YAREN: Humanoid Torso Robot Platform for Research, Social Interaction, and Educational Applications by Daniela Sanchez-Orozco, Rhandall Valdez, Yandri Uchuari, Marcelo Fajardo-Pruna, Luis Cavazos Quero, Redhwan Algabri, Emiliano Quinones Yumbla, Francisco Yumbla

“…Relatively low-cost components were selected to provide a high-quality product that remains accessible to multiple laboratories, even in resource-limited contexts. …”
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Oligosaccharide production using β-galactosidase from Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Kluyveromyces lactis in sweetened reconstituted nonfat dry milk by Giselle K.P. Guron, Arland T. Hotchkiss, Jr., Brittany H. Bodnar, Andrew Harron, John A. Renye, Jr., Michael J. McAnulty

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Inversion and validation of soil water-holding capacity in a wild fruit forest, using hyperspectral technology combined with machine learning by Tingwei Song, Liang Guo, Qian Sun, Guizhen Gao, Jing Chen, Qikun Zhang

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Identifying the Drivers and Consequences of the Mainstream Media’s Effective Activism in Managing Soci-political Crises in Iran by Mitra Afzali Farooji, Fatemeh Estarami

“…Based on the findings, the role of the media in socio-political crisis management before, during, and after the crisis included supporting public opinion, raising awareness, holding responsible institutions accountable, informing, and having strategic function. The factors driving effective media activism in predicting socio-political crises included infrastructure drivers, functional capability, human resources, professional standards, and social capital. …”
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The Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability of an Arm Care Screening Tool in High School Baseball Coaches by Kyle A. Matsel, Stephanie N. Brown, Matt C. Hoch, Robert J. Butler, Philip M. Westgate, Terry R. Malone, Tim L. Uhl

“… # Purpose To establish the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of a novel arm care screening tool based on the concepts of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS™) and Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA™) in high school coaches…”
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Recreational Thematic Dominants in News TV Discourse by M. A. Gladko

“…Their explication represents a multi-layered semiotic system (external level (multimodal resources); internal (macro- and micro-level). Between the two extreme points of recreation there are texts with different levels of recreation, and in descending order the recreational function is combined with additional, non-creative ones.…”
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Bisoprolol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbation: the BICS RCT by Graham Devereux, Seonaidh Cotton, Mintu Nath, Nicola McMeekin, Karen Campbell, Rekha Chaudhuri, Gourab Choudhury, Anthony De Soyza, Shona Fielding, Simon Gompertz, John Haughney, Amanda Lee, Graeme MacLennan, Alyn Morice, John Norrie, David Price, Philip Short, Jorgen Vestbo, Paul Walker, Jadwiga Wedzicha, Andrew Wilson, Olivia Wu, Brian Lipworth

“…Total number of major adverse cardiovascular events. Lung function (NB, during the COVID-19 pandemic, lung function could not be assessed in participants). …”
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Ecological assessment of forest management approaches to develop resilient forests in the face of global change in Central Europe by Franka Huth, Alexander Tischer, Petia Nikolova, Heike Feldhaar, Alexandra Wehnert, Lisa Hülsmann, Jürgen Bauhus, Katrin Heer, Juliane Vogt, Christian Ammer, Uta Berger, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Manuela Böhme, Harald Bugmann, Jörn Buse, Laura Demant, Inken Dörfler, Jörg Ewald, Eike Feldmann, Andreas Fichtner, Martin M. Gossner, Thorsten E.E. Grams, Karl-Heinz Häberle, Jonas Hagge, Henrik Hartmann, Sven Herzog, Ansgar Kahmen, Ulrich Kohnle, Doris Krabel, Klara Krämer-Klement, Jürgen Kreyling, Michael Manthey, Karl Mellert, Peter Meyer, Andreas Mölder, Lena Muffler-Weigel, Bettina Ohse, Lars Opgenoorth, Boris Rewald, Andreas Rothe, Nadine Ruehr, Tobias Scharnweber, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Jonas Schmeddes, Joachim Schmerbeck, Markus Schmidt, Dominik Seidel, Frank M. Thomas, Malin Tiebel, Goddert von Oheimb, Sven Wagner, Robert Weigel, Martin Wilmking, Christian Zang, Bernhard Schuldt

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Mitochondrial genome characterization, evolution and intron dynamics of the entomopathogenic genus Cordyceps by Jinlong Jia, Jinlong Jia, Jinlong Jia, Chengpeng Li, Mei Tang, Mei Tang, Mei Tang, Hefa Liao, Hefa Liao, Hefa Liao, Zhuliang Yang, Zhuliang Yang, Yanan Wang, Ming Li, Wenbo Zeng, Yuanbing Wang, Yuanbing Wang

