Successful Surgical Treatment of “Complex” Abdominal Echinococcosis by A. B. Goncharov, Yu. A. Stepanova, V. S. Shirokov, I. A. Turchenko, Yu. A. Kovalenko, D. V. Kalinin, B. N. Gurmikov, A. V. Zhao

“…A 47-year-old patient who lived in Central Asia for up to 29 years of age was diagnosed with multiple echinococcosis of the abdominal cavity (CE1-2): II, Ivb, V, VI, VII segments of the liver, upper and lower poles of the spleen, lesser and greater omentum, small intestine, subphrenic space, area of the hepatoduodenal ligament, gastrocolic ligament. …”
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Combining Ultrasound-Guided Popliteal Sciatic and Adductor Canal Block as a Lifesaver for High-Risk Patients Scheduled for Emergency Below Knee Surgery: A Case Series by Vijayalaxmi Biradar, Shweta Konnur, Abhay Sancheti

“…When used on high-risk patients with numerous comorbidities, this anesthetic technique has the potential to save lives. …”
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Recent progress of artificial cells in structure design, functionality and the prospects in food biotechnology by Li Li, Xiaolin Yao, Guoliang Li, Qianqian Guo, Juan Yue, Wenguang Liu, Yapeng Fang, Adam Midgley, Mouming Zhao, Katsuyoshi Nishinari

“…Artificial cells have bridged the gap between non-living systems and biological cells. In recent years, artificial cells designed to simulate cellular structure and function have garnered significant attention. …”
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Body Composition and Metabolic Syndrome Components on Lipodystrophy Different Subtypes Associated with HIV by Livia Bertazzo Sacilotto, Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira, João Paulo Vieira Manechini, Sílvia Justina Papini

“…Subjective diagnosis, classified between three subtypes according to the body region on which fat is lost and/or accumulated, named lipoatrophy, lipohypertrophy, and mixed lipodystrophy, is possibly accompanied with metabolic alterations. Forty people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), with clinical diagnosis of HALS and from both genders, were assessed. …”
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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT OF YOUTH IN THE ARCTIC ZONE OF RUSSIA: SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS (CASE OF ARKHANGELSK AGGLOMERATION) by Lyudmila A. Chizhova, Olga V. Lets, Andrey O. Podoplekin

“…The authors aim to reveal the socio-cultural and economic aspects of the problem of labor and employment of young people living in the Russian Arctic. Methodology. The main research methods used were content analysis of monographic and periodic scientific publications, statistical analysis of socio-economic indicators, and sociological surveys of representatives of the younger generation. …”
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Impacts of neighborhood restaurant density on adults’ dietary quality: evidence from an IV-LASSO approach in China by Yalin Tang, Maoran Zhu, Maoran Zhu, Jian Zong, Xuyuan Zheng, Chengfang Liu

“…These effects are more pronounced among males with higher-income, and those living in urban and eastern China. The mechanisms underlying these relationships include the increased frequency of eating outside home (OH), with the similar inverted U-shaped relationship observed for dietary diversity further explaining our findings. …”
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Predicting metabolite response to dietary intervention using deep learning by Tong Wang, Hannah D. Holscher, Sergei Maslov, Frank B. Hu, Scott T. Weiss, Yang-Yu Liu

“…In particular, the gut microbiota, a collection of trillions of microorganisms living in the gastrointestinal tract, is highly personalized and plays a key role in the metabolite responses to foods and nutrients. …”
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Temperature Depended Role of Shigella flexneri Invasion Plasmid on the Interaction with Acanthamoeba castellanii by Amir Saeed, David Johansson, Gunnar Sandström, Hadi Abd

“…Acanthamoebae are free-living amoebae (FLA) which are found in diverse environments and isolated from various water sources. …”
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Identification of Neurons Containing Calcium-Permeable AMPA and Kainate Receptors Using Ca2+ Imaging by Sergei Gaidin, Artem Kosenkov, Valery Zinchenko, Bakytzhan Kairat, Arailim Malibayeva, Sultan Tuleukhanov

