Antibacterial Effect of Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides L.) Fruit Extract on Radish Seeds Prior to Sprouting by Katarzyna Rajkowska, Emilia Rykała, Agata Czyżowska

“…The effect of the sea buckthorn fruit extract on radish seed germination capacity and the profile of phenolic compounds in the extract were also determined. …”
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Increasing the operating time of hollow fiber membrane bundles used for water ultrafiltration by Ciocănea Adrian, Simionescu Ștefan-Mugur, Opriș Florin

“…The results confirmed the conclusions of the numerical study i.e. the filtering capacity of the membrane was maintained higher by 6-6.5% for α = 00 comparing to α = 900 due to shear stress increase. …”
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A proposal to measure the resilience of the Andalusian Commnunity Social Services by Elena Ferri-Fuentevilla, Ana Vallejo-Andrada, Aleix Morilla-Luchena, Rocío Muñoz Moreno

“…In this work, a resilience index is advanced based on the capacities of social services to buffer and alleviate the adverse effects of crises, including the recent pandemic. …”
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Growth, Feed Utilization, Lipid Metabolism, and Metamorphosis of Bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeianus) Tadpoles Fed Diets With Different Lipid Levels by Juan Gao, Ling Wang, Jian Zhang, Kangle Lu, Kai Song, Xueshan Li, Chunxiao Zhang

“…This study investigated the effect of dietary lipid levels on growth performance, lipid metabolism, antioxidant capacity, digestive enzyme activity, and metamorphosis rate of bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeianus) tadpoles. …”
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Sex differences in anaerobic performance in CrossFit® athletes: a comparison of three different all-out tests by Tomás Ponce-García, Jerónimo García-Romero, Laura Carrasco-Fernández, Alejandro Castillo-Domínguez, Javier Benítez-Porres

“…It is associated with the ability to perform explosive actions and the capacity for rapid recovery between repeated efforts. …”
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Physiological and biochemical features of fig cultivars (<I>Ficus carica</I> L.) from the collection of the Nikita Botanical Gardens by E. L. Shishkina, E. V. Dunaevskaya, R. A. Pilkevich, N. Yu. Marchuk

“…Drought resistance was assessed using the method of determining the water-holding capacity and resistance to dehydration in the leaves of fruit crops.Results. …”
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Clinical examples of the effective correction of low astigmatism for improving vision by I.V. Lobanova, E.G. Rybakova, T.B. Romanova

“…This error negatively affects accommodative response and visual working capacity. A complete correction of astigmatism (even a low one) is required for visual recovery to reduce visual fatigue and improve working capacity and academic performance. …”
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Abnormality in field physical test predicts a reduced quadriceps strength in patients with hip- or knee-osteoarthritis. A prospective observational study. by Quentin Fanget, Anargyros Verdilos, Samuel Adelou, Vivien Reynaud, Stéphane Boisgard, Stéphane Descamps, Bruno Pereira, Ruddy Richard, Emmanuel Coudeyre, Frédéric Costes

“…We measured body composition, exercise capacity, muscle strength, balance, WOMAC score, quality of life and physical activity. …”
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Effect of High-Fat Diet on Spatial Learning and Memory and Regulatory Role of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors in the Dentate Gyrus by LIU Huaying, DONG Wei, ZHANG Zihan, LI Yingshun, JIN Qinghua

“…In the MWM test, compared with the CON group, spatial learning and memory capacity was impaired in the DIO group, and microinjection of MK-801 into the DG rescued these impairments. …”
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Health and Characteristics of Australian Apple Growing Soils by Marcus Hardie, Garth Oliver, William Cotching, Brianna Walker, Rachel Lancaster, Nigel Swarts

“…Despite being the highest value fruit crop in Australia, little is known about the types and condition or “health” of Australia’s apple growing soils. This study is unique in being the first to report the condition and characteristics of Australia’s apple growing soils; it provides essential baseline data for future monitoring of soil health in apple production systems, as well as soil physical and chemical data required for the development of perennial soil-tree-climate models. …”
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Geopolitical position of Serbia after the beginning of the war in Ukraine: Neutrality and strategic deterrence in a crisis context by Gajić Aleksandar

