Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Kannada Version of the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS-Kn) Among Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) Survivors in a Terti... by Hritika D. Pai, K Vijaya Kumar, Prasanna Mithra, Stephen Rajan Samuel, Mariappan Senthiappan Athiyamaan, Emma Louise Godfrey

“…Conclusion: The EARS-Kn version showed strong validity and reliability among Kannada-speaking HNC survivors, indicating its potential to enhance the understanding of exercise adherence among them. …”
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The Influence of Access Barriers on Outpatient Services Use among Low-income Households in Malaysia. by Aziz Jamal, Yunfei Li, Ning Liu, Mohd Zulkifli Abdullah

“…In terms of perceived access barriers, financial barriers were found to have a negative influence on the use of outpatient services among urban households, while time limitations were strongly associated with reduced outpatient use among rural households. …”
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Evalu ation of potato hybrids according to tuber flesh darkening and other useful agronomic characters under the conditions of Kirov Province by N. F. Sintsova, I. V. Lyskova, E. I. Kratyuk, V. M. Arkhipov

“…A total of 62 accessions (or 24%) out of 256 were identified for the absence of darkening or only small traces thereof (8 points) in raw tubers. Medium and strong darkening of the flesh (4–5 points) was recorded for 45 accessions. …”
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Influence of temperature on growth and oxidative status of juvenile Southern black drum (Pogonias courbina) by Felipe Kuroski, Lucas C. Maltez, Olivia Menossi, Thiago P.A.P. Oliveira, Brandon J.Q. Gamboa, Marcelo H. Okamoto, Ricardo V. Rodrigues, Luis A. Sampaio

“…Temperature has a strong influence on fish metabolism, therefore it impacts aquaculture production. …”
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Esistenza del modo O in piastre tridimensionali con fori circolari ed ellittici soggette a modo II by F. Berto, C. Marangon

“…The intensity of this stress component strongly depends on the Poisson’s ratio. It increases as increases…”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“…The presence of a broken family was strongly associated with abuse or neglect, while violence was associated with incomplete education and legal issues. …”
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Self-Assessment Techniques in Clinical Studies in Public Universities in Anambra State: Benefits and Alignment With Supervisors Evaluation as Perceived by Medical Students by Nneka Chinyere Ezeugo, Lydia Ijeoma Eleje, Gideon Ebuka Obiasor, Njideka Gertrude Mbelede, Kalu Eke Osonwa, Ifeoma Clementina Metu, George Uchenna Eleje

“…CONCLUSIONS There is a strong alignment between medical students’ perceptions of self-assessments and formal evaluations, with no significant differences found across institutions or stages of study. …”
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Molecular characterization of putative antibiotic resistance determinant and virulence factors genes of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from intensive care unit patients i... by Faris A. Alanazi, Khalid S. Almaary, Turki M. Dawoud, Mohamed A. El-Tayeb, Yahya B. Elbadawi, Ayman S. Mubarak, Ali M. Somily

“…Conclusion: The study showed a strong relationship between virulence factors, especially biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance.…”
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Brief Coping Scale TCS-9: Optimising the Assessment of Coping Strategies. The case of Health Care Workers. by Basant K. Puri, Anastasia Miari, Maria Theodoratou

“…The final instrument, encapsulating two domains with a total of nine questions, demonstrated strong internal consistency, with an eigenvalue of 3.438 for the first domain and 1.478 for the second, validated by a scree plot…”
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Generality of toxins in defensive symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating proteins and defense against parasitic wasps in Drosophila. by Matthew J Ballinger, Steve J Perlman

“…Here we test the generality of RIP-mediated protection by examining whether Spiroplasma RIPs also play a role in wasp protection, in D. melanogaster and D. neotestacea. We find strong evidence for a major role of RIPs, with ribosomal RNA (rRNA) from the larval endoparasitic wasps, Leptopilina heterotoma and Leptopilina boulardi, exhibiting the hallmarks of RIP activity. …”
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An Arctic Marine Source of Fluorescent Primary Biological Aerosol Particles During the Transition from Summer to Autumn at the North Pole by Julia Kojoj, Gabriel Pereira Freitas, Morven Muilwijk, Mats A. Granskog, Tuomas Naakka, Annica M. L. Ekman, Benjamin Heutte, Julia Schmale, Anderson Da Silva, Rémy Lapere, Louis Marelle, Jennie L. Thomas, Christian Melsheimer, Benjamin J. Murray, Paul Zieger

