A Gamified Active-Learning Proposal for Higher-Education Heterogeneous STEM Courses by Mario J. Duran, Juan J. Aciego, Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto, Juan Carrillo-Rios, Angel Gonzalez-Prieto, Alicia Claros-Colome

“…However, it is possible to maintain a traditional teaching structure and include low-cost AL activities that enhance the students’ performance and satisfaction. …”
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Blood glucose-lowering activity of protocatechuic acid is mediated by inhibiting α-glucosidase by Huafang Ding, Shouhe Huang, Chui Yiu Chook, Erika Kwek, Chi Yan, Kaying Ma, Jianhui Liu, Hanyue Zhu, Zhenyu Chen

“…PCA binding aroused the steric hindrance for substrates to enter active sites and caused the structural changes of interacted catalytic amino acid residues. …”
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Communication Skills Health Sciences Studies by Juan Francisco Tejera Concepcion, Miriam Iglesias León, Manuel Cortés Cortés, Gisela Bravo López, Norma Mur Villar, Juan Virgilio López Palacio

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> at theoretical level: historical-logical, inductive-deductive, analytic-synthetic, systemic, structural, and modeling; at empirical level: documents analysis, meetings with focus groups, observation, surveys to teachers, triangulation of results and expert criteria and at statistical level: percentage analysis and Delphi method. …”
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The Effects of Surface Mechanical Deformation and Bovine Serum Albumin on the Tribological Properties of Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel as an Artificial Cartilage by Feng Li, Gang Zhang, Anmin Wang, Feng Guo

“…The results also showed that even though the surface deformation could recover as the water phase of the porous structure recovered, the coefficient of friction continued to increase simultaneously. …”
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A Successful Treatment Regimen for the Prevention of Sinusitis after Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevation Surgery in a High-Risk Case by Mikiko Suzuki-Yamazaki, Keiso Takahashi, Satoshi Takada, Yasumasa Kato, Yuh Baba

“…However, for an otorhinolaryngological high-risk patient with severe anatomic-structural impairments of the maxillary sinus drainage pathway, surgical intervention is recommended before sinus lift to avoid postsinus lift maxillary sinusitis. …”
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Simulation Analysis and Scheme Optimization of Energy Consumption in Public Buildings by Yang Liu, Shiqing Zou, Hongyu Chen, Xianguo Wu, Wenman Chen

“…Second, based on the model, the thermal design parameters of six building envelope structures, including the external wall heat transfer coefficient, are analyzed in the order of energy-saving sensitivity. …”
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Management of classroom acoustics by teachers at two special needs schools in Johannesburg, South Africa by Ben Sebothoma, Victor de Andrade, Nabeelah Galvaan

“…We report on a qualitative study using semi-structured face-to-face interviews with teachers from 2 special needs schools in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa. …”
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Normative data and comprehensive psychometric evaluation of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale in a large Italian sample by Giuseppina Spano, Elisabetta Ricciardi, Luigi Tinella, Alessandro O. Caffò, Giovanni Sanesi, Andrea Bosco

“…The original four-factor structure of the scale was upheld. Nonetheless, the scale proved to be reliable also in terms of a unique factor. …”
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Sarcoglycans are enriched at the neuromuscular junction in a nerve-dependent manner by Michela Gloriani, Bianca Cheli, Chiara D’Ercole, Veronica Ruggieri, Marianna Cosentino, Mireia Serrat Pineda, Biliana Lozanoska-Ochser, Francesca Grassi, Marina Bouché, Luca Madaro, Carles Sánchez Riera

“…Little is known about the different roles of the SGC beyond the dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) structural role. Here, we show that SGC proteins are enriched at the post-synaptic membrane of neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). …”
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Differential Susceptibility to Particulate Matter-Induced Cardiac Remodeling and Senescence: A Comparative Study in Young and Aged Mice by Dunia Waked, Gabriel Henrique Rodella Guedes, Raissa Macedo, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Mariana Matera Veras, Ana Paula Cremasco Takano

