Chaetoceros muelleri sulfated polysaccharides: chain conformation, physical characteristics, and morphology by Valeria Miranda-Arizmendi, Jorge Marquez-Escalante, Agustin Rascon-Chu, Karla Martínez-Robinson, Francisco Brown-Bojorquez, Elizabeth Carvajal-Millan

“…The CMSP surface was coarse and craggy, according to scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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A real time monitoring system for accurate plant leaves disease detection using deep learning by Kazi Naimur Rahman, Sajal Chandra Banik, Raihan Islam, Arafath Al Fahim

“…We combined several plant datasets, including the PlantVillage Dataset, resulting in a comprehensive dataset of 30,945 images across eight plant types (potato, tomato, pepper bell, apple, corn, grape, peach, and rice) and 35 disease classes. Initially, a custom Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model was developed, achieving a leaf classification accuracy of 95.62 ​%. …”
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Corn Response Across Plant Densities and Row Configurations for Different Moisture Environments by Kipling S. Balkcom, Kira L. Bowen

“…Corn (Zea mays L.) production in the Southeast can be negatively impacted by erratic summer rainfall and drought-prone, coarse-textured soils, but irrigation combined with conservation tillage and cover crops may support greater plant densities arranged in different row configurations to improve yield. …”
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Matching Into Integrated Plastic Surgery: The Impact of USMLE Step 1 Transition to Pass/Fail: Did the 2019 Predictions Come True in 2024? by Lyndsay R. Boyd, MD, Lawrence O. Lin, MD, Jeffrey E. Janis, MD, FACS

“…Background:. The first class of integrated plastic surgery residency applicants with pass/fail (P/F) step 1 assessments occurred during the 2023–2024 Match cycle. …”
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Impact of fluoxetine exposure on Lymnaea stagnalis and its developing eggs: integrating untargeted lipidomics, targeted metabolomics, and classical risk assessment by Diana Ilyaskina, Yumi Nakadera, Yumi Nakadera, Marja H. Lamoree, Joris M. Koene, Pim E. G. Leonards

“…In the albumen gland, we detected a decrease of key lipid classes, including sphingomyelins and fatty acids, which can be linked with impaired egg quality. …”
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Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis by Jie Wang, Kaijie Qiu, Songsheng Zhou, Yichao Gan, Keting Jiang, Donghuan Wang, Haibiao Wang

“…Evidence strength was evaluated according to the evidence categories criteria.Results We identified 101 risk factors throughout 175 meta-analyses. 31 risk factors were classified as evidence levels of class I, II, or III. HBV and HCV infections increase HCC risk by 12.5-fold and 11.2-fold, respectively. …”
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The role of polymorphic variants of arginase genes (<i>ARG1, ARG2</i>) involved in beta-2-agonist metabolism in the development and course of asthma by O. N. Savelieva, A. S. Karunas, Yu. Yu. Fedorova, R. R. Murzina, A. N. Savelieva, R. F. Gatiyatullin, E. I. Etkina, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…Beta-2-agonists are some of the major class of bronchodilators used for asthma management. …”
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Citrullinated Autoantigen–Specific T and B Lymphocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Focus on Follicular T Helper Cells and Expansion by Coculture by Tim Ammon, Julia Zeiträg, Vanessa Mayr, Manuela Benedicic, Hans‐Peter Holthoff, Martin Ungerer

“…Novel combinations of major histocompatibility complex class II citrulline epitope tetramers were developed, which enabled robust detection of CAS T cells and showed increases of CAS‐naive T helper cells, Th1.17 cells, CAS total circulating T follicular helper (cTfh) cells, and cTfh1 cells in ACPA+ patients with RA. …”
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Monster or Missing Link? The Mermaid and the Victorian Imagination by Béatrice Laurent

“…Moreover, the mermaid species did not seem wholly extinct: some were reported to have been sighted off the coast of Scotland as recently as in 1809 and 1812, and when the Feejee mermaid was exhibited in London in 1822, it raised a zoological debate. …”
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Development of Downscaled Climate Projections: A Case Study of the Red River Basin, South-Central U.S. by Darrian Bertrand, Renee A. McPherson