“…During the Arctic Ocean 2018 expedition, fluorescent primary biological aerosol particles (fPBAPs) were observed, using a multiparameter bioaerosol spectrometer, near the North Pole during the transition from summer to early fall. The fPBAPs showed a strong correlation with the occurrence of ice nucleating particles (INPs) and had similar concentration levels during the first half of the expedition. …”
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Poplar transformation with variable explant sources to maximize transformation efficiency by Haiwei Lu, Sara Jawdy, Jin-Gui Chen, Xiaohan Yang, Udaya C. Kalluri

“…The recent omnipresent emergence of synthetic biology, which relies on plant transformation to manipulate plant DNA and gene expression for novel product biosynthesis, has further propelled basic as well as applied interests in plant transformation technologies. The strong demand for a faster design-build-test-learn cycle, the essence of synthetic biology, is, however, still ill-matched with the long-standing issues of high tissue culture recalcitrance and low transformation efficiency of a wide range of plant species especially food, fiber and energy crops. …”
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Climate and Plant Phenology (Plant Age and Growth Stage) Influence of Rhopalosiphum Padi L. Abundance on Wheat Plants in Luxor Governorate, Egypt by Moustafa Mohamed Sabry Bakry, Amr M. M. Badawy, Lamiaa H.Y. Mohamed

“…The combined effects of climate and plant phenology strongly correlate with R. padi population density, with explained variance (EV) of 93.86% in the first season and 99.11% in the second season. …”
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Modeling the Saddle-like GeV–TeV Spectrum of HESS J1809–193: Gamma Rays Arising from Reverse-shocked Pulsar Wind Nebula? by Jiaxu Sun, Yang Chen, Yiwei Bao, Xiao Zhang, Xin Zhou

“…The VHE part of the remaining electrons was depleted by the strong magnetic field that was enhanced by the reverse shock compression in the reverberation stage, leaving the other part of them generating GeV emission. …”
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Short-term effects of argon cold atmospheric plasma on canine corneas ex vivo by Juliane Dick, Sandra Lockow, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Holger Andreas Volk, Claudia Busse

“…Ki-67 positive cells in the stroma varied between groups with c1 = 0.2 ± 0.45, t0 = 8 ± 12, t2 = 18 ± 12 and t5 = 10 ± 7 positive cells/section. …”
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Colonization as a Factor of Russian History in the Understanding of the Scholars of the 19th – early 20th Centuries by Nina S. Tsintsadze

“…The vastness of the state territory contributed to the establishment of a strong centralized power. It is concluded that the colonization theory has expanded and enriched historiography with historical, geographical and regional studies. …”
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Successful Expulsion of a Golf Ball from the Sigmoid Colon Using Volume Laxatives by James P. Grantham, Amanda Hii, Tim Bright, David Liu

“…The authors advocate that in the absence of a mechanical bowel obstruction, patients with foreign bodies possessing physical properties that are amenable to spontaneous passage, a trial of strong aperients, should be considered first line. …”
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Nucleos(t)ide Analog Treatment Discontinuation in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Systematic Literature Review by Robert Gish, Kosh Agarwal, Anadi Mahajan, Supriya Desai, Saifuddin Kharawala, Rob Elston, Joyeta Das, Stuart Kendrick, Vera Gielen

“…Data are currently incomplete to provide strong recommendations for NA cessation or to identify patients who may benefit most from this approach in clinical practice. …”
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Global metabolomic profiling of tumor tissue and paired serum samples to identify biomarkers for response to neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX treatment of human pancreatic cancer by Manoj Amrutkar, Sander Johannes Thorbjørnsen Guttorm, Anette Vefferstad Finstadsveen, Knut Jørgen Labori, Lars Eide, Helge Rootwelt, Katja Benedikte Prestø Elgstøen, Ivar P. Gladhaug, Caroline S. Verbeke

“…Four DAMs—3‐hydroxybutyric acid (BHB), 3‐carboxy‐4‐methyl‐5‐propyl‐2‐furanpropanoic acid (CMPF), glycochenodeoxycholate and citrulline—were common to both tissue and serum and showed a similar pattern of differential abundance in both groups. A strong positive correlation was observed between serum carbohydrate 19‐9 antigen (CA 19‐9) and tissue carnitines (C12, C18, C18:2) and N8‐acetylspermidine. …”
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Identification of natural phytochemicals as AKT2 inhibitors using molecular docking and dynamics simulations as potential cancer therapeutics by Jibon Kumar Paul, Mahir Azmal, Md Naimul Haque Shohan, Mohua Mrinmoy, ANM Shah Newaz Been Haque, Omar Faruk Talukder, Ajit Ghosh

“…Molecular dynamics simulations indicated that millettone, uzarigenin, and dihydrobiochanin A demonstrated strong binding affinities and stable interactions with AKT2, suggesting their potential as therapeutic agents for cancers that involve AKT2 hyperactivation. …”
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