Hurricane Effects on a Shallow Lake Ecosystem and Its Response to a Controlled Manipulation of Water Level by Karl E. Havens, Kang-Ren Jin, Andrew J. Rodusky, Bruce Sharfstein, Mark A. Brady, Therese L. East, Nenad Iricanin, R. Thomas James, Matthew C. Harwell, Alan D. Steinman

“…Hence, the lake’s submerged plant community appeared to revert to an earlier successional stage despite what appeared to be better conditions for growth. …”
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Fracture Characteristics and Disaster-Causing Mechanism of Rock Strata Based on Arch Mechanical Model of Plane Contact Block by Zhang Xin-chao, Du Feng, Tang Jun-hua, Wang Qin-ting, Lu Fei-fei

“…Before the initial weight, the upper key layer forms a “fixed supported beam” structure. …”
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Challenges in diagnosis and treatment of cushing disease in a 12-year-old boy. Case report by Agim Gjikopulli, Sonila Tomori, Marjeta Tanka, Donjeta Bali

“…He presented with headaches, rapid weight gain during the last three years, stunting, increased body hair growth, and a typical Cushingoid appearance. After a consultation in the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit at the University Hospital Center, “Mother Teresa,” in Tirana, the boy was pre-diagnosed with Cushing Syndrome, and hypophyseal adenoma was suspected due to suggestive laboratory tests, although non-consistent imaging results. …”
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A qualitative inquiry of speech-language therapists’ views about breastfeeding management by Danica Schlome, Esedra Krüger, Bhavani Pillay

“…Participants demonstrated a clear understanding of their roles within the scope of breastfeeding management, which aligns with established literature. Their approaches appeared to be influenced by their perspectives and attitudes towards breastfeeding, as well as their exposure, skills and knowledge in this area. …”
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Exploration on the Interaction Ability of Antitumor Compound Bis-[2,6-difluoro-N-(hydroxyl-<κ>O)benzamidato-<κ>O]dibutylitin(IV) with Human Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Recept... by Jiaqi Mai, Yunlan Li, Xiaozhi Qiao, Xiaoqing Ji, Qingshan Li

“…And the binding mode of DBDF2,6T into hPPARγ protein appeared to have an orientation towards residues of SER342 and GLY284. …”
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Novel Polymorphism in a Promoter of MBL2 Gene Result in Lower MBL Expression in Chronic Infection Caused by HCV by Paywast Jamal Jalal

“…Previous studies revealed that both MBL and L-ficolin were hampered the HCV entry and infectivity. However, H-ficolin impact still needs to be addressed more so as determining their role during HCV infection. …”
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WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET: LIGETI AND ROMANIAN FOLK MUSIC by Bianca Ţiplea TEMEŞ

“…The analytical reading will show that long after Ligeti had repudiated Bartók’s influence, he appeared to revisit his predecessor in exploring folk music as source of inspiration. …”
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Phylogeny of the planthopper genus Megamelus (Hemiptera, Delphacidae), with the description of two new species from South America by Nicolas A. Salinas, Roxana Mariani, Ana M. Marino de Remes Lenicov, Marcela S. Rodriguero, Alejandro J. Sosa

“…Our combined findings support the monophyly of the genus and refine diagnostic features, including the importance of the pygofer’s lobed appearance. This comprehensive revision highlights the need for further multidisciplinary approaches to fully understand the evolutionary history of Megamelus and its interactions with host plants and environments.…”
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Influence of shortest path algorithms on energy consumption of multi-core processors by A. A. Prihozhy, O. N. Karasik

“…The graph extension-based algorithm (GEA) appeared to be the most energy efficient among algorithms implemented sequentially. …”
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Weighted Mortality Method According to Multiple Causes of Death by Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, Carlos Antonio Rodríguez García

