Changes in grocery shopping behaviour among low-income households during the COVID-19 pandemic by Angela CB Trude, Caitlin M Lowery, Gabriela M Vedovato, Shahmir H Ali, Josephine M Dudzik

“…We assessed shopping behaviour and intentions associated with uptake and intended future use of online grocery shopping during and after COVID-19 among SNAP-eligible households. Design: In this mixed-methods study, participants completed a survey on online grocery shopping, and a purposefully sampled subset participated in focus groups or in-depth interviews between November 2020 and March 2021. …”
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Effectiveness of a comic book intervention on mental health literacy among adolescents and youth in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Irene Brandt, Sylvain Some, Ourohiré Millogo, Oumar Sourabié, Jacob Burns, Sachin Shinde, Matthias Haucke, Nathan Sivewright, Christine Neumann, Shraddha Bajaria, Katian Napon, Clarisse Dah, Marina Taonda, Jason T. Siegel, Mary Mwanyika Sando, Till Bärnighausen, Ali Sié, Shuyan Liu

“…Our study will provide evidence on novel interventions designed to enhance mental health literacy among adolescents and young adults in low-resource settings. …”
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Nanotechnology and LSTM machine learning algorithms in advanced fuel spray dynamics in CI engines with different bowl geometries by Harish Venu, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Tiong Sieh Kiong, N. M. Razali, Hua-Rong Wei, Armin Rajabi, V. Dhana Raju, T. M. Yunus Khan, Naif Almakayeel, Erdem Cuce, Huseyin Seker

“…This interdisciplinary approach provides a robust framework for designing next-generation CI engines with improved efficiency and sustainability. …”
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A Structurally Flexible Occupancy Network for 3-D Target Reconstruction Using 2-D SAR Images by Lingjuan Yu, Jianlong Liu, Miaomiao Liang, Xiangchun Yu, Xiaochun Xie, Hui Bi, Wen Hong

“…Furthermore, the pluggable module is designed to include a complex-valued (CV) long short-term memory (LSTM) submodule and a CV attention submodule, where the former extracts structural features of the target from multiple azimuthal SAR images, and the latter fuses these features. …”
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Genetic variability and heritability estimates among nutritional traits of groundnut breeding lines by Richard Adu Amoah, James Yaw Asibuo, Richard Akromah, Kwabena Asare Bediako, Maxwell Lamptey, Collins Yeboah Osei, Samuel Awuah, Richard Boampong

“…The trial consisted of 12 advance breeding lines and 7 varieties which were evaluated in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) in three (3) replications at CSIR-Crop Research Institute, Fumesua, Ghana. …”
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Protocol for a living systematic review for the management of concussion in adults by Mark Bayley, Diana Velikonja, Shawn Marshall, Alexander Lithopoulos, Dorothyann Curran, Lisa Fischer, Christopher Knee, Julia Lauzon, Margaret Nevison

“…Multiple validated tools are being used to assess risk of bias, and the tool applied matches the document or study design (eg, Downs and Black Scale for healthcare interventions). …”
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Afatinib and Necitumumab in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC with Acquired Resistance to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors by Nathaniel J. Myall, MD, Jennifer G. Whisenant, PhD, Joel W. Neal, MD, PhD, Wade T. Iams, MD, Karen L. Reckamp, MD, Sally York, MD, PhD, Lynne D. Berry, PhD, Yu Shyr, PhD, Leora Horn, MD, Heather A. Wakelee, MD, Sukhmani K. Padda, MD

“…Dose-escalation followed a 3+3 design. The primary end point of dose-expansion was objective response rate. …”
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Environment-friendly Ca2+/Cr3+ co-doping LaAlO3 ceramics with excellent infrared radiation performance for energy-saving by Xinglai Yuan, Qinghu Wang, Runke Wu, Shaobai Sang, Yibiao Xu, Xiong Liang, Liping Pan, Bingbing Fan, Yawei Li, Rui Zhang, Jiangtao Li, Olena Volkova

