Ball Point Game: Playing or Learning Agile Project Management? by Maria Lydia Fioravanti, Gustavo M. N. Avellar, Bruna Oliveira Romeiro, Bruna Goncalves Rezende, Ellen Francine Barbosa, Ana M. Moreno

“…The study highlights the potential of educational games to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and hands-on activities, making them valuable tools in Agile management education. …”
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Seeking abortion medications online: experiences from a mystery client study in Colombia by Daniel Arango Arango, Alice F Cartwright, Ava Braccia, Ann Moore, Maria M Vivas

“…Objectives While Colombians gained broad legal access to abortion in 2022, people still lack knowledge about its availability and face variable quality of care at health facilities. …”
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Disparities in surgical treatments for stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence: Evidence from the 2019 National Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS) by Christabel Egemba, Edie Duncan, Katherine Amin, Alan Wein, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Raveen Syan

“…Purpose:: Treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) is influenced by severity of symptoms and knowledge of available treatments. However, the relationship between race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and receiving treatment is poorly understood. …”
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Assessing the Capabilities of Generative Pretrained Transformer-4 in Addressing Open-Ended Inquiries of Oral Cancer by Kaiyuan Ji, Jing Han, Guangtao Zhai, Jiannan Liu

“…When it's unable to locate pertinent information, it will resort to their inherent knowledge base or recommend consulting professionals after offering some basic information. …”
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Professional Barriers in Energy Efficiency Retrofits—A Solution Based on Information Flow Modeling by Xilong Liao, Chun Wang, Baiyi Li, Baizhan Li, Chenqiu Du

“…These findings highlight that knowledge gaps and information asymmetry are the central challenges. …”
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Modeling vegetation density with remote sensing, normalized difference vegetation index and biodiversity plants in watershed area by R.Z. Ekaputri, T. Hidayat, H.K. Surtikanti, W. Surakusumah

“…Within the Bengkulu watershed area, a total of 49 tree species from 22 families were identified, with diversity indices falling within the moderate category.CONCLUSION: An in-depth knowledge of the ecological factors and plant preservation initiatives in the Bengkulu watershed can greatly aid in sustainable environmental management and help policymakers develop more effective policies for ensuring environmental sustainability. …”
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Experiencias de Investigación desde la reflexión y la praxis en alumnos de la Escuela Militar de Suboficiales “Sargento Inocencio Chincá” by Yerife Andrea Parra Orozco, Julián Enrique Barrero García, Julián David Conde Medina

“…The purpose of this article is to socialize the discourse, narration, and interpretation of learning and research practice developed by students at the Escuela Militar de Suboficiales “Sargento Inocencio Chincá”, applying an interpretation to those reflections that arise during the academic process, which are carried out through the development of different knowledge established in the curriculum and in the curriculum of the educational institution's programs from which they are allowed to know, learn and thus acquire skills, abilities, and skills as researchers in the academic and professional fields. …”
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Compliance status of tobacco control laws in the university setting of Bangladesh: an analytical study followed a mixed-method approach by Nasrin Akter, Bilkis Banu, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Tahsin Tasneem Tabassum, Sarder Mahmud Hossain

“…Non-satisfactory compliance was found significant among the younger aged (≤21 years: COR/p=2.74/0.01; 95% CI 1.27 to 5.92) from the first-year group (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)/p=2.28/0.02; 95% CI 1.15 to 4.49) who had moderate nicotine dependency (AOR/p=4.04/0.01; 95% CI 1.28 to 12.74), poor knowledge on TCLs (AOR/p=3.57/0.02; 95% CI 1.28 to 9.95) and the respondents who suggested family guidance (AOR/p=1.77/0.06; 95% CI 0.97 to 3.22) might be a sustainable way to minimise tobacco consumption in the university setting.Conclusions The study revealed some crucial factors for the non-satisfactory compliance status towards TCLs in the university setting. …”
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High-Resolution Microscopic Images of Mosquito Vectors (Diptera: Culicidae): Proper Identification of Culex and Aedes during Dengue Outbreak Situation in Bangladesh by Farzana Yesmin, Md. Fahad Hasan, Tahera Hossain, Shamme Akter, Md Nazim Uddin, Md. Hasanuzzaman

“…The findings will be very useful for the proper identification of dengue mosquito vectors in Bangladesh and the knowledge assists in the accuracy of mosquito control activities as well as prevention of mosquito-borne diseases. …”
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Beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl butyrate supplementation in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yu Ren, Ya-Bei Gao, Da-Xing Yu, Hui-Bin Huang

