Inhibiting surface and subsurface damage in ultrasonic vibration-assisted ultraprecision diamond cutting of high-entropy alloy by Yintian Xing, Yue Liu, Yuhan Li, Tengfei Yin, Denghui Li, Changxi Xue, Wai Sze Yip, Suet To

“…This study enhances the understanding of the high-precision surface formation mechanisms in HEAs by suppressing damage during UVDC, thereby meeting the stringent demands of practical applications.…”
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Biochar Derived from Domestic Sewage Sludge: Influence of Temperature Pyrolysis on Biochars’ Chemical Properties and Phytotoxicity by Rahma Inès Zoghlami, Sarra Hechmi, Rihab Weghlani, Naceur Jedidi, Mohamed Moussa

“…This study aims to investigate the ideal pyrolysis temperature that guarantees higher fertility levels as well as meeting quality standards for land disposal. Accordingly, air-dried domestic sewage sludge has been pyrolyzed at 260°C (PSS1), at 420°C (PSS2), and at 610°C (PSS3) with a residence time of 20, 40, and 60 minutes, respectively. …”
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Dietary Diversity among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Aleta Wondo District, Southern Ethiopia by Karisa Dafursa, Samson Gebremedhin

“…However, in many developing countries, meeting the minimum standards of DD is challenging and information concerning its determinants is limited. …”
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Genesis of the term "savilaida": from collections of avant-garde poetry till Lithuanian neologism by Egidijus Jaseliūnas

“…Glazkov promptly spread among the cultural sets of Russia, whereas in the second half of the 50s, it reached a part of Lithuanian intellectuals mostly through relations with the Russian creative intelligentsia. At the meeting point of the 60s and 70s, neologism "samizdat" became more widely known in Lithuania through the circulation of the Russian samizdat and a growing number of broadcasts of the Western radio stations, which provided such material. …”
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Association between intraoperative fluid management and postoperative outcomes in living kidney donors: a retrospective cohort study by Ja Eun Lee, Chisong Chung, Sunghae Park, Kyo Won Lee, Gaab Soo Kim

“…Secondary outcomes were sCr rise meeting Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) criteria, time to reach minimal sCr, and length of hospital stay. …”
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Access to Healthy Built and Natural Environments and Physical Activity and Screen Time in New Zealand Adolescents: A Geospatial Cross‐Sectional Study by L. Marek, J. Wiki, S. Mandic, J. C. Spence, M. Smith, E. García Bengoechea, K. J. Coppell, S. Kingham, M. Hobbs

“…A positive association existed between meeting physical activity guidelines and access to health‐promoting environments (OR = 1.23 [95% CI 1.03; 1.47]), particularly blue space. …”
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An Adaptive Message Passing MPSoC Framework by Gabriel Marchesan Almeida, Gilles Sassatelli, Pascal Benoit, Nicolas Saint-Jean, Sameer Varyani, Lionel Torres, Michel Robert

“…While most MPSoCs are today heterogeneous for better meeting the targeted application requirements, homogeneous MPSoCs may become in a near future a viable alternative bringing other benefits such as run-time load balancing and task migration. …”
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Predictors of irritability in pediatric autistic populations: a scoping review by Sara Alatrash, Sara Alatrash, Tithi Paul, Julia Carbone, Melanie Penner, Melanie Penner, Atena Roshan Fekr, Atena Roshan Fekr, Azadeh Kushki, Azadeh Kushki

“…The review was conducted using the PRISMA-ScR checklist.ResultsThe search yielded 48 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. Correlates of irritability were categorized into eight themes: demographics/environmental, autism features, mental health, language, cognition, and function, neurobiological, physical health, physiological, and multidimensional factors. …”
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Remote Epilepsy Monitoring: Signal Quality and Reliability Comparative Analysis by Theeban Raj Shivaraja, Rabani Remli, Wan Asyraf Wan Zaidi, Kalaivani Chellappan

“…Reliability tests confirmed repeatability, with intra-system differences lower than inter-system differences, and Bland-Altman plots meeting 83% agreement criteria. PCC analysis highlighted moderate signal alignment, confirming similar EEG patterns across systems. …”
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Exploring the burden of cholera in the WHO African region: patterns and trends from 2000 to 2023 cholera outbreak data by Joseph Okeibunor, Saliou Diallo, Abdou Salam Gueye, Etien Luc Koua, Jean Paul Kimenyi, Vincent Dossou Sodjinou, Fleury Hybriel Moussana, Freddy Kambale

“…Political leaders should invest more in access to WASH, strengthen multisectoral collaboration, and improve availability of needed tools to increase the likelihood of meeting cholera elimination goals by 2030.…”
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DEFORMATION PRACTICES OF SOCIAL REALITY INTEGRITY: OBJECTIFICATION OF DESIRES AS THE INHERITANCE OF CIVILIZATION PROGRESS by Yuliia Yu. Brodetskaya

