Impact of Precipitation and Flow Rate Changes on the Water Quality of a Coastal River by Hassan Pourfallah Koushali, Reza Mastouri, Mohammad Reza Khaledian

“…As presented in Section 3, with increasing precipitation and flow rate, concentration of all constituents, except pH and SO₄2, decreased. …”
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FIRM’S CHARACTERISTICS AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Muhammed BELLO, Leye Sherifdeen OYEDIRAN, Emmanuel Yinka ONIFADE

“…The population of this study consists of all listed pharmaceutical companies on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange as at 31st December, 2021. …”
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The Impact of Maternal Weight With Fetal Outcome; A Cohort Study In An Underdeveloped Region Of Pakistan by Shahzad Bashir Momina, Naila Mushtaq, Suniya Arshad Butt, Sobia Nawaz, Ayesha Asad, Shazia Syed

“…Methods: This was an observational study conducted at CMH Hospital Choor, from 1st November 2021 to 30th April 2022, on 84 pregnant women. All antenatal women as early as 16 weeks presented for antenatal visits, were included. …”
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A novel energy pattern factor-based optimized approach for assessing Weibull parameters for wind power applications by Ghulam Abbas, Arshad Ali, Mohamed Tahar Ben Othman, Muhammad Wasim Nawaz, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Habib Hamam

“…Numerical results reveal that the NOEPFM method was the best fit compared to the other EPFMs for all the considered wind speed datasets. This justifies the workability of the proposed NOEPFM and can serve as an enhanced approach for calculating wind power potential.…”
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Real time SOC estimation for Li-ion batteries in Electric vehicles using UKBF with online parameter identification by Selvarani Nachimuthu, Faisal Alsaif, Gunapriya Devarajan, Indragandhi Vairavasundaram

“…Though numerous methods has been proposed for estimating the SOC, accurate estimation approach is not proposed yet since all these approaches consider the discrete-time dynamics of the battery. …”
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Formal Verification Method for Configuration of Integrated Modular Avionics System Using MARTE by Lisong Wang, Miaofang Chen, Jun Hu

“…The configuration information of Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) system includes almost all details of whole system architecture, which is used to configure the hardware interfaces, operating system, and interactions among applications to make an IMA system work correctly and reliably. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Effect of the Number of Blades and the Twist Ratio of the Twisted tape on the Performance of the Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger by Mohammad Reza Tavakoli, Saeed Mohebi

“…The results showed that in all cases, placing a twisted-tape inside increases the Nusselt number and friction coefficient. …”
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Monster or Missing Link? The Mermaid and the Victorian Imagination by Béatrice Laurent

“…The newly discovered platypus was a more puzzling creature than the mermaid after all, but it clearly was an animal. Human ‘monsters’ such as Siamese twins or Joseph Merrick, the ‘Elephant Man’, were known and toured in fairs, but their humanity was not disputed. …”
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A Case Report of Complete Resolution of Auricular Mucormycosis in an 18-Month-Old Diabetic Child by Mariam Aljehani, Hatem Alahmadi, Mansour Alshamani

“…One of the most rare but deadly types of infectious fungal infection is Mucormycosis. All the cases reported with this type of infection are immunocompromised individuals. …”
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A SYSTEMATIC STUDY REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF OBTAINING ECOLABEL IN ROMANIA by ANTONINA TEMEA, VALENTIN NEDEFF, CLAUDIO COMOGLIO, SERENA BOTTA, MIRELA PANAINTE-LEHADUS

“…European eco-label is the only environmental quality label (type I; ISO 14024), awarded at institutional level (EC) valid all around the Europe, and it represents a unique opportunity to satisfy consumer expectations. …”
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Are Verbal Fluency and Nonliteral Language Comprehension Deficits Related to Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease? by Christina Tremblay, Oury Monchi, Carol Hudon, Joël Macoir, Laura Monetta

“…Twelve individuals with PD without depressive symptoms, 13 with PD and depressive symptoms (PDDSs), and 13 healthy controls completed a semantic and phonemic verbal fluency task and an indirect speech acts comprehension task. All groups had the same performance in the phonemic fluency task while the PDDS group was impaired in the semantic task. …”
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Audiomotor Integration in Minimally Conscious State: Proof of Concept! by Antonino Naro, Antonino Leo, Antonino Cannavò, Antonio Buda, Rocco Bruno, Carlo Salviera, Placido Bramanti, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…Our protocol induced potentiating of the electrophysiological markers of AMI and M1 excitability, paired to a clinical improvement, in all of the patients with minimally conscious state (MCS) but in none of those suffering from unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS). …”
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Formation of spelling competence of higher education students by I. Kucherenko

“…This entails cultivating a clear appreciation of the significance and necessity, as per current regulatory standards, of employing the Ukrainian literary language across all public domains. Ultimately, it aims to foster a high level of spelling competency among students.…”
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Researchers and practitioners talk about users and each other: making user and audience studies matter by Brenda Dervin, CarrieLynn Reinhard

“…A theory of dialogue was applied that purposively positioned this analysis as only one of potentially many. <br><b>Results.</b> All informants showed strong commitment to improving user studies and making them matter more to design, practice and society. …”
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Presentation and Outcome of Infection in Hospitalized Patients with Diabetic Foot at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Zahid Miyan, Nazish Waris, Awn Bin Zafar, Uroosa Shafiq, Muhammad Saif Ulhaque, Muhammad Danish Muneeb, Bilal Tahir, Abdul Basit

“…Materials and Methods: This prospective clinical study included all those patients who visited the out-patient department (OPD) of the foot clinic of Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology and were admitted to the hospital due to DFI from August 2020 to April 2021. …”
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Personal protective equipment in dentistry before and after COVID-19 by María Elizabeth Peña Téllez, Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz, Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin, ´Tânia Adas Saliba

“…Six studies were carried out before the pandemic and 8 of them after its start. All researches evaluated knowledge, attitudes, practices and factors related to the use of personal protective equipment. …”
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A Multiswarm Intelligence Algorithm for Expensive Bound Constrained Optimization Problems by Wali Khan Mashwani, Ruqayya Haider, Samir Brahim Belhaouari

“…In general, EAs are mainly categorized into nature-inspired and swarm-intelligence- (SI-) based paradigms. All these developed algorithms have some merits and also demerits. …”
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Successful Management of Teeth with Different Types of Endodontic-Periodontal Lesions by Hind Alquthami, Abdulaziz M. Almalik, Faisal F. Alzahrani, Lana Badawi

“…The first two cases were managed with a nonsurgical approach, whereas the third case was managed with nonsurgical and surgical approaches. All patients showed complete healing of soft and hard tissue lesions. …”
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Children «on the side»: feeding industry on territory of Tavrida Province in late XIX–early XX centuries by V. A. Maslennikova

“…By the end of the XIX century each issue of the periodical press, published in the territory of the Tauride province, contained several reports about foundlings. All children were sent to an orphanage. A wet nurse was assigned to the child, who was supposed to replace his mother. …”
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Growth of Different Sizes of Bulbil Iles-iles (Amorphophallus muelleri Blume) on Several Planting Media Types by Sumarwoto Sumarwoto, Maryana Maryana

“…Iles-iles or porang produces various sizes of bulbils, and farmers usually use only large ones. In this study, all sizes of bulbil: small, medium and large were grown on several planting media types. …”
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