Cardiovascular Profile and Cardiovascular Imaging After Bariatric Surgery: A Narrative Review by Mihaela Toader, Liliana Gheorghe, Costin Chirica, Ionuț-Alexandru Ghicu, Sabina-Ioana Chirica, Andreea Isabela Mazga, Danisia Haba, Mădălina Maxim, Ancuța Andreea Miler, Daniela Crișu, Mihai Ștefan Cristian Haba, Daniel Vasile Timofte

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Up until now, behavioral interventions and pharmacological therapies were the main approach available for the management of obesity. …”
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Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics of young and old North Indian patients of oral squamous cell carcinoma by G. Sharma, M. Kamboj, A. Narwal, A. Devi, J. Yadav, M. Sharma

“…Although the increased incidence of OSCC in the young is a cause of concern, so future multicentric studies with a larger sample size are warranted, to shed more light on the behavior and prognosis of OSCC in the young.…”
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An Exploratory Study of Training Intensity in EEG Neurofeedback by Inês Esteves, Wenya Nan, Cristiana Alves, Alexandre Calapez, Fernando Melício, Agostinho Rosa

“…Neurofeedback training has shown benefits in clinical treatment and behavioral performance enhancement. Despite the wide range of applications, no consensus has been reached about the optimal training schedule. …”
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Fuzzy multi-model based dynamic sliding mode control for chemical process with long-time delay by Marco Herrera, Oscar Camacho, Alvaro Prado

“…In addition, the non-linearities inherent in chemical processes complicate control efforts, as system behavior can vary significantly under different operating conditions. …”
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Channel Mobility and Inversion Carrier Density in MFIS FEFET: Deep Insights Into Device Physics for Non-Volatile Memory Applications by Song-Hyeon Kuk, Kyul Ko, Bong Ho Kim, Joon Pyo Kim, Jae-Hoon Han, Sang-Hyeon Kim

“…Ferroelectric polarization charge in doped-HfO2 such as HfZrOx (HZO) has a high surface density (&#x007E;1014 cm-2) compared to the channel carrier (&#x007E;1013 cm-2), thereby, ferroelectric polarization induces high electric field near the channel surface, critically impacting on the channel carrier behaviors in metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) ferroelectric field-effect-transistor (FEFET). …”
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Blood Pressure Exploration in the November 27th Health Area Population from Marianao Municipality by Moura Revueltas Aguero, Yamilé Valdés González, Silvia Serra Larín, Carlos Barceló Pérez, Juan Carlos Ramírez Sotolongo, Ramón Suárez Medina

“…<strong><br />Objective:</strong> to explore the behavior of blood pressure in a population of a health area, to determine the prevalence of hypertensive patients, the control of the disease in them and the existence or not of new cases.…”
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Study on the Influence of Collision Scene on the Energy Dissipation Process for Train Collision by Lirong Guo, Jingke Zhang, Tao Zhu, Shoune Xiao, Yanwen Liu, Benhuai Li

“…The initial and residual collision kinetic energy is greater in the train rear-end collision scenario, and the train rear-end collision scenario should be considered when evaluating the train’s lateral instability and vertical climbing behavior.…”
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Multifactor numerical analysis of evaporation performance of photothermal materials by Nongchao Tan, Lei Shi, Yiyang Wang, Yaowen Cao, Juan Li, Weiying Huang, Kaiguo Chen

“…Additionally, an internal relationship is created between the photothermal material's evaporation behavior and its physical properties, such as thermal conductivity, surface absorbance, and material thickness. …”
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Effect of the chemical nature of fixed-bed reactor support materials on bioreactor performance and biomass accumulation by B. Sen, M. Torrijos, P. Sousbie, J. P. Steyer

“…In terms of performance and biomass accumulation, this study demonstrated quite similar behavior for anaerobic fixed-bed reactors with supports made of different materials, which suggests that the nature of the material used to make the supports has no major influence. …”
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Exploring neuropsychiatric symptoms in Friedreich ataxia by Simona Karamazovova, Lucie Stovickova, Dylan J. Jester, Veronika Matuskova, Jaroslava Paulasova-Schwabova, Michaela Kuzmiak, Alena Zumrova, Ross Andel, Martin Vyhnalek

“…We aimed to study the presence and severity of a broad range of NPS in individuals with FRDA and assess the relationship between the NPS and the disease severity, cognition, and quality of life and to examine the concordance between the NPS reported by the patients and by their informants. Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist (MBI-C), a questionnaire designed for screening NPS in the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases, was administered to informants of individuals with FRDA and healthy controls and to people with FRDA themselves. …”
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Drying Kinetics and Changes of Total Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity and Color Parameters of Mango and Avocado Pulp in Refractance Window Drying by Thi-Van-Linh Nguyen, Quoc-Duy Nguyen, Phuoc-Bao-Duy Nguyen

