Factors Associated with Women’s Chronic Disease Management: Associations of Healthcare Frustrations, Physician Support, and Self-Care Needs by Matthew Lee Smith, Marcia G. Ory, SangNam Ahn, Toni P. Miles

“…However, less is known about how these factors are associated with aging women’s knowledge about self-care behavior. This study examined the sociodemographics, health indicators, healthcare-related frustrations, and perceptions of physician support associated with middle-aged and older adult females’ self-reported need for help to learn how to take better care of their health. …”
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MODELING OF THE ZONES OF INFLUENCE OF GAS WELLS AT A DEPLETED RESERVOIR by Ioan Alexandru Stoica, Lazăr Avram, Bogdan Simescu, Mihaela Helstern

“…Modeling the behavior of natural gas wells during exploitation is often an essential step in studying the evolution of natural gas production. …”
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A Social Force-Based Model for Pedestrian Evacuation with Static Guidance in Emergency Situations by Ping Zhang, Wenjun Liu, Lizhong Yang, Jinzhong Wu, Kaixuan Wang, Yujie Cui

“…In this study, an evacuation model with static guidance considering the leader’s influence and the pedestrians’ decision-making behavior is proposed. The model is validated using experimental data, including evacuation behavior, evacuation time, and the percentage of the cumulative number of evacuees over time, and the simulation results match the experimental results well. …”
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Pulsating Bubble Collapse and Jet Characteristics Near the Nozzle of Underwater Tube by ZHANG Yueyao, QIAO Feng, LÜ Xiang, ZHANG Tianyuan, HAN Rui, LI Shuai

“…This study provides valuable insights into the dynamic behavior of bubble collapse near the nozzle of a submerged tube, which can provide safety measures for pipeline equipment.…”
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Decision-Making Mechanism of Cooperative Innovation between Clients and Service Providers Based on Evolutionary Game Theory by Zhiyuan Xu, Jiming Cao, Yunhua Xu, Yeke Sun, Xingjing Zhang

“…Regarding this issue, an evolutionary game focusing on client-service provider cooperative innovation behavior is constructed and solved. Based on the results and a corresponding numerical simulation, the decision-making mechanism of the cooperative innovation behavior is studied, and suggestions are provided regarding how to promote cooperative innovation. …”
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Inverse Modeling of Nonlinear Artificial Muscle Using Polynomial Parameterization and Particle Swarm Optimization by Mohd Azuwan Mat Dzahir, Shin-ichiroh Yamamoto

“…However, it has undesirable hysteresis effect in controlling a robotic manipulator. This behavior is quasistatic and quasirate dependent which changed with excitation frequency and external force. …”
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Changes in urinary concentrations of contemporary and emerging chemicals in commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcom... by Megan E Romano, Jessie P Buckley, Xiuhong Li, Julie B Herbstman, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Sunmi Lee, Susan L Schantz, Leo Trasande, Margaret R Karagas, Frederica Perera, ECHO Cohort Consortium

“…Previous research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed alterations in behaviors that may impact exposures to environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals. …”
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Investigating crack growth in two-dimensional plates with openings using the peri-dynamic method by Mohammad Norouzi Shavir, Pouria Biglari, Navid Mirzaii, Reza Rashmehkarim, Peyman Beiranvand

“…Despite many studies by researchers regarding the behavior of structures against crack growth and sudden failure, there are still many problems regarding the analysis and simulation of the mechanical behavior of shells and plates with openings. …”
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Fractional Dynamics: Applications of the Caputo Operator in Solving the Sawada–Kotera and Rosenau–Hyman Equations by Khudhayr A. Rashedi, Musawa Yahya Almusawa, Hassan Almusawa, Tariq S. Alshammari, Adel Almarashi

“…Special attention is given to the influence of the fractional parameter on behavior of the solution behavior, highlighting its role in controlling diffusion and wave propagation. …”
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Response Surface Methodology Investigation of the Viscosity of Propylene Glycol (100)/Graphene Nanofluid to Determine the Optimal Conditions by Raviteja Surakasi, Salah J. Mohammed, Hasan Sh. Majdi, Ali Majdi, Parveen Berwal, Mohammad Amir Khan, Wahaj Ahmad Khan

