Performance Evaluation of Construction Projects Based on Identified and Clustered Barriers Using Data Envelopment Analysis: a Case Study of Projects of Execution Department of Bony... by Marziyeh Fatahi Nafchi, Hadi Shirouyehzad

“…The performance evaluation of the implementation of each studied project was carried out using the data envelopment analysis method.Findings: In this study, individual projects were evaluated using a questionnaire on implementation barriers of civil engineering projects, and efficient and inefficient projects were identified.Originality/Value: This research can provide more comprehensive information on the performance of implementing civil engineering projects by identifying implementation barriers. …”
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Downstream Effects of a Hydroelectric Reservoir on Aquatic Plant Assemblages by Ivan Bernez, Jacques Haury, Maria Teresa Ferreira

“…However, the results of the eco-historical comparison with 19th century floristic surveys point to the original nature of the flora found at the site. Some floral patterns, seen during both periods and at an interval of 133 years, were indicative of the ubiquity of the aquatic flora and of the plants’ adaptability. …”
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Theoretical assessment of the relative incidences of sensitive andresistant tuberculosis epidemic in presence of drug treatment by Silvia Martorano Raimundo, Hyun Mo Yang, Ezio Venturino

“…Despite the availability of effective treatment, tuberculosis (TB)remains a major global cause of mortality.Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a form of TB thatis resistant to at least two drugs used for the treatment of TB,and originally is developed when a case of drug-susceptibleTB is improperly or incompletely treated.This work is concerned with a mathematical model to evaluate the effect ofMDR-TB on TB epidemic and its control.The model assessing the transmission dynamics of both drug-sensitive anddrug-resistant TB includes slow TB(cases that result from endogenous reactivation of susceptible andresistant latent infections). …”
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Ozone-Catalytic Treatment of Automotive Exhaust by S.R. Khairulin, D.V. Maksudov, M.A. Kerzhentsev, A.V. Salnikov, Z.R. Ismagilov

“… In the paper, an original design of an ozone-catalytic device, in which the process of ozone formation occurs directly inside the catalyst monolith of the honeycomb structure, is proposed for solving the problem of exhaust gases purification at the "cold start" of an automobile engine. …”
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Environmental Sustainability Initiatives in the Operating Room: A Scoping Review by Emre Gorgun, MD, Sumudu Dehipawala, MPH, Matthew O’Hara, MBA, Elena Naoumtchik, MSc, Gaurav Gangoli, PharmD, Crystal Ricketts, PhD, Giovanni A. Tommaselli, MD, PhD

“…A total of 163 publications were included: 10 systematic literature reviews and 153 original research articles. Most studies reported department-wide sustainability measures (waste reduction, staff education, etc), which were evaluated by the reduction in generated waste and energy, emission of greenhouse gasses, and costs. …”
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Dental Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells and Their Exosomes by Peter Stanko, Ursula Altanerova, Jana Jakubechova, Vanda Repiska, Cestmir Altaner

“…Stem cells derived from human dental pulp tissue (DP-MSC) differ from the other mesenchymal stem cells prepared from bone marrow or adipose tissue due to their embryonic origin from the neural crest and are of special interest because of their neurotropic character. …”
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Applying Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) to Fishing Vessels: An Analysis of Occupational Injuries on Korean Trap Boats by Su-Hyung Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Kyung-Jin Ryu, Yoo-Won Lee

“…Therefore, this study aimed to establish a standardized method for analyzing marine accidents on fishing vessels by applying the Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) technique, originally developed for merchant ships. The research focuses on the globally prevalent trap boat fishery, specifically examining common injuries occurring on fishing vessels. …”
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Normal Hearing Ability but Impaired Auditory Selective Attention Associated with Prediction of Response to Donepezil in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease by Yoshitaka Ouchi, Kenichi Meguro, Kyoko Akanuma, Yuriko Kato, Satoshi Yamaguchi

“…Pure tone audiometry was conducted and an original Auditory Selective Attention (ASA) test was performed with a MoCA vigilance test. …”
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Primary Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Parotid Gland: A Case Report and a Comprehensive Review of a Rare Entity by Olga Martínez-Sáez, Javier Molina-Cerrillo, Carmen Moreno García del Real, Rafael Barberá Durban, Juan J. Díez, Teresa Alonso-Gordoa, Enrique Grande Pulido

“…Despite the differences in the site of origin, nomenclature, biological behavior, and functional status, NETs share certain ultrastructural and immunohistochemical features. …”
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SerpensGate-YOLOv8: an enhanced YOLOv8 model for accurate plant disease detection by Yongzheng Miao, Yongzheng Miao, Wei Meng, Wei Meng, Xiaoyu Zhou, Xiaoyu Zhou

“…With these improvements, the model achieved a Precision of 0.719. Compared to the original YOLOv8, the mean Average Precision (mAP@0.5) improved by 3.3%, demonstrating significant performance gains. …”
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Does Preoperative Radio(chemo)therapy Increase Anastomotic Leakage in Rectal Cancer Surgery? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Changjiang Qin, Xuequn Ren, Kaiwu Xu, Zhihui Chen, Yulong He, Xinming Song

