Personality traits of women with hereditary risk for breast/ovarian cancer versus obstetric history and cancer preventive behaviors by Joanna Żurawska, Beata Pięta, Maciej Wilczak, Małgorzata Wojciechowska, Paweł Rzymski, Agnieszka Pieczykolan, Justyna Krysa, Agnieszka Bień

“…Personality traits affect health-related behaviors and should be taken into account when designing theoretical models as well as interventions regarding health habits.…”
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Recycling of Building Interior Decoration and Renovation Waste: A Case Study in China by Wenjia Pan, Hong Zhang, Shanggang Hei, Yingjian Yang, Xifeng Xu, Chao Zhou, Baolin Huang, Haochen Xu

“…The results show that (i) concrete, stone, and other hard inorganic materials accounted for about 35–55% of the total. Soft inorganic materials such as aerated concrete and gypsum made up 5–25%, slag 15–20%, timber 5–10%, combustible matter such as plastic, rubber, and paper 9–12%, and glass and metal 1–5%, and (ii) artificial intelligence (AI) sorting offers better sorting performance and economic advantages over manual sorting, promoting the application of artificial AI sorting equipment as important solutions to face the key challenges of D&R waste recycling.…”
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Pulmonary Embolism and Intracardiac Type A Thrombus with an Unexpected Outcome by João Português, Lucy Calvo, Margarida Oliveira, Vítor Hugo Pereira, Joana Guardado, Mário Rui Lourenço, Olga Azevedo, Francisco Ferreira, Filipa Canário-Almeida, António Lourenço

“…Individual risk of hemorrhage and operatory-related mortality should be taken into account when defining the treatment strategy especially when benefit is not firmly established.…”
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New materials — primary converters of semiconductor measuring cells based on InAs-CdTe system by I. A. Kirovskaya, E. N. Kopylova, E. V. Mironova, A. O. Ekkert, R. V. Ekkert, O. V. Kropotin, V. I. Krasheninin, Yu. I. Matyash

“…Using the method developed with reference to the InAs-CdTe system taking into account its condition diagram and the primary bulk physical, physical and chemical properties of the initial binary compounds (InAs, CdTe), the new materials have been obtained — solid solutions (InAs)x (CdTe)x-1. …”
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Event-Based User Classification in Weibo Media by Liang Guo, Wendong Wang, Shiduan Cheng, Xirong Que

“…By analyzing real data collected from Sina Weibo, we investigate the Weibo properties and utilize both content information and social network information to classify the numerous users into four primary groups: celebrities, organizations/media accounts, grassroots stars, and ordinary individuals. …”
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Analysis of the Influencing Factors on the Well Performance in Shale Gas Reservoir by Cheng Dai, Liang Xue, Weihong Wang, Xiang Li

“…In this paper, we build a numerical simulation model, which has the ability to take the unique shale gas flow mechanisms into account, to quantitatively describe the gas production characteristics in each region based on the field data collected from a shale gas reservoir in Sichuan Basin in China. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of Tapered Thin-Walled Beams Using Spectral Finite Element Method by Yiping Shen, Zhijun Zhu, Songlai Wang, Gang Wang

“…First, a set of fully coupled governing equations are derived using Hamilton’s principle to account for axial, bending, and torsion motion. Then, the differential transform method (DTM) is applied to obtain the semianalytical solutions in order to formulate the spectral finite element. …”
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Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study by Bernadette Bartlam, Trishna Rathod, Gillian Rowlands, Joanne Protheroe

“…The design of any future RCT intervention should take account of this.…”
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Enhanced Receptor Modeling Using Expanded Equations with Parametric Variables for Secondary Components of PM2.5 by Ho-Tang Liao, Ming-Tung Chuang, Ping-Wen Tsai, Charles C.-K. Chou, Chang-Fu Wu

“…Contributions from three factors involving secondary formation features accounted for 55% of PM2.5 mass. Through the enhanced modeling approach, photo-oxidation formation, condensation and aqueous phase oxidation of volatile organic compounds, and transport of secondary nitrates from upwind urban area could be potential formation process and sources of secondary aerosol.…”
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The analysis of structural fatigue under cyclic temperature loads by I. Yu. Lesnyak, Z. N. Sokolovskiy, S. V. Gavrilenko

