Genomic analysis of the main epidemiological lineages of Acinetobacter baumannii in Mexico by Barrios-Camacho Humberto, Lozano-Aguirre Luis, Duran-Bedolla Josefina

“…Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a critical global health threat due to its exceptional survival skills in adverse environment and its ability to acquire antibiotic resistance, presenting significant challenges for infection treatment and control. The World Health Organization has classified carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii as a “Critical Priority” pathogen to guide research and the development of control and prevention strategies. …”
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Complementarity-Oriented Feature Fusion for Face-Phone Trajectory Matching by Changfeng Cao, Wenchuan Zhang, Hua Yang, Dan Ruan

“…We evaluated our method on a large real-world face-phone trajectory dataset and showed promising results with the accuracy of 97.1% which exceeds the comparable similarity-based methods. …”
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Morphological and Molecular Identification of Obligatory Myiasis-Causing Species in Wild Cervids in Croatia by Ema Gagović, Daria Jurković Žilić, Krunoslav Pintur, Adnan Hodžić, Šimun Naletilić, Relja Beck

“…The fly species most commonly responsible for myiasis have been well studied in many parts of the world, but less so in southeastern Europe. Here, we identified three botfly species among 197 subcutaneous larvae and 138 nasopharyngeal larvae from 36 wild roe deer (<i>Capreolus capreolus</i>) and 9 wild red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>) at 30 locations across Croatia. …”
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How and why does mode of birth affect processes for routine data collection and use? A qualitative study in Bangladesh and Tanzania. by Harriet Ruysen, Tamanna Majid, Donat Shamba, Shema Mhajabin, Jacqueline Minja, Ahmed E Rahman, Titus Ngopi, Mary Ramesh, Shams El Arifeen, Rosie Steege, Janet Seeley, Joy E Lawn, Louise T Day, EN-BIRTH-2 Study Group

“…The World Health Organization recognises Routine Health Information System (RHIS) data as integral to data-driven health systems; needed to improve intrapartum outcomes for maternal and newborn health worldwide. …”
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Local government in Kazakhstan: an attempt to create a national model by Nikolay Yuvitsa

“…At the same time, taking into account the world experience, the Republic is in the process of formation of self-government institutions of the territories. …”
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Dual Role of Bacteria in Carcinoma: Stimulation and Inhibition by Suad A Al-Hilu, Wisam H Al-Shujairi

“…However, the traditional cancer treatments that include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and immunotherapy increase the chances of survival, and there are many side effects of these therapies, including the high toxicity of tissues and normal cells, could not penetrate the tumor cells, and resistance of these therapies by tumor cells. Therefore, the world has turned to an alternative solution, which is the use of genetically engineered microorganisms; thus, the use of living bacteria targeting cancerous cells is the unique option to overcome these challenges. …”
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The Role of the Sports Kinesiologist to Prevent Grade II Ankle Sprains in Volleyball by Tiziana D'Isanto, Giovanni Esposito, Rosario Ceruso, Francesca D'Elia, Gaetano Raiola

“…By establishing valid relationships between recovery outcomes and the professionals involved, this research seeks to provide valuable insights into the world of sports rehabilitation. To attain a comprehensive understanding, qualitative data were collected and analyzed. …”
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Biocementation beyond the Petri dish, scaling up to 900 L batches and a meter-scale column by Dimitrios Terzis, Camilla Perego, Margherita Cappa, Elisa Pianta, Federica Mauri, Pamela Principi

“…This research lays the groundwork for scalable MICP production, which is capable of meeting the demands of real-world building and geoenvironmental projects.…”
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Monitoring for respiratory viruses among wild canids, Texas by Lyudmyla V. Marushchak, Laura A. Pulscher, Judith U. Oguzie, Diego B. Silva, Kenneth A. Waldrup, Douglas M. Watts, Gregory C. Gray

