Abnormal directed migration of blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes in rheumatoid arthritis. Potential role in increased susceptibility to bacterial infections by F. Aglas, J. Hermann, G. Egger

“…We tested the hypothesis that abnormal directed migration of PMN may be one reason for the increased infection rate of RA patients. …”
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Energy Management Systems Using Smart Grids: An Exhaustive Parametric Comprehensive Analysis of Existing Trends, Significance, Opportunities, and Challenges by Nitasha Khan, Zeeshan Shahid, Muhammad Mansoor Alam, Aznida Abu Bakar Sajak, M. S. Mazliham, Talha Ahmed Khan, Syed Safdar Ali Rizvi

“…However, the fundamental reason is that the electrical supply and demand ratio may not be balanced. …”
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Avatars and humans may not elicit the same accent-related biases in mock courtroom research by Lara A. Frumkin, Anna Stone, Mary Jane Spiller

“…Discussion as to what can be done in future to further investigate how to create courtroom stimulus materials is presented along with possible explanations as to the reasons for different findings in this research than previous studies.…”
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Dual Role of Bacteria in Carcinoma: Stimulation and Inhibition by Suad A Al-Hilu, Wisam H Al-Shujairi

“…These changes come from several reasons, including smoking, drinking alcohol, sunlight, exposure to chemical or physical factors, and finally chronic infection with microorganisms, including bacteria. …”
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Geomagnetically Induced Current Modeling in New Zealand: Extreme Storm Analysis Using Multiple Disturbance Scenarios and Industry Provided Hazard Magnitudes by D. H. Mac Manus, C. J. Rodger, M. Dalzell, A. Renton, G. S. Richardson, T. Petersen, M. A. Clilverd

“…We believe this is one of the first studies to combine a reasonable worst‐case extreme geomagnetic storm with validated GIC modeling and industry‐provided GIC risk thresholds.…”
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Hierarchical Stratification for Spatial Sampling and Digital Mapping of Soil Attributes by Derlei D. Melo, Isabella A. Cunha, Lucas R. Amaral

“…We evaluated two sampling densities in two agricultural fields in Southeast Brazil: a sparse density (one sample per 2.5 hectares), typical in Precision Agriculture, and a denser grid (one sample per hectare), which usually provides reasonable mapping accuracy. For each density, we applied three designs: a regular grid and grids with 25% and 50% guided points. …”
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A biomechanical study of locking spongious screws and failure rates are higher than expected in plate fixation by Fatih Parmaksizoglu, Onur Cetin, Sinan Kilic, Yener Ince

“…There are many forms of failure in the fracture fixation of locking plates, and screw pull-out is one of the main failure reasons. In this study, we aim to investigate pull-out failure in locking plates using locking spongious screws. …”
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The length of price&reimbursement negotiation procedures in Italy in the period 2021-2023 was independent from the price of medicines by Raffaella Cocciolo, Paola Turella, Daniela Pilunni, Pierluigi Navarra

“…Conclusions: We can reasonably exclude that the price of medicines negatively affected the duration of P&R negotiation procedures. …”
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Community-based participatory process evaluation based on the Reach, Quality Control, Fidelity, Satisfaction, and Management (RQFSM) model in Nevada: A study protocol by Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma

“…This integration will be particularly crucial in places where access to reasonably priced healthcare is hampered by cultural, geographic, or economic restrictions. …”
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THE ROLE OF HOME READING CLASS IN THE LANGUAGE TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS by M. V. Grineva

“…In view of the above the article focuses on the role of teaching home reading and analyzes the possibility of its integration into the professionally oriented process of teaching English as a foreign language to would-be economists. Another reason why the issue of teaching home reading is of utmost importance is that due to the prevailing communicative approach in teaching English as a foreign language, coupled with teaching English for professional purposes, some researchers and practising teachers are of the opinion that large-sized literary works are «incompatible» with an efficient foreign language curriculum. …”
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What happens when you stop using the combined contraceptive pill? A qualitative study protocol on consequences and supply needs for women who discontinued the combined contraceptiv... by Matthias Richter, Liane Schenk, Gertraud Stadler, Jana Niemann

“…Consequently, discontinuing combined oral contraceptives (COCs) as a conscious decision for reasons other than desired pregnancy has become increasingly common for menstruating individuals. …”
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Local Self-Governments in Hungary: Recent Changes through Central European Lenses by Csaba Lentner, Szilard Hegedus

“…The article presents detailed reasons for the atypical nature of Hungarian local self-government indebtedness and the factors underlying this unfavourable process. …”
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Acute aortic dissection on CT: is D-dimer determination useful for a timely and correct diagnosis? A case report by Alicja Stankiewicz, Beata Moczulska, Wiktoria Izdebska, Aleksandra Wińska, Leszek Gromadziński

