Improving capacity for advanced training in obstetric surgery: evaluation of a blended learning approach by Helen Allott, Alan Smith, Sarah White, Irene Nyaoke, Ogoti Evans, Michael Oriwo Oduor, Steven Karangau, Sheila Sawe, Nassir Shaaban, Ochola Ephraim, Charles Anawo Ameh

“…We assessed the completion rate of part-1 (21 assignments), participation rate in parts 2 and 3, participant satisfaction and change in knowledge and skills. …”
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Import Growth and the Impact on the Florida Strawberry Industry by Zhengfei Guan, Dong Hee Suh, Hayk Khachatryan, Feng Wu

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Envisioning Systemic Transition Period Wars through the Thirty Years’ War and the First and Second World Wars by Bilgehan Emeklier, Nihal Emeklier

“…This article focuses on “systemic transition period wars” emerging during specific historical periods and bringing about transformative changes in the international power configuration, leading to a new systemic structure. …”
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Learning models innovation in industrial revolution 4.0 era by Metsa Fajrianti Kusumah Suwandi, Muhammad Alfat

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Tunable structuring of nanocellulose-based sustainable lubricants by an external electric field by Samuel D. Fernández-Silva, Miguel A. Delgado, María García-Pérez, Claudia Roman, Moisés García-Morales

“…Commercial fibrillated (CNF) and crystalline (CNC) nanocelluloses were dispersed in castor oil, at two selected concentrations of 1 and 4 wt%, to obtain fully sustainable electro-active lubricants. …”
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Florida’s Agricultural Carbon Economy as Climate Action: The Potential Role of Farmers and Ranchers by Young Gu Her, Tara Wade, Sawssan Boufous, Jehangir Bhadha, Michael Andreu

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a Multisystem Pathology: Insights into the Role of TNFα by Massimo Tortarolo, Daniele Lo Coco, Pietro Veglianese, Antonio Vallarola, Maria Teresa Giordana, Gabriella Marcon, Ettore Beghi, Marco Poloni, Michael J. Strong, Anand M. Iyer, Eleonora Aronica, Caterina Bendotti

“…Our group and others have recently reported opposite involvements of TNFR1 and TNFR2 in motor neuron death. TNFR2 mediates TNFα toxic effects on these neurons presumably through the activation of MAP kinase-related pathways. …”
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Preparation and Optimization of 10-Hydroxycamptothecin Nanocolloidal Particles Using Antisolvent Method Combined with High Pressure Homogenization by Bolin Lian, Yong Li, Xiuhua Zhao, Yuangang Zu, Ying Wang, Yin Zhang, Yuanyuan Li

“…The short-term stability of HCPTNPs indicated that the MPS changed in a small range.…”
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Optimized Design of an ECAP Die Using the Finite Element Method for Obtaining Nanostructured Materials by Patricia Ponce-Peña, Edgar López-Chipres, Edgar García-Sánchez, Miguel Angel Escobedo-Bretado, Brenda Xiomara Ochoa-Salazar, María Azucena González-Lozano

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Modulation of Stat-1 in Human Macrophages Infected with Different Species of Intracellular Pathogenic Bacteria by Giuditta Fiorella Schiavano, Sabrina Dominici, Laura Rinaldi, Alfonsina Mariarosaria Cangiano, Giorgio Brandi, Mauro Magnani

“…In the present study, we investigate the changes in Stat-1 activation (phosphorylation in p-tyr701) after uptake of two Gram-positive (Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus) and two Gram-negative bacteria (Salmonella typhimurium and Legionella pneumophila) characterized by their varying abilities to enter, survive, and replicate in human macrophages. …”
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A Method Based on Elastic Mechanics for Judging Compound Hard Roof and Its Application by Haiyang Wang, Xiang Chen, Yanmin Zhou, Binwei Xia, Jie Wang, Shulei Zhao, Jialiang Liu

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Examining Sex Differences in Visual Reliance During Postural Control in Intercollegiate Athletes by Nicolette Ingel, Victoria Vice, Courtney Dommer, Jennifer Csonka, Tara Moore, Ariel Zaleski, Carolyn Killelea, Mallory Faherty, Jody Feld, Timothy Sell

“…There was no significant difference in percent change from EO to EC between sexes (males=159.2±90.7; females=156.7±109.2; p=0.39; Cohen’s d=0.026)…”
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Thermal Environmental Impact of Urban Development Scenarios from a Low Carbon Perspective: A Case Study of Wuhan by Kai Lin, Qingming Zhan, Wei Xue, Yulong Shu, Yixiao Lu