“…Randomized controlled trials included all original articles reporting anastomotic leak in patients with rectal cancer, among whom some received preoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy while others did not. …”
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Application of different doses of compost as a substitution of the commercial substrate in nursery for pepper and tomato seedlings by Maria Fiasconaro, Mariana Abrile, Lucia Hintermeister, Maria del Carmen Antolin, Maria Eugenia Lovato

“…Photosynthetic pigments were affected by the presence of FC and BC, whereas TSP concentration was favored by BC.Conclusion Ours results suggest that it is feasible to perform a total substitution of commercial substrates with composts of different origins and compositions for the production of pepper and tomato plants in commercial nurseries.…”
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Characterization of an allotriploid strawberry Fragaria × bifera Duchesne (Rosaceae) from Europe by Houshang Nosrati, Adam H. Price, Pedro Gerstberger, Chris C. Wilcock

“…The genome size of these plants was measured using flow cytometry and their fertility was tested in experimental crossing. The parental origin of the hybrid was revealed using RAPD approach. …”
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Neuropsychological Changes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) by Monika Halicka, Axel D. Vittersø, Michael J. Proulx, Janet H. Bultitude

“…Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a poorly understood chronic pain condition of multifactorial origin. CRPS involves sensory, motor, and autonomic symptoms primarily affecting one extremity. …”
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Protected Geographical Indication Identification of a Chinese Green Tea (Anji-White) by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometric Class Modeling Techniques by Lu Xu, Peng-Tao Shi, Xian-Shu Fu, Hai-Feng Cui, Zi-Hong Ye, Chen-Bo Cai, Xiao-Ping Yu

“…This paper reports a rapid identification method for a Chinese green tea with PGI, Anji-white tea, by class modeling techniques and NIR spectroscopy. 167 real and representative Anji-white tea samples were collected from 8 tea plantations in their original producing areas for model training. Another 81 non-Anji-white tea samples of similar appearance were collected from 7 important tea producing areas and used for validation of model specificity. …”
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Indolent B-Cell Lymphomas Associated with HCV Infection: Clinical and Virological Features and Role of Antiviral Therapy by Luca Arcaini, Michele Merli, Stefano Volpetti, Sara Rattotti, Manuel Gotti, Francesco Zaja

“…Recently, antiviral treatment with interferon with or without ribavirin has been proved to be effective in the treatment of HCV-positive patients affected by indolent lymphoma, prevalently of marginal zone origin. An increasing number of experiences confirmed the validity of this approach in marginal zone lymphomas and in other indolent NHL subtypes like lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. …”
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Magnetic polydimethylsiloxane microspheres as hydrophobic collectors for oil removal by J G Cabal-Velarde, A Lobo Guerrero, E Araujo, E Romero-Tela, J L Sánchez-Llamazares, A Encinas

“…Moreover, the microspheres retained nearly 90% of their original absorption capacity after 10 reuse cycles, demonstrating excellent durability and reusability. …”
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Mgl2+ cDC2s coordinate fungal allergic airway type 2, but not type 17, inflammation in mice by Peter C. Cook, Sheila L. Brown, Emma L. Houlder, Julio Furlong-Silva, Daniel P. Conn, Stefano A. P. Colombo, Syed Baker, Freya R. Svedberg, Gareth Howell, Margherita Bertuzzi, Louis Boon, Joanne E. Konkel, Christopher R. Thornton, Judith E. Allen, Andrew S. MacDonald

“…Abstract Fungal spores are abundant in the environment and a major cause of asthma. Originally characterised as a type 2 inflammatory disease, allergic airway inflammation that underpins asthma can also involve type 17 inflammation, which can exacerbate disease causing failure of treatments tailored to inhibit type 2 factors. …”
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Acupuncture in the Treatment of a Female Patient Suffering from Chronic Schizophrenia and Sleep Disorders by Peggy Bosch, Sabina Lim, Sujung Yeo, Sook-Hyun Lee, Heike Staudte, Maurits van den Noort

“…We report the case of a 44-year-old female outpatient of German origin who had been suffering from long-term schizophrenia and sleep disorders. …”
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Structural Design and Testing of a Corn Header for Soybean–Corn Intercropping by Zhipeng Cao, Qiqiang Li, Linfeng Chen, Yang Zhou, Junshan Nie, Qi Chen, Yuanfeng Xiao, Shaohao Zhou, Lihua Zhang

“…The results show that the optimized header is 28.4 kg lighter than the original. The optimal working parameter combination for the combine harvester includes a forward speed of 0.94 m/s, a stalk roll rotational speed of 566.5 r/min, and a kernel moisture content of 25%, under which conditions the grain loss rate of the corn header is 0.32% and the ear loss rate is 1.1%. …”
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