Foreign Policy of Russia: ‘Soft Power’ of the Regions by S. P. Arteev

“…The paper assesses the capacity of diff erent Russian sub-national actors to actively participate through their soft power potential in normalization of interstate relations. …”
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Stakeholder Driven Sensor Deployments to Characterize Chronic Coastal Flooding in Key West Florida by K. L. O’Donnell, T. Tomiczek, A. Higgins, S. Munoz, S. Scyphers

“…Access to an effective and inexpensive sensor, such as the one tested here, for measuring flood events can increase opportunities to measure chronic flood hazards and assess local vulnerabilities with stakeholder participation. The ease of use and successful recording of loggers can give communities an increased capacity to make data‐informed decisions surrounding sea level rise adaptation.…”
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Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Immunosenescence: Modulation Through Interventions and Lifestyle Changes by Luca Pangrazzi, Andreas Meryk

“…We will examine the current understanding of immunosenescence at the genomic, epigenomic, and proteomic levels, and discuss how various lifestyle factors can potentially mitigate or partially reverse aspects of immune aging. By integrating recent findings from immunology, gerontology, and molecular biology, we aim to elucidate the intricate interplay between lifestyle and immune aging at the molecular level, potentially informing future strategies for maintaining immune competence in aging populations.…”
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Implementation of different strategies of the “ActTeens” intervention for adolescents: a process evaluation by Gessika Castilho dos Santos, Jadson Marcio da Silva, Renan Camargo Correa, Rodrigo de Oliveira Barbosa, Gabriel Pinzon, Maria Carolina Juvêncio Francisquini, Thais Maria de Souza Silva, Antonio Stabelini Neto

“…The structured sessions presented high fidelity, and good acceptability among adolescents, with an average attendance rate of 93.7%. Participants rated the sessions as enjoyable and the teacher’s role as excellent. …”
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Oral administration of hydrolyzed collagen alleviates pain and enhances functionality in knee osteoarthritis: Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study by Juan Antonio Carrillo-Norte, Guillermo Gervasini-Rodríguez, María Ángeles Santiago-Triviño, Virginio García-López, Rafael Guerrero-Bonmatty

“…Adults aged 30–81 years (50 % female) with grade II or III OA and a minimum pain score of 40 on the 0 to 100 visual analogue scale (VAS) were enrolled. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either 10 g of the test product (verum group) or placebo and were assessed at baseline (T0, pre-treatment) and after a six-month follow-up period (T6). …”
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Early Refractive and Clinical Outcomes of High-Myopic Photorefractive Keratectomy as an Alternative to LASIK Surgery in Eyes with High Preoperative Percentage of Tissue Altered by Nir Sorkin, Amir Rosenblatt, David Smadja, Eyal Cohen, Marcony R. Santhiago, David Varssano, Yossi Yatziv

“…Retrospective interventional case series. Participants. Charts of 256 consecutive eyes that underwent PRK with application of mitomycin-C 0.02% for high myopia were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus infection and prevention methods among medical science students in Novi Sad, Serbia: a cross-sectional study by Nikola Denda, Nemanja Maletin, Aleksandar Rašković, Dušan Prodanović, Zoran Golušin, Biljana Vučković, Marko Nemet, Milica Paut Kusturica

“…Medical students as future healthcare workers must be thoroughly informed about HPV infection in order to properly participate in the promotion of its prevention. The aim was to examine the knowledge and attitudes in relation to previous education about HPV infection and prevention methods. …”
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Assessing crop production and rotation economically, environmentally and nutritionally in the Republic of Ireland by M. Merlo, C. Buckley, T. Hennessy, J. O’Mahony

“…The importance of finding alternative protein sources to partially replace dietary meat intake has been emphasised. …”
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Play Therapy in Children with Autism Diagnosis: An Investigation into the Trainers’ Opinions by Meliha Uzun, Baki Yılmaz

“…In addition, it is very important to cooperate with families ensuring that they also actively participate in the education process to continue education in a coordinated manner.…”
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Master’s Degree Environment as a Space for Personal Professional Development of Students and Professors by S. I. Pozdeeva

“…The article considers the characteristics of master’s degree studies in education as a separate stage of University education which distinguish them from bachelor’s programs. …”
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Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with tinnitus in the UK: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Peter M Allen, David M Baguley, Gerhard Andersson, Eldré W Beukes, Vinaya Manchaiah

