Application of Citizen Science to Sheep as a Model to Sensitize Young Citizens to Biodiversity, Animal Welfare and the Social Utility of Research by Sara Moscatelli, Anna Paniccià, Elisa Palmioli, Laura Del Gobbo, Francesca Mercati, Paola Scocco

“…For each AQ item children expressed their agreement/disagreement by choosing from five response modes. …”
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Existential concerns among young adults with psychotic vulnerability in mental health care: a qualitative study in the Netherlands by Marlous L. D. de Vries, Pauline Janse, Christa W. Anbeek, Arjan W. Braam

“…The respondents generally expressed positive feelings about addressing and the possibility to talk about existential life questions, which fits within recovery oriented mental health care.…”
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Endothelial SHANK3 regulates tight junctions in the neonatal mouse blood-brain barrier through β-Catenin signaling by Yong-Eun Kim, Minseong Kim, Sunwhi Kim, Raham Lee, Yusuke Ujihara, Esther Magdalena Marquez-Wilkins, Yong-Hui Jiang, Esther Yang, Hyun Kim, Changhoon Lee, Changwon Park, Il Hwan Kim

“…Here we report that SHANK3, an ASD-risk gene, expresses in the BBB-forming brain endothelial cells (BECs) and regulates tight junctional (TJ) integrity essential for BBB’s barrier function. …”
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Regulating the Urban Commons: A Romanian Case Study of Improving Building Facades by Anamaria Vrabie, Rodica Ianole-Călin

“…The findings further acknowledge difficulties in managing mixed property and collective actions, but they also hint favourably towards the role of peer effects, expressed here as compliant neighbours’ behaviour. …”
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The challenges and opportunities clinical education in the context of psychological, educational and therapeutic dimensions in teaching hospital by Azizeh Barry, Azam Shahbaz

“…Conclusion The results of the study showed that in the treatment dimension, the concerns of patients in bedside clinical education include an increase in the number and duration of visits, fear of students performing incorrect procedures, lack of recognition of the person responsible for treatment and accountability to different people, a feeling of prolonged hospitalization due to the education process, fear and anxiety of the unknown and unfamiliar terms expressed in clinical rounds, increased likelihood of infection due to a large number of students and their examination, less access to the relevant doctor due to academic busyness, and in the human ethical dimension, failure to maintain patient privacy and reporting the patient’s condition in public and examination by people of the same sex, lack of attention to the patient and his/her conversations during clinical rounds, and a greater focus on education. …”
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Knowledge and Awareness of Medical and Dental Students About Oral Cancer Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lilibeth-Stephania Escoto-Vasquez MSc, Mario Alberto Alarcón-Sánchez MSc, Ruth Rodríguez-Montaño PhD, Julieta Sarai Becerra-Ruiz PhD, Sarah Monserrat Lomelí-Martínez PhD, Artak Heboyan PhD

“…Meta-analysis results were systematically illustrated in a forest plot and expressed as odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. …”
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International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya by Fareen Zaver, Keith Boniface, Benjamin Wachira, Grace Wanjiku, Hamid Shokoohi

“…There were 23 physicians who completed the course and the survey. 52% (95% CI: 0.30–0.73) had put in >20 CVCs. 21.7% (95% CI: 0.08–0.44) of participants had previous US training, but none in the use of US for CVC insertion. The respondents expressed agreement with statements describing the ease of the use and improved success rate with US guidance. …”
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Improvement of the grapevine gene pool on the basis of agrobiological and physio-biochemical assessment of new genotypes under the unstable moderate continental climate conditions... by V. S. Petrov, A. E. Mishko, D. M. Tsiku, A. A. Marmorshtein

“…The Akello and Agat Dubovsky hybrids were identified for their physio-biochemical parameters: the highest content of chlorophyll in their leaves, high adaptive potential expressed in a low development level of secondary oxidative processes under stress, and the highest content of carotenoids.Conclusion. …”
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Corruption criminal offences: concept and classification by R. I. Login

“…The original author's position is expressed that corruption offences are endowed with corruption features which allow distinguishing them from other criminal offences and subjecting them to grouping. …”
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Effect of Oil Content and Emulsifier Type on the Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Sea Buckthorn Oil-in-Water Emulsions by Hongxia Zheng, Like Mao, Jingyi Yang, Chenyu Zhang, Song Miao, Yanxiang Gao

“…The antioxidant property of the emulsions was expressed as their DPPH radical scavenging activity. …”
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Mesenchymal Progenitors Derived from Different Locations in Long Bones Display Diverse Characteristics by Weiguang Lu, Bo Gao, Jing Fan, Pengzhen Cheng, Yaqian Hu, Qiang Jie, Zhuojing Luo, Liu Yang

