Online learning: Attitudes of Russian students by D. V. Rudenkin

“…The authors substantiate skepticism about the intensive implementation of Internet technologies in the process of learning. …”
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Reduction of chickens use to perform in vitro pre-screening of novel anticoccidials by miniaturisation and increased throughput of the current Eimeria tenella compound-screening mo... by Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Javier Regidor-Cerrillo, Luis Ortega-Mora, Sara Arias-Maroto, Kelsilandia Aguiar-Martins

“…This disease is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria (Apicomplexa), and it is mainly controlled by chemoprophylaxis with ionophores and chemical anticoccidials; however, there is an overall agreement about the limitation of these traditional drugs and the need to improve current methods of control. …”
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A Multiwavelength Light-curve Analysis of the Classical Nova KT Eri: Optical Contribution from a Large Irradiated Accretion Disk by Izumi Hachisu, Mariko Kato, Frederick M. Walter

“…The peak absolute V brightness is about ${M}_{V,{\rm{\max }}}=-8.0$ and the corresponding recurrence time is ∼3000 yr from its ignition mass together with the mean mass-accretion rate of ${\dot{M}}_{{\rm{acc}}}\sim 1\times 1{0}^{-9}\,{M}_{\odot }$ yr ^−1 in quiescence. …”
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Effect of Jin's Three-Needle Therapy Combined with Standing Digital OT Training on Upper Extremity Motor Function of Patients with Hemiplegia after Stroke by CHEN Xuanfang, WANG Chengling, ZHENG Huanchi, FU Wenkang, MAI Yunyi, WANG Junhua

“…The even reinforcing-reducing method was conducted, and when the patients brought about the desired sensation, the needle was retained for 30 minutes, once a day, six times a week, lasting for eight weeks. …”
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Everyday life and boredom of people living with dementia in residential long-term care: a merged methods study by Doris Gebhard, Julia I. Frank

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with people living with dementia about their daily routines and experiences of boredom. …”
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Potential therapeutic effects of apigenin for colorectal adenocarcinoma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Koohyar Ahmadzadeh, Shayan Roshdi Dizaji, Fatemeh Ramezani, Farnad Imani, Jebreil Shamseddin, Arash Sarveazad, Mahmoud Yousefifard

“…Conclusion Our results demonstrated that apigenin, through reducing cell viability, inducing growth inhibition, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest, and also by decreasing the tumor size, can be considered as a possible adjuvant agent in the management of colorectal adenocarcinoma. …”
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Highly efficient assessment and selective determination of pancreatic cancer biomarker CA-19-9 using co-electrodeposited MXene-AgNPs nanocomposite by Mahsa Mirzayi, Balal Khalilzadeh, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Rahim Mohammad-Rezaei

“…The repeatability and reproducibility were successfully inspected for ten repeated mensuration and the lowest RSD percentages were observed as about 5 % for the concentration of 1, 10 and 20 nU/mL. …”
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TRANSFORMATION AND SCATTERING OF SURFACE WAVES ON THE ACOUSTIC LOAD TO ULTRASONIC EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENTS. Part 2. The object to study – solid with ledge by A. R. Baev, A. L. Mayorov, M. V. Asadchaya, G. E. Konovalov, O. S. Sergeeva

“…The lack of information about the features of processes of the surface wave's transformation into volume waves and its scattering in metal objects with ledge, slots, grooves and the others is one of the obstacles to improve of the acoustical testing reliability and widening of technical application. …”
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Forecasting Different Types of Droughts Simultaneously Using Multivariate Standardized Precipitation Index (MSPI), MLP Neural Network, and Imperialistic Competitive Algorithm (ICA) by Pouya Aghelpour, Vahid Varshavian

“…Forecasting multivariate droughts can provide good information about the future status of a region and will be applicable for the planners of different water divisions. …”
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Drone imagery dataset for early-season weed classification in maize and tomato cropsDIGITAL.CSIC by Gustavo A. Mesías-Ruiz, José M. Peña, Ana I. de Castro, José Dorado

