Identifying factors affecting delivery points, risk transfer and costs in international trade with an emphasis on Incoterms 2020 by Morteza Babaie, Firouze Haji Aliakbari, Fereshte Lotfizade, Arshad Farahmandian

“…KIM (2022) argue in a study entitled "Some Critical and Controversial issues abort Incoterms 2020 for International Trade", that Incoterms 2020 provides eleven laws (seven laws for multiple transport and four laws for maritime transport). …”
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Distribution and isotopic compositions of n-alkanes and n-alkenes in the cryoconites from the Tibetan Plateau glaciers by Quanlian Li, Shichang Kang, Shijin Wang, Ninglian Wang, Xiaobo Wu, Wasim Sajjad, Huan Yang, Yao Li, Jingquan Wu

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Source-specific acute cardio-respiratory effects of ambient coarse particulate matter exposure in California’s Salton Sea region by Yaning Miao, William C Porter, Tarik Benmarhnia, Catherine Lowe, Timothy W Lyons, Caroline Hung, Charles Diamond

“…Windblown dust is an ongoing air quality and public health concern among residents living around California’s Salton Sea, a region characterized by critical socioeconomic and health outcome disparities. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of azvudine versus nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and pre-existing diabetes by Guanyue Su, Silin Li, Donghua Zhang, Yongjian Zhou, Ling Wang, Yiqiang Yuan, Guowu Qian, Guotao Li, Na Han, Ming Cheng, Guangming Li, Shixi Zhang, Hong Luo, Mengzhao Yang, Yanyang Zhang, Zhan Song, Jiyuan Xing, Zujiang Yu, Zhigang Ren

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Narratives of swiss football players about talent - and positive youth development: The role of social agents and agency. by Philipp Koch, Bryan Charbonnet, Noora Ronkainen

“…Holt & McDonough, 2024). Both highlight the critical role of proximal social agents within the family (parents, siblings) and the sport subsystem (coaches, peers; Dorsch et al., 2022) while advocating for relational-developmental systems (RDS; Overton, 2015) as a guiding theoretical framework. …”
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The Potential Proallergenic Activity of Tranzschelia pruni-spinosae and Phragmidium rubi-idaei in vitro Studies by Sztandera-Tymoczek M, Wdowiak-Wróbel S, Świderska U, Palusińska-Szysz M, Szuster-Ciesielska A

“…Since standard skin or blood tests do not always pinpoint the root causes of allergies, identifying new fungal allergens is critical for more precise hypersensitivity diagnoses. …”
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Differentiating Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Using Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds: A Prospective Observational Study by Guangyu Lu, Zhixia Su, Xiaoping Yu, Yuhang He, Taining Sha, Kai Yan, Hong Guo, Yujian Tao, Liting Liao, Yanyan Zhang, Guotao Lu, Weijuan Gong

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O perspectivă inedită asupra romanului latin by Carmen-Nicola Jumara

“…The writer has to face different difficulties in his endeavours of creating a convincing work of art, and the means he uses are mostly instinctive and don’t always coincide with the methods the critics adopt. Two of these means are identified by Forster: using more types of characters and the author’s point of view. …”
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Proficiency, Clarity, and Objectivity of Large Language Models Versus Specialists’ Knowledge on COVID-19's Impacts in Pregnancy: Cross-Sectional Pilot Study by Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Michèle Buchinger, Hisham Atwan, Ruba Tuma, Francesco Chirico, Lukasz Szarpak, Raymond Farah, Rola Khamisy-Farah

“…Sentiment analysis revealed notable variations in the way LLMs communicated critical information, underscoring the essential role of neutral and objective health care communication in ensuring that pregnant women, particularly vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic, receive accurate and reassuring guidance. …”
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An Easy and Quick Risk-Stratified Early Forewarning Model for Septic Shock in the Intensive Care Unit: Development, Validation, and Interpretation Study by Guanghao Liu, Shixiang Zheng, Jun He, Zi-Mei Zhang, Ruoqiong Wu, Yingying Yu, Hao Fu, Li Han, Haibo Zhu, Yichang Xu, Huaguo Shao, Haidan Yan, Ting Chen, Xiaopei Shen

