CO₂ Sequestration in a Carbonate Saline Aquifer: An Investigation into the Roles of Natural Fractures and Well Placement by Abdulrahim K. Al Mulhim, Mojdeh Delshad, Kamy Sepehrnoori

“…CO₂ sequestration is considered one of the main pillars in achieving the ongoing decarbonization efforts. A myriad of CO₂ sequestration projects targeted sandstone reservoirs since carbonate reservoirs appeared to be unpropitious due to their geological complexity and unfavorable mineralogy and properties. …”
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Service Life Assessment of Historical Building Envelopes Constructed Using Different Types of Sandstone: A Computational Analysis Based on Experimental Input Data by Václav Kočí, Jiří Maděra, Jan Fořt, Jaromír Žumár, Milena Pavlíková, Zbyšek Pavlík, Robert Černý

“…In addition, the investigations reveal the importance of the material characteristics of sandstones, in particular the hygric properties, on their service life in a structure.…”
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Effect of vehicle operating parameters on fuel consumption and the overall energy efficiency of the drive system by Jaroslaw Gonera, Michał Janulin, Oleksandr Vrublevskyi

“…The proposed methodology is relevant for evaluating vehicles with different drive systems (including hybrid) and adapting drive characteristics to the operating conditions. …”
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Design and Analysis of Compact High–Performance Lithium–Niobate Electro–Optic Modulator Based on a Racetrack Resonator by Zixin Chen, Jianping Li, Weiqin Zheng, Hongkang Liu, Quandong Huang, Ya Han, Yuwen Qin

“…In this paper, we propose an improved theoretical model of a chip-scale electro-optic (EO) microring modulator (EO-MRM) based on X-cut lithium–niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) with a hybrid architecture consisting of a 180-degree Euler bend in the coupling region, double-layer metal electrode structure, and ground–signal–signal–ground (G-S-S-G) electrode configuration, which can realize highly comprehensive performance and a compact footprint. …”
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Enhancing the photocatalytic performance and chemical durability of AZ31 magnesium alloy by incorporating two types of nanoparticles through plasma electrolytic oxidation by Mosab Kaseem, Abdullah H. Alluhayb, Talitha Tara Thanaa, Arash Fattah-alhosseini, Mohammad Alkaseem

“…The dual incorporation resulted in a hybrid film exhibiting a corrosion current density value of 7.57 × 10−11 A/cm2 and a high outer layer resistance of 5.17 × 107 Ω.cm2. …”
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Improving the Reporting of Primary Care Research: Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care—the CRISP Statement by Phillips William R., Sturgiss Elizabeth, Glasziou Paul, olde Hartman Tim C., Orkin Aaron M., Prathivadi Pallavi, Reeve Joanne, Russell Grant M., van Weel Chris

“…Research in this field uses varied research methods and study designs to investigate myriad topics. The diversity of PC presents challenges for reporting, and despite the proliferation of reporting guidelines, none focuses specifically on the needs of PC. …”
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Ketamina en el manejo del dolor oncológico by Secundino González Pardo, Widmark Báez Morales, Francisco López-Muñoz

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IMCMK-CNN: A lightweight convolutional neural network with Multi-scale Kernels for Image-based Malware Classification by Dandan Zhang, Yafei Song, Qian Xiang, Yang Wang

“…The research into the direction of malware detection is dedicated to surmounting the limitations of conventional detection methodologies, and delves deeply into the application of cutting-edge technologies such as data visualization, machine learning, and hybrid detection within the realm of malware detection. …”
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Deep Learning Applications in Ionospheric Modeling: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities by Renzhong Zhang, Haorui Li, Yunxiao Shen, Jiayi Yang, Wang Li, Dongsheng Zhao, Andong Hu

“…Looking ahead, research will focus on developing hybrid models that integrate physical modeling with deep learning, exploring adaptive learning algorithms and multi-modal data fusion techniques to enhance long-term predictive capabilities, particularly in addressing the impact of climate change on the ionosphere. …”
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Friction Properties of Alumina–Silicon Carbide–Silver–Graphene Nanoplatelet Self-Lubricating Composite Prepared by SPS Technique by Viktor Puchý, Jana Andrejovská, Richard Sedlák, Róbert Džunda, František Kromka, Ivan Petryshynets, Mária Podobová, Ladislav Falat

“…The findings of this study propose a novel material design approach for developing self-lubricating ceramic composites with hybrid solid lubricants.…”
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Child Sexual Abuse Attributions: Are They Different Depending on Mothers versus Fathers’ Reactions? by Eunice Magalhães, Andreia Gomes, João Graça, Carla Antunes, Inês Chim, Célia Ferreira, Patrício Costa

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Natural repeated backcrosses lead to triploidy and tetraploidy in parthenogenetic butterfly lizards (Leiolepis: Agamidae) by Eduard Galoyan, Roman Nazarov, Marie Altmanová, Sergey Matveevsky, Ivan Kropachev, Dmitrij Dedukh, Eugene Iryshkov, Mark Pankin, Natalia Sopilko, Oleg Nikolaev, Nikolai Orlov, Marine Arakelyan, Jiří Klíma, Evgeniya Solovyeva, Tao Nguyen, Lukáš Kratochvíl

