Aligned Hollow Silicon Nanorods Containing Ionic Liquid Enhanced Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Superior Cycling and Rate Performance by Xinglong Gao, Zhong Zheng, Yifan Pan, Shuyi Song, Zhen Xu

“…The conductivity (2.14 × 10−4 S cm−1) and lithium‐ion migration number tLi+ (0.307) are the highest, being 125 times and 184% higher, respectively, than those of PEO‐LiTFSI, when compared to CSPEs with randomly arranged or parallel‐aligned F‐ILs@HSNRs. …”
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Smart technologies to improve the management and resilience to climate change of livestock housing: a systematic and critical review by Francesco Bordignon, Giorgio Provolo, Elisabetta Riva, Maria Caria, Giuseppe Todde, Gabriele Sara, Francesco Cesarini, Giampiero Grossi, Andrea Vitali, Nicola Lacetera, Andrea Pezzuolo

“…By providing precise and timely data, these technologies enable better resource management, early detection of stressors, and adaptive responses to environmental changes. …”
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Modeling the Geomagnetic Response to the September 2017 Space Weather Event Over Fennoscandia Using the Space Weather Modeling Framework: Studying the Impacts of Spatial Resolution by A. P. Dimmock, D. T. Welling, L. Rosenqvist, C. Forsyth, M. P. Freeman, I. J. Rae, A. Viljanen, E. Vandegriff, R. J. Boynton, M. A. Balikhin, E. Yordanova

“…This investigation has lead to several important results in which higher resolution yielded: (1) more realistic amplitudes and timings of GICs, (2) higher amplitude geomagnetic disturbances across latitudes, and (3) increased regional variations in terms of differences between stations. …”
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Impact of Irrigation Regimes on Growth and Postharvest Quality of Pomegranates (Punica granatum L.) under Conditions of Newly Reclaimed Land by Magdi A.A. Mousa, Adel D. Al-Qurashi, Omer H.M. Ibrahim, Kamal A.M. Abo-Elyousr, Ahmed M.K. Abdel Aal, Abdel-Fattah M. El-Salhy, Tarek K.H. El-Bolok, Mohamed A.H. Ali, Esmat F. Ali, Eman A.A. Abou-Zaid

“…With the randomized complete block design (RCBD), each treatment was used three times, with two trees in each iteration. Results revealed that applying irrigation at a rate of 75% enhanced fruit quality and yield, mitigated sun sting and cracking, and improved vegetative growth. …”
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Flanker Task-Elicited Event-Related Potential Sources Reflect Human Recombinant Erythropoietin Differential Effects on Parkinson’s Patients by Maria L. Bringas Vega, Shengnan Liu, Min Zhang, Ivonne Pedroso Ibañez, Lilia M. Morales Chacon, Lidice Galan Garcia, Vanessa Perez Bocourt, Marjan Jahanshahi, Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa

“…N1 and N2 event-related potential (ERP) components were identified and a low resolution tomography (LORETA) inverse solution was employed to localize the neural generators. Reaction times and errors were increased for the incongruent flankers for PD patients compared to controls. …”
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Remote sensing-based winter wheat yield estimation integrating machine learning and crop growth multi-scenario simulations by Xin Du, Jiong Zhu, Jingyuan Xu, Qiangzi Li, Zui Tao, Yuan Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Haoxuan Hu

“…Accurate and timely winter wheat yield prediction is critical for effective agricultural management and food security. …”
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Attitude towards research and self-study in Cuban medical science students during COVID-19 by Juan Arturo Berenguer Gouarnaluses, Margarita Montes de Oca Carmenaty, Adrián Alejandro Vitón-Castillo, Elizabeth Melissa Tablada Podio, Maritza del Carmen Berenguer Gouarnaluses

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> It was found a predominance of female students (66.5%), aged between 18 and 20 years (56.5%), of the medical career (92.5%) and of the third year (25.5 %). 34.5% of those surveyed came from the medical universities of Holguín and Pinar del Río. 87.5% of the surveyed students reported having joined the active investigations, in 87.0% of the cases the relatives did not present any objection. 66.0% of the surveyed students found this task useful. 79.5% affirmed that their incorporation into conducting active investigations in times of the COVID-19 pandemic had a great influence on their professional and humanistic training. 68.5% of the students expressed feeling support from the different health institutions. …”
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A more accurate relationship between serum androgen and metabolism among healthy, nonobese, reproductive-age women based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry by Sha Ye, Yepei Huang, Yi Lu, Xiaoyan Li, Meiling Ye, Hongyu Lu, Junhua Shi, Jian Huang, Hong Cai

“…Yearly metabolic assessments are necessary, particularly for FBG and HDL, since these markers can predict the likelihood of hyperandrogenemia, enabling timely interventions.…”
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Estimation of radiation doses of population residing nearby area of uranium ore mining and processing in Kazakhstan by tooth enamel EPR spectroscopy by Kassym Zhumadilov, Alexander Ivannikov, Murat Kassymzhanov, Assel Bagramova, Issa Zhantore, Sarsenova Samal, Valeriy Stepanenko, Artem Khailov, Masaharu Hoshi

