Discover how continuous contracts in reinsurance work, their benefits, and how they differ from standard contracts without ...

In an RL-based control system, the turbine (or wind farm) controller is realized as an agent that observes the state of the ...

Background Ebstein’s anomaly (EA) exhibits significant anatomical and clinical heterogeneity, warranting a systematic ...

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) arises from complex interactions among diet, host and gut microbiome. Although diet influences intestinal inflammation, the microbial and metabolic pathways ...

Objective Anxiety affects up to one-third of adults with asthma and is linked to poorer disease outcomes and reduced quality ...

Objective To characterise the age-related impact of organ damage patterns on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in ...

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic kidney disease ...

Objectives In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe exacerbations (ECOPDs) impose significant morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines emphasise using ECOPD history to ...

Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...

Objective Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently have multiple comorbidities that increase the risk of hospitalisation and contribute to higher mortality. However, studies examining the ...

Function secret sharing (FSS) is a secret sharing technique for functions in a specific function class, mainly including distributed point function (DPF) and distributed comparison function (DCF). As ...

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) and fluid overload are common complications of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) and are associated with poor outcomes. Continuous renal ...