The Risks of the would be Modernization of the Country: Sociologists-Riskologists are Required by S. A. Kravchenko

“…The author argues that modern risk challenges are mainly due to the ambivalence of the process of innovations taking place in the development of science and technologists: their results are not only expected brining the wealth to people but some of them contain unanticipated consequences with new dangers. …”
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Effect of alcohol consumption on haemoglobin level among non-pregnant reproductive age women in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional secondary data analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographi... by Melese Linger Endalifer, Gedefaw Diress

“…Women who drunk alcohol less than once a week ((AOR=0.54 (95% CI: 0.31 to 0.94), those who drunk alcohol at least once a week (AOR=0.50 (95% CI: 0.28 to 0.88)) and who drunk alcohol almost every day in the last 12 months (AOR=0.42 (95% CI: 0.21 to 0.81)) had significantly lower odds of having anaemia than women who had not ever taken a drink that contain alcohol.Conclusion This study showed that nearly a quarter of non-pregnant women in Ethiopia were found to be anaemic. …”
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Elevated Concentration of Defensins in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients by Ehab H. Mattar, Hussein A. Almehdar, Abdullah A. AlJaddawi, Isam ElDin M. Abu Zeid, Elrashdy M. Redwan

“…A-defensin concentration of ≥250 ng/50 μL was found to contain more β-defensins than total defensins and α-defensins. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity of Nanosized Cadmium Sulfides Synthesized by Complex Compound Thermolysis by Yingchun Yu, Youxian Ding, Shengli Zuo, Jianjun Liu

“…The nanosized cadmium sulfides (CdSs) containing different phase structures were synthesized via the complex compound thermolysis method using different molar ratio of thiourea to acetate cadmium (S/Cd) and characterized by XRD, TEM, UV-Vis, and IR spectra. …”
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Mutations in human prion-like domains: pathogenic but not always amyloidogenic by Andrea Bartolomé-Nafría, Javier García-Pardo, Salvador Ventura

“…These proteins typically contain prion-like domains of low complexity (PrLDs or LCDs) that govern their assembly into either functional or pathological amyloid fibrils. …”
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Development of animal feeding additives from mushroom waste media of shochu lees by Fumio Yagi, Yuji Minami, Masayoshi Yamada, Kyohei Kuroda, Masahito Yamauchi

“…Extracts from waste media containing shochu lees used for growing three mushrooms cultivation: monkey head mushroom (MHM) Hericium erinaceus, oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, and shiitake mushroom Lentinula edodes were investigated. …”
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Mechanically powered negative pressure dressing reduces surgical site infection after stoma reversal by Brian Williams, MD, Aubrey Swinford, MD, Jordan Martucci, MD, Johnny Wang, MD, Jordan R. Wlodarczyk, MD, Abhinav Gupta, MD, Kyle G. Cologne, MD, Sarah E. Koller, MD, Christine Hsieh, MD, Marjun P. Duldulao, MD, Joongho Shin, MD

“…We present a novel approach to stoma closure in which a self-contained mechanically powered negative pressure dressing (MP-NPD) is applied to primarily closed stoma reversal wounds. …”
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A Novel Approach for Detecting DGA-Based Botnets in DNS Queries Using Machine Learning Techniques by Ali Soleymani, Fatemeh Arabgol

“…For this purpose, extracted and labeled domain name datasets containing healthy and infected DGA botnet data were used. …”
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Proximal bronchiolar adenoma with malignant transformation to invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma with 4 years follow-up: a case report and literature review by Yuan-Hui Yang, Ke Yin, Jia-Qi Xu, Xiao-Ying Xu, Jun-Lei Zhang, Ji-Xuan Liu, Xin-Zhi Feng, Xiao-Yan Lin, Xiao-Yan Lin

“…The most prominent histopathological feature of BA is a double-layer bronchial epithelium containing continuous basal cell layers. However, due to the high mutation frequency of the driver gene, there is still debate as to whether BA has the potential for malignant transformation. …”
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A New Strain of Preponderant Amphitriploid Carassius Clone Juvenile With Integrated Genomes Partly From White Crucian Carp (C. auratus cuvieri) Requires Low Dietary Protein by Xing Wang, Dong Han, Junyan Jin, Xiaoming Zhu, Haokun Liu, Zhimin Zhang, Yunxia Yang, Shouqi Xie

