Antimicrobial Activity of Copper(II), Nickel(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes with Semicarbazone and Thiosemicarbazone Ligands Derived from Substituted Salicylaldehydes by Alessio Zavaroni, Luca Rigamonti, Franco Bisceglie, Mauro Carcelli, Giorgio Pelosi, Giovanna Angela Gentilomi, Dominga Rogolino, Francesca Bonvicini

“…While all the ligands have no antimicrobial activity, the copper(II) complexes <b>1</b> and <b>4</b> and the nickel(II) complex <b>2</b>, obtained from thiosemicarbazone ligands, showed good activity, in particular against <i>S. aureus</i>; these complexes were investigated in depth, calculating their respective IC₅₀ values (4.2 μM, 3.5 μM and 61.8 μM, respectively). …”
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Monitoring of Efficiency of Russian Agricultural Enterprises Functioning and Reserves for Their Sustainable Development by Vladimir Trukhachev, Igor Sklyarov, Yuliya Sklyarova, Sergei Gorlov, Anna Volkogonova

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Eddy current modelling using multi-layer perceptron neural networks for detecting surface cracks by S. Harzallah, R. Rebhi, M. Chabaat, A. Rabehi

“…In eddy current nondestructive evaluation, this is widely recognized as a complex theoretical problem whose solution is likely to have a significant impact on the detection of cracks in materials…”
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Development of the national production of personal protective equipment: Problems of control over state certification and working conditions during martial law by O. Makarevych

“…The study found that most companies must urgently organise shelters due to the lack of protective structures, have problems with logistics and raw material supplies, and less than half of the companies faced an outflow of skilled personnel abroad. …”
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: Gang Prevention from a Top-Down Perspective by Abigail F. Kolb, William J. Kolb, Michael Favors

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Efficient provable dual receiver hybrid and light weight public key schemes based on the discrete logarithm problem without pairings by Eman Abouelkheir

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Perceived barriers and facilitators of staff recruiting participants to a randomised controlled trial of a community rehabilitation intervention following hip fracture by Kathryn Harvey, Penelope Ralph, Llinos Haf Spencer, Kodchawan Doungsong, Val Morrison, Andrew Lemmey, Miriam Golding-Day, Susanna Dodd, Ben Hardwick, Shanaz Dorkenoo, Sophie Hennessey, Nefyn Williams

“…Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) often struggle with recruitment and many need extensions which leads to delayed implementation of effective interventions. Recruitment to complex intervention trials have similar difficulties. …”
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Development of nomogram model based on LASSO-Logistic regression for predicting postoperative undernutrition to complex anorectal malformation: a pilot exploratory study by Wei Feng, Linxiao Fan, Jinping Hou, Xiaohong Die, Yi Wang, Rui Jiang

“…Abstract Background Nutritional problems in patients with anorectal malformation (ARM) after anorectoplasty have not received sufficient attention. …”
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Radioactive Imagine Agents: 99mTc-Toxicological Study by Kafa Khalaf Hammud

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A sequoia-ecology-based metaheuristic optimisation algorithm for multi-constraint engineering design and UAV path planning by Shijie Fan, Ruichen Wang, Kang Su, Yang Song, Rui Wang

“…Current metaheuristic algorithms are typically confined to inspiration from singular perspectives, isolated biological behaviours, or individual phenomena, resulting in inherent limitations that have motivated this study. Diverging from conventional approaches, this paper explores complex biological systems from an ecosystem perspective and conducts comprehensive system modelling, analysis, and algorithmic innovation. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF DENTAL CARIES PREVENTION IN CHILDREN WITH OLIGOPHRENIA by N.L. Chukhray, Е.V. Bezvushko, G.Z. Dutko, U.O. Stadnyk, Kh.H. Musiy-Sementsiv

“…To assess the effectiveness of the elaborated preventive complex, 56 children aged 12 years with the diagnosis of oligophrenia of I degree of severity (mild mental backwardness) were under observation during 2 years; 27 children received the complex we developed. …”
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RESEMBLANCE OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTUAL COMPLEXY IN ANIMAL METAPHORS by Aneider Iza Ervitia

“…Lakoff &amp;amp; Turner 1989, Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, 1998), who claim that such metaphors are based on a single mapping generally involving comparable behavioral attributes, I will argue that we have a more complex situation which involves different patterns of conceptual interaction. …”
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Learnable Diffusion Distances for Link Prediction by Ahmed Begga, Miguel Angel Lozano, Francisco Escolano

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ZOOBENTHOS OF THE MIDDLE CASPIAN. BENTHOS COMMUNITIES OF THE CASPIAN SEA by S. A. Guseinova

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Development of the agro-industrial complex as an incentive for economic growth of the country (on the example of the North Caucasus Federal District and the Republic of North Osset... by A. I. Naniev, M. V. Volik

“…Further stabilization and development of the agro-industrial complex in the region will have a significant positive impact on the country's economic growth.…”
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Some Complex Picture Fuzzy Aggregation Operators Based on Frank t-norm and t-conorm: An Application to Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) Process by Faisal Mehmood, Heng Liu

“…Finally, in order to depict the potential applicability of our proposed technique, a numerical problem aiming at finding the best alternative has been solved and outcomes have been well compared with some existing techniques.…”
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Notes de lecture et édition du « second volume » de Bouvard et Pécuchet : configurations complexes de l’inachèvement by Stéphanie Dord-Crouslé

“…However some in absentia fragments (designated by Flaubert for the second volume, but not actually copied) pose complex editorial problems: the text referred to by the novelist should it be published? …”
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Comparative analysis of TREC and KREC concentration levels in children at medical and biological risk (CHD – frequently ill children, children who have been operated for congenital... by Yu. I. Rovda, A. V. Vedernikova, A. V. Shabaldin, M. L. Filipenko, A. A. Sinitskaya, I. K. Khalivopulo, E. O. Grishacheva, G. A. Otstavnov, Ya. V. Shkitin, N. N. Minyailova, T. S. Khobotkova, V. V. Dadonov

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A novel social-network-analysis-based approach for analyzing complex network of actors involved in accessibility of anti-cancer medications in Iran by Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Leila Zarei, Esmaeil Alinezhad, Adel Sadeghdoost

“…Additionally, law enforcement agencies (LEA) have shown limited effectiveness within this network. …”
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Notes on the Cross-Level Game by Yu Chen

“…Up till now, the research on game theory has concentrated on the game issues between agents, which are homogeneous and at the same level in the complex hierarchical system. There have already been many fruitful results that have been successfully used in many fields, such as economics, public management, sociology, and so on. …”
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