Distribution of Environmental Phenols into Follicular Fluid and Urine of Women Attending Infertility Clinic by Anna Klimowska, Joanna Jurewicz, Michał Radwan, Paweł Radwan, Paweł Pol, Bartosz Wielgomas

“…Infertility and environmental pollution are two globally prevalent and related issues. To explore women’s reproductive health, the composition of follicular fluid (FF) has been studied and it was found that changes to its composition, including the presence of exogenous chemicals, can adversely affect the fertilization process. …”
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Qualitative research methods in studying the problems of adult population vaccination: relevance and design by M. V. Lopatina, E. A. Krieger, A. V. Kudryavtsev, V. A. Yakovleva, T. R. Nizovtseva, А. V. Kontsevaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) approach of Tailoring Immunization Programs (TIP), Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) tool, developed by the WHO and adapted in several countries to study vaccination issues, and the Rapid Assessment Process method were chosen and adapted for conducting a study in three Russian regions. …”
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A Real-Time Polygonal Wheel-Rail Force Identification Method Based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) by Zeteng Zhang, Jinhai Wang, Jianwei Yang, Dechen Yao

“…Abstract Wheel-rail force identification is one of the most challenging issues in the railway industry, which can provide real-time safety evaluation and fault diagnosis for railway vehciles in operation. …”
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Women's Reproductive Health and Challenges Ahead: A Scoping Review by Somayeh Seddighi, Leila Riahi, Aniseh Nikravan, Leila Doshmangir

“…Among various factors, reproductive health poses significant challenges to women's well-being. Identifying these issues is the crucial first step in the policymaking process. …”
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Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Early Identification of Loess Landslide Hazards: A Comprehensive Approach by Jinyuan Mao, Qiaomei Su, Yueqin Zhu, Yu Xiao, Tianxiao Yan, Lei Zhang

“…High-resolution optical remote sensing combined with field surveys can improve identification accuracy; however, concerns persist regarding issues such as omission and misidentification during hazard identification and monitoring processes. …”
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Effectiveness of climate change education—a meta-analysis by Vanessa Marie-Jane Aeschbach, Martin Schwichow, Martin Schwichow, Werner Rieß

“…Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times. Consequently, climate change education (CCE) should prepare students to mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt to its consequences through promoting climate literacy. …”
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Research on the Optimization of the PID Control Method for an EOD Robotic Manipulator Using the PSO Algorithm for BP Neural Networks by Yunkang Zhou, Xiaohui He, Faming Shao, Xiangpo Zhang

“…To address the vibration issues arising during the manipulator’s motion, B-spline curves are used for trajectory optimization to reduce vibrations. …”
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Enhancing Incentive Schemes in Edge Computing through Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning by Gowtham R, Vatsala Anand, Yadati Vijaya Suresh, Kasetty Lakshmi Narasimha, R. Anil Kumar, V. Saraswathi

“…This paper proposes Chiron, a robustness-aware incentive mechanism designed to address these issues. Chiron employs a hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) framework to optimize resource allocation and ensure fair participation. …”
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The impacts of ageing-related changes on prehospital trauma care for older adults: challenges and future directions by Naif Harthi, Naif Harthi, Steve Goodacre, Fiona C. Sampson

“…Future research should investigate paramedics’ behaviours, decision-making processes, and the feasibility of implementing frailty-based triage in the field. …”
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Experiences of family caregivers of children living with thalassaemia-major in Karachi: a phenomenological study by Sadaf Altaf, Muhammad Asim, Maliha Baqar, Jawaria Mukhtar Ahmed, Nousheen Pradhan

“…Obstacles such as complicated registration processes at thalassaemia-care centres, high costs of chelating agents and blood unavailability were major barriers to seeking care and caregiving. …”
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Prospects for the effective use of irrigated lands in Karakalpakstan in conditions of water resource scarcity by Utambetov Duysenbay, Sagidullaev Amudulla, Sadykov Esbosin, Nurullaev Fayzulla, Polatov Nursultan, Bobojonov Zafar, Sultonov Mukhammad, Normatov Rikhsimurod

