The paradox of resource-richness: unraveling the effects on financial markets in natural resource abundant economies by Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Salman Wahab, Bilal Ahmed, Zhang Jijian

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Impact on Structural and Optical Properties of CZTS Thin Films with Solvents and Ge Incorporation by Abhay Kumar Singh, Tanka R. Rana, JunHo Kim, M. Shkir, Tien-Chien Jen

“…This report demonstrates nontoxic colloidal nitrate route CZTS (Cu2ZnSnS4) synthesis at room temperature, along with their band grading due to incorporation of Ge as cost of Sn (3%). …”
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Near UV-Blue Excitable Green-Emitting Nanocrystalline Oxide by C. E. Rodríguez-García, N. Perea-López, G. A. Hirata

“…This emission peak corresponds to the 5D0→7F2 transition in Eu3+. After annealing in ammonia, the PL emission changed to an intense broad-band peak centered at 𝜆=500 nm, most likely produced by 4f65d1→4f7 electronic transitions in Eu2+. …”
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Impact of Time Delay in Perceptual Decision-Making: Neuronal Population Modeling Approach by Urszula Foryś, Natalia Z. Bielczyk, Katarzyna Piskała, Martyna Płomecka, Jan Poleszczuk

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Effect of altering the whey protein/casein ratio on quality properties of ice cream by Muhammad Azeem Ur Rehman Alvi, Joy Ikedichi Agbawodike, Andrea G. Soler-Sánchez, Sergio I. Martínez-Monteagudo

“…Ice creams containing more caseins (13/87 and 20/80) displayed higher overrun values (56.21 ± 2.45 and 38.14 ± 4.61%) and lower hardness (52.13 ± 2.25 and 58.14 ± 2.87 N), while ice creams containing more whey protein led to harder texture (75.18 ± 3.47 N) and lower overrun (20.83 ± 3.10%). …”
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Risk of All-Cause Mortality in US Adults With Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry: An Observational Study by Xiao S, Ou J, Qiu W, Ye C, Li N, Chen S, Lai Y, Deng Z, Wu F, Shen Y

“…Shan Xiao,1,&ast; Jie Ou,2,&ast; Wangli Qiu,3,&ast; Chunxin Ye,1 Na Li,1 Sida Chen,1 Yuting Lai,1 Zhishan Deng,4 Fan Wu,4 Yan Shen1 1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Longgang District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, People’s Republic of China; 4State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease & National Center for Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yan Shen, Email drshenyan2022@163.com Fan Wu, Email wu.fan@vip.163.comBackground: Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is defined as forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC)≥ 0.70 and FEV1< 80% predicted. …”
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Behaviour of TiC Particles on the Co50-Based Coatings by Laser Cladding: Morphological Characteristics and Growth Mechanism by Nga Thi-Hong Pham, Van-Thuc Nguyen

“…The average hardness of Co50 alloy, Co+10% TiC, and Co+20% TiC composite coatings is 499 HV0.2, 552 HV0.2, 590 HV0.2, and 824 HV0.2, respectively. …”
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The role of footwear in improving running economy: a systematic review with meta-analysis of controlled trials by Liya Xu, Yifan Wang, Xu Wen

“…A comprehensive search of Web of Science, PubMed, SPORTDiscous, SCOPUS, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases from inception to April 2024 was performed. …”
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Method for Evaluating the Effect of the Design and the Environmental Conditions of the Manufacturing Cells toImprove Work Performance by Mildrend Montoya-Reyes, Alvaro González-Angeles, Margarita Gil-Samaniego-Ramos, Ismael Mendoza-Muñoz, Juan Ling-López

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Robust strong tracking unscented Kalman filter for non‐linear systems with unknown inputs by Xinghua Liu, Jianwei Guan, Rui Jiang, Xiang Gao, Badong Chen, Shuzhi Sam Ge

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Efficacy and safety of Xiaoyao San in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Qianqian Wang, Jian Zhou, Guanwen Gong

