BIM Use by Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry in Educational Facility Projects by Cristina Moreno, Svetlana Olbina, Raja R. Issa

“…A survey that investigated BIM adoption at the company level, BIM implementation in projects, benefits of using BIM, and obstacles to using BIM was distributed to architects, site engineers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, and contractors across the United States. The survey results showed that a majority of the respondents from all five disciplines used BIM. …”
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GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE by A. A. Gromyko

“…According to the author the problems of globalization must be approached with knowledge of history and acknowledgement of social justice;– the need in morally acceptable balance among unifying potential of globalization, unchained global market and the state as the last resort of its nation;– the need to make United Nations a platform, where political and social democracy should lay ground for global governance so craved for by the mankind. …”
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Exploring return to work barriers through the lens of model of human occupation. The NOW WHAT project by Kine Strømstad, Lisebet S. Skarpaas, Sturla I. Haslerud, Yeasir A. Alve, Jan Sandqvist, Randi W. Aas

“…A deductive approach using the MOHO concepts guided the analysis process.Results The study generated 941 coded meaning units describing barriers for RTW, of which we were able to code 895 within the framework of MOHO. …”
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Phenotypic detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in clinical isolates at a tertiary care hospital by Astha Sinha, Mamta Gour, Riti Jain Seth

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 379 Enterobacterales were isolated from different clinical samples from patients attending outpatient departments and admitted in wards and intensive care units (ICUs). They were tested for carbapenem resistance by Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method and then tested for carbapenemase production by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)–disk synergy test and Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method (mCIM). …”
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PROFESSIONAL PREFERENCES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS AN INDICATOR OF SOCIAL CHANGES by Galina I. Saganenko, Alexandra A. Stepantsova, Elena I. Stepanova

“…As in the first basic research there was used a list format (from 55 to 60 units) professions, a set of estimation criteria (from 5 to 8), a scale with 1810 points. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni, Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodríguez

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> a descriptive and cross-section study was conducted. The sampling units were: districts, areas and sections that contained the houses, were the individuals were selected; the sample consisted on 373 people, their blood pressure was taken and an opinion poll was applied, the variables were: age, sex, personal record of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, tobacco addiction, type of physical activity, weight, size, abdominal circumference. …”
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Associations of gut microbiota with disease development, disease activity, and therapeutic effects in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Junko Nishio, Hiroshi Sato, Eri Watanabe, Hiroaki Masuoka, Kotaro Aoki, Mai Kawazoe, Risa Wakiya, Soichi Yamada, Sei Muraoka, Shotaro Masuoka, Tomoki Hayashi, Satoshi Mizutani, Zento Yamada, Keiko Koshiba, Izumi Irita, Miwa Kanaji, Karin Furukawa, Nobuyuki Yajima, Hiroaki Dobashi, Wataru Hirose, Yoshikazu Ishii, Wataru Suda, Toshihiro Nanki

“…Only four operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were enriched in NOSLE versus HC. However, 26 OTUs, including butyrate-producing bacteria (BPB), were depleted, and seven (including five BPBs) remained depleted in RemSLE compared to HC. …”
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AÇIĞA ÇIKARILAN TERCİHLER: TEORİ VE UYGULAMA by Haydar Akyazı, Ozlem Ipek

“…Türkiye’deki hanehalkları için açığa çıkarılan tercih teorisinin geçerliliğinin test edilmesinin, tüketici tercihlerindeki rasyonelliğin belirlenmesinin ve rasyonalitenin ihlal edilmesi durumunda ortaya çıkan refah kayıplarının ölçülmesinin amaçlandığı bu çalışmada, açığa çıkarılan tercih aksiyomları parametrik olmayan yöntemler kullanılarak yatay-kesit verileri üzerinden test edilmiştir.Türkiye ölçeğinde tüketici davranışlarının analiz edildiği uygulamada, 2004-2017 dönemi Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu Hanehalkı Bütçe Anketi veri seti kullanılmıştır. Hanehalkı seçimleri üniter ve kolektif tüketim modeli varsayımı altında ele alınarak oluşturulan seçim yapılarına ilişkin açığa çıkarılan tercih aksiyom ihlal oranları ve rasyonellik endeksleri hesaplanmıştır. …”
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Library usage patterns in the electronic information environment. Electronic journals, Use studies, Libraries, Medical libraries by B. Franklin, T. Plum

