Modeling Forced Flow Chemical Vapor Infiltration Fabrication of SiC-SiC Composites for Advanced Nuclear Reactors by Christian P. Deck, H. E. Khalifa, B. Sammuli, C. A. Back

“…These qualities have made SiC-SiC composites extremely desirable for use in advanced nuclear reactor concepts, where higher operating temperatures and longer lives require performance improvements over conventional metal alloys. …”
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Iron(III) photoinduced degradation: Catalytic method for 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid removal from water by Pascal Wong-Wah-Chung, Gilles Mailhot, Michèle Bolte

“…For prolonged irradiation, the total mineralisation of the oxidation products was achieved with the formation of sulphate and ammonium ions. The half-lives of products 1 and 2 when submitted to such a process under solar irradiation were estimated to be respectively 12 and 11 min in the mixture with 100% of monomeric species [Fe(H2O)5(OH)]2+. …”
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Engaging Patients with Headache in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA): ACTIvated Veterans Engagement Group (ACTIVE) to Improve Delivery of Patient-Centered Headache Services by Olivia M. Datre BA, Sean A. Baird MA, Hayley M. Lindsey BA, Roberta E. Goldman PhD, Jason J. Sico MD, Teresa M. Damush PhD

“…This study utilized a Veteran engagement group method to elicit input from Veteran patients living with chronic headache on daily needs, social determinants of health, and preferences and suggestions for headache programs, services, and research priorities. …”
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It’s Hard to Prepare for Task Novelty: Cueing the Novelty of Upcoming Tasks Does Not Facilitate Task Performance by Mengqiao Chai, Ana F. Palenciano, Ravi Mill, Michael W. Cole, Senne Braem

“…Rapidly learning new tasks, such as using new technology or playing a new game, is ubiquitous in our daily lives. Previous studies suggest that our brain relies on different networks for rapid task learning versus retrieving known tasks from memory, and behavioral studies have shown that novel versus practiced tasks may rely on different task configuration processes. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) in Peruvian adolescents by Joel Figueroa-Quiñones, Miguel Ipanaqué-Zapata, Oriana Rivera-Lozada, Giusepi Zevallos Mayanga, Diana Gonzales Diaz

“…The Nomophobia Scale (NMP-Q) is a measure that evaluates anxiety behaviors when being without a mobile phone.ObjectiveTo evaluate the psychometric properties of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) in Peruvian adolescents.MethodsAn instrumental study was conducted and 900 adolescents of both sexes, between 12 and 17 years old, living in northern, rural, and eastern regions of Peru were evaluated. …”
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Becoming Resilient: Promoting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in a Canadian Context by Judith A. MacDonnell, Mahdieh Dastjerdi, Nimo Bokore, Nazilla Khanlou

“…Findings foreground women’s agency in the study process, the ways that immigrant women name and frame issues relevant to their lives, and the interplay among individual, family, community, and structural dynamics shaping their well-being. …”
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Gastric Dilation due to a Neuroleptic Agent in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report by V. Parent, L. Popitean, A. Loctin, A. Camus, P. Manckoundia

“…To our knowledge, such a case has never been reported in the literature. A 76-year-old man, living in a nursing home, was hospitalized for general weakness and abdominal pain. …”
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Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children by Chandima P. Karunanayake, William Albritton, Donna C. Rennie, Joshua A. Lawson, Laura McCallum, P. Jenny Gardipy, Jeremy Seeseequasis, Arnold Naytowhow, Louise Hagel, Kathleen McMullin, Vivian Ramsden, Sylvia Abonyi, Jo-Ann Episkenew, James A. Dosman, Punam Pahwa, The First Nations Lung Health Project Research Team, The Saskatchewan Rural Health Study Team

“…The prevalence of ear infection was 57.8% for rural Caucasian children and 43.6% for First Nations children living on-reserve. First Nations children had a lower risk of ear infection. …”
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Digital twin of a large-aspect-ratio Rayleigh–Bénard experiment: role of thermal boundary conditions, measurement errors and uncertainties by Philipp P. Vieweg, Theo Käufer, Christian Cierpka, Jörg Schumacher

“…Albeit laboratory experiments and numerical simulations have proven themselves successful in enhancing our understanding of long-living large-scale flow structures in horizontally extended Rayleigh–Bénard convection, some discrepancies with respect to their size and induced heat transfer remain. …”
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High Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Parkinson’s Disease: A Questionnaire-Based Study by Tetsuya Maeda, Ken Nagata, Yuichi Satoh, Takashi Yamazaki, Daiki Takano

“…Deterioration of daily living activities and other nonmotor symptoms can imply the presence of GERD. …”
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THE IMPACT OF PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS ON THE BEHAVIORAL INTENTION TO USING TOURISM MOBILE APPLICATIONS OF GENERATION Z IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM by Nguyen Thi Bich DAO, Do Nguyen Tuan ANH

