Gulf wireworm, Conoderus amplicollis (Gyllenhal) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae) by Mohammad Razzak, Dakshina Seal

“…In the southeastern United States, it is an important pest of sweet potato and can be found in all growing regions irrespective of soil types. …”
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Healthy Eating: Improve Nutrition with SNAP by Linda B. Bobroff

“…Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides this program to eligible persons of all ages. Learn more in this revised 1-page fact sheet that was written by Linda B. …”
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Sustainable Landscape Construction: Materials and Products — Life Cycle Assessments by Gail Hansen

“…ENH1141, a 1-page fact sheet by Gail Hansen, highlights landscape construction practices that take into account sustainability at all stages of a material’s life cycle. Includes references. …”
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Phase I study of efineptakin alfa (NT-I7) for the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma by Leonard D’Amico, Martin Cheever, Steven P Fling, Anna Wright, Kathryn Lurain, Ramya Ramaswami, Irene Ekwede, Thomas S Uldrick, Robert Yarchoan, Judith C Kaiser, Angela Shaulov Kask, Manoj P Menon, Paul Couey, Eli Burnham, Allysson Angeldekao, Byung Ha Lee, Li-Lian Kwok, Chia-Ching Jackie Wang

“…The overall KS objective response rate to NT-I7 was 42.9% (95% CI 9.9%, 81.6%) and all three responders were PWH. Absolute lymphocyte counts, CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell counts increased among all participants following administration of NT-I7. …”
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Association of accelerated phenotypic aging, genetic risk, and lifestyle with progression of type 2 diabetes: a prospective study using multi-state model by Lulu Pan, Yahang Liu, Chen Huang, Yifang Huang, Ruilang Lin, Kecheng Wei, Ye Yao, Guoyou Qin, Yongfu Yu

“…Being biologically older was associated with increased risks of transitions from baseline to T2D (HR 1.77, 95% CI 1.71–1.82; PAF 24.8 [95% CI 23.5–26.2]), from T2D to diabetic complications (1.10, 1.04–1.17; 4.4 [1.4–7.4]), from baseline to all-cause death (1.53, 1.49–1.57; 17.6 [16.6–18.6]), from T2D to all-cause death (1.14, 1.03–1.26; 7.4 [1.8–13.0]), and from diabetic complications to all-cause death (1.32, 1.15–1.51; 15.4 [7.5–23.2]) than being biologically younger. …”
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ADMINISTRATIVE PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING OF SMALL BUSINESSES AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL by Natalia Koval, Oksana Kubai, Natalia Germaniuk

“…These include the coordination of the actions of all subjects interested in the development of entrepreneurship. …”
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Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Yoruba. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2016. 371pp. by Ibrahim A. Odugbemi

“…Following an alphabetical ordering, each entry in the encyclopedia is complete on its own as it examines and discusses a subject, subject matter, concept or topic that shares an affiliation with the Yorùbá world in time (the traditional past in all its distant and intricate temporal dimensions and the modern present in all its complex interrelations) and/or space (Yoruba homes across West Africa and the African diaspora. …”
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WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET: LIGETI AND ROMANIAN FOLK MUSIC by Bianca Ţiplea TEMEŞ

“…From early pieces, such as the Romanian Concerto and Baladă şi Joc, to Hora lungă (from the Viola Sonata), Hamburgisches Konzert, Automne à Varsovie and further on to the „mash up” of folk influences from all over the world which he promoted in his works from the beginning of the 1980s onwards, leit-motifs such as „bucium”, „bocet”, „hora lungă”, „Romanian folk instruments” etc., they all mark constant references in Ligeti’s manuscripts stored at the Paul Sacher Fondation in Basel. …”
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PISA 2022: The impact of school-environment predictors on the performance of Spanish students by Pablo Javier Ortega-Rodríguez

“…Students’ economic status is a strong predictor of performance in all three PISA domains. School climate, school well-being, and bullying have more impact on performance in mathematics and science than in reading. …”
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Ill-treatment and torture by police officers from the perspective of the public prosecutor by Krstić Gordana Z.

