Diversity-Focused Undergraduate Premedical Enrichment Programs: The Impact of Research Experiences by Acevedo A, Babore YB, Greisz J, King S, Clark GS, DeLisser HM

“…Ana Acevedo, Yonatan B Babore, Justin Greisz, Shakira King, Gabrielle S Clark, Horace M DeLisser Academic Programs Office, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USACorrespondence: Horace M DeLisser, Academic Programs Office, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Jordan Medical Education Center, 6th Floor, Building 421, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-5162, USA, Tel +1 215-898-4409, Fax +1 215-898-0833, Email delisser@pennmedicine.upenn.eduPurpose: Many diversity-focused, premedical enrichment programs anchor around a mentored research experience. …”
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Evaluation of Spray Drift from an Electric Boom Sprayer: Impact of Boom Height and Nozzle Type by Xiaoyong Pan, Shuo Yang, Yuanyuan Gao, Zhichong Wang, Changyuan Zhai, Wei Qiu

“…In the Huang-Huai-Hai region of China, the instability of electric boom sprayers has prompted many farmers to raise the boom height to improve clearance. …”
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Redox-Modulating Capacity and Effect of Ethyl Acetate Roots and Aerial Parts Extracts from <i>Geum urbanum</i> L. on the Phenotype Inhibition of the <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> L... by Lyudmila Dimitrova, Milka Mileva, Almira Georgieva, Elina Tzvetanova, Milena Popova, Vassya Bankova, Hristo Najdenski

“…The motility was fully inhibited at 3.12 mg/mL and 6.25 mg/mL (sub-MICs). We investigated the inhibitory potential of <i>las</i>I, <i>las</i>R, <i>rhi</i>I, and <i>rhi</i>R gene expression in biofilm and pyocyanin probes with the PCR method. …”
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Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kejadian Berat Badan Lahir Rendah by Reflita Reflita, Hasni Mastian

“… Data birth in January-November 2009 the hospital Dr .M.Jamil Padang as many as 699 babies who had low birth weight cases as many as 289 (41.34%).The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with the incidence of LBW in dr.M Djamil hospital Padang. …”
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Direct effects of prolonged TNF-α and IL-6 exposure on neural activity in human iPSC-derived neuron-astrocyte co-cultures by Noah Goshi, Doris Lam, Chandrakumar Bogguri, Vivek Kurien George, Aimy Sebastian, Jose Cadena, Nicole F. Leon, Nicholas R. Hum, Dina R. Weilhammer, Nicholas O. Fischer, Heather A. Enright

“…Burst duration was significantly reduced within a few days of exposure regardless of concentration (1 pg/mL – 100 ng/mL) but returned to baseline after 7 days. …”
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Efficacy of the internet-based intervention “Cultivating our resilience” (CORE) for improving resilience and coping strategies in university students: A randomized controlled trial... by Rocio Herrero, Marvin Franke, Dennis Görlich, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Rosa Baños, Corinna Jacobi, Thomas Berger, Michael P. Schaub, Tobias Krieger, David D. Ebert, Cristina Botella

“…The college stage is marked by high prevalence of mental disorders, particularly anxiety, low mood, and substance abuse. Despite this, many affected students do not receive treatment, underscoring the need for preventive strategies. …”
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Experimental Analysis on Dynamic Response of X-Section Piled Raft Composite Foundation under Cyclic Axial Load for Ballastless Track in Soft Soil by Qiang Fu

“…Large-scale model tests were established at a scale of 1/5 using a 7 m deep model tank with cross-sectional dimension of 5 m × 4 m, to study the vibration response characteristics of ballastless track, embankment, and X-section piled raft foundation under cyclic axial load, including the vibration displacement, velocity, dynamic soil, and pile stress. …”
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Oral Lesions Induced by Chronic Khat Use Consist Essentially of Thickened Hyperkeratinized Epithelium by Ochiba Mohammed Lukandu, Lionel Sang Koech, Paul Ngugi Kiarie

