Ethical burdens of COVID-19 testing: the case for a research agenda to improve effectiveness and equity in pandemic response by Dana Howard, Dana Howard, Abigail Norris Turner, Julianna Nemeth, Tasleem J. Padamsee

“…These problems also risk undermining trust in public health interventions more broadly and pose challenges to the sustainability of testing programs moving forward. In this perspective essay, we argue that public health research must aim to document and understand the mechanisms through which living in structurally disadvantaged environments exacerbates not only the logistical and material burdens of COVID-19 testing, but also the ethical and social burdens it creates. …”
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Hardware-in-the-loop controller testing and visualization of an industrial gantry by M. Leao Moreira, R. Singh, A. Gomez-Badillo, B. Albakri, V. Venugopal, Y. Park, S. Cetin

“…The environment is used to validate an industrial gantry robot’s control systems and structural design. The testing is successful in using real-time controller inputs to generate visual display and physical assessments of the robot’s design. …”
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Clinical expert statement on osteoarthritis: diagnosis and therapeutic choices by Piotr Leszczyński, Przemysław Lisiński, Brygida Kwiatkowska, Tomasz Blicharski, Jarosław Drobnik, Katarzyna Krystyna Pawlak-Buś

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, progressive disease that affects bones and joint structures. Osteoarthritis is associated with joint pain, cartilage degradation, synovial inflammation, subchondral bone remodeling and osteophyte formation. …”
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Problems of social and psychological adaptation of foreign students at a russian university by Aslancheriy Kitovich Tkhakushinov, Fatima Guchipsovna Lovpache, Bela Kazbekovna Pafifova, Yulia Nikolaevna Tril

“…The methods of analysis and synthesis, structural and functional ones have been used, and to obtain empirical data interviewing and questioning have been used. …”
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Artificial intelligence and soft skills in civil engineering education: A Latin American curriculum gap with global implications by Julio César Pino Tarragó, Dunia Lisbet Domínguez Gálvez, Julio Johnny Regalado Jalca, Erik Gabriel Villavicencio Cedeño

“…These gaps indicate a structural misalignment between the graduate profile and the implemented curriculum. …”
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Optimization of the rotor of a magnetoelectric synchronous machine with pole tips shaped as elliptical arcs by V. V. Kharlamov, Yu. V. Moskalev, A. Yu. Milyutin

“…Permissible ranges of variation for the variable values, which define the dimensions of the rotor's structural elements, are considered as segment boundaries within the dichotomy method for each coordinate axis. …”
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The dual roles of human PYHIN family proteins in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic implications by Shuyan Zeng, Shuyan Zeng, Zhiyong Zhou, Zhiyong Zhou, Yi Li, Di Wu, Qiuyun Xiao, Qiuyun Xiao, Huiyun Peng, Huiyun Peng

“…These proteins share a common structural feature, including signature N-terminal PYD domain and C-terminal HIN-200 domain, which enable them to recognize intracellular nucleic acids and assemble inflammasomes, triggering inflammatory responses and programmed cell death. …”
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Vulnerability Analysis for Reusing an Old Industrial Area: A Case Study of the Winter Olympic Park by Wei Tian, Xingrun Zhong, Ping Guo, Guangmin Zhang

“…Second, foundation damage, structural bearing capacity, and other building safety indicators, as well as environmental safety, were included in the vulnerability assessment indicator system. …”
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Extending the Technology Acceptance Model for Use of e-Learning Systems by Digital Learners by Aamer Hanif, Faheem Qaisar Jamal, Muhammad Imran

“…A quantitative approach involving structural equation modeling is adopted, and research data collected from 437 undergraduate students enrolled in three academic programs is used for analysis. …”
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Production Research and Risk Factor Analysis of Transfusion and Infusion Warmer Based on Real-World Data by Hongfeng BI, Yonggang WANG, Zhendong WANG, Yuan FU, Huifang NIU

“…This was done by understanding the equipment’s principles, structures, and quality control. Additionally, real-world data from January 2019 to December 2023 were collected to count adverse events. …”
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Ethical tax decision-making: Evaluating the effects of organizational prestige valuations and tax accountants’ financial situation by Holy Kwabla Kportorgbi, Francis Aboagye-Otchere, Teddy Ossei Kwakye

