Observational study on Lifestyle Behaviours and Nutrition in individuals undergoing genetic counseling for breast or colorectal cancer risk by Lea Godino, Donatella Fabbro, Benedetta Bertonazzi, Daniela Turchetti

“…The majority perceived their general lifestyle as moderately healthy. However, 16 (32%) were current or former smokers, 37 (74%) drank alcohol and 18 (36%) were overweight or obese; 21 (42%) showed low adherence to Mediterranean diet and seven (14%) reported low exercise. …”
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Modification of Teaching/Learning Strategies of University Teaching Staff by O. A. Dyomina, I. A. Tepleneva

“…The role of educational moderator at creating a new type of teaching/learning interaction by using a Tutorial FL Navigator has been justified and illustrated by FLT at University. …”
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Training and Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case of National Water and Sewarage Corporation by moses Agaba

“…The study also found that off-the-job training and employee performance at NWSC-Rukungiri District had a moderately significant positive relationship (r=0.633, p<0.01). …”
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Preschool and Me: Educational-clinical linkage to improve health equity for children with developmental delays and disabilities from historically marginalized communities by Tina L. Schuh, Kathleen R. Diviak, Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, Emily Pela, Raphael Kinney, Michael L. Berbaum, Amanda Klemas, Kruti Acharya, Molly Martin, Reshma Shah

“…Our specific aims are to test the effectiveness of PreM on access to school-based services as well as health service outcomes; examine mediators of intervention effects using a mixed-methods approach; and explore social determinants of health as potential moderators. We will simultaneously conduct an implementation evaluation. …”
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Metabolic Alteration in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Mechanism of Lipid Accumulation in Well-Differentiated Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Hideo Suzuki, Motoyuki Kohjima, Masatake Tanaka, Takeshi Goya, Shinji Itoh, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Masaki Mori, Mariko Tsuda, Motoi Takahashi, Miho Kurokawa, Koji Imoto, Shigeki Tashiro, Akifumi Kuwano, Masaki Kato, Seiji Okada, Makoto Nakamuta, Yoshihiro Ogawa

“…The metabolic alterations including glycolysis, PPP, TCA cycle, and β-oxidation became more prominent as liver disease progresses from normal, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, well-, moderately, and poorly differentiated HCC. FA synthesis and uptake were highest in well-differentiated HCC, which could explain the lipid accumulation.…”
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Toxicity of the Herbicide Roundup Original DI^® in Tadpoles of <i>Physalaemus erikae</i> and <i>Physalaemus cicada</i> (Anura: Leptodactylidae) by Mario Barbosa da Silva Junior, Renan Nunes Costa, Iuri Ribeiro Dias, Yvonnick Le Pendu, Mirco Solé, Caio Vinícius de Mira-Mendes, Victor Goyannes Dill Orrico

“…Therefore, Roundup Original DI^® is considered moderately toxic to both species. Our results extend the knowledge regarding the action of pesticides mainly for species of the genus <i>Physalaemus</i>, which is the best-known genus for glyphosate based-herbicide toxicity.…”
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Macrophages infiltration and oral potentially malignant disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Lara Krusser Feltraco, Julia Rodrigues Fernandes, Leonardo Francisco Diel, Leonardo da Silva Bittencourt, Lisiane Bernardi, Marcelo Lazzaron Lamers

“…Most of the articles indicated that pan macrophages (CD68+) marker and the pro-tumoral M2 macrophage marker (CD163+) were distributed in the connective tissue and subepithelial compartment, with an increase in the number according to the pathological grade (mild, moderated or severe) and area of oral potentially malignant disorders (i.e epithelial or subepithelial layer). …”
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Influence of symptom burden on social alienation in lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: the chain mediating effect of perceived social support and positive psychological c... by Jiahao Wei, Ziye Bai, Mengru Bu, Guining Dang, Xiumei Wu, Jin Zhou

“…Conclusions The impact of symptom burden on social alienation is moderated through PSS and PPC, manifesting both directly and indirectly. …”
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Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Myopic Eyes Measured by a Dynamic Scheimpflug Analyzer by Jingyi Wang, Ying Li, Yumei Jin, Xue Yang, Chan Zhao, Qin Long

“…Highly myopic eyes exhibited longer DA and smaller HC radius than do moderately myopic eyes; the eyes with longer axial length tend to have less corneal stiffness and are easier to deform under stress.…”
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Prior Information Shapes Perceptual Confidence by Luca Tarasi, Margherita Covelli, Chiara Tabarelli de Fatis, Vincenzo Romei

“…Secondly, we reveal the strong effect that prior expectations exert on type-2 decisions, with this influence being moderated by a congruency effect between the given prior, the actual stimulus presented, and the provided response. …”
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A phase I/II study evaluating the feasibility and safety of delivering adjuvant hypofractionated radiotherapy in resected oral cavity cancers (HYPO-ART study) by Mranalini Verma, Divya Kukreja, Deep Chakrabarti, Aman Verma, MD, Naseem Akhtar, Kirti Srivastava, Sanjay Singhal