“…The average ADER through the microdistricts of Stepnogorsk was 0.23 ± 0.01 µGy/hour (corresponding to 2.0 ± 0.1 mGy/year), which is consistent with the average DR measured by EPR.For some tooth donors significantly higher individual EPR doses and DR, exceeding up to several times the bulk level for the investigated group of population were obtained. …”
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Analysis and literature review of invasive and noninvasive blood pressure in a case of electrical injury leading to amputation (1例电击伤截肢患者的有创和无创血压分析并文献复习)... by ZHU Yuling (朱玉玲), JIANG Qixia (蒋琪霞)

“…Blood pressure monitoring is a common method to accurately and timely determine the condition. This article analyzed and compared the results of invasive and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring in a patient with bilateral upper limb and right lower limb amputation after high-voltage electrical injury, and summarized and discussed the differences between invasive and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring through literature review, providing references for clinical effective monitoring of blood pressure in patients with severe trauma. …”
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Strengthening and toughening an ultra-high strength medium Mn steel by fibrous ferrite bridging mechanism by Chao Zhang, Qian Cheng, Bo Yang, Wuli Su, Xue Chen, Qingyuan Wang, Wenquan Cao, Chongxiang Huang

“…A fibrous ferrite can even activate the bridging mechanism multiple times. This stage takes full advantage of the ductility of fibrous ferrites, leading to high elongation. …”
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Optimizing Photovoltaic Array Performance Under Partial Shading Using a Golden Ratio-Based Configuration: A Comparative Analysis of 16 Configurational Variants by Sakthivel Ganesan, Prince Winston David, Hariharasudhan Thangaraj, Devakirubakaran Samithas, Praveen Kumar Balachandran, Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri

“…In this work, we propose a new array configuration for a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\times 4$ </tex-math></inline-formula> solar PV array under different partial shading environments. …”
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Effects of Prognostic Nutrition Index, Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio, and C-reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio on Prognosis Undergoing Open Heart Surgery by Anil Kilinc, Nilay Tas, Melih Urkmez, Ebru Canakci, Ilker Coskun, Merve Elif Demirhan

“…A one-unit reduction in PNI value increased mortality by 1.07 times (p=0.002). The other variables showed no significant effects on intensive care duration, total hospitalization, and 30-day mortality rates. …”
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C–C bond coupling with sp3 C–H bond via active intermediates from CO2 hydrogenation by Qianli Ma, Jianian Cheng, Xiaojing Wu, Jin Xie, Ruihui Zhang, Zhihe Mao, Hongfang Yang, Wenjun Fan, Jianrong Zeng, Johannes Hendrik Bitter, Guanna Li, Zelong Li, Can Li

“…This ZZO/CsX catalyst can achieve 19.6% MEPY single-pass conversion and 82% 4-ethylpyridine (ETPY) selectivity by using CO2 hydrogenation, which is 6.5 times more active than methanol as an alkylation agent. …”
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Anthelmintic activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione-based metallodrugs by Maria E. Cirino, Thainá R. Teixeira, Alessandro M. H. Silva, Ana C. C. Borges, Lucas Fukui-Silva, Luis G. Wagner, Christiane Fernandes, Malachy McCann, André L. S. Santos, Josué de Moraes

“…The lethal dose (LD50) values in C. elegans were over 40 times higher, indicating selective antiparasitic effects. …”
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The effect of preoperative vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine on post-caesarean section infection by Ayodeji Emmanuel Agbana, TOLA YINKA BAKARE, Julius Kolajo Dare, Muideen Gbenga Adesola, Hafeez Ayotunde salawu, Adebunmi Olarinoye, Adegboyega Adisa Fawole

“…PVP-I is associated with lesser odds (OR; 0.307) while those with chorioamnionitis are eight times more likely to have a postoperative infection (p-0.006). …”
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Screening 215 Lentil Genotypes under Salinity Stress During the Seedling Stage in Greenhouse Conditions by Ahmad Nezami, jafar Nabati, Mohammad Kafi, Elahe Boroumand Rezazadeh

“…With a decrease in the survival percentage from 100-81% to 80-61%, 60-41%, and 20-0%, sodium concentrations increased by 36%, 48%, 62%, and 2.8 times, respectively. Based on factor analysis under salinity stress conditions, three factors were selected that altogether accounted for 74.4 % of the total data variance. …”
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Distinct expression profile reveals glia involvement in the trigeminal system attributing to post-traumatic headache by Gurueswar Nagarajan, Yumin Zhang

“…Methods A non-invasive repetitive mTBI (4 times with a 24-h interval) was induced in male mice and effect of mTBI was tested on either bregma or pre-bregma position on the head. …”
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The Impacts of Breakthrough Drug Classes on Total Healthcare Expenditures by Zeynal Karaca, Steven N. Wiggins

“…In general, the reduction in non-drug expenditures is many times larger than the increased drug expenditures. …”
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