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The Role of High-mass Stellar Binaries in the Formation of High-mass Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters by Ambreesh Khurana, Sourav Chatterjee

“…We study the differences in the demographics of BH–BH mergers and their implications for LIGO–Virgo–Kagra detections as a function of ${f}_{{\rm{b}},15}^{{\prime} }$ .…”
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WRKY gene family of Licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis): identification and expression analysis in response to abiotic stress by Rui Li, Jing Gao, Nan Wang, Yonggang Yan, Gang Zhang, Jiakun Yan

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Conceptual Development of Urban Super-blocks Model in Urban Planning Based on Content Analysis Method by Hafez Mahdnejad

“…Based on the analysis and synthesis of the findings, 101 open codes have been identified regarding the unique characteristics of urban superblocks, which have been classified into 31 core codes. Axial codes in six selected codes are classified including background conditions (superblock and mini-block environment), causal conditions (field of urban action, land use and urban morphology, urban function, urban complexity, biodiversity and urban green, metabolic efficiency , social unity, human-centered street, complete streets, healthy streets and sustainable streets), mediating conditions (good urban governance and mixed use), central category (biological and physiological needs, security needs, belonging needs, respect needs, cognitive needs, aesthetic needs and self-fulfillment needs), strategies (green space redesign, space reassignment and restrictions and active transportation) and consequences (environmental improvement, traffic reduction, air pollution reduction, social cohesion, health promotion, economic). …”
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Material screening for the development of a photovoltaic module using biodegradable materials from renewable raw materials by Pander Matthias, Koepge Ringo, Jaeckel Bengt, Mordvinkin Anton

“…As result, the materials could no longer fulfill its protective function for the cells.…”
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Managing Friends and Foes: Sanctioning Mutualists in Mixed‐Infection Nodules Trades off With Defense Against Antagonists by Camille E. Wendlandt, Saumik Basu, Angeliqua P. Montoya, Paige Roberts, Justin D. Stewart, Allison B. Coffin, David W. Crowder, E. Toby Kiers, Stephanie S. Porter

“…However, these outcomes may be difficult to achieve simultaneously, since plant defenses activated in response to antagonists can compromise mutualism function, and plant resources allocated to defense may trade off with resources allocated to managing mutualists. …”
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TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE POST-WAR RECOVERY: THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION by Nataliia Kholiavko

“…The research employed a survey method, with students from Ukrainian higher education institutions selected as the primary target group of respondents. …”
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Effect of Mixed Lactic Acid Bacteria on Silage Quality and In Vitro Digestibility of 16 Oat Forage Varieties in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Xueer Zhao, Xinyang Li, Haiping Li, Xiaowei Hu, Dawa Quzhen, Xiangba Lamu, Zhifeng Jia, Yang Ji, Yanling Huang, Qingping Zhou, Hao Guan

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Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of moderate-to-severe binge eating disorder in adults: systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis of publicly available placebo-controlled, r... by Fornaro M, Solmi M, Perna G, De Berardis D, Veronese N, Orsolini L, Ganança L, Stubbs B

“…In contrast, discontinuation rates due to treatment-emergent adverse events were significantly higher among patients in receipt of lisdexamfetamine (relative risk 2.19, P=0.04) versus placebo.Limitations: Publication, selection, performance, attrition, reporting, sponsorship, and “diagnostic shift” biases. …”
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Thermally radiative water-based hybrid nanofluid with nanoparticles and gyrotactic microorganisms past a stretching surface with convective conditions and porous media by Humaira Yasmin, Rawan Bossly, Fuad S. Alduais, Afrah Al-Bossly, Anwar Saeed

“…The analysis is done via the bvp4c MATLAB function in order to analyze the current model numerically by implementing convective boundary conditions. …”
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Transcriptome and Expression Profiling Analysis of Recalcitrant Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) Seeds Sensitive to Dehydration by Xiaofang Jin, Dandan Liu, Linlong Ma, Ziming Gong, Dan Cao, Yanli Liu, Yeyun Li, Changjun Jiang

“…Additionally, the expression profiles of 12 selected genes related to tea seed dehydration treatment were confirmed by qRT-PCR analysis. …”
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Co-design and prototype development of MedManageSCI: a medication self-management toolkit for adults with spinal cord injury/dysfunction by Lauren Cadel, Rasha El-Kotob, Sander L. Hitzig, Lisa M. McCarthy, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, Tanya L. Packer, Tejal Patel, Stephanie R. Cimino, Aisha K. Lofters, Chester H. Ho, Maliha Asif, Sara J.T. Guilcher

“…The implications of this work extend beyond SCI/D, highlighting the importance of tailored digital health resources for populations with complex healthcare needs. …”
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