Assessing Socket Fit Effects on Pressure and Shear at a Transtibial Residuum/Socket Interface by Kirstie M. Devin, Jinghua Tang, David Moser, Liudi Jiang

“…We, thus, altered socket fit levels via addition/removal of sock layers to a transtibial amputee who habitually-donned two-sock layers to mimic relatively looser and tighter socket fits. …”
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“Rat race” or “lying flat”? The influence of performance pressure on employees' work behavior by Qianyi Liao, Jinsong Zhang, Fangfang Li, Shiyuan Yang, Zhen Li, Longhua Yue, Cunfang Dou

“…Statistical analyses, including structural equation modeling, were used to test the hypothesized relationships.ResultsThe findings reveal that performance pressure has a dual effect: it simultaneously stimulates challenge appraisal, promoting proactive work behavior, and induces workplace anxiety, leading to work withdrawal behavior. Additionally, learning goal orientation moderates these effects. …”
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Unity and differentiation of legal regulation for the implementation of the right to work in certain categories of employees by Ye. Yu. Podorozhnii

“…An emphasis is placed on the fact that certain categories of employees are employees for whom the current legislation, due to their physiological and social (including professional) properties (characteristics, signs, traits), provides for additional guarantees and/or benefits, some other advantages in working conditions compared to ordinary employees, and in some cases, increased requirements for their responsibility. …”
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Optimization of Intracellular Polysaccharide Extraction Process and Analysis of Antioxidant Activity in Co-cultures of Sanghuangporus vaninii and Pleurotus sapidus by Yuantian LU, Di LIU

“…Under these optimal conditions, the CC-IPS extraction content was 86.4921±1.1924 mg/g, closed to the predicted value of 85.3981 mg/g. Additionally, the IC50 values of CC-IPS in the DPPH and ABTS+ free radical scavenging assays were determined to be 0.2425 and 0.1376 mg/mL, respectively. …”
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Genotoxicity of Copper and Nickel Nanoparticles in Somatic Cells of Drosophila melanogaster by Erico R. Carmona, Alba García-Rodríguez, Ricard Marcos

“…In the present study we have used the wing-spot assay in Drosophila melanogaster to determine the genotoxic activity of Cu-NPs and Ni-NPs, and these data have been compared with those obtained with their microparticle forms (MPs). Additionally, a complete physical characterization of NPs using transmission electronic microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) techniques was also performed. …”
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The Moderating Roles of Environmental Awareness and Product Knowledge on the Impact of Marketing Mix Elements on Purchase Intention by Suchart Tripopsakul

“…The results of moderation analysis reveal that environmental awareness significantly moderates the effect of product attributes (b = 0.412) and pricing strategy (b = 0.305) on purchase intention but is not found in the relationships of distribution channels (place) and promotional activities toward purchase intention. Additionally, consumer product knowledge of EVs was found to significantly and negatively moderate only the influence of promotional activities (b = -0.343) on purchase intention. …”
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Carbon Dioxide Turbine Expander Plant Producing Liquid and Gaseous Carbon Dioxide by A. V. Ovsyannik

“…The scheme of carbon dioxide cogeneration and trigeneration plant with the use of secondary energy resources in the form of combustion products or flue gases that enables to produce electricity, thermal energy and cold for centralized and decentralized supply of consumers simultaneously, is presented. In addition, the plant can produce liquid and gaseous carbon dioxide. …”
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Minority ethnicity patient satisfaction and experience: results of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey in England by Henrik Moller, Richard J Pinder, Jamie Ferguson

“…Ethnic minority patients also reported lower confidence in, and less understanding of, healthcare professionals, including clinical nurse specialists, doctors and ward nurses.Conclusions Given the diversity of the British population, as well as the clustering of ethnic minority patients in certain urban areas, a better understanding of the expectations and additional needs of ethnic minority patients is required to improve their experience of and satisfaction with cancer care.…”
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Mechanical Properties of Weathered Feldspar Sandstone after Experiencing Dry-Wet Cycles by Wen-bo An, Laigui Wang, He Chen

“…To study the mechanical properties of the weathered Yungang Grottoes, feldspar sandstone was subjected to comparative dry-wet cycle tests with water-rock interaction (Group A) and salt-rock interaction (Group B). …”
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Effects of Gate Stack Structural and Process Defectivity on High-k Dielectric Dependence of NBTI Reliability in 32 nm Technology Node PMOSFETs by H. Hussin, N. Soin, M. F. Bukhori, S. Wan Muhamad Hatta, Y. Abdul Wahab

“…However, at higher stress voltage, greater degradation is observed for a thicker SiO2 interface layer. In addition, the existence of different stress temperatures at which the degradation behavior differs implies that the hole trapping/detrapping event is thermally activated.…”
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« There are kisses for all » : Le defilé des jeunes hommes by Luc Bouvard

