Mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between family functioning and self-management behaviors in patients with coronary heart disease: A cross-sectional study in Jia... by Yang Wang, Khemaradee Masingboon, Chintana Wacharasin

“…Family functioning was assessed utilizing the Family APGAR Index, self-efficacy was evaluated using the Self-efficacy for Chronic Disease 6-item Scale, and self-management behaviors was examined utilizing the Coronary Artery Disease Self-Management Scale. …”
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Longterm temporal analysis of vegetation cover and soil use on Ilha de Mosqueiro, Belém, Pará, Amazonian Brazil by Larissa de Carvalho Lima, Alberto Bentes Brasil Neto, Cassio Rafael Costa dos Santos, Aline Nascimento Braga, Suany Couto Teixeira Nunes

“…Assessing the dynamics of land use is important in providing quantified estimates of the extent of ecosystem change, and so and structured planning to reduce its environmental and social impacts. The objective of the current study was to analyze the dynamics of vegetation and soil use on Ilha de Mosqueiro, Belém, Pará State, northern Brazil, between 1984 and 2014, via digital image processing. …”
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Characterization of Transport-Enhanced Phase Separation in Porous Media Using a Lattice-Boltzmann Method by Andrea Parmigiani, Paolo Roberto Di Palma, Sébastien Leclaire, Faraz Habib, Xiang-Zhao Kong

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Effective Combination of Advancing Transplantation Date with High-Yielding Cultivars for Paddy Rice Could Increase the Yield Potential Under Climate Warming in China by He Zhang, Guangsheng Zhou, Qijin He

“…Rice is one of the main grains in the world, the stability of its production and supply is directly related to global food security. …”
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Thermocatalytic pyrolysis of low-value waste biomass: Thermal decomposition, kinetics behaviour, and biochar characterization by Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Sampath Chinnam, Abhishek Sharma

“…The physicochemical characterisation of PNS confirmed its suitability as an efficient pyrolysis feedstock. …”
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Measuring of main performance indicators of IKU-EKO UNJA Smart at IKU 2 students get off-campus experience through academic scorecards by Arpizal Arpizal, Iwan Putra, Nurmala Sari, Novia Sri Dwijayanti, Ahmad Nasori

“…In an effort to oversee the achievement of UNJA's vision to become a World Class Entrepreneurship University, especially in the next 5 years, it has been outlined in the 2020-2024 UNJA SMART Strategic Plan concerning UNJA SMART principles, objectives, strategic plans and improvement of Key Performance Indicator Items, especially IKU 2 Study Abroad Experience Campus. …”
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Black Rot of Orchids Caused by Phytophthora palmivora and Phytophthora cactorum by Robert A. Cating, Aaron J. Palmateer, Carol M. Stiles, P. A. Rayside, D. A. Davison

“…Davison, describes this disease of orchids, its host range, symptoms, diagnosis, management, and nursery sanitation recommendations. …”
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Sexualité et régime de normativité à l’âge confessionnel by Jean-Pascal Gay

“…Contemporary conflict between Catholics, the societies they live in, and the new legal order of sexuality appears as evidence of the preserved strength of confessional culture in contemporary Catholicism despite its profound recent transformations.…”
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Legal Disputes of Emigrant Periodical Publishers from the End of the 19th Century to 1904 by Remigijus Misiūnas

“…The case against “Saulė” can be partially explained by its popularity within the emigrant community and its occasional positioning as a Catholic newspaper, which drew readers away from the still-weak right-wing press. …”
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A 3D-Printed Spherical Dual-Circular Polarized Luneburg Lens Antenna for Ku-Band by Qing Wang, Xiaohai Han, Pu Yu, Jian-Qiang Hou, Zhen-Ya Lei

“…The discrete unit cell, used as the gradient-index material to approximate the required refractive index in the Luneburg lens, has its effective refractive index calculated by effective medium theory. …”
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Origin of the formation of isostructural bcc-Fe+bcc-Cu nanocomposites in Fe–Cu alloy via vacuum co-deposition by A. I. Ustinov, L. O. Olikhovska, S. O. Demchenkov, V. S. Skorodzievskii, S. S. Polishchuk, T. V. Melnychenko