“…The meta-analysis showed that XYS-based interventions significantly improved ER (RR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.18–1.37, I2 = 0%) and FS-14 (MD = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.49–2.06, I2 = 54%). …”
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Surface properties of friction stir welded dissimilar joints of AA7075 and Mg-WE43 alloys: Effect of positional arrangement by Tariq Ahmad, Nadeem Fayaz Lone, Noor Zaman Khan, Babar Ahmad, Arshad Noor Siddiquee, Daolun Chen

“…The EBSD analysis revealed that the average grain size reduced from 4.11 ± 0.7 µm to 2.04 ± 0.9 µm when AA7075 was shifted from advancing to retreating side. …”
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A comprehensive method on black-legged tick larvae and nymph feeding on mice to study Lyme disease transmission and acquisition by Aaron Scholl, Bingjie Li, John Dennis, Sandip De

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Hydroclimatic extremes threaten groundwater quality and stability by Simon A. Schroeter, Alice May Orme, Katharina Lehmann, Robert Lehmann, Narendrakumar M. Chaudhari, Kirsten Küsel, He Wang, Anke Hildebrandt, Kai Uwe Totsche, Susan Trumbore, Gerd Gleixner

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Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway on Polarity Formation of Utricle Hair Cells by Di Deng, Xiaoqing Qian, Binjun Chen, Xiaoyu Yang, Yanmei Wang, Fanglu Chi, Yibo Huang, Yu Zhao, Dongdong Ren

“…Moreover, regulating the canonical Wnt pathway (Licl and IWP2) in vitro also affected hair cell polarity and indicated that Axin2 may be important in this process. …”
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Turkish suicide patterns: Longitudinal analysis of suicide trends in Turkiye (2000 -2022) by Ayhan Tabur, Feruza Turan Sonmez

“…Suicide is a major global public health issue and a growing concern in Turkiye, driven by demographic and societal changes. This study aimed to examine suicide trends in Turkiye from 2000 to 2022, focusing on sociodemographic changes, gender differences, and public health implications, particularly in emergency medicine. …”
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Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Daily Versus Weekly Oral Iron Supplementation In Preventing Anemia During Pregnancy by Maliha Sadaf, Khansa Iqbal, Saira Ahmed, Mehak Sehar, Nabeela Waheed

“…Mean post treatment hemoglobin was 13.2±0.93 g/dl in group A and 12.9±0.95 g/dl in group B (0.118), mean change of hemoglobin was 1.07±0.34 g/dl in group A and 0.63±0.56 g/dl in group B (0.000), mean post treatment hematocrit was 35.857±0.87 % in group A and 32.857±0.91 % in group B (p 0.000), mean change of hematocrit was 2.942±0.59 % in group A and 1.000±0.00 % in group B (p 0.000).     …”
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Research on coordination mechanism between agricultural green and land ecosystem in Yellow River Basin by Junjun Niu, Chunmei Mao

“…Abstract The Yellow River Basin is China’s grain production base and ecological barrier, with an important strategic position. …”
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Brain Networks Connectivity in Mild to Moderate Depression: Resting State fMRI Study with Implications to Nonpharmacological Treatment by Dmitry D. Bezmaternykh, Mikhail Ye. Melnikov, Andrey A. Savelov, Lyudmila I. Kozlova, Evgeniy D. Petrovskiy, Kira A. Natarova, Mark B. Shtark

“…Baseline and repeated-measure data of 14 treated (psychotherapy or fMRI neurofeedback) and 15 untreated depressed participants were similarly analyzed and correlated with changes in depression scores (study 2). Aside from diverse findings, studies 1 and 2 both revealed changes in within-default mode network (DMN) and DMN to executive control network (ECN) connections. …”
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To Bind or to Let Loose: Effectiveness of Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate in Decreasing Serum Potassium by Shaifali Sandal, Hatim Karachiwala, John Noviasky, Dongliang Wang, William C. Elliott, David F. Lehmann

“…In addition, there was no correlation between potassium and creatinine change (r2 = 0.0004 and P=0.99). Patients with higher initial serum potassium (≥5.6 mEq/L) reduced their potassium concentration 4% more than those with initial serum potassium of <5.6 mEq/L; however, this reduction did not reach statistical significance (P=0.32). …”
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