The Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(methyl methacrylate-tourmaline acrylate) by Yingmo Hu, Xubo Chen, Yunhua Li

“…The results from the negative ions measurement revealed that the amounts of released negative ions from both the modified tourmaline and its copolymer are much larger than that of tourmaline.…”
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Drought risk management in agricultural sector with an emphasis on the socioeconomic dimension under Fuzzy Logic in the Sistan region by Zahra Sarani, Ali Sardar Shahraki, Mahdi Safdari

“…This research aims to deal with drought risk management in the agricultural sector considering its socioeconomic dimensions. In this respect, the most important dimensions and criteria of agricultural risk management were identified and prioritized based on the opinions of participants (including farmers and experts) using the fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) with the Decision Support System (DSS) approach. …”
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Immune Tolerance Regulation Is Critical to Immune Homeostasis by Lei Han, Tianxiang Wu, Qin Zhang, Anning Qi, Xiaohui Zhou

“…It is currently accepted that immune tolerance is a dynamic outcome regulated by multiple factors, including central and peripheral mechanisms. Its induction or elimination plays a significant role in autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation, and cancer therapy, markedly impacting various major diseases in modern clinical practice. …”
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Novel techniques for efficient PAPR reduction in NOMA systems for future wireless networks by Inam Abousaber, Amira A. Mohamed, Haitham F. Abdallah

“…ISPR, on the other hand, employs iterative phase rotation without side information, balancing performance with lower complexity, making it suitable for resource-constrained applications. …”
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PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS AN ELEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM OF STATISTICS EDUCATION by N. B. Golovanova, A. V. Soroko

“…The importance of statistics information system creation and its role in the formation of information resources for state management in the field of education are evaluated. …”
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Integrating manual annotation with deep transfer learning and radiomics for vertebral fracture analysis by Jing Wang, Zhirui Dong, Huanxin He, Zhiyang Gao, Yukai Huang, Guangcheng Yuan, Libo Jiang, Mingdong Zhao

“…Feature fusion further boosted AUCs to 1.000 (training) and 0.964 (test). DCA validated its clinical significance. Conclusion The feature fusion model enhances the differential diagnosis of acute and chronic VCFs, outperforming single-model approaches and offering a valuable decision-support tool for patients unable to undergo spinal MRI.…”
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PATHOGENETIC ROLE OF THROMBOCYTES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE PATHOLOGY OF THE THYROID GLAND by I. Yu. Bahmut, O. O. Halmyz, S. М. Hramatiuk, A. V. Titkova

“…As a result of this study, it was found that ADP-induced aggregation, that is, its parameters depend on the concentration of the aggregation inductor. …”
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Impact of Treatment on Rate of Biphasic Reaction in Children with Anaphylaxis by William Bonadio, Connor Welsh, Brad Pradarelli, Yunfai Ng

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The Reach of Depression Screening Preceding Treatment: Are There Patterns of Patients' Self-Selection? by Dea Ajduković, Mirjana Pibernik-Okanović, Mario Šekerija, Norbert Hermanns

“…This study evaluated the reach of depression screening followed by treatment programs for subsyndromal depression and explored demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who were reached versus those who were not. A two-item Patient Health Questionnaire-Depression was sent to 4196 type 2 diabetic patients. …”
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Intracranial Gliofibroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Patricia Gargano, Graciela Zuccaro, Fabiana Lubieniecki

“…Currently, the tumor is not listed as a distinct entity in the current World Health Organization (WHO) classification of central nervous system tumors. As its biological behavior, histogenesis, and prognostic factors are still debated, the aim of this paper was to describe a case of a gliofibroma and to update the data about these lesions. …”
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Dépôts et pratiques symboliques dans l’établissement aristocratique gaulois de Varennes-sur-Seine, la Justice (Seine-et-Marne) by Jean-Marc Séguier, Ginette Auxiette, Fabien Pilon

“…BC and then dismantled, the settlement consists of a main enclosure of 3,500 m2 delimited by ditches and an embankment, within which were grouped various constructions dedicated to housing and storage. With its vast courtyard in front and at least two side courtyards, the site, monumentalized by its linear organization, occupies an area estimated between 6 and 11 ha. …”
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Digital economy and education in China: globalisation and cyber sovereignty by M. Yu. Zakharov, A. V. Shishkova

