jose Von Zuben, Roberta Barros Lovaglio, Jonas Contiero
Summary: Mosquito-borne diseases pose a significant public health issue, with vector control being crucial for reducing their spread. However, insecticide resistance is a growing concern, prompting research into alternative solutions like using rhamnolipids and clove oil emulsion. Experiments have shown that these solutions have high toxicity against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus, with significant mortality at higher concentrations.
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Seung-Bo Park
Summary: The story is unfolded through the relationships formed by both major and minor characters, with major characters driving the main plot and minor characters playing crucial roles in creating tension and providing clues that lead to solutions. Analyzing the pattern in which characters appear as the story progresses is essential for accurately classifying minor characters, as demonstrated in a proposed method with significant classification performance.
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
(2021)
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Biology
Michal Motyka, Dominik Kusy, Matej Bocek, Renata Bilkova, Ladislav Bocak
Summary: The study utilized integrative phylogenomic and three mtDNA fragment analyses to sequence a beetle fauna, revealing many previously unknown species. Additionally, through constrained mtDNA analysis, a biodiversity hotspot and high species-level endemism were identified in New Guinea. Focused field research and subsequent laboratory work were recommended to accelerate the inventorying of hyperdiverse tropical groups.
Review
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Sandra Amador, Felix Beuschlein, Vedant Chauhan, Judith Favier, David Gil, Phillip Greenwood, R. R. de Krijger, Matthias Kroiss, Samanta Ortuno-Miquel, Attila Patocs, Anthony Stell, Axel Walch
Summary: This article reviews the application of deep learning techniques in the detection or segmentation of renal tumors. The review provides detailed information on research objectives, data sets used, and the number of patients involved. The importance of open data sharing in this field is emphasized.
ARCHIVES OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrew Lagree, Majidreza Mohebpour, Nicholas Meti, Khadijeh Saednia, Fang- Lu, Elzbieta Slodkowska, Sonal Gandhi, Eileen Rakovitch, Alex Shenfield, Ali Sadeghi-Naini, William T. Tran
Summary: The study successfully trained deep convolutional neural networks on a set of histopathological images independent of breast tissue to accurately segment tumor nuclei of the breast. The GB U-Net demonstrated superior performance in segmenting sites of invasive diseases.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Agumasie Semahegn, Tsegahun Manyazewal, Eyerusalem Getachew, Bethelhem Fekadu, Esubalew Assefa, Munir Kassa, Gail Davey, Michael Hopkins, Mesele Araya, Tassew Woldehanna, Charlotte Hanlon, Abebaw Fekadu
Summary: More than 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with a high burden of these diseases in Africa. The World Health Organization aims to prevent, control, eliminate, or eradicate 20 tropical diseases. However, little is known about the access to diagnostics, medicine, and/or care in Ethiopia. This scoping review explores the burden of NTDs and challenges in access to diagnostics, medicine, and/or care in Ethiopia.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
K. Lamy, A. Tran, T. Portafaix, M. D. Leroux, T. Baldet
Summary: This study investigates the impact of climate change on Ae. albopictus abundance and finds that temperature and precipitation significantly influence its abundance. Decreasing precipitation in low-elevation areas leads to a reduction in Ae. albopictus abundance, while in mid and high-elevation areas, the decrease in precipitation is counterbalanced by significant warming, resulting in increased abundance.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Ecology
Ananya Joshi, Clayton Miller
Summary: This literature review analyzed 120 papers related to machine learning for mosquito control in urban settings, highlighting the importance of utilizing crowdsourced data, establishing standardized ML pipelines, and incorporating advances in the field for future research to effectively control mosquitoes.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2021)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Eric Ohene, Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko
Summary: Net-zero emissions buildings (NZEBs) play a crucial role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change. This study aims to comprehensively explore the state-of-the-art in NZEBs research, and provide recommendations for research gaps and future directions.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Mst. Motmainna, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani, Mahmudul Hasan, Sabina Yeasmin, Md. Parvez Anwar, A. K. M. Mominul Islam
Summary: As the forecasted increase in food demand over the next century is 50%, the need to meet this demand becomes more urgent. Thus, agronomists are advocating sensible tools and approaches, particularly in eradicating factors that hinder crop production, such as weeds. The extensive use of chemical herbicides to control weeds results in increased risks such as herbicide-resistant weed populations, environmental pollution, unsafe agricultural products, and negative effects on human health.
Review
Virology
Yuan Fang, Emad I. M. Khater, Jing-Bo Xue, Enas H. S. Ghallab, Yuan-Yuan Li, Tian-Ge Jiang, Shi-Zhu Li
Summary: This systematic review examines the prevalence of mosquito-borne viruses (MBVs) in Egypt. The study finds that dengue virus (DENV) and West Nile virus (WNV) have shown an increase in seropositivity rates, and spillover events have been recorded. The surveillance system for MBVs in Egypt has deficiencies and calls for the establishment of an early warning system and a joint system for medical care and public health.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Punyisa Asawapaithulsert, Gerard T. Flaherty, Watcharapong Piyaphanee
Summary: Travel medicine is a specialized field focusing on assessing and preventing health risks during travel. Popular topics in recent conferences include post-travel assessment and management. It is anticipated that travel and tropical medicine fields will regain their popularity after the pandemic.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Liguo Zhou, Xiang Zhang, Yiping Zhang, Qinghai Song, Sai Tay Zar Myo, Ruiwu Zhou, Youxing Lin, Yuntong Liu, Kechen Bai, Palingamoorthy Gnanamoorthy, D. Balasubramanian
Summary: Studies have shown that tropical rainforests are sensitive to drought, resulting in decreased photosynthetic capacity and increased mortality. However, research on the impact of occasional droughts is insufficient as rainforests tend to recover within a few years. In a study conducted on the Xishuangbanna rainforest in Asia, extensive damage was observed after six years of drought treatment. The carbon pool of plants decreased significantly, while soil carbon accumulated. Drought also reduced the number of seedlings per unit area. The results suggest that the long-term impact of drought on rainforests is significant, highlighting the need to reassess the long-term drought sensitivity of forest ecosystems.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Olusola Samuel Ojo, Babatunde Adeyemi, Daniel Oluwagbenga Oluleye
Summary: This study utilized a MLP model of artificial neural network to predict net radiation in different climatic regions of Nigeria, showing that minimum temperature has a greater impact on net radiation than maximum temperature, and the MLP-BFGS model performed the best in predicting net radiation accurately.
NEURAL COMPUTING & APPLICATIONS
(2021)
