On the Suitability of Vibration Acceptance Criteria of Process Pipework by Omar Tawfik Shady, Jamil Renno, M. Shadi Mohamed, Sadok Sassi, Asan G. A. Muthalif

“…The results show that the studied vibration acceptance criterion is suitable in 99.73% of all the studied models with 68.27% confidence level. …”
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Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Paralysis at an Australian Tertiary Children’s Hospital by Thomas Ledowski, Brendan O’Dea, Luke Meyerkort, Mary Hegarty, Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg

“…Aim of this prospective audit was to investigate the incidence and severity of RNMB at our Australian tertiary pediatric center. Methods. All children receiving NMBA during anesthesia were included over a 5-week period at the end of 2011 (Mondays to Fridays; 8 a.m.–6 p.m.). …”
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Inhibition of TNF-α and JNK Signaling Pathway Can Reduce Paclitaxel-Induced Apoptosis of Mouse Cardiomyocytes by Shuang Ren, Tianwen Huang, Danyan Ou, Luhuai Feng, Sisi Huang, Chaonan Zhou, Lianying Ge

“…Upon determining the levels of mouse myocardial creatine phosphokinase (CK), myokinase isoenzyme (CK-MB), aspartate transaminase (AST), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), we found that all of these levels showed apparent increases in mice treated with PTX. …”
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Functional Balance and Motor Impairment Correlations with Gait Parameters during Timed Up and Go Test across Three Attentional Loading Conditions in Stroke Survivors by Haidzir Manaf, Maria Justine, Mazlifah Omar

“…However, there were no significant correlations between lower limb motor impairment and the number of steps in all conditions. These findings suggest that functional balance may be an influential domain of successful dual-task TUG in stroke.…”
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Resection of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy at Six Weeks of Gestation with Laminaria Cervical Dilatation under Sonographic and Hysteroscopic Guidance by Tatsuji Hoshino, Taito Miyamoto, Shinya Yoshioka

“…The implantation site was the anterior wall in almost all cases. Cervical dilatation was mainly performed using a Hegar dilator; ours was the only case using Laminaria dilatation. …”
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Flexural characteristics of additively manufactured continuous fiber-reinforced honeycomb sandwich structures by Rafael Guerra Silva, Gustavo Morales Pavez

“…For instance, continuous fiber can be used to reinforce the faces while lightweight customized lattice structures could be selected for the core, all built integrally in one single process. This study analyzes the effect of reinforcement material and fiber orientation on the flexural behavior of continuous fiber-reinforced sandwich structures built entirely using a commercially available fused filament fabrication printer. …”
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The impact of air pollution control measures and the COVID-19 pandemic on photosynthesis in urban trees by Takumi Matsuura, Yousuke Okamoto, Mayu Matsumoto, Takashi Kiyomizu, Luisa Kumpitsch, Atsushi Kume, Yuko T. Hanba

“…High NO2 increased long-term water use efficiency for all species. High NO2 decreased photosynthesis in P. yedoensis and R. pulchrum, while for G. biloba, NO2 imposed little effect on photosynthesis. …”
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Fondation d’une mémoire familiale dans la cité des Namnètes : le mausolée antique des Pellières à Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Mercier

“…Nearby, the remains of a Bronze Age funeral monument were found and fragments of Roman votive figurines were intentionally deposited between the upper blocks of this monument, thus showing that it was still used during Roman times for specific rituals. All this demonstrate that these structures were used as a private funerary area in relation with an ancient rural domain. …”
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Rêver le paysage, se soucier du vivant : pour une recherche-fiction by Gilles Clément

“…After having explained the context, in which the question of research is raised à the ENSP, a school where the project is taught à the article emphasises the trans-disciplinarity that landscape requires in order to be explained, understood and revealed with all its potentialities. It is deduced that the research can only be here « fiction» and be along with the dream. …”
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How do events shape the media agenda on Islam and Muslims in Western Europe? An analysis of news events in Germany, the UK and France (2000–2020) by Liriam Sponholz, Anna-Maria Meuth

