MGIMO-UNIVERSITY IN GO TO THINK TANKS 2015 RANKING: GLOBAL TRENDS, LOCAL RESPONSES by M. V. Kharkevich

“…It also considers global trends related to changes in the environment and forms of activities of research centers, identified by the ranking. …”
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Mídias sociais, uma questão a ser enfrentada: a percepção dos alunos sobre as abordagens metodológicas e os princípios do conectivismo by Samuel Lyncon Leandro de Lima, Adhmir Renan Voltolini Gomes, Rafael Maximiano Ferreira, Silvana Anita Walter

“…A pesquisa é do tipo survey, delineada por uma abordagem quantitativa. Nesse sentido, foram aplicados questionários in loco para os acadêmicos do curso de Ciências Contábeis das instituições públicas de ensino, localizadas no estado do Paraná, que obtiveram nota cinco no exame de 2015 do Enade. …”
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p54-Fc-Labeled Gold Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Strip-Assisted Portable Devices for Rapid and Quantitative Point-of-Care Detection of ASFV Antibodies by Yang Yang, Yuhao Li, Ziyang Wang, Minglong Tong, Pengcheng Zhu, Juanxian Deng, Zongjie Li, Ke Liu, Beibei Li, Donghua Shao, Zhongren Zhou, Yafeng Qiu, Zhiyong Ma, Jianchao Wei

“…The dilution of the serum sample can be determined by substituting the absorbance (T-line) interpreted by portable devices into the calibration curve function formula of an African swine fever virus standard serum. …”
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Barriers and drivers to exclusive breastfeeding in Kyrgyzstan: a qualitative study with mothers and health workers by Cath Jackson, Marina Duishenkulova, Nurila Altymysheva, Jyldyz Artykbaeva, Raisa Asylbasheva, Eleonora Jumalieva, Anastasia Koylyu, Sian Lickess, Tursun Mamyrbaeva, Veerle Snijders, Julianne Williams, Tiina Likki

“…Mothers were purposively selected to represent four groups of infant feeding practices in the first six months: (1) exclusive breastfeeding, (2) breastfeeding alongside other fluids/solids, (3) breastfeeding alongside infant formula, (4) breastfeeding followed by switching to formula only. …”
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Hipertensión arterial en trabajadores(as) de una institución universitaria by Yamina Ash Alfonso, Mariela Suárez Valdés, Emerio Enrique López Castillo

“…Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal. El universo estuvo formado por 73 trabajadores(as) de una universidad a quienes se les tomaron datos como la edad, sexo, enfermedades presentes, factores de riesgo, grado de hipertensión arterial y tratamiento.  …”
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Methods and techniques of research motivation and satisfaction of employees by Pešić-Jenačković Dragana

“…In addition to the mentioned techniques and indicators from SPSS, the role of certain indicators (eta squared and coefficient of determination) is calculated, which are calculated using data from research results and with the help of certain formulas…”
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Mechanical Mechanism and Propagation Law of Fissure-Tip Cracks of Large-Size Rock Specimens with Two Precut Fissures by Liming Yin, Ming Li, Wenbin Sun, Juntao Chen, Bin Liu, Ziqi Wang

“…The results demonstrate that with the increase of load, the microcracks developed and propagated gradually, during which a number of branch paths were generated from the fissure tips of the specimens; the upper and lower cracks were connected first due to the main crack propagation, forming a sliding surface which caused the failure of the specimens, and the strengths of the specimens also fluctuated according to the different combinations of the fissure dip angles and rock bridge dip angles. …”
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Adaptive Asymptotic Shape Synchronization of a Chaotic System with Applications for Image Encryption by Yangxin Luo, Yuanyuan Huang, Fei Yu, Diqing Liang, Hairong Lin

“…Robustness is further validated through key space analysis, yielding a value of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mn>10</mn><mn>210</mn></msup><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>2</mn><mn>512</mn></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, as well as visual tests, including center and edge cropping. …”
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Thermospheric neutral wind studies over the equatorial region: A review by Siti Syazwani Nasuha, Idahwati Sarudin, Nurul Shazana Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Fairuz Omar

“…This review article addresses challenges in understanding equatorial winds by reviewing historical measurements, current missions, and the interactions of ionospheric and thermospheric phenomena, emphasizing the need for comprehensive measurements to improve global atmospheric dynamics and weather forecasting.…”
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La perspectiva hacker para la educación en derechos humanos en la cultura digital by Andrea Lapa

