Pyriproxyfen, villain or good guy? A brief review by Andressa Pereira Cabral, Fabrício Pereira dos Santos Maia, D’Angelo Carlo Magliano, Jones Bernardes Graceli, Paula Soares, Eduardo Andrés Rios Morris, Leandro Miranda-Alves

“…Although the World Health Organization (WHO) considers the use of PPF at a concentration of 0.01 mg/L as unlikely to pose health risks, recent studies have unveiled potential risks associated with PPF exposure to non-target organisms. …”
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Cortisol regulates neonatal lung development via Smoothened by Shanshan Lu, Yifei Chen, Jiawen Song, Liangliang Ren, Jun Du, Donglai Shen, Jiayin Peng, Yao Yin, Xia Li, Yuqing Wang, Yan Gao, Siman Han, Yichang Jia, Yun Zhao, Yizheng Wang

“…Corticosteroids are commonly used to prevent NRDS in clinical. However, the protective mechanism of the corticosteroids remains largely unclear. …”
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Epidemiological Study of Uveal Melanoma from US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (2010–2015) by Yufeng Xu, Lixia Lou, Yijie Wang, Qi Miao, Kai Jin, Menglu Chen, Juan Ye

“…We performed population-based cohort analyses using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to identify patients with primary uveal melanoma from 2010 to 2015. …”
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Frequency Of Hyponatremia In Children Admitted To The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit In A Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ammar Yasir Khan, Arooba Idris, Asad Shabbir, Sobia Rashid, Asad Iqbal Danish, Syeda Mamoona Qudrat

“…Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Pediatrics, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi from April 2023 to September 2023. …”
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Literatura infantil e protagonismo negro: mediação na biblioteca escolar by Odilia Barbosa Ribeiro, Rovilson José da Silva, Sueli Bortolin

“…Nesse trabalho refletiu-se acerca da presença de protagonistas negros na literatura infantil brasileira e as possibilidades de mediações visandoàeducação antirracista na escola. …”
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Effects of Hsa-miR-4741/LILRB2 on Senescence of Nucleus Pulposus Cells and Their Prognostic Values in Lumbar Disc Herniation by Zhendong He, Nan Zheng, Xiu-Quan Guo, Gang-Gang Wang, Mingjian Lin

“…Dual luciferase assay and the transfection of hsa-miR-4741 mimics or inhibitor were used to investigate the targeted regulation of it to LILRB2.Results The combination of hsa-miR-4741 and LILRB2 showed higher accuracy in predicting the outcome of RDH (AUC = 0.9367), compared with a single molecule. …”
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Emprendimiento por oportunidad en el contexto del cambio de la matriz productiva: una estrategia innovadora- Ecuador by Azucena Maribel Maya-Carrillo, Carla Paulina Cevallos- Recalde, Jorge Geovanny Raura-Ruiz, Magda Francisca Cejas-Martínez

“…Para el estudio se ha realizado una revisión de literatura de diferentes fuentes, que permitieron analizar el emprendimiento por oportunidad y la innovación con el fin de profundizar en la temática estableciendo de esta forma las bases teóricas que permitieron sustentar la comprensión del tema desarrollado. …”
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Middle to Late Jurassic pelagites and gravity mass flow deposits of a displaced Neotethyan margin: Microfacies and biostratigraphical studies in Northeast Hungary by Haas János, Fodor László, Đerić Nevenka, Szives Ottilia, Ozsvárt Péter, Fialowski Melinda, Kövér Szilvia

“…These inferences may serve as a base for new geodynamic evaluations of the studied region.…”
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Student Perception of "A" Fighting Workshop for Digital Information Technology (Digital Technology) Program PSMZA by Norhafiza Binti Idris, Noor Rulhanim Binti Mohamad Ariffin

“…This research in the form of surveys and applying data obtained from the questionnaire. The samples consist of 54 semester two students who take courses in Discrete Mathematics (DBM2033) for session June 2017. …”
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Presentating a multi-objective optimization model for resource-constrained project scheduling regarding financial costs, time delays and the reliability function by Saeideh Naderi, Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Farzad Movahedi Sobhani

