Monitoring and measuring noise pollution in urban environments (Case study: Khorramabad city by Ali Jafari, Mansour Ghaderpoori, Samira Saadati, Faramarz Azimi

“…The mean of sound measured in the monitored stations was equal to 68.28±2.6 dB. The maximum measured sound level belonged to station S2. …”
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INFLUENCE OF LASER BEAM PROFILE ON LIGHT SCATTERING BY HUMAN SKIN DURING PHOTOMETRY BY ELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTORS by M. A. Bezuglyi, N. V. Bezuglaya, S. Kostuk

“…The correct accounting of laser emitter parameters for improvement of diagnostic authenticity of methods of optical biomedical diagnostic is important problem for applied biophotonic tasks. …”
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Efficacy of a four-drug combined regimen compared to uterine curettage in the treatment of incomplete medical abortion: a prospective observational study by Yanlin Feng, Linai Zhang

“…Conclusion The combined regimen of four drugs boasts favorable efficacy for the treatment of incomplete MA, and is equally efficient as compared to uterine curettage.…”
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Effectiveness of a resilience, gender equity and mental health group intervention for young people living in informal urban communities in North India: a cluster randomized control... by Varadharajan Srinivasan, Miguel San Sebastián, Samson Rana, Pooja Bhatt, Greg Armstrong, Smita Deshpande, Kaaren Mathias

“…Methods This cluster randomised controlled trial used an analytic sample of 476 adolescents and young adults aged 11–25 years from randomised clusters in urban Dehradun, India. …”
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Identification of Genetic Variants Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Insertion-Deletion Events in TLR8, IRF10b, and GAPDH Genes Related to the Immune System in Rainbow T... by Najmeh Fazeli Moghadam, Ghodrat Rahimi Miyanji, Ayoub Farhadi, Ardeshir Nejati Jawarami, Elham Younesi Melardi

“…In the GAPDH downstream gene position, each of the SNP and InsDel variants was detected with frequencies equal to 47.6% and 12.5%, respectively, only in the downstream site of this gene. …”
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The effects of competition on exercise intensity and the user experience of exercise, during virtual reality bicycling for healthy adults across the lifespan by John L. Palmieri, Judith E. Deutsch

“…Methods Adults aged 45–75 participated in three VR cycling conditions: self-competition, competition against others, and visual feedback. …”
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MLKL‒OPTN axis regulates herpesvirus‐induced neurological sequelae by Ilina Bhattacharya, Rashmi Kadam, Tejabhiram Yadavalli, Chandrashekhar D. Patil, Hemant Borase, Ipsita Volety, Sergey Kalinin, Douglas L. Feinstein, Henry C. Tseng, Deepak Shukla

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Development of an Effective and Cost-Saving Synergistic-Antibacterial Therapy for Prevention of Endophthalmitis by Huy Dong, Phat Tran, Keaton Luth, Dana Thalman, Coby Ray, Pamela Lin, Staci Moss, Abdul Hamood, David McCartney, Ted W. Reid

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Comparative effectiveness of aripiprazole and olanzapine on neurocognitive profile of patients with schizophrenia by Sanya Sharma, Ajeet Sidana, Shivangi Mehta, Manoj Kumar Bajaj

“…Aim: To see comparative effectiveness of aripiprazole and olanzapine on neurocognitive profile of patients with schizophrenia. Materials and Methods: This was a comparative, prospective, and interventional study. …”
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ESTIMATING THE EFFICIENCY OF CONTROL OVER CATERING ENTERPRISES IN NIZHNIY NOVGOROD

“…Objective: to identify and systematize the most problematic objects of control in various cafes of Nizhny Novgorod, in the opinion of their leaders, and to offer measures for their improvement.Methods: the study is based on questionnaires, analysis, and logical classification.Results: the results of the respondents’ polling are described; just under a third of respondents indicated that one of the last two inspections is the identification of cases of poisoning in the catering industry; the main object of control, of the most commonly detected defects, is visual inspec- tion. …”
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Profile of cognitive deficits among children residing in areas with high ambient air pollution in Odisha by Kulumina Dash, Pratap Kumar Jena, Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik, Sayali Mishra, Jayaprakash Russell Ravan

