Sleep as a Mediator in the Pathway Linking Environmental Factors to Hypertension: A Review of the Literature by Oluwaseun A. Akinseye, Stephen K. Williams, Azizi Seixas, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Julian Vallon, Ferdinand Zizi, Girardin Jean-Louis

“…The conceptual model proposed in this review offers opportunities to address healthcare disparities in hypertension among African Americans by highlighting the disparate impact that the predictors (environmental factors) and mediator (sleep) have on the African-American community. …”
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A Multiobjective Optimal Operation of a Stand-Alone Microgrid Using SAPSO Algorithm by Guoping Zhang, Weijun Wang, Jie Du, Hua Liu

“…Also, a grey target decision-making theory based on the entropy weight method is proposed to identify the best trade-off scheduling scheme among all the solutions, and the results are compared with those from two other commonly used subjective and objective methods. …”
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The Efficacy of a Multidisciplinary Group Program for Patients with Refractory Chronic Pain by Masayuki Inoue, Shinsuke Inoue, Tatsunori Ikemoto, Young-Chang P Arai, Masatoshi Nakata, Atsuko Miyazaki, Makoto Nishihara, Takashi Kawai, Noboru Hatakeyama, Setsuko Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shimo, Hirofumi Miyagawa, Tomomi Hasegawa, Hiroki Sakurai, Yoshinobu Hasegawa, Yusuke Ohmichi, Takahiro Ushida

“…Seeking only to eliminate pain itself would appear to be too narrow an objective, in addition to often being unachievable; therefore, a multifaceted, comprehensive approach with multiple objectives is needed.…”
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Rhabdomyomatous (Mesenchymal) Hamartoma Presenting as Haemangioma on the Upper Lip: A Case Report with Immunohistochemical Analysis and Treatment with High-Power Lasers by Aluana Dal Vechio, Edgar Nakajima, Décio Pinto, Luciane Hiramatsu Azevedo, Dante A. Migliari

“…When the lesion became smaller, by having its blood content reduced, the upper portion of the lesion was sliced off with CO2 laser and the tissue was sent for microscopic analysis. …”
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Análisis del Referéndum Constitucional 2008 en Ecuador by Adrián López A., Paula Cubillos Celis

“…Se abordan los posibles retos para la política ecuatoriana tras la victoria del Sí con el 63,93% de los votos.This is an analysis of the Constitutional Referendum 2008 in Ecuador through the examination of the political field and its actors. The article offers an interpretation of the dynamics currently at play in the national political arena, based on an analysis of the political campaign and a breakdown of the electoral results. …”
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Les foncières solidaires forestières : protéger, gérer, habiter les forêts autrement by Paul Bresteaux

“…Créées en réaction à une sylviculture industrielle et intensive, elles proposent l’acquisition de foncier forestier à des fins de gestion écologique des forêts. Cet article offre des pistes de réflexion sur le rôle que peuvent jouer les foncières solidaires forestières comme outil de gestion garantissant une meilleure protection des fonctions écologiques des forêts et évoque les autres outils pouvant être mobilisés afin de promouvoir une gestion écologique des forêts. …”
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Católicos carismáticos e as eleições municipais de 2012 by Júlia Miranda

“…It highlights how this new way of doing Politics (a) maintains a close affinity with the organisation and the communal lives led by this segment of the Catholic faith; and (b) offers new perspectives from which to analyse their political participation in local and national elections, including the creation of its own political category, the “charismatic candidate”. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“… "Norovirus" was recently designated as the official genus name for the group of viruses previously described as “Norwalk-like viruses” (NLV). …”
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Determination of oral feeding skills in late preterm, early term, and full-term infants using the neonatal oral feeding monitor (NeoSAFE) by Ayse Ecevit, Balkar Erdogan, Deniz Anuk Ince, Meltem Aksu, Sezin Unal, Özden Turan, Ahmet Saracoglu, Aylin Tarcan

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COMMON CAUSES OF LIMITED MOUTH OPENING ANDITS MANAGEMENT APPROACH AMONG DENTISTS IN KARACHI by Humayun Kaleem Siddiqui et al

“…The questions have been asked to evaluate the level of awareness, diagnostic approach, and quality of management and care offered to the patients having trismus. The three most common causes of trismus according to the present study came out to be oral submucosal fibrosis (26.7%), infections (24.0%), and trauma (15.0%), respectively. …”
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El cuerpo en la estructura de la personalidad: PRH como modelo de referencia by María Rosario FERNÁNDEZ DOMÍNGUEZ

