Master’s Student 3++: Portrait and New Requests by I. N. Burkova

“…The tasks relevant to the development of the institute of the Russian magistracy are outlined with a focus on a portrait of today’s master’s student.The analysis shows that the magistracy has firmly occupied the niche formed in recent years for the training and retraining of specialists. It has become an independent institution of higher education with its own goals, objectives, resources and, most importantly, with its own contingent. …”
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The Relation between Asthma Control and Quality of Life in Children by M. Banjari, Y. Kano, S. Almadani, A. Basakran, M. Al-Hindi, T. Alahmadi

“…Using SPSS, Pearson’s chi-square and independent sample t-tests were used to find associations. …”
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Foundational contributions of Svetlana Mojsov to the GLP-1 field by George Barany, Michael J. Barany

“…Biochemist Svetlana Mojsov, both as a graduate student at The Rockefeller University under the mentorship of Bruce Merrifield during the 1970s, and as an independent investigator at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) during the 1980s, devised effective and robust methods for the chemical synthesis of the peptide hormones glucagon and glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1), along with numerous analogues of these key biomolecules. …”
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Age-Related Changes in Trabecular and Cortical Bone Microstructure by Huayue Chen, Xiangrong Zhou, Hiroshi Fujita, Minoru Onozuka, Kin-Ya Kubo

“…Osteoporosis is one of the most common conditions associated with aging, and age is an independent risk factor for osteoporotic fractures. …”
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Key Roles of p53 Signaling Pathway-Related Factors GADD45B and SERPINE1 in the Occurrence and Development of Gastric Cancer by Yaoqing Li, Liyijing Shen, Kelong Tao, Guangen Xu, Kewei Ji

“…p53 can function as an independent and unfavorable prognosis biomarker in cancer patients. …”
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Curing Temperature Effects on the Tensile Properties and Hardness of γ−Fe2O3 Reinforced PDMS Nanocomposites by Yvonne Konku-Asase, Abu Yaya, Kwabena Kan-Dapaah

“…Based on the findings, we conclude that the linear relationship between the calculated mechanical properties (E, UTS, H) and small ϕmnp is independent of the curing temperature. The experimental data provide useful background information for the selection of processing parameters for PDMS nanocomposite fabrication.…”
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Association between Air Pollution and Hemoptysis by Ignasi Garcia-Olive, Joaquim Radua, Jose Antonio Fiz, Jose Sanz-Santos, Juan Ruiz-Manzano

“…In these regressions, the dependent variable was the monthly number of embolizations in a given month and the independent variable was either the concentration of an air contaminant during the same month, the concentration of the air contaminant during the previous month, or the difference between the two. …”
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Obesity-Related Chronic Kidney Disease: From Diagnosis to Treatment by Elena Avgoustou, Ilektra Tzivaki, Garyfalia Diamantopoulou, Tatiana Zachariadou, Despoina Avramidou, Vasileios Dalopoulos, Alexandros Skourtis

“…Obesity has emerged as a global epidemic with far-reaching health complications, including its role as an independent risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Long-term results of invasive and non-invasive treatment strategies in the elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome by R.R. Komorovsky

“…According to Cox proportional hazard analysis, low ejection fraction (< 40 %) and concomitant peripheral arterial disease were found to be independent predictors of hard events. Conclusion. …”
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Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, and Gender as Predictors of Academic Motivation in High School Students by Ghanisa Anggit Askara, Rahman Pranovri Putra, Herwin Herwin, Deo Alfa Rizky

“…This study is a quantitative study with an ex-post facto approach using multiple linear regression tests and using independent sample T tests to compare academic motivation based on gender. …”
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Quantification of nipple size and shape among an ethnically diverse sample of US women by Peter Wildfeuer, Alexis Alban, Bob Worrell, Shilo Ben Zeev, Judith Shamian, Mike Woolridge

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The Relationship between Turkish Middle School Students’ 21st Century Skills and STEM Career Interest: Gender Effect by Nejla Atabey, Mustafa Sami Topcu

“…A Pearson product-moment correlation method was used to explore the presence and level of the relationship between students’ 21st century skills and STEM career interest. In addition, an independent samples t-test was used to answer whether there are significant differences between students’ STEM career interest and/or 21st century skills in terms of gender. …”
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Enhancing Maternal Caregiving Capabilities Model to Prevent Childhood Stunting: A UNICEF-Inspired Model by Eka Mishbahatul Marah Has PhD, Ilya Krisnana PhD, Ferry Efendi PhD

“…Six hundred respondents were taken using a cluster sampling technique across seven healthcare centers in Surabaya City, East Java, Indonesia. The independent variables were child, mother, father, and household factors, then maternal caregiving capabilities. …”
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Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland by Natalia Jagielska, Michael O’Sullivan, Ian B. Butler, Thomas J. Challands, Gregory F. Funston, Dugald Ross, Amelia Penny, Stephen L. Brusatte

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Starożytne źródła antropocentryzmu by Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk

“…This process led to a recognition of the objective existence of the world, which in fact is independent of human cognition. Ultimately, this resulted in the objectification of nature as an object of man’s cognition and research. …”
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Comparison of fit of poly (etheretherketone) and cobalt-chromium removable partial denture frames: an in-vitro study. by Ary Yaqoub Putros, Jawad Mohammed Mikaeel

“…The data were analysed using SPSS programs with an independent T-test. Results: comparison between the two groups revealed that the PEEK groups had a better fit in one tooth #17 with a mean of (147.2 µm) than the Co-Cr group (252.6 µm), which is statically significant with a P value of (0.000). …”
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Prediction of Coal Mining Subsidence Based on Machine Learning Probability Theory by Xiaohong Tian, Xinyuan Jin, Xinwei He

“…This paper makes a detailed plan for the overall design of mining subsidence prediction module, adopts the form of independent research and development and joint development with the existing software, designs five submodules according to the design objectives, principles, and functional needs of the module, and studies the application of mining subsidence prediction module. …”
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Pharmacological inhibition of key metabolic pathways attenuates Leishmania spp infection in macrophages. by Elaine Carvalho de Oliveira, Rafael Tibúrcio, Gabriela Duarte, Amanda Lago, Léon de Melo, Sara Nunes, Gustavo Gastão Davanzo, Ana Júlia Martins, Bruno Vinagre Ribeiro, Deborah Mothé, Juliana B P Menezes, Patrícia Veras, Natalia Tavares, Pedro M Moraes-Vieira, Cláudia Ida Brodskyn

“…To investigate the metabolic pathways required for Leishmania amastigotes to persist in BMDMs, we pre-treated cells with small molecule drugs that target major metabolic pathways, revealing that perturbations in several metabolic processes affected parasite survival in a strain-independent manner. Treatments with inhibitors of the oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis substantially reduced parasite loads. …”
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The relationship between steroid treatment and mortality in patients with COVID-19 followed up in an intensive care unit by Huseyin Ali Ozturk, Fatih Necip Arici

“…We found that age and pulse steroid independently determined the patients with mortality.…”
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Balloon occlusion of the aorta during cardiac arrest -a death blow to the intestines? by Bjørn Hoftun Farbu, Jostein Brede

“…However, intestinal ischemia could be a marker of whole-body ischemia and not an independent contributor to poor outcome. The clinical importance of worsened intestinal ischemia by REBOA during cardiac arrest is not established. …”
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