“…To test the proposed hypotheses, the study conducted an online survey using Google Forms targeting Generation Z individuals living and working in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. …”
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Hemodynamic disturbance and mTORC1 activation: Unveiling the biomechanical pathogenesis of thoracic aortic aneurysms in Marfan syndrome by Ming-Yuan Liu, Meili Wang, Junjun Liu, An-Qiang Sun, Chang-Shun He, Xin Cong, Wei Kong, Wei Li

“…Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) significantly endangers the lives of individuals with Marfan syndrome (MFS), yet the intricacies of their biomechanical origins remain elusive. …”
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The Nonmydriatic Fundus Camera in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Cost-Effective Study with Evaluation for Future Large-Scale Application by Giuseppe Scarpa, Francesca Urban, Stela Vujosevic, Michele Tessarin, Giovanni Gallo, Annalisa Visentin, Emanuela Foglia, Lucrezia Ferrario, Edoardo Midena

“…Methods. Diabetic patients living in the town of Ponzano, Veneto Region (Northern Italy), were invited to be enrolled in the screening programme. …”
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Recommendations for improving accessibility of digital health interventions for cardiometabolic disease for ethnically diverse populations by Mel Ramasawmy, Nushrat Khan, David Sunkersing, Madiha Sajid, Shivali H Modha, Manoj Mistry, Wasim Hanif, Fiona Stevenson, Kiran Patel, Kamlesh Khunti, Paramjit Gill, Lydia Poole, Amitava Banerjee

“…A one-day workshop was held in May 2023 with key stakeholders, including people with lived experience, health professionals, technology innovators and policymakers ( n  = 34), to develop recommendations arising from the DISC study findings. …”
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Unraveling the Anti-Cancer Mechanisms of Antibiotics: Current Insights, Controversies, and Future Perspectives by Nikolaos Nektarios Karamanolis, Dimitris Kounatidis, Natalia G. Vallianou, Krystalia Dimitriou, Eleni Tsaroucha, Georgios Tsioulos, Ioanna A. Anastasiou, Evangelos Mavrothalassitis, Irene Karampela, Maria Dalamaga

“…Cancer persists as a significant global health challenge, claiming millions of lives annually despite remarkable strides in therapeutic innovation. …”
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Using Action Research and Peer Perspectives to Develop Technology That Facilitates Behavioral Change and Self-Management in COPD by Catherine McCabe, John Dinsmore, Anne Marie Brady, Gabrielle Mckee, Sharon O'Donnell, David Prendergast

“…Methods. Individuals (n=32) living with COPD at home and involved in two community based COPD support groups were invited to participate in this project. …”
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HaCaT Cells as a Reliable In Vitro Differentiation Model to Dissect the Inflammatory/Repair Response of Human Keratinocytes by Irma Colombo, Enrico Sangiovanni, Roberta Maggio, Carlo Mattozzi, Stefania Zava, Yolanda Corbett, Marco Fumagalli, Claudia Carlino, Paola Antonia Corsetto, Diletta Scaccabarozzi, Stefano Calvieri, Angela Gismondi, Donatella Taramelli, Mario Dell’Agli

“…To standardize the in vitro studies on keratinocytes, we investigated the use of HaCaT cells, a long-lived, spontaneously immortalized human keratinocyte line which is able to differentiate in vitro, as a suitable model to follow the release of inflammatory and repair mediators in response to TNFα or IL-1β. …”
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<i>Gigaspora roseae</i> and <i>Coriolopsis rigida</i> Fungi Improve Performance of <i>Quillaja saponaria</i> Plants Grown in Sandy Substrate with Added Sewage Sludge by Guillermo Pereira, Diyanira Castillo-Novales, Cristian Salazar, Cristian Atala, Cesar Arriagada-Escamilla

“…The use of living organisms to treat human by-products, such as residual sludge, has gained interest in the last years. …”
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Attitudes Regarding the Use of Ventilator Support Given a Supposed Terminal Condition among Community-Dwelling Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Older Adults: A Pilot Study by M. Rosina Finley, Johanna Becho, R. Lillianne Macias, Robert C. Wood, Arthur E. Hernandez, David V. Espino

“…Mediator variables examined included demographics, generation, religiosity, occupation, self-reported depression, self-reported health, and activities of daily living. Results. Being first or second generation American (OR = 0.18, CI = 0.05–0.66) with no IADL disability (OR = 0.11, CI = 0.02–0.59) and having depressive symptoms (OR = 1.43, CI = 1.08–1.89) were associated with preference for ventilator support. …”
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Analysis of Volatile Compounds in a Value-Added Jerky by Incorporating Ajwain and Thyme Essential Oils by Elaine Anit, Helga Hernández, Jan Banout, Klára Urbanová

“…Various researchers have discovered that these compounds contribute biological benefits for living things such as humans and animals. Bioactive compounds found in essential oils, such as terpenes and terpenoids, possess antibacterial and flavouring qualities, making them promising natural preservatives in the food business. …”
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