3D Gravity Modeling of Complex Salt Features in the Southern Gulf of Mexico by Mauricio Nava-Flores, Carlos Ortiz-Aleman, Mauricio G. Orozco-del-Castillo, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Alejandro Rodriguez-Castellanos, Carlos Couder-Castañeda, Alfredo Trujillo-Alcantara

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Postoperative tibial plateau angle changes and their influence on ground reaction forces 6 months after TPLO: a prospective study by Frederik Volz, Daniela Eberle, Matthias Kornmayer, Julius Klever, Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg

“…No differences in TPA measurements between observers were found (p = 0.07–0.105). No association between the change in TPA and outcome was found. …”
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Ensinar e aprender com Tecnologias Digitais em um estado do Nordeste do Brasil: antes, durante e após a Pandemia by Maria do Socorro Souza, Neuza Pedro

“…Este artigo pretende relatar parte de uma investigação multimétodo realizada com 75 gestores, 237 professores e 1.812 estudantes das escolas de ensino médio do Rio Grande do Norte – Brasil – acerca das suas perceções sobre as mudanças em suas práticas escolares referentes ao uso das Tecnologias Digitais durante e após a pandemia. …”
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Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Localized Tenosynovial Giant-Cell Tumor of the Foot and Ankle: A Case Series by Edoardo Ipponi, Alfio Damiano Ruinato, Leonardo Lombardi, Martina Cordoni, Silvia De Franco, Antonio D'Arienzo, Lorenzo Andreani

“…The mean pre-operative MSTS and AOFAS scores were 22.8 and 70.7, respectively. The mean tumor size was 17.7 mm. …”
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Personal, occupational and cardiovascular risk factors associated with elevated blood pressure in Brazilian firefighters: a cross-sectional study by Eliana Zandonade, Fernanda Camargo Damacena, Karla Nívea Sampaio, Igor Magalhães Sales

“…A higher chance of elevated BP was observed for firefighters with high school (1.5; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02 to 2.19) and postgraduate (1.54; 95% CI 1.03 to 2.30) educational levels, those self-declared as black (1.98; 95% CI 1.03 to 3.78), those working in countryside cities (ie, locations outside the metropolitan circuit; 2.32; 95% CI 1.14 to 4.71), and those with hypertriglyceridemia (1.92; 95% CI 1.19 to 3.11), hyperglycaemia (1.5; 95% CI 1.01 to 2.22), and central obesity (2.34; 95% CI 1.47 to 3.70).Conclusion We found an association between elevated BP and personal, occupational, and cardiovascular risk factors. …”
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Utilization of distiller's grains for energy conservation and emissions reduction: A comprehensive investigation on pyrolysis kinetics and air-steam gasification performances by Minwei Liu, Peng Wang, Jincan Zeng, Qin Wang, Xi Liu, Guori Huang, Rongfeng Deng, Jianbiao Chen

“…The second and third pyrolysis stages separately had the activation energies of 188.0 and 148.1 kJ/mol, and could be severally described by (1-x)2 and (1-x)3.5. …”
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Effect of Cl substitution on the microstructure, dielectric and optical properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics by Najwa. Gouitaa, Sahil Kumar, Fatima Zahra. Ahjyaje, Taj-dine. Lamcharfi, Amina. Benatia, Mustapha. Abarkan, Mamta Shandilya

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Association between internet use and depression among the middle-aged and elderly adults with multimorbidity in China: do gender differences exist? by Jiao Zhang, Jiao Zhang, Yuheng Jia, Lixin Hong, Yixin Zhang, Lihua Li, Kan Tian, Kan Tian

“…Internet use (OR = 0.66, P = 0.002), type of devices (one type: OR = 0.69, P = .011;≥2 types: OR = 0.53, P = 0.03), frequency of Internet use (regularly: OR = 0.67, P = 0.005) were all inversely associated with depression. …”
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EVALUACIÓN Y DIAGNÓSTICO CLÍNICO-FUNCIONAL DE LOS TRASTORNOS DE CONDUCTA EN LA POBLACIÓN INFANTIL: CONSIDERACIONES CONCEPTUALES Y METODOLÓGICAS by José Alonso Aguilar-Valera

“…El proceso de evaluación y diagnóstico es de suma importancia, tanto en las áreas clínicas como en las educativas, ya que es una de las competencias que debe desarrollar necesariamente el especialista, con el propósito de investigar y prevenir los principales problemas y/o trastornos de conducta, que ocurren tanto en niños como en adolescentes. …”
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Acute dental pain and the different management methods among adults in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Bandar S. Shukr, Ayman Mandorah, Faisal K. Altalhi, Yousef A. Alqurashi, Hassan T. Shawli, Ali A. Alqarni, Mohammed A. Alzubaidi

