Next-gen agriculture: integrating AI and XAI for precision crop yield predictions.

Climate change poses significant challenges to global food security by altering precipitation patterns and increasing the frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, and floods. These phenomena directly affect agricultural productivity, leading to lower crop yields and economic losses for farmers. This study leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques to predict crop yields and assess the impacts of climate change on agriculture, providing a novel approach to understanding complex interactions between climatic and agronomic factors.

Ceftazidime-avibactam alone or in combination with Aztreonam versus Polymyxins in the management of carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae nosocomial Infections (CAPRI study): a retrospective cohort study from South India.

Introduction: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections commonly cause hospital-acquired infections. The study aimed to compare the outcomes of CRKP infections between patients receiving ceftazidime avibactam +/- aztreonam and polymyxins in a hospital setting with a high prevalence of New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamase production.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study from January 2020 to September 2022 in critically ill adult patients admitted to a non-COVID-19 medical intensive care unit with CRKP infection.

Successful Use of Cefepime-Zidebactam (WCK 5222) as a Salvage Therapy for the Treatment of Disseminated Extensively Drug-Resistant New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in an Adult Patient with Acute T-Cell Leukemia.

With limited and often toxic treatment options, carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative infections are associated with significant mortality. Cefepime-zidebactam is a promising antibiotic option undergoing a phase 3 trial that has activity against diverse antibiotic-resistant mechanisms in Gram-negative pathogens due to its β-lactam enhancer mechanism, mediating multiple PBP binding. We report a case of disseminated infection caused by a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing, extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate in a patient with acute T-cell leukemia, successfully managed with cefepime-zidebactam as a salvage therapy.

INASNET: Automatic identification of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on chest X-ray using deep neural network.

Testing is one of the important methodologies used by various countries in order to fight against COVID-19 infection. The infection is considered as one of the deadliest ones although the mortality rate is not very high. COVID-19 infection is being caused by SARS-CoV2 which is termed as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus.

Vertically Aligned TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays Decorated with CuO Mesoclusters for the Nonenzymatic Sensing of Glucose.

Highly ordered titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanotubes were modified with CuO mesoclusters through electrodeposition followed by electrooxidation. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) revealed the presence of vertically aligned TiO₂ nanotubes with a diameter of 60 nm and CuO mesoclusters of ~500 nm in diameter. Glucose oxidation on the CuO modified TiO₂ electrode occurred at +0.