Cohort profile: the Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) from 2016 to 2023 – cohort description, test volumes, predictors of viraemia and the road ahead by Tracy Glass, Frédérique Chammartin, Jochen Ehmer, Thomas Klimkait, Alain Amstutz, Josephine Muhairwe, Irene Ayakaka, Blaise Lukau, Jennifer Anne Brown, Lipontso Motaboli, Malebanye Lerotholi, Maurus Kohler, Kathrin Haenggi, Moliehi Mokete, Makobefo Gladys Chakela, Mpho Kao, Mathebe Kopo, Moleboheng Mokebe, Lorena Urda, Bienvenu Lengo Nsakala, Anna Klicpera, Nadine Tschumi, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

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Association of Social Engagement with Brain Volumes Assessed by Structural MRI by Bryan D. James, Thomas A. Glass, Brian Caffo, Jennifer F. Bobb, Christos Davatzikos, David Yousem, Brian S. Schwartz

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How Architecture Builds Intelligence: Lessons from AI by Nikos A. Salingaros

“…However, the contemporary built environment consisting of raw concrete, plate glass, and exposed steel sharply contrasts with natural geometries. …”
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Learning from the use of media in community-led design projects by Alexiou K., Alevizou K., Zamenopoulos T., deSousa S., Dredge L.

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Hellenistic and Roman gems and jewellery from south-western Turkey by Lafli, E., Henig, M.

“…They are significant, as very few gemstones have been published from southern Ionia and from the whole of Caria. …”

Gentrification in the Global South: new insights from Chinese Studies by Haotian Guan, Huhua Cao

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Perivascular space imaging during therapy for medulloblastoma. by Ruitian Song, John O Glass, Shengjie Wu, Yimei Li, Giles W Robinson, Amar Gajjar, Thomas E Merchant, Wilburn E Reddick

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Synthesis and characterization of nano dicalcium phosphate dihydrate from biogenic sources by Md. Kawcher Alam, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Mofassel Hossen Akash, Muhammad Shahriar Bashar, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed

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An Updated Demographic Profile of Orthopaedic Surgery Using a New ABOS Data Set by Lindsey S. Caldwell, MD, Natalie Glass, PhD, Gregory P. Guyton, MD, David W. Elstein, BA, Charles L. Nelson, MD, FAOA

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Effect of Various Foaming Agents on Ceramic Foam from Solid Waste by Chenglin Zhao, Chunmin Wang, Zichen Xia, Congcong Jiang, Yiran Dong, Zihao Lan

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How to Read (With) Benjamin: From Cultural History of Materialism to Materialist History of Culture by Patrick Healy, Andrej Radman

“…He posited the tectonic unconscious and the deployment of optical instruments as crucial for understanding the development which architecture carried from the luxus capitalist forms of commodity. In light of technical innovations in iron and glass, it expressed a form of projective dream work of the architectural around material realisations as products of the industrial revolution, with long consequences for the future.…”
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Removal of Organic Impurities from Water Using a Reactor with Photoactive Refill by Joanna Grzechulska-Damszel

“…The aim of the presented work was the removal of phenol from water using a reactor with photoactive refill. …”
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MINERALOGY OF COPPER SLAGS FROM THE SYSERT IRON-WORKING PLANT, CENTRAL URALS by Yu.V. Erokhin, V.S. Ponomarev, A.V. Zakharov, L.V. Leonova

“…The slags are composed of a fayalite-hedenbergite aggregate with a significant amount of sulfides (troilite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite and unknown Cu-Fe phases), as well as magnetite, glass and native copper. The slags formed as a result of blast-furnace copper production of oxidized iron ores with a high Cu content, which were extracted at the Gumeshka mine near the town of Polevskoy. …”
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Immobilisation of Higher Activity Wastes from Nuclear Reactor Production of 99Mo by Martin W. A. Stewart, Eric R. Vance, Sam A. Moricca, Daniel R. Brew, Catherine Cheung, Tina Eddowes, Walter Bermudez

“…A variety of intermediate- and low-level liquid and solid wastes are produced from reactor production of 99Mo using UAl alloy or UO2 targets and in principle can be collectively or individually converted into waste forms. …”
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Profile of Egyptian pediatrics with COVID-19: insights from healthcare providers in Egypt by Salma ZEl Houchi, Hanaa I. Rady, Iman Iskander, Tamer Abdel Hamid, Salma Abdelrehim Seddik, Amira Aly Hegazy, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Mohamed Eissa, Sherine Khamis Hussein, Dina Hanoura, Miriam Magdy Aziz, Remon Magdy, Heba Ahmed ElAwady, Esraa A. Elmazzahy

“…Infants are more vulnerable to severe forms of the disease.…”
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Respirable Particles and Gas Contaminants Emissions from a Desktop Laser Cutter and Engraver by Kevin O’Neill, Xinyi Niu, Jun Wang, Runcheng Fang

“…The extremely high emission highlighted the potential of ultrafine particle exposures and health risks from cutting cardboard. Conversely, glass demonstrated excellent resilience to thermal cutting, resulting in lower particle emissions. …”
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Factors Contributing to Retention in Care and Treatment Adherence Among People Living With HIV Returning to Care in South-Eastern Tanzania: A Qualitative Study by Matimbwa H, Lolo SA, Matoy LS, Ndaki R, Ngahyoma S, Mollel HA, Luoga E, Vanobberghen F, Vianney JM, Idindili B, Weisser M

“…Factors promoting retention and adherence were improved health through ART, trust in healthcare services, counseling, health education, clinic follow-up, longer drug refill periods, and family support.Conclusion: Our study highlights persisting stigmatization contributing to dropping from care, with strong family and social support improving adherence and clinic attendance. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFICIENCY IN SOME COUNTIES FROM ROMANIA AND POLAND by OANA TIRTOACA (IRIMIA), PRZYDATEK GRZEGORZ

“…Two counties mainly difference composition of municipal waste with predominance of biodegradable waste (60 %) in Bacau County and glass waste (35 %) in Nowy Sącz County with raw material properties. …”
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Metal Content and Stable Isotope Determination in Some Commercial Beers from Romanian Markets by Cezara Voica, Dana-Alina Magdas, Ioana Feher

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Biocompatibility of new cement based capping material prepared from eggshell and biopolymer (chitosan). by Hemn M. Sarmamy, Dara H. Saeed

“…The animals were divided into 3 groups, five rabbits for each group, for three time intervals (7, 14, and 21 days).Four specimens (4 mm long and 1 mm inner diameter) were inserted for each animal according to the following groups; Group 1: Empty pockets (control), Group 2: The Experimental material with a powder/liquid ratio of1 scoop: 8 drops by using glass slab with aid of cement metal spatula, Group 3: Mineral trioxide aggregate MTA which was mixed according to manufacturing instructions and Group 4: Biodentine which was mixed according to manufacturing instructions. …”
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