Attitude of patients and doctors of government health care system to the basic principles of medical ethics by E. P. Pukhova, O. Yu. Kutumova, D. O. Trufanov

“…Materials and methods. For the selection of respondents was used the representative sample based on gender and age of respondents (for the selection of patients), and by specialty of a medical workers (for doctors). …”
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Morphological divergence driven by predation environment within and between species of Brachyrhaphis fishes. by Spencer J Ingley, Eric J Billman, Mark C Belk, Jerald B Johnson

“…Our findings are important because they provide evidence that the same source of selection can drive similar phenotypic divergence independently at multiple divergence levels.…”
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Research and application of bolter miner airborne drilling rig by Zhixiang Liu, Zhenyu Li, Kang Zou, Chunxue Xie

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Biomechanical Changes to the Ankle After Zadek Osteotomy by Nicholas Bellas MD, Raghunandan Nayak BS, Mehreen Pasha BS, Megan R. Wolf MD, Elifho Obopilwe MS, Thomas McDonald MD, Lauren E. Geaney MD

“…Category: Hindfoot; Sports Introduction/Purpose: Insertional Achilles tendinopathy is a common source of heel pain in active adults and athletes. …”
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Acoustic Features for Identifying Suicide Risk in Crisis Hotline Callers: Machine Learning Approach by Zhengyuan Su, Huadong Jiang, Ying Yang, Xiangqing Hou, Yanli Su, Li Yang

“…Basic acoustic features (eg, Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, formant frequencies, jitter, shimmer) and high-level statistical function (HSF) features (using OpenSMILE [Open-Source Speech and Music Interpretation by Large-Space Extraction] with the ComParE 2016 configuration) were extracted. …”
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Estimating the mass of tephra accumulated on roads to best manage the impact of volcanic eruptions: the example of Mt Etna, Italy by L. Mereu, L. Mereu, M. Stocchi, M. Stocchi, A. Garcia, M. Prestifilippo, L. Sandri, C. Bonadonna, S. Scollo

“…First, we analysed a sequence of 39 short-lasting and intense lava fountains detected by the X-band weather radar, applying a volcanic ash radar retrieval approach that permits us to compute the main eruption source parameters (ESPs), such MER, <span class="inline-formula"><i>H</i>_TP</span>, and GSD. …”
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Seismic loss analysis of buckling-restrained braced frames considering the effects of modeling uncertainties by A. M. Azimi, E. Khojastehfar

“…The variation of the modulus of elasticity and the yield strength constitute the sources of the uncertainties  for this study. The two-dimensional 4-, 8-, and 12-story frames ,selected from symmetrical three-dimensional structures, were studied. …”
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NaCl-induced soil stress regulates the diversity of soil bacteria and their ability to metabolize low molecular weight organic acids by Adhari Al-Kalbani, Daniel Menezes-Blackburn, Jinan Waladwadi, Said Al-Ismaily, Buthaina Al-Siyabi

“…This study demonstrated that soil salinity is a strong regulator of soil microbial diversity and function, as reflected by a marked decrease in the responsiveness of soil microbes to various root exudate carbon sources.…”
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Ecological security driving mechanisms and optimization of zoning in Chinese urban agglomerations: A case study of the central plains urban agglomeration by Jinyuan Zhang, Xuning Qiao, Yongju Yang, Liang Liu, Yalong Li, Shengnan Zhao

“…Additionally, it combines the ’Three-dimensional Rubik’s Cube model with primary functional zoning to enhance the optimization of ecological security delineation. …”
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A Spatial–Frequency Combined Transformer for Cloud Removal of Optical Remote Sensing Images by Fulian Zhao, Chenlong Ding, Xin Li, Runliang Xia, Caifeng Wu, Xin Lyu

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Utilization of Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) wastes for bioethanol production using Pichia kudriavzevii strains by Folake T. Afolabi, Ibukun E. Ola