“…The habit of khat chewing is prevalent in many Middle Eastern and African cultures and has been associated with various adverse conditions in humans. …”
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE IN THE CONSTITUTION OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN by Х. Мохаммади, С.Б. Бейсебаева, А.С. Сабыр, Б.Е. Тлеулов, Г.Т. Муратова

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Comparing the Efficacy of Excitatory Transcranial Stimulation Methods Measuring Motor Evoked Potentials by Vera Moliadze, Georg Fritzsche, Andrea Antal

“…Significant effects of each individual stimulation method have been published; however, conclusive direct comparisons of many of these methods are rare. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of three widely applied stimulation methods inducing excitability enhancement in the motor cortex: 1 mA anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS), intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), and 1 mA transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) within one subject group. …”
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Characterization and Otoprotective Effects of Polysaccharides from <i>Arthrospira platensis</i> by Matteo Banti, Mercedes Garcia-Gil, Lorenzo Guidotti, Graziano Di Giuseppe, Simona Rapposelli, Daniela Monti, Silvia Tampucci, Marinella De Leo, Francesca Gado, Paola Nieri, Clementina Manera

“…The results showed that SPPs (5–80 µg/mL) induced a dose-dependent increase in viability, statistically significant at 40 µg/mL and 80 µg/mL. …”
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On weakly prime-additive numbers with length $4k+3$ by Fang, Jin-Hui, Xue, Fang-Gang

“…The main result is summarized as follows: for any positive integers $m,t$ with $t\equiv 3 \pmod {4}$ and $t>3$, there exist infinitely many weakly prime-additive numbers $n$ with $m\mid n$ and $n=p_1^{\alpha _1}+\dots +p_{t}^{\alpha _{t}}$, where $p_1,\dots ,p_t$ are distinct prime divisors of $n$ and $\alpha _1,\dots ,\alpha _t$ are positive integers.…”
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Health effects, environmental impacts, and photochemical degradation of selected surfactants in water by Sarah Hatfield Venhuis, Mehrab Mehrvar

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Architecture et réfection des aqueducs d’Orléans/Cenabum (Loiret) by Julien Courtois, Mathilde Noël, Franck Verneau

“…The 2007 excavation showed that the aqueduct was built in sections of around 60 m in length, separated by a strip of unterraced land around 1.80 m wide. …”
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Immunogenicity of Type IV Pilin Proteins from <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> in Chickens by Audrey Charlebois, Nicolas Deslauriers, Lila Maduro, Martine Boulianne

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Observations of Anomalous Microwave Emission from HII Regions by Clive Dickinson

“…Given the difficulties in measuring accurate SEDs over a wide range of frequencies and in complex environments, many of these detections require more data to confirm them as emitting significant AME. …”
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A Practical Approach to Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: A Focused Review by Brian J. Murray

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Alimentation et gestion de l’eau sur la colline de Fourvière à Lyon : les aménagements hydrauliques, la ville et ses monuments by Aldo Borlenghi, Éric Leroy

“…On Fourvière hill, which reaches a maximum altitude of about 298 m NGF, the public buildings, thermal baths, fountains, reservoirs as well as the houses and private amenities were supplied with water by the four Lyon aqueducts.The constraints caused by the topography of the hill on which the Roman colony was established made it difficult to supply the districts located in the highest part of the hill, in particular those located above 270 m. …”
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Biomarkers in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer for efficiency of immune checkpoint inhibitors by Zixi Wu, Junbiao Zhang, Le Li, Zhihua Wang, Chunguang Yang

“…However, while immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy or combination therapy targeting cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) and/or programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) axis has been regarded as the standard therapy in many solid tumours, mCRPC as ‘cold’ tumours are considered to be relatively resistant to ICB treatment. …”
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The linkage between economic literacy and students’ intention of starting business: The mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness by Agus Wibowo, Bagus Shandy Narmaditya, Ratieh Widhiastuti, Ari Saptono

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