“…As the copper concentration in the isostructural Fe–Cu composite increases, the level of microstrain in its bcc crystal lattice also increases. The transformation of bcc-Cu particles into fcc-Cu via a shear mechanism occurs when heated above 400 °C. …”
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Quantum Conformal Prediction for Reliable Uncertainty Quantification in Quantum Machine Learning by Sangwoo Park, Osvaldo Simeone

“…., an interval, that <italic>provably</italic> contains the true target with any desired coverage level. …”
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Emergent Management of Intracardiac Thrombosis during Liver Transplantation by Caroline Protin, Dmitri Bezinover, Zakiyah Kadry, Thomas Verbeek

“…Intraoperative thromboembolism is a well-documented complication associated with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) but its identification and intraoperative treatment are still an emerging topic in anesthesia. …”
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A Genetic Algorithm Based ESC Model to Handle the Unknown Initial Conditions of State of Charge for Lithium Ion Battery Cell by Kristijan Korez, Dušan Fister, Riko Šafarič

“…Classic enhanced self-correcting battery equivalent models require proper model parameters and initial conditions such as the initial state of charge for its unbiased functioning. Obtaining parameters is often conducted by optimization using evolutionary algorithms. …”
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Recombinant Enolase of Trypanosoma cruzi as a Novel Vaccine Candidate against Chagas Disease in a Mouse Model of Acute Infection by Minerva Arce-Fonseca, María Cristina González-Vázquez, Olivia Rodríguez-Morales, Verónica Graullera-Rivera, Alberto Aranda-Fraustro, Pedro A. Reyes, Alejandro Carabarin-Lima, José Luis Rosales-Encina

“…Our results showed that mice vaccinated with rTcENO or its encoding DNA were able to generate typical specific antibodies (IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b), suggesting that a mixed Th1/Th2 immune response was induced. …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Hong Kong Version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HK-KOOS) for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Andy S. K. Cheng, Ka-chun Chan, Sum-yuet Chan, Miu-kwan Fan, Man-kwan Fung, Oi-yan Lee, Cindy T. T. Kwok, Jackson K. K. Wong

“…Content validity was assessed using the Item and Scale Content Validity Index (I-CVI and S-CVI). …”
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The Impact of PTPRK and ROS1 Polymorphisms on the Preeclampsia Risk in Han Chinese Women by Huihui Li, Xingyu Yan, Man Yang, Mei Liu, Shan Tian, Mengru Yu, Wei-Ping Li, Cong Zhang

“…These results suggest that PTPRK appears to be a previously unrecognized susceptibility gene for PE in Han Chinese women, and its expression is also associated with PE, while ROS1 rs9489124 has no apparent correlation with PE risk.…”
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Development of Problem Solving Based E-Modules Assisted by Flipbook in Physics Learning for Middle School Students by Alvina Damaiyanti, Haratua Tiur Maria Silitonga, Muhammad Musa Syarif Hidayatullah

“…The results demonstrate that the problem-solving-based e-module, supplemented by a flipbook, is an excellent physics learning medium for enhancing problem-solving skills related to the theme of matter and its transformations.…”
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Multi scenario chaotic transient search optimization algorithm for global optimization technique by Ibrahim Mohamed Diaaeldin, Hany M. Hasanien, Mohammed H. Qais, Saad Alghuwainem, Othman A. M. Omar

“…Nine CMs integrated into the TSO to improve its search capabilities by applying various scenarios for improving the TSO random numbers. …”
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SPC25 upregulates CCND1 to promote the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by inhibiting MDM2-mediated E2F1 ubiquitination by Haoyao Jiang, Xiangfeng Jin, Haiyong Gu, Bin Li, Zhigang Li, Yifeng Sun

“…In this study, the expression of SPC25 was assessed by IHC in 88 primary ESCC samples, with its expression being correlated with advanced clinical features. …”
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