Energy transfer aspects of chemically reactive Casson fluid between a conical gap of cone-disk system with multiple rotations by M. Qamar, M. Khan, A.S. Alqahtani, M.Y. Malik

“…This work is 99.5 % compatible with the published article for radiation factor values 1.0,2.0,3.0. It observed in all considered models of cone-disk apparatus the best cooling was achieved for the stationary cone and rotating disk. …”
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Anxiety and depression in healthcare workers are associated with work stress and poor work ability by Nicola Magnavita, Igor Meraglia, Matteo Riccò

“…BackgroundSymptoms of anxiety and depression are very common among healthcare workers (HCWs) and could impact the quality of care.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of these disorders in a public health company and their association with work ability and work-related stress.MethodsA cross-sectional study involved 80 HCWs being treated for mental disorders (MD), 55 HCWs who said they suffered from MD but were not being treated, and 824 healthy colleagues. All workers completed the Work Ability Index (WAI), the Siegrist's Effort/Reward Imbalance questionnaire (ERI), the Goldberg's scales of anxiety and depression (GADS), and the Warr's scale of job satisfaction.ResultsThree-quarters of workers with MD suffered from anxiety and/or depression. …”
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Hopping backward to move forward: Single-leg backward hopping can better detect decreased quadriceps strength induced by a fatigue protocol compared to forward and vertical hopping by Yu Song, Lauren Salsgiver, Kaden Van Valkenburg, Natalie Christofferson, Yessica Lo, Zhichen Feng, Brenna McGuinness, Boyi Dai

“…Fatigue protocol resulted in significantly less knee moments, power, and work, and decreased performance of the fatigued leg among all tasks. Bilateral symmetries in hopping performance decreased in post-fatigue, with the greatest decrease in backward hopping. …”
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Effects of Clostridium butyricum on Growth Performance, Intestinal Health, and Disease Resistance of Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀ × E. lanceolatus♂) Fed with Cottonse... by Ling Pan, Weikang Li, Ruitao Xie, Hongyu Liu, Beiping Tan, Xiaohui Dong, Qihui Yang, Shuyan Chi, Shuang Zhang

“…After supplementation with C. butyricum, grouper in the C4 group showed significantly higher resistance to V. harveyi than the NC group (P<0.05). Above all, taking into account the effects of immunity and disease resistance, it was recommended to supplement 3.2% C. butyricum in the diet of grouper fed the replacement of 50% fishmeal protein by CPC.…”
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Synthesis and In Vitro AMPK Activation of Cycloalkyl/Alkarylbiguanides with Robust In Vivo Antihyperglycemic Action by Erika Gutierrez-Lara, Carlos Martínez-Conde, Edgar Rosales-Ortega, Juan José Ramírez-Espinosa, Julio C. Rivera-Leyva, David Centurión, Karla Carvajal, Daniel Ortega-Cuellar, Samuel Estrada-Soto, Gabriel Navarrete-Vázquez

“…The design was conceived using isosteric replacement, chain-ring transformation, and lower and higher homologation strategies. All compounds were obtained as crystals and their structure was confirmed on the basis of their spectral data (NMR and mass spectra), and their purity was ascertained by microanalysis. …”
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Association between physical activity, cardiometabolic risk factors and vitamin D in children and adolescents: a systematic review by Patricia Ribeiro Paes Corazza, Maiara Cristina Tadiotto, Derick Andrade Michel, Jorge Mota, Neiva Leite

“…The main results found were a significant inverse relationship between vitamin D levels and cardiometabolic risk factors. All studies (n = 8) that tested association between physical activity and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) concentrations showed a significant and direct relationship between them. …”
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The Nrf-2/HO-1 Signaling Axis: A Ray of Hope in Cardiovascular Diseases by Xueyan Zhang, Yihan Yu, Hanyu Lei, Yufeng Cai, Jie Shen, Ping Zhu, Qingnan He, Mingyi Zhao

“…Nuclear factor erythropoietin-2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase 1 (Nrf2/HO-1) is a protein found in all cells of the human body. It is activated, transferred to the nucleus, and bound to DNA by antioxidant response elements (AREs). …”
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Unveiling the Space Weather During the Starlink Satellites Destruction Event on 4 February 2022 by Tong Dang, Xiaolei Li, Bingxian Luo, Ruoxi Li, Binzheng Zhang, Kevin Pham, Dexin Ren, Xuetao Chen, Jiuhou Lei, Yuming Wang

“…In this letter, we reveal the space weather process during 3–4 February 2022 geomagnetic disturbances, from the Sun all the way to the satellite orbiting atmosphere. …”
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Strategies in Management of Posterosuperior Wall Fracture of the Acetabulum by Kingsly Paulraj, Sathish Muthu

“…Materials and methods: This is a prospective study between January 2018 and December 2022. All surgically treated adult patients with acetabular fractures involving the posterosuperior wall or the posterosuperior wall with a posterior column were included in the study. …”
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Decision tree-based learning and laboratory data mining: an efficient approach to amebiasis testing by Enas Al-khlifeh, Ahmad S. Tarawneh, Khalid Almohammadi, Malek Alrashidi, Ramadan Hassanat, Ahmad B. Hassanat