“…El paradigma educativo de la educación hacker supone la valorización de la autonomía, el protagonismo, el empoderamiento, la autoría y la producción colectiva y colaborativa de forma libre y abierta con, para y a través de las TIC, que se juntó al paradigma de la educación en derechos humanos, especialmente como proponente de la aceptación de la alteridad y la necesaria convivencia democrática, de pluralidad y de educación intercultural. …”
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Quantized <italic>l</italic>&#x2082;-<italic>l</italic>&#x221E; Control for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems With DoS Attacks by Ying Tian, Ming-Yang Qiao

“…By defining the mode-dependent Lyapunov function, the design conditions of quantizers and controllers can be obtained to satisfy the system mean-square exponential stability and the desired <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$l_{2}-l_{\infty }$ </tex-math></inline-formula> performance. …”
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Intermittent Administration of Parathyroid Hormone Enhances Odonto/Osteogenic Differentiation of Stem Cells from the Apical Papilla via JNK and P38 MAPK Pathways by Xiyao Pang, Ying Zhuang, Zehan Li, Shuanglin Jing, Qin Cai, Fengge Zhang, Changao Xue, Jinhua Yu

“…Stem cells from the apical papilla (SCAPs) are responsible for dentine formation. However, the interaction between PTH and SCAPs remains unclear. …”
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Immune Tolerance Regulation Is Critical to Immune Homeostasis by Lei Han, Tianxiang Wu, Qin Zhang, Anning Qi, Xiaohui Zhou

“…The body’s immune response plays a critical role in defending against external or foreign antigens while also preserving tolerance to self-antigens. …”
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THE INTEGRAL RURAL TOURISM EXPERIENCE FROM THE TOURIST’S POINT OF VIEW – A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ITS NATURE AND MEANING by ELISABETH KASTENHOLZ, JOANA LIMA

“…The results show that the countryside is imagined as a space opposed to the negative aspects of the urban space, ideal for resting, recovering forces and living as a family, often associated with the possibility of getting to know the “ancient” and “traditions”. …”
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Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Manevi İyi Oluşlarının Açıklanmasında Psikolojik Esneklik ve Çeşitli Demografik Değişkenlerin Rolü by Ozan Selçuk, Zeki Karataş

“…Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak Manevi İyi Oluş Ölçeği, Psikolojik Esneklik Ölçeği ve Kişisel Bilgi Formu kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler ANOVA testi, t-testi ve çoklu regresyon analizi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. …”
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PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS AN ELEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM OF STATISTICS EDUCATION by N. B. Golovanova, A. V. Soroko

“…The importance of statistics information system creation and its role in the formation of information resources for state management in the field of education are evaluated. …”
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Stress and Coping of Parents with Children Seeking Treatment from a Tertiary Care Mental Health Institute by Stuti Sharma Lohar, Arunjyoti Baruah, Sandeep Kollipara

“…Socio-demographic pro forma, parental stress scale, and ways of coping (revised) were used for data collection after ethical clearance and written permission from concerned authorities. …”
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First record of economically important big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810, Pisces: Atherinidae) with some biological parameters from Reyhanlı Dam Lake, Türkiye by Şimşek Emrah

“…Within the scope of the traceability of a newly formed ecosystem, it would be beneficial to more extensively investigate this species in terms of the food web, population dynamics, etc. …”
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Cosmologies with Scalar Fields from Higher Dimensions Applied to Bianchi Type VIh=-1 Model: Classical and Quantum Solutions by J. Socorro, L. Toledo Sesma, Luis O. Pimentel

“…Also the corresponding Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) equation in the context of Standard Quantum Cosmology is solved, building a wavepacket when the scalar fields have a hyperbolic behavior, obtaining some qualitative results when we analyze the projection plane to the wall formed by the probability density. Bohm’s formalism for this cosmological model is revisited too.…”
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Who is engaging with lateral flow testing for COVID-19 in the UK? The COVID-19 Rapid Survey of Adherence to Interventions and Responses (CORSAIR) study by Nicola T Fear, Susan Michie, Richard Amlot, G James Rubin, Louise E Smith, Henry WW Potts

“…Objectives To investigate uptake of lateral flow testing, reporting of test results and psychological, contextual and socio-demographic factors associated with testing.Design A series of four fortnightly online cross-sectional surveys.Setting Data collected from 19 April 2021 to 2 June 2021.Participants People living in England and Scotland, aged 18 years or over, excluding those who reported their most recent test was a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (n=6646, n≈1600 per survey).Main outcome measures Having completed at least one lateral flow test (LFT) in the last 7 days.Results We used binary logistic regressions to investigate factors associated with having taken at least one LFT. …”
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