Changes of Soil Moisture from Multiple Sources during 1988–2010 in the Yellow River Basin, China by Dan Lou, Guojie Wang, Chan Shan, Daniel Fiifi T. Hagan, Waheed Ullah, Dawei Shi

“…The seasonal soil moisture dynamics of SMECV and SMVIC appear to be consistent with SMin  situ, with significant soil drying in spring and wetting in summer. …”
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Examining the mental health outcomes of school-based peer-led interventions on young people: A scoping review of range and a systematic review of effectiveness. by Thomas King, Mina Fazel

“…The findings from these reviews show that despite widespread use of peer-led interventions, the evidence base for mental health outcomes is sparse. There appear to be better documented benefits of participation for those who are chosen and trained to be a peer leader, than for recipients. …”
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Odnowa życia zakonnego w świetle Soboru Watykańskiego II i w nauczaniu magisterium Kościoła by Piotr Jamioł

“…There is no doubt that there are two important issues concerning the renewal of religious life that appear in almost every document. I mean a contemplative dimension of religious life that should be in the center of every monk and nun life, and a return to the spring, the charism of the founder and the institute, which will help to face the signs of time and undertake new challenges. …”
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Architecture Competitions as an Opportunity for Young Women Architects. The Case of the Competition for Rural Subsidised Housing and the Canarian Magüi González, 1981-85 by David Delgado Baudet, Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno

“…The Spanish democratic transition (1975-1982) was a time when architecture competitions with open and anonymous participation gradually began to appear, a phenomenon that coincided with the progressive incorporation of women architects into the discipline. …”
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The landscape of family medicine in India - A cross-sectional survey study. by Archna Gupta, Raman Kumar, Ramakrishna Prasad, Sunil Abraham, Nisanth Menon Nedungalaparambil, Paul Krueger, Carolyn Steele Gray, Megan Landes, Sanjeev Sridharan, Onil Bhattacharyya

“…There are few training programs, and little is known about family physicians' training, perceptions, and current practices. This paper describes the findings from the first national survey of family medicine in India. …”
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Peníze v životě měšťanek předbělohorského období by Michaela Hrubá

“…In the light of the sources, the relationship towns- women had towards money was a multifaceted one. They appear as independent farmers, traders or merchants wherever the law or the situation permitted. …”
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A Review of the Environmental Impact of Buildings with an Emphasis on Performance Assessment Tools and Their Incorporation of LCA by Vidhyalakshmi Chandrasekaran, Jolanta Dvarionienė

“…The articles were searched so that all four keywords or at least a derivative of each keyword would appear. Furthermore, the outcomes of the database search were categorized as LCA and BEA for the review. …”
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Chelate compounds and their use for correction of trace element deficiencies in livestock (review) by A. G. Koshchaev, N. E. Gorkovenko, A. V. Kosykh, D. V. Antipova

“…Due to the immunostimulatory activity resulting from increase in the content of sialic acids, properdin, ceruloplasmin, gamma globulin protein fraction, the metal chelates (copper, cobalt, iodine) can be used as immune response modulators. …”
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Mechanistic insights toward progress in alogliptin beyond glycemic control: translational perspective by Faraha Ahmed, Syed Sufian Ahmad, M. Mumtaz Alam, M. Shaqiquzzaman, Abul Kalam Najmi, Mohammad Ahmed Khan

“…Gliptins increase the life-span of incretin hormones that appear to benefit functioning of several organs via various signaling pathways. …”
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How Slight Solidification Rate Variations within Cast Plate Affect Mechanical Response: A Study on As-Cast A356 Alloy with Cu Additions by Maria Teresa Di Giovanni, Emanuela Cerri, Takeshi Saito, Shahid Akhtar, Petter Åsholt, Yanjun Li, Marisa Di Sabatino

“…The present work investigates a narrow range of secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS), in an as-cast A356 alloy with and without copper (Cu) additions. Cu was added to the base A356 alloy melt to reach the target concentration of 0.5 and 1 wt.%. …”
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Ideologization and commercialization in pandemic management by Anđelković Maja, Radosavljević Milan, Radosavljević Dragana

“…The aim of the paper is to point out certain problems in the management of the pandemic, so that they would not appear in the next mass crises…”
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Association between physical activity and quality of life in haemodialysed and peritoneal dialyzed patients in Hungary by Enikő Király, Gergő József Szőllősi, Zoltán Jenei, István Kárpáti

“…Background Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) or haemodyalisis (PD) appear to be less physically active than healthy persons, a situation that could lead to reductions in quality of life. …”
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Exploring parental knowledge, care-seeking, and support strategies for neonatal illness: an integrative review of the African Great Lakes region by Sarah Farrell, Tracey A. Mills, Dame Tina Lavender

“…While community health workers and multi-media interventions appear effective, health education efforts must address contextual barriers and beliefs to improve recognition and care-seeking for neonatal illness.…”
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Chorea Hyperglycemia Basal Ganglia Syndrome in a 63-Year-Old Male by Michael Sperling, Roshan Bhowansingh

“…Early recognition and gradual treatment of elevated blood glucose levels appear to lead to total resolution of choreiform symptoms.…”
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Propaganda as a system-forming element of education in authoritarian countries: problems of understanding by Микита Шпильовий

“…An even bigger mystery for us is the question of why the propaganda worked at all, and how did it happen that we did not notice it for years? Why, despite all the principles of common sense, propaganda can work as a tumbler that fundamentally changes not only how a person understands this or that concept, but also distorts the thinking paradigm and fundamentally changes the picture of the world and political orientations. …”
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Association of COMT Val158Met Polymorphism with Fibromyalgia in Khartoum State, Sudan by Safaa Mamoun Abdelmageid, Faisal Mousa Alamir, Hassan Yousif Abdelrahman, Hind Mohamed Abushama

“…Neurotransmitters, mainly catecholamines, appear to be involved in regulating the etiology of FM. …”
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Can floseal™ be applied safely during otologic surgery? Assessment of ototoxicity in a chinchilla animal model by Carol Nhan, Aren Bezdjian, Abdullah Alarfaj, Sam J. Daniel

“…Conclusion Based on the preliminary ototoxicity assessment on nine chinchillas, transtympanic Floseal™ does not appear to be ototoxic. More studies are warranted to assess the safety and applicability of the product in humans.…”
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A portable gas sensor based on In2O3@CuO P–N heterojunction connected via Wi-Fi to a smartphone for real-time carbon monoxide determination by Sina Khalili, Mohsen Majidi, Morteza Bahrami, Majid Roshanaei, Tayyebeh Madrakian, Abbas Afkhami

“…The sensor consists of CuO/copper foam nanowires and hierarchical In2O3. In order to verify the system’s functionality, it underwent testing with various levels of CO concentrations (10–900 ppm), including particular tests designed to examine the device’s performance in different humidity and temperature circumstances. …”
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Could the Inflation Reduction Act Maximum Fair Price Hurt Patients? by Anne M. Sydor, Esteban Rivera, Robert Popovian

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Characterization and Mapping of Soil-Landscape for Site-Specific Soil Management in Ayiba Watershed, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia by Weldemariam Seifu, Eyasu Elias, Girmay Gebresamuel, Gudina Legese Feyisa, Wolde Tefera

“…The soils were found very low to low levels in most soil nutrients, very low to very high levels of base saturation, and deficient in zinc but have adequate levels of iron, copper, and manganese. The soil exchange complex was mainly dominated by Ca and Mg where the order of occurrence was Ca > mg > K > Na. …”
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