Kidney and Bladder Transplantation: Advances, Barriers, and Emerging Solutions by Gani Kuttymuratov, Timur Saliev, Ardak Ainakulov, Askar Ayaganov, Kuat Oshakbayev, Daulet Zharassov, Abdurakhman Tuleuzhan, Nurlybek Uderbayev

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Use of modern family planning methods and its association with quality of life among Rwandan women: a multi-center cross-sectional study by Uwineza Mireille Aimee, Diomède Ntasumbumuyange, Polyphile Ntihinyurwa, Izere Salomon, Aurore Nishimwe, Stephen Rulisa

“…The type of FP Method was strongly associated with QoL outcomes in all domains, with Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) correlating with the highest scores, particularly in physical functioning (p < 0.001). Rural women reported better general health (p < 0.001) compared to their urban counterparts. …”
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Machine state classification of electric track circuit by means of logistic regression by D. V. Borisenko, I. V. Prisukhina, S. A. Lunev

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Colombia Creativa Artists’ Professionalisation Programme (PPACC - Programa de Profesionalización de Artistas Colombia Creativa): Evaluation of the organisation and musical training... by Oswaldo Lorenzo Quiles, Yuly Rodríguez Ramírez, Ana Lendínez Turón

“…In this sense, an analytical study associated with this area has been conducted to explore the general functioning and achievements in musical training of the Colombia Creativa Artists’ Professionalisation Programme (PPACC - Programa de Profesionalización de Artistas Colombia Creativa), identifying weaknesses, strengths and opportunities for improvement. …”
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Body mass index is associated with subjective workload and REM sleep timing in young healthy adults by Novacic Katharina, Pischke Claudia, von Gall Charlotte

“…Sleep is essential for the homeostasis of various brain and body functions. Timing, duration, and composition of sleep are controlled by internal oscillators. …”
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Extracting Realistic Pedestrian, Cycling, and Driving Street Networks from OpenStreetMap by J. P. Duque, M. A. Brovelli

“…To address this, we propose a methodology which employs a set of filters and post-processing algorithms in a selective removal process to mitigate such inconsistencies and generate networks that are realistic and usable for various applications like routing and analysis. The methodology is designed to be general and globally applicable at the city level. …”
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Optimal control of a reaction-diffusion epidemic model with non-compliance by Marcelo Bongarti, Christian Parkinson, Weinan Wang

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Optimal Design of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Considering Various Sources of Uncertainty by Giacomo Guidotti, Dario Barri, Federico Soresini, Massimiliano Gobbi

“…Although electric machines have always been used in many applications, they are generally designed neglecting the sources of uncertainty, even such uncertainty can lead to significant deterioration of the motor performance. …”
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PREPOSITIONAL CASE IN WRITTEN AND ORAL SPEECH OF FRENCH-RUSSIAN BILINGUALS by Yulia V. Bogoyavlenskaya

“…The article focuses on the peculiarities of the prepositional case: its development and functioning in the speech of French-Russian bilinguals. …”
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Parents’ information needs and perceptions of chatbots regarding self medicating their children by Xueyi Wei, Xiuwen Chen, Liqing Yue, Peng Liao

“…The interview data were analysed using a thematic analysis method. A total of 26 participants were interviewed by trained interviewers. …”
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Papayafreshnet: a hybrid deep learning framework for non-destructive freshness classification of papayas using convolutional and transformer networks by Ayan Sar, Tanupriya Choudhury, Tanmay Sarkar, Ketan Kotecha

“…The findings indicate that PapayaFreshNet functions as an efficient instrument for non-destructive, automated quality control in agricultural and retail, delivering dependable freshness evaluations to improve supply chain efficacy and minimize waste. …”
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NAD-dependent dehydrogenases enable efficient growth of Paracoccus denitrificans on the PET monomer ethylene glycol by Minrui Ren, Danni Li, Holly Addison, Willem E. M. Noteborn, Elisabeth H. Andeweg, Timo Glatter, Johannes H. de Winde, Johannes G. Rebelein, Meindert H. Lamers, Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski

“…Using comparative proteomics, we identify a gene cluster that is strongly expressed in the presence of ethylene glycol. We report the functional and structural characterization of EtgB and EtgA, key enzymes encoded by this etg gene cluster. …”
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Particle‐To‐Field Energy Conversion Inside a Magnetotail Flux Rope by C. X. Du, H. S. Fu, J. B. Cao, E. Grigorenko, Z. Z. Chen, Z. Wang, Z. Z. Guo, Z. Y. Xu, W. D. Fu

“…Continually, based on the analysis of the electron velocity distribution functions and the power spectral density of the parallel electric field, we further discuss that the energy conversion probably results in the enhancement of the parallel electric field due to the anti‐parallel electron nonthermal population. …”
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Perioperative Oral decontamination and ImmunoNuTrition (POINT) to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications in elderly patients scheduled for elective non-cardiac surgeries: pr... by Jing Zhang, Yuguang Huang, Wen Wang, Yuelun Zhang, Xiaochun Zheng, Lu Che, Junping Chen, Lan Yao, Jiawen Yu, Lining Huang, Qianmei Zhu, Lichi Xu, Ji Fu, Meizheng You, Chaolei Liu, Guoping Fan

“…Intention to treat principles will be applied to all outcomes. Descriptive analysis will be used to compare patients’ baseline characteristics. …”
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The fundamental importance of the ban on turning for the worse for the criminal procedure system by K. D. Vanyan, N. N. Lysov, M. T. Tashilin, A. S. Shuisky, I. R. Gilmanov, V. V. Kosterin

“…Both general scientific (analysis, synthesis, systematic method) and specific scientific methods (formal-legal, historical-legal, comparative-legal) of knowledge were also used. …”
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Vocational teacher training in Russia at the present stage: Conceptual aspect by В. A. Fedorov, P. F. Kubrushko, V. V. Dubitskiy, A. V. Feoktistov

“…The first component represents the general methodology, which reveals its history (development stages), role and place in the social, economic and educational system of the country. …”
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Innovative technologies for identifying oral potentially malignant disorders: a systematic review by Supraja Salwaji, Mohan Kumar Pasupuleti, Ravikanth Manyam, Swetha Pasupuleti, Hande Uzunçıbuk, Diana Russo, Gabriele Cervino, Maria Maddalena Marrapodi, Giuseppe Minervini

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Physically secure and fog-enabled lightweight authentication scheme for WBAN by Jegadeesan Subramani, Arun Sekar Rajasekaran, Arunkumar Balakrishnan, G. Anantha Rao

“…However, ensuring secure communication in WBANs remains a critical challenge and is generally insecure against the manipulation of data, breaches of privacy, and unauthorized access. …”
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Graph-based two-level indicator system construction method for smart city information security risk assessment by Li Yang, Kai Zou, Yuxuan Zou

“…Results showed that the two-level indicator system is superior to the general indicator system for risk assessment.…”
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Psychometric Properties of the Self-as-Context Scale with a University Counseling Center Sample by Robert D. Zettle, Grace A. Lyons, Jonathan M. Larson, Christopher Leonard

“…The limitations of the findings and implications for further investigations of the measure’s psychometric and functional properties are discussed.…”
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