Campus Commons: Analysis of IIT Patna’s Public open Spaces by Nazish Abid, Mazharul Haque

“… The Public open spaces offer amenities including areas for social interaction and physical activity, which are crucial for the overall wellness of society and the enhancement of living quality. Many studies on POSs have been conducted in developed countries (the US, Australia, and Europe, particularly Germany, Spain, and France). …”
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Self-control and Problematic Social Media Use: A Meta-Analysis by Zeynep Simsir-Gokalp, Muhammet Ibrahim Akyurek

“…Problematic social media usage (PSMU), a type of behavioral addiction, has become an increasingly serious problem with a significant impact on the lives of individuals of all generations. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the underlying mechanism of PSMU to effectively address the issue. …”
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COSMOLOGY OF TIME AND THE SPIRITUAL OF LIFE IN JANAVESE-ISLAMIC TRADITION by Ali Jafar

“…Based on a study of Javanese literature (primbon)and Islamic views on the cosmology of time, this study shows that in Javanese culture and literature, time is not only seen as a natural cycle but also positioned like living beings. Therefore, the Javanese believe in humans' importance in maintaining good relations with time. …”
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Elevated Serum Carboxymethyl-Lysine, an Advanced Glycation End Product, Predicts Severe Walking Disability in Older Women: The Women's Health and Aging Study I by Kai Sun, Richard D. Semba, Linda P. Fried, Debra A. Schaumberg, Luigi Ferrucci, Ravi Varadhan

“…Our aim was to characterize the relationship between serum carboxymethyl-lysine (CML), a major circulating AGE, and incident severe walking disability (inability to walk or walking speed <0.4 m/sec) over 30 months of followup in 394 moderately to severely disabled women, ≥65 years, living in the community in Baltimore, Maryland (the Women’s Health and Aging Study I). …”
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A Manajemen Fisioterapi pada Suspek Gout Arthritis : Laporan Kasus by Yery Mustari, Melda Putri, Christine Milenia Sarira, Suciawati Suciawati, Rezky Awalia Amiruddin, Fahira Azzahra Nooraini, Noorindah Sari, Putri Ayuninda Yusri, Pritha Qurratul Aini Athaya, Akram Ibnu Syawal, Anna Rahma Martono, Nurdeli Wasi Agung, Marfuah Nawawi, Nurmalasari Nurmalasari

“…This condition can cause pain and stiffness in the joints, swelling, limited range of motion (ROM), and impaired Activity Daily Living (ADL) and if not given proper treatment can cause joint deformity. …”
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Supramolecular Biopolymers for Tissue Engineering by Rosario Pérez-Pedroza, Alan Ávila-Ramírez, Zainab Khan, Manola Moretti, Charlotte A. E. Hauser

“…Macromolecular structures are commonly found in living systems such as proteins, DNA/RNA, and polysaccharides. …”
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Minimally processed fruits with added probiotics: A review by Vanessa Caroline de Oliveira, Maria José do Amaral e Paiva, Daniele Juliana Rodrigues Gonçalves, Nataly de Almeida Costa, Érica Nascif Rufino Vieira, Bruno Ricardo de Castro Leite Júnior

“… Probiotics can be like microorganisms that, when used for the health of living animals, confer health benefits. Probiotics are well known and well accepted by consumers, but they are mainly in dairy products, being a barrier to consumers who are lactose intolerant or allergic to milk proteins. …”
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SOCIAL NETS AS A NEW FACTOR OF SYSTEM SECURITY IN RUSSIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY by S. A. Kravchenko, A. I. Podberezkin

“…On the one hand, social networks offer new opportunities for interaction between people living in different countries, on the other hand - they can be used for exclusion at the global level which objectively produces new risks and vulnerabilities. …”
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Development of a Cell-Based Functional Assay for the Detection of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Types A and E by Uma Basavanna, Tim Muruvanda, Eric W. Brown, Shashi K. Sharma

“…Our data indicates that the assay can detect as little as 100 pM BoNT/A activity within living cells, and the assay is currently being evaluated for the analysis of BoNT in food matrices. …”
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Microscopic Fluctuations in Power-Grid Frequency Recordings at the Subsecond Scale by Benjamin Schäfer, Leonardo Rydin Gorjão, G. Cigdem Yalcin, Ellen Förstner, Richard Jumar, Heiko Maass, Uwe Kühnapfel, Veit Hagenmeyer

