Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…All said, if fairness is about current generations having similar housing opportunities as their predecessors, access to affordable housing must be addressed. If progress is about ensuring that younger generations today have accessible housing paths so that one day they can help their own children launch, the intergenerational justice framework should push us to act even more quickly.   …”
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Personalized approach in the management of women with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and carbohydrate metabolism disorders by L.R. Petrovska, I.O. Kostitska, T.R. Petrovskyy, R.V. Petrovskyy

“…Background. The progression of heart failure (HF) in individuals with carbohydrate metabolism disorders is one of the many fatal complications among comorbid conditions. …”
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Combined Age with Mean Decrease Rates of Total Bilirubin and MELD Score as a Novel and Simple Clinical Predictor on 90-Day Transplant-Free Mortality in Adult Patients with Acute Li... by Di Jin, Kai Kang, Bing-zhu Yan, Jian-nan Zhang, Jun-bo Zheng, Zhi-hui Wang, Di Wu, Yu-jia Tang, Xin-tong Wang, Qi-qi Lai, Yang Cao, Hong-liang Wang, Yang Gao

“…Acute liver failure (ALF), previously known as fulminant hepatic failure, has become a common, rapidly progressive, and life-threatening catastrophic hepatic disease in intensive care unit (ICU) due to the continuous increase in drug abuse, viral infection, metabolic insult, and auto-immune cause. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“…The paper of Christoph Lumer (University of Siena, Italy) establishes a new criterion for our moral duties, dubbed ‘progressive norm welfarism’, and deduces a principle of ‘no harm to developing countries’ from it. …”
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Image Segmentation Method of Chinese Yam Leaves in Complex Background Based on Improved ENet by LU Bibo, LIANG Di, YANG Jie, SONG Aiqing, HUANGFU Shangwei

“…This will provide more reliable data support for genetic breeding, growth and development research of Chinese yam, and promote the development and progress of the Chinese yam industry.[Methods]A lightweight segmentation network based on improved ENet was proposed. …”
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Podophyllotoxin mediates hepatic toxicity via the C5a/C5aR/ROS/NLRP3 and cGMP/PKG/mTOR axis in rats based on toxicological evidence chain (TEC) concept by phosphoproteomic analysis by Chuanxin Liu, Xiaobin Huang, Jiao Kong, Xuejiao Li, Yuming Wang, Fangfang Zhang, Jiajia Duan

“…This approach transforms fragmented toxicity indicators into systematic evidence of toxicity, presenting a hierarchical progression of toxicity evidence and avoiding data accumulation in natural drug toxicology. …”
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Analysis of the current situation and risk factors of frailty in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes (老年2型糖尿病患者衰弱现状及影响因素分析) by LI Li (李莉), YING Yanping (应燕萍)

“…Screening elderly patients with type 2 diabetes for early signs of frailty and addressing risk factors through specific interventions can help slow down the progression of frailty. (目的 调查老年2型糖尿病患者的衰弱现状, 分析潜在影响因素, 以期为相关干预研究提供参考依据。…”
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Case Reports: The core of practice-based evidence by Antonio Villa

“…It is well-recognized that scientific progress is based on upon observation, and it is supplemented by many experimentations. …”
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Potential Antidepressant Effects of Omeprazole Introduced Through Network Analysis and Systems Biology Should Be Interpreted with Caution in the Clinical Environment by Seyed-Ali Mostafavi

“…Hence, the hypothetical identification of medications like Omeprazole to treat MDD is indeed a progression; however, it is important to take a more careful analysis of such results and findings, and translate such findings into clinics when it is possible. …”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“…While Fágúnwà could not resist the influence of Christianity, and especially the allegorical motif of the journey in which humans encounter spiritual challenges (which John Bunyan’s Pilgrim Progress made popular), Fálétí is fundamentally a cultural connoisseur; a writer with a most intimate and dynamic understanding of the Yorùbá condition, especially in its conjunction with the political and sociocultural contexts of contemporary Nigeria. …”
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Neurotoxicity of aluminium chloride and okadaic acid in zebrafish: Unravelling Alzheimer's disease model via learning and memory function evaluation by S.Z. Raduan, Q.U. Ahmed, M.R.A. Rusmili, A.S.M. Sabere, M.S. Haris, M.F. Shaikh, W.A.W. Sulaiman, M.H. Mahmood

“…Introduction/objectives: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterised by a progressive decline in cognitive abilities, especially learning and memory. …”
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Evolution of Green Technology, Technology Gap and International Trade A Comparative Study of Developing and Developed Countries by Mehrnoosh Patimar, Zahra Zamani

“…Aim and Introduction Trade is one of the most important factors for the economic progress of countries, which has become feasible with the globalization of business. …”
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Non-lethal sonodynamic therapy mitigates hypertensive renal fibrosis through the PI3K/AKT/mTORC1-autophagy pathway by DanDan Liu, Hui Wang, Jialong Li, Siqi Sheng, Shu Wang, Ye Tian

