The current state of functioning and resourcefulness of individuals during turbulent times by O.A. Panchenko, A.V. Kabantseva, I.A. Serdyuk

“…Conducted by the State Institution "Scientific and Practical Medical Rehabilitation and Diagnostic Centre of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine," the study surveyed 1216 respondents residing in eastern, central, and western Ukraine. Methodological basis of the study was observation, interviews, questionnaires, and testing. …”
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Circular light orbits of a general, static, and spherical symmetrical wormhole with $$Z_2$$ Z 2 symmetry by Naoki Tsukamoto

“…It is believed that the ring images imply that the central objects form unstable light circular orbits. …”
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FORMATION OF ANTIQUE RHETORIC: CHRONOLOGY OF RHETORICAL METHODS AND STYLES (PLATO, ARISTOTLE) by Irina A. Pantelyeyeva

“…Practical value of article consists in development of insufficiently studied object "Antique declamation discourse" where Plato and Aristotle's two central rhetorical concepts appear as the intermediate stage in development of a declamation discourse of Ancient Greece and, subsequently, and Ancient Rome. …”
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Examining anti-inflammatory therapies in the prevention of cardiovascular events: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by George A Wells, Kevin Emery Boczar, Sheojung Shin, Kathryn A Bezzina, Aishwarya Geejo, Alexander Liam Pearson, Saba Shahab, Christophe A Fehlmann, Sarah Visintini, Rob Beanlands

“…Studies will be retrieved from Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, as well as clinical trial registry websites, Europe PMC and conference abstract handsearching. …”
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Identification of Key Genes and Pathways Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Junyu Zhang, Yu Zhou

“…As expected, several ophthalmic disease-related molecules, including RHO, PDE6A, 3′,5′-cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase, and G protein alpha, were in the central nodes of disease network. The bioinformatics technology combined with the existing high-throughput data was applied to evaluate the underlying key genes and pathways in human AMD tissues, which may predict downstream and upstream biological processes and identify potential therapeutic intervention targets in human AMD.…”
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O ESPORTE E A ATIVIDADE FÍSICA COMO ESTRATÉGIA DE PREVENÇÃO AO USO INDEVIDO DE DROGAS NAS ESCOLAS by Lilia Braga Maia, Vera Lígia M. de Albuquerque

“…As drogas, substâncias capazes de alterar compor­tamentos e produzir diversos efeitos ao Sistema Nervoso Central, estão cada vez mais presentes na vida dos jovens. …”
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Clinical Validation of Adjusted Corneal Power in Patients with Previous Myopic Lasik Surgery by Vicente J. Camps, David P. Piñero, Veronica Mateo, Celia García, Alberto Artola, Rafael Pérez-Cambrodi, Pedro Ruiz-Fortes

“…The use of the adjusted keratometric index (nkadj) is a valid method to estimate the central corneal power in corneas with previous myopic laser refractive surgery, providing results comparable to PcHaigisL.…”
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A systematic approach to the recurrent laryngeal nerve dissection at the cricothyroid junction by Oleksandr Butskiy, Brent A. Chang, Kimberly Luu, Robert M. McKenzie, Donald W. Anderson

“…Patients were excluded if concurrent lateral or central neck dissection was performed. A follow up period of 1 year was included. …”
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AI and Language: New Forms for Old Discriminations? A Case Study in Google Translate and Canva by Martina Mattiazzi

“…From a linguistics perspective, this means paying attention to the linguistic outputs, both textual and visual, provided by the AI and checking the dataset it has been training on. Due to their central role in the education of new generations, schools and institutions should prepare students for a critical vision of the phenomenon and provide them with the tools to contrast it. …”
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Research on the Manufacturing Process of Steel Bridge Piers for Suspended Monorail Transit by YIN Guifang, GONG Wenqiang, CHEN Xiaoshan, KONG Haiyong, WEI Chao, ZHU Gang

“…［Result & Conclusion］ Through the actual manufacturing of steel bridge piers and the on-site erection and installation of track beams, the distance between the lug plates of the steel cap beams (0-2 mm) and the distance from the cantilever center to the column central line (-2-2 mm) can be effectively controlled. …”
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Perceived causes of cancer in a rural community of Ethiopia: a qualitative study by Abigiya Wondimagegnehu, Muluken Gizaw, Lidya Genene Abebe, Brhanu Teka, Andreas M. Kaufmann, Tamrat Abebe, Shannon A. McMahon, Adamu Addissie, Eva J. Kantelhardt

