Prospective scenarios for the personal responsibility promotion with health in Cuba until 2030 by Isabel Pilar Luis Gonzalvez, Yusdanys Torres Jimenez, Adolfo Gerardo Álvarez Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the application of the Cross Impact Systems and Matrices method allowed elaborate possible future scenarios that must be challenged to promote higher levels of personal responsibility with health in Cuba on a horizon until the year 2030. …”
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Revolutionizing Education with Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Challenges, and Implications for Open and Distance Learning (ODL) by Mohd Rushidi Mohd Amin, Ismaanzira Ismail, Vinesh Maran Sivakumaran

“…This transformative technology holds the potential to revolutionize education delivery through personalized learning algorithms, adaptive learning, and intelligent tutoring systems, tailoring educational experiences to individual students. …”
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Patterns in the influence of funding and reimbursement on the development and implementation of healthcare innovation: A systematic review by Sanne Allers, Frank Eijkenaar, Erik M. van Raaij, Frederik T. Schut

“…Innovation is considered essential to the quality and sustainability of healthcare systems. However, the path from innovative idea to adopted reality is complex and fraught with barriers. …”
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Calorie Restriction with a High-Fat Diet Effectively Attenuated Inflammatory Response and Oxidative Stress-Related Markers in Obese Tissues of the High Diet Fed Rats by Seungae Park, Na-Young Park, Giuseppe Valacchi, Yunsook Lim

“…Obesity characterized by increased mass of adipose tissue leads to systemic inflammation. Calorie restriction (CR) improves parameters associated with immune response and antioxidant defense. …”
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Reaction of potato varieties to treatment with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal biopreparations by Vladyslav Kovalenko, Pavlo Serdiuk, Arthur Shevych, Oleksandr Serdiuk, Viktor Zakorko

“…Therefore, elements like boron should be incorporated into planning an optimal nutrition system…”
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Lack of Antilipoprotein Lipase Antibodies in Takayasu's Arteritis by Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Vilma Santos Trindade Viana, Eloísa Bonfá, Yehuda Shoenfeld

“…Antilipoprotein lipase (anti-LPL) antibodies were described in rheumatic diseases. In systemic lupus erythematosus they were highly associated with inflammatory markers and dyslipidemia, and may ultimately contribute to vascular damage. …”
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An Overview of Computational Models for Industrial Internet of Things to Enhance Usability by Zhen Ying, Iftikhar Ahmad, Saima Mateen, Asad Zia, Ambreen, Shah Nazir, Neelam Mukhtar

“…The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoTs) are revolutionary systems that have linked manufacturing processes with Internet access in order to preciously increase quality of services. …”
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Chronic Ethanol Feeding Modulates Inflammatory Mediators, Activation of Nuclear Factor-κB, and Responsiveness to Endotoxin in Murine Kupffer Cells and Circulating Leukocytes by Miriam Maraslioglu, Elsie Oppermann, Carolin Blattner, Roxane Weber, Dirk Henrich, Christian Jobin, Elke Schleucher, Ingo Marzi, Mark Lehnert

“…In this study, we investigated the systemic and hepatic effect of chronic ethanol feeding on in vivo activation of NF-κB in NF-κBEGFP reporter gene mice. …”
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Magnetic and pH sensitive nanocomposite microspheres for controlled temozolomide delivery in glioblastoma cells by Meysam Ahmadi, Muhammad Hossein Ashoub, Kamran Heydaryan, Sanaz Abolghasemi, Elmuez A. Dawi, Ghazal khajouei, Mahnaz Amiri

“…Abstract Controlled drug delivery systems have been intensively researched for cancer treatment to increase precision targeting and therapeutic efficacy. …”
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Deep learning-driven defense strategies for mitigating DDoS attacks in cloud computing environments by Doaa Mohsin Abd Ali Afraji, Jaime Lloret, Lourdes Peñalver

“…The kind of cyber threat prevalent and most dangerous to networked systems is the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), especially with expanded connection of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. …”
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Tumor Reduction with Pazopanib in a Patient with Recurrent Lumbar Chordoma by Maurício Fernando Silva Almeida Ribeiro, Micelange Carvalho de Sousa, Samir Abdallah Hanna, Marcos Vinicius Calfat Maldaun, Ceci Obara Kurimori, Luiz Guilherme Cernaglia Aureliano de Lima, Romulo Loss Mattedi, Rodrigo Ramella Munhoz

