Diagnostic Limitations of Applying a Human Portable Blood Glucose Meter in the Detection of Hypoglycemia in Pregnant Ewes by José Lucas Xavier Lopes, Raquel Fraga e Silva Raimondo, Luiza Rodegheri Jacondino, Beatriz Riet Correa, Clara Satsuki Mori, Álan Gomes Pöppl

“…Portable blood glucose meters (PBGMs) can assist in quickly and conveniently identifying glycemic disturbances in this species, provided that they meet the criteria of analytical accuracy. This study evaluated the performance of a human PBGM (Accu-Chek Performa^®, Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) in the glycemic evaluation of 34 pregnant ewes at days 90 and 120 of pregnancy in comparison with the results of glycemia determination by a reference method (RM). …”
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Irrigation Management of HLB-Affected Trees by Davie Mayeso Kadyampakeni, Kelly T. Morgan, Mongi Zekri, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Arnold W. Schumann

“…Irrigation is practiced to provide water when rainfall is not sufficient or timely to meet water needs. Proper irrigation scheduling is the application of water to crops only when needed and only in the amounts needed; that is, determining when to irrigate and how much water to apply. …”
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Young Adults Rehabilitation experiences and Needs following Stroke (YARNS): A scoping review of the rehabilitation care experiences and outcomes of young adults post-stroke. by Colin Chandler, Catherine Clarissa, Arcellia Farosyah Putri, Lissette Aviles, HyeRi Choi, Jonathan Hewitt, Emily Hennessy, Helen Noble, Joanne Reid, Aisha Holloway, Daniel Kelly

“…Effective rehabilitation programmes and interventions should be developed to support young adults following stroke and meet their age-specific needs.…”
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What behavior is important behavior? A systematic review of how wild and zoo-housed animals differ in their time-activity budgets by Robert Kelly, Marianne Freeman, Paul Rose, Paul Rose

“…This necessitates more focused investigations that identify environmental features or aspects of managed environments that can meet a species’ needs in the zoo.…”
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Clinicopathological Factors Influencing Lymph Node Yield in Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study by Elena Orsenigo, Giulia Gasparini, Michele Carlucci

“…Many colorectal resections do not meet the minimum of 12 lymph nodes (LNs) recommended by the American Joint Committee on Cancer for accurate staging of colorectal cancer. …”
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Irrigation Management of HLB-Affected Trees by Davie Mayeso Kadyampakeni, Kelly T. Morgan, Mongi Zekri, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Arnold W. Schumann

“…Irrigation is practiced to provide water when rainfall is not sufficient or timely to meet water needs. Proper irrigation scheduling is the application of water to crops only when needed and only in the amounts needed; that is, determining when to irrigate and how much water to apply. …”
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Development and validation of a high-throughput qPCR platform for the detection of soil-transmitted helminth infections. by Nils Pilotte, Victor Omballa, Monica Voss, Leah Padgett, Malathi Manuel, Jeanne L Goodman, Tim Littlewood, Zayina Zondervenni Manoharan, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij, Manigandan Sekar, Ajith Kumar Muthukumar, Gretchen Walch, Abriana Warren, Mariyam Sheikh, Andrew Gonzalez, Sean R Galagan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Steven A Williams, Doug Rains, Ushashi Dadwal, Judd L Walson

“…Through the implementation of a rigorous validation program, we have developed a diagnostic platform capable of providing the necessary throughput and performance required to meet the needs of the DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial and other large-scale operational research efforts for STH.…”
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Exceeding the limits of paediatric heat stress tolerance: the risk of losing a generation to climate inaction by Sulani Nyimbili, Anna Bershteyn, Alexander Azan, Oyinkansola O Babayode

“…Existing public health interventions (eg, cooling infrastructure and preventative educational campaigns) to reduce acute heat mortality, and medical infrastructure capacity to treat heat-related illnesses are currently inadequate to meet children’s growing heat resiliency needs. Paediatricians and other clinical and community child healthcare providers in these regions lack education about children’s heat risks and adaptation tools. …”
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Development and performance evaluation of sustainable lightweight geopolymer based fireproofing coatings for steel construction by Zhenyu Huang, Yingwu Zhou, Hammad Salahuddin

“…The critical mixing ratios of FAC to GBFS (4:6), the water-to-binder ratio (0.55), and the alkali activator modulus (1.4) were determined to meet the requirements for fluidity, compressive strength, and flexural strength. …”
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Evaluation of Hafıza-i Saltanat theater play and activities in terms of history teaching by Muhammet Ahmet Tokdemir, Gülin Karabağ, Cemile Açıl

