Strength prediction of ECC-CES columns under eccentric compression using adaptive sampling and ML techniques by Khaled Megahed

“…The FE model was validated against experimental data, demonstrating strong predictive accuracy. An adaptive sampling process was employed to efficiently explore the design space, resulting in a database of 2,908 FE models. …”
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Assessment of Health Risks in Wheat Crop Irrigated by Manka Canal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan by Muhammad Anwar ul Hassan, Sabiha Javied, Umair Riaz, Muneera A. Saleh, Khalid H. Alamer, Naila Siddique, Ambreen Aslam, Nabeela Noor, Qamar uz Zaman

“…Prior to irrigating crops like wheat and vegetables, it is strongly advised to treat municipal wastewater to prevent soil and dietary toxicity from heavy metals.…”
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Pore Preservation and Failure Mechanism of Sinian Dengying Formation Carbonate Reservoirs: A Case Study of Two Ultradeep Wells in the Sichuan Basin, Western China by Zeqi Li, Wei Sun, Shugen Liu, Zhiwu Li, Bin Deng, Juan Wu, Yi Ding, Kun Jiao, Xin Jin, Pengda Lu, Tengzhen Tian

“…However, the pressure coefficient of the reservoir of MS well #1 has decreased to less than 1.0 owing to strong structural adjustment this well since the Late Cretaceous, which allowed other ore-forming fluids to enter and fill the pores, resulting in further compaction of the pores. …”
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A 22 Billion M⊙ Black Hole in Holmberg 15A with Keck KCWI Spectroscopy and Triaxial Orbit Modeling by Emily R. Liepold, Chung-Pei Ma, Jonelle L. Walsh

“…The velocity field exhibits a low-amplitude (∼20 km s ^−1 ) rotation along a kinematic axis that is prominently misaligned from the photometric major axis, a strong indicator that H15A is triaxially shaped with unequal lengths for the three principal axes. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within Accra Metropolis Postlockdown by Frank T. Aboagye, Lawrence Annison, Henry Kwadwo Hackman, Maame E. Acquah, Yvonne Ashong, Isaac Owusu-Frimpong, Bill C. Egyam, Sharon Annison, George Osei-Adjei, Samuel Antwi-Baffour

“…Predictors of SARS-CoV-2 infection identified were chills, cough, headache, body weakness, sore throat, and dyspnoea in order of decreasing association with SARS-CoV-2 infection. There was a strong association between symptom status, gender, age, and SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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Straw return combined with water-saving irrigation increases microbial necromass accumulation by accelerating microbial growth-turnover in Mollisols of paddy fields by Peng Chen, Junzeng Xu, Kechun Wang, Zhongxue Zhang, Zhaoqiang Zhou, Yawei Li, Tiecheng Li, Tangzhe Nie, Qi Wei, Linxian Liao

“…Despite this treatment enhancing microbial respiration, strong positive correlations were found between soil organic carbon (SOC) content and both microbial growth rate and necromass accumulation. …”
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Monocarboxylate Transporters: Role and Regulation in Corneal Diabetes by Pawan Shrestha, Amy E. Whelchel, Sarah E. Nicholas, Wentao Liang, Jian-Xing Ma, Dimitrios Karamichos

“…In the human cornea, DM-related complications affect the epithelium, stroma, and nerves. Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) are a family of proton-linked plasma membrane transporters that carry monocarboxylates across plasma membranes. …”
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Epicardial Fat Tissue: A Potential Marker for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction by Waiel Abusnina, Ilan Merdler, Matteo Cellamare, Kalyan R. Chitturi, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Irwin M. Feuerstein, Cheng Zhang, Sevket Tolga Ozturk, Teshome Deksissa, Vaishnavi Sawant, Kassandra Lopez, Lior Lupu, Dan Haberman, Itsik Ben‐Dor, Lowell F. Satler, Ron Waksman, Hayder D. Hashim, Brian C. Case

“…Conclusions Our results suggest a strong association between EFV index (a significant risk factor) and the presence of CMD. …”
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Recognition of Health Care Provider's Patient Safety Culture in Kurdistan/Iraq by Ismail Ahmed Ali, Shewaz Abdalrahman Hussein, Shelan Omar Ali, Fuaad Azad Muhamad

“…Fundamentally, there is a necessity for systemic change at the level of health organization and continuous training course for HCP to improve patient safety culture are strongly recommended. …”
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Alerting the illusion of smoking improves quality of life in Chinese male cancer survivors by Juan Xia, Peng Wu, Jiwei Wang, Jinming Yu

