‘Two Families Rejected Her; We Won’t’—Experiences of Same-Sex Couples in the Chilean Public Adoption System by Rodolfo Morrison, Cleber Tiago Cirineu, Nicolás Chávez, Nallely Retamal, Paulina Reyes, Amanda Sepúlveda, Daniel Lagos-Ceron

“…<b>Objective:</b> To explore the experiences of three same-sex couples who completed the adoption process in the Chilean public system before implementing the equal marriage law in 2022. <b>Method:</b> A qualitative phenomenological approach was employed, using semi-structured interviews to collect narratives from adoptive families. …”
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Detection and quantification of Salmonella spp. in poultry slaughterhouses of southern Brazil by Karen Apellanis Borges, Eduarda Boff Martelo, Lilian Andriva dos Santos, Thales Quedi Furian, Isabel C Cisco, Luciane Manto, Luciana R dos Santos

“…Quantification means varied equally among all of the tested sources, and we could not establish any pattern of variation. …”
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Rosenfeld’s Staining: A Valuable Tool for <i>In Vitro</i> Assessment of Astrocyte and Microglia Morphology by Alana Alves Farias, Ana Carla dos Santos Costa, Jéssica Teles Souza, Érica Novaes Soares, Cinthia Cristina de Oliveira Santos Costa, Ravena Pereira do Nascimento, Silvia Lima Costa, Victor Diogenes Amaral da Silva, Maria de Fátima Dias Costa

“…This article aims to revise the use of Rosenfeld’s staining, as an alternative low-cost and easy-to-reproduce method to analyze astrocytic and microglial morphology in culture. …”
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Cellular automaton modeling of the local corrosion of ZrO2-C refractories at slag/metal interfaces by Shigefumi Matsumoto, Katsumi Morikawa, Koji Goda, Kiyoshi Goto, Hiroyuki Fukuyama

“…To elucidate these interactions, we developed a model focused on the slag/metal interface, incorporating a two-dimensional cellular automaton (CA) method. Using actual ZG microstructures, the CA simulation visualized corrosion behavior, revealing new insights. …”
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<i>H</i>_∞ Preview Tracking Control of Time-Delay Discrete Systems and Its Application in Nuclear Reactor Problems by Fucheng Liao, Hao Xie, Xianchun Meng, Jiang Wu, Yucheng Wei, Jiamei Deng

“…In order to design a preview tracking controller for such systems, we adopt the difference method and state augmentation technique and introduce an equality containing the reference signal and a discrete integrator to construct an augmented error system. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Maskapai Penerbangan Menggunakan Metode Naive Bayes dan Seleksi Fitur Information Gain by Arif Bijaksana Putra Negara, Hafiz Muhardi, Indira Melinda Putri

“…The results of the tests that have been done show that the average value of accuracy, precision, recall after adding Information Gain shows better results of 0.865 compared to the addition of information gain which is equal to 0.81. …”
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Flame Evolution Characteristics for Hydrogen/LPG Co-Combustion in a Counter-Burner by Rabeea M. Ghazal, Abdulrazzak Akroot, Hasanain A. Abdul Wahhab

“…Also, changing the equivalence ratio from 0.4 to 1.4 had an effect on the shape, color, and method of flame spread, where at the higher percentage, the shape changed and the color concentration increased, meaning that the temperature rose and the method of spread changed to an irregular one. …”
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Assessing food production capacity of farms in periurban areas by Rosalia Filippini, Elisa Marraccini, Sylvie Lardon, Enrico Bonari

“…Food planning policies, as well as studies at the local level, could take advantage from this method.…”
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Broadband Terahertz Polarizing Beam Splitter Based on a Graphene-Based Defective One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal by Ziba Saleki, Yurui Fang, Samad Roshan Entezar

“…Finally, the degree of polarization equals to one is reported for the PBS proposed here. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Evolution Mechanisms of the Water-Conducting Fractured Zone of Overlying Strata in the Kongzhuang Coal Mine by Zhang Pei-ding, Sun Chao-shang, Fan Xuan, Li Song-tao, Wang Long-jing, Cao Zheng-zheng

“…Meanwhile, the height of the caving zone is 26.7 m, about 8.3 times of mining height, and the height of the fracture zone is 68.3 m, approximately equal to 16.26 of the mining height. The results of #1 and #2 borehole leakages in the double-end water shutoff detection method show that the height of the water-conducting fractured zone is 63.70 m-65.27 m, and the split-to-mining ratio is 15.17-15.54. …”
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Determinants of weight gain among adult tuberculosis patients on dots during intensive phase in Wonago Ethiopia, unmatched case control study by Licky Eyob, Helen Ali, Yohanness Adisu, Adane Tesfaye

“…A non-probability convenience sampling method was employed to include participants. A total of 258 tuberculosis patients were included (86 cases and 172 controls). …”
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Mathematical activities and critical thinking ability in Lagosi weaving process of the Buginese community by Hikmawati Pathuddin, Andi Mariani, Zulfiqar Busrah, Kamariah Kamariah, Syamzan Syukur

“…To ensure validity, both source and method triangulation were employed. The findings reveal that the crafting of Lagosi involves integrating counting, measuring, designing, and positioning techniques. …”
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Effect of Dynamic Center Region on the Flow and Mixing Efficiency in a New Tri-Screw Extruder Using 3D Finite Element Modeling by X. Z. Zhu, Y. D. He, G. Wang

“…Then the flow visualizations in the local center region were carried out. …”
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Optical solutions to time-fractional improved (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation in optical fibers by Muhammad Amin S. Murad, Ali. H. Tedjani, Zhao Li, Ejaz Hussain

“…To illustrate the characteristics of these solutions, we provide two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and contour plots that visualize the magnitude of the conformable improved (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. …”
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Exploring The Future of Early Childhood Education : Research Trends and Implementation of Augmented Reality by Ni Maede Citariani, Ketut Agustini, Gde Wawan Sudhata, Kadek Suartama, Komang Sudarma

“…This study uses the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, with a bibliometric mapping approach and content analysis. …”
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SOLO-based Formative Assessments in Teaching and Learning Earthquakes by Conie Mae Sudaria, Joje Mar Sanchez

“…The study examined how well Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO)-based formative evaluations might improve students’ comprehension in the context of science education, with an emphasis on seismic events like earthquakes. Using a mixed-method research design, the study assesses students’ entry understanding, how they advance through formative assessments, and how they consolidate their knowledge at the exit phase. …”
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Critical Analysis of the Content of French Textbooks in the First and Second Year of Educational Guidance for Iranian Students from the Perspective of Language and Culture Educati... by Hoda Khayat

“…Using the descriptive-critical method and emphasizing the concept of language-culture education, in this paper, we have tried to find only two books from the series of French-language textbooks of education, namely French textbooks for the first and second year of middle school. …”
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Empowering Future Educators through Team-Based Projects: A Pathway to SDG 4 in Teaching Material Development by Dios Sarkity, Yudi Pratama

“…Using a descriptive-analytical method, the research analyzed student-created materials and accompanying reports. …”
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Creating interpretable deep learning models to identify species using environmental DNA sequences by Samuel Waggoner, Jon Donnelly, Rose Gurung, Laura Jackson, Chaofan Chen

“…The network is able to visualize the sequences of bases that are most distinctive for each species in the dataset, and introduces a novel skip connection that improves the interpretability of the original ProtoPNet. …”
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Semi-Supervised Atmospheric Turbulence Mitigation Based on Hybrid Models by Wenhao Chu, Zhi Cheng, Lixin He

“…Furthermore, an ablation study is conducted to illustrate the enhancements achieved by the various modules in the proposed method.…”
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