“…The gray fox CCoV sequence clustered with other CCoVs reported in other canids from other regions of the world. The feral dog CCoV sequence was closely related to CCoVs reported in Brazil and the United Kingdom. …”
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To Evaluate the Relationship between Overweight/Obesity Status, Sugar Consumption, and Dental Caries among 12–15-year-old School Children of Moradabad City by Supurna Pandit, Pradeep Tangade, Jeevan Josh, Sanchit Pradhan, Mohnish Muchhal, Aditya Veer Singh

“…Questionnaire was given to the school-going children to record their sugar consumption and their oral hygiene practice to record dentition status World Health Organization Oral health Assessment form for Children, 2013 was used. …”
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Mapping factors influencing initiation of antiretroviral treatment among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Palesa Grace Likoti, Desmond Kuupiel, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

“…A search strategy will be used to search literature in electronic databases, including EBSCOhost (PubMed/MEDLINE), Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus, BioMed Central, and the World Health Organization library for citations and literature using keywords and the Medical Subjects Heading (MeSH). …”
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Fuzzy Enhanced Kidney Tumor Detection: Integrating Machine Learning Operations for a Fusion of Twin Transferable Network and Weighted Ensemble Machine Learning Classifier by Ananya Ghosh, Jyotismita Chaki

“…To improve training, we amplified the original dataset by creating variations with added noise and artificial modifications to simulate real-world image imperfections. The integration of Machine Learning Operations practices ensures the scalability, reproducibility, and clinical deployment of the system. …”
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Romantic balticphilia in Latvian istoriography by Zenonas Butkus

“…Between the First and Second World Wars, Balticphilic idealization of the past was almost unprecedented, because Latvia didn't have international territorial problems. …”
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Local Self-Governments in Hungary: Recent Changes through Central European Lenses by Csaba Lentner, Szilard Hegedus

“… This article provides an overview of the regulatory environment of the Hungarian system of local self-government based on the methods of legal dynamics and economic analyses in a historical perspective tracing events back to the aftermath of World War II. The starting point of the analysis is 1947, the launching of soviet type command economy in Hungary. …”
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“National Champions” and Technological “Little Giants”: Chinese Industrial Policy Between Modernization and Tradition by I. V. Danilin

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Mediating effect of social support on the relationships between caregiver burden and quality of life in family caregivers of people with dementia: a cross-sectional study in Rural... by Ying Hu, Xiajun Guo, Hui You, Li Liu, Yao Wang

“…Abstract Background China has the largest percentage of people with dementia (PwD) around the world. And most of them are cared for by their family members. …”
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Agonism and performance in adolescent football players in informal physical education settings by Sara Aliberti, Francesca D’Elia, Giuseppe Giardullo, Giuseppe Giardullo, Gaetano Raiola

“…Football is one of the most widely practiced sports in the world, and competition significantly influences athletic performance, especially in adolescents who experience emotional pressure that impacts their performance through the management of performance-related stress. …”
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Torovirus infection in animals: a review by V. А. Mischenko, A. V. Mischenko, T. B. Nikeshina, Yu. V. Brovko, А. I. Kushlubaeva

“…This report provides data on torovirus infection indicating a wide geographical distribution of animal torovirus in many countries of the world. All this suggests the need to take into account torovirus infection when conducting epizootological investigations in farms affected with massive gastrointestinal diseases of neonatal calves.…”
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The Republics of the Southern Caucasus on their way to the ‘Socialist federation’ (1917–1922) by L. S. Gatagova

“…The author notes that the struggle for spheres of influence between world powers also affected all the Transcaucasian republics, although with different results. …”
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Do oversimplified durability metrics undervalue biochar carbon dioxide removal? by A J Ringsby, K Maher

“…To reliably credit CDR, we propose a series of recommendations, including the creation of representative distributions for current feedstocks and environmental gradients to better align experimental data with real-world practices. Further, we suggest an approach to integrate in-field measurement protocols with existing strategies to evaluate CDR value, with potential to co-generate data to guide deployment, maximize agronomic co-benefits, and improve confidence in project integrity.…”
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