“…From the natural processes of meeting the needs and developing the world it is transforming into a total destructive act that implements certain desires. …”
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Association Between Body Mass Index, Abdominal Obesity and Menopause-Related Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women by Brianna A Rice, Patricia Heavey

“…Those women who were meeting the physical activity guidelines were also more likely to report a lower MRS and somatic symptom score (pConclusions: The findings from this study are exploratory but suggest there may be a potential relationship between BMI and psychological menopausal symptoms. …”
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US state-level containment policies not associated with food insecurity changes during the early COVID-19 pandemic: a multilevel analysis by Samantha M Sundermeir, Erin Tigue, Francesco Acciai, Emma Moynihan, Meredith T Niles, Roni Neff

“…Our framework depicts theorised linkages between stringency policies and five domains of food security (availability, physical access, economic access, acceptability in meeting preferences and agency, which includes both self-efficacy and infrastructure). …”
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Herpes zoster vaccine and the risk of stroke: a population-based cohort study using linked data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink by Fawziah Marra, Kathryn Richardson, Helen I McDonald, Yoon Kong Loke, Helen Mary Parretti

“…The active comparator comprised 653 373 adults receiving an influenza vaccination between 2013 and 2019 meeting herpes zoster vaccine eligibility. Cox regression was used to estimate HRs for stroke in the subsequent 5 years adjusted for measured confounders, in the vaccinated compared with comparator cohorts. …”
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The Impact of Chronic Pelvic Pain and Bowel Morbidity on Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With Radio (Chemo) Therapy. A Systematic Literature Review by Natuhwera G, Ellis P

“…Data were extracted using a structured checklist designed to capture key elements about the methods and findings of the research.Results: There were 245 articles retrieved with 29 meeting the inclusion criteria. 11 studies were conducted in Europe, eight in Asia, one in North America, three in Africa, while six were multinational/multicontinental. 13 of the papers were longitudinal, 10 cross-sectional, three literature reviews, one open randomised controlled trial, and two retrospective studies of prospectively collected data. …”
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Potentially traumatic childbirth experience, childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and the parent-infant relationship in non-birthing parents by Rebecca Hunter, Leonardo De Pascalis, Kieran Anders, Pauline Slade

“…Conclusions This study’s sample revealed a substantial proportion of non-birthing parents experiencing birth as potentially traumatic, with 10.1% meeting CB-PTSD criteria, a higher incidence than previously reported in the literature. …”
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The Chinese Association for the Study of Pain (CASP): Expert Consensus on the Cervicogenic Headache by Hong Xiao, Baogan Peng, Ke Ma, Dong Huang, Xianguo Liu, Yan Lu, Qing Liu, Lijuan Lu, Jingfeng Liu, Yimei Li, Tao Song, Wei Tao, Wen Shen, Xiaoqiu Yang, Lin Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhigang Zhuang, Hui Liu, Yanqing Liu

“…Therefore, the Chinese Association for the Study of Pain organized a meeting of pain management experts and created an expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of cervicogenic headache in China. …”
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Assessment of the Image Quality of Virtual Non-Contrast Dual-energy CT Liver Scans Using Both PSNR and SSIM Methods by Yaguang LI, Jie LI, Tingyu XUE, Jiankui MU, Qiang WANG, Lidong ZHENG, Yong WANG, Licun LEI

“…Conclusion: The VNC DECT image of the liver is of good quality and can accurately reproduce the TNC image, meeting clinical diagnostic needs.…”
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Intermittent enteral nutrition shortens the time to achieve nutritional goals in critically ill patients by Ondrej Hrdy, Kamil Vrbica, Jaroslav Duba, Martin Slezak, Eva Strazevska, Viktor Agalarev, Milos Duba, Radka Stepanova, Adam Svobodnik, Roman Gal

“…This study was aimed at determining whether the mode of enteral nutrition administration might lead to differences in meeting nutritional goals, tolerance, and complications. …”
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Training and onboarding initiatives in high energy physics experiments by Allison Reinsvold Hall, Nicole Skidmore, Gabriele Benelli, Ben Carlson, Ben Carlson, Claire David, Jonathan Davies, Wouter Deconinck, David DeMuth, Peter Elmer, Rocky Bala Garg, Stephan Hageböck, Killian Lieret, Valeriia Lukashenko, Valeriia Lukashenko, Sudhir Malik, Andy Morris, Heidi Schellman, Graeme A. Stewart, Jason Veatch, Michel Hernandez Villanueva

“…This necessitates structured onboarding and training. Recognizing this, a meeting series was held by the HEP Software Foundation (HSF) in 2022 for experiments to showcase their initiatives. …”
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