“…Abstract Background Chest pain is a common reason patients are admitted to the hospital. The most clinically significant cases are those in which the pain is due to an immediate life-threatening condition, such as acute aortic dissection (AAD). …”
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Overview of blockchain assets theft attacks and defense technology by Beiyuan YU, Shanyao REN, Jianwei LIU

“…Since Satoshi Nakamoto’s introduction of Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, blockchain technology has been developing rapidly especially in the fields of digital assets transferring and electronic currency payments.Ethereum introduced smart contract code, giving it the ability to synchronize and preserve the execution status of smart contract programs, automatically execute transaction conditions and eliminate the need for intermediaries.Web3.0 developers can use Ethereum’s general-purpose programmable blockchain platform to build more powerful decentralized applications.Ethereum’s characteristics, such as central-less control, public and transparent interaction data guaranteed by smart contracts, and user-controlled data, have attracted more attentions.With the popularization and application of blockchain technology, more and more users are storing their digital assets on the blockchain.Due to the lack of regulatory and governance authority, public chain systems such as Ethereum are gradually becoming a medium for hackers to steal digital assets.Generally, fraud and phishing attacks are committed using blockchain to steal digital assets held by blockchain users.This article aims to help readers develop the concept of blockchain asset security and prevent asset theft attacks implemented using blockchain at the source.The characteristics and implementation scenarios of various attacks were effectively studied by summarizing the asset theft attack schemes that hackers use in the blockchain environment and abstracting research methods for threat models.Through an in-depth analysis of typical attack methods, the advantages and disadvantages of different attacks were compared, and the fundamental reasons why attackers can successfully implement attacks were analyzed.In terms of defense technology, defense schemes were introduced such as targeted phishing detection, token authorization detection, token locking, decentralized token ownership arbitration, smart contract vulnerability detection, asset isolation, supply chain attack detection, and signature data legitimacy detection, which combine attack cases and implementation scenarios.The primary process and plans for implementation of each type of defense plan were also given.And then it is clear which protective measures can protect user assets in different attack scenarios.…”
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The modulating effect of coat color mutations on the generation and neutralization of reactive oxygen species in the Аmerican mink (Neovison vison) as a model by S. N. Sergina, V. A. Ilyukha, I. V. Baishnikova, T. N. Ilyina

“…Cluster analysis, presented in a combined dendrogram, showed that royal pastel (b/b) and sapphire (a/a р/р) minks, the farthest from standard (+/+), had the greatest modulating effects. It is reasonable to suggest that such effects contributed to the genetic plasticity of American mink in the course of colonization of North America and then during mink introduction in Northern Eurasia and South America.…”
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Water quality model-based methodology to assess assimilative capacity of wastewater discharges in rivers by F.M. Torres-Bejarano, M. Verbel-Escobar, M.C. Atencia-Osorio

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: One of the negative impacts of polluting activities on aquatic ecosystems is the loss of its natural self-purification ability, for this reason, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the Sinú river capacity to assimilate wastewater discharges.METHODS: Monitoring of several water quality parameters was carried out in the river at different seasons and a numerical method was used to simulate different scenarios through the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code model. …”
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Cultural dimensions of safe cities by Ćurčić Slađana

“…Although Hofstede's theory also has limitations, there are undoubtedly many reasons for studying urban safety through the prism of cultural values, considering the potential of Hofstede's model and the theoretical implications that can be reached.…”
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Annotation of Software Requirements Specification (SRS), Extractions of Nonfunctional Requirements, and Measurement of Their Tradeoff by Muhammad Asif, Ishfaq Ali, Muhamad Sheraz Arshed Malik, Muhammad Hasanain Chaudary, Shahzadi Tayyaba, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood

“…Some hypothetical variations in cost are also examined using 3D iso-cost graph. The reason to measure these tradeoff is to make design decision more empirical and helpful for the selection of design patterns, especially secure design patterns.…”
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Association between exposure to urinary metal and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in US adults. by Ting Cheng, Dongdong Yu, Geng Li, Xiankun Chen, Li Zhou, Zehuai Wen

“…Based on follow-up data, we determined whether they died and the reasons for their deaths. We estimated the association between urine metal exposure and all-cause mortality using Cox regression, weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression, and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) models. …”
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State-of-the-art gene therapy for inherited retinal disorders by O.I. Orenburkina, A.E. Babushkin

“…The results of GRT for other neurological disorders have been obtained mostly in experimental studies. However, there are reasons to speak about the prospects of its future implementation in clinical practice. …”
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