“…However, no significant alterations in cardiac structure or senescence markers were observed between aged mice exposed or not to PM. …”
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Reducing Inequality through Parental Support: Building Social Resilience in Indonesia’s Indigenous Religious Communities by Novianti Wiwik, Noegroho Agoeng, Saputra Diki, Bunga Maharani Annisa, Lotulung Leviane J.H., Pinky Syalomita Kimberly, Desmiwati Desmiwati

“…It contributes to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10, advocating for structural changes that promote diversity and social equality.…”
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Role of Green Taxes on Economic Growth Goals of Sustainable Development Directly and Through Environmental Performance: A System GMM Approach by Onur Şimşek, Gülçin Kaya İnceiplik

“…Based on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global call to action that have led to structural changes in the means and objectives of countries’ economic policies since 2016. …”
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Regeneration of the Fibula with Unidirectional Porous Hydroxyapatite by Koji Demiya, Toshiyuki Kunisada, Eiji Nakata, Joe Hasei, Toshifumi Ozaki

“…A plain radiograph revealed new bone formation and a callus-like structure at one month after surgery and bony union between each UDPHAp implant 5 months after surgery. …”
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A case of attempted bilateral self-enucleation in a patient with bipolar disorder by Hannah Muniz Castro, John Alvarez, Robert G. Bota, Marc Yonkers, Jeremiah Tao

“…Other less commonly associated disorders include obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, mental retardation, neurosyphilis, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, and structural brain lesions.…”
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Microbiota from young mice counteracts susceptibility to age-related gout through modulating butyric acid levels in aged mice by Ning Song, Hang Gao, Jianhao Li, Yi Liu, Mingze Wang, Zhiming Ma, Naisheng Zhang, Wenlong Zhang

“…More scrutiny highlighted the positive impact of ‘younger’ microbiota on the gut microbiota structure of old or aged mice, enhancing butanoate metabolism and butyric acid content. …”
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In Vitro Cestocidal Activity of Thymol on Mesocestoides corti Tetrathyridia and Adult Worms by M. Maggiore, M. C. Elissondo

“…Changes in motility coincide with the tissue damage were observed at the structural and ultrastructural level. Thymol caused severe damages to both developmental stages analyzed. …”
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Entire Irregularity Indices: A Comparative Analysis and Applications by Anwar Saleh, Samirah Alsulami, Maryam Alsulami

“…Specific expressions for these indices are derived for various molecular structures, such as bridge molecules, polyomino chains of n-cycles, triangular benzenoid graphs, graphene, and dendrimer stars <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>D</mi><mn>3</mn></msub><mrow><mo>[</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>]</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Ribosomes translocation into the spore of Bacillus subtilis is highly organised and requires peptidoglycan rearrangements by Olga Iwańska, Przemysław Latoch, Mariia Kovalenko, Małgorzata Lichocka, Joanna Hołówka, Remigiusz Serwa, Agata Grzybowska, Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, Agata L. Starosta

“…We anticipate our findings to elicit more sophisticated structural and mechanistic studies of ribosome organisation during bacterial cell development.…”
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The Role of Women in Community Development: Reenacting Digital Activism in Improving Education for All Children, Lesson Learned from Tulungagung and Semarang by Palupi Anggraheni, Anjani Tri Fatharini, Hanna Nurhaqiqi, Ratih Pandu Mustikasari, Yohana Grezia Diaz, Miracle Nauli Gultom

“…The results highlight structural issues like poverty and gender inequality as barriers to educational quality across regions, further emphasizing the need for women educators in designing digital literacy programs. …”
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Research on Multiobjective Optimization of Bulb Tubular Turbine Based on Orthogonal Test by Jie Sun, Ye Zhou, Xinfeng Ge, Jianguo Cai, Yang Han, Hui Zhang, Jinliang Wang, Lei Zhang, Dong Chen, Hongchang Hua, Li Li, Yuan Zheng

“…The bulb tubular turbine’s operation stability and structural strength are compared and analyzed by the orthogonal test method to improve the perfomance of bulb tubular turbine. …”
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