Thermodynamics guided design and processing of a WC/HEA cermet tool for high temperature friction stir welding by Supreeth Gaddam, Surekha Yadav, Amit Kishan Behera, Noriaki Arai, Zaynab Mahbooba, Shikhar Krishn Jha, Qiaofu Zhang, Rajiv S. Mishra

“…Friction stir welding (FSW) of high temperature materials such as ferrous alloys, Ti-alloys, and Ni-alloys is challenging due to the high costs, short tool lives, and limited availability of tool materials. …”
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Independent and joint associations of neighbourhood greenness and walkability with transportational and recreational physical activity among youth and adults in Canada by Natalie Doan, Sebastian A. Srugo, Stephanie A. Prince, Rachel C. Colley, Daniel G. Rainham, Taru Manyanga, Gregory P. Butler, Richard Larouche, Sarah E. Turner, Justin J. Lang

“…These novel findings highlight the importance of designing cities that are both greener and more walkable to promote active living.…”
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In situ detection of piRNA‐651 in exosomes and cells for cancer diagnosis by a new gold nanoparticle nucleic acid probe by Qin‐Xin Gao, Qian‐Qian Wu, Zhi‐Ying Dong, Xiao‐Yuan Qin, Lin‐Yan Zhai, Bao‐Ping Xie, Wen‐Jun Duan

“…Abstract Increasing studies have demonstrated that PIWI‐interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in circulating exosomes can serve as novel molecular biomarkers for tumor liquid biopsy. …”
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Genetically Engineered Bacterial Ghosts as Vaccine Candidates Against <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Infection by Svetlana V. Dentovskaya, Anastasia S. Vagaiskaya, Alexandra S. Trunyakova, Alena S. Kartseva, Tatiana A. Ivashchenko, Vladimir N. Gerasimov, Mikhail E. Platonov, Victoria V. Firstova, Andrey P. Anisimov

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b> Bacterial ghosts (BGs), non-living empty envelopes of bacteria, are produced either through genetic engineering or chemical treatment of bacteria, retaining the shape of their parent cells. …”
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Co-creation and application of a framework for the de-prioritization of urban communities during insecticide-treated bed net mass campaigns for malaria prevention and control in Kw... by Ifeoma D. Ozodiegwu, Laurette Mhlanga, Eniola A. Bamgboye, Adeniyi F. Fagbamigbe, Cyril Ademu, Chukwu Okoronkwo, Joshua O. Akinyemi, Akintayo O. Ogunwale, IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi, Beatriz Galatas

“…We developed an urban LLINs distribution framework and a novel strategy, which was piloted in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to reach and enrollment into a medically tailored meals program within a section 1115 Medicaid pilot: clinic staff perspectives by Sara C. Folta, Jessica Burch, Matthew Alcusky, Arlene S. Ash, Kurt Hager, Jean Terranova, Fang Fang Zhang, Oyedolapo Anyanwu, Zhongyu Li, Dariush Mozaffarian

“…IntroductionMedically tailored meals (MTMs) are home-delivered, nutritionally tailored meals for individuals living with complex or advanced diet-sensitive medical conditions. …”
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Spirituality-based palliative care education on quality of life, death anxiety, and resilience of heart failure patients: Randomized controlled clinical trial by Roghayeh Balaghi Inaloo, Mostafa Bijani, Leila Nikrouz, Azizallah Dehghan, Abdulhakim Alkamel, Ali Taghinezhad, Zahra Khiyali

“…We recommend that healthcare administrators implement this novel educational approach in the care of heart failure patients.…”
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Pilot study of a ketogenic diet in bipolar disorder: a process evaluation by Benjamin P. Rigby, Nicole Needham, Helen Grossi, Ivana Kamenska, Iain H. Campbell, Ben Meadowcroft, Frances Creasy, Cheryl Fisher, Pankaj Bahuguna, John Norrie, Gerard Thompson, Melissa C. Gibbs, Maja Mitchell-Grigorjeva, Ailsa McLellan, Tessa Moses, Karl Burgess, Rachel Brown, Michael J. Thrippleton, Harry Campbell, Daniel J. Smith, Sharon A. Simpson

“…Conclusion We provide novel insight into the experiences of people living with bipolar disorder initiating and following a ketogenic diet, as well as those of research clinicians who support the intervention. …”
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Dianchonair Fhéideartha an Inspreagtha in Oideachas Múinteoirí an Tumoideachais [Potential Powerful Pathways of Motivation in Immersion Teacher Education] by Caoileann Ní Dhonnchadha, Karen Ní Chlochasaigh, T.J. Ó Ceallaigh

“…This paper explores the concept of Directed Motivational Current (DMC), a relatively novel idea in motivation studies in Second Language Aquisition (SLA) and particularly recent in the context of Irish language learning and Irish-medium education. …”
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Hooks, Lines, and Sinkers: How Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback and Cosmic-Ray Transport Shape the Far-infrared–Radio Correlation of Galaxies by Sam B. Ponnada, Rachel K. Cochrane, Philip F. Hopkins, Iryna S. Butsky, Sarah Wellons, N. Nicole Sanchez, Cameron Hummels, Yue Samuel Lu, Dušan Kereš, Christopher C. Hayward

