Association of face mask use with self-reported cardiovascular symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic by Nicholas Wen Sheng Chew, Raymond Ching Chiew Wong, Andie Hartanto Djohan, Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Ping Chai, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Huay-Cheem Tan, Ching-Hui Sia

“…Symptom severity before and during mask use, and health-seeking behaviour information were collected. …”
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Adaptive Gaussian Incremental Expectation Stadium Parameter Estimation Algorithm for Sports Video Analysis by Lizhi Geng

“…The features with more discriminative power are selected from the set of positive and negative templates using a feature selection mechanism, and a sparse discriminative model is constructed by combining a confidence value metric strategy. …”
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Spatio‑temporal variations in physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Bunyonyi, Southwestern Uganda by Saturday,Alex, Lyimo,Thomas J., Machiwa, John, Pamba,Siajali

“…Taking into account standard guidelines for drinking water by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the water quality index (WQI) was used to determine the water quality. …”
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Experiences of HIV Positive Serostatus Disclosure to Sexual Partner Among Individuals in Discordant Couples in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda. by Atwijukiire, Humphrey, Nakidd, Gladys, Tweheyo, Otwine Anne, Kabami, Jane

“…Participants and Methods: We conducted 12 in-depth interviews with the help of a translated interview guide, and they were audio recorded. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Semi–Automatic Paver Block Making Machine. by Wamani, Samuel

“…Moreover, paver block laying by hand does not call for the soil around the blocks to be made to a particular depth, nor does it necessitate the upkeep and use of machinery for paver block laying. …”
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Spatio‑temporal variations in physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Bunyonyi, Southwestern Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…Taking into account standard guidelines for drinking water by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the water quality index (WQI) was used to determine the water quality. …”
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Initial clinical experience with [177Lu]Lu-PNT2002 radioligand therapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: dosimetry, safety, and efficacy from the lead-in cohort o... by Aaron R. Hansen, Stephan Probst, Jean-Mathieu Beauregard, Benjamin L. Viglianti, Jeff M. Michalski, Scott T. Tagawa, Oliver Sartor, Ronald F. Tutrone, Orhan K. Oz, Kevin D. Courtney, Ebrahim S. Delpassand, Luke T. Nordquist, Medhat M. Osman, Kim N. Chi, Richard Sparks, Noble George, Sara M. Hawley, Wenting Wu, Jessica D. Jensen, Neil E. Fleshner

“…Median (range) age was 72 (57-86) years; all participants were enrolled in North America; 40.7% initiated prior ARPI treatment without distant metastases (M0) and 25.9% while hormone sensitive. …”
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Response Analysis of a Ballasted Rail Track Constructed on Soft Soil by 3D Modeling by Iram Lamiya Hoque, Shamontee Aziz, Joya Rani Mallick, Md. Arifuzzaman Nayeem, Tamanna-E-Hafiz Maisha, F. M. Zahid Hossain, A. F. M. S. Amin

“…The critical train speed generating the maximum displacement is identified as 120 km/hr, and the dynamic velocity amplitude decreases with depth. Finally, an allowable limit of rail embankment settlement on a soft deltaic deposit is observed.…”
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Microhabitat accessibility determines peptide substrate degradation by soil microbial community by Carlos Arellano-Caicedo, Pelle Ohlsson, Saleh Moradi, Edith C. Hammer

“…Soils contain, at the same time, the largest carbon reservoir on earth and an immense amount of nutrient-limited microbial biomass. …”
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Developing a Mobile Application-based System for Enhancing Medical Skill Training by TING-SHENG WENG, XUAN-REN CHEN

“…Initially, we conducted a comprehensiveneeds analysis through in-depth interviews with cardiac surgery nurses and administrators to accurately identify the key training requirements. …”
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The effectiveness of Transcranial Photobiomodulation therapy (tPBM) on reducing anxiety, depression, and opioid craving in patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment: a do... by Helya Helali, Nastaran Samani, Faraj Tabeie, Shiva Eiliaei, Ali Kheradmand