“…This study highlights that amebiasis is a significant health concern in Jordan, responsible for 17.22% of all gastroenteritis episodes in this study. Male sex and age were associated with higher incidence of amebiasis (P = 0.014), with over 25% of cases occurring in infants and toddlers. …”
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) gB dictates a low-pH endocytotic entry pathway as revealed by a dual-fluorescent virus system and a rhesus monkey rhadinovirus expres... by Shanchuan Liu, Sarah Schlagowski, Anna K Großkopf, Natalia Khizanishvili, Xiaoliang Yang, Scott W Wong, Elina M Guzmán, Marija Backovic, Stefano Scribano, Arne Cordsmeier, Armin Ensser, Alexander S Hahn

“…Fusion of viral and host cell membranes, which is followed by release of the viral capsid into the cytoplasm, is executed by the core fusion machinery composed of glycoproteins H (gH), L (gL), and B (gB), that is common to all herpesviruses. KSHV infection has been shown to be sensitive to inhibitors of vacuolar acidification, suggestive of low pH as a fusion trigger. …”
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Factors Associated with Malaria Infection among Head Porters in Agbogbloshie Market in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana by Patience Kwofie, John Tetteh, Reindorf Elijah Akakpo, Bismark Sarfo

“…Plasmodium falciparum (21/218) was the main parasite detected in all positive blood samples. Age and marital status are significant factors associated with malaria infection among head porters. …”
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Clinical Evaluation and Assessment of Laser Irradiation on the Stability of Orthodontic Implant: A Prospective Experimental Study by Namrata Shehare, Suchita Daokar, Dhananjay Ghunawat, Harsha Kaurani

“…Results: The test employed for statistical analysis was Mann–Whitney U, Kruskal–Wallis, and ANOVA test. After analysis of all the readings, it was found that low-level laser therapy has a significant role in the stability of orthodontic mini-implant. …”
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The system dynamic model of the labor migrant policy in economic growth affected by COVID-19 by S. Kozlovskyi, D. Bilenko, M. Kuzheliev, R. Lavrov, V. Kozlovskyi, H. Mazur, A. Taranych

“…At the end of 2019, the new virus called Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) spread widely from China all over the world. In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared a new virus outbreak as “a global pandemic”, and recommended social distancing and quarantine. …”
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Residue behaviors and dietary risk of cyazofamid in turnip, onion and romaine lettuce assessed by a QuEChERS-LC-MS/MS method by Ruijuan Li, Xue Men, Rumei Li, Tongjin Liu, Hui Liang, Feng Fang, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Yongli Wang

“…The half-lives of cyazofamid in these crops were 5.7–6.5, 5.3–8.7 and 5.8–6.5 days in turnip, onion and romaine lettuce, respectively, with the final cyazofamid residues at harvest all lower than limit of quantitation (LOQ, 0.01 mg/kg). …”
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异基因造血干细胞移植患者发生口腔黏膜炎的危险因素分析 by 童秀珍, 邹外一, 许多荣, 李娟, 罗绍凯, 彭爱华, 张国材, 郑冬

“…多因素回归分析结果表明,只有含TBI预处理方案（OR=3.6,P〈0.05）、口服剂型白消安（OR=2.9,P〈0.01）、无CF解救MTX（OR=17.1,P〈0.001）是all-HSCT患者口腔黏膜炎发生的独立影响因素。【结论】使用静脉剂型BU联合CY预处理方案、CF解救MTX的患者allo-HSCT后口腔黏膜炎发生率明显减少。…”
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Relationship between BDNF content in cord blood and early neurobehavior in newborns with subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy: a preliminary study by Hui Xu, Ya-Nan Du, Shuai Yang, Yu-Wen Guo

“…The study collected general information for all subjects, including body mass index, parity, thyroid function assessed during early to late pregnancy, and neonatal birth weight. …”
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Content and outcome of non-pharmacological rehabilitation in hospital, or community-based care, for women with traumatic brain injury: a scoping review protocol by Kajsa Lidström Holmqvist, Thomas Strandberg, Grahame Simpson, Jessica Massey, Marie Matérne

“…The following inclusion criteria will be applied: peer-reviewed studies published in English over the years 2000–2024 including description of content and outcomes of non-pharmacological TBI rehabilitation for women aged between 16 and 65 years in both inpatient and outpatient contexts. All severities of TBI ranging from concussion through to extremely severe will be included. …”
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Effects of CO2, Er:YAG, and Nd:YAG laser treatments on shear bond strength of resin cement to zirconia by Rahab Ghoveizi, Amirhosain Jafarbeigi, Maziar Mir, Abolghasem Mohammadi, Sara Tavakolizadeh

“…Alternatively, Nd:YAG at all tested parameters, and Er:YAG, and CO₂ lasers at specific settings could be used to enhance bond strength to zirconia. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding urinary tract infections among women in the United Arab Emirates. by Shaikha Salah Alhaj, Sajad Allami, Amjad Mohamadiyeh, Ammar Agha, Abdul Kareem Abu Ali, Joudi M Bassam Habbal, Balsam Qubais Saeed

“…With regards to practices undertaken during UTIs, among the participants with a history of UTI episodes, 32.6% waited 24-48 hours before seeking medical attention at a hospital or clinic, while 10% did not visit a hospital at all. Distinct trends were found when comparing demographic factors with knowledge levels. …”
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