Russia’s Network Diplomacy in Eurasia: From the EAEU to the Greater Eurasian Partnership by Valeriia I. Bulva, Alexander K. Bobrov

“…It was revealed that in Eurasia Russia is able to address multiple issues concurrently through the network diplomacy. …”
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Cysteine Rich Intestinal Protein 2 is a copper-responsive regulator of skeletal muscle differentiation and metal homeostasis. by Odette Verdejo-Torres, David C Klein, Lorena Novoa-Aponte, Jaime Carrazco-Carrillo, Denzel Bonilla-Pinto, Antonio Rivera, Arpie Bakhshian, Fa'alataitaua M Fitisemanu, Martha L Jiménez-González, Lyra Flinn, Aidan T Pezacki, Antonio Lanzirotti, Luis Antonio Ortiz Frade, Christopher J Chang, Juan G Navea, Crysten E Blaby-Haas, Sarah J Hainer, Teresita Padilla-Benavides

“…Copper (Cu) is essential for various cellular processes, including respiration and stress response, but imbalances can cause serious health issues. …”
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Which Metrics Can I Monitor? Test-Retest Reliability of Countermovement Jump and Countermovement Rebound Jump Force-Time Metrics in Youth Soccer Players In-Season by Andrew Badby, Paul Comfort, Nicholas Ripley, Matthew Cuthbert, Francisco Robles-Palazón, Peter Mundy, John McMahon

“…Practitioners should consider applying a combination of CMJ outcome, strategy, and kinetic metrics in their monitoring processes. The CMRJ test is a less feasible yet reliable fast SSC test which can be utilised for monitoring acute changes in NMF in youth soccer players in-season and can be considered an appropriate alternative to the drop jump (DJ) test as it overcame issues in DJ fall height variability identified in previous research, where acceptable reliability was demonstrated in CMJ portion bodyweight and all outcome metrics. …”
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MODEL OF AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION by A. L. Bolsherotov

“…Every year, environmental issues are becoming more and more critical. Experts predict no more than ten years of reaching the point of no return when environmental problems will move into a phase of uncontrolled chaos. …”
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Neuro-Mimetic Developmental Architecture for Continual Learning Through Self-Organizing Multimodal Perception Coordination by Farhan Dawood, Naoki Masuyama, Chu Kiong Loo

“…These methods often struggle with issues such as catastrophic forgetting and stability-plasticity trade-offs. …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Triterpenoids in Fat-Containing Products by Elena V. Averyanova, Marina N. Shkolnikova, Olga V. Chugunova

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The Effect of Certification and Product Knowledge on Instant Food Purchasing Decisions through Halal Awareness: The Moderating Role of Religiosity by Zamratul Akbar, Agustina Shinta Hartati Wahyuningtiyas, Riyanti Isaskar

“…Purpose: In light of these issues, this research examines how halal certification and knowledge of halal products affect instant food purchase decisions through halal awareness moderated by religiosity. …”
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Labour Education and Vocational Training in Germany: A Brief Historical Review by E. Yu. Esenina, L. N. Kurteeva, S. A. Osadcheva, A. I. Satdykov, H Kress

“…A historical overview is often quite useful in search for answers to some pressing issues. Learning from others can also help to cope with separate current problems. …”
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Pre-alerts from critical care ambulances to trauma centers: a quantitative survey of trauma team leaders in Ontario, Canada by Tara Williams, Brodie Nolan, Melissa McGowan, Tania Johnston, Sonja Maria, Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt

“…The survey achieved good geographical representation. Given the current processes, TTLs describe moderate satisfaction with room for improvement (median score 3, IQR 3–4 on a 5-point Likert scale). …”
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Energy Consumption Modeling for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Wireless Sensor Network Devices: Entire Modes and Operation Cycles Considerations by Canek Portillo, Jorge Martinez-Bauset, Vicent Pla, Vicente Casares-Giner

“…As sensor nodes are battery-constrained, a fundamental issue in WSN is energy consumption. Additional issues also arise in heterogeneous scenarios due to the coexistence of sensor nodes with different features. …”
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Ratiometric fluorescence sensor for Cu2+ detection based on opposite responses of two fluorescence reagents to SBA-15 substrate by Maryam Nouri, Leila Hajiaghababaei, Alireza Badiei, Faezeh Khalilian, Ali Mazloomifar

