Supporting the wounded: Parents of adolescents recovering from substance use disorder by Faith Mathibela, Jan Masombuka

“…Substance use disorder is a critical issue recognised as a chronic, complex health and social condition. …”
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Enzymatic characterization and polyurethane biodegradation assay of two novel esterases isolated from a polluted river. by Arianna Soto-Hernández, Luis Felipe Muriel-Millán, Adolfo Gracia, Alejandro Sánchez-Flores, Liliana Pardo-López

“…The genes were heterologously expressed to determine the capacity of their encoded proteins for Impranil clearing. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of The Extraordinary Territorial Public Health Commissions coordination mechanisms in the COVID-19 response in Republic of Moldova: coordination and cap... by Daniela DEMISCAN

“…Despite 67% of respondents having received training, 94% expressed a need for further support in pandemic management. …”
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Improving topic modeling performance on social media through semantic relationships within biomedical terminology. by Yi Xin, Monika E Grabowska, Srushti Gangireddy, Matthew S Krantz, V Eric Kerchberger, Alyson L Dickson, Qiping Feng, Zhijun Yin, Wei-Qi Wei

“…Topic modeling utilizes unsupervised machine learning to detect underlying themes within texts and has been deployed routinely to analyze social media for insights into healthcare issues. However, the inherent messiness of social media hinders the full realization of this technique's potential. …”
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Assessment of oral hygiene practice among school going children in Ambattur, Chennai District – A cross sectional study by Nagappan Nagappan, S. Shanmugavelu

“…Globally, oral diseases such as dental caries and periodontal issues affect a large portion of children due to poor hygiene practices, high sugar intake, and limited access to dental care. …”
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Highly Efficient In Vitro Reparative Behaviour of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Cultured with Standardised Platelet Lysate Supplementation by Pasquale Marrazzo, Francesco Paduano, Francesca Palmieri, Massimo Marrelli, Marco Tatullo

“…The use of PL in cell cultures did not impair cell surface signature typically expressed by MSCs and even upregulated the transcription of Sox2. …”
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Child welfare worker perspectives on documentation and case recording practices in Canada: A mixed-methods study protocol. by Nathaniel J Pollock, Cassandra Yantha, Lil Tonmyr, Kimberly Jewers-Dailley, Melody E Morton Ninomiya

“…During the development of national child welfare data in Canada, child welfare sector partners expressed concerns about the accuracy and completeness of data about children and families. …”
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Skin irritation testing using human iPSCs derived 3D skin equivalent model. by Hyewon Shin, Se-Eun Kim, C-Yoon Kim, Suemin Lee, Ji-Heon Lee, Jieun Baek, Gujin Chung, Min Woo Kim, Jeong-Seop Oh, Shinhye Park, Yun Hyeong Lee, Youngin Jeong, Jeong Hwan Park, Yoonseo Kim, Myeonghee Lee, Seul-Gi Lee, Hyung Min Chung

“…Histological analysis with hematoxylin and eosin staining confirmed that the hiPSC-SKE recapitulated the layered architecture of native human skin and expressed appropriate epidermal and dermal markers. …”
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Ethical attitudes and perspectives of AI use in medicine between Croatian and Slovenian faculty members of school of medicine: Cross-sectional study. by Štefan Grosek, Stjepan Štivić, Ana Borovečki, Marko Ćurković, Jaro Lajovic, Ana Marušić, Antonija Mijatović, Mirjana Miksić, Suzana Mimica, Eva Škrlep, Kristina Lah Tomulić, Vanja Erčulj

“…It is important to facilitate understanding of the implications of AI use in medicine and set a solid evidence-based ground to tackle ethical and legal issues.…”
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Negative social implications of Amharic proverbs on women, children, and power dynamics in Ethiopian society by Tamirat Taye, Amare Alemu, Gemechis Teshome

“…The selected proverbs were chosen for their clear and direct relevance to issues of gender, authority, and childhood, as evidenced by their recurring themes in cultural narratives. …”
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It Is Not the Huge Enemy: Preservice Teachers’ Evolving Perspectives on AI by Ese Emmanuel Uwosomah, Melinda Dooly

“…The student teachers identify AI as a means to personalize and make language learning more efficient while expressing concerns related to its overuse, ethical issues and potential for undermining critical thinking and creativity. …”
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Analysis of macroeconomic factors influencing on local passenger traffic volume by S. V. Muktepavel

“…The article is devoted to study issues of influence of macroeconomic factors on passenger traffic volume in local communication. …”
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Effects of AI-generated drawing on students’ learning achievement and creativity in an ancient poetry course by Hui-Chun Chu, Chia-Ying Hsu, Chun-Chieh Wang

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Exploring 'spaces for community dialogue' among adults and children in collective identification, sharing and mitigation of HIV/AIDS concerns in Uganda by Saidah Mbooge Najjuma, David Kyaddondo

“…Despite differences in ways of sharing messages, spaces in a community settings were deemed appropriate for dialogue on HIV/AIDS issues.…”
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Advancing Semantic Enrichment Compliance in BIM: An Ontology-Based Framework and IDS Evaluation by Tomo Cerovšek, Mohamed Omar

“…Empirical results from a real project using five IDS tools reveal implementation issues with the classification facet, regular expressions, and issue reporting. …”
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We Are What We Say: Accent-Inclusive Socio-Pragmatic Research in Universities by Billy James Chavalala

“…It advocated for a holistic approach that connects language, identity, and equity, encouraging institutions to create environments where all individuals can express themselves authentically and thrive academically and socially.…”
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Designing a fuzzy system for lung disease diagnosis based on spirometry by firuze ebrahimpoor, vali derhami, mehrdad mostaghaci, mohammad javad zare, Raziyeh Soltani Gerdefaramarzi

“…The knowledge in fuzzy systems expressed as if-then rules, so the obtained knowledge is understandable by humans and can be refined by experts if necessary. …”
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Narrative-Time Techniques in the Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish: The Case of “Madih ul-Zell el-Ali” Ode by Ali salimi, Hamed Poorheshmati

“…Literature also has non-literary implications concerning historical and social issues at critical periods. The issue of time is not ubiquitous not just in dealing with social events, but is necessarily interwoven in contemporary Arab poetry as it requires some kind of communication which includes all the three elements of Past, Present and Future. …”
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The Use and Intentionality of symbols in “Serinmat” by Waleed AL_Nabhani by Jamileh Torabi, Nahedeh Fawzi

“…And it will shed light on his perspectives about controversial issues in the Omanian society. The descriptive analytical approach was used in analyzing the data. …”
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Social Media’s Seductive Spell – Unraveling the Impact on Teen Girls by Manisha Singh Palawat, Gopal Singh Charan, Amanpreet Kaur, Shatrughan Pareek

“…Social media platforms can provide opportunities to connect with peers, express themselves, and explore different identities. …”
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