A Review of Hypothesized Determinants Associated with Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Die-Offs by David S. Miller, Eric Hoberg, Glen Weiser, Keith Aune, Mark Atkinson, Cleon Kimberling

“…Multiple determinants have been hypothesized to cause or favor disease outbreaks among free-ranging bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations. …”
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Schwannoma of the Tongue in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Report and 20-Year Review by Nitin Bhola, Anendd Jadhav, Rajiv Borle, Gaurav Khemka, Umesh Bhutekar, Sanatan Kumar

“…The patient was recurrence-free after one year.…”
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Salicylic Acid Attenuates Gentamicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats by Pavle Randjelovic, Slavimir Veljkovic, Nenad Stojiljkovic, Ljubinka Jankovic-Velickovic, Dusan Sokolovic, Milan Stoiljkovic, Ivan Ilic

“…The results from our study indicate that SA supplement attenuates oxidative-stress associated renal injury by reducing oxygen free radicals and lipid peroxidation in gentamicin-treated rats.…”
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The Strong Inhibition of Pancreatic Lipase by Selected Indonesian Medicinal Plants as Anti-Obesity Agents by Min Rahminiwati, Dyah Iswantini, Trivadila, Rut Novalia Rahmawati Sianipar, Rani Melati Sukma, Susi Indariani, Anggia Murni

“…Pancreatic lipase, an enzyme responsible for converting 50–70% of dietary fat into monoglycerides, free fatty acids, and various other smaller molecules, plays a crucial role in fat metabolism. …”
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Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line (UNIFEi001-A) from a patient with Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) by Mariangela Pappadà, Sara Melija, Martina Facchini, Mara Martino, Sofia Minarini, Anna Caproni, Chiara Nordi, Paola Rimessi, Rita Selvatici, Peggy Marconi

“…UNIFEi001-A cell line presents an ESC-like morphology, is vector-free, expresses pluripotency markers, presents a normal karyotype and can differentiate into the three germ layers. …”
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Headache in radiologically isolated syndrome: a hint toward imminent conversion: a case report by Masoud Etemadifar, Hasan Kaveyee, Parto Zohrabi, Amir Mohammad Jozaie, Mehri Salari, Yasin ebne-ali-heydari

“…After 3 months of dimethyl fumarate treatment, her headache intensity decreased, and she remained otherwise symptom free. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient. …”
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Global dynamics of a vaccination model for infectious diseases with asymptomatic carriers by Martin Luther Mann Manyombe, Joseph Mbang, Jean Lubuma, Berge Tsanou

“…Based on the range of the explicitly computed basic reproduction number, we prove the global stability of the disease-free when this threshold number is less or equal to the unity. …”
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Metasurface-enabled multifunctional single-frequency sensors without external power by Masaya Tashiro, Kosuke Ide, Kosei Asano, Satoshi Ishii, Yuta Sugiura, Akira Uchiyama, Hiroki Wakatsuchi

“…However, IoT sensors need to be battery-free to realistically manage and maintain the growing number of available sensing devices. …”
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Unsupervised Hyperspectral Denoising Based on Deep Image Prior and Least Favorable Distribution by Keivan Faghih Niresi, Chong-Yung Chi

“…By applying the Huber loss function (HLF), which is derived through a least favorable distribution in robust statistics, to DIP, we propose a novel unsupervised denoising algorithm, referred as to the HLF-DIP, free from pretraining and without involving any regularizer. …”
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Evolution and Prospects of the «Alternative for Germany» by Аlexander А. Sorokin, Yuri D. Korovin

“…In contrast to the approach of the mainstream parties, the AfG’s views on governance and engagement with the European Union now pose a threat to the coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Alliance 90 / The Greens because of the increasing popularity of right-wing populists among the German electorate. …”
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ENHANCING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES by Paulina GAJEWSKA, Irena SZEWCZYK, Georgios KOULOURIS

