Spirometra (Pseudophyllidea, Diphyllobothriidae) Severely Infecting Wild-Caught Snakes from Food Markets in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Guangdong, China: Implications for Public Health by Fumin Wang, Weiye Li, Liushuai Hua, Shiping Gong, Jiajie Xiao, Fanghui Hou, Yan Ge, Guangda Yang

“…Additional steps should be considered by the governments and public health agencies to prevent the risk of snake-associated Spirometra infections in humans.…”
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Improving online learning through student stress evaluation by Elty Sarvia, Christina Wirawan, Meilena Kristianti, Zukhruf Ramadhani

“…The COVID-19 pandemic impacted almost all countries and caused disruptions in education. Governments, including Indonesia, closed schools and campuses to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, leading to a transition to online learning. …”
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Analysis of a D-Shaped Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor with Multiple Conducting Layers by Amanda F. Romeiro, Markos P. Cardoso, Caua C. Miranda, Anderson O. Silva, João C. W. A. Costa, M. Thereza R. Giraldi, Jose L. Santos, Jose M. Baptista, Ariel Guerreiro

“…This research not only advances our understanding of the fundamental principles governing SPR sensor performance but also underscores the potential for leveraging varied plasmonic materials to engineer bespoke sensing solutions optimized for specific requirements and performance metrics.…”
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Development of Homogeneous Carboxylation of Phenolates via Kolbe–Schmitt Reaction by Dmitry A. Merzliakov, Michael S. Alexeev, Maxim A. Topchiy, Dmitry G. Yakhvarov, Nikolai Yu. Kuznetsov, Anton L. Maximov, Irina P. Beletskaya

“…Based on the patterns observed, it was concluded that a complex cluster mechanism governs the carboxylation reaction in the solution. …”
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A Rational Model for Agroecology as a Science by Luis Fernando Gómez-Echeverri, Leonardo Alberto Ríos-Osorio, María Luisa Eschenhagen-Durán

“…These principles are as follows: (1) characteristic systemic principle of agroecology, (2) principle of biomimicry, (3) principle of biodiversity, (4) principle of specificity of agroecosystems, (5) principle of governance, (6) principle of socioecological resilience, and (7) principle of vulnerability. …”
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Thermodynamic behavior of dissolved oxygen and hydrogen in pure vanadium by Zhong D.-P., Pei G.-S., Xiang J.-Y., Pan C., Gu W., Lv X.-W.

“…The mechanism governing the deoxidation of vanadium metal is regarded as fundamental knowledge; however, it has not been elucidated in existing literature. …”
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Lipid-based systems with precipitation inhibitors as formulation approach to improve the drug bioavailability and/or lower its dose: a review by Kovačević Mila, Gašperlin Mirjana, Pobirk Alenka Zvonar

“…However, the inhibiting ability is mainly governed not only by the physicochemical properties of the polymer but also by the API, therefore the choice of optimal precipitation inhibitor is recommended to be evaluated on an individual basis.…”
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Physicochemical Properties of Calcium Phosphate Based Coating on Gutta-Percha Root Canal Filling by Afaf Al-Haddad, Muralithran G. Kutty, Noor Hayaty Abu Kasim, Zeti Adura Che Ab Aziz

“…The choice of coating method is limited by the nature of GP as it requires a technique that is not governed by high temperatures or uses organic solvents. …”
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Size-Dependent Dynamic Behavior of Axially Moving Graphene Nanosheets Using Nonlocal First-Order Shear Deformation Theory by Huafeng Tian

“…Using Hamilton's principle, nonlinear equations governing motion are extracted and then discretized using the Galerkin method. …”
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Thermodynamics and solar radiative analysis in Jeffery-Hamel flow through non-parallel channel by novel improved residual power series method by Mohamed Bouzidi, Mohsin Ul Haq, Ikram Ullah, Saira Shukat, Hijaz Ahmad, Mohammad Mahtab Alam, Hamid Khan, Marouan Kouki

“…Furthermore, shrinking/stretching channels are considered for more practical application. The governing system of partial differential equations can be transformed into ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using suitable transformations. …”
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From the Criminalization of Substances to the “War on Drugs” Policy: A Century of Prohibitionism in Brazil by José Guilherme Magalhães e Silva, Luís Felipe Zilli, Letícia Godinho de Souza

