Quality of the Nipa Frond Particleboard Bonded with Citric acid and Sucrose by Mahdi Santoso, Ragil Widyorini, Tibertus Agus Prayitno, Joko Sulistyo

“…The physics and mechanics properties of particleboard were tested in accordance to standard JIS A 5908:2003 and surface roughness was measured by following the method performed by Hiziroglu (1996). …”
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Antidiabetic Activity of Benzopyrone Analogues in Nicotinamide-Streptozotocin Induced Type 2 Diabetes in Rats by Yogendra Nayak, Venkatachalam Hillemane, Vijay Kumar Daroji, B. S. Jayashree, M. K. Unnikrishnan

“…Rats having fasting blood glucose (FBG) >200 mg/dL, 7 days after T2D-induction, are selected for the study. Test compounds and standard treatment were continued for 15 days. FBG, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and insulin tolerance test (ITT) were determined on 21st day after induction of T2D. …”
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Development and Validation of an HPLC Method for Simultaneous Quantification of Clopidogrel Bisulfate, Its Carboxylic Acid Metabolite, and Atorvastatin in Human Plasma: Application... by Octavian Croitoru, Adela-Maria Spiridon, Ionela Belu, Adina Turcu-Ştiolică, Johny Neamţu

“…The results of accuracy (as recovery) with ibuprofen as internal standard were in the range of 96–98% for clopidogrel, 94–98% for its carboxylic acid metabolite, and 90–99% for atorvastatin, respectively.…”
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Development of a Simple and Powerful Analytical Method for Formaldehyde Detection and Quantitation in Blood Samples by Yong-Hyun Kim, Jeongsik Park

“…Blood samples spiked with FA standards were analyzed, and the FA concentrations were found to be similar to the theoretical concentrations (2.16 ± 0.81% difference). …”
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Spherical sustainability in construction and demolition: How aligned are policies, goals, regulations, markets, and stakeholder mindsets? by Mohammad Amin Havaei, Hassan Malekitabar

“…A systematic mapping of construction activities with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Green Building Rating Systems (GBRSs), and international standards established a network balancing scientific rigor with multi-stakeholder decision-making. …”
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Upper Gastrointestinal Crohn’s Disease: Literature Review and Case Presentation by Soorya N. Aggarwal, Yana Cavanagh, Lan Wang, Amer Akmal, Matthew A. Grossman

“…As a result, it has not been widely described and there is a lack of clear recommendations for diagnosis or management. Standard IBD evaluation including serologic testing, imaging, and endoscopy may initially not be fruitful. …”
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Applying Imaging Technique to Investigate Effects of Solute Concentrations and Gas Injection Rates on Gas Bubble Generation by Guanxi Yan, Zhixin Cheng, Ye Ma, Alexander Scheuermann, Ling Li

“…Nonetheless, there is a critical coalescence injection rate (CCIR) of 30 ml/min for surfactant solution, over which the standard deviation of the bubble size distribution (BSD) cannot be further increased. …”
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Small Surface Fatigue Crack Behaviors of Cr-Mo Steel AISI4137 by Seung-Hoon Nahm, Sang-Koo Jeon, Dong-Kyun Kim, Min-Soo Suh, Chang-Min Suh

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An approach towards effective ecological planning: Quantitative analysis of urban green space characteristics by R. Teimouri, T. Yigitcanlar

“…In the best practices, planning of urban green spaces is managed in such a way that it follows the key principles such as meeting per capita standards and providing accessible and balanced distribution of these spaces all across the city. …”
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Development and Validation of Analytical Procedure for Elemental Impurities in Rosuvastatin Calcium Tablets by ICP-MS and Microwave Digestion by Yajie Hao, Guang Yin, Xuemei Wang, Juan Fu, Qihui Cao, Qinyong Sun, Guimin Zhang, Zhong Feng