“…The intervention group received PBM in the form of Light- Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for four minutes of light exposure at 810 nm wavelength producing 250 mW/cm2 when applied to 4 mm skin depth (totaling 60 J/cm2) in both forehead locations. …”
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Carbon dioxide fluxes and the dominant role of vegetation in recently created and reference Gulf Coast marshes by A. Muench, T. Elsey‐Quirk, J. R. White, R. D. DeLaune

“…Abstract Coastal wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth with the capacity to sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). …”
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Soil preferential flow dynamics in the southern drylands of India—a watershed based approach by Pushpanjali, K. S. Reddy, Ashish S. Dhimate, K. Karthikeyan, Josily Samuel, A. G. K. Reddy, N. Ravi Kumar, K. V. Rao, Prabhat Kumar Pankaj, Jagriti Rohit, Manoranjan Kumar, V. K. Singh

“…The presence of preferential flow was clearly evident across all three different land uses and elevations within the watershed. The lower reach, with the least elevation, exhibited the highest dye coverage, correlating with greater uniform infiltration depth values. …”
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Perceptions of family physicians in Istanbul about e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids: a qualitative study by Melis Selamoglu, Ayse Emel Onal, Bircan Erbas, Selma Karabey, Meryem Merve Oren, Mahmut Talha Ucar, Chris Barton

“…We aimed to explore Turkish FPs knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids. Methods Eleven in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with FPs in Istanbul, Türkiye. …”
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Holocaust and its Legacy in the Light of the Contemporary Humanitarian Issues by E. S. Gromoglasova

“…Abstract: The paper discusses in-depth new perspectives in the Holocaust studies. …”
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Outer Retinal Layers’ Thickness Changes in relation to Age and Choroidal Thickness in Normal Eyes by Mona Kamal Abdellatif, Yasser Abdelmaguid Mohamed Elzankalony, Ahmed Abdelmonsef Abdelhamid Ebeid, Weam Mohamed Ebeid

“…Moreover, the 3 groups were significantly different from each other regarding the CT (central: P<0.001); significant thinning was noticed in the choroid with age. …”
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Analysis of Radio Science Data from the KaT Instrument of the 3GM Experiment During JUICE’s Early Cruise Phase by Paolo Cappuccio, Andrea Sesta, Mauro Di Benedetto, Daniele Durante, Umberto De Filippis, Ivan di Stefano, Luciano Iess, Ruaraidh Mackenzie, Bernard Godard

“…This paper analyzes KaT data collected at the ESA/ESTRACK ground station in Malargüe, Argentina, during the Near-Earth Commissioning Phase (NECP) in May 2023 and the first in-cruise payload checkout (PC01) in January 2024. …”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus – Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome dengan Sarkoma Kaposi by Riry Febrina Ersha, Armen Ahmad

“…Sarkoma kaposi adalah kanker yang berkembang dari sel-sel yang melapisi kelenjar getah bening atau pembuluh darah. Seseorang yang terinfeksi HIV mempunyai risiko 100 hingga 300 kali lebih sering terkena SK. …”
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Catastrophic and violent tornadoes: a detailed review of physical-mathematical models by Sergey A. Arsen’yev, Lev V. Eppelbaum

“…A close correlation between the tidal forces of the Sun–Moon–Earth gravitational system and the total number of tornadoes per year was found. …”
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Land Rights, Land Ownership, and Land Governance among Rural Communities in River Tana County, Kenya: A Gender Perspective by Wilson Ndenyele, Marie-Emmanuelle, Halimu Suleimani Shauri, Godffrey Nato

“…Transcripts were uploaded on Atlas ti computer software for in-depth analysis, through finding meaning of data, coding, developing patterns, creating themes, and presenting them with respective to the research objectives. …”
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