Molecular Insights in the Anticancer Activity of Natural Tocotrienols: Targeting Mitochondrial Metabolism and Cellular Redox Homeostasis by Raffaella Chiaramonte, Giulia Sauro, Domenica Giannandrea, Patrizia Limonta, Lavinia Casati

“…Cancer cells maintain moderate levels of ROS to promote tumorigenesis, metastasis, and drug resistance; indeed, once the cytotoxicity threshold is exceeded, ROS trigger oxidative damage, ultimately leading to cell death. …”
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Genetic Influences on Individual Differences in Exercise Behavior during Adolescence by Niels van der Aa, Eco J. C. De Geus, Toos C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt, Dorret I. Boomsma, Meike Bartels

“…Participants were classified as sedentary, regular exercisers, or vigorous exercisers. The prevalence of moderate exercise behavior declined from age 13 to 19 years with a parallel increase in prevalence of sedentary behavior, whereas the prevalence of vigorous exercise behavior remained constant across age cohorts. …”
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Preparation of Rangeland vegetation cover map and monitoring its changes in drought and wet periods using NDVI MODIS product (Case Study: Southern Rangelands of Yazd Province) by Hadi Zare khormizie, Hamid Reza Ghafarian Malamiri

“…The highest and lowest amount of vegetation cover in the study area was in 2000 and 2002, with moderate mild conditions and very severe drought, respectively (14.6% and 9.2% respectively). …”
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Evaluating Sentinel-2 for Monitoring Drought-Induced Crop Failure in Winter Cereals by Adrià Descals, Karen Torres, Aleixandre Verger, Josep Peñuelas

“…The methodology explored which Sentinel-2 phenological and greenness variables could best predict three drought impact classes: normal growth, moderate impact, and high impact, where the crop failed to produce grain. …”
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Nitrogen and Sulphur Relations in Effecting Yield and Quality of Cereals and Oilseed Crops by B.K. Nad, T.J. Purakayastha, D.V. Singh

“…Whereas, a proportionately narrow N to S ratio at moderate dose resulted in adequately higher seed and oil yield with relatively low saponification value, associated with increased iodine value of the oil, indicating respectively low free fatty acids and higher proportion of unsaturated fatty acids, an index for better quality of the oil.…”
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Patterns of physical activity in hunter-gatherer children compared with US and UK children by Luke Kretschmer, Mark Dyble, Nikhil Chaudhary, David Bann, Gul Deniz Salali

“…BaYaka children were highly active, engaging in over 3 h of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) daily, surpassing British adolescents by over 70 min. …”
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Occurrence and Removal Characteristics of Phthalate Esters from Typical Water Sources in Northeast China by Yu Liu, Zhonglin Chen, Jimin Shen

“…The results demonstrated that the total concentrations of 15 PAEs in the water near the Mopanshan Reservoir were relatively moderate, ranging from 355.8 to 9226.5 ng/L, with the mean value of 2943.1 ng/L. …”
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Computer Game Use and Television Viewing Increased Risk for Overweight among Low Activity Girls: Fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey 2008-2009 by Ladda Mo-suwan, Jiraluck Nontarak, Wichai Aekplakorn, Warapone Satheannoppakao

“…The effect of computer game use and TV viewing on the risk for overweight was significantly pronounced among girls who spent ≤3 days/week in 60 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity (AOR = 1.99 and 1.72, resp.). …”
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Perceptions and practices of dental faculty members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan regarding smartphones as an adjunct teaching tool by Syed Muhammad Junaid, Brekhna Jamil, Usama Aurangzeb, Sana Shah, Natasha Nadeem

“…Conclusions Our investigation found moderate smartphone adoption among dental faculty in KPK (mean = 2.65/5.0), with significant variations across institutions and departments. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Pain Scores during Periodontal Probing with or without Anesthetic Gels by Ashank Mishra, Mandapathi Priyanka, Koppolu Pradeep, Krishnajaneya Reddy Pathakota

“…Ninety systemically healthy patients with moderate to severe CGP patients were recruited. In each patient, the quadrants were randomly assigned to manual probing with UNC-15 probe, probing with Florida probe, and Florida probing with lidocaine 10% gel and with benzocaine 20% gel. …”
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Standoff Methods for the Detection of Threat Agents: A Review of Several Promising Laser-Based Techniques by J. Bruce Johnson, Susan D. Allen, Jonathan Merten, Lewis Johnson, Daniel Pinkham, Scott W. Reeve