“…At the same time, it has been determined that the play and its activities meet and gain the achievements of units 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the 10th Grade History Course Teaching Program. …”
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Justification and selection of a method for restricting water inflow to horizontal wells in low-permeability terrigenous reservoir conditions using the example of the YuS2 formatio... by Olga V. Savenok, Nailya Kh. Zharikova, Elizaveta P. Chuykova, Alexander E. Verisokin, Mahmoud Hadid, Larisa V. Povarova, Denis S. Kalashnikov, Anna S. Domanova

“…To increase the efficiency of water isolation work in horizontal production wells by determining the most suitable chemical composition to limit water inflow, which would meet the requirements and be available in large quantities to a wide range of domestic oil and gas companies. …”
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A specific role of village doctors in reducing disparities: a quantile regression analysis of end-of-life medical care by Yuan Fang, Shih-Ting Huang, Chengrui Xiao

“…However, high-quality village doctors are still insufficient to meet the needs of rural older people regarding the high-end EOL medical care. …”
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Administrative and legal tools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service centers interaction with other law enforcement agencies by О. V. Dzhafarova, О. V. Shatrava

“…On the basis of the analysis of legislative acts and normative legal acts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the main administrative and legal tools for the interaction of service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other law enforcement agencies have been identified, namely: constant mutual exchange of information on the level of public service provision in the field of ensuring road traffic safety; implementation of joint measures for legal education of the population regarding the provision of public services in the field of ensuring road traffic safety; conducting joint exercises, meetings regarding the procedure for providing public services in the field of ensuring road traffic safety; joint forecasting, planning and coordination of joint actions regarding the implementation of the procedure for providing public services in the field of ensuring road traffic safety, etc. …”
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Fodder productivity and digestible energy value of oat (<i>Avena sativa</i> L.) cultivars and breeding lines under the conditions of the Northern Trans-Urals by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, N. A. Bragin, M. V. Bragina

“…Spring oats play an essential role in the search for a comprehensive solution of urgent problems associated with the development of a solid fodder resource base that could meet the need of animal husbandry for high-quality feeds. …”
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Motorcycle Taxi: Initial Discussion on Guidelines for Riding Ajnabiyah Women According to The Sharia Perspective by Mohd Azhar Abdullah, Abdul Azib Hussain, Mohd Saiba Yaacob, Muhammad Lukman Ibrahim, Khairulnazrin Nasir

“…With creativity and modern innovation, it is not possible for the motor industry to produce a specific type of motorcycle that meets Islamic standards. This qualitative study explains the riding situations in accordance with syarak and presents several preliminary proposals as a solution to this problem. …”
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Online learning: Attitudes of Russian students by D. V. Rudenkin

“…At the same time, it remains difficult to say, whether this process meets the real needs of students or not.The aim of the article is to identify and describe the main sentiments that arise in the environment of Russian students in connection with the growing role of the Internet in the learning process.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial on the use of intraoperative ultrasound-guided laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy (UGLOC) as a method of fertility preservation in the... by Srdjan Saso, Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, Jan Yvan Jos Verbakel, Benjamin P Jones, Joseph Yazbek, Mona El-Bahrawy, Lorraine S Kasaven

“…We aim to randomise 94 patients over 3 years to achieve power of 80% at an alpha level of 0.05.Ethics and dissemination Findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences and scientific meetings. The Chelsea NHS Research and Ethics Committee have awarded ethical approval of the study (21/LO/036).Trial registration number NCT05032846.…”
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Deformation of Threaded Metal – Composite Couplings Under the Action of Gas-Dynamic Loads by Kostiantyn V. Avramov, Maryna V. Chernobryvko, Volodymyr V. Kombarov, Sergiy I. Plankovskyy, Yevgen V. Tsegelnyk

“…Strength analysis of threaded metal – composite couplings based on the application of modern finite element modeling methods at the stage of design documentation development allows to create more efficient structures that better meet the operational requirements. The strength of threaded couplings of cylindrical shells made of composite material and metal under the action of gas-dynamic internal pressure is analyzed in this paper. …”

‘Tobolyak’: an oat cultivar for universal use by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, O. A. Pay, N. A. Bragin

“…An urgent problem is the development and introduction of cultivars for universal use that can meet the demand of animal husbandry for various types of feed and that of food industry for raw materials. …”
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High-Capacity Real-Time Face Retrieval Recognition Algorithm Based on Task Scheduling Model for the Treatment Area of Hospital by Yi Zhou, Weili Xia

“…The high-capacity real-time face recognition system for the treatment area of hospital combined with the optimized directed graph task scheduling model can approach 25 fps, which meets the real-time requirements, and the face recognition rate surpasses that of real people. …”
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