“…This technique offers several advantages over existing methods, including the ability to assess large neuronal populations simultaneously, distinguish between different receptor types, and provide functional information about CP-AMPAR and CP-KAR expression in living neurons, making it a valuable tool for studying synaptic plasticity and neurological disorders.…”
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Leveraging Fog Computing for Scalable IoT Datacenter Using Spine-Leaf Network Topology by K. C. Okafor, Ifeyinwa E. Achumba, Gloria A. Chukwudebe, Gordon C. Ononiwu

“…Besides, the scalability requirements found in the current IoT data processing (in the cloud) can hardly be used for applications such as assisted living systems, Big Data analytic solutions, and smart embedded applications. …”
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The Effect of the Thai Herbal Suksaiyad Formula on Platelet Aggregation in Healthy Volunteers: A Quasi-experimental, Single-dose Study by Titchaphorn Palo, Nalinthika Nathananwanit, Pravit Akarasereenont, Suksalin Booranasubkajorn

“…The effect of SSF was short-lived, reverting to pre-dose values after 24 hours for all agonists. …”
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Regulating the PI3K and AMPK pathway: the secret of 1-deoxynojirimycin's success in alleviating chronic diseases by Chengwei Yu, Qirui Hu

“…However, the effects of drug treatments are limited unless the diet or living habit are monitored and controlled. The traditional Chinese medicine has advantages in treatment of chronic diseases because it can be utilized as both drug intervention and diet intervention. …”
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Photoredox-Catalyzed Decomposition of Nitric Oxide over Au-Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance ZnSn(OH)6 Microcubes by Minh-Thuan Pham, Truc Mai Thi Nguyen, Sheng-Jie You, Ya-Fen Wang

“…Abstract Air pollution is one of the most concerning issues today because of its adverse effects on living organisms and the environment. Therein, nitric oxide (NO) is the leading cause of the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and respiratory diseases. …”
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Occurrence of <i>Pestalotiopsis</i> sp. on Ornamental Plants <i>Camellia japonica</i> L. in Romanian Public Gardens by Andreea-Mihaela Florea, Andrei-Mihai Gafencu, Florin-Daniel Lipșa, Iulian Gabur, Eugen Ulea

“…Genomic analysis of the fungal isolate coded P_CJ_24, obtained from living plants, was based on ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region amplification using the LSU primers. …”
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Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula by Nicole Li Ying Lee, Danwei Huang, Zheng Bin Randolph Quek, Jen Nie Lee, Benjamin J. Wainwright

“…We find a significant distance decay of similarity, particularly for sediment samples due to the greater variability of sediment environments relative to the more stable fungal habitats provided by living plant organs. We are able to assign taxonomy to the majority of sequences from leaves and fruits, but a much larger portion of the sequences recovered from pneumatophores and sediment samples could not be identified. …”
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Experimental Design and Validation of an Accelerated Random Vibration Fatigue Testing Methodology by Yu Jiang, Gun Jin Yun, Li Zhao, Junyong Tao

“…According to the measured stress responses, the structural fatigue lives corresponding to the different vibrational excitations were predicted by using the WAFO simulation technique. …”
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The impact of terahertz radiation on an extremophilic archaean Halorubrum saccharovorum proteome by T. N. Goryachkovskaya, S. H. Konstantinova, I. A. Meshcheriakova, S. V. Bannikova, E. A. Demidov, A. V. Bryanskaya, M. A. Scheglov, A. I. Semenov, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, V. M. Popik, S. E. Peltek

“…Nonthermal effects of terahertz radiation on living objects are currently intensely studied, as more sources of this radiation type and devices employing it are being constructed. …”
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Heavy metals impact environmental capacity of oasis soils in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau dry zone by Siqi Han, Bin Wang, Zhen Yao, Lu Dai, Youning Wei, Yao Niu, Ling Qian

“…However, the overexploitation of resources by humans for production and living has affected the quality of soils in the Qinghai-Tibet region, whereby the environmental capacity is decreasing. …”
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Phenomenology of Organizational Silence (Case Study Farhangian University) by Iraj Mehdizadeh, Saeed Rajaipour, Seyed Ali Siadat

“…This research aims to explore the lived experiences of faculty members and staff to identify the factors contributing to organizational silence at Iranian Farhangian University. …”
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The Psychosocial Impact of the Romanian Government Measures on the Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Armenia Androniceanu, Doina-Mihaela Marton

“…The sample, representative for Bucharest, included 421 citizens living in Bucharest, aged between 19 and 40 years. …”
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