Associations Between the Mortality Trends by Cause of Death and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in Russia. The “Conveyor Belt Effect” in Action? by Elena S. Zamyatnina, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Alexey E. Shchur

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Investigation on dynamic response of liquid-filled cylindrical shell structures under the action of combined blast and fragments loading by Zhujie Zhao, Hailiang Hou, Dian Li, Xiaowei Wu, Yongqing Li, Zhenghan Chen, Linzhi Wu

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A Coordinated Pumped Storage Dual Compensated Hydro Governor with PSS Action to Damp Electromechanical Power Oscillations by Narayan Nahak, Samarjeet Satapathy

“…The proposed action is found to be much more efficient in contrast to conventional PID governor and PSS damping action. …”
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Feasibility of a Non-Anticipatory, Random-Action Target System to Improve Shooting Performance: A Brief Field Trial by Matthew Lee Smith, Ali Boolani

“…Observational data were gathered from a single-day, three-round trial to test shooting accuracy and shooting errors when shooters were unable to anticipate target appearance location and target exposure speed. In Trial 1, the target exposure time was 0.5 s, which increased to 0.7 s in Trial 2, and decreased back to 0.5 s in Trial 3. …”
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Optimising Sprint Performance in Rugby: Insights from a Systematic Review of Training Methods by Manuel Sanz-Matesanz, Francisco Tomás González-Fernández, David Blanco-Luengo, Luis Manuel Martínez-Aranda

“…Background: Sprint performance is crucial in rugby, impacting offensive and defensive actions. Despite increasing research on team sports, specific sprint training guidelines for rugby remain limited. …”
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Determination of Dynamic Stresses and Displacements under the Action of an Impact Load on a Two-Layer Structure during the Indentation Process by N. E. Babushkina, A. A. Lyapin

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Effect of biochar and cyanobacteria crust incorporation on soil wind erosion in arid mining area under freeze-thaw action by Zhe Wang, Xueshi Liu, Fenghui Sun, Qinghong Jiang, Haili Shang, Chunli Zheng

“…Cyanobacteria crusts can inhibit wind erosion, but their biomass decreases under freeze-thaw conditions. There is limited research on whether combining biochar with cyanobacteria crusts can alleviate the impact of freeze-thaw on their wind erosion resistance. …”
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More direct attacks increase likelihood of goals in 2018- and 2022-Men's World Cup Soccer Finals. by Tim Taha, Ilya Orlov

“…The likelihood of a shot was decreased by interactions between DIR and XPOS (β = -0.024, p <  0.0001), DIR and SPG (β = -0.587, p <  0.0001) and XPOS and SPG (β = -0.003, p <  0.0001. …”
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Increasing the level of coordination abilities of young taekwondo athletes aged 13-14 under martial law by Elizaveta Lyuchkova, Olena Nesen, Pavol Bartik, Jerzy Skrobecki

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INFLUENCE OF SPEED, TIME OF HOMOGENIZATION, TYPE OF SURFACE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE ON THE SIZE OF PENTOXYPHILLINE NANOPARTICLES BASED ON POLY-DL-LAKTIDE-CO-GLICOLIDE by T. V. Timchenko, A. V. Blinov, A. V. Serov, L. I. Shcherbakova, V. A. Kompantsev, O. M. Мarkova, A. I. Medvetskiy, A. Y. Platonova

“…Due to the fact that the surface of nanoparticles (nanocapsules) is multilayered, their resistance to the action of the protective mechanisms of the body increases, which allows the drug to retain the activity of the pharmacological action, as well as its structure for a longer time. …”
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The Reactivated Residual Strength: Laboratory Tests and Practical Considerations by Paolo Carrubba

“…The experimental results of this research may find some application in the design of strengthening works for a stable quiescent landslide that could experience a fairly rapid increase in destabilising actions, such as in the case of seismic stress, morphological modification of the slope, or a rising water table.…”
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Deformation and Stress Distribution of the Effective Water-Resisting Rock Beam under Water-Rock Coupling Action inside the Panel Floor by Baojie Fu, Hualei Zhang, Min Tu, Xiangyang Zhang

“…On the other hand, it can increase the coefficient of rock viscosity in water damage zones and reduce the speeds of loading and deformation in the whole rock beam. …”
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United States fatal pedestrian crash hot spot locations and characteristics by Robert James Schneider, Rebecca Sanders, Frank Proulx, Hamideh Moayyed

“…US pedestrian fatalities are at their highest level in nearly three decades and account for an increasing share of total traffic fatalities (16%). …”
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Development of technologies and tools for drilling additional wells from artificial bottom-hole with whipstock of continuous action in hard and very hard rocks by V. V. Neskoromnykh, D. V. Lysacov

“…To increase the efficiency of drilling a curved borehole in hard and very hard rocks by reducing the speed of drilling out an artificial bottom.Materials and methods. …”
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INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF REPAIRING, MANUFACTURING AND OPERATION OF THE TPP FACILITIES BY TECHNOLOGY OF GAS-THERMAL COATING AND LASER SURFACE MELTING by O. E. Grachev, V. M. Neuimin, D. V. Nasteka

“…The article considers effectiveness increase of the TPP heat-mechanical equipment repair, manufacturing and maintenance as exemplified by gas-thermal technique for hardening laststages rotor blades of the steam turbines. …”
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Measurement report: Long-term assessment of primary and secondary organic aerosols in the Shanghai megacity throughout China's Clean Air actions since 2010 by H. Yu, Y. Chang, L. Cheng, Y. Duan, J. Hu

“…Subsequently, a consistent year-to-year decrease in both OC and EC concentrations was observed, mirroring the trend observed for PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span>. …”
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The influence of tactical models of team play on the dynamics of collective ball control indicators in football by Pavlo Perepelytsia, Volodymyr Perevoznyk, Volodymyr Paievskyi, Anatoliy Abdula, Irina Pomeshchikova, Betrix Yachsie

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Method for Solving the Problem of Load Movement over the Ice Cover of a Reservoir along a Complex Trajectory by A. V. Galaburdin

“…An increase in the relaxation time of ice and a decrease in the radius of the trajectory of the load also caused an increase in deflection. …”
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Diagnosis of external causes of population declines of wild species needs to be both quick and reliable by Jeremy D. Wilson, Rhys E. Green

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Key Operation Parameters of the Vibration Mixer in the Production of Flour Baking Mixes by Borodulin D., Zorina T., Ivanets V., Nevskaya E., Turina O., Borisova A.

“…The speed υ increased with the increase in the oscillation frequency of the operating part f and the vibration amplitude A. …”
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