Echoes of Strain: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study on the Impact of China’s Zero-COVID Policy on College Students’ Insomnia and Depressive Symptoms by Wang S, Zou X, Tang Q, Zhang L, Liu X, Liu G, Tao Y

“…There is a pressing need for a more comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of restrictive public policies, taking into account their potential long-term consequences.Keywords: insomnia, depression, dynamic zero-COVID policy, network analysis…”
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Herbicide resistance in Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees populations from different regions of Jiangsu Province, China: sensitivity differences and underlying mechanisms by Peng Xu, Ke Wang, Yawen Ju, Yousheng Fu, Axiu Zhu, Kaige Cao, Hongchun Wang

“…Specifically, we found ACCase mutations I1781L, W1999C, W2027C/L/S, I2041N, and D2078G in cyhalofop-butyl-resistant L. chinensis populations, among which, W1999C and W2027C accounted for a relatively high proportion, while I1781L, W2027L/S, I2041N, and D2078G were found in one population each. …”
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Migration Crisis in West Africa: Limits and Prospects of Political Regulation by Ivan A. Zakharov, Maksim M. Agafoshin, Stanislav A. Gorokhov

“…The ECOWAS migration policy is distinguished by a high level of elaboration, taking into account all the main provisions of regional and global agreements regulating migration issues. …”
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Maximal and Explosive Muscle Strength During Hip Adduction Squeeze and Hip Abduction Press Test Using A Handheld Dynamometer: An Intra- and Inter-tester Reliability Study by Lasse Ishøi, Kristian Thorborg, Laura Krohn, Lars Louis Andersen, Asger Møller Nielsen, MIkkel Bek Clausen

“…Relative reliability for all tests was assessed using ICC~2,1~ two-way mixed model with absolute agreement, thereby taking bias between testers into account. # Results Maximal isometric strength showed good intra- and inter-tester reliability for adduction (ICC: 0.93-0.97) and abduction (ICC: 0.88-0.92). …”
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Gardé·es à vue. Domination(s) et reconfigurations des rapports entre manifestant·es et policier·es pendant le hirak (2019-2021) by Lina Benchekor

“…We have chosen here to study the relationships of violence and negotiation between police and demonstrators, focusing on police custody: thus, twenty-two accounts of hirak participants repressed in the city of Oran between 2019 and 2021 have been collected to analyze state violence and its effects on paths of engagement through a relational approach to repression. …”
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L’agriculture itinérante sur brûlis, une menace sur la forêt tropicale humide ? by Serge Bahuchet, Jean-Marie Betsch

“…A persistent use of a fluctuating terminology maintains the ambiguity between clearing by the fire, in a permanent purpose of conversion of the vegetation, and itinerant agriculture, by not taking into account either the variety of the agricultural systems, already underlined by Conklin (1961), or of the itinerance of the fields and thus the interdependence between a short phase of culture and a phase of many years’ fallow. …”
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Nature's defense against emerging neurodegenerative threats: Dynamic simulation, PCA, DCCM identified potential plant-based antiviral lead targeting borna disease virus nucleoprote... by Noimul Hasan Siddiquee, Md Ifteker Hossain, Farhana Mansoor Priya, Sakia Binte Azam, Md Enamul Kabir Talukder, Durjoy Barua, Salina Malek, Niloy Saha, Sidratul Muntaha, Ridoy Paul, Israt Jahan Ritu, Farjana Islam Tuly, Abir Hossain

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) identified three main components (PC1, PC2, and PC3) that accounted for 53.43%, 12.31%, and 5.97% of the variance, respectively. …”
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Inter-individual Variability in Psychological Outcomes of Supervised Exercise in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes / Variabilidad interindividual en los efectos psicológicos del ejercici... by Marco Guicciardi, Romina Lecis, Davide Massidda, Lucina Corgiolu, Adelina Porru, Matteo Pusceddu, Francesca Spanu

“…These results support the need to develop customized programs of exercise in T2DM that take into account different phases of the exercise process and individual variability.   …”
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Problem of pain in the USA: evaluating the generalisability of high-impact chronic pain models over time using National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data by Sean Mackey, Titilola Falasinnu, Md Belal Hossain, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Kenneth Arnold Weber

“…We constructed five validation scenarios to account for variations in the availability of predictor variables across datasets and different time frames for pain assessment questions. …”
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Effect of Drying and Microwave-Assisted Extraction Parameters on Lippia adoensis Variety Koseret Essential Oil Yield by Bethlehem Worku, Nurelegne Shibeshi, Jong-Bang Eun, Youngmo Yoon

