Concept, Framework, and Data Model for Geographical Soundscapes by Xiu Lu, Guannan Li, Xiaoqing Song, Liangchen Zhou, Guonian Lv

“…From the geographical perspective, this study extends soundscape to geographical soundscape (geo-soundscape), defines geo-soundscape by the cognition of the geographical scene, analyzes and expresses the conceptual framework of soundscapes through a content hierarchy structure, and expands the characteristics of the receiver, geographical environment parameters, further-obtained geographical scene elements, and scene element description dimensions. …”
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Factors Affecting Persistent Postoperative Pain in Patients with Hip Fractures by Kyo Goto, Hideki Kataoka, Ayana Honda, Junichiro Yamashita, Kaoru Morita, Tatsuya Hirase, Junya Sakamoto, Minoru Okita

“…We evaluated pain intensity, depression symptoms, the fear of falling, pain catastrophizing, cognition and attention, the ability to perform activities of daily living, and the physical performance at 2 weeks (acute phase) and at 4 weeks (subacute phase) after surgery. …”
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Air pollution exposures in early life and brain development in children (ABC): protocol for a pregnancy cohort study by John Kinuthia, R Scott McClelland, Barbra A Richardson, Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo, Brent R Collett, Sarah Benki-Nugent, Faridah H Were, Anne M Riederer, Michael Gatari, CJ Karr, Edmund YW Seto, Beatrice C Mutai, Susan Wamithi, Priscilla Wanini Edemba, Timothy V Larson, Julian D Marshall

“…Primary outcomes are child motor skills, language and cognition at 12, 24 and 36 months, and executive function at 36 months. …”
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Unravelling a mechanistic link between mitophagy defect, mitochondrial malfunction, and apoptotic neurodegeneration in Mucopolysaccharidosis VII by Nishan Mandal, Apurba Das, Rupak Datta

“…Cognitive disability and neurodegeneration are prominent symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidosis VII (MPS VII), a lysosomal storage disorder caused by β-glucuronidase enzyme deficiency. …”
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Quality management of production processes of engineering products in the network by Ya. V. Denisova

“…Methods used: the article uses general scientific methods of cognition, namely, the method of description, generalization, critical analysis, visualization. …”
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Gamification Application for Promoting and Encouraging Physical Activity in the Elderly by Narmin Mohammed Noori, Awaz Naaman Saleem, Muhammed Anwar

“…Isolation, shifts in cognition, and a decline in motor abilities are some of the negative consequences of ageing that make many seniors wary of exercise programs. …”
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Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage by Niranjika Wijesooriya, Arianna Brambilla, Lina Markauskaite

“…Premised on the notion of biophilia, biophilic design facilitates a sensory experience that could potentially influence psychology, cognition and behaviours. Measuring the biophilic impact and the quality of the design with its sensory experience is a challenge during the early design stages. …”
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A Rapid Cu Enrichment Mechanism from Cu-Bearing Brine in Kuqa Basin, Xinjiang, China: Controlled by Crystallized Sequence of Saline Minerals by Yangtong Cao, Haiming Xu

“…By contrast with the lengthy geological period, the short evolutionary cycle of Cu enrichment (mineralization) is obviously different from the previous cognition.…”
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Identifying time patterns in Huntington’s disease trajectories using dynamic time warping-based clustering on multi-modal data by Alexia Giannoula, Audrey E. De Paepe, Ferran Sanz, Laura I. Furlong, Estela Camara

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Exploring Narrative Ability in Greek-Speaking Children with High-Functioning ASD: Associations with Memory and Attention by Vasiliki Zarokanellou, Alexandros Gryparis, Katerina Papanikolaou

“…<b>Methods</b>: The participants were 39 children aged 7 to 12 years, 19 with HF-ASD and 20 age-matched, vocabulary-matched, and cognitively matched TD peers. <b>Results</b>: The two groups were similar in most microstructural and macrostructural variables but differed significantly in syntactic complexity (<i>p</i> = 0.024; <i>d</i> = 0.754) and subordination (<i>p</i> < 0.001; <i>d</i> = −1.576) indices, implying that the HF-ASD group presented syntactic delay in comparison to their TD peers. …”
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SPIRITUALITY AS PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DE-VELOPMENT PROBLEM by V. E. Gromov

“…Democratic pluralism and diversity of cultural forms, reinforcement of analytic tendency in cognition are turned into the aspects of confusion in selection the trends of social development. …”
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Photobiomodulation Can Enhance Stem Cell Viability in Cochlea with Auditory Neuropathy but Does Not Restore Hearing by So-Young Chang, Eunjeong Kim, Nathaniel T. Carpena, Jae-Hun Lee, Doo Hee Kim, Min Young Lee

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Metabolic control of ovarian function through the sympathetic nervous system: role of leptin by Camila Astudillo-Guerrero, Alfonso H. Paredes, Jorge Escobar, Daniela Fernandois, Rafael Barra, Gonzalo Cruz

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Identification of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Stages Using Topological Measures of Resting-State Functional Connectivity Networks: A Comparative Study by Zhanxiong Wu, Jinhui Wu, Xumin Chen, Xun Li, Jian Shen, Hui Hong

“…A total of 54 subjects from Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ANDI) database, divided into healthy control (HC), mild cognition impairment (MCI), and AD groups, were included in this study. …”
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Administrative and Legal Principles of Interaction of Customs Posts of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine with Other State Authorities and Citizens of Ukraine by O. V. Sidorenko

“…The totality of both general scientific and special methods of scientific cognition made it possible to achieve the goal and objectives of the study. …”
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The influences of environmental awareness on green performance by M.H. Mansour

“…Green performance positively relates to environmental consciousness (β = 0.186, p < 0.000).CONCLUSION: Based on social cognition, social exchange, and social learning theory, this study contains theoretical insights, practical implications, and positive recommendations for hospitality managers and scholars. …”
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Enhancement of Latent Inhibition by Chronic Mild Stress in Rats Submitted to Emotional Response Conditioning by Liana Lins Melo, Elenice A. de Moraes Ferrari, Nancy Airoldi Teixeira, Guy Sandner

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IMPROVING THE LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE FIELD OF COMBATING CRIMES ARISING FROM MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS by Mikael N. Akhmedov, Alina E. Muravyova

“…To achieve this goal, the dialectical method of cognition was used within the framework of the study, providing a scientific approach to the study of phenomena. …”
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Sleeplessness and incident diabetes above the Arctic circle: a secondary analysis of cohort data from the Tromsø Study by Charlotte Warren-Gash, Sarah Cook, Olena Iakunchykova, Nick Chindanai Uthaikhaifar

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Skeptic’s Comment: What Questions ‘Academic Writing’ Does Not Answer by Alevtina S. Robotova

“…They include doubts about the completeness of methodological arguments (considering the contemporary state of matter in epistemology, attitude towards new type rationality, unique features of cognition in science and humanities, rationale for the relevance of social constructivism for AW, and etc.), and about the insufficient attention towards the contemporary pedagogical methodology. …”
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