“…The results reminded researchers and clinicians some underlying situations among smokers in China and prompted a strong call for the implementation of a comprehensive tobacco‐control policy and specific public health educational strategies among not only lung cancer survivors but other types of cancers survivors.…”
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Preliminary evaluation of the FastCAP for users of the Nurotron cochlear implant by Xue-Ying Yang, Sui Huang, Qian-Jie Fu, John Galvin, Bing Chen, Ji-Sheng Liu, Duo-Duo Tao

“…The FastCAP stimulation rate (33.3 Hz) is also faster than the ECAP rate (2.5 Hz).ResultsResults showed strong correlations between ECAPs and FastCAPs for N1 latency (r = 0.84, p < 0.001) and N1 amplitude (r = 0.97, p < 0.001). …”
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Moderate-Intensity Exercise and Musical Co-Treatment Decreased the Circulating Level of Betatrophin by Hendra Susanto, Ahmad Taufiq, Sugiharto, Desiana Merawati, Khumaira Marsyidah Badu, Jerry Dwi Trijoyo Purnomo, Adeodatus Yuda Handaya

“…In general, the significant contribution of lack of physical activity is strongly correlated with lipid metabolism and metabolic disorder. …”
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VRTLINA – GOLEMA ŠPILJA VELEBITSKOG PODGORJA by VLADO BOŽIĆ

“…Najveća zanimljivost špilje su golemi podzemni prostori s golemim kamenim blokovima palim sa stropa, ali i prekrasni špiljski ukrasi (saljevi, stalagmiti i stalaktiti u raznim bojama, te ekscentrične sige s velikim vidljivim kristalima). …”
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Terminal drought effect on sugar partitioning and metabolism is modulated by leaf stay-green and panicle size in the stem of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) by Thierry Klanvi Tovignan, Hubert Adoukonou-Sagbadja, Cyril Diatta, Anne Clément-Vidal, Armelle Soutiras, Ndiaga Cisse, Delphine Luquet

“…Results Panicle dry weight (PDW) was not affected by drought, but strongly varied among years and accessions. The PDW/PLA ratio was negatively correlated with the variation of sucrose and hexoses at the three internodes levels. …”
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Approximating Common Fixed Points for a Finite Family of Asymptotically Nonexpansive Mappings Using Iteration Process with Errors Terms by Seyit Temir, Adem Kiliçman

“…The purpose of this paper is to study the above iteration scheme for approximating common fixed points of a finite family of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings and to prove weak and some strong convergence theorems for such mappings in real Banach spaces. …”
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People’s knowledge, attitudes, and conflicts with carnivores in central hills, Sri Lanka by Ashan Thudugala, Hem Bahadur Katuwal, Nalindra Laxman, Vishwa Dushmantha, Ravindi Menikrama, Harsha Dissanayake, Chameera Dilshan, Ru-Chuan He, Rui-Chang Quan

“…Respondents demonstrated a strong understanding of environmental laws, including forest and wildlife regulations and the penalties associated with killing species. …”
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Characterising “obesogenic” versus “protective” food consumption, and their value chain among Ghanaian households by Reginald Adjetey Annan, Nana Ama Frimpomaa Agyapong, Robert Aidoo, Charles Apprey, Linda Nana Esi Aduku, Elizabeth C Swart

“…While the protective foods had a strong local producer presence, the obesogenic foods were predominantly imported. …”
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Development of a social learning theory-based pressure injury training program for nursing assistants in Chinese nursing homes by Yanxia Guo, Yanxia Guo, Shengnan Yang, Plernpit Boonyamalik, Arpaporn Powwattana, Wen Zhu, Lingxia Xu

“…The expert authority coefficient was 0.93, and Kendall’s W values of 0.372 (p < 0.001) in the first round and 0.177 (p < 0.001) in the second round indicated strong agreement among experts. The program integrates SLT principles, such as attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation, to enhance the training’s effectiveness.ConclusionThe study developed a comprehensive SLT-based PI training program for nursing assistants in Chinese nursing homes using the modified Delphi method. …”
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Thresholds for clinical practice that directly link handgrip strength to remaining years of life: estimates based on longitudinal observational data by Sergei Scherbov, Sonja Spitzer, Nadia Steiber

“…By contrast, we find no benefit of strong HGS related to survival.Conclusions HGS varies substantially with gender, age and body height. …”
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Genome-wide identification, characterization, and functional analysis of the CHX, SOS, and RLK genes in Solanum lycopersicum under salt stress by Amaal Maghraby, Mohamed Alzalaty

“…This suggests that these genes have faced strong environmental pressures throughout their evolution. …”
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