“…The key factors for the efficiency of the public prosecutor in the criminal proceedings against the accused police officers include the existence of functional cooperation and coordination between the public prosecutor and the unit responsible for internal police control, quickly collecting various types of evidence, and above all documentation, video recording and declarations of all involved persons. …”
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Effect of Work-Related Stress on Employee's Performance among Construction Professionals in Julius Berger PLC, Abuja, Nigeria by Waziri Babamaaji Goodnews, Kabiru Jinjiri Ringim, Halima Shuaibu

“…The study reveaked that the total work related stress reduces performance among all the construction professionals in a medium effect (r = +0.356). …”
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Unusual Benign Middle Ear Tumors: How Does the Presentation Differ from Otitis Media? by Krutika Sonvane, Navnit Makwana, Rahul Gupta, Hardik Patel, R G Aiyer

“…Materials and Methods: In this case series, we have included 5 cases of rare middle ear tumors, who presented to our hospital in period of 2020-2023. All patients had a pre-operative examination with otoscope and microscope/otoendoscope. …”
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The effect of culture media and seeding densities on the human malignant testicular germ cell line (NT2/D1) growth pattern by Rawabi S. Altuwayjiri, Ibtesam S. Almami

“…Testicular cancer is a common malignancy in young males, comprising 5% of urological cancers and 1% of all male cancers. The NT2/D1 cell line, a pluripotent embryonal carcinoma, is valuable in cancer and developmental biology research due to its differentiation potential into neurons and glial cells. …”
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The role of religious brand community support to increase value co-creation in market religio-centric by Ken Sudarti, Hendar Hendar, Nabila Tharrazana

“…This will strengthen the virtual halal ecosystem and provide a virtual da’wah space for religio-centric consumers who base all their activities on worship according to their religious values. …”
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Application of Kano model management combined with standardized skin care in preventing incontinence-associated dermatitis in patients with acute stroke by QIU Songwang, ZHAO Xiaohong

“…Moreover, the Kolcaba Comfort Scale (GCQ) scores in all dimensions were higher in the observation group than in the control group (all P<0.001). …”
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Is it possible to do theology without philosophical presuppositions? by D. F. M. Strauss

“…The distinction between concept and idea is also elucidated with reference to conceptual and idea-usages of the term constancy (inertia). All in all our argumentation fits within the context of a new account to address in a meaningful way (also in scientific theological parlance) the possibility to employ creational terms in talking about God while at the same time honoring God’s transcendence. …”
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Development of digital competence of university teachers and teaching staff by Aksar A. Eltemerov

“…Currently, digital technologies are an integral part of all social institutions. This global digitalization of the human living environment changes the very paradigm of thinking of the new generation. …”
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Beyond Crisis Talk: Making Time for Re-Searching New Narratives of Human Relations With Soil by Rita Giuffredi, Christian Colella, Laura Colucci-Gray, Andrea Caretto, Raffaella Spagna, Alba L'Astorina

“…Findings point to the need to address the fundamental questions that such an approach poses for all research communities. Bringing sedimented attitudes, perceptions, and ways approaching research to the surface, our experiences cast light on the importance of methodological choices for thinking differently about soil and about slowing down the narratives of research: not as a tool or resource, but as a shared process of crafting mutual relations amongst all kinds of practitioners, including more than humans.…”
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Use Of Anti-Epileptics For Seizure Prophylaxis After Traumatic Brain Injury In The Pediatric Population by Aroosh Khan, Sidra Tul Muntaha, Hammad Ayaz, Afrah Tariq, Huma Mughal

“…In our view, phenytoin prophylaxis should be given to all children with traumatic brain injury to reduce the incidence of early seizures. …”
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Functional Outcome of Surgical Management of Mid-diaphyseal Clavicle Fractures Treated by Plate Osteosynthesis by Selvaraj Ramalingam, K. Arvind Kumar, V. Dhivaakar, M. S. Santhosh

“…Introduction: Clavicle fractures make up 5% to 10% of all fractures. They result from direct high-energy trauma to the bone or falls on the lateral side of the shoulder. …”
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