“…Methods We conducted a qualitative study in four rural neighbourhoods of Butajira in central Ethiopia. Seven Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and six In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) were held with community members, women representatives, religious leaders and key informants using two interview guides (divided by method). …”
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A Novel Role for Corneal Pachymetry in Planning Cataract Surgery by Determining Changes in Spherical Equivalent Resulting from a Previous LASIK Treatment by Arthur Hammer, Tjebo F. C. Heeren, Romesh Angunawela, John Marshall, Kamran Saha

“…Ablation spherical equivalent was predicted from the central to semiperipheral corneal thickness (CPT) ratio, both values were provided by using the Pentacam user interface software (UI), and values were computed from extracted raw pachymetry data. …”
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Impact of deformed wing virus master variants (dwv-a, dwv-b, and dwv-c) in managed honey bee colonies of türkiye by Mustafa Emin Oz, Oguzhan Avci, Muge Dogan

“…<b>Aim: </b>This study aimed to determine the deformed wing virus (DWV) master variants in managed honey bee hives in Central Anatolia and the Mediterranean Regions of Türkiye. …”
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Associations between Macular OCT Angiography and Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Nina C. B. B. Veiby, Aida Simeunovic, Martin Heier, Cathrine Brunborg, Naila Saddique, Morten C. Moe, Knut Dahl-Jørgensen, Hanna D. Margeirsdottir, Goran Petrovski

“…Vessel density (VD) and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area in the superficial and deep capillary plexus (SCP and DCP), total retinal volume (TRV), and central macular thickness (CMT) were calculated using automated software. …”
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Machine Learning Models for Spring Discharge Forecasting by Francesco Granata, Michele Saroli, Giovanni de Marinis, Rudy Gargano

“…The spring of Rasiglia Alzabove, Umbria, Central Italy, was selected as a case study. The machine learning models have proven to be able to provide very encouraging results. …”
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Double-Hit Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia with IGH/MYC and IGH/CCND1 Translocations by Masato Yasumi, Takaya Endo, Hiroshi Sata, Takahiro Karasuno

“…Immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) translocations are found in a majority of pPCL cases, supporting a central relation to pathogenesis of pPCL. However, two independent IgH translocations are barely detected at the onset of pPCL, and their significance is yet to be elucidated. …”
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Pathogenicity of germline VHL variants is associated with renal cell carcinoma size in von Hippel-Lindau disease by Gustavo H. Mori, Gustavo F. C. Fagundes, Lucas S. Santana, Felipe Freitas-Castro, Ana Caroline F. Afonso, Delmar M. Lourenço Jr., Maria Adelaide A. Pereira, Fabio Y. Tanno, Victor Srougi, Jose L. Chambo, Mauricio D. Cordeiro, William C. Nahas, Ana O. Hoff, Maria Candida B. V. Fragoso, Berenice B. Mendonca, Ana Claudia Latronico, Madson Q. Almeida

“…Moreover, adrenal paraganglioma (PGL) (82.35% vs. 17.65%; p = 0.0001) and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) (81.81% vs. 18.18%; p = 0.007) were associated with missense VHL pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants compared with non-missense defects. In contrast, central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastomas (HBs) (90.47% vs. 53.12%; p = 0.004), pancreatic cysts (76.19% vs. 28.12%; p = 0.001) and RCCs (57.14% vs. 12.5; p = 0.001) were more common in patients with non-missense VHL variants. …”
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Macular Pigment Optical Density in Chinese Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Using the One-Wavelength Reflectometry Method by Yuying Ji, Chengguo Zuo, Mingkai Lin, Xiongze Zhang, Miaoling Li, Lan Mi, Bing Liu, Feng Wen

“…Spectral-domain-optical coherence tomography was used to measure retinal thickness, including central retinal thickness (CRT), the macular ganglion cell complex (GCC), and the circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). …”
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Criptotefras del volcanismo tropical en el último milenio preservadas en los sedimentos del Pantano La Bramadora, Sopetrán, Antioquia, Colombia by Maria Teresa Florez-Molina, Luis Norberto Parra-Sánchez

“…Los sedimentos del pantano guardan evidencias de eventos volcánicos globales y locales, que se pueden visualizar a través de la presencia de “criptotefras” (pequeñas esquirlas de vidrio volcánico y/o fragmentos de matriz cuyos tamaños varían entre 5-10 µm), estas son huellas dactilares del volcanismo tropical ocurrido en el último milenio. El objetivo central del artículo es documentar las criptotefras preservadas en los sedimentos del Pantano La Bramadora y su relación con marcadores microscópicos y geoquímicos. …”
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New peach cultivar ‘Mechta’ developed at the Nikita Botanical Gardens by N. V. Mesyats, A. V. Smykov

“…It was tested at the Central Division of the Nikita Botanical Gardens (Yalta) using conventional techniques for fruit crop variety trials.Results and conclusion. …”
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