Prevalence of sleep disturbance in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Salari, Nader, Sadeghi, Narges, Hosseinian-Far, Amin, Hasheminezhad, Razie, Khazaie, Habibolah, Shohaimi, Shamarina, Mohammadi, Masoud

“…Heterogeneity among the identified studies was checked using the I2 index, and the Begg and Mazumdar correlation test examined the existence of published bias. …”
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A Multi-tier Model and Filtering Approach to Detect Fake News Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Yu, Chiung Chang, A Hamid, Isredza Rahmi, Abdullah, Zubaile, Kipli, Kuryati, Amnur, Hidra

“…The best performance of sequence for both datasets is LR_DT_RF which yields 0.9892 F1-Score, 0.9895 Accuracy, and 0.9790 Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) for ISOT Fake News Dataset, and 0.9913 F1-Score, 0.9853 Accuracy, and 0.9455 MCC for CHECKED Dataset. This research could give researchers an approach for fake news detection on different social platforms and feature-based.…”
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TDSF: Two-phase tamper detection in semi-fragile watermarking using two-level integer wavelet transform by Amrullah, Agit, Ernawan, Ferda, Anis Farihan, Mat Raffei, Liew, Siau-Chuin

“…The initial phase will check four segments to determine the tampered bit or not. …”
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Membrane compaction in forward osmosis process by Ng, Daniel Yee Fan, Chen, Yunfeng, Dong, Zhili, Wang, Rong

“…The TFC membranes were continuously tested in FO experiments for 24 h by using DI water as feed and NaCl solutions of different concentrations as draw solution, and their performances were checked again using fresh feed solutions. At the end of FO experiments, all TFC membranes experienced water flux and salt flux decline to different extents. …”
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Greenly prepared antimicrobial cotton fabrics using bioactive agents from Cupressaceae pods by Syed, Murtaza Haider, Mior Ahmad Khushairi, Mohd Zahari, Qutaba, Syed, Norhayati, Abdullah, Syed, Lubna, Abro, Zamir Ahmed

“…Finally, the antimicrobial activity of the greenly developed antimicrobial cotton fabrics was checked against Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus and Candida albicans by using the AATCC 100-2004 test method. …”
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High-Throughput Three-Party DPFs with Applications to ORAM and Digital Currencies by Zyskind, Guy, Yanai, Avishay, Pentland, Alex

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Essays on oil price fluctuations, financial markets and international trade by Le, Thai Ha

“…The stability of the causality is also checked and the estimated impulse responses across different periods are examined. …”
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Live Verification in an Interactive Proof Assistant by Gruetter, Samuel, Fukala, Viktor, Chlipala, Adam

“…We prototyped our technique in the interactive proof assistant Coq, so our framework creates machine-checked proofs that the developed functions satisfy their specifications when executed according to the formal semantics of the source language. …”
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Efficient techniques for subgraph mining and query processing by Lin, Wenqing

“…Graph data has been so prevalent that efficiently obtaining useful information from them is highly demanded. …”
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High cycle fatigue characterisation and modelling of 316L stainless steel processed by laser powder bed fusion by Zhang, Meng

“…Despite the diverse fatigue and fracture properties, the models produced good prediction accuracy when checked against the test data. Moreover, the method demonstrated good generalisation capability on applying to literature data. …”
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Health professions digital education on antibiotic management : systematic review and meta-analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration by Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Tudor Car, Lorainne, van Galen, Louise Sandra, van Agtmael, Michiel A., Costelloe, Céire E., Ajuebor, Onyema, Campbell, James, Car, Josip

“…We also searched the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Search Portal and metaRegister of Controlled Trials to identify unpublished trials and checked the reference lists of included studies and relevant systematic reviews for study eligibility. …”
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Learning automations in game engine by Ju, Peng

“…Programming wise, Java has been used to develop the Beer Game Software. Algorithm wise, AI agent has been developed and the performance has been tested. …”
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Evaluation of Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes as probiotic and improvement of immune response in African catfish (Clarias spp.) by Hamid, Nur Hidayahanum

“…Therefore, probiotics usage as an alternative strategy has been suggested to be used as substitution for antimicrobial drugs. …”
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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Wu, AD, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…<p><strong> Search methods</strong></p> We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO to 1 February 2024 and the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group's Specialized Register to 1 February 2023, reference‐checked, and contacted study authors. <p><strong> Selection criteria</strong></p> We included trials randomizing people who smoke to an EC or control condition. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…&lt;h4&gt;Search methods&lt;/h4&gt;We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group's Specialized Register to 1 February 2023, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO to 1 July 2023, and reference-checked and contacted study authors.&lt;h4&gt;Selection criteria&lt;/h4&gt;We included trials in which people who smoke were randomized to an EC or control condition. …”

Algebraic identifiability of partial differential equation models by Byrne, HM, Harrington, HA, Ovchinnikov, A, Pogudin, G, Rahkooy, H, Soto, P

“…This problem has been intensively studied for ordinary differential equation models, where theory, several efficient algorithms and software packages have been developed. …”

The influence of nutrition on obesity by Ee, Xing Min

“…While these two factors may be crucial in the regulation of body weight, the impact of nutrition on obesity has often been overlooked. People in modern days consume copious amounts of carbohydrate-rich foods and sugary products, having the misconception that as long as their calorie intake is kept to a minimum, their weight would be kept in check as well. …”
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A computer vision software to automatically measure dimensions of flat surfaces in a photograph by Wang, Qifeng

“…A previous project has been conducted and a substantial amount of work have been done on objects and contours detection. …”
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Geometric primitive feature extraction : concepts, algorithms and applications by Prasad, Dilip Kumar.

“…For the problem of polygonal approximation, two fundamental problems have been addressed. First, the nature of the performance evaluation metrics in relation to the local and global fitting characteristics has been studied. …”
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Development of isolated type DC/DC converter for on-board power supply by Enrique Alejandro, Nunes Di Pierri

“…A 20 kW high frequency DC/DC converter composed of two identical 10 kW units has been constructed for a hybrid vehicle application. …”
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