AUTHOR’S INTUITION AND INTROSPECTION IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION AND REALISATION OF SYNONYMIC STRUCTURES (BASED ON MODERN FRENCH FICTION) by Anastasiia V. Lepetiukha.

“…This led to the use of the introspection method, the procedure of inverse reconstruction (discourse → language) of virtual (linguistic) transformational processes and the “alternative” linguistic experiment consisting in the artificial substitution of some utterance by a synonymic one. …”
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Application of the Weibull Model to Statins for Triglyceride Management in Patients With Hyperlipidaemia by Natsuki Nakayama, Kuniharu Imai, Shiori Niwa, Yoshimi Moriwaki, Chika Oshima, Nozomi Furukawa, Makoto Hirai

“…Weibull analysis, a statistical method widely applied in reliability engineering and medicine, is suitable for assessing arterial stiffness, which reflects vascular aging or deterioration. …”
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Enhancing Oxidative Stability and Nutritional Quality of Flaxseed Oil Using Apricot, Sesame, and Black Cumin Oil Blends by Dino Muhović, Gorica Cvijanović, Marija Bajagić, Lato Pezo, Lazar Pejić, Biljana Rabrenović

“…GC, HPLC, DPPH, the Folin−Ciocalteu method, and OXITEST were applied to the four cold-pressed oils and their binary blends with flaxseed oil. …”
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Feeling of existential anxiety among displaced middle school students in the light of some variables by Oday Namat Ajaj  , Dhafar Hatim Fadeel                                                    

“…The sample included 480 male and female students who were chosen in the random and equal class method from the fifth intermediate class students, for the academic year (2019-2020) distributed on (16) secondary and high schools, eight of which are for males and eight for females, at the rate of (240) males and (240) females. …”
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Detection of Salmonella spp. Related Co-Infections Among Children with Diarrheal Diseases in Guangzhou, China by Mai Q, Luo Y, Ye R, Jiang Y, Qin Y, Guo J, Lai W, Wu Y, Luo M

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of Salmonella infection and its co-infection patterns in relation to clinical symptoms.Methods: A total of 430 stool samples of children with diarrheal diseases were collected from Guangdong Women and Children’s Hospital during January 2022 to December 2023 and used for detection. …”
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Effects of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilisation in patients with chronic mechanical low back pain----A randomized control trial by Sameera Gul, Sana Bashir, Nida Mushtaq Kayani, Zoha Sabir, Hafiza Qurat-Ul-Ain

“…Conclusion: Manual myofascial release and instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilisation were equally effective in the treatment of chronic mechanical low back pain. …”
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Self-supervised feature learning for acoustic data analysis by Ahmet Pala, Anna Oleynik, Ketil Malde, Nils Olav Handegard

“…The proposed model is trained with three sampling methods: random sampling, which ignores class imbalance present in the acoustic survey data; class-balanced sampling, which ensures equal representation of known categories; and intensity-based sampling, which selects data to capture backscatter variations. …”
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Investigation of Machine Tool Developed Settings Influence on Productivity and Quality of Simultaneous Double-Sided Lens Processing by A. S. Kozeruk, Y. L. Malpica, A. A. Sukhotzkiy, M. I. Filonova, V. O. Kuznechik

“…The paper presents methodology for determining rational modes of abrasive processing for high-precision lenses while using a method of free lapping at finishing operations. Analytical expressions have been obtained to determine coordinates of reference points on a spherical surface which are necessary for mathematical modeling of its processing at pivotal machines. …”
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Altered intrinsic regional brain spontaneous activity in patients with comitant strabismus: a resting-state functional MRI study by Huang X, Li S, Zhou F, Zhang Y, Zhong Y, Cai F, Shao Y, Zeng X

“…Xin Huang,1,2,* Sheng-Hong Li,3,* Fu-Qing Zhou,3 Ying Zhang,1 Yu-Lin Zhong,1 Feng-Qin Cai,3 Yi Shao,1 Xian-Jun Zeng3 1Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute and Oculopathy Research Centre, Nanchang, 2Department of Ophthalmology, The First People’s Hospital of Jiujiang City, Jiujiang, 3Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Objective: To investigate the underlying regional homogeneity (ReHo) of brain-activity abnormalities in patients with comitant strabismus (CS) and their relationship with behavioral performance.Methods: Twenty patients with CS (ten men and ten women) and 20 (ten men and ten women) age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans. …”
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Evaluation of the visual signal in playback by territorial responses of nuthatches by Miao Tian, Junyang Feng, Canwei Xia