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> the weighted multi-causal method differs from the classic single causal method, as the cause of interest appears more as secondary and less as basic; the mortality rate according to the weighted multicausal method is higher than that of the classical method for the corresponding cause.…”
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Discontinuous Structural Transitions in Fluids with Competing Interactions by Ana M. Montero, Santos B. Yuste, Andrés Santos, Mariano López de Haro

“…This paper explores how competing interactions in the intermolecular potential of fluids affect their structural transitions. …”
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Models of Russia's Participation in Regional Economic Integration by D. I. Ushkalova

“…It is founded that appearance of such long-term integration effects is possible only in the context of coalescence of national economies at the microlevel based on development of system of communications between enterprises including intrasectoral industrial cooperation. …”
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Microwave System: A Novel Treatment for Localized Adiposity Reduction in a Latin American Population by Aura Ibeth Ruiz-Rosas, Nelly Patricia Muño-Velasco, Dayana Sofia Rengifo-Bolaños, Tatiana Carolina Reyes-Vivas, Paula Lozano-Bitar, Irene Fusco, Paola Andrea Russy-Buitrago

“…The microwave body remodeling system is indicated for people who want to improve their physical appearance as it can penetrate deep tissues, causing thermic stress on adipocytes to produce adipolysis while in superficial tissues, it dissolves fibrous tracts and stimulates new collagen. …”
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Silicon-perovskite combinational solar cells degradation phenomena for futuristic IOTs powering by Pratibha Giri, J. P. Tiwari

“…Another option for powering IoT nodes may be based on silicon-perovskite combinational heterojunction solar cells, which may be better concerning OSCs/PSCs as the stability issue of OSCs/PSCs, which is hampering the commercialization as a powering source for IoT nodes. …”
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Insights into spinetail devil ray spatial ecology in the Mediterranean Sea through satellite telemetry by Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Mohammed Abudaya, Giacomo Milisenda, Simonepietro Canese, Viola Panigada, Jehad Salah, Simone Panigada

“…The species is listed as Endangered in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species and appears to be most vulnerable to fishing impacts when gathering in large assemblages. …”
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Fostering the future: Agripreneurship intentions among Indian agricultural students by Amaran K, Anbu Krishnamoorthy, Palanisamy Shobana

“…The results showed that attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and personality traits substantially predict agripreneurship intention, and formal agripreneurship education appears to have minimal influence on outcomes. Gender, landholding, major family occupation, nativity, course of study, and family background do not substantially impact agribusiness plans. …”
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GREEK «ΦΥΣΙΣ» AS THE BASIS OF GENDER STEREOTYPES by S. V. Storozhuk, I. M. Goyan

“…The same can occur in cases of dogmatization and mythologizing of empiricism, which appears on the ideological level as a meta-narrative. …”
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Chronic Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in a Sexually Inactive Adolescent Female Diagnosed Peroperatively by Yuhya Hirahara, Koichi Nagai, Kazunori Mukaida

“…We presumed that the patient’s hydrosalpinx occurred due to IFTT, because the patient complained watery discharge one month after the initial appearance, and noncongenital hydrosalpinx in adolescents, especially without a history of sexual intercourse, is a rare event. …”
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VOF Modeling and Analysis of the Segmented Flow in Y-Shaped Microchannels for Microreactor Systems by Xian Wang, Hiroyuki Hirano, Gongnan Xie, Ding Xu

“…Microscaled devices receive great attention in microreactor systems for producing high renewable energy due to higher surface-to-volume, higher transport rates (heat or/and mass transfer rates), and other advantages over conventional-size reactors. In this paper, the two-phase liquid-liquid flow in a microchannel with various Y-shaped junctions has been studied numerically. …”
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Medical and Psychological Risk Factors for Incident Hypertension in Type 1 Diabetic African-Americans by Monique S. Roy, Malvin N. Janal, Alec Roy

“…The development of hypertension in African-Americans living with type 1 diabetes appears to be multifactorial and includes both medical (overt proteinuria) as well as psychological (high hostility) risk factors.…”
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