“…A Survey data from 356 tax accountants in two public-interest organizations were analysed using partial least square structural equation modelling. The study found that perceived external prestige (PEP) dimension of POP predicts EDM. …”
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Teachers’ motivation in developing quality learning in rural schools in Indonesia by M. Dahlan R, Samsuri, Elih Malihatun, Buci Morisson, Asep Abdurrohman, Abdul Basyit, Madali

“…Data collection techniques used school culture instruments, organizational, civic behavior, life satisfaction, teacher interests, and data analysis techniques using structural equations (SEM). This research shows that school culture and organizational and civic behavior through life satisfaction play an essential role in fostering teachers’ interest. …”
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Cross-species single-cell transcriptomic atlas of retinal photoreceptors reveals molecular signatures underlying color vision adaptation by Zhibin Li, Chengkai Yan, Yubao Lu, Yaqing Shu, Shilin Wu, Xi Cheng, Yuge Wang, Shishi Shen, Hui Yang, Gang Cao, Jianping Ji, Liangming Zhang, Jian Sun, Dongchang Xiao, Shasha Li, Wei Qiu

“…Summary: The retina exhibits conserved structural and functional features across species, yet the evolutionary mechanisms underlying color vision remain unclear. …”
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Effects of polyamines and indole on the expression of ribosome hibernation factors in <i>Escherichia coli</i> at the translational level by E. A. Khaova, A. G. Tkachenko

“…We have analyzed the mRNA primary structures of the studied genes and the predicted mRNA secondary structures obtained by using the RNAfold program for the availability of polyamine modulon features. …”
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Carbon Nanotube Elastic Fabric Motion Tape Sensors for Low Back Movement Characterization by Elijah Wyckoff, Sara P. Gombatto, Yasmin Velazquez, Job Godino, Kevin Patrick, Emilia Farcas, Kenneth J. Loh

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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Different Variants of Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry in Monitoring the Glaucoma Process by I. L. Simakova, A. N. Kulikov, I. A. Tikhonovskaya

“…According to the results of the structural assessment of the ONH (the size of the excavation), a weakly pronounced negative dynamics was obtained in dynamics according to both HRT and OCT data. …”
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Mortgage lending targets of housing policy in Russia by A. N. Lozovskaya, M. A. Skorik

“…In  accordance with the aim, the authors set and solved the tasks  as  follows: – the main features, problems and trends are specified in  the development of housing constructions in the Russian Federation  and its subjects;– regional differentiation is estimated in the level of housing provision of population and in the changes in its living conditions,  taking into account the impact of crisis phenomena;– the intensity and directions are determined the of structural changes in the regional distribution of the total volume of housing;– the groups of the Russian regions are revealed, which are differed by the main characteristics of housing conditions of the population and by the scale and activity of housing construction;– the factors and criteria are considered of efficiency of housing property lending and a role of regional banks in this process;– the main problems are revealed, which constrain lending development in Russia.The results of the research are of practical importance for the Federal State Statistics Service in the course of monitoring of the  state of the housing complex at the regional level, as well as for  regional economic agencies in the development of programs for  support and development of the housing construction sector.…”
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Assessing GFDL‐ESM4.1 Climate Responses to a Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Strategy Intended to Avoid Overshoot 2.0°C Warming by Shipeng Zhang, Vaishali Naik, David Paynter, Simone Tilmes, Jasmin John

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Developmental Pathway of the MPER-Directed HIV-1-Neutralizing Antibody 10E8. by Cinque Soto, Gilad Ofek, M Gordon Joyce, Baoshan Zhang, Krisha McKee, Nancy S Longo, Yongping Yang, Jinghe Huang, Robert Parks, Joshua Eudailey, Krissey E Lloyd, S Munir Alam, Barton F Haynes, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, James C Mullikin, Mark Connors, John R Mascola, Lawrence Shapiro, Peter D Kwong

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Genesis of legislative bases of bribery counteraction in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by P. N. Kobets

“…This law is distinguished from previous regulatory legal acts by clear structural characteristics of bribery and innovative solutions to minimize and eliminate this phenomenon.Scientific novelty: this paper is the first to substantiate the positive foreign legislative experience in countering bribery in the UK, which can be used not only to improve national legislation, but also to change international legal norms in this area. …”
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