“…Loco-regional control and overall survival at one year were 68 % and 84 %; at two years, they were 59 % and 59 %, respectively. Conclusions: Moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy is well tolerated and can safely be delivered for resected oral cavity tumors with optimal supportive care while maintaining similar oncological outcomes compared to conventional fractionation.…”
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Enhancing mechanical and biological properties of 3D-printed polylactic acid scaffolds by graphitic carbon nitride addition for bone tissue engineering by Alborz Bakhtiari, Hamid Reza Madaah Hosseini, Reza Alizadeh, Mohsen Mohammadi, Masoud Zarei

“…Results obtained from differential scanning calorimetry revealed that the crystallinity increased moderately from 1.90 to 2.70% with the addition of g-C3N4. …”
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MINDS. JWST-MIRI Observations of a Spatially Resolved Atomic Jet and Polychromatic Molecular Wind toward SY Cha by Kamber R. Schwarz, Matthias Samland, Göran Olofsson, Thomas Henning, Andrew Sellek, Manuel Güdel, Benoît Tabone, Inga Kamp, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Alessio Caratti o Garatti, Adrian M. Glauser, Tom P. Ray, Aditya M. Arabhavi, Valentin Christiaens, R. Franceschi, Danny Gasman, Sierra L. Grant, Jayatee Kanwar, Till Kaeufer, Nicolas T. Kurtovic, Giulia Perotti, Milou Temmink, Marissa Vlasblom

“…This is one of the first polychromatic detections of extended H _2 toward a moderately inclined, i  = 51 $\mathop{.}\limits^{\unicode{x000B0}}$ 1, Class II source. …”
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Endangered clonal plant Rosa persica: Limited genetic and clonal diversity, abundant leaf phenotypic variation by Xiaolong Zhang, Xueyun Zhang, Na Li, Chenyang Sun, Chenjie Zhang, Chao Yu, Qixiang Zhang, Le Luo

“…Phenotypic clustering and genetic clustering are moderately consistent (46 %), with 11 genotypes retaining the same position in both clustering graphs. …”
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Striking the Balance: Evaluating Content Quality and Reward Dynamics in Blockchain Online Social Media by Davide Mancino, Barbara Guidi, Andrea Michienzi, Marco Viviani

“…Regarding the latter issue in particular, some decentralized social media have implemented reward systems based on the blockchain technology with the stated purpose of incentivizing users to generate quality content, which can be seen as a simple mechanism of bottom-up content moderation in decentralized environments. However, users can still cheat the logic of such reward systems, to maximize their economic gain, regardless of content quality. …”
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The pro-inflammatory cytokine Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-α) in Diabetic Nephropathy by Alia KH Mahmoud, Muhammed Ahmed Abd El Moety, Amal Khalifa Ahmed, Samer A. El-Sawy

“…TheTNF-α level and the duration of diabetes have a significant (positive) association, (P<0.05), a strong (positive) correlation (P<0.05) between TNF-α and the albumin creatinine ratio. A moderately positive correlation was seen between TNF-α and HBA1C and demonstrating a significant inverse relationship (P<0.05) between TNF-α and eGFR. …”
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Correlation Analysis Between Multi-Drug Resistance Phenotype and Virulence Factor Expression of Clinical <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> by Wenli Xu, Runcheng Zhou, Jingwei Pan, Zhuangcong Liu, Xuyu Huang, Yueqiao Lin, Nan Li, Kecan Chen, Wenbo Sun, Yi Deng, Anping Yang, Xin Chen

“…In addition, biofilm formation was moderately associated with imipenem resistance. Among the strains with strong virulence factor expression, the gene bands showed little difference, suggesting that the gene is highly homologous. …”
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A qualitative exploration of owner experiences following dog adoption by Bethany Joy Moyer, Helen Zulch, Beth Ann Ventura, Oliver Burman

“…Behaviours used by owners to assess dog adjustment included: moderation of behavioural extremes (e.g. lethargy and restlessness); play; tail wagging; greeting; and learning their routine. …”
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Chromogranin A: From Laboratory to Clinical Aspects of Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors by Paola Di Giacinto, Francesca Rota, Laura Rizza, Davide Campana, Andrea Isidori, Andrea Lania, Andrea Lenzi, Paolo Zuppi, Roberto Baldelli

“…The CLARINET trial evaluates the effects of lanreotide in patients with nonfunctional, well-, or moderately differentiated metastatic enteropancreatic NETs. …”
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Strong volcanic-induced climatic shocks on historical Moselle wine production by F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist, B. Christiansen, L. Schneider, L. Schneider, P. Thejll

“…Warmer and, to a lesser extent, drier climate conditions had a moderately strong, but persistent, positive effect on wine production. …”
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