Adoption Internet of Things on Islamic Boarding School: A Systematic Literature Review by Konita Lutfiyah, Mohamad Syamsul Maarif, Yudha Heryawan Asnawi, Laily Dwi Arsyianti

“…Conclusion: Some of the problems and importance of IoT disruption for Islamic boarding schools include limited human resources where Islamic boarding schools may have limited resources, both in terms of finances and technological infrastructure. …”
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Designing a multi-period multi-stage supply chain network under uncertainty by Maryam Hemmati, Masoud Rabbani, Mohammad Reza Mehregan

“…The supply chain of perishable goods, including food, dairy products, medicines, and blood products, has recently received attention due to their impact on human life. In this article, the design of a sustainable supply chain network for perishable items has been discussed. …”
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Transforming students’ green behavior through environmental education: the impact of institutional practices and policies by Cai Chen, Pomi Shahbaz, Shamsheer ul Haq

“…Environmental education is crucial for achieving ecological sustainability goals and transforming human behavior to promote responsible consumption. …”
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Tissue-specific effects of benzo[a]pyrene and DDT on microRNA expression profile in female rats by D. S. Ushakov, T. S. Kalinina, A. S. Dorozhkova, V. Y. Ovchinnikov, L. F. Gulyaeva

“…Many xenobiotics in the human environment, such as benzo[a]pyrene (B(a)P) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), may act as non-genotoxic carcinogens through epigenetic mechanisms, including changes in microRNA expression profile. …”
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Comparison of In Silico Tools for Splice-Altering Variant Prediction Using Established Spliceogenic Variants: An End-User’s Point of View by Woori Jang, Joonhong Park, Hyojin Chae, Myungshin Kim

“…Therefore, we evaluated the performance of 8 in silico tools (Splice Site Finder, MaxEntScan, Splice-site prediction by neural network, GeneSplicer, Human Splicing Finder, SpliceAI, Splicing Predictions in Consensus Elements, and SpliceRover) using 114 NF1 spliceogenic variants, experimentally validated at the mRNA level. …”
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The weight-adjusted-waist index predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertension by Yu Zheng, Zixing Nie, Yifan Zhang, Tao Sun

“…BackgroundWeight-adjusted-waist (WWI) is a novel indicator of obesity that reflects the degree of central obesity in the human body.ObjectivesThe study aimed to explore the relationship between WWI and mortality in hypertensive individuals.MethodsCross-sectional data from the 2001–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset were used in this study. …”
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Evaluation of [18F]tetrafluoroborate as a Potential PET Imaging Agent in a Sodium Iodide Symporter-Transfected Cell Line A549 and Endogenous NIS-Expressing Cell Lines MKN45 and K1 by Mengda Niu, Jingjing Qin, Liang Wang, Yujia He, Chuanhuizi Tian, Yanyan Chen, Pufeng Huang, Zhiping Peng

“…[18F]tetrafluoroborate (TFB) has been introduced as the 18F-labeled PET imaging probe for the human sodium iodide symporter (NIS). Noninvasive NIS imaging using [18F]TFB has received much interest in recent years for evaluating various NIS-expressing tumors. …”
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Biotin interference with laboratory test results by Strilić David Z., Stanimirov Bojan G., Đanić Maja P.

“…Topic: This review addresses the risk of biotin interference in various immunoassays, particularly its impact on thyroid function tests (TSH, FT3, FT4), parathyroid hormone (PTH), testosterone, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and cardiac markers including troponin. …”
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SOCIAL PROTEST IN INDIA by S. I. Lunev

“…There are different categories of social protest in India: peasant movements; scheduled castes' (Dalits, the former untouchables) movements; anti-corruption movements; environmental movements; backward caste movements; women's movements; tribal movements; industrial proletariat movements; students' movements; middle class movements; human rights movements. The first four movements are currently the most noticeable. …”
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Positive association between chronic hepatitis B virus infection and anemia in pregnancy in Southern China by Renliang Huang, Zhe Lu, Xinze Li, Duo Zhou, Jing Xu, Dan Lin, Yunxue Fu, Yan Liang, Xuexia Li, Frank Petersen, Qiaomiao Zhou, Xinhua Yu

“…Comparison between women with and without anemia in pregnancy revealed significant differences between the two groups concerning age, gestational diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, chronic hepatitis B virus infection, syphilis infection, and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that chronic hepatitis B virus infection was significantly associated with anemia during pregnancy (AOR   2.97, 95% CI 2.57–3.44, p < 0.0001). …”
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The Perceptions and Attitudes of Residents Towards Urban Green Spaces in Emilia-Romagna (Italy)—A Case Study by Zhengyang Xu, Teodoro Georgiadis, Letizia Cremonini, Sofia Marini, Stefania Toselli

