Enhanced Sustainability Assessment Framework for Plywood Manufacturing: A Multi-Method Approach Using Delphi Technique, BWM, and S-VSM by Annisa Kesy Garside, Tyas Yuli Rosiani, Adelya Amanda, Thomy Eko Saputro, Eduardo e Oliveira

“…Sustainable manufacturing has emerged as a critical priority in addressing the complex environmental, social, and economic challenges of modern industry. …”
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Tunnel face stability in strata rich in water with soft upper and hard lower layers by Tao Zhan, Ziwei Hu, Yan Kuang, Zhiliang Zhu, Kaiyi Liao

“…The parameter analysis reveals that this comprehensive critical support force exhibits complex variations under the influence of multiple parameters. …”
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Association of Physical Activity and Physical Education With Overweight and Obesity Among School-Aged Children and Adolescents in Pakistan: An Empirical Cross-Sectional Study by Moazzam Tanveer, Ejaz Asghar, Georgian Badicu, Nadeem Roy, Maximilian Siener, Umar Tanveer, Sameer Badri Al-Mhanna, Alexios Batrakoulis

“…Conclusion: This study underscores the critical need to enhance PA opportunities in schools and communities in Pakistan, particularly for girls, to address the rising rates of overweight and obesity.…”
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Periodic Solutions for Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Nonlinearity by Xiaohong Hu, Dabin Wang, Changyou Wang

“…By using minimax methods in critical point theory, we obtain the existence of periodic solutions for second-order ordinary differential equations with linear nonlinearity.…”
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COVID-19 Pneumonia in Patients on Chronic Hydroxychloroquine Therapy: Three Cases of COVID-19 Pneumonia by Awan K. Rahman, Adam G. Purdy, Peter T. Ender

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A safe and comfortable radial-artery catheterization method for invasive blood pressure monitoring by Zhengshan Qin, Xin Zhao, Guo Mu

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Interpreting Variants of Uncertain Significance in PCD: Abnormal Splicing Caused by a Missense Variant of DNAAF3 by Haixia Zheng, Chongsheng Cheng, Miao He, Wangji Zhou, Yixuan Li, Jinrong Dai, Ting Zhang, Kai‐Feng Xu, Xue Zhang, Xinlun Tian, Yaping Liu

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MOKSLO VERTYBINIO NEUTRALUMO PROBLEMA XX A. FILOSOFIJOJE (M. WEBERIS, ANALITINĖ MOKSLO FILOSOFIJA IR METAETIKA, KRITINĖ TEORIJA) by Zenonas Norkus

“…Key words: value neutrality of science, Max Weber, metaethics, critical rationalism, critical theory …”
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On zeros of the derivative of the Lerch zeta-function by Ramūnas Garunkštis

“…We obtain some lower bound for the number of zeros lying on the right from the critical line. …”
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Georg Simmel e as ambigüidades da modernidade by João Carlos Tedesco

“…The text analyses some aspects of Simmel´s critical theory on the forms of modern sociability, their repercussions on the cultural horizon and some strategies adopted by individuals to face this process…”
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West Nile Virus Infection in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Series and Literature Review by Eddy Fan, Dale M Needham, James Brunton, Ralph Z Kern, Thomas E Stewart

“…BACKGROUND: West Nile virus (WNV) is a rapidly spreading infectious disease in North America. Critical care issues related to WNV are not well described.…”
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Experimental Investigation of Water-Sand Mixed Fluid Initiation and Migration in Filling Fracture Network during Water Inrush by Bin Yang, Tianhong Yang

“…For water inrush induced by fracture network flow, the critical velocity of the incipient motion of sand particles was obtained, and the functional relation between critical velocity and particle size was established through a series of tests on the nonlinear flow characteristics of a filling fracture network. …”
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Regulation of Neutrophil Survival/Apoptosis by Mcl-1 by Eric Milot, János G. Filep

“…At sites of infection or tissue injury, prolongation of neutrophil lifespan is critical for effective host defense. Apoptosis of inflammatory neutrophils and their clearance are critical control points for termination of the inflammatory response. …”
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Rileggendo “Folklore e profitto”. Patrimoni immateriali, mercati, turismo by Letizia Bindi

“…Lombardi Satriani’s Folklore e profitto [1973], the paper seeks to critically articulate the interesting relation between cultural heritage, capitalistic market and mass media, updating the analysis, also, to the most recent forms of the use of media in promoting and valorizing such traditions. …”
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Why they persist? An analysis of dual class structures and the unification process in the U.S. and Brazil by Gabriela M. Engler Pinto

“…The unbundling of cash flow and voting rights has been severely criticized worldwide and yet, the dual class structure persists as an alternative widely adopted by firms. …”
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Comparison of Two Models for Radiative Heat Transfer in High Temperature Thermal Plasmas by Matthieu Melot, Jean-Yves Trépanier, Ricardo Camarero, Eddy Petro

“…The modeling of the radiative transfer plays a critical role in the overall accuracy of such CFD simulations. …”
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Agency in Community: Understanding Gender-Based Violence from within a Muslim Community in Lenasia, Johannesburg by Aaishah Lombard, Elina Hankela

“…Second, while largely opting to rather ignore than criticize probable patriarchal tones in their religion, participants freely expressed their critical views on patriarchy and GBV in relation to their culture. …”
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Spiritual well-being in the 21st century: It is time to review the current WHO’s health definition by Francesco Chirico

“…Over the years, some critics argue that the dimension of spiritual well-being was missing from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of health. …”
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PROBLEMS OF THE FORMATION OF UNIVERSAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES IN THE FSES HE 3 ++ AND THE WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTIONS by I. N. Mishin

“…А critical assessment of the content of the new educational standards (FSES HE 3 ++), developed on the basis of application of professional standards, is carried out in the article. …”
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Phase Transition of the Higher Dimensional Charged Gauss-Bonnet Black Hole in de Sitter Spacetime by Meng-Sen Ma, Li-Chun Zhang, Hui-Hua Zhao, Ren Zhao

“…According to Ehrenfest classification, we calculate some response functions and plot their figures, from which one can see that the spacetime undergoes a second-order phase transition at the critical point. It is shown that the critical values of effective temperature and pressure decrease with the increase of the value of GB parameter α.…”
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