Prevalence of Smoking among Workers of the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima University General Hospital by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Ahmed Pomares Ávalos

“…<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: prevalence of smoking among hospital workers is high, and low perception of the risk is evident even in those who are suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases.…”
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Compliance of thyroid nodules through ultrasound-guided trucut/core needle biopsy with Thyroid imaging, reporting, and data system score and surgical pathology by Ahmed M. Hassan, Ahmed Abd Elrady Ahmed, Radwa Nabawy Abd Allah Abd El Wahab, Noha M. Nagla

“…Accuracy of CNB in thyroid nodules is high with low rate of drastic effects.…”
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Personality and cognition: shoal size discrimination performance is related to boldness and sociability among ten freshwater fish species by Shi-Jian Fu, Na Zhang, Jie Fan

“…Species at both the high and low ends of sociability showed LP, possibly due to loosened selection pressure because of either no need to perform shoal size discrimination tasks frequently in nature for very high sociability species or decreased willingness and motivation to join and stay within shoals for very low sociability species. …”
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Classification of Performance Grades of High Modulus Asphalt and Its Mixture: Taking China as an Example by Lu Zhou, Kaixi Duan, Feng Gao, Yi Fu, Qian Chen

“…The differences in high- and low-temperature performance of matrix asphalt, basic modified high modulus asphalt, and composite modified high modulus asphalt were compared and evaluated. …”
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Association between gynecological disorders and insomnia and depression trajectories: a longitudinal study of middle-aged women by Huiyong Zhong, Fuling Zeng

“…Insomnia and depression showed similar patterns, with a single high and low trajectory and minimal fluctuations. Logistic regression revealed a significant positive correlation between pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, number of GDs, and an increased risk of high insomnia and depression trajectories. …”
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Is the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance influenced by children’s physical activity level? by Carla Santana, Liane Azevedo, Lisianny Ferreira, Pedro Neves, Edna Prado, Wagner Prado

“…The results showed that 26.6% of the students presented overweight, 11.1% presented underweight, 49.1% and 50.9% were classified as high and low PAL, respectively. In addition, 56.9% had sufficient academic performance in Portuguese and 51.1% had sufficient academic performance in Mathematics. …”
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Statistical and anomalies analysis of the 50-year precipitation of the synoptic stations in Iran by mina mirian, mostafa karampoor, mohamd moradi, houshang ghemi, behrouz nasiri

“…Finally, wet and dry periods were identified by using 20% high and low extreme rainfall during the 50-year study period. …”
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Exploring the sequential structure of students’ physics problem-solving approaches using process mining and sequence analysis by Paul Tschisgale, Marcus Kubsch, Peter Wulff, Stefan Petersen, Knut Neumann

“…This study therefore aimed to examine how the sequential structure of written problem-solving approaches differs between high- and low-performing problem solvers as well as to what extent specific sequential elements are predictive of problem-solving performance. …”
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Alkaline activation of different aluminosilicates as an alternative to Portland cement: alkali activated cements or geopolymers by M. Torres-Carrasco, F. Puertas

“…These cements and concretes obtained by alkali activating aluminosilicates are characterised by high mechanical strength, low heat of hydration and high impermeability, as well as resistance to high and low temperatures and sulphate, seawater and acid attacks. …”

Spatial autocorrelation analysis of non-communicable diseases: Unveiling hidden patterns and hotspots of hypertension in the Yogyakarta Special Region by Lusiana Vivi, Arif Fahrudin Alfana Muhammad

“…There was significant spatial clustering of hypertension cases, with high-high and low-low prevalence area patterns providing insight into the geographic distribution of risk factors for hypertension prevalence. …”
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Patterns and implications of spatial covariation in herbivore functions on resilience of coral reefs by Dana T. Cook, Sally J. Holbrook, Russell J. Schmitt

“…Grazing and browsing rates were not highly correlated across 20 lagoon sites in Moorea, French Polynesia, but did cluster into 3 (of 4) combinations of high and low consumption rates (no site had low grazing but high browsing). …”
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Study on Ultraviolet Aging Performance of Composite Modified Asphalt Based on Rheological Properties and Molecular Dynamics Simulation by Mingxing Gao, Conghao Fan, Xinxin Chen, Meijian Li

“…Research shows that modified asphalt has better high and low temperature performance and mechanical properties than matrix asphalt. …”
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Simulation Experiment Study on Impacting the δD Value of Aromatic Compounds by Yi Duan, Yingzhong Wu, Lantian Xing, Yingqin Wu, Yang Zhao, Zhongping Li, Lanhua Ma

“…Our simulation experiments showed that the δD value of pyrolytic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was significantly different between the studied samples from high and low latitude regions. Comparative studies showed that the δD values of PAHs produced by pyrolysis were related to those of water in the two regions. …”
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Explanation of entrepreneurship small business challenges in rural area, The case of study: Bijar, Iran by Hossein Farahani, Mina Alvandi

“…In this questionnaire, individuals were asked to identify the importance of each of the identified challenges in rural small business based on the options of this spectrum (high, high, medium, low, and very low) based on the Likert spectrum. …”
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Improving resilience of networked multi-energy carrier microgrids through proactive scheduling by Ali Akbar Ghasemi, Mohsen Gitizadeh, Mohammadali Norouzi

“…The interdependence of various energy carriers within networked multi-energy carrier microgrids (NMECMs) enhances resilience against high-impact low-probability (HILP) events. However, these interdependences can also increase vulnerability to disruptions. …”
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High-rate quantum LDPC codes for long-range-connected neutral atom registers by Laura Pecorari, Sven Jandura, Gavin K. Brennen, Guido Pupillo

“…In this work, we analyze a family of high-rate Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes with limited long-range interactions and outline a near-term implementation in neutral atom registers. …”
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Hot Deformation Behavior and Workability Characteristic of SiCp/Al-Cu-Mg-Ag Composite by Ning Li, Zhenlin Zhang, Ying Xiao, Kecai Liu, Jin Nie, Fengliang Tan

“…The SiCp/Al-Cu-Mg-Ag composite can be deformed stably in the high-temperature, low-strain-rate region. The optimal deformation conditions are identified as 475-500°C and 0.01-0.1s-1, with a maximum dissipation efficiency of 34%.…”
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Do Social Media, Good Governance, and Public Trust Increase Citizens’ e-Government Participation? Dual Approach of PLS-SEM and fsQCA by Marlan Hutahaean, Ixora Javanisa Eunike, Andri Dayarana K. Silalahi

“…The results of fsQCA equip theoretical and practical insights for the government to determine whether citizens have high or low levels of e-government participation. In achieving high e-government participation, trust, information quality, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness are necessary. …”
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Optimal Pattern Synthesis of Linear Array and Broadband Design of Whip Antenna Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm by Hengfeng Wang, Chao Liu, Huaning Wu, Bin Li, Xu Xie

“…Antenna arrays with high directivity, low side-lobe level, and null control in desired direction and whip antenna with wider bandwidth both need to be optimized to meet different needs of communication systems. …”
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Comparative Analysis of miRNA Expression Profiles of Yak Milk-Derived Exosomes at Different Altitudes by Wenwen Ren, Yongfu La, Xiaoming Ma, Xiaoyun Wu, Xian Guo, Min Chu, Ping Yan, Xianyong Lan, Chunnian Liang

“…This study delved into the microRNA expression profiles of yak milk-derived exosomes collected from both high- and low-altitude populations using small RNA sequencing. …”
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