“…Complex systems, such as the power grid, are essential for our daily lives. Many complex systems display multifractal behavior, correlated fluctuations and power laws. …”
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Exosomes and Their Therapeutic Potentials of Stem Cells by Chao Han, Xuan Sun, Ling Liu, Haiyang Jiang, Yan Shen, Xiaoyun Xu, Jie Li, Guoxin Zhang, Jinsha Huang, Zhicheng Lin, Nian Xiong, Tao Wang

“…It is widely accepted that the therapeutic potential of stem cells may be mediated largely by the paracrine factors, so harnessing the paracrine effects of stem and progenitor cells without affecting these living, replicating, and potentially pluripotent cell populations is an advantage in terms of safety and complexity. …”
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Midwives' Experiences in Providing Care and Counselling to Women with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Related Problems by Elisabeth Isman, Amina Mahmoud Warsame, Annika Johansson, Sarah Fried, Vanja Berggren

“…A qualitative, inductive study were performed with eight midwives living in Somaliland. The interviews had semi-structured questions. …”
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Teachers' Reflective Thinking on Their Professional Experiences by Cennet Tandırcı, Serkan Ünsal, Reyhan Ağçam

“…It was also revealed that teachers question their previous professional lives with their current professional experiences and make reflective thoughts about their professional life. …”
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A New Paradigm in Cardiac Regeneration: The Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome by Clara Gallina, Valentina Turinetto, Claudia Giachino

“…We provide insights into the possible employment of the MSCs secretome and their released extracellular vesicles as novel approaches for cardiac regeneration that would have certain advantages over injection of living cells.…”
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Pathological Vaginal Discharge among Pregnant Women: Pattern of Occurrence and Association in a Population-Based Survey by Tânia Maria M. V. da Fonseca, Juraci A. Cesar, Raúl A. Mendoza-Sassi, Elisabeth B. Schmidt

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of pathological vaginal discharge and to describe risk factors associated with pregnant women. All women living in the city of Rio Grande, Southern Brazil, who gave birth in 2010 were included in the study. …”
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Popliteal Artery Entrapment or Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome? by Christopher Gaunder, Brandon McKinney, Jessica Rivera

“…With an incidence of less than 1% seen in living subject studies, the condition is rare. However, a missed diagnosis will likely lead to progression of the disease and potential for unnecessary invasive procedures (McAree et al. 2008). …”
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Efficiency of Chinese Real Estate Market Based on Complexity-Entropy Binary Causal Plane Method by Yan Chen, Ya Cai, Chengli Zheng

“…A rational real estate market is not only helpful to people's living standards but also beneficial to countries’ macroeconomic stability. …”
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Immobilisation of Higher Activity Wastes from Nuclear Reactor Production of 99Mo by Martin W. A. Stewart, Eric R. Vance, Sam A. Moricca, Daniel R. Brew, Catherine Cheung, Tina Eddowes, Walter Bermudez

“…At ANSTO, we have legacy acidic uranyl-nitrate-rich intermediate level waste (ILW) from the latter, and an alkaline liquid ILW, a U-rich filter cake, plus a shorter lived liquid stream that rapidly decays to low-level waste (LLW) standards, from the former. …”
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Multiaxial Cycle Deformation and Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Mild Carbon Steel and Related Welded-Metal Specimen by Weilian Qu, Ernian Zhao, Qiang Zhou

“…The FS and MKBM parameters are found to show better correlation with fatigue lives for both base-metal and welded-metal specimens.…”
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Le Bassin minier du Nord-Pas-de-Calais, un patrimoine évolutif et vivant. Entre conservation et évolution, enjeux et nouveau paradigme pour les projets d’architecture by Philippe Prost, Lucas Monsaingeon

“…Inscribed on the World Heritage Site list as an "evolving and living cultural landscape" in 2012, the recognition of this territory, considered a force of resilience for an ambitious transition, has raised the question of preservation and architecture - with more than 28,000 registered housings - on land rarely approached and on an unprecedented scale, raising many questions for architects and preservationists. …”
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