CHURCHES AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN NIGERIA_THROUGH THE LENS OF IBESIKPO ASUTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, AKWA IBOM by Balogun Michael Adelakun, Iduemre Ochuko

“…Structural functionalism theory was used for the study. The sample size of seventy (70) interviewees were selected within community and churches leader for in-depth interviewed. …”
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Upregulation of retinal dehydrogenase 2 in alternatively activated macrophages during retinoid-dependent type-2 immunity to helminth infection in mice. by Mara J Broadhurst, Jacqueline M Leung, K C Lim, Natasha M Girgis, Uma Mahesh Gundra, Padraic G Fallon, Mary Premenko-Lanier, James H McKerrow, Joseph M McCune, P'ng Loke

“…Although the vitamin A metabolite retinoic acid (RA) plays a critical role in immune function, RA synthesis during infection is poorly understood. …”
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Mechanisms of Disinformation Amplification in Hybrid Warfare: The Case of the Conflict in Ukraine by Rafał ROMAŃSKI

“…The methodology combines qualitative content analysis, source triangulation, and network analysis of selected case studies, including manual analysis of hashtags and discussion groups. …”
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Data Poisoning Attack on Black-Box Neural Machine Translation to Truncate Translation by Lingfang Li, Weijian Hu, Mingxing Luo

“…However, the undertranslation problem caused by the distribution of high-translation-entropy words in source sentences still exists, and can be aggravated by poisoning attacks. …”
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Hybrydowa natura przekładu jako droga wzbogacenia zasobów językowych i stymulowania rozwoju mikrojęzyków. Na przykładach tłumaczeń na język kaszubski i śląski by Hanna Makurat-Snuzik

“…In the case of translations into microlanguages, on the one hand, the hybrid nature of translation reflects subordination to the more powerful system and openness to foreign influences; on the other hand, the source text stimulates the growth of the weaker dominated ethnolect by providing it with linguistic patterns and structures, lexical units or stylistic paradigms, which are borrowed and assimilated in the process of translation. …”
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Health related quality of life in patients having schizophrenia negative symptoms – a systematic review by Chiraz Azaiez, Aurélie Millier, Christophe Lançon, Emilie Clay, Pascal Auquier, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Mondher Toumi

“…Background: Schizophrenia negative symptoms (SNS) contribute substantially to poor functional outcomes, loss in productivity and poor quality of life. …”
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Use of artificial water sources by tapirs in the Maya Forest, Mexico by Fernando M. Contreras-Moreno, Khiavett Sánchez-Pinzón, Daniel Jesús-Espinosa, Jose Mauricio Méndez-Tun, Jesus Lizardo Cruz-Romo, Pedro Bautista-Ramírez

“…The PIV, occupancy, and detectability obtained in the present study were similar to those reported in natural water bodies in the Maya Forest, which supports the idea that the water troughs could temporarily supply maintenance functions for tapirs during the dry season or in periods when water is scarce in the landscape, being this the only source of water available to satisfy their requirements for this resource in the CBR. …”
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Greenness of extraction procedures involving biochar-based sorbents for organic compounds by Francesca Merlo, Andrea Speltini, Antonella Profumo

“…In the field of green sample preparation, new challenges are emerging for guaranteeing sustainability of analytical procedures and remarkable efforts have been made to develop materials from natural and/or renewable sources. In such a scenario, biochar is emerging as alternative sorbent with low economic and environmental impact. …”
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Analysis of ecotourism components effect on designing Talesh city residential-recreational complex by Zeynab Feyzi, Farzaneh Asadi Malekjahan

“…Sampling in this citation is purposeful-selective through in-depth interviews with a statistical population of 20 architects. …”
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A Review on Software-Defined Networking for Internet of Things Inclusive of Distributed Computing, Blockchain, and Mobile Network Technology: Basics, Trends, Challenges, and Future... by Shakila Shafiq, Md. Sazzadur Rahman, Shamim Ahmed Shaon, Imtiaz Mahmud, A. S. M. Sanwar Hosen