“…Decision was made to proceed with systemic treatment with pazopanib 800 mg/day, resulting in tumor reduction (−23.1% reduction in size) and prolonged disease control. …”
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The Epidemiology of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in China by Shang-Chen Yang, Sindy Hu, Sheng-Zheng Zhang, Jin-wen Huang, Jing Zhang, Chao Ji, Bo Cheng

“…There were 76 (45.8%) patients receiving systemic steroid and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in combination therapy, especially for TEN (80.3%), and others were treated with systemic steroids alone. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Ocular Surface Health: Infection Mechanisms, Immune Modulation, and Inflammatory Responses by Duliurui Huang, Weixia Xuan, Zhijie Li

“…Additionally, the interplay between systemic and ocular immune responses is highlighted, analyzing how systemic COVID-19 inflammation influences ocular surface health. …”
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Cobalt‐Based Materials in Supercapacitors and Batteries: A Review by Jyothi A. Goudar, Thrinethra S. N., Sharanappa Chapi, Murugendrappa M. V., Mohammad Reza Saeb, Mehdi Salami‐Kalajahi

“…Energy demand has become a persistent concern and high‐performance energy storage systems have increasingly undergone development. Supercapacitors and batteries pose great impact on energy storage and garner a great deal of attention from technologies and researchers alike. …”
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Iron metabolism in a mouse model of hepatocellular carcinoma by Dilay Yilmaz, Umesh Tharehalli, Rossana Paganoni, Paul Knoop, Andreas Gruber, Yuexin Chen, Rui Dong, Frank Leithäuser, Thomas Seufferlein, Kerstin Leopold, André Lechel, Maja Vujić Spasić

“…All liver cancers with a p53-deficient background exhibited a local iron-poor phenotype with a “high transferrin receptor 1 (Tfr1) and low hepcidin (Hamp)” signature. At systemic levels, iron deficiency was restricted to female mice. …”
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Access and sustainment of ELMy H-mode operation for ITER pre-fusion power operation plasmas using JINTRAC by E. Tholerus, L. Garzotti, V. Parail, Y. Baranov, X. Bonnin, G. Corrigan, F. Eriksson, D. Farina, L. Figini, D.M. Harting, S.H. Kim, F. Koechl, A. Loarte, E. Militello Asp, H. Nordman, S.D. Pinches, A.R. Polevoi, P. Strand

“…In the initial stages of ITER operation, ELM mitigation systems need to be commissioned. This requires controlled flat-top operation in type-I ELMy H-mode regimes. …”
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NLRP3 Inflammasome Expression in Gingival Crevicular Fluid of Patients with Periodontitis and Chronic Hepatitis C by Petra Surlin, Luminita Lazar, Cerasella Sincar, Dorin Nicolae Gheorghe, Dora Maria Popescu, Virgil Mihail Boldeanu, Allma Pitru, Cristina Florescu, Ion Rogoveanu

“…Patients were divided into four groups, according to their periodontal status and previously diagnosed hepatitis C, as follows: (i) CHC group, chronic hepatitis C patients; (ii) P group, periodontal disease patients, systemically healthy; (iii) CHC + P group, patients suffering from both conditions; and (iv) H group, systemically and periodontally healthy controls. …”
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Biosorption of Microelements by Spirulina: Towards Technology of Mineral Feed Supplements by Agnieszka Dmytryk, Agnieszka Saeid, Katarzyna Chojnacka

“…Biosorption of Cu(II), Mn(II), Zn(II), and Co(II) ions by lyophilized Spirulina sp. was performed to determine the metal affinity relationships for single- and multicomponent systems. Obtained results showed the replacement of naturally bound ions: Na(I), K(I), or Ca(II) with sorbed metal ions in a descending order of Mn(II) > Cu(II) > Zn(II) > Co(II) for single- and Cu(II) > Mn(II) > Co(II) > Zn(II) for multicomponent systems, respectively. …”
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An Infrared Small Moving Target Detection Method in Complex Scenes Based on Dual-Region Search by Huazhao Cao, Yuxin Hu, Ziming Wang, Jianwei Yang, Guangyao Zhou, Wenzhi Wang, Yuhan Liu

“…Infrared (IR) small target detection is a crucial component of infrared imaging systems and is vital for applications in surveillance, security, and early warning systems. …”
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Human resource evaluation using a GRA-based decision model in an interval-valued fuzzy environment by Seyed Mahdi Ghanizadeh

“…Finally, the position of systems and methods manager, a new organisational job, has been examined.…”
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