“…This paper examines the methodology and results from Web-based surveys of more than 15,000 networked electronic services users in the United States between July 1998 and June 2003 at four academic health sciences libraries and two large main campus libraries serving a variety of disciplines. …”
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A New Deep Vision-Based Identifier As An Intelligent Herbicide Spraying Agent For Potato Farm Application by Halo Omer Anvar, Fardin Akhlaghian Tab, Mohsen Ramezani, Kaveh Mollazade

“…In precision agriculture, machine vision-based systems are used as on-the-go sensing units to detect weeds from the main plant. This paper presents a new approach based on deep learning to detect weeds in potato fields. …”
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The Catholic Church in Lithuania in 1940-1990: between Resistance and Adaptation by Arūnas Streikus

“…Thirdly, the necessity to unite forces against the Soviet regime, which was limiting the space of religious and national activities, helped to overcome ethnoconfessional seclusion of the Lithuanian Catholic community, thus opening the way for inter-cultural dialogue. …”
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Dynamic Interdependence of Systematic Risks in Emerging Markets Economies: A Recursive-Based Frequency-Domain Approach by Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Anokye M. Adam, Anthony Adu-Asare Idun, Peace Y. Ametepi

“…Conversely, the equity betas of United Arab Emirates (Africa and Middle East), Argentina (Americas), China (Asia), and Russia (Europe) exhibit low degrees of integration with other systematic risk returns from each subregion. …”
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The effect of a proposed training method using play exercises to develop specific agility and skill performance in football by Yasir Mohammed Hammood, Akram Hussein Rashid, Othman Adham Ali, Othman Ali

“…Discussion: The researchers explain the development that occurred to the experimental group as a result of the use of play exercises in the training units and prepared scientifically, which affected the development of the level of performance, which helped to bring the players to the degree of mastery through its diversity and repetition during training. …”
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How Do the Crises of Falling Oil Prices and COVID-19 Affect Economic Sectors in the Rentier Economies? Evidence from the GCC Countries by Erhan Akkaş, Hazem Al Samman

“…The results show that the hardest-hit countries are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, respectively, while the least impacted countries are Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait. …”
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Effectiveness of a commercial LAMP technology-based kit for rapid detection of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in Pinus pinaster by María Menéndez-Gutiérrez, Lucía Villar, Raquel Díaz

“…Both detection methodologies were applied to detect B. xylophilus from different origins (Spain, Portugal, Asia, and United States) in directly inoculated P. pinaster wood chips or in samples from inoculated P. radiata and P. pinaster seedlings. …”
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Juvenile delinquency in the 1960s and the activities of the militia to prevent it by V. A. Grechenko

“…At the same time, militia children's rooms were directly subordinated to the criminal investigation units. This was due to the growth of juvenile delinquency and the need to counteract it more actively. …”
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An intelligent manufacturing system based on a recursive control structure by Bingyan Teng

“…However, the research results have not been applied to actual production processes, and the autonomy and coordination of intelligent manufacturing units in actual production processes still need to be further improved. …”
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Association between dietary intake of live microbes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2007–2012 by Yifeng Xu, Zhaoqi Yan, Liangji Liu

“…Conclusion Our study suggests a negative association between higher dietary live microbe intake and the risk of COPD among adults in the United States. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00005154 First Posted date 26/05/2000(retrospectively registered).…”
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A bibliometric analysis of optic atrophy from 2003 to 2023: research trends and hot spots by Liyuan Wang, Liyuan Wang, Liyuan Wang, Tianyang Yu, Tianyang Yu, Runze Wang, Lijuan Fu, Lijuan Fu, Feixue Dong, Feixue Dong, Shuang Zhao, Shuang Zhao, He Sun, He Sun, Yang Gao

“…We conducted a bibliometric analysis using tools such as CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and SCImago Graphica to examine annual publication trends, co-occurrence patterns, collaborative networks among countries and institutions, and the evolution of research hotspots of OA.ResultsA total of 5,274 publications were included in the bibliometric analysis, comprising 4,561 research articles and 713 review articles. The United States emerged as the leading country in OA research, followed by Germany and China. …”
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Interdialytic Weight Gain and Nutritional Status are Associated with Quality of Life Among Hemodialysis Patients in Dr. Mohammad Hoesin General Hospital Palembang by Indah Listari Salsabila, Yuliarti Yuliarti, Fatmalina Febry, Ditia Fitri Arinda

“…It is recommended that health workers in hemodialysis units monitor interdialysis weight gain regularly and conduct routine nutritional screenings to prevent a decrease in quality of life. …”
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