“…Special attention is given to the problem of cyber sovereignty. Within its framework, three main types of security that the Chinese information sphere concentrates on are analysed: computer, cognitive, information and psychological…”
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Analyzing Maternal Needs for “Internet+ Nursing Service” After Hospital Discharge: A SERVQUAL-KANO Model Approach by Ding L, Ding Y, Wang Y, Li X, Liu Y

“…The must-be and one-dimensional need attributes of maternity are mainly tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, and assurance dimensions, and empathy and economy are attractive attributes. Two items within the tangibles dimension, namely ease of operation of the platform and nurses’ dress code, were deemed to be indifferent attributes. …”
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Growth of the prefrontal cortical glioblastoma altered cognitive and emotional behaviors via mediating miRNAs and GABA-A receptor signaling pathways in rats by Sepide Nateghi, Ameneh Rezayof, Fatemeh Kouhkan, Ladan Delphi, Yavar Bagheri Davisaraei, Fatemeh Rostami, Fatemeh Tirgar, Houri Sepehri

“…The present study investigated the impact of GABAergic signaling and miRNA expression on glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) growth within the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and its associated cognitive and emotional impairments. …”
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Analysis of legislative acts in water management by J. Nesiba, R. Cuhlova

“…A total of 12,272 legislative acts is analyzed during three phases of Czech modern history: 1990-1992 (Czechoslovakia), 1993-2003 (Czech Republic before its accession to the European Union), and 2004-2019 (Czech Republic in the European Union). …”
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Teaching Academic English to Russian-speaking Academic Staff: The Case of the Office of Academic Writing by M. A. Chernysheva, A. O. Kozlova, E. V. Donova

“…Upon completion of these programs, authors of scientific papers gain knowledge about the basics of academic writing, the structure of a scientific paper, the English scientific style and its lexical and grammatical features, as well as editing a paper, working with scientific citation databases, and elaborating a publishing strategy. …”
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Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A causes reproductive damage in F1 male rabbits due to inflammation and oxidative stress by Qianhui Zhao, Jialu Pan, Yongzhan Bao, Xiao Wang, Wanyu Shi

“…Concerns have been expressed regarding its possible detrimental consequences, especially on the reproductive system of mammals. …”
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Retrospective, Non-Interventional, Multicenter Study on the Effectiveness and Safety of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guerin in Patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: R... by Panagiotis Angelopoulos, Titos Markopoulos, Lazaros Lazarou, Andreas Skolarikos, Panagiotis Stamatakos, Georgios I. Papadopoulos, Charalampos Fragkoulis, Konstantinos Ntoumas, Napoleon Moulavasilis, Panagiotis Levis, Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Ioannis Sokolakis, Konstantinos Hatzimouratidis, Charalampos Tzanetakos, Marina Psarra, George Mavridoglou, Konstantinos Skriapas, Dimitra Akrivou, Dimitrios Karagiannis, Christos Noutsos, Andreas Georgiou, Konstantinos Hastazeris, George Gourzoulidis, Dionysios Mitropoulos

“…Background: While the clinical application of SII-ONCO-Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is well established in Greece, there is a lack of real-world data on its effectiveness and safety. This retrospective, observational, multicenter, chart-review study aims to provide real-life data on the effectiveness and safety of SII-ONCO-BCG in patients with intermediate- and high-risk NMIBC. …”
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Photonic Wannier-Stark Ladder from Coupled Electromagnetic Cavities by Shahzad Anwar, Sucheng Li, Weixin Lu, Bo Hou

“…We have investigated the photonic Wannier-Stark ladder in the system of coupled electromagnetic cavities, which consists of a stack of metallic plates structured with subwavelength apertures and where the tilted potential effect is mimicked by imposing the gradient variation of refractive index. Making an analogy to its quantum counterpart and assuming the translational property of its solutions, we have shown the photonic ladder has the eigenenergies, that is, frequencies, in a geometrical series. …”
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Tajikistan’s business sector for years of independence: problems and development models by A. A. Urunov, I. M. Morozova, K. K. Zoidov, M. G. Mansurova

“…The measures aimed at improving the business climate, overcoming regional and sectoral fragmentation of the economy of Tajikistan, ensuring its sustainable and balanced development are proposed. …”
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