Coastal social–ecological systems (SES), particularly in large bays, are critical for fisheries, transportation, and disaster prevention in island and coastal countries. To achieve the sustainability of such bays, public involvement is recently...
24 December 2020
People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) often experience uncertainty and fear about their futures. Partners of PwMS may share their concerns and experience fears about their own futures, limitations on their lives, ability to work, and becoming a carer...
In the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has emerged as a viable multiple access method due to its superior efficiency. In this paper, a new power allocation technique for NOMA-enabled IIoT devices is present...
Using the term of progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS), we considered a combined population of persons with secondary progressive MS (SPMS) and primary progressive MS (PPMS). These forms of MS cannot be challenged with efficacy by the licensed therap...
The concept of Future Work-Salience (FWSS) plays a pivotal role in ensuring sustainable employability. Previous studies on FWSS have primarily focused on career-related outcomes, neglecting the broader domain of proactive behaviors. Furthermore, the...
Human health and animal health risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals use the same steps as single-substance risk assessment, namely problem formulation, exposure assessment, hazard assessment and risk characterisation. The main u...
Over the past few centuries, the process of decision-making has become more complicated in different respects. Since the initial phase of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) around fifty years ago, Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) has c...
Both scenario visioning and participatory system dynamics modeling emphasize the dynamic and uncontrollable nature of complex socio-ecological systems, and the significance of multiple feedback mechanisms. These two methodologies complement one anoth...
As urban expansion continues, the intensifying land surface temperature (LST) underscores the critical need for accurate predictions of future thermal environments. However, no study has investigated which method can most effectively and consistently...
As indicated by a worldwide common perspective about health and sustainable health systems, the health structure as a part of public health is a key theme of many societies. The future is shaped by probable future scenarios, for which dealing practic...
Against the backdrop of increasing financialization of grain markets, the cross-cycle and cross-market contagion among commodities has been intensifying. To investigate the risk spillover among commodities across different cycles, this study selected...
The governance of the global marine ecological environment is closely related to human life and needs to adopt a multisubject co-governance system. There is a lack of understanding of the need for co-governance by multiple subjects for global marine...
Distribution networks (DNWs) are facing numerous challenges, notably growing load demands, environmental concerns, operational constraints and expansion limitations with the current infrastructure. These challenges serve as a motivation factor for va...
We employ the DEMATEL-based analytic network process (D-ANP) to evaluate the weight of various factors on S&P 500 index futures. The general regression method is employed to prove the result. We then employed grey relational analysis (GRA) to exa...
Multiple sclerosis is an increasingly prevalent disease, representing the leading cause of non-traumatic neurological disease in Europe and North America. The most common symptoms include gait deficits, balance and coordination impairments, fatigue,...
In new wireless ecosystems, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) and cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (CNOMA) together make a potential design model. These systems enhance spectral efficiency (SE), energy efficiency...
This article investigates the effectiveness of TAIEX (Taiwan Stock Exchange) futures, Taiwan 50 futures, and nonfinance nonelectronics subindex (NFNE) futures for cross hedging the price risk of stock sector indices traded on the Taiwan stock exchang...
This study proposes a multiple kernel learning (MKL)-based regression model for crude oil spot price forecasting and trading. We used a well-known trend-following technical analysis indicator, the moving average convergence and divergence (MACD) indi...
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease that may lead to different types of symptoms and disabilities. with the better quality of life and decreased disability due to early diagnosis and the availability of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), the tre...
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a challenging hematological cancer which typically grows in bone marrow. MM accounts for 10% of hematological malignancies and 1.8% of cancers. The recent treatment strategies have significantly improved progression-free surv...
Tremor is an important and common symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). It constituted one of the three core features of MS triad described by Charcot in the last century. Tremor could have a drastic impact on patients’ quality of life. T...
22 April 2020
The present paper reviews available background information for studying multiple stressor effects of radon (222Rn) and phthalates in children and provides insights on future directions. In realistic situations, living organisms are collectively subje...
Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) has been a backbone of therapy for newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma eligible for high-dose therapy for decades. Survival outcomes have continued to improve over time, in part because of the in...
Predicting multiple future pedestrian trajectories is a challenging task for real-world applications like autonomous driving and robotic motion planning. Existing methods primarily focus on immediate spatial interactions among pedestrians, often over...
The global incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) appears to be increasing. Although it may not be associated with a high mortality rate, this disease has a high morbidity rate which affects the quality of life of patients and reduces their ability to...