“…One century later, not only is the approach still enshrined in national legislation but also materialized in a complex institutional and bureaucratic network of governance and public policies. This paper examines the evolution of drug policies in Brazil over the past century, exploring how a web of normative, political, and institutional devices converged to entrench the hegemony of the prohibitionist approach in public responses to drugs. …”
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A cell structure implementation of the multigrid method for the two-dimensional diffusion equation by Yongho Choi, Youngjin Hwang, Soobin Kwak, Seokjun Ham, Jyoti, Hyundong Kim, Junseok Kim

“…The diffusion equation plays a fundamental role in modeling many significant physical phenomena and is ubiquitous in many governing equations. Some examples include the reaction–diffusion equations, the convection–diffusion equations, and others. …”
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Coping with Complexity When Predicting Surface Roughness in Milling Processes: Hybrid Incremental Model with Optimal Parametrization by Gerardo Beruvides, Fernando Castaño, Rodolfo E. Haber, Ramón Quiza, Alberto Villalonga

“…The complexity of machining processes relies on the inherent physical mechanisms governing these processes including nonlinear, emergent, and time-variant behavior. …”
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CEO Characteristics and Earnings Management: A Study of Manager Tenure, Age, Gender, and Overconfidence by Chen Sitao, Tzavara Dionisia, Argyropoulou Maria, Koufopoulos Dimitrios, Argyropoulou Rachel

“…Corporate scandals over the past few decades underline the importance of robust corporate governance mechanisms to monitor and control managerial behaviour. …”
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Transmission dynamics and optimal control of brucellosis in Inner Mongolia of China by Linhua Zhou, Meng Fan, Qiang Hou, Zhen Jin, Xiangdong Sun

“…The policymakers must take a new look at the current control strategy, and, in order to control brucellosis better in Inner Mongolia, the governments have to preemptively press ahead with more effective measures.…”
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Advances in plant male sterility for hybrid seed production: an overview of conditional nuclear male sterile lines and biotechnology-based male sterile systems by Naresh Vasupalli, Naresh Vasupalli, Kanakachari Mogilicherla, Kanakachari Mogilicherla, Vahab Shaik, Vahab Shaik, K. R. S. Sambasiva Rao, Shripad R. Bhat, Xinchun Lin, Xinchun Lin

“…Advances in crop genomics and discovery of a large number of nuclear genes governing anther/pollen development, which are shared across species, are helping design diverse types of male sterile lines suitable for different crop species and situations. …”
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Estimation of potential field environments from heterogeneous behaviour of sensing agents by Anastasia Kadochnikova, Visakan Kadirkamanathan

“…The performance of the developed framework is tested on simulation examples and demonstrated on an application study in which the observed movement patterns of immune cells are utilised in quantifying the underlying chemical concentration field that governs their migration. The results showcase that the proposed framework can be readily applied to problems where agents assume several behavioural modes.…”
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A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Chemoprophylaxis for Tuberculosis by Shraddha Chavan, David Newlands, Cairns Smith

“…Since treatment of active disease remains the priority for tuberculosis control, donors and governments need to be convinced that investing resources in chemoprophylaxis provides health benefits and is good value for money. …”
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Study of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Nanomica Dispersed Hydroxyapatite Based Composites for Biomedical Applications by Anumeha Mishra, Nidhi Khobragade, Koushik Sikdar, Subhabrata Chakraborty, Sashi Bhusan Kumar, Debdas Roy

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of worn out surface elicits that wear mechanism is governed mainly by delamination and abrasive mode. …”
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Monte Carlo simulation methods-based models for analyzing the kinetics of drug delivery from controlled release systems by Saúl Jiménez-Jiménez, Salomón Cordero-Sánchez, José-Gerardo Mejía-Hernández, David Quintanar-Guerrero, Luz-María Melgoza-Contreras, Rafael Villalobos-García

“…Even though novel CRSs may be designed with new materials as excipients, new drugs, or emerging manufacturing technologies, the mechanisms for drug release continue to be governed by a set of similar physicochemical phenomena such as diffusion, swelling, or erosion. …”
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