“…Everyone knows fidelity is not the most appropriate word when one deals with this film, owing to the essential addition made by the screenwriter James V. Hart, namely the love story across the ages between Dracula the Un-Dead and Mina, the reincarnation of Princess Elizabeta. …”
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Problems and expectations of beekeeping enterprises in ardahan province by Pınar Ayvazoğlu Demir, Erol Aydın, Kemal Yazıcı, Turgut Kırmızıbayrak

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> It was identified that 46.3% of beekeepers started beekeeping activities within the last 10 years, 60.7% of them had at least high school education level, and 93.5% of them had other occupations in addition to beekeeping. Only 37.5% of participants expressed that they were satisfied with the current prices of honey, and 8.8% of them stated that they had the opinion of quitting beekeeping practices in the future. …”
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SED-YOLO based multi-scale attention for small object detection in remote sensing by Xiaotan Wei, Zhensong Li, Yutong Wang

“…Firstly, we leverage Switchable Atrous Convolution (SAC) to replace the standard convolutions in the original C3 modules of the backbone network, thereby enhancing feature extraction capabilities and adaptability. Additionally, we introduce the Efficient Multi-Scale Attention(EMA) mechanism at the end of the backbone network to enable efficient multi-scale feature learning, which reduces computational costs while preserving crucial information. …”
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Semantic Approach for Evaluation of Energy Storage Technologies under Fuzzy Environment by Dega Nagaraju, C. Chiranjeevi, Y. Rajasekhar, Senthil Kumaran Selvaraj, Utkarsh Chadha, R. Nagalakshmi, Velmurugan Paramasivam

“…Based on these weights, energy storage technologies are ranked. In addition, the sensitivity analysis is carried out to analyze the variation in ranking pattern of alternatives. …”
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Ovine Eimeria infection, OPG and determinants in and around Gondar town, Ethiopia by Senait Belay, Desie Sheferaw

“…The mean OPG was significantly higher in lambs, with poor body conditions and female sheep. In addition, it was higher in sheep with soft faeces and an extensive production system. …”
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Budaya Batak Toba dalam Pelayanan Pariwisata Danau Toba di Parapat by Eka Debora Harianja, R. Hamdani Harahap, Zulkifli Lubis

“…The informants in this study were key informants in this study were tribal chiefs who knew Batak culture well, the main informants in this study were domestic tourists with Toba Batak and foreign tourists who ended up in Parapat and additional informants in this study were business actors and givers tourism services such as traders, hotel entrepreneurs, restaurant entrepreneurs, hotel servants, restaurant servants, parking attendants, etc., and tourism observers and responsible government agencies such as the Tourism Office and BPS The results of this study indicate that Batak Toba culture can have a positive and negative impact on Lake Toba tourism, but in this study it was seen that Batba Toba 3H culture had a negative impact on the development of tourism. …”
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Health status of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women at Mangalore, Karnataka, India by C V Divya, Vasantkumar V Bhanushali, E Vinu, K S Premlal

“…The data include sociodemographic profile, marital history, obstetric history, history of contraceptive use, history of chronic diseases, habits, physical activity, menstrual history, and menopausal symptoms. In addition, the individual effect of these variables on daily activities was noted among the participants. …”
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Universal Digital Probe Electrometer for Testing Semiconductor Wafers by A. L. Zharin, U. A. Mikitsevich, A. I. Svistun, K. U. Pantsialeyeu

“…By photo-EMF (SPV) it is possible to determine the lifetime of minor charge carriers, their diffusion length and detect traces of heavy metals on the surface. In addition, using photo-EMF it is possible to determine the surface resistance of the plate, some parameters of the dielectric layer on the surface and barrier photo-EMF (JPV). …”
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Characterization of hemorrhoidal disease in patients treated in the Coloproctology service. Cienfuegos, 2020-2022 by Victor Manuel García Pino, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja

“…Mixed hemorrhoids were the most frequent, in addition to grade IV (67.1%). The most frequently used surgical technique was submucosal hemorrhoidectomy. 69.3% had a favorable evolution in the postoperative period, and bleeding was the most observed complication (14.7%).…”
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Distributive Motives and Paternalistic Doctrine in Islamic Inheritance Law with Special Reference to Compulsory Wills by Setiyowati Setiyowati, Siti Maryam, Haitham Abdulwahhab Mohammed B., Badr Guelida

“…In Indonesia the rules regarding wills have been contained in Islamic Law Compilation (Kompilasi Hukum Islam/KHI) as contained in Presidential Instruction No. 1 of 1991 namely in Chapter V Articles 194 to 209 and in books of Islamic jurisprudence. …”
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