“…The lack of (or insufficient adjustment of) the tourist transport infrastructure to the needs of persons with disabilities and seniors is an obstacle to their free movement. The aim of this article is to determine to what extent the railway infrastructure is adjusted to the needs of disabled persons and what problems these persons struggle with most frequently. …”
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Effect of Intervention of Vaccination and Treatment on the Transmission Dynamics of HBV Disease: A Mathematical Model Analysis by Firaol Asfaw Wodajo, Temesgen Tibebu Mekonnen

“…Both local and global asymptotic stability conditions for disease-free and endemic equilibria are determined. The sensitivity index shows that the transfer rate from exposed class to acute infective class and transfer rate from exposed class to chronic infective class are the most dominant parameters contributing to the transmission of HBV. …”
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Smoking and Pulmonary Fibrosis: Novel Insights by Katerina D. Samara, George Margaritopoulos, Athol U. Wells, Nikolaos M. Siafakas, Katerina M. Antoniou

“…The aforementioned smoking-related implications give rise to further research questions and certainly provide one more important reason for physicians to advocate smoking cessation and smoke-free environment.…”
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A Case of Idiopathic Recurrent Spontaneous Bladder Rupture by Reid Bartholomew, Mentor Ahmeti

“…Spontaneous bladder rupture is a surgical emergency and should be in the differential diagnosis of any patient with peritonitis with elevated creatinine and free intraperitoneal fluid. This diagnosis should especially be considered if the patient has a history pelvic radiation, neurogenic bladder, or intoxication. …”
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Advancements in cold spraying for polymer matrix composites: enhanced LSP and EMI shielding performance — review and future directions by Bugra Karahan, Ismail Ozdemir, Thomas Grund, Niclas Hanisch, Thomas Lampke

“…Cold spraying, a low-temperature metallization technique, addresses the shortcomings of conventional methods by enabling the deposition of dense, oxide-free, and highly conductive coatings with minimal damage to the composite substrate. …”
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Design and Fabrication of a Plastic Biogas Digester for the Production of Biogas from Cow Dung by KeChrist Obileke, Sampson Mamphweli, Edson L. Meyer, Golden Makaka, Nwabunwanne Nwokolo

“…In the present study, a ventilation test was conducted after the fabrication to ensure the digester is leak free. Results obtained showed a total volumetric methane gas yield of 2.18 m3 (54.50%) and carbon dioxide yield of 1.77 m3 (44.25%) making up a total biogas yield of 4.00 m3. …”
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PALLIATIVE CARE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A PROMISING CHALLENGE by Luciana Colares Maia, Alexandre Ernesto Silva, Lorena Caldeira de Melo, Maria Izabel dos Santos, Pâmela Carvalho Pupo

“…As inclusion criteria, English, Portuguese, and Spanish publications were chosen in articles with full-text availability and free access to the searched databases. Results: 55 publications were identified from 2016-2021, of which only 25 documents met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Extraction and Characterisation of African Star Apple (Chrysophyllum albidum) Seed Oil and the Adsorptive Properties of the Fruit Shell in Ghana by Michael A. Anang, Michael Oteng-Peprah, Kwasi Opoku-Boadu

“…The results showed an average oil yield obtained of 11.6%, specific gravity of 0.92kg/m3, the refractive index of 1.464 at 30°C, an acid value of 7.72 mg KOH/g, a free fatty acid value of 3.16 g/100g, saponification value of 200.56 mg KOH/g, and an iodine value of 70.64 g/100g. …”
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Ultrasonic Speed and Related Acoustical Parameters of 1,1ʼ-Binaphthalene-2,2ʼ-diyl Diacetate Solutions at 308.15 K by Pooja P. Adroja, S. P. Gami, J. P. Patel, P. H. Parsania

“…A fairly constant Gibbs free energy of activation has been observed in all the solvent systems studied.…”
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Current understanding of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in bacteria (analytical review) by O. V. Pruntova, V. S. Russaleyev, N. B. Shadrova

“…Horizontal gene transfer, including free DNA transformation, transduction by bacteriophages and plasmid-involving conjugation, is believed to play an important role in antimicrobial resistance spread. …”
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