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common adult hematologic malignancy, and early intervention increases survival in asymptomatic high-risk patients. Imaging is crucial for the diagnosis and follow-up of MM, as the detection of bone and bone ma...
Positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging modality used for the noninvasive assessment of tumor staging and response to therapy. PET with 18F labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG PET) is widely used to assess the active and inactive lesions in...
Salt intake is associated with multiple sclerosis; however, controversial findings that challenge this association rely primarily on methods that do not measure total sodium storage within the body, such as food surveys and urinary sodium excretion....
Our study focused on identifying the evolution of soil erosion and its key drivers under multiple future scenarios in the Yiluo River Basin. Integrating the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE), future land use and vegetation cover simulation methods,...
Pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) is relatively rare, but as technology and neuroimaging advance, an increasing number of cases are identified, and our understanding of how multiple sclerosis (MS) impacts the developing brain improves. There...
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological neoplasm for which different chemotherapy treatments are used with several drugs in combination. One of the most frequently used drugs for the treatment of MM is the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib. Patients t...
Suicide is listed in the top ten causes of death in Taiwan. Previous studies have pointed out that psychiatric patients having suicide attempts in their history are more likely to attempt suicide again than non-psychiatric patients. Therefore, how to...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and is associated with a poor prognosis. The mutation profile and related involved pathways of CRC have been, in broad terms, analyzed. The main current therapeutic approaches have been comprehe...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, often presenting with brain atrophy and cognitive impairment (CI). In the relapsing–remitting phenotype, cognitive performance is increasing...
Urban systems include complex interactions and interdependencies with adjoining landscapes and regions. The pressures of change are complex, constant, and increasing. Declining biodiversity, ecosystem function, social institutions, and climate change...
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell disorder that evolves from precursor conditions including monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM). Understanding the biological continuum and the...
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematologic malignancy, accounting for approximately 1% of all cancers. Despite the initial poor prognosis for MM patients, their life expectancy has improved significantly with the development of novel...
Knowledge of the effect of modifiable lifestyle factors in the pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) population is limited. We therefore conducted a scoping review, following the framework provided by Arksey and O’Malley. Four databases were searched for...
The purpose was to study the risk of rupture of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) of patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), in a long-term follow-up study, from variables known at baseline. Future ru...
Background: Stigma is a pervasive, though understudied, psychosocial factor affecting people with multiple sclerosis. This review synthesizes the literature on the impact of perceived, enacted, and internalized stigma on psychological health and illn...
This paper offers an in-depth review of the latest advancements in the automatic generation of medical case-based multiple-choice questions (MCQs). The automatic creation of educational materials, particularly MCQs, is pivotal in enhancing teaching e...
Biogas is expected to contribute 10% of the total renewable energy use in Europe in 2030. This expectation largely depends on the use of several biomass byproducts and wastes as feedstocks. However, the current development of a biobased economy requi...
Climate change and land use/cover change (LUCC) are two major factors that alter hydrological processes. The upper reaches of the Tarim River, situated in the northwest region of China, experience a dry and less rainy climate and are significantly in...
The integration of future grid customers, e.g., electric vehicles, heat pumps, or photovoltaic modules, will challenge existing low-voltage power grids in the upcoming years. Hence, distribution system operators must quantify future grid reinforcemen...
Artificial intelligence-enabled adaptive learning systems (AI-ALS) have been increasingly utilized in education. Schools are usually afforded the freedom to deploy the AI-ALS that they prefer. However, even before artificial intelligence autonomously...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating autoimmune disorder. Currently, there is a lack of effective treatment for the progressive form of MS, partly due to insensitive readout for neurodegeneration. The recent development of sensitive assays for n...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common inflammatory neurological diseases which leads to a highly heterogeneous set of symptoms and signs due to the differential involvement of the motor, sensory, visual, and autonomic systems [...]
In the past two decades, there has been a considerable increase of our knowledge with regards to the pathophysiology and management of various demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system [...]
Drought is a natural phenomenon caused by the variability of climate. This study was conducted in the Songhua River Basin of China. The drought events were estimated by using the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) and Standardized Precipitation Index...
The landscape of therapeutic measures to treat multiple myeloma has undergone a seismic shift since the dawn of the current century. This has been driven largely by the introduction of new classes of small molecules, such as proteasome blockers (e.g....
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