“…This work offers a promising approach for designing environmentally friendly IR ceramics with excellent IR performance for energy-saving applications in the high-temperature industry.…”
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A Comparative Study of the Metabolic and Skeletal Response of C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N Mice in a Diet-Induced Model of Type 2 Diabetes by Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy, Kelsey D. Hembree, Angela Sasaki, McKale R. Davis, Stan A. Lightfoot, Stephen L. Clarke, Edralin A. Lucas, Brenda J. Smith

“…These substrain differences should be considered when designing experiments and are likely to have implications on data interpretation and reproducibility.…”
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Effects of nanoencapsulated essential oil blend in diet of Lohmann Brown hens on posture percentage, quality and egg oxidative stability by Gilmar Mendoza–Ordoñez, Miguel Callacná–Custodio, Vanessa Armas–Azabache, Bruno Loyaga–Cortéz, Roberto Ybañez–Julca, Daniel Asunción–Alvarez, Hugo Saavedra–Sarmiento, Aníbal Rodriguez–Vargas

“…The objective of the research was to evaluate the effect of mixtures of N–EOs in diets of Lohmann Brown hens on the percentage of laying, quality, and oxidative stability of the egg product. 600 birds were randomly distributed into five groups (n=150 per group), according to a completely randomized design, receiving the control group (T0) a conventional diet without N–EOs while the experimental groups received mixtures of N–EOs based on soursop (S), lemon (L) and eucalyptus (E) in different proportions: T1 (S: 33.4 , L:33.3%, E:33.3%), T2 (S:50%, L:25%, E:25%), T3 (S:25%, L:50%, E:25%) and T4 ( S:25%, L:25%, E:50%). …”
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Statin prescriptions and progression of advanced fibrosis risk in primary care patients with MASLD by Andrew D Schreiner, William P Moran, Jingwen Zhang, Patrick D Mauldin, Justin Marsden, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Chelsey A Petz, David G Koch, Chloe Bays

“…Objective We aimed to determine the association of statins with progression to a high risk for advanced fibrosis in primary care patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).Design This retrospective cohort study of electronic health record data included patients with MASLD and an initial low or indeterminate risk for advanced fibrosis, determined by Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) score (<2.67). …”
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The family medicine accelerated track at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: results from a 10-year program to bend the primary care curve by Betsy Goebel Jones, Ronald C. Cook, Felix Morales, Keeley Hobart, Steven L. Berk

“…This article reflects on 10 years of experience with the program, and particularly its impact on the primary care physician workforce in Texas.Curriculum Design TTUHSC medical students in the traditional curriculum complete the Phase 1 pre-clinical curriculum in Lubbock and are distributed for Phases 2 and 3 (MS3/MS4 years) among campuses in Lubbock, Amarillo and the Permian Basin. …”
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Feasibility of implementing a decision aid for advanced cancer patients in a comprehensive cancer centers' outpatient setting: Valuable lessons learned by K. Laryionava, R. Boekels, J. Schildmann, M. Wensing, U. Wedding, B. Surmann, K. Mehlis, C. Gebel, M. Cinci, K. Krug, E. C. Winkler

“…This study focuses on perspectives of oncologists and other healthcare providers on the hindering and facilitating factors for implementing a customizable DA. This DA is designed to support discussions about whether patients with advanced, incurable cancers should pursue or forgo further anticancer treatment. …”
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Service delivery and the role of clinical pharmacists in UK primary care for older people, including people with dementia: a scoping review by Alice Burnand, Abi Woodward, Vladimir Kolodin, Jill Manthorpe, Yogini Jani, Mine Orlu, Cini Bhanu, Kritika Samsi, Victoria Vickerstaff, Jane Wilcock, Jane Ward, Greta Rait, Nathan Davies