“…While remaining military neutral, Serbia also needs to increase its deterrence capabilites: the tightening of relations with certain neighbors increases not only the conflict potential, that is, the possible threat of the use of force, but also requires approaches of using "extended deterrence" with a necessary increase in independent forms of hard, military power, that is, additional investment in increasing one's own combat capacities, which would achieve the maximum achievable deterrence effect. …”
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The Role of Marital Counselling on the Socio-Economic Welfare of Families in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of All Saints Church. by Rugambwa, Johnbosco

“…This is because a home that is built on the foundation of Jesus Christ becomes happy as Jesus encourages, love peace, and reconciliation among married people. …”
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Effect of Government Agricultural Extension Services on Farm Income Among Banana Farmers in Kashenshero Town Council Mitooma District. by Aijuka, Bright

“…Additionally, farmers highlighted the role of extension services in building their capacity and resilience to climate change and other challenges. …”
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Marketing Cooperatives and sustainable Agricultural development in Rulindo District, Rwanda by Nkubito, Habyarimana Jean Pierre

“…The study recommends that collective savings action is encouraged because it strengthens members’ market position, bargaining power, lobbying power, meeting their household consumption needs and enhancing potential income generating capacity together with investing on own education and health care requirements.…”
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Evaluation of treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise testing and field measurement results in women’s youth and adult national team water polo players by Mark Zamodics, Mate Babity, Attila Mihok, Csaba Bognar, Agnes Bucsko-Varga, Panka Kulcsar, Dora Boroncsok, Regina Benko, Alexandra Fabian, Balint Lakatos, Hajnalka Vago, Attila Kovacs, Bela Merkely, Orsolya Kiss

“…Additionally, maximal aerobic capacity was evaluated during the CPET.Forty-six female water polo players were examined (age:18.5 ± 5.9 y, adults:19). …”
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Effects of Different Aging Treatments on Functional Components and Flavor Substances of Chrysanthemum Rice Wine by Wei GAO, Huaining YIN, Aiyuan WANG, Baokun DING, Yunhao ZHANG, Ling XIONG, Xinyue FENG, Maobin CHEN, Yu ZHANG

“…All three methods improved the total antioxidant capacity of chrysanthemum rice wine, with microwave treatment for 7 d yielding the highest FRAP value. …”
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Consistency analysis of two US techniques for evaluating hepatic steatosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Fei Chen, Jingjing An, Long Deng, Jing Wang, Ruiling He

“…Using B-mode Ratio and ATI as diagnostic criteria for MASLD, the proportion of patients with MASLD was 79% and 82%, respectively. The Kappa coefficient for assessing MASLD was 0.90 (p < 0.001). …”
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Flood susceptibility mapping based on watershed geomorphometric characteristics and land use/land cover on a small island by B.H. Narendra, O. Setiawan, R.A. Hasan, C.A. Siregar, , Pratiwi, N. Sari, A. Sukmana, I.W.S. Dharmawan, R. Nandini

“…These most related geomorphometrics indicate that the watersheds with higher flood susceptibility have low rock permeability, relatively low infiltration capacity, and relatively high surface runoff, thus triggering flooding. …”
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Creation of the permanent inferior vena cava filter for prevention of pulmonary artery embolism by Yа.O. Povar, I.O. Skiba, B.M. Todurov, A.V. Khokhlov, I.V. Altman, V.M. Shivanyuk

“…The aim of the study was to create a new permanent cava filter to improve functional capacities of the construction and achieve high clinical parameters. …”
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Stoichiometric Plant-Herbivore Models and Their Interpretation by Yang Kuang, Jef Huisman, James J. Elser

“…Our study reveals that the details of ecological stoichiometry models really matter for quantitativepredictions of plant-herbivore dynamics, especially atintermediate ranges of the carrying capacity.…”
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