“…Amidst the increasingly escalating global concern regarding climate change, adopting a low-carbon approach has become crucial for charting the future developmental trajectory of urban areas. …”
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Occupational exposure to flame retardants following production replacement and their effect on thyroid function indicators by Ling Meng, Tingting Guo, Yizhi Liu, Han Wu, Kang An, Xizhu Xu, Yuancheng Li

“…Overall, these results reflect the changes in the product structure. Free triiodothyronine (fT3) was moderately positively correlated with BDE-138, BDE-197, and TPHP (P < 0.05), and regression analysis further identified BDE-138 as a significant factor influencing fT3 levels. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pediculus Capitis Prevention and Control and Their Predictors among Schoolchildren in Woreta Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: A School-Based Cro... by Henok Dagne, Awel Aba Biya, Amanuel Tirfie, Walelegn Worku Yallew, Zewudu Andualem, Baye Dagnew

“…Age of children [9 to 11 years (AOR=2.24, 95% C.I (1.10, 4.55)) and>12 years (AOR=3.84, 95% C.I (1.56, 9.46))], better practice (AOR=2.93, 95% C.I (1.39, 6.18)), and those who were not infested (AOR=2.25, 95% C.I (1.14, 4.44)) were predictors of knowledge regarding pediculus capitis prevention. …”
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Assessing the Impact of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Intervention on Tennis Performance in Junior Tennis Players: Pilot Study by Joaquin A Anguera, Aleem Choudhry, Michael Seaman, Dominick Fedele

“…ResultsThere was no difference in UTR between the 2 groups at baseline (intervention: mean 8.32, SD 2.7; control: mean 7.60, SD 2.3). …”
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Multinational comparison of new antidepressant use in older adults: a cohort study by Robyn Tamblyn, David Westfall Bates, David L Buckeridge, Will Dixon, Alan J Forster, Nadyne Girard, Jennifer Haas, Bettina Habib, Siyana Kurteva, Jack Li, Therese Sheppard

“…Chronic pain was the most common potential treatment indication (41.2%–68.2%). Among users with chronic pain, TCAs were used most frequently in the UK and Taiwan (55.2%–60.4%), whereas SSRIs were used most frequently in North America (33.5%–46.4%). …”
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Trends in depressive symptoms among high school students with and without health-risk behaviors in the United States: A population-based studyResearch in context by Tanner J. Bommersbach, Mark Olfson, Taeho Greg Rhee

“…Findings: Among 119,654 students (mean age, 16.0 [SD = 1.2] years; 50.1% females; and 45.3% non-Hispanic White), depressive symptoms increased from 28.4% (2007) to 42.3% (2021) (biennial average percent change (BAPC), 3.0% [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.6–3.4%]). …”
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Effect of stress management based self-care counseling on glycemic control in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial study by Atefeh Bagheri-Tirtashi, Fatemeh Nasiri-Amiri, Hajar Adib-Rad, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Ezzat Kiani

“…Moreover, the mean scores of the depression (P < 0.001, η2 = 0.82), anxiety (P < 0.001, η2 = 0.67) and stress (P < 0.001, η2 = 0.77) were significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group. …”
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Prognostic evaluation of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with P-CRP and its nomogram by Junyun Wu, Zhixuan Deng, Xu Lei, Zhiyao Xu, Chenxi Tan, Yunqiao Tang, Xi Sheng, Ning Yang

“…Finally, the predictive ability of the model was evaluated using the concordance index (C-index) and calibration curves.ResultsBefore the end of the follow-up, the RFS was 88.3% at 1 year, 75.5% at 2 years, and 58.5% at 3 years. KM curves showed that P-CRP (HR=0.357, 95% CI: 0.204-0.625, P&lt;0.001), number of tumors (HR=2.658, 95% CI: 1.572-4.494, P&lt;0.001), tumor size (HR=2.271, 95% CI: 1.377-3.745, P=0.001), T stage of the tumor (HR=2.026, 95% CI: 1.233-3.329, P=0.005), and tumor G grade (G2: HR=1.615, 95% CI: 0.48-5.433, G3: HR=3.361, 95% CI: 1.022-11.054) were independent factors affecting the RFS of NMIBC patients after TURBT. …”
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