“…Early forewarning and diagnosis of SS, which are critical in reducing mortality, are still challenging in clinical management. …”
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Research status and future prospect of carbon capture technology using steel slag in the context of carbon neutrality by Lei AN, Xiaoyuan ZHANG, Yu LIU

“…Dissolution efficiency of carbon dioxide in the liquid phase is equally critical. Therefore, measures that can effectively enhance CO2 solubility, such as micro/nanobubbles and the application of seawater, were proposed. …”
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PSTR: A Test Case Reuse Method Based on Path Similarity by Xinyue Xu, Sinong Chen, Zhonghao Guo, Xiangxian Chen

“…Software testing plays a critical role throughout the software development lifecycle. …”
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Clinical practice of one-lung ventilation in mainland China: a nationwide questionnaire survey by Hong-jin Liu, Yong Lin, Wang Li, Hai Yang, Wen-yue Kang, Pei-lei Guo, Xiao-hui Guo, Ning-ning Cheng, Jie-chao Tan, Yi-na He, Si-si Chen, Yan Mu, Xian-wen Liu, Hui Zhang, Mei-fang Chen

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Comprehensive FR1(C) and FR3 Lower and Upper Mid-Band Propagation and Material Penetration Loss Measurements and Channel Models in Indoor Environment for 5G and 6G by Dipankar Shakya, Mingjun Ying, Theodore S. Rappaport, Hitesh Poddar, Peijie Ma, Yanbo Wang, Idris Al-Wazani

“…The empirical data and resulting models for radio propagation and penetration loss presented in this paper provide critical information for future 5G and 6G wireless communications.…”
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Analysis of Role of Haematological Parameters in Diagnosis of Grampositive and Gram-negative Urinary Tract Infection: A Case-control Study by Sudha Srinivasan, Ayeesha Sithika Thajudeen, Kundhavai Chandrasekaran, Vijayashree Raghavan, D Roshini

“…Early diagnosis and intervention are critical to preventing complications like pyelonephritis and mitigating the risk of recurrent infections that can lead to permanent scarring. …”
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Good-Quality mHealth Apps for Endometriosis Care: Systematic Search by Diksha Sirohi, Cecilia HM Ng, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Helen Slater, Melissa Parker, M Louise Hull, Rebecca O'Hara

“…However, poor-quality apps can spread misinformation or provide recommendations that are not evidence-based. Therefore, a critical evaluation is needed to assess and recommend good-quality endometriosis mHealth apps. …”
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Assessment of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on essential medicines for acute and chronic illness: a comparative study across regional and socioeconomic groups in India by Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Imteyaz Ahmad, Manas Ranjan Behera, Janmejaya Samal, Varalakshmi Manchana, Jalal Mohammed, Parthsarathi Dehury, Deepanjali Behera, Nafisa Vaz e Desouza, Abhishek Dondapati

“…The odds ratio reveals a critical positive association between high OOP and poor economic status in households in Odisha. …”
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Security and religion in democratizing Tunisia: re-enacting surveillance through religious narratives and gendered dynamics by Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu, Alessandra Bonci

“…Finally, we present the case of the wa’ydhat in the post-revolutionary setting as a critical example of securitization of Islam, and cooperation between security and religious management.…”
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Associations between exposure to volatile organic compounds with obesity in adults by Runmiao Wu, Lei Jia, Xu Zhu, Gongchang Guan, Junkui Wang, Rutai Hui, Meijuan Ma, Zhao Zhao, Hui Pang, Ling Zhu

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D-mannose alleviates chronic periodontitis in rats by regulating the functions of neutrophils by Xue Li, Xueting Chen, Qingyu Zhu, Pengye Zhang, Shunxue Nan, Lei Lv, Shengcai Qi

“…It significantly impacts oral health and has been linked to systemic conditions like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The critical role of neutrophils in the occurrence and development of chronic periodontitis has been paid increasing attention. …”
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