Diabetic Kidney Disease: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Targets by Stephanie Toth-Manikowski, Mohamed G. Atta

“…Nonetheless, very little has changed in the way clinicians manage patients with this disorder. …”
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L’investiture du 44e président des Etats-Unis :Le National Mall, le village global et le Green New Deal by Cynthia Ghorra-Gobin

“…This third article mainly based on the images of the inauguration ceremony (January 20th), on the president Obama’s discourse and on a few comments made by the media, describes the feeling of happiness and prideness as expressed by the American people on the National Mall in spite of the seriousness of the financial and economic crises (besides two wars). It also illustrates the choice of a president willing to take some distance with the former administration while taking the exemple of climate change. …”
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WHAT CONVINCED THE WORLD COMMUNION OF REFORMED CHURCHES IN 1998 AND WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN 2015 TO READMIT THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH AS A FULL MEMBER? by P Strauss

“… As members of the World Council of Churches, the two synods of the Dutch Reformed Church broke their ties with this institution in 1961, following the critisism of the Cottesloe Consultation of 1960 on apartheid. …”
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Caring for Stepparents in Later Life by Suzanna Smith

“…“Most people agree with the idea that families have a responsibility to care for older family members. Yet some changes in family life have brought up new questions about caring for the elderly. …”
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Retourner en forêt quinze ans après sa thèse : quelle place nouvelle pour le paysage dans la gestion forestière depuis le début des années 2000 ? by Véronique Fourault-Cauët

“…Following up on a thesis, this article re-examines the role of the landscape in two bodies of forestry documents dating from 2006 to 2018. …”
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L’administration du désordreGouverner l’hôpital psychiatrique depuis les années 1980 by Tonya Tartour

“…Hence, they contribute to changes in professional practices and organisational dynamics. …”
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Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Siswa Kelas IV pada Pembelajaran IPA dengan Model Pembelajaran Make A Match Di SDN 12 Api-Api Pesisir Selatan by Donni Saputra

“…Based on analysis of the affective ratings of students In the first cycle the change in student behavior responsibilities increased 51.0% to 83.3% in the second cycle and the change in behavior of the cooperation of students in the first cycle of 44.1% increased to 74.5% in the second cycle. …”
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ONE DRAFT OF A POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR KOSOVO AND METOHIJA by Bojan Bojanic, Zaklina Spalevic

“…In the first case, which implies the strongest relationship between Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, this issue could be resolved by passing a law on substantial autonomy (with changes to certain constitutional provisions) which would formally assign all the competencies now available in the province, while the other two models do not imply the adoption of such a law, so it could be done exclusively by changing the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. …”
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Online Model Learning of Buildings Using Stochastic Hybrid Systems Based on Gaussian Processes by Hamzah Abdel-Aziz, Xenofon Koutsoukos

“…Moreover, the physical parameters of buildings may change over time as the buildings age or due to changes in the buildings’ configuration or structure. …”
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During the Soviet era and following the collapse of the USSR. How post-Soviet states are (re)building their tourism sector. The examples of Ukraine and Georgia by Nataliia Moroz

“…Ukraine and Georgia are two such symbolic examples through their quest to ‘de-Sovietise’ their tourism dynamics by changes in political discourses leading, on the one hand, to a war of monuments and remembrance, but also, on the other hand, to a ‘mythologisation’ and a ‘folklorisation’ of their tourist areas.…”
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A Game Theory Based Strategy for Reducing Energy Consumption in Cognitive WSN by Elena Romero, Javier Blesa, Alvaro Araujo, Octavio Nieto-Taladriz

“…The presented strategy improves energy consumption by taking advantage of the new change-communication-channel capability. Based on game theory, the strategy decides when to change the transmission channel depending on the behavior of the rest of the network nodes. …”
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High-resolution 4D electrical resistivity tomography and below-ground point sensor monitoring of High Arctic deglaciated sediments capture zero-curtain effects, freeze–thaw transit... by M. O. Cimpoiasu, O. Kuras, H. Harrison, P. B. Wilkinson, P. Meldrum, J. E. Chambers, D. Liljestrand, C. Oroza, S. K. Schmidt, P. Sommers, L. Vimercati, T. P. Irons, Z. Lyu, A. Solon, J. A. Bradley, J. A. Bradley

“…ERT instrumentation has been adapted for year-round operation in high-latitude weather conditions. We installed two geoelectrical monitoring stations on the forefield of a retreating glacier in Svalbard, consisting of semi-permanent surface ERT arrays and co-located soil sensors, which track seasonal changes in soil electrical resistivity, moisture, and temperature in 3D. …”
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Effect of ectoparasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis on the histopathology and gill and gut microbiota of goldfish (Carassius auratus) by Xialian Bu, Xialian Bu, Xianqi Peng, Xianqi Peng, Lei Huang, Lei Huang, Yu Zhao, Jinbiao Jiao, Jinbiao Jiao, Jian Zhu, Jing Chen, Jing Chen, Xiaohong Huang, Xiaohong Huang, Aqin Zheng, Aqin Zheng, Huantao Qu, Jiayun Yao, Jiayun Yao

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Investigating the significance of SPECT/CT-SUV for monitoring 177Lu-PSMA-targeted radionuclide therapy: a systematic review by Tahani O. Alkahtani

“…Three studies reported the SPECT/CT-SUV following cycle 1, and only one study reported the correlation with pretherapy PET/CT (r = 0.9, p = 0.005). SPECT/CT-SUV changes between the first two to three cycles were reported in one study. …”
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Assist-linked brief intervention to reduce risky pattern of substance use in male workers employed at a tertiary care hospital in India: A randomized controlled trial by Sambhu Prasad, Debasish Basu, Surendra K. Mattoo, B. N Subodh

“…Conclusion: ALBI was effective in reducing risky substance use, increasing readiness to change and improving the QOL of the subjects at workplace setting.…”
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Anatomy In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum; Blending The Old And New by Ayesha Yousaf

“…While practices have changed drastically since the establishment of the first organized medieval medical school Schola Medica Salernitana in Italy[ii], what remains unchanged is the importance of the basics. …”
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Comparison of Lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum extract and Letrozole in masculinization of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus by Seyed Mohammad Reza Taheri, Sakineh Yeganeh, Homayon Hoseinzadeh Sahafi

“…Alpinia officinarum is a plant from the ginger family, which is native to China. Since the use of plant extracts in aquaculture is a new approach, there is no definite standardization in almost all aspects of plant extract administration and use. …”
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Health service improvement using positive patient feedback: Systematic scoping review. by Rebecca Lloyd, James Munro, Kerry Evans, Amy Gaskin-Williams, Ada Hui, Mark Pearson, Mike Slade, Yasuhiro Kotera, Giskin Day, Joanne Loughlin-Ridley, Clare Enston, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone

“…These were categorised as (a) short-term emotional change for healthcare workers (including feeling motivated and improved psychological wellbeing); (b) work-home interactional change for healthcare workers (such as improved home-life relationships); (c) work-related change for healthcare workers (such as improved performance and staff retention). …”
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A sector fast encryption algorithm for color images based on one-dimensional composite sinusoidal chaos map. by Ye Tao, Wenhua Cui, Shanshan Wang, Yayun Wang

“…When scrambling, each pixel changes position with the three pixels before it according to the chaotic sequence. …”
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The evolution of Microsoft Windows operating systems after 2001 by Bartłomiej Wójtowicz, Norbert Wójcik

“… The purpose of this article is to present the most important changes that occurred with the release of successive versions of Windows after 2001 and to compare Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11 in terms of performance, resource consumption, speed of file operations and usability of the graphical user interface. …”
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