“…A number of methods for spanning the range of optical sensor technologies exist which, when integrated, could produce a fused sensor system possessing a high level of sensitivity to threat agents and a moderate standoff real-time capability appropriate for portal screening of personnel or vehicles. …”
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Quantum mechanical insights into Edge-Dependent electronic properties of phosphorene nanoribbons by Mohammadamir Bazrafshan, Adeleh Vatankhahan, Farhad Khoeini, Omid Farzadian

“…Phosphorene, known for its anisotropic physical properties, exhibits a direct moderate electronic band gap, making it a candidate for electronic applications. …”
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Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC2): Cross-Cultural Validity, Content Validity, and Interrater Reliability in Thai Children by Rujira Jaikaew, Nuntanee Satiansukpong

“…Interrater reliability was moderate to good, which meant results between testers were consistent.…”
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Comorbidities related to the COVID-19 severity in adults. Hospital San Vicente de Paul. 2021 by Mónica Echeverría Martínez, Jorge Luis Anaya González, Secundino González Pardo, Juan Francisco Vaca Oña

“…Furthermore, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was associated with an increased risk of developing mild to moderate illness from COVID-19.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the study favors monitoring the association between comorbidities as the pandemic progressed and using the information as a prognostic factor to guide early intervention and an appropriate therapeutic approach.…”
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Updates on CAD risk assessment: using the coronary artery calcium score in combination with traditional risk factors by Kiara Rezaie-Kalamtari, Zeinab Norouzi, Alireza Salmanipour, Hossein Mehrali

“…Patients are classified into several subgroups: no evidence of CAD (score 0), mild CAD (score 1–10), minimal CAD (score 11–100), moderate CAD (score 101–400), and severe CAD (score > 400) and higher than1000 as the extreme risk of CVD events. …”
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Knowledge of General Dental Practitioners and Specialists about Emergency Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Qassim, Saudi Arabia by Sanaa N. Al-Haj Ali, Somaya A. Algarawi, Atheer M. Alrubaian, Asma I. Alasqah

“…GDPs and specialists in Qassim region had moderate knowledge of emergency management of TDIs. …”
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Two Patients with Systemic Sclerosis by Tracy M. Frech, Kathleen Boynton, Erinn Downs-Kelly, Bryan Jones, John D. Kriesel, Kathryn Peterson

“…In this case report we discuss the presence of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in two SSc patients and discuss the role for early EGD in SSc patients with moderate-severe GER symptoms for tissue study. Assessment of esophageal biopsy specimens for the presence of eosinophils and possibly ANA can help elucidate disease pathogenesis and direct therapy, as the presence of EoE in SSc has important management considerations, particularly with regards to dietary modification strategies.…”
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Characterization of patients hospitalized for bronchiolitis according to severity and risk factors. Ghardaia, 2023-2024 by Alexander Torres Molina, Rafael Rosales González

“…According to the Tal scale, 243 cases were stratified as mild, 69 moderate and 15 severe. 60.0% of severe cases were younger than three months, 53.33% suffered from congenital heart disease, had not been breastfed and were regularly exposed to environmental cigarette smoke. …”
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Effect of Metadoxine on Chronic Primary Hepatopathies in Canines:  Number of Cases by Paula María Bermúdez-Duarte, José Alfredo Rivera-Rojas

“…Seven dogs aged 2 to 14 years with mild to moderate clinical signs of primary hepatopathy, abnormal bile acids, increased ALT or ALP values three times above the upper range for 4 weeks, underwent ultrasound evaluation and ultrasound-guided Tru-Cut liver biopsy to confirm hepatopathy according to the histological classification of the WSAVA. …”
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COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR OBTAINING GENETIC DIVERSITY FOR BREEDING WINTER-HARDY WHEAT IN SIBERIA by V. E. Kozlov

“…Hereditary changes in wheat accessions in two consecutive generations both in the forest-steppe under the influence of gibberellins and in the steppe under the effect of moderate to severe frosts are likely to have a regulatory epigenetic nature.…”
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