Reflections by a member of the Editorial Board by Kevin T. Smith

“…I would like to use this opportunity to sketch out how I came to be involved with wood science in Slovenia. …”
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ASPECTOS PSICOJURÍDICOS DA SÍNDROME ALCOÓLICA FETAL by Eduardo Jorge Sant'Ana Honorato, Dalila Azevedo da Silva, Eunice Braga Borges dos Santos, Alice Sobral, Daniel Cerdeira de Sousa

“…This study aimed to carry out a reflection on the psychological and legal aspects of SAF with the intention of building a scientific article. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of the impact of environmental degradation on women and the importance of women’s representation by Y.A. Pratama, M.Y.A. Kadir, A. Rivaldi, I.C. Mulya, S. Amirah, M. Iqhrammullah

“…The selection of frequently occurring keywords and clusters of keyword co-occurrence was carried out independently by two independent reviewers.FINDINGS: The bibliometric analysis included metadata from 3770 records, revealing an exponential increase in trends from 2000 to 2020. …”
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Historical snow measurements in the central and southern Apennine Mountains: climatology, variability, and trend by V. Capozzi, F. Serrapica, A. Rocco, C. Annella, C. Annella, G. Budillon

“…Subsequently, focusing on the number of days with snowfall and snow cover duration on the ground, we have carried out a linear trend analysis, employing the Theil–Sen estimator and the Mann–Kendall test. …”
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Efficacy of intranasal naloxone compared to other administration routes in prehospital opioid overdose management and beyond: a narrative review by Luigi Venuso, Francesco Ricciardi, Antonio Del Prete, Michele Virgolesi, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Luigi Langella, Teresa Rea

“…Studies will be selected based on populations treated with naloxone administered via intranasal, intramuscular, or intravenous routes, focusing on comparisons between these formulations in terms of onset time and intervention effectiveness. Out of 111 studies, five met the eligibility criteria. …”
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Evaluation of Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I and Class II in End-Stage Renal Disease Occurrence in Indonesian Transplantation Patients by Hani Susianti, Dwi Priyadi Djatmiko, I Komang Adi Widana, Deasy Ayuningtyas Tandio, Catur Suci Sutrisnani, Singgih Pudjo Wahono, Ira Puspitawati

“…A retrospective study to investigate HLA class I and II alleles to find out the distribution of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DPB1, -DQB1, and -DRB1 in renal transplant recipients and to ascertain their role in susceptibility to ESRD was performed on totally 149 subjects, consisting of 69 ESRD patients and 80 healthy controls. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by O.V. Chernyshova, N.A. Kartavov, R.A. Ilyin, S.V. Titov

“…Statistical data processing was carried out in the STATISTICA 10.0 program. Results. A study of 29 individuals of the large and 31 individuals of the speckled ground squirrel from the sympatry zone in Ulyanovsk region showed that only one female, certifiedaccording to phenotypic characteristics as S. suslicus, had introgression of S. major genetic material. …”

Analysis of changes in the genome of the Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus (Flaviviridae: <i>Orthoflavivirus</i>) during laboratory practices for virus preservation by Zhanna S. Tyulko, Artem V. Fadeev, Aleksei G. Vasilenko, Ekaterina A. Gradoboeva, Valerii V. Yakimenko, Andrey B. Komissarov

“…Assessment of adaptive changes in the genome of the OHF virus was carried out using discriminant analysis methods, analyzing the composition and localization of emerging substitutions in viral RNA sequences obtained during the adaptation of viruses to the mouse organism as a result of passaging. …”
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Clastic facies classification using machine learning-based algorithms: A case study from Rawat Basin, Sudan by Anas Mohamed Abaker Babai, Olugbenga Ajayi Ehinola, Omer.I.M. Fadul Abul Gebbayin, Mohammed Abdalla Elsharif Ibrahim

“…The model's validation was carried out using the blind well validation approach, which achieved an accuracy of 69.81%. …”
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Molecular Patterns of MEFV Gene Mutations in Egyptian Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Amal R. Mansour, Ayman El-Shayeb, Nihal El Habachi, Mohamad A. Khodair, Doaa Elwazzan, Nermeen Abdeen, Marwa Said, Riham Ebaid, Noha ElShahawy, Amr Seif, Nadia Zaki

“…To date, different mutations of MEFV were observed in studies carried out in different regions worldwide. However, most of these studies did not extensively investigate the Egyptian population, in spite of the high prevalence of FMF in this geographical region. …”
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Risk of diabetic ketoacidosis caused by sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in patients with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized cont... by Ying Liu, Shiwen Yang, Aidou Jiang, Dan Zou, Zhaoyang Chen, Na Su, Na Su