“…Regarding self-care methods, prescribed drugs were found to be mostly taken by those aged 41–50 years (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.38, P = 0.01), whereas nonprescribed drugs and home remedies were mostly taken by those aged 51 years or older (AOR = 2.25, P = 0.02; AOR = 2.65, P = 0.007; respectively). For formal-care methods, those who obtained professional help to control their pain were more likely to be dentists/dental students (AOR = 6.17, P = 0.02). …”
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Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy and Associated Adverse Maternal and Fetal Outcomes: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Mingjuan Luo, Mengyang Tang, Feng Jiang, Yizhen Jia, Robert Kien Howe Chin, Wei Liang, Hu Cheng

“…Administration of UDCA reduced the rate of preterm birth (1.37% vs. 14.63%, aOR=0.10, 95% CI 0.01–0.90). Conclusion. …”
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Os EBITDA divulgados pelas companhias listadas na B3: localizações, tipos e contagens de ocorrências by Shaiane Pisa Kistner, Orion Augusto Platt Neto

“…Quanto às variáveis de Número de Ocorrências do Termo EBITDA (NOTE), observou-se que: o FR foi o relatório com maior frequência, com 73% das menções; 37 companhias (9,7% da amostra) não mencionaram o EBITDA em nenhum dos três relatórios analisados (NOTE Total = 0); e a mediana e a média do NOTE Total foram de 57,0 e de 66,7 ocorrências, respectivamente, entre não zeradas. …”
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The genomes of Scedosporium between environmental challenges and opportunism by Francesco Venice, Federica Spina, Domenico Davolos, Stefano Ghignone, Giovanna Cristina Varese

“…The genus Scedosporium (Microascaceae) includes fungi with high tolerance to environmental pollution, whilst some species can be considered major human pathogens, such as Scedosporium apiospermum and Scedosporium boydii. …”
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Low Profile Planar Inverted-L Antenna (PILA) for UHF RFID Tag on Signal Absorption and Reflection Surfaces by Minh-Tan Nguyen, Yi-Fang Lin, Chien-Hung Chen, Hoang-Son Luong, Hua-Ming Chen

“…By dominating the capacitive reactance between gaps or the inductive reactance of vias, the tag matches the proposed antenna and the microchip (with an impedance of 10.7&#x2013;j<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$134.5~\Omega $ </tex-math></inline-formula> at 915 MHz). …”
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Assessment of Knowledge about First Aid Methods, Diagnosis, and Management of Snakebite among Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study from Palestine by Isra K. Kharusha, Suha S. Sulaiman, Ahmad M. Samara, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

“…The majority of the participants (57%) were fourth-year students with an average age of 20.7 ± 1. …”
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Percepción de estudiantes universitarios sobre la educación superior a distancia by Jeel Moya-Salazar, Daniela Busalleu, Hans Contreras-Pulache

“…Sin embargo, los estudiantes consideran que retornar al aula es importante (72,4 %), pero mantener los beneficios de la virtualidad, también (77,5 %) (p= 0,057). El 89,9 %, 47,3 % y 71,2% percibió como "muy importante" la posibilidad de ver clases grabadas, la facilidad para acceder a la clase sin necesidad de ir al campus y el hecho de poder rendir exámenes con apuntes, lecturas y otros materiales de estudio, respectivamente. …”
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Under-Five Mortality in Buea Health District, Southwest Cameroon: Evidence from a Community-Based Birth Cohort Study of Rate, Causes, and Age-Specific Patterns by Ettamba Agborndip, Benjamin Momo Kadia, Domin Sone Majunda Ekaney, Lawrence Tanyi Mbuagbaw, Marie Therese Obama, Julius Atashili

“…The most frequent causes of death were neonatal causes (37%), malaria (28%), and pneumonia (15%). Deaths during infancy accounted for 64.1% of U5M, with 43.5% neonatal (86% occurring within the first 24 hours of life) and 20.7% postneonatal. …”
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A Questionnaire for the Assessment of Pragmatic Competence in Children Aged 5-8 by E.S. Oshchepkova, N.A. Kartushina, K.S. Tarasova

“…And also 903 questionnaires of preschool teachers (at this stage we did not include a survey of school teachers): 487 children of 5 years old (214 boys), 409 children of 6 years old (206 boys) and 7 children of 7 years old (4 boys). …”
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Optimization of In-Motion EV Charging Infrastructure for Power Systems Using Generative Adversarial Network-Based Distributionally Robust Techniques by Dong Hua, Peifeng Yan, Suisheng Liu, Qinglin Lin, Peiyi Cui, Qian Li

“…This paper presents an innovative optimization framework for the co-management of dynamic electric vehicle (EV) charging lanes and power distribution networks, addressing grid stability amidst fluctuating EV charging demands. …”
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Does water quality matter? Foraging activity of Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) over three lakes with different trophy by Małgorzata Strzałka, Katarzyna Kozakiewicz, Postawa Tomasz

“…The activity of M. daubentonii over the oligotrophic lake varied between 0.0 and 15.9 ind/km, while over the eutrophic lake it was 3.9 and 16.7 ind/km, and over the dystrophic lake was 3.4 and 30.5 ind/km. …”
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