“…A playback experiment is a well-established method for behavior research, especially in the study of the territorial responses of songbirds. …”
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Role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Mona Pathak, S V S Deo, Sada Nand Dwivedi, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Bhaskar Thakur, Pramod Kumar Julka, G K Rath

“…Meta-analysis was performed using fixed-effects or random-effects method depending on heterogeneity (I2). Grading of the evidences was also done. …”
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Exploring the equity of distribution of general medical services funding allocations in Wales: a time-series analysis by Jonny Currie, Kathrin Thomas, Anne M Cunningham, Kerry Bailey, Haroon Ahmed, Daniel Farewell, Sally Lewis

“…Access to primary care is, however, often not equal among socioeconomic groups; our analysis sought to explore whether funding, a determinant of service supply, is equitably distributed among GP practices in Wales. …”
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Comparison between the levels of anti mullerian hormone after treatment with clomid versus letrozole in polycystic women: an experimental study by Manal Madany Abdel Qader, Shatha Sami Hussein, Huda Fadhil Jadi

“… Objective: To compare the effect of two ovulation induction drugs on anti-Mullerian hormone level in polycystic women. Method: The experimental cohort study was done at the infertility outpatient clinics of Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, from May 2020 to April 2021, and comprised infertile women aged 18-35 years with confirmed diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome. …”
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Investigation of the occurrence of flutter in isotropic and orthotropic plates with different boundary conditions and skew angles by N. S. Azikov, A. V. Zinin, Yu. V. Gaidarzhi

“…A homogeneous system of equations is obtained using the Bubnov-Galerkin method for deflection, represented as a series composed of proper shapes. …”
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Yield plasticity of sunflower hybrids in the conditions of the Left-Bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine by А. С. Риженко, С. М. Каленська, О. І. Присяжнюк, В. А. Мокрієнко

“…To determine the level of productivity of sunflower hybrids, their stability and plasticity for cultivation in the Left Bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Methods. The field experiment was performed in the conditions of the Left-Bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine in 2016–2018. …”
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Comparison of ilioinguial/iliohyphogastic nerves block with wound-infiltration on postoperative pain – a randomised controlled trial by Robyna Irshad Khan, Malika Hameed, Summaiya Ahsan Ali

“…Conclusion: Illioinguinal/illiohypogastric nerve block and wound infiltration with ropivacaine were found to be equally effective methods in controlling postoperative pain. …”
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Coffee processing waste as a reinforcing material in the preparation of chitosan-based magnetic composite for the removal of chromium (VI) from aqueous solution by Shimelis Kebede Kassahun, Amen Getaye, Konstantina Tsigkou, Irini Angelidaki

“…The composite adsorbent was synthesized using a co-precipitation method with different mixing ratios of chitosan to coffee husk fibers (27:75, 50:25, and 75:25). …”
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Survival and transfer of microorganisms from kitchen sponges to surfaces of stainless steel and polyethylene by Eliandra Mirlei Rossi, Diane Scapin, Eduardo César Tondo

“…The transfer and survival of microorganisms was quantified by swab collection and pour-plate method using plate count agar. Results: All sponges were contaminated by heterotrophic microorganisms (average of 6.8 log CFU/sponge) and 83.3% with faecal coliforms (average of 5 log CFU/sponge). …”
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Extraction of Nd(III) by Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvent BTMPPA/Phenol from Nitrate Solution by Inna V. Zinov’eva, Yulia A. Zakhodyaeva, Andrey A. Voshkin

“…Solvent extraction is an effective method in the hydrometallurgical processing of NdFeB magnets. …”
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Magnetite-Functionalized Horse Dung Humic Acid (HDHA) for the Uptake of Toxic Lead(II) from Artificial Wastewater by Rahmat Basuki, Bambang Rusdiarso, Sri Juari Santosa, Dwi Siswanta

“…Magnetite-functionalized horse dung humic acid (HDHA) has been successfully prepared by the coprecipitation method, and the as-prepared adsorbent (MHDHA) has been applied as an easy-handling adsorbent for toxic Pb(II) in artificial wastewater. …”
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