“…In maize, the weed species include Atriplex patula, Chenopodium album, Convolvulus arvensis, Datura ferox, Lolium rigidum, Salsola kali and Sorghum halepense. …”
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Effect of multiple counselling contacts along the continuum of care on use of postpartum family planning in a cohort of Ethiopian women: a dose-response analysis by Saifuddin Ahmed, Anne Pfitzer, Firew Ayalew, Gebi Husein Jima, Deborah Sitrin

“…Competing risks regression analysis examined the dose effects in HRs by the number of maternal, newborn or child health (MNCH) contacts where FP was discussed, adjusted for confounding covariates.Setting Two Arsi zone woredas: Oromia and Ethiopia.Participants and measures 722 pregnant women enrolled, and 706 successfully reinterviewed 12 months postpartum about each MNCH contact during pregnancy, delivery and later visits, whether these included any PPFP counselling and PPFP use.Main results Two-thirds of the cohort delivered at home. …”
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Sustainable Energy Development and Agriculture in European Union Member States—Territorial Differentiation and Interrelationships by Joanna Wyrwa, Anetta Barska, Janina Jędrzejczak-Gas

“…A similar situation was observed for sustainable agriculture measures—the maximum measures (Estonia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania) were about two times higher than the minimum measures (Poland, Malta, Slovenia, Luxembourg). …”
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Carbon monoxide-oxidising Pseudomonadota on volcanic deposits by Robin A. Dawson, Nicola Fantom, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Patricia Aguila, Gary M. King, Marcela Hernández

“…Carboxydovores are a subset of CO oxidisers that use CO as an energy source, which raises questions about the physiological and metabolic features that make them more competitive in harsh volcanic ecosystems. …”
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Characterization of Broad Spectrum Bacteriophage vB ESM-pEJ01 and Its Antimicrobial Efficacy Against Shiga Toxin-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> in Green Juice by Eun Jeong Park, Seungki Lee, Jong Beom Na, Ye Bin Kim, Kee Man Lee, Seon Young Park, Ji Hyung Kim

“…Therefore, these results suggest that the polyvalent phage vB_ESM-pEJ01 is a promising biocontrol agent for foodborne pathogens in RTE foods such as fresh juices.…”
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Statistical Physics Modeling of Sorption Isotherms of Aluminum, Iron, and Indium on Tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) and Tetrakis(4-tolylphenyl)porphyrin (H2TTPP): Phenomenological Inv... by Zainab Elqahtani, Mohamed Ben Yahia, Nada Alfryyan, Shatha Aldaghfag, Fatma Aouaini

“…The aim is to prove new insights about the appropriate adsorption materials for metalloporphyrin fabrication. …”
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Criteria for Detecting Turn-To-Turn Short Circuit in Stator Windings Using Vector Analysis of Electric Motor Phase Currents by I. V. Zhezhelenko, V. E. Kryvonosov, S. V. Vasilenko

“…Turn circuits in the stator windings account for about 40 % of cases of damage to the insulation of the asynchronous motors windings. …”
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Neuroprotective Role of Transchalcone in Parkinson‘s Disease through AMP-activated Protein Kinase-mediated Signaling Pathway by Yao Cheng, Shaik Althaf Hussain, Turki Mayudh Alrubie, Xiaomin Zhang

“…These results indicate that trans-chalcone could be a promising therapeutic agent for PD, warranting further investigation to assess its efficacy and safety in human patients.…”
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A Low-Complexity Diversity-Preserving Universal Bit-Flipping Enhanced Hard Decision Decoder for Arbitrary Linear Codes by Praveen Sai Bere, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan, Lajos Hanzo

“…By contrast, soft-decision decoding retains diversity order, albeit at the cost of increased computational complexity. …”
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Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels before and after Intravitreous Ranibizumab Injection for Retinopathy of Prematurity by Xuting Chen, Lin Zhou, Qi Zhang, Yu Xu, Peiquan Zhao, Hongping Xia

“…However, there are concerns about systemic complications of anti-VEGF therapy in preterm infants. …”
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Ocular surface changes in long-term soft contact lens wearing. Treatment approach by I.A. Bubnova, G.B. Egorova

“…Currently, there are numerous agents to prevent tear film instability and to improve ocular surface. …”
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