A Critical juncture in global health: Leveraging historical institutionalism to examine PEPFAR dependency and inform the development of self-reliant public health systems. by Alison Wiyeh, Patience Komba, Samuel Akombeng Ojong, Charles S Wiysonge, Bih Moki-Suh, Patricia Sadate-Ngatchou, Ferdinand C Mukumbang

“…Many countries that have long relied on PEPFAR funding are trapped in a cycle where sustained donor aid has limited their transition to self-reliant, country-led HIV programs. We leverage historical institutionalism to examine how past structures, especially colonial-era institutions, have constrained African nations and limited their capacity for self-determination through the phenomenon of path dependency. …”
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Effect of Acid Concentration on the Properties of Microcrystalline Cellulose from Pineapple Crown Leaf by Fitriani Fitriani, Sri Aprilia, Nasrul Arahman, Muhammad Roil Bilad

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Data-Efficient Bone Segmentation Using Feature Pyramid- Based SegFormer by Naohiro Masuda, Keiko Ono, Daisuke Tawara, Yusuke Matsuura, Kentaro Sakabe

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Rac1 is required for epithelial stem cell function during dermal and oral mucosal wound healing but not for tissue homeostasis in mice. by Rogerio M Castilho, Cristiane H Squarize, Kantima Leelahavanichkul, Yi Zheng, Thomas Bugge, J Silvio Gutkind

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Here we explored whether Rac1 contributes to wound healing in the skin and in the oral mucosa, the latter an anatomical site that presents similar architecture to that of the skin but is devoid of any hair follicle structures, and hence lacks hair follicle stem cells. …”
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Discourses of “religion” in public health research: Constructing religious facilitators, barriers, and subjects of health as exercises of power by Tyler J. Fuller

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Comparison of legislative management for new psychoactive substances control among Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan by Ling‐Yi Feng, Kiyoshi Wada, Heesun Chung, Eunyoung Han, Jih‐Heng Li

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THE ROLE OF VEGETABLE BREEDING AND MODERN RESEARCHES IN FOOD STABILITY by A. V. Soldatenko, O. N. Pishnaya

“…The vegetable production is one of the main factors for food security, as vegetables play an important role in the structure of nutrition. The Federal Scientific Vegetable Center creates competitive varieties and hybrids of vegetable crops that meet market requirements to meet the needs of domestic producers and thereby contributes to food security. …”
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MSA-3D: Dissecting Galaxies at z ∼ 1 with High Spatial and Spectral Resolution by Ivana Barišić, Tucker Jones, Kris Mortensen, Themiya Nanayakkara, Yuguang Chen, Ryan Sanders, James S. Bullock, Kevin Bundy, Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, Karl Glazebrook, Alaina Henry, Mengting Ju, Matthew Malkan, Takahiro Morishita, Danail Obreschkow, Namrata Roy, Juan M. Espejo Salcedo, Alice E. Shapley, Tommaso Treu, Xin Wang, Kyle B. Westfall

“…Here we describe the multiplexed slit-stepping method, which is >15 times more efficient than the NIRSpec IFS mode for our program. As an example of the data quality, we present a case study of an individual galaxy at z = 1.104 (stellar mass M _* = 10 ^10.3 M _⊙ , star formation rate, SFR = 3 M _⊙ yr ^−1 ) with prominent face-on spiral structure. …”
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Crucial areas of the economic analysis of public cancer care by D. A. Andreev, K. I. Polyakova, A. A. Zavyalov, T. N. Ermolaeva, A. G. Fisun, A. D. Ermolaeva, V. A. Dubovtseva, T. E. Maksimova

“…In addition, we focused on significant studies conducted either on the national or international level.Results and discussion. In principle, the structure of total costs is determined by the health policy regarding the cancer care system. …”
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State support and stimulation of business development in Ukraine during martial law by T.Yu.

“…The conditions of the business relocation program introduced by the government and the changes made to the «Affordable loans 5–9%» program were also analyzed. …”
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Modelling the impact of a smallpox attack in India and influence of disease control measures by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, C Raina MacIntyre, Biswajit Mohanty, Valentina Costantino, Jai Narain, Arpita Das

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN HEALTHCARE EDUCATION: PREPARING MEDICAL MANAGERS FOR THE FUTURE by Олексій Наливайко, Олексій Бачук

“…The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital solutions, making it crucial for educational institutions to adapt their training programs to better prepare future healthcare leaders. …”
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Efficient biodegradation and detoxification of reactive black 5 using a newly constructed bacterial consortium by Manar K. Abd Elnabi, Mohamed A. Ghazy, Sameh S. Ali, Marwa Eltarahony, Amr Nassrallah

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Mouse embryonic retina delivers information controlling cortical neurogenesis. by Ciro Bonetti, Enrico Maria Surace

“…Yet, whereas the intrinsic program of early neocortical developmental events has been at least in part decoded, the exact nature and impact of extrinsic signaling are still elusive and controversial. …”
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Informal Settlements in South American Cities: The Social Dimension by O. L. Kraev

“…This study focuses on slums, their structure and internal organization. The informal settlements in the South American countries of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil have been chosen as the object of the study. …”
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Automated Detection of Connective Tissue by Tissue Counter Analysis and Classification and Regression Trees by Josef Smolle, Peter Kahofer

“…Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of the CART (Classification and Regression Tree) procedure for the recognition of microscopic structures in tissue counter analysis. Methods: Digital microscopic images of H&E stained slides of normal human skin and of primary malignant melanoma were overlayed with regularly distributed square measuring masks (elements) and grey value, texture and colour features within each mask were recorded. …”
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Motivating Unmotivated Students and Strategies For Success in Vet: A Guide for Vet Educators by Iliyan Vasilev

“…These insights underscore the essential importance of strongly cultivating autonomy, as well as meaningful interconnectedness, and guaranteeing practical relevance and real-world applicability within educational structures. This research enriches the discourse on motivational intricacies in VET, presenting actionable insights for educators striving to activate and energize their students in a fungible way. …”
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Les impasses de la « ville néolibérale » : entre « rééquilibrage territorial » et « rayonnement international », les paradoxes de deux grands projets de renouvellement urbain dans... by Clément Barbier

“…First, the socio-historical part of the analysis shows that the combination of the categories of “deprived neighborhood and “metropolitan attractiveness” has mainly increased a process of social selection that had already begun with the previous programs of neighborhood development. Then, the second part focusing on the implementation of the IBA and the Union-project shows that even if attracting capital turned out to be a predominant objective of both projects, it has been combined with other ideals like excellence, good governance and spatial justice in a very differentiated way, depending on economic, institutional and political struggles that structure each local political scene.…”
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Does the Wagner’s Law exist in a strategic national area? An evidence from Kedungsepur - Indonesia by Gatot Sasongko, Andrian Dolfriandra Huruta, Anita Wardani

“…This was due to the ineffectiveness of institutions, differences in regional expenditure structures towards state expenditures and the lack of government work programs in the productive sector. …”
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Conservation value of a natural protected area in the state of Puebla, Mexico by Ernesto Ivan Badano

“…Later, to assess its conservation value, we compared the diversity of the park with that at an external, unprotected site with similar vegetation structure. Our results showed that the diversity of both groups of organisms is higher at well-preserved than at disturbed habitats of the park. …”
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