“…Linear deformations of the body material of the International Space Station are determined, taking into account heating from solar radiation and cooling, while in the shadow of the Earth. …”
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Economic optimization configuration of energy storage in distribution network considering the attenuation of aging photovoltaic output by HU Haipeng, ZHAO Ping, LI Yan, HOU Qingxing, WANG Guanghui, LI Zhenxing

“…In order to enhance the cost-effectiveness of energy storage configuration, an economic optimization method for distribution network energy storage that takes into account the attenuation of aging photovoltaic output is proposed. …”
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New linearization and reweighting for simulations of string sigma-model on the lattice by L. Bianchi, V. Forini, B. Leder, P. Töpfer, E. Vescovi

“…The sign of the Pfaffian and the low modes of the quadratic fermionic operator are then taken into account by a reweighting procedure of which we discuss the impact on the measurement of the observables. …”
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Substrains of Inbred Mice Differ in Their Physical Activity as a Behavior by Dario Coletti, Emanuele Berardi, Paola Aulino, Eleonora Rossi, Viviana Moresi, Zhenlin Li, Sergio Adamo

“…These runners are not outstanders, but they represent the majority of the population, with important scientific and economic fallouts to be taken into account during experimental planning. Spontaneous activity persists in pathological conditions, such as cancer-associated cachexia. …”
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Animal-Plant Interaction: by Ndizihiwe, Daniel R., Achille, E Assogbadjo, Sylvestre, C. A. M. Djagoun, Barthélémy KASSA

“…Mammal taxonomic group dominated and was sub divided into primates, ungulates, carnivores, rodents and bat sub-groups which accounted for 45%, 22%, 17%, 9% and 7% respectively confirming the dominance of primates. …”
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Le fromage en Gaule à l’âge du Fer et à l’époque romaine : état des lieux pour sa production et analyse de sa place dans le monde antique by Alain Ferdière, Jean-Marc Séguier

“…The aim here is therefore to study, in as much detail as possible, the subject of cheese for the whole of pre-Roman and Roman Gaul –beyond the territory of present-day France– taking into account the various geographical areas for which almost only archaeological documentation is available. …”
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Adenosine A2A Receptors Modulate Acute Injury and Neuroinflammation in Brain Ischemia by Felicita Pedata, Anna Maria Pugliese, Elisabetta Coppi, Ilaria Dettori, Giovanna Maraula, Lucrezia Cellai, Alessia Melani

“…A2A receptors present on central cells and on blood cells account for important effects depending on the time-related evolution of the pathological condition. …”
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Co-firing simulations with blending of low range coal and medium range coal on the performance of 615 MW capacity steam power plant and Indonesia carbon trading review by Apriliana Margawadi Kenanga, Widayat, Widodo Agung Suedy Sri

“…In Indonesia, coal-fired power plants (CFPP) account for nearly 70% of the nation’s electricity supply, contributing significantly to global warming. …”
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Price Manipulation in Common Stock Transactions and Analysis Prohibition of Obscenity in Some Cases by Ali Hassanzadeh Sarvestani, Seyed Mohammad Reza Seydnorani, Fathollah Tari

“…Common stock transactions account for a significant amount of Tehran Stock Exchange transactions, and this issue reveals the importance of careful attention and monitoring of these securities transactions. …”
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Enhancement of punching shear behavior of reinforced concrete flat slabs using GFRP grating by Ahmed Mahmoud, Haitham Mostafa, Tarek Mostafa, Ahmed Khater

“…Results of seven specimens tested experimentally under vertical static loading are displayed, taking into account the influence of the gratings variables. Test results revealed an improvement in the ultimate load ranging between 9.03% and 27.67% for the specimens strengthened by the proposed GFRP grating system. …”
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Comparison of Different Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Measurements in Patients with Long-Term Noninvasive Ventilation by Toru Oga, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Hideo Kita, Tomomasa Tsuboi, Keisuke Tomii, Morihide Ando, Eiji Kojima, Hiromi Tomioka, Yoshio Taguchi, Yusuke Kaji, Ryoji Maekura, Toru Hiraga, Naoki Sakai, Tomoki Kimura, Michiaki Mishima, Wolfram Windisch, Kazuo Chin

“…Multiple regression analyses showed that HADS depression and mMRC accounted for 34% and 27% of the variance in the SRI, 24% and 37% in the MRF-26, and 17% and 46% in the SGRQ, respectively. …”
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