“…Contrary to previous proposals, we document that parthenogenetic L. guentherpetersi has mitochondrial DNA and two haploid sets from L. guttata and one from L. reevesii, suggesting that it is the result of a backcross of a parthenogenetic L. guttata × L. reevesii hybrid with a L. guttata male increasing ploidy from 2n to 3n. …”
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Morphometric and Molecular Characterization of Fasciola spp. in Livestock From Northwestern Provinces of Iran by Hossein Galavani, Saber Raeghi, Mehdi Karamian, Negin Torabi, Ali Haniloo

“…Similarly, PCR‐RFLP analysis of ITS1 region confirmed morphometric results. No hybrid forms of Fasciola were detected. Partial sequences of cox1 showed 13 variable sites with eight haplotypes in F. hepatica and 12 variable sites with five haplotypes in F. gigantica. …”
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Rituales políticos, sexuales y sagrados en la literatura del siglo XIX. El Matadero como espacio de transición y mezcla by Lucía  Caminada Rossetti

“…In this article, The Slaughterhouse will be considered as foundational book of the Argentinian narrative that coin analytic notions and categories that give place to a pertinent approach at the moment of theorized the space as hybrid and mixed. Also in the frame of the Latin-american literature, the slaughterhouse functions as a spatial dislocation represented trough diverse rituals allowing the visualization of relations and tensions in the confrontation's bonds that are particular of this way to face the political, the sexual and the otherness. …”
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Evaluation of the Content Validity of the COVID-19 Symptoms Daily Diary by Dine J, Guan Y, Milien M, Ervin C, Byrne DD, Brown ML, De Anda C, Norquist JM

“…This research also sought to evaluate the appropriateness of a newly developed Pre–COVID-19 Symptoms Questionnaire.Methods: A targeted literature review was completed to evaluate the relevance of concepts included in the diary and to identify any important symptoms that may have been missing. Hybrid (concept elicitation and cognitive debriefing) semistructured qualitative interviews were then conducted across 3 iterative rounds with 30 adults in the United States recently diagnosed with COVID-19.Results: The CSDD included concepts that were most frequently reported by interview participants, including those identified as most bothersome and most important to treat. …”
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Emotional impact on healthcare providers involved in medical assistance in dying (MAiD): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis by Alexander Simpson, Alireza Bagheri, Saumil Yogendra Dholakia

“…Background Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) traverses challenging and emotionally overwhelming territories: healthcare providers (HCPs) across jurisdictions experience myriad of affective responses secondary to possible tensions between normative and interwoven values, such as sanctity of life, dignity in death and dying and duty to care.Objective To determine the emotional impact on HCPs involved in MAiD.Methods Inclusion restricted to English language qualitative research studies from four databases (OVID Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL and Scopus), from beginning until 30 April 2021, and grey literature up to August 2021 were searched. …”
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The future of flourishing in veterinary medicine: a systems-informed positive psychology approach in veterinary education by Virginia K. Corrigan, Rebecca L. Newman, Philip Richmond, Elizabeth B. Strand, Josh M. Vaisman

“…Strengthening the individual and collective wellbeing of veterinary professionals has the potential to enhance the quality of care provided to animals, which has myriad positive implications for animal caregivers, their communities, the environment, and society.…”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Fails to Enhance Antibody Response to Omicron Variant in Reinfected Healthcare Workers by Leire Fernández-Ciriza, Álvaro González, José Luis del Pozo, Alejandro Fernandez-Montero, Francisco Carmona-Torre, Paula Martínez de Aguirre, María del Mar Sarasa, Silvia Carlos, Gabriel Reina

“…Overall, the booster dose failed to enhance humoral response in individuals reinfected with the Omicron variant after receiving it. Hybrid immunity and mRNA-based vaccine initial schedules showed higher levels and longer persistence of antibodies.…”
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Sediment Transport Pathways: Sand Apron Bars and Islands of Tokelau and Kiribati, Central Pacific by Eugene C. Rankey, Tion Uriam, Mika Perez

“…Each of these shifts is manifest as migration of sediment of island beaches and bar forms, but the character varies markedly—bars form new islands, others erode and disappear; some changes are cyclic, others are directional, still others are hybrid; sediment can be transported lagoonward, oceanward, along the reef flat, or in combinations thereof; and migration rates reach up to 10 s of m/month. …”
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Exogenous plasmid capture to characterize tetracycline-resistance plasmids in sprouts obtained from retail in Germany by Maria Stein, Erik Brinks, Diana Habermann, Gyu-Sung Cho, Charles M. A. P. Franz

“…Sequences were assembled using Unicycler hybrid assembly. Most of the captured long plasmids carried either the tet(A) or tet(D) resistance gene, belonged to the IncFI or IncFII replicon types, and were predicted as conjugative. …”
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