“…To answer this question, an automated quantitative content analysis was conducted on all articles of at least 50 words mentioning Islam∗ or Muslims∗ in broadsheets from the UK, Germany and France published between 2000 and 2020 (N = 262,105). …”
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Trasformare il ruolo delle donne contadine e dei rifugiati: Due esperienze italiane di innovazione sociale nelle aree montane by Elisa Ravazzoli, Cristina Dalla Torre, Thomas Streifeneder

“…In questo articolo, sono state selezionate due iniziative che mirano all’empowerment di due gruppi vulnerabili (donne contadine e rifugiati). …”
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Helical Phase Inflation and Monodromy in Supergravity Theory by Tianjun Li, Zhijin Li, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos

“…The F-term scalar potential provides strong field stabilization for all the scalars except inflaton, which is protected by the approximate global U(1) symmetry. …”
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Biosynthetic mesh in hernia repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Iyad S. Al-Bustami, Thomas Clements, Dalya Ferguson, Alamin Harmouch, Oscar A. Olavarria, Julie L. Holihan

“…RESULTS: Thirty-six studies were included, all of which were observational. Follow-up ranged from 1 to 98 months postoperative. …”
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A case series of melioidosis: An underdiagnosed entity in Kerala by Ebrahimkutty Shanimole Puthenpurayil, Pulikottil Shoba Kurian, Alexander Vipin Sam

“…Concerning clinical presentations, intra-abdominal abscesses mainly in the liver and spleen accounted for seven cases. All the isolates were susceptible to ceftazidime, meropenem, and doxycycline, whereas 12 isolates were susceptible to chloramphenicol, 11 isolates were susceptible to trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole combination, and 10 cases were susceptible to amoxicillin–clavulanic acid and ciprofloxacin. …”
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Fractional Radiofrequency Microneedling as a Monotherapy in Acne Scar Management: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence by Niaz G, Ajeebi Y, Alshamrani HM, Khalmurad M, Lee K

“…We systematically reviewed all available literature on FRM techniques used for acne scarring by searching the PubMed and EBSCO databases up to July 2024. 16 studies involving 481 patients, comprising six prospective studies, six randomized clinical trials, three retrospective studies, and one comparative trial, were included. …”
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The Decreased Growth Hormone Response to Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone in Obesity Is Associated to Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Fernando Cordido, Jesús Garcia-Buela, Susana Sangiao-Alvarellos, Teresa Martinez, Ovidio Vidal

“…Mean total and LDL cholesterol, fasting insulin, and HOMA-IR were all higher, in subjects who would have been classified as GH-deficient compared with GH-sufficient. …”
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Perinatal mortality and its associated factors in selected tertiary care hospital of Belagavi, Karnataka, India by Uma Kole, Sudha Raddi

“…The stillbirth rate is acknowledged as a sensitive indicator of healthcare quality and equity. All provinces have demonstrated accelerated progress in reducing stillbirths. …”
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Noninvasive Monitoring of Pneumococcal Meningitis and Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy in an Experimental Mouse Model by Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Kshitij Modi, Jun Yu, Kevin P. Francis, Carlos Orihuela, Elaine Tuomanen, Anthony F. Purchio, Pamela R. Contag

“…Mice treated with the antibiotic survived infection, whereas all mice in untreated groups became moribund, first in the IC group then in the LP group. …”
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APOPTOSIS MARKERS IN NEWBORN CHILDREN WITH MILD HYPOXIC DAMAGE OF CNS by D.H. Posternak

“…In patients with mild hypoxic damage of the central nervous system the unidirectional dynamics of changes in all studied apoptosis markers was noted. Hence, the maximum growth of the circulating fragmented DNA by 8.6% and increase in level of DNA fragmentation in lymphocytes by 1.6 times were noted at the 3rd day of research. …”
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Analysis of Travel Mode Choice To Hospitals concerning Socio-Economic Attributes (Case Study: Shiraz Downtown) by sanam afaridi, fereshte ahmadi, ali soltani, mahmood mohamdi

“…Taxi is the mode which is used in all three travels. People with lowest range of income and education use bus as their mode. …”
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