A Nonoscillatory Second-Order Time-Stepping Procedure for Reaction-Diffusion Equations by Philku Lee, George V. Popescu, Seongjai Kim

“…The Crank–Nicolson (CN) method has been a common second-order time-stepping procedure. However, the CN method may introduce spurious oscillations for nonsmooth data unless the time step size is sufficiently small. …”
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Do gravel highways affect water quality and invertebrate communities in Arctic lakes? by Madeline E. Patenall, Natasha M. Hannan, Vivian Gao, Homa Kheyrollah Pour, Derek K. Gray

“…Gravel roads are a common feature in developed areas of Canada’s Arctic. …”
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Methods of Control of the Leishmania infantum Dog Reservoir: State of the Art by Michele Podaliri Vulpiani, Luigi Iannetti, Daniela Paganico, Filomena Iannino, Nicola Ferri

“…Vaccination has been proven to be a very effective control tool, but the absence of a commonly recognized diagnostic method able to distinguish vaccinate from seropositive individuals is still an important limit. …”
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A review on current and future advancements for commercialized microalgae species by Jia Fei Wong, Hui Jing Hong, Su Chern Foo, Michelle Khai Khun Yap, Ji Wei Tan

“…Microalgae are unicellular photosynthetic microorganisms that are commonly found in saline or freshwater environments. …”
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The Supply Chain Triangle: How Synchronisation, Stability, and Productivity of Material Flows Interact by Florian Klug

“…Empirical evidence created a commonly accepted understanding that synchronisation and stability of material flows impact its productivity. …”
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Network pharmacology: a crucial approach in traditional Chinese medicine research by Yiyan Zhai, Liu Liu, Fanqin Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Haojia Wang, Jiying Zhou, Keyan Chai, Jiangying Liu, Huiling Lei, Peiying Lu, Meiling Guo, Jincheng Guo, Jiarui Wu

“…This review summarizes key databases commonly used in network pharmacology, including those focused on herbs, components, diseases, and dedicated platforms for network pharmacology analysis. …”
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Mechanical, microstructural properties and ballistic performance of SiC/Si ceramics against 5.56 x 45 mm projectile by Jeremias Ismael Nunes Fortini, Pedro Henrique Poubel Mendonça da Silveira, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Altair Sória Pereira, Eduardo Sousa Lima

“…The use of ceramic armor has become common to provide protection against high-caliber munitions, making it essential to optimize these materials for a combination of lightness and strength. …”
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Stochastic Modelling and Simulation of Free Radical Polymerization of Styrene in Microchannels using a Hybrid Gillespie Algorithm by Edward Uchechukwu Iwuchukwu, Ardson dos Santos Junior Vianna

“…However, the limitations posed by using micro or milli-reactors in process intensification such as clogging of pores can be a bottleneck when tracking the common phenomena associated with FRP such as cage, gel, and glass effects. …”
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Guiding Inspiratory Flow: Development of the In-Check DIAL G16, a Tool for Improving Inhaler Technique by Mark Jeremy Sanders

“…The current device (In-Check DIAL G16) is the third iteration of the original 1998 training tool, with detailed and ongoing assessments of all common inhaler resistances (including combination and breath-actuated inhaler types) summarised into resistance ranges that are preset within the device. …”
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An Evaluation of Ad Hoc Presence-Only Data in Explaining Patterns of Distribution: Cetacean Sightings from Whale-Watching Vessels by Louisa K. Higby, Richard Stafford, Chiara G. Bertulli

“…The collection of such data is common from unequal or nonrandomised effort surveys, such as those surveys conducted by citizen scientists. …”
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Early-life gut mycobiome core species modulate metabolic health in mice by Mackenzie W. Gutierrez, Erik van Tilburg Bernardes, Ellen Ren, Kristen N. Kalbfleisch, Madeline Day, Ewandson Luiz Lameu, Thaís Glatthardt, Emily M. Mercer, Sunita Sharma, Hong Zhang, Ali Al-Azawy, Faye Chleilat, Simon A. Hirota, Raylene A. Reimer, Marie-Claire Arrieta