“…Moreover, the Pichia kudriavzevii strains could be recommended for bioethanol production at 30 % inoculum size, on using sucrose as a carbon source and yeast extract as a nitrogen source. On using the Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTI) spectroscopy, the detected functional group of the produced bioethanol was O-H group. …”
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ACO-NM hybrid optimization calculation method for transit time of oxygen activation logging in CO2 injection profile by WANG Zhengyan, CHEN Meng, YANG Guofeng, LIU Guoquan, PEI Yang, CHEN Qiang

“…Compared with the measured oxygen activation spectrum peak, the Gaussian function exhibited a high degree of morphological similarity. …”
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Cognitive bias modification for social anxiety: protocol for a living systematic review of human studies and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with rese... by Paulina Schenk, Virginia Chiocchia, Hossein Dehdarirad, Janna Hastings, Claire Stansfield, Toshi Furukawa, Simon E. Blackwell, Ava Homiar, Thomy Tonia, Per Carlbring, Kelvin Opiepie, Claire Friedrich, Simonne Wright, Susan Michie, Georgia Salanti, Richardson Mojica, James Thomas, Jaycee Kennett, Andrea Cipriani, Jennifer Potts

“…Cases of elevated distress and impaired functioning can lead to a clinical diagnosis of social anxiety disorder. …”
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Diagnostics and restorative treatment of accommodation astenopia from the position of applied methods, effectiveness and staging: systematic review by I. G. Ovechkin, D. A. Shavshina, E. I. Belikova

“…A systematic review was performed using the RSCI and PubMed databases, with the following search keywords: “accommodation”, “asthenopia”, “computer vision syndrome”, “quality of life”, “visual performance”. The sources were selected according to the criteria of prospective or retrospective studies. …”
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Direct-fed microbials optimize ruminal fermentation, microbial ecosystem and milk quality to enhance the lactation performance of Sanhe dairy cows by Aoyu Jiang, Zixin Liu, Ziyan Yang, Shizhe Zhang, Jian Wu, Chuanshe Zhou, Zhiliang Tan

“…Dairy cows are the most important source of milk production, with billions of microorganisms present in the rumen. …”
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration changes neuronal beta-frequency dynamics during the mismatch negativity response by Alistair Perry, Laura E. Hughes, Natalie E. Adams, Michelle Naessens, Niels A. Kloosterman, Matthew A. Rouse, Alexander G. Murley, Duncan Street, P. Simon Jones, James B. Rowe

“…Across bvFTD and PSP groups, the beta response to deviant stimuli (relative to standard stimuli) correlated with clinical severity, but not with atrophy of the prefrontal source region. These findings confirm the proposed importance of higher-order cortical regions, and their beta-power generators, in sensory change detection and context-updating during oddball paradigms. …”
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Identification of positive selection signatures associated with milk and composition traits in Murciano-Granadina and Barki by Hossein Mohammadi, amir hossien khaltabadi farahani, Mohammad Hossein Moradi

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Iodine deficiency as an environmental risk factor for thyroid gland diseases in animals by І. P. Ligomina, I. M. Sokulskyi, V. M. Sokolyuk, B. V. Gutyj, L. M. Soloviova

“…The situation is complicated in the biogeochemical zones of Ukraine, where insufficient or excessive content of mobile forms of microelements in soils and water sources determines the biological reaction of local flora and fauna. …”
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Spectral Properties of Suprathermal Protons Associated with Interplanetary Shocks from WIND/STICS Data by Johann Rubens Mejia-Ott, Brent M. Randol

“…“Suprathermal” designates energies above the bulk, “thermal” solar wind, including inner-source pickup ions, cometary ions, solar energetic particles, and suprathermal tail particles. …”
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From the WHO framework to integrated senior health and wellness hub program: an implementation journey by Xiaoting Huang, Xiaoting Huang, Hao Yi Tan, Hao Yi Tan, Hao Yi Tan, Pei Ling Er, Amber Wong, Si Qi Lim, Joshua Kuan Tan, Wan Qi Yee, Xiaohui Xin, Lian Leng Low

“…IntroductionAs global populations age, ensuring older adults maintain functional ability and wellbeing is a critical public health priority. …”
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