“…A delayed treatment design using a weekly check-in control group will be used. 70 participants will be randomly assigned to each group by an independent researcher by using a computer-generated randomisation schedule, and after being prestratified for age and tinnitus severity. …”
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Prevalence of Dental Caries in Schoolchildren from the Galapagos Islands: ESSO-Gal Cohort Report by Ana Armas-Vega, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, María Cristina Díaz-Segovia, David Alejandro Arroyo-Bonilla, María José Cabrera-Dávila, María Christel Zambrano-Bonilla, Ingrid Ordonez-Romero, Andrea Caiza-Rennella, Andrea Zambrano-Mendoza, Celia Ponce-Faula, Andrés Viteri-García

“…A statistically significant difference was observed among the different islands regarding the cutoff point for ICDAS II codes 3–6 (p≤0.001). Participants aged 6–11 years had the highest caries prevalence. …”
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Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals by Noor ul ain, Sheikh Abdul Saeed, Muhammad sajid Abbas jaffri, Shazia Shakoor, Shah jabeen, Sana Kashif

“…Results: Out of 144 participants, 55.6% of the type 2 diabetic were male and 44.4% were female. …”
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Low-Level Laser-Aided Orthodontic Treatment of Periodontally Compromised Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sachin B. Mangalekar, Ipsita Jayanti, Anurag Tiwari, Shobhit Saxena, Abhijith Ajith, Arun Vashisht, Naina Pattnaik

“…Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 60 periodontally compromised patients (mean age: 35 years). Participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group, receiving LLLT in conjunction with standard orthodontic treatment, or the control group, receiving standard orthodontic treatment alone. …”
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The Intervening Factors of Evidence-Based Educational Policy in the Education and Promotion of Students' Health and Their Evaluation from the Point of View of Experts: A Mixed Stud... by Parisa Mohammadi, Behnam Talebi, Mahasti Alizadeh

“…In 2022, the study began by exploring the perceptions of experts and policymakers through semi-structured interviews with 18 participants. In the next step, a questionnaire was administered to 366 school principals to assess the extent to which intervening factors in the education system can be addressed. …”
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A Tecnologia da Informação Proporciona Vantagem Competitiva e Melhora o Desempenho? Um Estudo Empírico das Sociedades Comerciais no Brasil by Ruth Clarke, Marcilio Machado

“…Utilizando como ponto de partida a teoria da visão baseada em recursos, examinamos como a tecnologia da informação, como um recurso interno, pode aumentar a vantagem competitiva e qual impacto a tecnologia da informação produz sobre a competitividade de intermediários de exportação brasileiros. …”
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Secondary Circulating Prostate Cells Predict Biochemical Failure in Prostate Cancer Patients after Radical Prostatectomy and without Evidence of Disease by Nigel P. Murray, Eduardo Reyes, Nelson Orellana, Cynthia Fuentealba, Leonardo Bádinez, Ruben Olivares, José Porcell, Ricardo Dueñas

“…Results. 114 men participated, and secondary CPCs were detected more frequently in patients with positive margins, extracapsular extension, and vascular and lymphatic infiltration and were associated with biochemical failure independent of these clinicopathological variables, and with a shorter time to BF. …”
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OVERCOMING THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: PARABLE AS A MEANS OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE by Tetyana V. Danylova

“…Purpose. This article attempts to investigate the ways to overcome negative after-effects of intercultural communication. …”
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The Effect of Polyurethane Film Versus Apis Dorsata Honey Spray for Wound Dressing Following Long Bone Fractures Osteosynthesis by Surianty Shafei, Mohd Ariff Sharifudin, Shaifuzain Ab Rahman, Abdul Nawfar Sadagatullah

“…Methods: This prospective, randomized clinical study was designed to compare the effect of conventional polyurethane film and Apis dorsata honey spray as dressing materials after long bone fracture osteosynthesis. Results: Forty participants with closed tibial or femoral diaphyseal fracture treated with open reduction and internal osteosynthesis with intramedullary implants or plates and screws were randomly divided into 3 groups: 16 were dressed with polyurethane film (group A), 13 with Apis dorsata honey spray (group B), and 11 as controls. …”
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Optimization of Irrigation and Fertilization in Maize–Soybean System Based on Coupled Water–Carbon–Nitrogen Interactions by Aizheng Yang, Shuyuan Luo, Yaowen Xu, Pingan Zhang, Zhenyi Sun, Kun Hu, Mo Li

“…Organic carbon changes the soil’s carbon to nitrogen ratio by participating in the water and nitrogen cycles, thereby affecting nitrogen and phosphorus loss and carbon emissions. …”
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