“…Seven groups of fish (body weight: 9.73 ± 0.03 g) were fed with seven isolipidic and isocarbohydrate diets containing 21.38%, 25.82%, 27.94%, 31.36%, 34.23%, 37.87%, and 40.70% crude protein (P21, P24, P27, P30, P33, P36, and P39), respectively. …”
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“Kyrie paschale” in Polish Organ Tablatures from the First Half of the 16th Century – Problems of Style and Attribution by Grzegorz Kos

“…In total, the two tablatures contain more than twenty segments of the ‘Kyrie paschale’ for organ, made up of ten modules repeated in transpositions and as variants combined to form various sequences and signed with three inconsistently ascribed attributes: N.C. …”
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Application of Eudragit RS 30D as a Potential Drug Release Retardant of Acetaminophen and Caffeine for Prolonged Duration of Comfort by Lailoona Jaweed, Huma Dilshad, Ghulam Sarwar

“…Each tablet contained 1000 mg of acetaminophen and 130 mg of caffeine including other suitable excipients. …”
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Preliminary Exploration of Natural Polyphenols and/or Herbal Mix Replacing Sodium Nitrate to Improve the Storage Quality of Pork Sausage by Angeliki-Niki Kaloudi, Agori Karageorgou, Michael Goliomytis, Panagiotis Simitzis

“…Five batches of sausages were manufactured using the same recipe and raw materials; the control, without sodium nitrate and natural preservatives (CON), and four groups supplemented with sodium nitrate at 0.015% (SN), olive polyphenols at 0.2% (POL), an herbal mix containing rosemary, savory, camelia, thyme, lemon balm and turmeric at 0.2% (NM), or the concomitant addition of olive polyphenols (0.1%) and the herbal mix (0.1%) (POL + NM). …”
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Agility Factors’ Analyses Framework in Project-Oriented Organizations through a Sustainability Approach in Large Projects Case Study: Isfahan Municipality by Ahmadreza Tahanian, Hasan Haleh, Farhad Etebari, Behnam Vahdani

“…By determining the agility factors’ clusters in the project-oriented organizations and calculating their importance weights, the first cluster that contains project communication management, organizational culture, and contracts management gains the maximum weight of importance.…”
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Comparative analysis of visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy and prediction of moisture ratio using machine learning algorithms for jujube dried under different conditi... by Seda Günaydın, Necati Çetin, Cevdet Sağlam, Kamil Sacilik, Ahmad Jahanbakhshi

“…Dried fruits are considered healthy because they are high in fiber and carbohydrates and contain low fat. In this study, jujube slices were dried using three different methods (open sun, closed shade, and microwave). …”
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Feasibility of Pulverized Oyster Shell as a Cementing Material by Chou-Fu Liang, Hung-Yu Wang

“…The soil specimens containing fly ash gradually gain strength as curing proceeds. …”
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The PHD transcription factor Cti6 is involved in the fungal colonization and aflatoxin B1 biological synthesis of Aspergillus flavus by Zhang Mengjuan, Lin Guanglan, Pan Xiaohua, Song Weitao, Tan Can, Chen Xuan, Yang Yanling, Zhuang Zhenhong

“…Recently, it has been reported that some PHD family transcription factors are involved in the morphogenesis and AFB1 biological synthesis in A. flavus, but the role of Cti6, a PHD domain containing protein in A. flavus, is totally unknown. …”
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Educational Policies of Writing and Reading (A commentary on D.G. Ryndin’s article “Merab Mamardashvili: event of thought and pedagogic practice”) by A. A. Polonnikov

“…The paper contains an “asymmetric commentary” on a philosophical text by means of its subsequent placing in the educational contexts. …”
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Genome-wide characterization of the MADS-box gene family in Paeonia ostii and expression analysis of genes related to floral organ development by Xueting Yang, Qi Guo, Shaodan Liu, Duoduo Wang, Dingding Zuo, Tongfei Niu, Dongfeng Wei, Lili Guo, Xiaogai Hou

“…Analysis of the cis-acting elements revealed that the 110 PoMADS genes contained different kinds of hormones and stress-related cis-acting elements in their promoter regions. …”
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Premalignant Lesions of the Colon by Rodger C Haggitt

“…If a pedunculated adenoma containing invasive carcinoma can be removed with a clear stalk margin, the risk of nodal metastasis is very low, probably less than 2%. …”
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