“…The optimal conditions were: 30 min irradiation time, 550 W microwave power and a particle size of 0.5–0.7 mm, resulting in essential oil yields of (0.49±0.01) % from the oven-dried leaves and (0.40±0.01) % from the room-dried leaves, which accounted for (85.1±0.8) and (87.2±0.7) % of the oils, respectively, with linalool being the predominant component. …”
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Ideology and Values in Turkey's Foreign Policy by V. A. Avatkov

“…The article considers the role of ideology and values in the formation and implementation of the current foreign policy of the Republic of Turkey. Taking into account the increasing role of regional actors such as Turkey in international politics, studying their tactics and mechanisms of influence on the global political environment is necessary to explain the further transformation of the international system.The study reveals the strengthening role of the ideology and values in world politics in general and in individual states, such as Turkey, in particular. …”
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Retrospective analysis of trauma patients transported by dispatch monitored type B ambulances to Dhulikhel Hospital, Kavre, Nepal, 2019–2023 by Maxwell L. Mantych, Shiva Neupane, Machchendra Sapkota, Laura D. Cassidy, Sarah C. Young, Ronald Anguzu, Samjhana Basnet

“…Conclusion Trauma cases accounted for 15% (227/1541) of all patients who received transport and prehospital care services from a Type B ambulance monitored by the Dispatch Center between 2019 and 2023. …”
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Association of three single nucleotide polymorphisms in the <i>LPIN1</i> gene with milk production traits in cows of the Yaroslavl breed by A. V. Igoshin, T. M. Mishakova, R. B. Aitnazarov, A. V. Ilina, D. M. Larkin, N. S. Yudin

“…Statistical tests were carried out using a mixed linear model, taking into account the relationship between individuals. We identified three SNPs – rs110871255, rs207681322 and rs109039955 with a frequency of a rare allele of 0.042–0.261 in Yaroslavl cows. …”
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Continuous overnight monitoring of body temperature during embryo transfer cycles as a proxy for establishing progesterone fluctuations by comparison with P4 blood progesterone res... by T.G. Knowles, J.A. García-Velasco, M. Toribio, N. Garrido, A.I. Barrio Pedraza, C. Colomé Rakosnik, A. Salazar Vera, R. Milnes

“…University of Bristol software investigated this relationship, allowing between-patient variation to be accounted for and estimated. This established a strong linear relationship between LnP4 and ST, and cross correlation was carried out which identified the optimum predictor of levels of LnP4 was ST measured on the day prior to blood sampling. …”
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Correction of insulin resistance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under the influence of recovery treatment by O.I. Lemko, N.V. Vantiukh, D.V. Reshetar, S.V. Lukashchuk

“…The aim is to study the possibilities of insulin resistance correction in COPD patients, taking into account the previous COVID-19, under the influence of complex non-pharmacological treatment based on haloaero­soltherapy in connection with the applied treatment complex. …”
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Propagation phenological phase and fruiting habits of the Nitraria tangutorum in the lower reaches of Shiyang River by LIU Hujun, LIU Yun, LIU Shujuan, ZHAO Peng, QI Fujun, LIU Kailin

“…The average number of fruiting branches accounted for 81.49%. The fruit branches could be divided into short fruit branches (2-6 cm, 42.72%), medium fruit branches (6-10 cm, 52.43%) and long fruit branches (10.1-11.6 cm, 4.85%). …”
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Results of surgical treatment of patients with acute destructive diverticulitis of the colon using minimally invasive technologies by O.B. Tymchuk, S.L. Malinovskyi

“…Complications in this condition develop in 5% of cases and account for 3-5% of all patients with acute abdominal diseases. …”
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القواعد الناظمة لشركة المضاربة بين النظرية والتطبيق القضائي: دراسة مقارنة بين القانونين الفلسطيني والأردني... by Anas Abu Musa Aloun

“…The research aimed to know the position of the judiciary from the multiple problems raised by the provisions of this contract from its validity, adaptation, distinction from other contracts and termination, and the researcher followed to reach the desired goal an analytical and comparative approach between Palestinian and Jordanian law, and concluded that there are basic controls that must be adhered to by contractors when concluding a speculative contract otherwise invalidity or corruption or conversion of contract into work or lease contract will result, as well as taking into account specific controls when terminating otherwise bearing responsibility for damage by arbitrary termination.   …”
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L’animal, l’humain et la sextualité fabuleuse: la chasse à la narration transculturelle et zoopoétique dans 'L’acrobatie aérienne de Confucius' de Dai Sijie by Shuangyi Li

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Experience in the Management of Patients with Chronic Vascular Ulcers of the Lower Limbs Using Negatively Charged Polystyrene Microspheres by María Teresa Cacua Sánchez

“…Patients were assessed taking into account age, sex, ulcer size, pain, wound exudate, as well as granulation and epithelialization response. …”
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