Association between Healthy Eating Index-2015 total and metabolic associated fatty liver disease in Americans: a cross-sectional study with U.S. National Health and Nutrition Exami... by Genzhong Xu, Ermin Ma, Weitao Zhang, Bo Feng

“…BackgroundUtilizing the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset to investigate the relationship between dietary quality, as assessed by the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015), and the prevalence of metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) among adults in the United States, our analysis revealed that an increased dietary quality was significantly correlated with a reduced risk of MAFLD in the American population.MethodThe NHANES dataset, encompassing the years 2017–2018 and comprising 3,557 participants, was incorporated into our analytical framework. …”
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Energy sufficiency for deep decarbonization: A modeling framework by Jingjing Zhang, Michelle Johnson-Wang, Nina Khanna, Max Wei, Bianka Shoai-Tehrani, Nan Zhou

“…We present three case studies, from the United States, China, and France, to illustrate implementing the DRUMSS framework in diverse contexts. …”
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Current Continuing Professional Education Practice among Malaysian Nurses by Mei Chan Chong, Karen Francis, Simon Cooper, Khatijah Lim Abdullah

“…This research was carried out to explore their current practice and the future general needs for CPE. This cross-sectional descriptive study involved registered nurses from government hospitals and health clinics from Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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Immune Response to Mycobacterial Infection: Lessons from Flow Cytometry by Nikoletta Rovina, Marios Panagiotou, Konstantinos Pontikis, Magdalini Kyriakopoulou, Nikolaos G. Koulouris, Antonia Koutsoukou

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Transfer matrix simulation of hard-core lattice gases on triangular lattice with up to third-neighbour exclusion by A. V. Myshlyavtsev, M. D. Myshlyavtseva

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Global glucose metabolism rate as diagnostic marker for disorder of consciousness of patients: quantitative FDG-PET study by Dongsheng Liu, Dongsheng Liu, Dongsheng Liu, Nan Wang, Nan Wang, Nan Wang, Ming Song, Ming Song, Ming Song, Xiaoke Chai, Xiaoke Chai, Qiheng He, Tianqing Cao, Dawei Kong, Zhuhuan Song, Guangming Zhang, Lei Liu, Xiaosong Wang, Guoqiang Chen, Shaoya Yin, Shaoya Yin, Shaoya Yin, Yi Yang, Yi Yang, Yi Yang, Yi Yang, Yi Yang, Yi Yang, Yi Yang, Yi Yang, Jizong Zhao, Jizong Zhao

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Adapting to Détente: US Policy on Korean Unification in 1968-1973 by D. A. Sadakov

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Establishment of political and diplomatic relations between Lithuania and France in 1918-1920: Exchange of mistrust by Vilma Bukaitė

“…Members of the Lithuanian delegation headed by the minister of foreign affairs Augustinas Voldemaras were present at the Paris Peace Conference and intermediated between their own and French governments, but could not dissipate the atmosphere of mistrust in the state being represented. Another intermediary, the French military mission headed by a lieutenant-colonel Constantin Reboul, was the first unit representing the Entente in Lithuania. …”
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Shifts in northern Arizona plant and insect pollinator communities between 2 years with substantially different precipitation totals by P. R. Chesshire, P. R. Chesshire, L. M. Holeski

“…Increased instances of drought across regions, especially in the southwestern United States, are a likely threat to plant and pollinator species richness, phenology, and mutualistic associations. …”
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Debates on the Role of the US Theatre Missile Defense in Regional Deterrence of Russia and China by O. O. Krivolapov

“…The Russian Federation and China possess significant nuclear arsenals, which already make nuclear escalation involving these countries and the United States possible. Adding yet another variable (TMD) into this equation only aggravates the situation.…”
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Management of calls and threats in digital economy of Russia by V. N. Makhalin, O. M. Makhalina

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EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS: AXIOLOGICAL BASES OF MEGALOPOLIS YOUTH’S READINESS by Olga V. Kruzhkova, Irina V. Vorobyeva

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Health risk assessment via ingestion of disinfection by-products in drinking water by Lei Wang, Zisi Fang, Xiaocong Zhou, Keyi Cheng, Yanjun Ren, Chaokang Li, Bing Gao, Ye Lv, Shanshan Xu, Hong Xu

“…This study monitored DBPs in drinking water across 13 districts and counties in Hangzhou, conducting a risk assessment based on the health risk assessment model recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Concentrations of 12 DBPs ranged from 0.01 µg/L to 120 µg/L, with levels in 2020–2022 generally exceeding those in 2018–2019. …”
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Bursting Phenomenon and Chaos Phase Control in Plant Dynamics by Makenne Yemeli Lola, Kengne Romanic, Pelap Francois Beceau

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The association of sexual frequency with cardiovascular diseases incidence and all-cause mortality by Tian-Qi Teng, Jing Liu, Meng-Meng Wang, De-Gang Mo, Rui Chen, Jia-Chao Xu, Zi-Han Dong, Ning Zhang, Hai-Chu Yu

“…This study aims to elucidate the correlation between the sexual frequency and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and all-cause mortality among young and middle-aged adults of the United States. We analyzed 17,243 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(NHANES)(2005–2016), comparing CVD incidence and all-cause mortality risks across sexual frequencies using multivariable Logistic and Cox regression models. …”
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Quality, topics, and demographic trends of animal systematic reviews - an umbrella review by Bernard Friedrich Hild, David Brüschweiler, Sophia Theodora Katharina Hild, Julia Bugajska, Viktor von Wyl, Marianna Rosso, Kimberley Elaine Wever, Eva Furrer, Benjamin Victor Ineichen

“…They originate from 64 countries, with the United States, China, the UK, Brazil, and Iran being the most prolific. …”
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Extrinsic attributes that drive consumer purchase of block mozzarella by K. Homwongpanich, M.E. Watson, D. Rovai, H. Eshpari, M.A. Drake

“…ABSTRACT: Consumer demand for cheese continues to increase with mozzarella being one of the primary cheeses in the United States. The objective of this study was to understand the effect of extrinsic attributes on consumer desires for block mozzarella cheese. …”
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Do land models miss key soil hydrological processes controlling soil moisture memory? by M. A. Farmani, A. Behrangi, A. Behrangi, A. Gupta, A. Tavakoly, A. Tavakoly, M. Geheran, G.-Y. Niu

“…We test the effects of these processes, which are generally missed by most LSMs in SMM. We compare SMMs computed from various Noah-MP configurations against that derived from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L3 soil moisture and in situ measurements from the International Soil Moisture Network (ISMN) from the years 2015 to 2019 over the contiguous United States (CONUS). …”
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EVALUATION OF THE WIDELY-USED EQUATIONS OF HYDRAULIC LOSS CALCULATION AND CALIBRATION OF THE HAZEN-WILLIAMS EQUATION IN DRIP IRRIGATION LATERALS by Sh. Shafaei, Gh. Zarei, K. Ebrahimi, Sh. Soleimani, M. Shamsi

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