“…As both of these concepts are new, they have received increasing attention from academic or industrial sources to emphasize their potential for integration. …”
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Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Antibiotics in Children: Perspectives on Model-Informed Precision Dosing by Ryota Tanaka, Kei Irie, Tomoyuki Mizuno

“…The appropriate use of antibiotics is crucial and involves selecting an optimal dosing regimen based on pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) indicators. …”
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Communication in the Mirror of Social Semiotics by N. V. Kazarinova

“…The subject of this article is communicative resources, which are selected by partners from a huge variety of linguistic means, functional styles, rhetorical techniques, and subject activities, and through which a common semantic space between individuals is generated.Methodology and sources. …”
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Architectural design solutions towards healing educational environment for autistic children by Mohammadsalar Hafez, Mojtaba Pourahmadi

“…Sampling in this citation is purposeful-selective through in-depth interviews with a statistical population of 20 architects. …”
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Predicting protein synergistic effect in Arabidopsis using epigenome profiling by Chih-Hung Hsieh, Ya-Ting Sabrina Chang, Ming-Ren Yen, Jo-Wei Allison Hsieh, Pao-Yang Chen

“…QHistone accurately identifies histone modifications associated with specific known proteins, and allows users to computationally validate their results using gene expression data from various plant tissues. These functions demonstrate an useful approach to utilizing epigenome data for gene regulation analysis, making QHistone a valuable resource for the scientific community ( https://qhistone.paoyang.ipmb.sinica.edu.tw ).…”
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The role of radio as the public sphere for public political education in the digital era: Challenges and pitfalls by Anang Sujoko, Dyan Rahmiati, Fathur Rahman

“…Selectively choose the content of the program. Radio’s ability to survive was strongly supported by its ability to utilize of income opportunities and elegantly avoid economic and political pitfalls by empowering the role of the public sphere through massive involvement of external sources. …”
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Iterative approach for photonic crystal devices design by Pavel V. Mokshin, Dimitriy L. Golovashkin, Vladimir S. Pavelyev

“…The proposed approach differs from known general-purpose optimization methods (e.g., genetic algorithm or gradient procedures) by using diffraction pattern information at different frequencies while optimizing an element designed to operate at the selected wavelength. The design of functional PhC structures with expected characteristics (for example, waveguides) for a certain wavelength (albeit given by a monochromatic radiation source) is described. …”
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The role of internal auditors in preventing financial fraud in the Republic of Serbia by Jeremić Nebojša, Jakovljević Nemanja

“…By exploring the practices and challenges faced by internal auditors, this paper aims to provide valuable insights and recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness of internal audit functions in detecting and preventing financial fraud. …”
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Computer vision based automatic evaluation method of Y2O3 steel coating performance with SEM image by Jianhong Zhao, Huamin Yang, Yi Sui

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Assessment of watershed ecosystem health in red-soil region: A case study in Nanxi River by YOU Shixue, LI Peng, CAI Jingbo, HUANG Zhou, DENG Jinsong, ZHOU Mengmeng, HU Shuigen

“…In order to improve the health conditions, more attention should be paid to adjusting the scope of the conservation areas, controlling pollution from point and nonpoint sources as well as protecting the biodiversity. The proposed assessment methodology can comprehensively indicate the health condition of Nanxi River. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Tunicate vs. Plant-Based Cellulose in Chitosan Hydrogels for Bone Regeneration by Laura Furlan, Annj Zamuner, Andrea Riccioni, Giacomo Sabbadin, Teresa Russo, Vito Gallicchio, Gabriella D’Auria, Lucia Falcigno, Lucia Manni, Loriano Ballarin, Elisabetta Schievano, Paola Brun, Monica Dettin

“…A novel hydrogel scaffold for bone regeneration based on chitosan, selected for its biocompatibility, biodegradability, and antimicrobial properties, was covalently functionalized with a bioactive peptide from bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) to guide osteoblast growth and proliferation. …”
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