“…The Weibull was the best fit model among eight investigated mathematical models that could determine the drying behavior. The effective diffusivity was found to be from 4.25x10 -10 m 2 /s to 7.24x10 -10 m 2 /s for avocado pulp, and from 4.50x10 -10 m 2 /s to 10.67x10 -10 m 2 /s for mango pulp when the drying temperature was changed from 80 to 95°C. …”
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Further Analysis of the Passive Dynamics of the Compass Biped Walker and Control of Chaos via Two Trajectory Tracking Approaches by Essia Added, Hassène Gritli, Safya Belghith

“…Furthermore, in order to control chaos and hence obtain one-periodic walking behavior, we propose two control approaches based on tracking a desired trajectory. …”
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A computational role of blood nanofluid induced by a stenosed artery with porous medium and thermophoretic particle deposition effects by Shivalila Hangaragi, N. Neelima, N. Beemkumar, Ankur Kulshreshta, Umair Khan, Noreen Sher Akbar, Mohammad Kanan, Mona Mahmoud

“…The present work focuses on understanding the flow behavior of the Casson nanofluids through the stenosed artery under the influence of porosity, thermal radiation, thermophoretic particle diffusion and Stefen blowing. …”
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Mast cells: key players in digestive system tumors and their interactions with immune cells by Feihong Shu, Jie Yu, Youjia Liu, Fang Wang, Guoyou Gou, Min Wen, Chen Luo, Xianmin Lu, Yanxia Hu, Qian Du, Jingyu Xu, Rui Xie

“…Recent studies in tumor-related research have demonstrated that mast cells exert a substantial influence on tumor cell behavior and the tumor microenvironment, exhibiting both pro- and anti-tumor effects. …”
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Athermal Tantalum Pentoxide Mach-Zehnder Interferometers Based on Structural Compensation Method by Mingjian You, Zhenyu Liu, Weiren Cheng, Xingyu Tang, Ning Ding, Zhengqi Li, Min Wang, Li Shen, Qiancheng Zhao

“…Owning to Fano effect, the transmission spectrum of the RMZI device exhibits an oscillating behavior when facing temperature changes. This work proves the effectiveness of structural compensation method on an already low thermo-optic photonic platform, paving the way towards realization of ultra-athermal integrated optical filters in a low-loss and CMOS-compatible platform.…”
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Investigation of marine corrosion characteristics of 10CrNiCu steel subjected to stress fields using an improved 3D cellular automata modeling by Lin Hua, Zhiyuan Hu, Wenwei Wu, Zhiyuan Mei, Meiguang Cao, Ligang Peng, Cong Liu

“…However, there is limited field test data on the corrosion behavior of commonly used steels in hull structures when influenced by stress fields. …”
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The effect of liquid organic hydrogen carrier on the physico-mechanical and rheological properties of injection-molded high-density polyethylene and polyketone by Jyothsna Surisetty, Zahra Shahroodi, Thomas Lucyshyn, Gernot Oreski

“…In addition, energy absorption increased after aging at 25 °C and decreased at 60 °C showing ductile behavior. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) results showed an overall decrease in storage modules in all the aged samples of HDPE. …”
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PPARD May Play a Protective Role for Major Depressive Disorder by Tao Yang, Juhua Li, Liyuan Li, Xuehua Huang, Jiajun Xu, Xia Huang, Lijuan Huang, Kamil Can Kural

“…Activation of PPARD has been shown to inhibit depressive behaviors and enhances neurogenesis. However, whether PPARD is involved in the pathological development of major depressive disorder (MDD) is largely unknown. …”
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Thermal Stability of Schottky Contacts and Rearrangement of Defects in β‐Ga2O3 Crystals by Palvan Seyidov, Joel B. Varley, Ymir Kalmann Frodason, Detlef Klimm, Lasse Vines, Zbigniew Galazka, Ta‐Shun Chou, Andreas Popp, Klaus Irmscher, Andreas Fiedler

“…These studies provide insight into the behavior induced by these common Schottky contacts and the alteration associated with temperature cycling.…”
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Evaluation of Consumers' Aspects on Organic Farming Products by Regions by Mustafa Aslan, Volkan Burucu, Filiz Pezikoğlu, Duygu Aktürk, Bülent Tarım, Sunay Demir, Ayten Aşkın Kılınç, Murat Doğu, Başak Aydın

“…The main purposes of this study were to analyze the attitude and behavior of the consumers regarding to purchase of the organic food, the socio-economic comparison of the consumers consuming and non-consuming or-ganic food and to determine the organic food consumption in consideration of different regions. …”
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