“…Rapid urbanisation has highlighted the importance of urban green spaces (UGS) in promoting environmental sustainability and human wellbeing, yet the gap between urban planning practices and community preferences remains a significant challenge. …”
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In pursuit of evidence: A need to transform Ayurvedic education by Sruthi G, Megha

“…India can emerge as a global leader in the area of integrative medicine, with its repository of several indigenous medical systems, and talented human capital in biomedical sciences. It is time we take the plunge.…”
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Comprehensive Evaluation to a Prefabricated Building for Indoor Environment and Energy Consumption by Zhen Yang, Xiang Li, Xuekai Zhang, Qingwei Chen

“…Results show the average indoor temperature on typical days in winter (4.1°C) and summer (31.1°C); air-source heat pump needs to activate for the needs of human thermal comfort. Moreover, the indoor air quality can meet the cleanliness standard after polluted particles release 40 s. …”
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Outer retina micro-inflammation is driven by T cell responses prior to retinal degeneration in early age-related macular degeneration by Lucas Stürzbecher, Lucas Stürzbecher, Lucas Stürzbecher, Lucas Stürzbecher, Hendrik Bartolomaeus, Hendrik Bartolomaeus, Hendrik Bartolomaeus, Hendrik Bartolomaeus, Theda U. P. Bartolomaeus, Theda U. P. Bartolomaeus, Theda U. P. Bartolomaeus, Theda U. P. Bartolomaeus, Sylvia Bolz, Andjela Sekulic, Marius Ueffing, Marius Ueffing, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Nadine Reichhart, Sergio Crespo-Garcia, Nicola Wilck, Nicola Wilck, Nicola Wilck, Nicola Wilck, Olaf Strauß

“…Dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a unifying salient feature of the pathology and a primary end-point damage leading to complications such as geographic atrophy (GA), which represents the most common end-stage of AMD.MethodsHuman and murine ocular tissues were used for histological examinations. …”
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Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised control... by Max K Bulsara, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Mustafa Atee, Caroline Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renee M Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O'Connell, Karla Seaman, Jeff Hughes, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Debra Scaini

“…Stakeholder evaluation and an economic analysis of the interventions will also be conducted.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been granted by Human Research Ethics Committees at Ramsay Health Care WA|SA (number: 2057) and Edith Cowan University (number: 2021-02210-SAUNDERS). …”
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TRANSNATIONAL THREATS AND FOREIGN POLICY SHIFTS: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES by AHMED OLAWALE MOLIKI, NURUDEEN ABIDEMI AKANBI

“… Globalisation is a blessing as well as bane to humanity. Its impact on societies around the globe is diverse, presenting both opportunities and challenges. …”
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Constitutive expression of Cas9 and rapamycin-inducible Cre recombinase facilitates conditional genome editing in Plasmodium berghei by Samhita Das, Tanaya Unhale, Carine Marinach, Belsy del Carmen Valeriano Alegria, Camille Roux, Hélène Madry, Badreddine Mohand Oumoussa, Rogerio Amino, Shiroh Iwanaga, Sylvie Briquet, Olivier Silvie

“…Among various such strategies, the rapamycin-inducible dimerisable Cre (DiCre) recombinase system emerged as a powerful approach for conditional editing of essential genes in human-infecting P. falciparum and in the rodent malaria model parasite P. berghei. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Nickel–Titanium Instrumentation Systems for Root Canal Anatomy Preservation: An In Vitro Study by Eszter Nagy, Niki Kotaki, Máté Dudás, Dániel Gerhard Gryschka, Gábor Braunitzer, Mark Adam Antal

“…One hundred canals in fifty extracted human molars were prepared with different techniques: Step-Back, Reciproc, MTwo, ProTaper Universal (PTU), and ProTaper Next (PTN). …”
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Efficacy of green tea mouth wash as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with chronic periodontitis by Sarwar Qasim Mustafa, Dilyar Ahmed Baban

“…Patients and methods: A randomized controlled trial on 45 healthy humans with mild to moderate localized chronic periodontitis. …”
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A Research on the Awareness Levels of Secondary School Students about Some Concepts Related to Agriculture: An Example of Kars by E. Berna Gücüm, Yasin Çalışır

“…It is observed that our students have lower knowledge levels in terms of heirloom, genetically modified seeds, medicinal and aromatic plants, and agricultural ecology among the 16 current concepts and they seem to be more knowledgeable about concepts such as good farming practices, desertification, water management, drought, human-induced soil degradation, food safety, and conservation of plant. …”
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