“…El análisis de sensaciones es la herramienta utilizada en PRH para acceder a lo que sentimos y comprender los aspectos inconscientes de la personalidad, que son esenciales en un proceso de crecimiento y de curación. Finalmente, se ofrecen una serie de consideraciones en torno a la importancia de la educación corporal y de la psicomotricidad para el desarrollo de la personalidad infantil, deteniéndose en las aportaciones que el modelo PRH hace a la labor del psicomotricista y a su formación.…”
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Investigating the impact of modified cassava starch with tannic acid and heat moisture treatment on physicochemical and in vitro starch digestibility by Mardiah Rahmadani, Rusli Fidriyanto, Nahrowi, Lilis Khotijah, Anuraga Jayanegara

“…Cassava starch, known for its high starch content, can be modified to increase resistant starch (RS), offering significant health benefits. This study aimed to investigate the dual modification of cassava starch using tannic acid (TA) and heat moisture treatment (HMT) to enhance its functional properties. …”
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Enhancing Essay Scoring: An Analytical and Holistic Approach With Few-Shot Transformer-Based Models by Tahira Amin, Zahoor-Ur-Rehman Tanoli, Farhan Aadil, Khalid Mahmood Awan, Sangsoon Lim

“…Despite the impressive capabilities of generalized transformer models in various natural language processing (NLP) domains, their application to essay scoring has often fallen short of expectations. In response to this ongoing challenge, this research delves into the intricate nuances of holistic and analytical essay assessment. …”
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Changes within Continuity: An Analysis of Recent Brazilian Foreign Policy (1990-2010) by Esteban Actis

“…Given the theoretical proposal that neoclassical realism offers, in this article it is maintained that while Brazil’s place in the international structure determines and constrains foreign options, these options do not translate homogeneously at the level of the state unit. …”
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From Queries to Courses: SKYRAG’s Revolution in Learning Path Generation via Keyword-Based Document Retrieval by Yosua Setyawan Soekamto, Leonard Christopher Limanjaya, Yoshua Kaleb Purwanto, Dae-Ki Kang

“…However, traditional LLMs often suffer from hallucinations and content irrelevance. …”
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Cellular senescence-associated gene IFI16 promotes HMOX1-dependent evasion of ferroptosis and radioresistance in glioblastoma by Yuchuan Zhou, Liang Zeng, Linbo Cai, Wang Zheng, Xinglong Liu, Yuqi Xiao, Xiaoya Jin, Yang Bai, Mingyao Lai, Hainan Li, Hua Jiang, Songling Hu, Yan Pan, Jianghong Zhang, Chunlin Shao

“…These findings underscore the central role of IFI16 in GBM radioresistance and offer promising avenues to improve GBM treatment.…”
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Two Cases of Sarcoma Arising in Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Treated with Denosumab by Cory Julian Broehm, Erika L. Garbrecht, Jeff Wood, Therese Bocklage

“…Giant cell tumor (GCT) of bone is a generally benign, but often locally aggressive, neoplasm of bone, with a propensity for recurrence. …”
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2021 Guidelines for Operation and Usage of County Kitchens in the State of Florida by Amarat Simonne, Tim Wilson, Geralyn Sachs, Chris Hilliard, Steven von Bodungen, Liz Felter

“… Many county Extension office buildings have small kitchens or areas for food preparation to accommodate employees, group educational events, and other mission-related activities. …”
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - THE CASE OF WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES by Zijad Džafić

“…In this paper, the author uses only some such as: The Global Competitiveness Report of World Economic Forum, World Bank’s Doing Business Index, Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom, European Charter for Small Enterprises and Small Business Act of OECD and European Commission (EC) and Indicators of Business, Corruption and Crime in WBCs of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The author has come to the conclusion that, in respect of SMEs, WBCs lag behind the countries in the European Union. …”
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Performance optimization of Maisotsenko cycle heat exchangers: A three-dimensional parametric analysis by Seyed Esmail Razavi, Tohid Adibi, Mohanad Naji Halool Abohned, Shams Forruque Ahmed, Hammad Alotaibi

“…The efficiency of the heat exchanger ranged between 0.54 and 0.73, underscoring the importance of optimizing design parameters for different operating conditions. These findings offer valuable insights into addressing global energy efficiency challenges and advancing climate control technologies, providing practical guidance for engineers and researchers in sustainable cooling solutions.…”
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