“…This review explores how clinical pharmacists working in UK primary care support older people and people with dementia. Design Scoping review. Method This review was conducted following the framework for scoping reviews in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. …”
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Dynamic Key Replacement Mechanism for Lightweight Internet of Things Microcontrollers to Resist Side-Channel Attacks by Chung-Wei Kuo, Wei Wei, Chun-Chang Lin, Yu-Yi Hong, Jia-Ruei Liu, Kuo-Yu Tsai

“…To address this critical vulnerability, this study proposes a novel dynamic key replacement mechanism specifically designed for lightweight IoT microcontrollers. The mechanism integrates Moving Target Defense (MTD) with a lightweight Diffie–Hellman (D-H) key exchange protocol and AES-128 encryption to provide robust protection against SCAs. …”
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Constructing benzothiadiazole‐based donor‒acceptor covalent organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution by Yanchang Huang, Bin Gao, Qihang Huang, De‐Li Ma, Hongwei Wu, Cheng Qian

“…As a comparison, DHU‐COF‐TB without benzothiadiazole moieties was also designed and synthesized. Impressively, the photocatalytic H2 production rate of DHU‐COF‐BB reaches 12.80 mmol g−1 h−1 under visible light irradiation (≥420 nm), which was nearly 2.0 and 3.1 times higher than that of DHU‐COF‐BP (6.47 mmol g−1 h−1) and DHU‐COF‐TB (4.06 mmol g−1 h−1), respectively. …”
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Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Major and Minor Electrocardiographic Abnormalities: A Report From the Cross‐Sectional Phase of Tehran Cohort Study by Pooria Ahmadi, Sajjad Ahmadi‐Renani, Parmida Sadat Pezeshki, Sepehr Nayebirad, Arash Jalali, Akbar Shafiee, Aryan Ayati, Arian Afzalian, Farshid Alaeddini, Soheil Saadat, Farzad Masoudkabir, Ali Vasheghani‐Farahani, Saeed Sadeghian, Mohamamdali Boroumand, Abbasali Karimi, Boshra Pourbashash, Kaveh Hosseini, Frits R. Rosendaal

“…Methods We used the Tehran cohort study baseline data, an ongoing multidisciplinary, longitudinal study designed to identify cardiovascular disease risk factors in the adult population of Tehran. …”
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Drought stress tolerance based on selection indices of resistant crops variety by R. Daneshvar rad, H. Heidari Sharifabad, M. Torabi, R. Azizinejad, H.R. Salemi, M. Heidari Soltanabadi

“…The aim of this study was to compare the morphological and physiological characteristics of two varieties of sorghum forage (Pegah and Speedfeed) under drought stress conditions in order to provide beneficial and functional recommendations to farmers in the study area.METHODS: This study was performed as a spit-plot plot in a complete randomised design with 3 replications for two years in Esfahan, Iran. …”
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Molecular mobility and dielectric properties of dendronized side chain liquid crystalline polyamines with benzoate groups as lateral spacers by Xavier Montané, Robert Graf, Borja Pascual-José, Roberto Teruel-Juanes, Jordi Guardià, Marta Giamberini, José Antonio Reina, Amparo Ribes-Greus

“…The results obtained demonstrated that the adjustment of the aforementioned parameters is essential for designing membranes intended for ion transport applications.…”
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High Stability Single-Port Dual Band Microwave Sensor Based on Interdigital Capacitor Structure With Asymmetry Branch Feedline by Syah Alam, Indra Surjati, Lydia Sari, Raden Deiny Mardian, Teguh Firmansyah, Muhammad Iqbal, Slamet Widodo, Mudrik Alaydrus, Zahriladha Zakaria

“…The microwave sensor is designed using a single-port resonator operating at two different resonant frequencies <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$f_{r1} = 1.61$ </tex-math></inline-formula> GHz and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$f_{r2} = 2.52$ </tex-math></inline-formula> GHz. …”
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