“…The three groups exhibited similar cellular morphologies and expressed the typical surface markers associated with mesenchymal stem cells. …”
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Specific Features of Police Care Regarding the Minors by S. V. Medvedenko, M. V. Zaburannyi

“…It has been established that police officers in most cases draw up the fact of police care not with police care sheet, but with a report, which is a violation of the law. The authors have expressed the suggestion on the need to conduct trainings with police officers, courses of advanced training on problematic issues in the field of psychological methods of communication with minors in adverse, difficult, conflict situations, where they would study in details the tactical, psychological methods of communication with children.…”
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Changes in Hepatic Blood Flow and Liver Function during Closed Abdominal Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy following Cytoreduction Surgery by Stéphanie Dupont, Eduardo R. C. Schiffer, Marion J. White, John R. A. Diaper, Marc-Joseph Licker, Philippe C. Masouyé

“…During HIPEC, HBF was markedly reduced, resulting in the loss of any pulsatile Doppler flow signal in all but one patient. The ICG-PDR, expressed as median (interquartile 25–75), decreased from 23 (20–30) %/min to 18 (12.5–19) %/min (p<0.001). …”
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Assessing the Impact of Boer Goat x Indigenous Goat Crossbreeding on Reproductive Performance and Farmer Perceptions in Southern Ethiopia by Kebede Habtegiorgis, Debir Legesse, Mohamed Bikamo

“…All visited farmers expressed a strong interest in crossbreeding. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that Boer crossbred goats perform well in southern Ethiopia. …”
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The Potential Association of Later Initiation of Oral/Enteral Nutrition on Euthyroid Sick Syndrome in Burn Patients by Joaquín Pérez-Guisado, Jesús M. de Haro-Padilla, Luis F. Rioja, Leo C. DeRosier, Jorge I. de la Torre

“…Three groups were established depending on time of initiation of the oral/enteral nutrition: <24 h before the injury (Group 1), 24–48 h after the injury (Group 2), and >48 h after the injury (Group 3). Results. They were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. We found that LHS and the fT3 levels were statistically different in the 3 groups. …”
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Enhancing patient safety and risk management through clinical pathways in oncology by Marco Milanesi, Rita Fiorito, Lara Caloccia, Chiara Guglielmetti, Giulia Giganti, Sara Elisa Andreasi, Antonio Triarico

“…By aligning identified topics with ISO and JCI standards, compliance with international guidelines was assessed, offering units insight into their current status and areas for enhancement.Overall, both auditees and auditors expressed satisfaction with the methodology and continuous training, highlighting its effectiveness in fostering collaboration, improving time management and promoting adherence to accreditation standards.The study highlights the effectiveness of the methodology in monitoring unit activities and adherence to clinical pathways and international standards applied to an oncological setting. …”
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Social Representations of Breast Cancer in Patients, Accompanying Relatives and Specialists by Maria Elena Reina Suarez, Yamila Ramos Rangel, María de los Ángeles Reina Sarmiento, Leonor Cisneros Pimentel, María del Rosario Lleó Moreno, Sara Soraya Naranjo Noda

“…The information of the variables in the database of the statistical package SPSS 15.0 for Windows was processed. The results were expressed in absolute and relative frequencies. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> patients, relatives showed addressability of the negative attitude towards diagnosis and treatment. …”
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QTL‐Based Evidence of Population Genetic Divergence in Male Territorial Aggressiveness of the Japanese Freshwater Threespine Stickleback by Haruka Yamazaki, Seiichi Mori, Osamu Kishida, Atsushi J. Nagano, Tomoyuki Kokita

“…ABSTRACT Territorial aggression is widespread across the animal kingdom and is expressed in diverse ecological and social contexts. …”
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Static Analysis of Gelatin-like Simulation Mass as a Subsoil in Scale Physical Modeling by Veronika Valašková, Jozef Vlček

“…A plate load test with a circular plate is a non-destructive method for determining the static bearing capacities of soils and aggregates, which are usually expressed by the deformation modulus <i>E_def,2</i> (MPa) and the static modulus of elasticity <i>E</i> (MPa). …”
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Smokeless, not harmless: Understanding Naswar's cardiovascular risks in the northwestern Pakistan by Ihsanur Rahman, Fayaz Ahmad, Naveed Sadiq

“…World Health Organization also expresses the need for further studies to thoroughly understand effects of different SLT products on CAD across various populations. …”
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