“…The measurement mode was collision cell mode with kinetic energy discrimination (KED). 209Bi+, 115In+, and 89Y+ were chosen as internal standard elements. The recoveries of the limit of quantitation (LOQ) ranged from 90.5% to 106.4%, concentrations of the abovementioned elements in LOQ were 0.25 µg·L−1, 0.25 µg·L−1, 0.75 µg·L−1, 1.5 µg·L−1, 2.5 µg·L−1, 5 µg·L−1, and 8 µg·L−1 , respectively, linear correlation coefficients were above 0.9997, the recoveries in accuracy item ranged from 91.8% to 103.6%, and relative standard deviations (RSDs) of recovery in precision were not more than 1.8%, reflecting a reliable method of high sensitivity, strong anti-interference capacity, and good precision, and that it was suitable for the determination of elemental impurities in drugs.…”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of the Trace Amount of Thallium in Water and Urine Samples by Novel Oxidative Coupling Reaction by P. Nagaraja, N. Ghllab Saeed Al-Tayar, A. Shivakumar, A. K. Shresta, A. K. Gowda

“…The method has been successfully applied for the determination of thallium(ІΙΙ) and thallium(I) in synthetic, standard reference materials, water and urine samples with satisfactory results. …”
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Perspectives of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy in terms of primary ovarian cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis treatment by A. S. Dzasokhov, A. A. Kostin, V. L. Astashov, A. V. Turiev, A. D. Uskov

“…The relevance of the problem of increasing the effectiveness of standard treatment of ovarian cancer is determined by the following characteristics of the disease: high one‑year mortality, high recurrence rate and unsatisfactory results of their treatment. …”
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Identification of Potential Herbal Inhibitor of Acetylcholinesterase Associated Alzheimer’s Disorders Using Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation by Chandrabhan Seniya, Ghulam Jilani Khan, Kuldeep Uchadia

“…Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChE-Is) are the standard for the therapy of AD associated disorders and are the only class of approved drugs by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). …”
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Spastic Paraparesis in Young Men With Spinal Meningioma and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report by Leonard Christianto Singjie, Ivan Jeremia, Esdras Ardi Pramudita

“…Laminectomy and tumor destruction were the gold standards of therapy, and the symptom was relieved. …”
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The Relationship between Muscle Ultrasound Parameters and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study by Yanling Zhong, Xiaojia Liu, Teng Lin

“…Combined with CSA of RF, peripheral artery disease (PAD), and sex, the corrected EI of MG was associated with the vibration perception threshold (VPT) (standard β=0.242, p<0.001), better than the EI of MG (standard β=0.215, p=0.002). …”
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Polysomnographic Features of Sleep Disturbances and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in the Unilateral 6-OHDA Lesioned Hemiparkinsonian Rat by Quynh Vo, Timothy P. Gilmour, Kala Venkiteswaran, Jidong Fang, Thyagarajan Subramanian

“…Understanding the pathophysiology of these sleep pattern disturbances is critical to find effective treatments. 24-hour polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard for sleep studies, has never been used to test sleep dysfunction in the standard 6-OHDA lesioned hemiparkinsonian (HP) rat PD model. …”
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Toxicological Assessments of a Proprietary Blend of Punica granatum Fruit Rind and Theobroma cacao Seed Extracts: Acute, Subchronic, and Genetic Toxicity Studies by Ravi Kumar Madireddy, Krishnaraju Venkata Alluri, Venkateswarlu Somepalli, Trimurtulu Golakoti, Krishanu Sengupta

“…LN18178 (Tesnor®) is a standardized, proprietary composition of aqueous ethanol extracts of Punica granatum fruit rind and Theobroma cacao seeds. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Intratendinous Prolotherapy Injection with Conventional Treatment to Treat Focal Supraspinatus Tendinosis by John George, Shyan Ch’ng Li, Zulkarnain Jaafar, Mohamad Shariff A. Hamid

“…Meanwhile, five patients continued standard physiotherapy with no intervention performed. …”
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Generalized Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) Expert System Using Compliance and Design Rules by Bader Alwoimi Aljabali, Santosh Kumar Parupelli, Salil Desai

“…Despite its growing prominence, AM lacks automated and standardized design rules tailored to specific AM processes, resulting in time-consuming and expert-dependent manual verification. …”
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The Effects of Coconut Skim Milk and Coco-Dairy Milk Blend on the Nutritional Status of Schoolchildren by Imelda A. Agdeppa, Jezreel Ann T. Zamora

“…Weight and height were measured using standard techniques. Nutritional indices such as weight-for-age z-score (WAZ), height-for-age z-score (HAZ), and BMI-for-age z-score (BAZ) were measured using the WHO Child Growth Standards (CGS), and the acceptability test was measured using the 5-point facial hedonic scale. …”
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