“…ABSTRACT This work adopted response surface methodology (RSM) to analyze the behavior of a nanofluid based on propylene glycol. …”
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Investigation of new solitary stochastic structures to the Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain model via a Stratonovich sense by Md. Nur Alam

“…The research employs both Itô and Stratonovich stochastic calculus (SSC) to assess the dynamic behavior of these random solutions, providing graphical representations to effectively demonstrate these behaviors. …”
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Dog alerting and/or responding to epileptic seizures: A scoping review. by Amélie Catala, Hugo Cousillas, Martine Hausberger, Marine Grandgeorge

“…Training methods differed between service animal programs, partially relying on hypothesized cues used by dogs (e.g., variations in behavior, scent, heart rate). Most studies indicated an increase in quality of life and a reduction in the seizure frequency when living with a dog demonstrating seizure-related behavior. …”
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Fractional Stress Relaxation Model of Rock Freeze-Thaw Damage by Q. Liu, W. Chen, J. K. Guo, R. F. Li, D. Ke, Y. Wu, W. Tian, X. Z. Li

“…A new three-element model is established to better reflect the nonlinear stress relaxation behavior of rocks under freeze-thaw. The freeze-thaw and stress relaxation of rock are simulated by ABAQUS, the relevant model parameters are determined, and the stress relaxation equation of rock under freeze-thaw cycle is obtained based on numerical simulation results. …”
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Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor with Rare Intracranial Metastasis by José Carvalho, Margarida Teixeira, Francisco Teixeira Silva, Alexandra Esteves, Carlos Ribeiro, Diana Guerra

“…She was brought to the emergency department after falling and due to changes in behavior and vertigo with 24 hours of evolution. On physical examination, she presented changes in behavior, dysarthria, dysmetria on the right, gait imbalance, and no motor or sensory deficits. …”
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Modernization of the Legal System of Ukraine: Sociocultural Dimension by Hladkyi S.

“…This trend is the result of significant changes in the general system of social regulation of social relations in Ukraine in the 20th century and at the beginning of the XXI century. The legitimate behavior of social subjects is considered as a synergistic effect of the functioning of a complex of social regulators. …”
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Permanent Deformation Characteristics of Coarse Grained Subgrade Soils under Train-Induced Repeated Load by Xianzhang Ling, Peng Li, Feng Zhang, Yingying Zhao, Yan Li, Lingshi An

“…Satisfactory predictions of the permanent deformation behavior of coarse grained soils were obtained with the proposed model.…”
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Structural, morphological and biological assessment of magnetic hydroxyapatite with superior hyperthermia potential for orthopedic applications by Smrithi Saroj, U. Vijayalakshmi

“…The SEM results showed a change in the shape of the samples with increasing iron concentration. The magnetic behavior of samples also altered from diamagnetic to ferromagnetic behavior due to the doping of iron with enhanced heating efficiency. …”
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An Enhanced Deep Neural Network for Predicting Workplace Absenteeism by Syed Atif Ali Shah, Irfan Uddin, Furqan Aziz, Shafiq Ahmad, Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Khasawneh, Mohamed Sharaf

“…In this paper, we propose Neural Networks and Deep Learning algorithms that can predict the behavior of employees towards punctuality at workplace. …”
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Decreased Interleukin-4 Release from the Neurons of the Locus Coeruleus in Response to Immobilization Stress by Hyun-ju Lee, Hyun-Jung Park, Angela Starkweather, Kyungeh An, Insop Shim

“…It has been demonstrated that immobilization (IMO) stress affects neuroimmune systems followed by alterations of physiology and behavior. Interleukin-4 (IL-4), an anti-inflammatory cytokine, is known to regulate inflammation caused by immune challenge but the effect of IMO on modulation of IL-4 expression in the brain has not been assessed yet. …”
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A thermo-magnetohydrodynamic particle-fluid suspension moves peristaltically through a porous medium by N.M. Hafez, A.M. Abd-Alla, S.R. Mahmoud

“…The skin friction coefficient behavior as well as the Sherwood and Nusselt numbers behavior have been graphically illustrated for the relevant parameters. …”
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