Contributors to this edition by Ronit Frenkel

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Forward Trajectory of a Positive Black Self by Nolan Stevens

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Controlling the Melt Resistance to Flow as a Possibility of Improving the Miscibility and the Time Behavior of Some Blends Based on Starch by Doina Dimonie, Miruna Musat, Sanda Maria Doncea, Celina Maria Damian, Liliana Anton, Eugeniu Vasile, Roxana Trusca, Maria Râpă

“…The paper proves that the miscibility of some blends based on starch can be improved by finding for each of them the melt resistance to flow at which the nonstationary flow and the melt degradation are avoided and the developed shear rate homogenizes optimally the material composition. …”
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Screening and Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Fructofuranose-Metabolizing Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 19M03 by SUN Daqing, QI He, DI Ziqing, GE Xianglin, HONG Qingping, DU Xinrui, YAO Yuxi, LI Hongfei

“…In conclusion, these results provide an important theoretical basis for elucidating the fructose metabolism mechanism of lactic acid bacteria so as to provide high-quality strain resources for the development and application of low-fructofuran functional foods in the future.…”
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Foliage est-il à leaves ce que jewellery est à jewels ? Etude de rapports entre dénombrables au pluriel et indénombrables singuliers by Laure Gardelle

“…Like jewellery or furniture, they only have non-count uses; but they do not apply to heterogeneous units, and are therefore not hyperonymic (at least in their central sense). …”
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Gregor Mendel: my time will come by Yu. M. Novikov

“…He was greatly inspired by studying with the theorist of hybridization and selection Professor Franz Diebel. …”
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Japanese Mothers’ Communication on Sexuality Education with Elementary School-Age Children (7–11) by Takahiro Sato, Chie Kataoka, Tomomi Mitsutake, Cathy McKay, Hirotaka Kizuka, Manami Koide, Miho Miyachi, Takafumi Tomura, Yu Furuta

“…A constant comparative analysis method was used to analyze the data, with three themes emerging from the data: (a) teaching the importance of self-protective behaviors , (b) finding the right timing to have important conversations regarding sexuality , and (c) understanding the balance of what to cover at school versus what to cover at home. …”
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Polysaccharides from sea buckthorn — Ultrasound-assisted enzymatic extraction, purification, structural characterization, and antioxidant activity analysis by Jing Wen, Ruijie Huang, Shi Li, Lin Jiang, Liheng Shao, Qin Zhang, Chunhui Shan

“…Moreover, all SBPRs demonstrated commendable thermal stability and in vitro antioxidant activity. …”
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Gastroduodenal form of Crohn's disease by I. V. Mayev, D. N. Andreev, Yu. A. Kucheryavy

“…Prescription of proton pump inhibitors in combination to system corticosteroids and azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine if required can be considered as the most successful therapy. Infliximab should be considered as alternati ve drug to other forms of treatment at nonresponding cases.Conclusion. …”
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The Dynamics of the Skin Temperature of the Dead Sea by Roni Nehorai, Nadav Lensky, Steve Brenner, Itamar Lensky

“…The skin, with its low thermal inertia, responds immediately to the atmospheric forcing. …”
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Existence of Concave Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problem of Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equation with p-Laplacian Operator by Jinhua Wang, Hongjun Xiang, ZhiGang Liu

“…By using fixed point theorem, the results for existence and multiplicity of concave positive solutions to the above boundary value problem are obtained. …”
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Covid 19 and beyond: a procedure for HVAC systems to address infectious aerosol illness transmission by Douglas Stuart Walkinshaw, Raymond Henry Horstman

“…Given this new understanding, the good news is that, unlike indoor-sourced noxious and irritating gases that can only be mitigated practically by diluting them with outdoor air ventilation, the indoor infectious aerosol illness transmission route can be addressed by circulating already conditioned air through commonplace commercial filters. …”
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Reduced fetal movements and COVID-19 infection: a retrospective cohort study by Amira Gentili, Irene Sterpu, Joanna Tingström, Eva Wiberg-Itzel

“…Abstract Background Fetal movements are an important indicator of fetal well-being; therefore, reduced fetal movements (RFMs) can indicate fetal compromise. …”
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Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line (UCLi026-A) from a patient with ADCY5-related disease carrying the heterozygous variant c.1253G > A; (p. Arg418Gln) by Sharmin Alhaque, Dimitri Budinger, Barbara Garavaglia, Giovanna Zorzi, Serena Barral, Manju A. Kurian

“…This cell line, UCLi026-A (UCL-NG-ADCY5-001) can be utilized for in vitro disease modelling of ADCY5-related diseases, as well as for the development of novel therapeutic approaches.…”
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Validation of Point-of-Care Glucose Testing for Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes by Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Vanja Radišić Biljak, Sandra Božičević, Edita Pape-Medvidović, Spomenka Ljubić

“…Within a total of 237 study subjects, 137 were diagnosed with diabetes with RLP, and only 6 of them were reclassified as having glucose intolerance with POC. …”
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Preparation, characterisation, and in vitro cancer‐suppression function of RNA nanoparticles carrying miR‐301b‐3p Inhibitor by Junjie Zhao, Niu Niu, Fan Yang, Haitao Liu, Weibo Qi

“…Conclusion Based on RNA self‐assembling, the authors researched the effect of miRNA on DDP sensitivity in LUAD regarding gene regulation. 3WJ‐apt‐miR paves the way for clinical tumour therapy.…”
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Research on the Extraction Algorithm of Dielectric Parameters of Simple Building by Zhongyu Liu, Yuanxi Wang, Lixin Guo, Zhigang Zhong, Zuoyong Nan, Lingfeng Shen, Jiangting Li

“…The root mean square error (RMSE) between the theoretically calculated reflection coefficient and the measured reflection coefficient ranges from 0.013 to 0.025, while the RMSE ranges from 0.047 to 0.066 if the dielectric parameters recommended by ITU-R P.2040-3 are used, thus confirming the accuracy and reliability of the proposed method for dielectric parameters extraction.…”
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Folic acid supplementation in European women of reproductive age and during pregnancy with excessive weight: a systematic review by Federica Loperfido, Francesca Sottotetti, Irene Bianco, Dana El Masri, Beatrice Maccarini, Chiara Ferrara, Antonio Limitone, Hellas Cena, Rachele De Giuseppe

“…Nowadays, disparities exist regarding the recommended dose of FA in women at risk, including women of childbearing age with excessive weight. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to investigate if European childbearing age/pregnant women with overweight/obesity are supplemented according to the current country-specific FA recommendations and whether the dosage of 5 mg recommended for pregnant women with obesity is effective in preventing NTDs. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIALLY CREATED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS by Yu. D. Gensitskiy

“…The implementation target is seen in the use of scientific and theoretical basis of the media philosophical, philosophical anthropology, the media philosophical approach to understanding society, science and technology, the use of publications on selected topics of research. …”
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Hierarchical Agent-Based Integrated Modelling Approach for Microgrids with Adoption of EVs and HRES by Peng Han, Jinkuan Wang, Yan Li, Yinghua Han

“…Then the HAIMA further links the key parameters and interconnects them to achieve the interactions of the whole model. …”
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