Parents’ social comparisons and adolescent self-esteem: the mediating effect of upward social comparison and the moderating influence of optimism by Hongyang Liu, Jana Kvintova, Lucie Vachova

“…It refers to the behavior of parents imagining other people’s children as an excellent role model without shortcomings and comparing their own children with them. This behavior may affect their child’s mood. …”
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Solid Waste Management Practice and Its Associated Factors among Households in Gessa Town, Dawuro Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Matiwos Maldaye, Desta Haftu, Sewunet Sako, Zenebe Jebero, Fikre Moga, Ayichew Alemu

“…The highest proportion of households practice their solid waste improperly in many developing countries, and the household’s status of solid waste management practices and its association with sociodemographic, knowledge, and institutional-related factors have never been clearly understood in Ethiopia, particularly in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the status of solid waste management practice and its associated factors among households in Gessa town, Dawro Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. …”
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Robust Stability Analysis for Uncertain Switched Discrete-Time Systems by Yali Dong

“…Furthermore, based on the result obtained, the switching law is designed and has been performed well, and some sufficient conditions of robust stability have been derived for the uncertain switched discrete-time systems using the Lyapunov stability theorem, block matrix method and inequality technology. …”
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Association between Metformin and a Lower Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Yu-Yen Chen, Ying-Cheng Shen, Yun-Ju Lai, Chun-Yuan Wang, Keng-Hung Lin, Shih-Chao Feng, Chiao-Ying Liang, Li-Chen Wei, Pesus Chou

“…Using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from 2001 to 2013, 68205 subjects with type 2 diabetes were enrolled in the study cohort. Among them, 45524 were metformin users and 22681 were nonusers. …”
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Curation, Algorithmic 'Caregiving' and Collective Archival Practices. Rethinking the Archival Work of Culture in Streaming Media by Valentina Re

“…This shift has the potential to significantly change, or even invalidate, the theoretical debate on the work of culture as ‘archival work.’ …”
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Phosphoryl guanidine oligonucleotides as primers for RNA-dependent DNA synthesis using murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase by E. S. Dyudeeva, I. A. Pyshnaya

“…The results indicate the suitability of PGOs, including completely electroneutral ones, as primers for reverse-transcription PCR, thereby opening up new prospects for the creation of experimental models for the analysis of highly structured RNA.…”
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The Role of Neurokinin-1 Receptor in the Microenvironment of Inflammation and Cancer by Marisa Rosso, Miguel Muñoz, Michael Berger

“…Recently, it has become apparent that SP can induce tumor cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and migration via the NK-1 receptor, and that the SP/NK-1 receptor complex is an integral part of the microenvironment of inflammation and cancer. Therefore, the use of NK-1 receptor antagonists as a novel and promising approach for treating patients with cancer is currently under intense investigation. …”
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Human Resource Allocation Based on Fuzzy Data Mining Algorithm by You Wu, Zheng Wang, Shengqi Wang

“…Data mining involves multiple technologies, such as mathematical statistics, fuzzy theory, neural networks, and artificial intelligence, with relatively high technical content. …”
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Contributors to this edition by Ronit Frenkel

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Raman and Photoluminescence Studies of Quasiparticles in van der Waals Materials by Mansour M. AL-Makeen, Mario H. Biack, Xiao Guo, Haipeng Xie, Han Huang

“…Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have received much attention due to the unique properties stemming from their van der Waals (vdW) interactions, quantum confinement, and many-body interactions of quasi-particles, which drive their exotic optical and electronic properties, making them critical in many applications. Here, we review our past years’ findings, focusing on many-body interactions in 2D layered materials, including phonon anharmonicity, electron–phonon coupling (<i>e-ph</i>), exciton dynamics, and phonon anisotropy based on temperature (polarization)-dependent Raman spectroscopy and Photoluminescence (PL). …”
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Densely populated macrocyclic dicobalt sites in ladder polymers for low-overpotential oxygen reduction catalysis by Zhen Zhang, Zhenyu Xing, Xianglin Luo, Chong Cheng, Xikui Liu

“…In situ techniques and theoretical calculations reveal the dynamic evolution of Co2N4O2 active sites and reaction intermediates. …”
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Pri-DDQN: learning adaptive traffic signal control strategy through a hybrid agent by Yanliu Zheng, Juan Luo, Han Gao, Yi Zhou, Keqin Li

“…Methods based on deep Q-leaning network (DQN) have become the mainstream to solve single-intersection traffic signal control. However, most of them neglect the important difference of samples and the dependence of traffic states, and cannot quickly respond to randomly changing traffic flows. …”
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Study Questions for the Certified Pesticide Applicator Examination: Natural Areas Weed Management by Ken A. Langeland

“…You will greatly improve your ability to achieve a passing examination score by locating the answers to the study questions and writing them down. This document is SS-AGR-255, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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University Network Capital as an Element of the City’s Social Capital by R. A. Zayakina

“…The basic provisions of the network approach and the theory of social capital are used as theoretical grounds to identify such an impact. …”
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Application of kDNA Minicircle PCR-RFLP to Characterize Leishmania donovani Clinical Isolates Obtained from Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in Eastern Nepal by Ojesh Pokhrel, Keshav Rai, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Suman Rijal, Arpana Rijal, Basudha Khanal

“…To date, genetic variation among the VL and PKDL L. donovani isolates was not fully elucidated. Therefore, 14 clinical isolates from VL and 4 clinical isolates from PKDL were speciated by hsp70 and rDNA genes. …”
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SLC1A5 is a key regulator of glutamine metabolism and a prognostic marker for aggressive luminal breast cancer by Lutfi H. Alfarsi, Rokaya El Ansari, Busra Erkan, Ali Fakroun, Madeleine L. Craze, Mohammed A. Aleskandarany, Kiu Wai Cheng, Ian O. Ellis, Emad A. Rakha, Andrew R. Green

“…Our findings suggest SLC1A5 plays a key role in the aggressive luminal BC subtype and represents a potential therapeutic target. Further research is needed to explore SLC1A5 function in luminal BC and its association with Gln metabolism pathways.…”
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ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF PEARL MILLET AMONG FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN SELECTED NORTHERN NIGERIA STATES by Sheu-Usman Oladipo Akanbi, Muhammed-Sanna Olanrewaju Moshood, Toyin B Ajibade, Adedayo Adekunle, Zainab Abdulrafiu

“…Consequently, its commercialization, according to the findings of the research study, is low. It is therefore recommended that collective efforts should be made, and existing collaborations should be bettered to improve high yielding Pearl millet seed varieties. …”
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Fooling the mind: An approach on attention and concentration based on deceptions by Rafael G. Lenzi

“…Additionally, Gibson’s theory of affordances is contemplated to understand how spies’ interpretation of the environment influences their effectiveness. …”
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Islam und Christentum. Exemplarische Einblicke in Exklusion und Inklusion im Religionsunterricht by Bernhard Grümme

“…Er kann nur erfolgreich sein, wenn er nötige Differenzierungen und zugleich die wirtschaftlichen, historischen und kulturellen Verwurzelungen berücksichtigt. Theologisch ist dafür aber auch ein angemessenes Wahrheitsverständnis erforderlich. …”
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The Significance of Soy Protein and Soy Bioactive Compounds in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Osteoporosis by Sa'eed Bawa

“…Soy protein with naturally occurring phytoestrogens, mainly isoflavones protect against bone loss and synthetic soy ipriflavone in some studies has been shown to favorably affect, but a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of ipriflavone and maintenance of bone mineral density in post-menopausal women. Therefore it is too early to recommend it as a supplement for this group of women.…”
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