Gendered Social Norms, Exceptions, and Sanctions: Implications for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition in Nigeria by Elizabeth Costenbader, Christina Memmott, Kate Litvin, Mackenzie Green, Nnenna Mba-Oduwusi, Izuchukwu Offiaeli, Nemat Hajeebhoy

“…This analysis revealed gender meta-norms, and related sanctions and exceptions that affect multiple MIYCN behaviors and offer potential entry points for community engagement, programming, and policy around these issues.…”
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Combined Use of Excimer Laser and High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy to Overcome a Severely Calcified Lesion in Endovascular Therapy by Keisuke Nakabayashi, Shinya Hata, Nobuhito Kaneko, Akihiro Matsui, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Ando, Minoru Shimizu

“…First, the excimer laser catheter (Turbo Elite 0.9 mm) ablated the entry to the CTO; however, it did not pass through completely. …”
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NPC1 controls TGFBR1 stability in a cholesterol transport-independent manner and promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by Shuangyan Li, Lishan Yan, Chaoying Li, Lijuan Lou, Fengjiao Cui, Xiao Yang, Fuchu He, Ying Jiang

“…Abstract Niemann-Pick disease type C protein 1 (NPC1), classically associated with cholesterol transport and viral entry, has an emerging role in cancer biology. Here, we demonstrate that knockout of Npc1 in hepatocytes attenuates hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression in both DEN (diethylnitrosamine)-CCl4 induced and MYC-driven HCC mouse models. …”
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Incidence of Second Primary Malignancies in Patients with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: An Observational Retrospective Cohort Study in the United States by Catherine W. Saltus, Zdravko P. Vassilev, Jihong Zong, Brian Calingaert, Elizabeth B. Andrews, Montse Soriano-Gabarró, James A. Kaye

“…We conducted a retrospective cohort study of United States (US) men aged ≥ 65 years with CRPC. Cohort entry was from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2011, with follow-up through December 31, 2013. …”
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Baicalein inhibits PRRSV through direct binding, targeting EGFR, and enhancing immune response by Jing Wu, Qi Lu, Jing Hou, Yueqin Qiu, Min Tian, Li Wang, Kaiguo Gao, Xuefen Yang, Zongyong Jiang

“…Baicalein inhibited the entry of PRRSV by blocking EGFR phosphorylation and the downstream PI3K-AKT signaling pathway. …”
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Letter and Person Recognition in Freeform Air-Writing Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Huseyin Kunt, Zeki Yetgin, Furkan Gozukara, Turgay Celik

“…Air-writing is an emerging form of human-computer interaction that enables text entry through hand movements in the air. This paper explores air-writing-based person recognition alongside letter recognition to analyze the correlation between subjects and their writing styles. …”
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Professional judgement: a social practice perspective on a multiple mini-interview for specialty training selection by Chris Roberts, Annette Burgess, Karyn Mossman, Koshila Kumar

“…Within the context of selecting for entry into specialty postgraduate training, we used an interpretivist and socio-constructivist approach to explore how and why interviewers make judgments in high stakes selection settings whilst taking part in an MMI. …”
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Hyaluronidase-induced matrix remodeling contributes to long-term synaptic changes by Rostislav Sokolov, Rostislav Sokolov, Viktoriya Krut', Viktoriya Krut', Vsevolod Belousov, Vsevolod Belousov, Vsevolod Belousov, Vsevolod Belousov, Andrey Rozov, Andrey Rozov, Irina V. Mukhina, Irina V. Mukhina

“…Hyaluronidase-dependent calcium entry can be blocked by a selective antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, revealing these receptors as the main player in the observed phenomenon. …”
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Case report: Trauma-induced Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome presenting with liver abscess, lung abscess, endophthalmitis, and purulent meningitis by Hong-qiao Chen, Zhen-hua Mo, Wu-xiao Wei

“…Trauma may facilitate invasive infections by disrupting immune barriers and compromising local tissue integrity, creating entry points for pathogens.Case presentationThis study reports a case of a 72-year-old male who developed multiple infections, including liver abscess, lung abscess, left endophthalmitis, and purulent meningitis, following a traumatic fall. …”
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“When you’re in the office, it means you managed to get somewhere”: An interpretive descriptive study of the perceptions of adolescents accessing primary care for mental health ser... by Lisa De Panfilis, RN, MSc, Rebecca Ganann, RN, MSc, PhD, Gillian Mulvale, MA, PhD, Naomi Thulien NP-PHC, PhD, Ruta Valaitis, MA, PhD