“…Abstract One of the many environmental contamination issues around the world is the safer detection or sensing of heavy metal ions. …”
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Exploring students’ perceptions of the design and use of the Moodle learning management system by Dimah Al-Fraihat, Abdulaziz M. Alshahrani, Maram Alzaidi, Aijaz A. Shaikh, Mohammed Al-Obeidallah, Manaf Al-Okaily

“…Universities have been utilizing various synchronous and asynchronous methods embedded in digital learning tools to continue the teaching-learning process. Among these tools, known as learning management systems (LMSs), Moodle holds a distinct position due to its scalability, user-friendliness, and ease of use. …”
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Health Care Professionals’ Concerns About Medical AI and Psychological Barriers and Strategies for Successful Implementation: Scoping Review by Nora Arvai, Gellért Katonai, Bertalan Mesko

“…ResultsIn total, 3 themes were identified through the process of thematic analysis. National surveys performed among HCPs aimed to comprehensively analyze their current emotions, worries, and attitudes regarding the integration of AI in the medical industry. …”
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MultiDistiller: Efficient Multimodal 3D Detection via Knowledge Distillation for Drones and Autonomous Vehicles by Binghui Yang, Tao Tao, Wenfei Wu, Yongjun Zhang, Xiuyuan Meng, Jianfeng Yang

“…Additionally, during the model lightweighting process, issues such as multimodal feature coupling failure and the imbalance between classification and localization performance often arise. …”
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Requirements of Patients Undergoing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Preparation for Discharge from the Hospital -A Qualitative Study by Chen N, Zou Q, Gu C, Cheng Q

“…The interview contents were transcribed verbatim, and thematic analysis was conducted to identify and refine themes and sub-themes.Results: After analyzing the interview data, we identified four themes and eleven sub-themes that encapsulate the discharge readiness needs of patients undergoing UKA and nearing discharge, as follows: (1) Demand for guidance on rehabilitative functional exercises, which includes rehabilitation functional exercise knowledge, diversified teaching methods, demand for promoting adherence to rehabilitative functional exercises; (2) Demands for knowledge and skills related to disease management, encompassing knowledge of wound care, Pain management and medication safety guidance, daily life guidance, caregiver caregiving knowledge; (3) Psychological support needs, including anxiety and lack of confidence in rehabilitation, need for establishing an emotional support system; (4) Continuity of care needs, including featuring tele-information support and advisory services and home rehabilitation plan.Conclusion: Patients undergoing UKA face various issues and needs during the discharge preparation process. …”
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Immunotherapy of <i>Candida</i> spp.-caused infections: myth or reality? by Sofia N. Khostelidi, N. B. Serebryanaya

“…Candidiasis is a mycosis caused by opportunistic pathogenic Candida spp. fungi. The infectious process can manifest as superficial forms affecting the skin and mucous membranes, as well as invasive variants. …”
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Street art cannot do redevelopment by itself by Simona Capodimonti

“…Moby Dick: an artist who has always been involved in environmental issues, who with his works draws attention to animal species, espe-cially endangered ones.…”
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Digital Literacy and the Livelihood Resilience of Livestock Farmers: Empirical Evidence from the Old Revolutionary Base Areas in Northwest China by Xuefeng Ma, Liang Cheng, Yahui Li, Minjuan Zhao

“…At the same time, in the process of promoting digital rural areas, attention should be paid to the psychological isolation issues that the network era brings to farmers.…”
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Medical negligence claims and the health and life satisfaction of Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey by Anthony Scott, Marie Bismark, Owen M Bradfield, Matthew Spittal

“…This may be because: (1) prior studies failed to adequately address issues of causation and confounding; or (2) legal processes governing medical negligence claims in Australia cause less distress compared with those in other jurisdictions. …”
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An improved lightweight tongue segmentation model with self-attention parallel network and progressive upsampling by Xuan Wang, Yifang Cao, Yijia Chen, Huixia Li, Aiqing Han, Yan Tang

“…This paper introduces an improved model called Parallel Attention and Progressive Upsampling for Tongue Segmentation (PAPU_TonSeg), based on the Segformer architecture, to address the issues of inaccurate and blurred tongue edge segmentation in tongue semantic segmentation. …”
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