“…Importantly, the indirect effect of AGN feedback on emergent observables highlights novel interpretations of outliers in the FRC. In particular, we find that in many cases “radio-excess” objects can be better understood as “IR-dim” objects with longer-lived radio contributions at low z from Type Ia supernovae and intermittent black hole accretion in quenching galaxies, though this is sensitive to the interplay of CR transport and AGN feedback physics. …”
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Three different methods for ZnO-RGO nanocomposite synthesis and its adsorption capacity for methylene blue dye removal in a comparative study by Safaa A. Hussein, Gharib M. Taha, F. A. Adam, Marwa A. Moghazy

“…To ensure that future living conditions are preserved, it is crucial to reduce water pollution and protect the ecosystem. …”
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Interventions by Cardiovascular Drugs Against Aircraft Noise-Induced Cardiovascular Oxidative Stress and Damage by Marin Kuntić, Ivana Kuntić, Jiayin Zheng, Leonardo Nardi, Matthias Oelze, Arijan Valar, Dominika Mihaliková, Lea Strohm, Henning Ubbens, Qi Tang, Liyu Zhang, Guilherme Horta, Paul Stamm, Omar Hahad, Dilja Krueger-Burg, Huige Li, Sebastian Steven, Adrian Gericke, Michael J. Schmeisser, Thomas Münzel, Andreas Daiber

“…At least 20% of the European Union’s population lives in noise-polluted areas with exposure levels exceeding the recommended limits of the World Health Organization, which is considered unhealthy by the European Environment Agency. …”
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A General Framework for Closed Loop Negative Feedback Multivariable Physiological Control Systems: Existence, Uniqueness, and Stability of Homeostatic Equilibrium Points by Anna Procopio, Annarita Tedesco, Fabrizio Lo Regio, Giuseppe Cesarelli, Leandro Donisi, Carlo Ricciardi, Alessio Merola, Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione, Maria Romano, Francesco Montefusco, Carlo Cosentino, Francesco Amato

“…However, the intrinsic complexity of living systems makes it difficult to identify unified biomodels that can represent a wide variety of physiological systems. …”
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Le revenant dans l’œuvre de Toni Morrison : ou le corps hanté de la mémoire by Vanessa Sylvanise

“…Authentic incursions in the tormented memory of a “minority”, which has not done its mourning, each novels appears like a sort of exorcism-therapy, without which it can’t be possible living present or considering future. …”
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Walking in the Brontë Dining-room as Literary Influence by Kate Lawson

“…Communal indoor walking in the novels thus provides a model through which to read materialist influence as, in Barad’s terms, ‘intra-active’ and ‘entangled’.…”
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The Crumbling Two-Story Architecture of Richard Powers’ Fictions by Thomas B. Byers

“…A prominent characteristic of Richard Powers’ technique is that his novels generally proceed by the alternating narration of two different stories. …”
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Vliv Dostojevského na pojetí krásy Pavla Evdokimova by Lenka Fílová

“…The paper examines the influence of the novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881) on the concept of beauty of the post-revolutionary Russian emigrant, Orthodox lay theologian living and working in France, Paul Evdokimov (1901–1970). …”
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(Post)Feminist Genealogies in Kate Muir’s Suffragette City ad Lisa Evans’ Old Baggage by Mariana Ripoll Fonollar

“…This article explores Kate Muir’s Suffragette City and Lisa Evans’ Old Baggage didactic potential based on the interactions between women that belong to different (feminist) generations taking place in both novels. Suffragette City reproduces the conversations and encounters between the ghost of a Scottish suffragette fighting for her enfranchisement in the twentieth century, and her great-great-granddaughter living in New York at the beginning of the following century. …”
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Humanité et dépassement dans l’œuvre de Ferran Delèris (1922-2009) by Joëlle Ginestet

“…Ferran Delèris (Ferdinand Déléris) born in Rouergue countryside in the twenties, lived in Vietnam and Madagascar. Besides essays and novels in French, he wrote narrative fictions, memoirs and a book of poems in Occitan. …”
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Linguagem, espaço e nação: um mapeamento das identidades multigeográficas do protagonista imigrante by Cecily Raynor

“…In this paper, I analyze works portraying migration:Estive em Lisboa e lembrei devocê(2009), by Luiz Ruffatto, a work centered on the story of a Brazilian migrantto Lisbon, andMar Paraguayo(1992 ), by Wilson Bueno, which recounts the taleof a Paraguayan prostitute living inGuaratuba. Specifically, I argue thatcontemporary migration-themed novels challenge, stretch and/or interruptnarrative time-space cohesion by obscuring, often gradually, the boundaries between the national and transnational. …”
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