Does Treatment with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Affect Adherence to International Society Criteria for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes? A... by Aongus O’Brolchain, Joshua Maletsky, Ibrahim Mian, Serena Edwards

“…The proportion of patients diagnosed using both JDBS and AACE/ACE were comparable, suggesting a reasonable degree of agreement.…”
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Simulation of Flow Around a Finite Rectangular Prism: Influence of Mesh, Model, and Subgrid Length Scale by Xutong Zhang, Maxime Savoie, Mark K. Quinn, Ben Parslew, Alistair Revell

“…Numerical predictions from the RANS models were generally quite reasonable but did not show improvement with further refinement, as one would expect, whereas DDES clearly demonstrated continuous improvement in predictive accuracy with progressive mesh refinement. …”
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Climate Change Impact on Cereal Production in Northern Africa: A Comprehensive Modeling and Control Approach by Sabrina De Nardi, Claudio Carnevale, Sara Raccagni, Lucia Sangiorgi

“…This model demonstrates reasonably good agreement with the data, achieving a correlation of 0.72 and a normalized mean absolute error of 0.18. …”
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Parental conflicts and resource sharing: Evolutionary trade-off by Ruby Dhar, Arun Kumar, Subhradip Karmakar

“…Females generally put more effort into raising their young due to biological reasons (such as gestation and breastfeeding). Conversely, males may encounter different advantages and disadvantages regarding their contribution to offspring, which could result in conflicts over how resources ought to be allocated between parents and their young. …”
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Regional modeling of surface solar radiation, aerosol, and cloud cover spatial variability and projections over northern France and Benelux by G. Chesnoiu, I. Chiapello, N. Ferlay, P. Nabat, M. Mallet, V. Riffault

“…A regional evaluation of 2010–2020 ALADIN hindcast simulations of clear-sky and all-sky SSR, clear-sky frequency, and aerosols, through comparison to coincident multi-site ground-based measurements, shows reasonable agreement. In addition, these hindcast simulations emphasize how elevated aerosol loads over Benelux and high cloud cover over southwestern England reduce the SSR. …”
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KETERKAITAN KEASLIAN (AUTHENTICITY) OBJEK WISATA TERHADAP KETERIKATAN TEMPAT (PLACE ATTACHMENT) PENGUNJUNG by Syam Rachma Marcillia

“…The result showed that the Keraton had a higher number of visitors than the Monjali. The reason for the high number of visits to the Keraton as a tourist destination with cultural attraction is because it has a higher authenticity value and affects place attachment to visitors. …”
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Goal Achievement and Academic Dropout Among Italian University Students: The Mediating Role of Academic Burnout by Arianna Nicita, Angelo Fumia, Concettina Caparello, Carmelo Francesco Meduri, Pina Filippello, Luana Sorrenti

“…As stated by the Goal Orientation Theory, students want to achieve a goal for multiple reasons, with each having a different impact on academic performance. …”
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Characteristics of Slovenian Adults in Community-Based Whole-Food Plant-Based Lifestyle Program by Boštjan Jakše, Barbara Jakše, Stanislav Pinter, Jernej Pajek, Nataša Fidler Mis

“…The motives for WFPB lifestyle included health benefits (score: 7.9/8), body mass management (6.3), eating to satiety (4.9), convenience (4.3), environmental concerns (4.1), affordability (3.7), animal ethics (3.6), and religious reasons (1.1). Conclusion. A WFPB lifestyle program for any length of time that includes an extensive support system provides favorable, long-term lifestyle changes.…”
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Automated skin lesion detection and prevalence estimation in Tamanend's bottlenose dolphins by Colin J. Murphy, Melissa A. Collier, Ann-Marie Jacoby, Eric M. Patterson, Megan M. Wallen, Janet Mann, Shweta Bansal

“…This work demonstrates that object detection models on photographic data are reasonably successful, highly efficient, and provide initial estimates on the health status of understudied populations of bottlenose dolphins.…”
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Alerting the illusion of smoking improves quality of life in Chinese male cancer survivors by Juan Xia, Peng Wu, Jiwei Wang, Jinming Yu

“…The phenomenon may be obscured by some potential reasons, including subjectivity of questionnaire, special substances of cigarettes, Chinese unique culture of tobacco use, and much more. …”
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The WF1 (White Flower 1) gene controlling the white color of petals and flowering time in lines from a mapping population of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) by N. B. Brutch, I. I. Matvienko, E. A. Porokhovinova, A. V. Pavlov

