Involvement of Academic Staff in the Practice of Professional Development by G. Z. Efimova

“…The theoretical and empirical findings led to the development of potential strategies to enhance the engagement of scientific and educational professionals in ongoing skill development and acquisition of new competencies. …”
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Distributed public service broadcasting as an alternative model for public service broadcasting in South Africa by Pieter Jacobus Fourie

“…The need for a new model is further justified against the background of the continued governance, managerial and financial problems the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has been experiencing for more than a decade, which has led to a new but controversial Public Service Broadcasting Bill (2009/2010) in an attempt to address the problems. …”
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Immunological efficiency of Haemophilus influenzae type b polyribosyl ribitol phosphate combined with detoxified lipooligosaccharide in a rabbit model by Amin Arsang, Seyed Davar Siadat, Masoumeh Saberpour, Farshad Nojoomi

“…Results: The concentrations of PRP, dLOS, and endotoxin were 1160 mg/L, 440 μg/mL, and 1450 EU/mL, respectively. PRP-dLOS combine led to a significant increase in IgG and IgM levels on days 14 and 28 post-immunization. …”
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Rapid Screening and Estimation of Binding Constants for Interactions of Fe3+ with Two Metalloproteins, Apotransferrin and Transferrin, Using Affinity Mode of Capillary Electrophore... by Mohammed Al Bratty, Hassan A. Alhazmi, Sadique A. Javed, Zia Ur Rehman, Asim Najmi, Karam A. El-Sharkawy

“…Change in the mass and charge of protein upon binding to the metal ion in the capillary tube led to variation in its migration time and was used to measure the noncovalent binding interactions by fast screening method. …”
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Interaction between Dietary Vitamin D3 and Vitamin K3 in Gilthead Seabream Larvae (Sparus aurata) in Relation to Growth and Expression of Bone Development-Related Genes by U. Sivagurunathan, David Dominguez, Yiyen Tseng, María Jesús Zamorano, Antony Jesu Prabhu Philip, Marisol Izquierdo

“…Feeding gilthead seabream larvae (22 days post hatch) for 21 days with the diets supplemented with 0.06-0.13 mg/kg vitamin D3 and 70 mg/kg vitamin K3 (diets 0.06/70 and 0.13/70) led to the highest larval growth and survival and the highest expression of important biomarkers of both bone development and health, such as bmp2, osx, and mgp, and calcium homeostasis, such as pthrp and casr. …”
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Turkey’s Assistance to Iraq after 2014: Key Determinants and Components by A. I. Aliyeva

“…The author stresses that Ankara’s military support to Baghdad in the fight against ‘ISIS’ included expansion of the Turkish troops’ presence in Iraq and escalation of tensions with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. That has, in turn, led to the growing tension between Turkey and Iraq. …”
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Getting back on track after treatment of cancer: A qualitative interview study of cancer survivors' experiences. by Doris van der Smissen, Marjolein Lugtenberg, Manon Enting, Laurens Beerepoot, Floortje Mols, Evelien Brouwers, Dareczka Wasowicz, Margot Joosen

“…Fourth, the disease often led to re-evaluating values in life, health and work, which included realizing and accepting change and having a more conscious outlook on life.…”
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Promoting quality education through blended learning during and post COVID-19 pandemic by De-Graft Johnson Dei

“…Purpose – The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on all facets of education. This led to educational institutions deploying blended and online systems for teaching and learning. …”
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Predictive Value of Obstetrical Doppler Parameters to Predict Oxidative Stress and Cord Blood PH in Newborn Infants by Vakkas Korkmaz, Alptekin Tosun, Enis Özkaya, Dilek Menekşe Beşer, Tuncay Küçüközkan, Fadıl Kara

“…Also, MCA Doppler studies could not significantly predict cord blood pH<7.21 OR GGT>101(P>0.05). CONCLUSION: This data led us to conclude that UmA Doppler parameters at early periods of active labor in high-risk population may be predictive for newborn well-being. …”
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Real-Time Heterogeneous Collaborative Perception in Edge-Enabled Vehicular Environments by Samuel Thornton, Nithin Santhanam, Rajeev Chhajer, Sujit Dey