“…This work revealed that three common fungal colonizers have distinct causal influences on obesity and metabolic inflammation and justifies the consideration of fungi in microbiome research on host metabolism.…”
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Green Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Camellia sinensis Silver Nanoparticles by Toga Khalid Mohamed, Marivt Osman Widdatallah, Maida Musa Ali, Afraa Mubarak Alhaj, DhiaEldin AbdElmagied Elhag

“…An extremely worrying and alarming increase in the level of multiple drug resistance is reported in Sudan, in which bacterial strains are becoming resistant to many commonly available antibiotics. Eventually, it is becoming extremely difficult to treat debilitating infections. …”
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Our journey with François Gros by Butler-Browne, Gillian, Mouly, Vincent

“…Their group in collaboration with the clinical team of Professor Jean Lacau St-Guily and Professor Sophie Perié completed a successful autologous myoblast transplantation clinical trial for Oculo-pharyngeal muscular dystrophy. This common scientific career was made possible thanks to the precious and always benevolent support of François Gros.…”
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Recurrent Hydatidiform Moles: A Clinical Challenge—A Case Report and an Update on Management and Therapeutical Strategies by S. Riccio, F. Galanti, M. Scudo, L. Di Troia, M. G. Ferrillo, F. Manzara, P. Ianiri, F. A. Battaglia

“…Hydatidiform mole, complete or partial (CHM/PHM), is the most common type of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), which is characterized by excessive trophoblastic proliferation and abnormal embryonic development. …”
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Factors Affecting Isoflavone Content in Soybean Seeds Grown in Thailand by Supanimit Teekachunhatean, Nutthiya Hanprasertpong, Thawatchai Teekachunhatean

“…Soybeans are the most common source of isoflavones in human foods. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of Thai soybean variety, planting date, physical seed quality, storage condition, planting location, and crop year on isoflavone content, as well as to analyze the relationship between seed viability and isoflavone content in soybean seeds grown in Thailand. …”
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Enseigner-apprendre l’orthographe, des interactions langagières pour articuler gestes professionnels et gestes d’étude by Martine Champagne-Vergez, Maryse Rebière, Martine Jaubert

“…We study the language interactions and analyse what is common and what is different between the devices, trying to follow the thread of a genesis of knowledge, between epilinguistic and metalinguistic verbalizations, in order to capture linguistic phenomena at work and in particular scenarios and their appropriation.…”
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Epigenetic Alterations in Bladder Cancer and Their Potential Clinical Implications by Han Han, Erika M. Wolff, Gangning Liang

“…Urothelial carcinoma (UC), the most common type of bladder cancer, is one of the most expensive malignancies to treat due to its high rate of recurrence. …”
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A Hybrid OFDM-TDM Architecture with Decentralized Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for PONs by Taner Cevik

“…One of the major challenges of passive optical networks is to achieve a fair arbitration mechanism that will prevent possible collisions from occurring at the upstream channel when multiple users attempt to access the common fiber at the same time. Therefore, in this study we mainly focus on fair bandwidth allocation among users, and present a hybrid Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed/Time Division Multiplexed architecture with a dynamic bandwidth allocation scheme that provides satisfying service qualities to the users depending on their varying bandwidth requirements. …”
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Embedding Automated Writing Evaluation in Providing Formative Feedback by Maya Defianty, Siti Zulfa, Yatni Fatwa Mulyati

“…The advancement of technology has opened opportunities to give feedback facilitated by technology, commonly referred to as Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE). …”
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Digital Texts in Practice by Christian Wittern

“…At that time theories of electronic texts started to appear and the Text Encoding Initiative had already begun to create a common text model and interchange specification, based mainly on European languages. …”
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