“…Conclusion: Six- to eight-year-old children residing in areas with high ambient particulate pollution exhibited lower cognitive abilities, including deficits in attention, working memory, mathematical skills, vocabulary, and visual-spatial processing.…”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Unintentional In-Home Injuries in Older Adults by Ok-Hee Cho, Hyekyung Kim

“…This study examines the prevalence and types of unintentional in-home injuries in older adults and identifies the risk factors associated with falls and cuts/collisions. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 309 older adults (aged ≥ 65 years) recruited from eight senior welfare centers in South Korea. …”
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Cognition and chronic pain: an analysis on community-dwelling elderly caregivers and non-caregivers by Marielli TERASSI, Ana Carolina OTTAVIANI, Érica Nestor de SOUZA, Francisco José FRAGA, Pedro MONTOYA, Sofia Cristina Iost PAVARINI, Priscilla HORTENSE

“…Results: Statistically significant differences between participants with and without chronic pain were found with regard to attention/orientation (p=0.045) and visual-spatial skills (p=0.017), and in the total score (p=0.033). …”
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Using Online Orton-Gillingham Lessons to Teach Reading Comprehension and Word Recognition to Preschool Children at Risk for Dyslexia by Ботіна Алі Мохаммед Хусієн

“…It is recommended that this method to be incorporated in into the curriculum in order to best-teach children at risk for dyslexia and other LDs. …”
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Parables of Heaven, Acts and Epistles of the Apostles in Measure for Measure by Natalia E. Mikeladze

“…In the plays similar to the topical one (thesis play) Shakespeare applies the methods of the tradition of religious and philosophical exegesis. …”
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Harnessing AI for aphasia: a case report on ChatGPT's role in supporting written expression by Avery K. Allen, Christine Brennan, Christina Riseman, Holly Kleiber, Allison I. Hilger

“…While writing aids show promise, artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as large language models (LLMs), offer new opportunities for individuals with language-based writing challenges.MethodsThis case report describes the use of the LLM, ChatGPT, to improve accuracy, complexity, and productivity in an adult with aphasia. …”
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Assessing built environment walkability using activity-space summary measures by Calvin P Tribby, Harvey J Miller, Barbara B Brown, Carol M Werner, Ken R Smith

“…We visualize these activity-space summary measures to compare walkability among individuals’ trips within their neighborhoods. …”
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Electroacupuncture superiority in knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of four acupuncture techniques by Yu Chen, Chunyan Xing, Qi Wan, Gengchun Guo, Wanlang Li

“…We collected 52 studies and used R software to analyze data.ResultsThe results of meta-analysis showed that the efficacy rates for electroacupuncture, filiform acupuncture, warming acupuncture, and fire acupuncture were 91.5, 83.4, 84.9, and 83.5%, respectively. The respective visual analog scale (VAS) scores were 2.1, 3.2, 2.9, and 4.1, respectively. …”
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The Efficacy of Lactocare® Synbiotic on the Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Psoriasis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial by Ali Akbarzadeh, Pedram Alirezaei, Amin Doosti-Irani, Maryam Mehrpooya, Fatemeh Nouri

“…Methods. A total of 52 psoriasis patients were included in this study and randomly divided into treatment and placebo (control) groups. …”
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Psychological Aspects of the Organization of the Foreign Language Learning Process for Students of Non-Linguistic Specialities under Current Conditions by C. Соколовська

“…The approaches to the selection of teaching goals, tasks, forms, methods and visual aids for students of specialty “Journalism” at master’s degree level are proposed for the formation of positive motivation to learn English. …”
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