“…On the contrary, the early flowering and less leafy lines appeared among the lines with colored flowers. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume  that a crossover between the gene  participating in the control of early flowering, which came from the gc-109 line, and its wf1 gene occurred  in meiosis of F1. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Four Aerobic Exercise Intensity Prescription Techniques in Rehabilitation Training for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Tao Chen, Huiying Zhu, Qingyuan Su

“…It is recommended to use the MHR method for safety reasons, but its effectiveness is low. If considering both effectiveness and safety, the THR method can be conservatively selected at the beginning of the CR program.…”
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Characterization of Vaginitis Among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Symptoms by Hemin Muheddin Kareem, Muhammed Saed Qadir, Safa Bakr Karim, Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…It is one of the most frequent reasons that women visit clinics. The objective of this study was to determine the importance of laboratory diagnosis methods in the treatment of the disease and to study the symptoms and risk factors associated with vaginitis among women with genital tract symptoms. …”
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The global energy challenge: second-generation feedstocks on marginal lands for a sustainable biofuel production by Claudio Russo, Valerio Cirillo, Nausicaa Pollaro, Fabio Terribile, Andrea Chiodini, Albino Maggio

“…Based on the scientific literature, we addressed the following critical points: (i) whether marginal land worldwide can be considered a reasonable alternative to arable lands for biofuel production; (ii) evaluate the sustainability of biofuel production with respect to unintended negative consequences of crop cultivation such as indirect land use change, social insecurity and loss of biodiversity. …”
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Patterns of self-harm presentations at a Tertiary Urban Hospital in Kenya: A retrospective 5-year study (2018-2022). by Willie Njoroge, Catherine Gitau, Everline Onchari, Linnet Ongeri, Linda Khakali, Murad Khan, Zul Merali, Lukoye Atwoli, Jasmit Shah

“…Family conflict was reported to be the most common reason for self-harm at 39.6%.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study shows a high rate of self-harm among patients with mental illness in this facility, necessitating the development of self-harm prevention and management protocols. …”
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Structured Polyvinyl Alcohol/Zeolite/Carbon Composites Prepared Using Supercritical Fluid Extraction Techniques as Adsorbent for Bioethanol Dehydration by Joddy Arya Laksmono, Mahmud Sudibandriyo, Asep Handaya Saputra, Agus Haryono

“…The BET characterization shows that composite preparation under supercritical CO2 conditions provides reasonable surface areas, which are proportional to the content of activated carbon. …”
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Application of ANSYS software package for electromagnetic and thermal analysis of the electric motor of the pilger mill drive seamless pipe manufacturing technology by B. I. Kosimov

“…Large capital expenditures are required to replace it. For this reason, it is slow to implement, long-term use for the purpose of payback, and slowly decommissioned. …”
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Pulmonary function in swimmers exposed to disinfection by-products: a narrative review by Michał Boraczyński, Tomasz Balcerek, Nikola Rożkiewicz, Monika Pabiszczak, Michał Harasymczuk, Aneta Sławska, Przemysław Lutomski

“…Fortunately, the reduction of bronchial symptoms in swimmers who reduce training volume and intensity suggests that the negative effects on pulmonary function may be reversible. For these reasons, it is crucial to develop effective respiratory protection strategies, including medical interventions and modifications to the pool environment. …”
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Home-modification interventions addressing falls and participation in activities of daily living among older adults: a scoping review protocol by Gifty M Georlee, Abiram U, Pham Ngoc Dat, Nguyen Khac Tuan, Shashank Mehrotra

“…Introduction Falls are the second leading reason for incidental or unexpected deaths worldwide. …”
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Assessment of satisfaction of using socially marketed health consumables at government settings among beneficiaries in a rural area of Hooghly District, West Bengal by Aditi Sur, Bobby Paul, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Monalisha Sahu, Rivu Basu, Ankush Banerjee

“…Results: Ever use of government-supplied contraceptives like Chhaya (Ormeloxifene), Antara (Injectable contraceptive), emergency contraceptive pills, and intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCD) was done by only 15.3%, 10.7%, 7.3%, 32% of eligible beneficiary households, respectively. The major reasons cited for irregular use were unawareness of availability of the products (Chhaya = 76.3%, Antara = 64.9%, EC pills = 46.7%), poor faith regarding quality (Male condom = 40%, Generic medicines = 70%), inadequate promotion (IUCD = 53.9%). …”
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