“…Objective: Primary care offers an entry point into the health care system for adolescents experiencing mental illnesses. …”
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Legal aspects of functional security standardisation of the Internet of Things by P. S. Klimushyn, V. Ye. Roh, T. P. Kolisnyk

“…A review of existing security infrastructures for IoT-based intelligent environments shows that every connected device can be a potential entry point for an attack. An overview of the key aspects of security standards for smart environments based on the Internet of Things has been provided in the following areas: potential solutions, intelligent environments, limits of security assessment, open issues and challenges. …”
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‎ Evaluation of spatial qualitative changes in surface water using cluster ‎analysis and factor analysis (Case study: the Aras river within the ‎boundaries of Iran)‎ by Mohammad Mostafa Shabarang‏, Ebrahim Fataei, Ali Akbar Imani, Hooman Bahmanpour, Mohammed ‏ Shabani‏

“…Therefore, based on the obtained results, it was revealed that the reason for qualitative changes at different stations is due to the entry of human pollutants from various urban, industrial, mining, and agricultural sources as well as erosion in the river basin. …”
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Evaluation of the Rain Effects on Gap Acceptance Behavior at Roundabouts by a Logit Model by Dongmin Lee, Sooncheon Hwang, Eunhan Ka, Chungwon Lee

“…Drivers need about a 10 percent longer gap to accept entry into roundabouts during rainy conditions, and gap acceptance probabilities are 10 to 20 percent lower for the same given gap time during rainy conditions compared to good weather conditions.…”
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Enkele opmerkinge oor die studiegebied van die Kommunikasiekunde by D.F.M. Strauss

“…These different modalities do indeed serve as special scientific approaches (points of entry) to reflect on concrete reality. In order to think scientifically, one has to focus one's attention on a specific modal perspective, disregarding other modal directions of approach. …”
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Knowledge of Health Professionals on Cold Chain Management and Associated Factors in Ezha District, Gurage Zone, Ethiopia by Zeyneba Jemal Yassin, Habtamu Yimer Nega, Behailu Tariku Derseh, Yetnayet Sisay Yehuala, Abel Fekadu Dad

“…Observational checklist was used to spot availability and functionality of refrigerators. Data entry and cleaning was done using Epi Info and exported to SPSS for analysis. …”
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IMAGINER 2—improving accuracy with augmented realIty navigation system during placement of external ventricular drains over Kaufman's, Keen's, Kocher's and Frazier's point by Martin Vychopen, Fabian Kropla, Dirk Winkler, Erdem Güresir, Ronny Grunert, Ronny Grunert, Johannes Wach

“…Kocher's point is the most commonly used anatomical landmark, but other entry points can be challenging even for experienced neurosurgeons. …”
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A Combined Numerical and Experimental Study of Heat Transfer in a Roughened Square Channel with 45∘ Ribs by M. E. Taslim, H. Liu

“…The numerical models contained the smooth entry and exit regions to simulate exactly the tested geometries. …”
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Awareness and Attitudes of Medical Students, Interns, and Residents Toward Telemedicine in Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey-Based Cross-Sectional Study From... by Rahmat Allah Sharififar, Mahdi Mazandarani, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Somayeh Ghorbani

“…A census sampling method was employed, inviting all medical education members who met the entry criteria to participate. The data were analyzed descriptively, and group differences were tested using chi-square, independent samples T-test, Mann–Whitney, and Kruskal–Wallis tests. …”
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Efficacy of defocus incorporated multiple segments (DIMS) lenses and low-dose atropine on retarding myopic shift among premyopic preschoolers: Protocol for a prospective, multicent... by Hsin-Yu Yang, Der-Chong Tsai, Yu-Chieh Yang, Chiao-Yu Wang, Chia-Wei Lee, Pei-Wei Huang

“…In the DIMS group, preschoolers will be instructed to wear spectacles at home before entering elementary school but to wear them all the time after school entry. In the atropine group, subjects will be given 0.01% atropine eyedrops nightly throughout the study period. …”
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Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk Stratification in Schoolchildren from Santa Clara by Elizabeth Fernández Martínez, Clara Luz Rodríguez Cervera, Emilio González Rodríguez, Yosvani García Nóbrega, Alianny Rodríguez Urrutia, Merlin Gari Llanes

“…Variables were included such as: age, sex, skin color, weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference, blood pressure, personal and family pathological history, clinical laboratory tests, electrocardiograms and echocardiograms. Double-entry contingency tables were used to record the frequency of appearance of the values of two variables simultaneously. …”
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