“…We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of HMB in this population to ascertain its effects.MethodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, and the Cochrane database for articles focusing on adult patients receiving HMB compared to controls. …”
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Composite submental flaps in facial reconstructive surgery involving the zygoma and orbit by Usman Khan, Sebastian Haupt, Matthew Rigby, S. Mark Taylor, Martin Corsten, Jonathan Trites

“…While the reconstructive applications of the SIF have been demonstrated in the lower face, there are limited reports on its utility as a composite flap for reconstructing defects of the upper facial skeleton. To our knowledge, we report the first cases of composite (osteocutaneous) SIFs used for reconstruction of complex facial defects involving the zygoma and lateral orbit respectively. …”
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Status of continuous glucose monitoring use and management in tertiary hospitals of China: a cross-sectional study by Xiaoqin Liu, Hongmei Dai, Liping Wu, Yong Zhao, Zumin Shi, Qin Lin, Liping Chen

“…Head nurses perceived patients’ limited knowledge about CGM (60.2%), the high costs of CGM and inaccessibility to medical insurance (59.0%), and imperfect CGM management systems (44.6%) as the top three factors. …”
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Food addiction and associated factors in newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional comparison with siblings and healthy controls by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Abir Hakiri, Wided Homri, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

“…Abstract Background Despite the potential clinical and treatment relevance of food addiction (FA) among individuals with schizophrenia, the scientific literature on its characteristics and correlates within this population is sparse. Limited knowledge on FA in patients with schizophrenia may impede progress in developing effective treatments for pathological eating patterns and the common obesity and metabolic syndrome problems in this population. …”
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Sentinel-1-Aided Mutual Calibration of TanDEM-X DEMs for the Estimation of Height and Volume Changes by Carolina Gonzalez, Luca Dell'Amore, Jose-Luis Bueso-Bello, Pietro Milillo, Gabriele Schwaizer, Thomas Nagler, Paola Rizzoli

“…Thanks to the continuous global coverage of Sentinel-1, this approach can be applied when no <italic>a priori</italic> knowledge on reference tie-points is available, allowing for the precise estimation of height and volume changes.…”
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DEKARTIŠKASIS DIEVO ĮRODYMAS: PRIELAIDOS IR INTENCIJOS by Skirmantas Jankauskas

“…Keywords: modern philosophy, proof of god, cogito, knowledge, traditional thinking, deconstruction. …”
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Quality of Life Philosophy IV. The Brain and Consciousness by Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…Unfortunately, science has only just begun to understand these patterns.The Bible’s description of the origin of man is two people eating from the Tree of Knowledge and as punishment they are expelled from the Garden of Eden. …”
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The Prevalence and Determinants of Hand and Face Dermatitis during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-Based Survey by Mohammed Saud Alsaidan, Aisha H. Abuyassin, Zahra H. Alsaeed, Saqer H. Alshmmari, Tariq F. Bindaaj, Alwa’ad A. Alhababi

“…Although hygiene is an extremely important preventive measure in this pandemic, maintaining skin integrity is also vital. Appropriate knowledge and good practice can prevent dermatitis in this pandemic, with regular hydration of the skin being a key factor.…”
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Mesospheric tide comparisons at low latitudes observed by two collocated meteor radars by Jian Li, Wen Yi, XiangHui Xue, Jie Zeng, HaiLun Ye, JianYuan Wang, JinSong Chen, Na Li, TingDi Chen

“…Accurate knowledge of mesospheric winds and waves is essential for studying the dynamics and climate in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region. …”
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Short-term evolution and dispersal patterns of fluconazole-resistance in Candida auris clade III by Irving Cancino-Muñoz, Juan Vicente Mulet-Bayona, Carme Salvador-García, Nuria Tormo-Palop, Remedios Guna, Concepción Gimeno-Cardona, Fernando González-Candelas

“…This finding provides knowledge that may be helpful to the public health authorities for the control of the disease.…”
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Rational engineering of Escherichia coli strain for stable and enhanced biosynthesis of pinene by Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Lu Han, Yanlong Wei, Muhammad Javid, Kamran Ashraf, Maria Martuscelli, Waleed Aldahmash, Meijin Guo, Ali Mohsin, Zhanxia Li

“…Then, the fermentation process under optimized conditions enhanced the production of pinene to 436.68 mg/L in a 5 L batch fermenter with a mean productivity of 14.55 mg/L/h. To the best of our knowledge, this work represents the maximum mean pinene productivity based on the currently available literature. …”
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