“…Thus, in the conditions of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the introduction of a drip irrigation system that supplies plants in accordance with their water consumption is a relevant and modern approach to the issues of saving natural resources, creating optimal water and nutrient regimes in the root layer of the soil, obtaining an early and high-quality harvest of agricultural crops, automation of irrigation processes, preservation of soil fertility and mitigation of the environmental situation of the region.…”
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Letters of the metropolitan of Kaffa to Moscow in 1542 (a study and publication of texts) by Maksim Moiseev

“…The analysis of this document allowed us to make a conclusion about a multifaceted process of forming the complex, the so-called Greek documentation of the Ambassador’s offi ce (Russ. …”
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Design Optimization of a Marine Propeller Shaft for Enhanced Fatigue Life: An Integrated Computational Approach by Víctor Tuninetti, Diego Martínez, Sunny Narayan, Brahim Menacer, Angelo Oñate

“…A Campbell diagram analysis identified potential resonance issues at propeller blade excitation frequencies, leading to a recommended operating speed reduction for a safety margin. …”
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MSU-Net: A Synthesized U-Net for Exploiting Multi-Scale Features in OCT Image Segmentation by Dejie Chen, Xiangping Chen, Hao Gu, Su Zhao, Hao Jiang

“…First, the backbone employs uniform-sized convolutional kernels to process feature maps across all channels within the same layer, resulting in homogeneous receptive fields and a single-scale bottleneck that impedes global contextual feature extraction. …”
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State Estimation for Quadruped Robots on Non-Stationary Terrain via Invariant Extended Kalman Filter and Disturbance Observer by Mingfei Wan, Daoguang Liu, Jun Wu, Li Li, Zhangjun Peng, Zhigui Liu

“…Secondly, the state update process integrates both foot-end velocity and position observations to improve the overall accuracy and comprehensiveness of the estimation. …”
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On the Modular Design Application for the Gas Turbine Sector: A Performance Optimization Approach in the Context of Industry 4.0 by Lucas Chavanel-Precloux, Roland Maranzana, Lucas A. Hof

“…Simulations and comparisons using reported HCs in the literature have been performed to validate the accuracy of the simulation processes. Finally, a study case is presented, placing the MDA in an industrial context to illustrate its benefits and to provide solutions for GT modularity. …”
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Implementation of a heat alert system for clinical staff in an ambulatory setting: A pilot project by Paul F Dellaripa, Candace Feldman, Lydia Gedmintas, Susan Ritter, Caleb Dresser

“…Introduction: Climate change leads to an increasing risk of heat exposure and pre-emptive alerting to patients may be an important intervention to limit health risks related to heat. The process of providing counseling and resources related to impending dangerous heat in an ambulatory clinic setting has not been described. …”
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Dynamic neurocognitive adaptation in aging: Development and validation of a new scale by Filippo Cieri, Giulia Di Francesco, Chad Lee Cross, Andrew Bender, Jessica Zoe Kirkland Caldwell

“…RESULTS Our final scale had 20 items divided among four dimensions: physical, cognitive, creative, and social. There were no issues related to multi‐collinearity or non‐collinearity. …”
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Underground personnel recognition based on low-light enhancement of infrared and visible light image fusion by NAN Jingjing, PAN Hongguang, JIANG Ze, ZHANG Libin, ZHANG Huipeng

“…To address the above issues, a model for underground personnel recognition based on low-light enhancement of infrared and visible light image fusion was proposed. …”
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Validation of the MCNP model of formation of the background wires current of the self-powered neutron detectors of VVER-1000 by V. I. Borysenko, V. V. Goranchuk

“…The article presents the results of the numerical simulation of the signal formation process of the background wires of self-powered neutron detectors (SPND) under the action of gamma radiation in the VVER-1000 core using MCNP code. …”
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