“…Literature screening, quality assessment and data extraction were carried out independently by 2 researchers based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and statistical analysis was performed using Stata 15.1 software and R 4.1.3.ResultsNineteen clinical studies and one clinical trial were ultimately included. …”
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Patients admitted in an Intensive Care Unit with severe clinical manifestations of Influenza, october-december 2009 by Yenisey Quintero Mendez, Jorge Luis Ulloa Capestani, Rudis Monzón Rodríguez, Francisco García Valdés, Ramón E Álvarez Cepero, Jaime Geroy Gómez, Pablo Rodríguez Díaz, Alfredo Dario Espinosa Brito, Yanli Vázquez Villazón, Diley Moreno Ruiz, Octavio Rivero Rodríguez

“…A descriptive study of a series of cases was carried out, where 109 patients with the presumptive diagnosis of severe clinical pictures of Influenza were included, the total of them admitted in one of our Intensive Care Units (ICU), prepared for that purpose during the recent pandemic, during the period comprised between October 1 and December 31, 2009. …”
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UPAYA MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR DAN KEMAMPUAN PEMECAHAN MASALAH SISWA MELALUI MODEL PROBLEM BASED LEARNING BERBANTU ALAT PERAGA KONSEP GERAK LURUS by Budi Santoso, Desy Hanisa Putri, Rosane Medriati

“…This research was a classroom action research on the concept of straight motion carried out in three cycles. The subjects of this study were all students of class X Science 3 of SMAN 3 Kota Bengkulu, total 33 students. …”
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Klasifikasi Mutu Telur Burung Puyuh Berdasarkan Warna dan Tekstur Menggunakan Metode K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) dan Fusi Informasi by Arwin Datumaya Wahyudi Sumari, Putri Indah Mawarni, Arie Rachmad Syulistyo

“…The selection of the eggs is carried out traditionally by the farm workers so that the quality of the selected eggs are depended on the perspective of each worker. …”
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A pilot study examining Toronto-area family physician perspectives on thyroid neoplasm evaluation by Arjun Kundra, David P. Goldstein, Kimberly Wintemute, Sangeet Ghai, Richard W. Tsang, Karuna Gupta, Donatus R. Mutasingwa, Jeff Weissberger, Ella Huszti, Patrick Brown, Huan Jiang, Anna M. Sawka

“…Methods We performed a cross-sectional mail-out written survey of a random sample of 300 FPs in active practice in the Greater Toronto Area (Markham and Brampton). …”
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Correction of Dysbiosis in Diversion Proctitis: Possibilities of Intraluminal Sanitation and the Prevention of Complications after Reconstructive Surgery by V. S. Groshilin, D. V. Martynov, Yu. L. Naboka, M. Yu. Bakulyarov, G. A. Mrykhin

“…A comparative analysis of the number and severity of purulent-septic complications (taking into account the possibility of their relief), as well as the quality and rate of intestinal dysbiosis relief and the manifestations of diversion proctitis, was carried out.Results. The main group indicated the best results in terms of the main analysed parameters, fewer complications and anastomotic leakage. …”
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Transcriptomic and enzymatic analysis of peroxidase families at the early growth stage of halophyte ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) under salt stress by Li-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Che Lee, Kai-Fu Zhang, Hui-Hsien Chang, Cheng-Hsun Li, Hsuan-Jung Huang, Hungchen Emilie Yen

“…For class III peroxidase family, 14 out of 53 identified unigenes qualified as DEGs. …”
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Grid-Scale Battery Systems for VAR Support in Con Edison Distribution Substations via Bi-Directional Smart Inverters by Mohamed K. Kamaludeen, Yusef Esa, Kirn Zafar, Elihu Nyemah, Ahmed Ali A. Mohamed, Tamer Ibrahim, Simon Odie

“…According to the literature review carried out and presented in this paper, it is evident that reactive power control for DER applications and grid have been examined in various studies. …”
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Seroprevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Infection in Some Wildlife and Cattle in Bauchi State, Nigeria by Y. J. Atuman, C. A. Kudi, P. A. Abdu, O. O. Okubanjo, A. Abubakar, Y. Wungak, H. G. Ularamu

“…Harvested sera from blood were screened for presence of antibodies against the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) using the PrioCHECK® 3ABC NSP ELISA kit, and positive samples were serotyped using solid-phase competitive ELISA, (IZSLER Brescia, Italy). Out of the 353 sera collected from cattle and wildlife 197 (65.7%) and 13 (24.5%) (P<0.05), respectively, tested positive for antibodies to the highly conserved nonstructural 3ABC protein of FMDV by the FMDV-NS blocking ELISA. …”
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Major facility superfamily sugar transporter protein SsMFSST1 regulates Sporisorium scitamineum mating, pathogenicity, and sugar transport/absorption by Yi Zhang, Yongding He, Meixin Yan, Shilong Zhang, Sisi Zhou, Wankuan Shen

“…This study was based on the transcriptome sequencing data of two isolates with different pathogenicities (Ss16 and Ss47) of the S. scitamineum and screened out a gene encoding the Major Facility Superfamily (MFS) sugar transporter protein and named it SsMFSST1. …”
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