“…Therefore, statistically downscaled climate projections provide a high-resolution output and offer local information that is more beneficial than coarse-resolution global climate model output. In the Red River Basin, located in the south-central U.S., this detailed information is used to develop long-term water plans. …”
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Rabies Disease and Prophylaxis Knowledge Among Turkish Medical Students: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study by Vasfiye Demir Pervane, Pakize Gamze Erten Bucaktepe, Fatma Meral İnce, Dicle Demir, Simanur Koç

“…There was a statistically significant relationship between the total and subgroup rabies knowledge scores and class level, having taken a rabies course, a history of dog bites among the respondents or their family members, and possessing information about rabies. …”
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University Environment in Student Assessments: Case of the Russian University of Transport by M. Yu. Bykov, V. Ya. Krasnikovskiy, N. Yu. Matveeva, E. V. Yaryna

“…The problems related to the extracurricular scientific and educational life of the university, cultural and sports activities, environmental issues, schedule and mode of classes, work of educational departments are disclosed. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Temperature Distribution on Reactor Pressure Vessel Support under Operating Conditions by Longkun He, Ying Lv, Pengfei Liu

“…Reactor pressure vessel (RPV) support is a key safety facility which is categorized as Class 1 in the ASME nuclear safety design. The temperature distribution of RPV support is one of the key considerations for the concrete safety contacting with the bottom of the support. …”
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Can social pain be medicated away? A pilot study on everyday discrimination and its exacerbation of opioid misuse risk in people of color with chronic pain by Shin Ye Kim, Nguyen P. Nguyen, Yuki Shigemoto

“…Using a racially diverse sample of 348 individuals with chronic pain, ranging in age from 20 to 75 years old (M = 28.56), this study investigated these relationships through path analysis conducted in Mplus, controlling for age, sex, and social class. The results showed that high levels of everyday discrimination placed POC patients at a higher risk of opioid misuse when they experienced more severe pain. …”
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Clinically Relevant Drug Interactions with Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors by Amber N. Edinoff, Connor R. Swinford, Amira S. Odisho, Caroline R. Burroughs, Cain W. Stark, Walid A. Raslan, Elyse M. Cornett, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) are a class of drugs that were originally developed for the treatment of depression but have since been expanded to be used in management of affective and neurological disorders, as well as stroke and aging-related neurocognitive changes. …”
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Altered Protein Structures and Neoepitopes in Lupus Neutrophils From Dysregulated Splicing of Messenger RNA by Rayan Najjar, Xiaoxing Wang, Jose Mario Bello Pineda, Hugh Alessi, Alison Bays, Robert K. Bradley, James N. Jarvis, Tomas Mustelin

“…Peptides derived from these novel amino acid sequences were predicted to bind to the individual patients’ class I and II major histocompatibility complex molecules with high affinity. …”
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Effect of Web-Based Education on Self-efficacy and Self-care Ability in Heart Failure Patients by Ratih Arum Vatmasari, Kuswantoro Rusca Putra, Heni Windarwati

“…The study sample consisted of 80 individuals with heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) II-IV classes and separated into two groups: the intervention group (n = 40) and the control group (n = 40). …”
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The concept and structural elements of the system of personal empowerment rights of employees by I. M. Kravchenko

“…The issue of the possibility of regulatory definition and consolidation of the system and classification of personal non-property rights of employees in the course of their employment functions has been investigated. …”
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MODELING OF POWER SYSTEMS AND TESTING OF RELAY PROTECTION DEVICES IN REAL AND MODEL TIME by I. V. Novash

“…It is noted that the leading energy universities of Russia use the real-time simulation not only to solve scientific and technical problems, but also to conduct training and laboratory classes on modelling of electric networks and anti-emergency automatic equipment with the students. …”
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Сoronavirus Zigzags of Electronic Distance Learning by A. V. Solovov, A. A. Menshikova

“…The study is based on methods of systemic analysis, pedagogical psychology and didacticism, long-term experience of authors in the field of EDL.The analysis of two main didactic approaches in the modern EDL was carried out: classes in a virtual classroom, most of which copy traditional methods of classroom learning, and predominantly independent cognitive activities of students in learning management systems using specially trained digital educational resources. …”
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