“…Vehicular sensing has reached new heights due to advances in external perception systems enabled by the increasing number and type of sensors in vehicles, as well as the availability of on-board computing. These changes have led to improvements in driver safety and have also created a highly heterogeneous environment of vehicles on the road today in terms of sensing and computing. …”
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Prevalence and Management of Hypokalemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Qatar by Abdullah Hamad, Mohammed Ezzat Hussain, Shaza Elsanousi, Hanaa Ahmed, Luzvi Navalta, Vimala Lonappan, Fadwa Alali

“…Implementing a holistic pathway led to a significant improvement in hypokalemia prevalence in PD patients.…”
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Hyperthermia and cisplatin combination therapy promotes caspase-8 accumulation and activation to enhance apoptosis and pyroptosis in cancer cells by Guanghui Zi, Jin Chen, Yatu Peng, Yue Wang, Baowei Peng

“…In turn, polyubiquitinated caspase-8 interacted with p62 and led to the activation of caspase-3. Knockdown of the E3 ligase Cullin 3 by siRNA reduced caspase-8 polyubiquitination and activation. …”
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Organic pollutant oxidation on manganese oxides in soils – the role of calcite indicated by geoelectrical and chemical analyses by S. S. Altzitser, Y. G. Mishael, N. Schwartz

“…Our analysis, combining insights from chemistry and electrical measurements, reveals that the oxidation process led to a constant decrease in polarizing surfaces, as indicated by quadrature conductivity monitoring. …”
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Preliminary research: Identification of Difficulty in Chemical Learning Based On Teacher and Student Perspectives by Risvayani Risvayani, A Permanasari, I Musthafa

“…Difficulties experienced teachers is the failure to trigger the birth of learning in students and led to the view that chemistry is a difficult lesson. …”
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Changes in Customer Behavior Towards Video Advertising Post-Pandemic by Surjandy Surjandy, Cadelina Cassandra

“…Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic led to significant changes and imparted customer with a new understanding of VI, which became a major marketing tool. …”
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Assessment of Nitrogen Ceilings for Dutch Agricultural Soils to Avoid Adverse Environmental Impacts by Wim de Vries, Hans Kros, Oene Oenema, Jan Willem Erisman

“…In the Netherlands, high traffic density and intensive animal husbandry have led to high emissions of reactive nitrogen (N) into the environment. …”
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In vitro assessment of fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth restored with short fiber reinforced resin based composite and ceramic overlays by Mona Elshirbini Hafez, Ahmed Ata Abd El-ghany, Ahmed Ismail Taha, Ashraf Amin

“…Continuous trials to develop a biomimetic conservative direct restorative material that can be used as a dentine substitute led to the development of the short fiber reinforced resin composite. …”
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Effects of Lipoic Acid Supplementation on Activities of Cyclooxygenases and Levels of Prostaglandins E2 and F2α Metabolites, in the Offspring of Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Di... by Hisham Y. Al-Matubsi, Ghaleb A. Oriquat, Mahmoud Abu-Samak, Othman A. Al Hanbali, Maher D. Salim

“…Supplementation of diabetic rats with LA was found to significantly (p<0.05) reduce resorption rates in diabetic rats and led to a significant (p<0.05) increase in liver, plasma, and fetuses total glutathione from LA-TD rats as compared to those from V-TD. …”
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Stylistics of layers of Farrokhi Yazdi's poems based on Dr. Fotouhi's stylistics by Alamdar Zinatpour, Amir Hosain Hemmati, Mazaher Nikkhah

“…From the stylistic feature of the syntactic layer, we can point to the shift from the standard syntax, the emphasis on the verb and the institution, as its tools, which has led to the formation of a continuous and active syntactic style. …”
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Follow-Up of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Clinical or Surgical Emergencies: A Practical Approach by Hélio A. G. Teive, Matheus Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Renato P. Munhoz

“…We included a total of 13 (5.65% of the total number) patients with advanced PD defined by Hoehn & Yahr (H&Y) stage ≥3 who presented with various clinical and surgical complications which, with the contribution of drug interventions, led to significant worsening of patients’ overall clinical condition. …”
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