“…Hence, in order to mathematically model RCPSP, the first non-linear complex integer math programming was transformed into a linear programming model using the features of exponential functions. …”
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ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF DELAYED ARGUMENTS AND TRANSFER EQUATIONS FOR MODELING DYNAMIC SYSTEMS by V. A. Likhoshvai, T. M. Khlebodarova

“…In this paper, we considered a general form of a system of first-order delayed differential equations, traditionally used for describing the function of biological systems of different hierarchical levels. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Stability of Extemporaneous Pediatric Oral Formulations by Anteneh Belayneh, Zenaw Tessema

“…Articles were searched in the databases of the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar. From all the searched articles, a total of 28 experimental studies reporting the stability of oral pediatric extemporaneous formulations were included based on the inclusion criteria. …”
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Simulation and Analysis of a Split Drill Bit for Pneumatic DTH Hammer Percussive Rotary Drilling by Yuanling Shi, Conghui Li

“…As integral reverse circulation drill bits used in the conventional down-the-hole (DTH) hammers are only suitable for specific formations, the whole set of DTH hammer needs to be replaced when drilling different formations. …”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION; PERSPECTIVES CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS by NASIRU SULE, KAMILU ISHAQ

“…Local government administration in Nigeria today is faced with problems of digitalization to cope with modern challenges of the use of computer and other electronic gadgets for effective record keeping, data processing, storage and retrieval of information. …”
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High Resolution of Water Availability for Emilia-Romagna Region over 1961–2015 by F. Cervi, M. M. Nistor

“…In this study, monthly time series of precipitations and temperatures from 1024 controlled and homogeneous meteorological stations located in the Emilia-Romagna region (northern Italy) are processed in order to assess potential climate changes that occurred during the period 1961–2015. …”
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Upregulation of Cardiac IL-10 and Downregulation of IFN-γ in Balb/c IL-4−/− in Acute Chagasic Myocarditis due to Colombian Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi by Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Vera Lúcia de Almeida, Wendyson Duarte de Oliveira, Natália Carasek Matos Cascudo, Pollyana Guimarães de Oliveira, Crislaine Aparecida da Silva, Aline Cristina Souza da Silva, Maria Luíza Gonçalves dos Reis Monteiro, Rosana Rosa Miranda Correa, Milton Adriano Pelli Oliveira, Ruy de Sousa Lino-Júnior, Mara Rúbia Nunes Celes, Juliana Reis Machado

“…The base of the heart was used for histopathological analysis. …”
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Study protocol for an observational cohort study of heat stress impacts in pregnancy in The Gambia, West Africa [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Jane E Hirst, Ana Bonell, Abdul Sesay, Leonidas G. Ioannou, Bubacarr Bah, Kris A. Murray, Andy Haines, Sophie E. Moore, David Jeffries, Neil S Maxwell, Ana Vicero-Cabrera, Apolline Saucy, Cally Tan, Emmanuel Okoh, Dorothy Watters, Bakary Sonko, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Yahaya Idris, Mam Leigh-Nabou, Jarra Manneh, Andreas Flouris, Sainabou Bojang, Amanda N Sferruzzi-Perri, Andrew Prentice

“…Pregnant women will be recruited from two distinct regions in The Gambia to exploit the naturally occurring heat gradient across the country. …”
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Acute Toxicity of Xylene on the African Catfish <i>Clarias gariepinus</i> by I.C. Davies, E.S. Erondu, A.I. Hart, L.C. Osuji

“…The cumulative mortality recorded after exposure of C. gariepinus to xylene was time dependent. Based on this the high percentage mortalities of the fish species it is therefore recommended that the use of this chemical be minimized and proper contingency plans be carried out before discharging this toxicants into the aquatic environment. …”
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Comparison of the Energy Properties of Sunflower Stalk Fibers for Solid Biofuel Production by Diana Kindzera, Viktoria Kochubei

“…The possibility of producing solid biofuels from sunflower stalks, an agricultural residue that is currently underused, has been investigated. …”
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What could make seaports more committed to air quality? A qualitative content analysis of key barriers, drivers, and enablers by Flóra Zsuzsanna Gulyás, Aseem Kinra

“…Methods To answer the research question, the authors conducted a systematic literature review using the databases of Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. …”
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