“…Here, we present Non-lethal Sonodynamic Therapy (NL-SDT), in which ultrasound is used to activate locally sonosensitizers, thereby stimulating the production of reactive oxygen species for the purpose of modulating cell function or fate, as a novel methodology to inhibit progression of hypertensive renal fibrosis. To confirm whether NL-SDT can reduce hypertensive renal fibrosis and its mechanism. …”
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Pegilated interferon alpha 2b «Pegaltevir» chronic hepatitis C treatment (randomized clinical trial) by Marina V. Mayevskaya, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…No significant differences between basic and control groups at analysis of paired liver biopsies for fibrosis stage reduction rate, absence of negative changes for fibrosis severity and proportion of patients with fibrosis progression were found. Pegaltevir® and PegIntron® treatment groups were comparable safety profile, adverse events were expected, mainly of mild and moderate severity. …”
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Research Status and Prospects of Key Technologies for Rice Smart Unmanned Farms by YU Fenghua, XU Tongyu, GUO Zhonghui, BAI Juchi, XIANG Shuang, GUO Sien, JIN Zhongyu, LI Shilong, WANG Shikuan, LIU Meihan, HUI Yinxuan

“…This integration creates an unmanned production system that covers the entire process from planting and managing rice crops to harvesting, greatly improving the efficiency and precision of rice cultivation.[Progress]This paper systematically sorted out the key technologies of rice smart unmanned farms in the three main links of pre-production, production and post-production, and the key technologies of pre-production mainly include the construction of high-standard farmland, unmanned nursery, land leveling, and soil nutrient testing. …”
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The efficacy and safety of Ginkgo biloba L. leaves extract combined with ACEI/ARB on diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 41 randomized controlled tria... by Zehua Zhang, Shiyun Tang, Shiyu Liu, Yulin Leng, Xiaoxu Fu, Hongyan Xie, Hong Gao, Hong Gao, Chunguang Xie, Chunguang Xie

“…None of the included studies reported whether renal or cardiovascular disease progression events occurred. Compared with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI)/angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) alone, the combination with GBE was more beneficial in improving urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) [mean difference (MD) = -22.99 μg/min, 95% confidence interval (CI): −27.66 to −18.31, p < 0.01], serum creatinine (SCr) [MD = −8.30 μmol/L, 95% CI: −11.55 to −5.05, p < 0.01], blood urea nitrogen (BUN) [MD = −0.77 mmol/L, 95% CI: −1.04 to −0.49, p < 0.01], 24-hour urinary total protein (24hUTP) [MD = −0.28 g/d, 95% CI: −0.35 to −0.22, p < 0.01], cystatin C (Cys-C) [MD = −0.30 mg/L, 95% CI: −0.43 to −0.17, p < 0.01], total cholesterol (TC) [MD = −0.69 mmol/L, 95% CI: −1.01 to −0.38, p < 0.01], triglyceride (TG) [MD = −0.40 mmol/L, 95% CI: −0.56 to −0.23, p < 0.01], low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) [MD = −0.97 mmol/L, 95% CI: −1.28 to −0.65, p < 0.01], fasting blood glucose (FBG) [MD = −0.30 mmol/L, 95% CI: −0.54 to −0.05, p = 0.02], hematocrit [MD = −4.58%, 95% CI: −5.25 to −3.90, p < 0.01] and fibrinogen [MD = −0.80 g/L, 95% CI: −1.12 to −0.47, p < 0.01]. …”
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Farmers’ climate change perception, impacts and adaptation strategies in response to drought in the Northwest area of Bangladesh by J.M. Adeeb Salman Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Khalek, Md. Kamruzzaman

“…It is well known that the prospect and occurrence of such catastrophes is a significant impediment to progress and the improvement of human welfare.The frequency and the severity of extreme weather events due to climate change in South East Asia including Bangladesh is anticipated to intensify in the forthcoming years. …”
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Intersemiotic Translation: From Medieval Poetry to Modern Movie by Leila Nik Nasab

“…The key story elements examined in this movie are as follows:Plot (narrative structure)Character and characterizationStory progressionSetting (time and place)Symbols and signsDialogueThemes and motifsThe story of Sheikh San'an, who fell in love, is one of the beautiful mystical stories, and Sheikh Farid al-Din Attar elegantly narrates it in verse in his Conference of the Birds.Most of the elements of the Sheikh San'an story can be found in The Forbidden Fruit. …”
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Acute Care Practice in the United States: The Roles of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy in Early Rehabilitation by Suzanne E. Holm, Kelly Nelson, Angela Patterson

“…In PT, the emphasis is on promoting and progressing patients'mobility and movement to increase performance and to enhance function, well-being, overall health and quality of life. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…This answer to his one-question test was used by Barack Obama in several of his speeches to demonstrate how humanity has made progress up until the present day. Is he right? Beyond asking people what their preferred birth year would be in the context of such a thought experiment, it is possible to compare the attractiveness of actual birth years (and thus epochs in which to lead one’s life) from official statistics. …”
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