Relationship of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to Soil Nitrogen Cycling Along an Elevation Gradient in the Colorado Front Range by Deborah A. Repert, Ruth C. Heindel, Sheila F. Murphy, Kaitlyn M. Jeanis

“…Stream N concentrations from the subalpine to the foothills were consistently low, indicating that these soils are currently able to process and retain N deposition, but this may be disrupted if drought, wildfire, or land‐use change alter the ability of the soils to retain N.…”
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Clinical significance of serum cystatin C‐to‐creatinine ratio as a surrogate marker for incident osteoporotic fracture predictions by Ichiro Yoshii, Naoya Sawada, Tatsumi Chijiwa

“…A significantly higher risk ratio was shown in the presence of prevalent MOF, hyper fall‐ability, lifestyle‐related diseases, chronic kidney diseases ≥ Grade3a, and higher CysC/Cr. …”
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An Improved Deep Learning Network Structure for Multitask Text Implication Translation Character Recognition by Xiaoli Ma, Hongyan Xu, Xiaoqian Zhang, Haoyong Wang

“…However, because multitasking contains the interference problem faced by the translated text, there is a big gap between recognition performance and actual application requirements. …”
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Haptoglobin Genotype and Risk Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Charlotte Strandhave, My Svensson, Henrik Krarup, Jeppe Hagstrup Christensen

“…Haptoglobin (Hp) is characterised by three genotypes (1-1, 2-1, and 2-2) with different antioxidant abilities. The aim was to examine whether HRV and hs-CRP were associated with Hp genotype in CKD patients. …”
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Evaluation of Soil Drainage Methods for the Productivity of Waterlogged Vertisols in Jama District, Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Muluken Lebay, Wudu Abiye, Tilahun Taye, Seid Belay

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Academic Writing: A Discipline or Disciplines? by I. M. Zashikhina

“…In Russia, university students are confronted with a new field of knowledge and find themselves in a whirlpool of new rules, abilities, skills, competencies that they have to master in a short period of study a far as at the undergraduate level. …”
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A review of five years’ experience on the effect of fibers on the autogenous healing of Ultra High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete by M. Roig-Flores, H. Doostkami, P. Serna

“… Ultra High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) is known for its enhanced self-healing abilities, attributed to its low water-to-cement ratio, high content of un-hydrated cement particles, and multi-cracking pattern. …”
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CONTEMPORARY LINGUODIDACTICS: DEFINING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING by T. K. Tsvetkova

“…It denotes a subject’s ability to carry out cross-cultural interaction and to use a foreign language as an instrument of such interaction. …”
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Coherence Resonance Behavior of FitzHugh-Nagumo Neurons Induced by Electromagnetic Field Driven by Phase Noise by Kaijun Wu, Huan Zheng, Tao Li

“…Noise can not only enhance but also weaken the ability of the nervous system to process information. …”
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Experience in African swine fever control in the Russian Federation and its value for the other countries by K. N. Gruzdev, A. K. Karaulov, A. S. Igolkin

“…Currently the disease is the most serious epidemiological problem due to huge losses (high mortality among susceptible animals); ability to occur and spread in the most unexpected parts of the world and absence of specific prevention tools and means. …”
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iNOS Promotes the Development of Osteosarcoma via Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway by Wei Chu, Lirong Cao, Gui Daokun, Jiali Zhao

“…Colony formation assay, Transwell assay, and fow cytometer were used to assess proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis abilities in vitro after iNOS inhibition. Western blotting determined the expressions of iNOS, MMP2, MMP9, C-MYC, Ki67, PCNA, and β-catenin. …”
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Single-Use Flexible Bronchoscope in Facilitating Endobronchial Valve Treatment in Severe Emphysema by Sakaguchi T, Slebos DJ

“…Tadashi Sakaguchi,1,2 Dirk-Jan Slebos2,3 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Matsusaka Municipal Hospital, Matsusaka, Mie, Japan; 2Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; 3Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the NetherlandsCorrespondence: Tadashi Sakaguchi, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Matsusaka Municipal Hospital, 1550, Tonomachi, Matsusaka, Mie, 515-0073, Japan, Tel +81 598 23 1515, Email iwbd0524@yahoo.co.jpAbstract: Ensuring proper placement of one-way endobronchial valves is a vital step in achieving successful bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. The ability to navigate into sharply angled airways may be limited by the maximal flexion capability of bronchoscopes. …”
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INTERNAL AUDIT EFFICIENCY AND PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF SELECTED MDAs IN KWARA STATE by Aminat Arike ARIYO-EDU, Ibrahim Ayodeji WOLI-JIMOH, Muhammed Lawal SUBAIR

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Does Covid 19 affect the income of Muslim entrepreneurs? Case study of culinary MSMEs in Surakarta by Farah Dewayanti, Ari Rudatin, Andika Ridha Ayu Perdana

“…Implications – These findings have important implications for Muslim entrepreneurs striving for innovation in seizing opportunities during crises. The ability of Muslim entrepreneurs to utilize technology-based marketing can increase their income during crises. …”
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B-doped nano-hydroxyapatite facilitates proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts by Qiao Kang, Wenhao Wang, Shengtao Wu, Ganggang Hu

“…Conclusion B-nHAp modulates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway to significantly enhance the proliferative and differential abilities of osteoblasts, potentially as an efficient material for bone repair.…”
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Usefulness of mobile learning (M-learning) in learning foreign languages by Giedrė Paurienė

“…These include interactivity, content, easy and intuitive user’s interface, and the ability to adapt the learning process according to individual needs and progress.…”
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Research of a modern communicative discourse of users of the Internet network within the reflexive activity and structural theory of communicative action of Jurgen Habermas by A. Gostev, O. Belous

“…So, for example, it has been shown, that young people actively make habitable “the system world” of virtual space, replacing with it real communications and transforming real forms of behavior of “the vital world”, a certain rationality of young people at assessment of objectivity of information Internet resources is noted, their ability to define “a discourse, that is the argument” in favor of these or those forms of use of opportunities of Internet network. …”
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Learning Slope and Position Effects in Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: Diagnostic Value in Schizophrenia by M. Alfimova, V.V. Plakunova, V.E. Golimbet

“…The study aimed to test the ability of learning slope and serial position effects to differentiate schizophrenia patients from non-psychiatric controls. …”
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Use of the Silastic Sheath in Bladder Neck Reconstruction by D.A. Diamond, G.F. Quimby, R.C. Rink, P.G. Ransley

“…It seems most applicable to older male patients with exstrophy or epispadias undergoing Young-Dees bladder neck reconstruction who have the ability to void.…”
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Path Planning Optimization of Smart Vehicle With Fast Converging Distance-Dependent PSO Algorithm by Muhammad Haris, Haewoon Nam

“…Additionally, the algorithm’s realworld applicability is evaluated through a smart vehicle simulation, assessing its ability to identify safe and efficient paths while minimizing overall path length. …”
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