Productive Capacities and the SDGs: Critical but Nuanced Relationships by David Tennant, Stuart Davies, Sandria N. Tennant, Patrice Whitely

“…We find that each of the SDGs has statistically significant relationships with multiple elements of the PCI, and the results highlight areas in which productive capacity enhancements accelerate progress on one or more SDGs but can also be inimical to others, particularly to goals related to the environment and income inequality. …”
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Dust Deposition and Associated Heavy Metal Contamination in the Neighborhood of a Cement Production Plant at Konongo, Ghana by Prince Baffour Awuah, Albert Amatey Adjaottor, Emmanuel Gikunoo, Emmanuel Kwesi Arthur, Frank Ofori Agyemang, Douglas Siaw Baah

“…The release of harmful particles from industries is one of the important sources of environmental pollution worldwide. …”
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Kişiselleştirme İllüzyonu ve Özgürlük Yanılsaması: Kültür Endüstrisi Bağlamında Talebe Bağlı Video Platformlarının İncelemesi by Fatih Saraç

“…Bu çalışmada talebe bağlı dijital video platformları, Adorno ve Horkheimar tarafından “kültür endüstrisi” terimi ile kavramsallaştırılan eleştirel yaklaşım üzerinden ele alınmıştır. Bu anlamda öncelikle kültür endüstrisi olgusuna yönelik genel tanım ve ifadeler aktarılmış, ardından kapitalist sistemin kültür alanını ekonomik ve yönetsel boyutta tahakküm altına alma biçimleri üzerinde durulmuştur. …”
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in a Minor Salivary Gland in a Child by Fatih Sengul, Sera Simsek, Binali Cakur

“…Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC), one of the most common salivary gland malignancies, is rare in children. …”
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Interstitial fauna of the Sava River in Eastern Slovenia by Simona Prevorčnik, Anja Remškar, Cene Fišer, Boris Sket, Gregor Bračko, Teo Delić, Nataša Mori, Anton Brancelj, Maja Zagmajster

“…., at the Ljubljana alluvial plain) readily qualifies as one of the global hotspots of interstitial biodiversity, while data from other river sections are lacking. …”
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Incarcerated Trocar Site Herniation of the Small Bowel following Laparoscopic Myomectomy by William Kondo, Monica Tessmann Zomer, Andresa Braga-Baiak, Rafael Menezes de Azevedo

“…Small bowel herniation through the fascial defect created by the entry of trocars is one of the major complications of the laparoscopic surgery. …”
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A Hybrid Human Dynamics Model on Analyzing Hotspots in Social Networks by Yunpeng Xiao, Bai Wang, Bin Wu, Zhixian Yan, Shousheng Jia, Yanbing Liu

“…In this paper, we analyze the top-one Internet forum in China (“Tianya Club”) and identify the statistical properties of hotspots, which can promptly reflect the crowd events in people's real-life. …”
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Meat analogues: The relationship between mechanical anisotropy, macrostructure, and microstructure by Miek Schlangen, Iris van der Doef, Atze Jan van der Goot, Mathias P. Clausen, Thomas E. Kodger

“…Two distinct meat analogue product sets are produced with shear cell technology varying in formulations and processing conditions to obtain a wide range of product structures: one based on mung bean protein-rich fractions and the other based on combinations of soy protein isolate and pectin. …”
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Impact of cooling diabetic patients’ fingertips compared to vibrating stimulation on pain from the glucometer needle: A cross-over trial study by Vahid Vejdanihemmat, Hiva Azami, Leili Tapak, Shiva Borzouei, khodayar Oshvandi

“…Each participant received the interventions at three different times: before breakfast, one to two hours after lunch, and at dinner. One hand was randomly selected for the intervention, while the other served as a control, with only the needle inserted. …”
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Suitability of referenced models for designing balanced scorecards in Healthcare Organizations by Toni Roselló Calzada, Imma Ribas Vila, Conxi Caro Benito

“…Originality/value: This is one of pioneering efforts to assess the influence of the Balance Scorecard on decision-making within healthcare organizations, considering aspects encompassing strategy, quality systems and the performance indicators performance as well as the relation between them.…”
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Graphene oxide and its derivatives films for sustained-release trace element zinc based on cation-π interaction by Wei Zhang, Yijia He, Hongwei Zhu, Xiao Li, Zucai Zou, Chaogui Luo, Jianlie Wei, Baoying Lu, Duo Zhang, Ming Zhou

“…The results indicate that RGO-Zn1 (Zn2+/RGO = 16.7%) can not only effectively control agricultural non-point source pollution but also promote the cultivation of high-zinc rice. …”
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Jezuité v Historii církevní Pavla Skály ze Zhoře a jejich možná role ve Skálově pojetí dějin by Tereza Lyčková

“… ’Historie církevní’(The History of the Church) by Pavel Skála of Zhoř is probably the most extensive Czech early modern historiographical work, moreover, preserved in only one manuscript. Being written by a protestant author, ’Historie církevní’ contains rather a detailed image of the Jesuit Order hidden within its text. …”
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A Computation Complexity Reduction of the Size Decision Algorithm in 3D-HEVC Depth Map Intracoding by Hamza Hamout, Abderrahmane Elyousfi

“…In 3D-HEVC design, a highly flexible quadtree coding unit partitioning is adopted, in which one coding tree unit is partitioned recursively into a prediction unit (PU) from 64 × 64 down to 4 × 4. …”
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Effect of Allicin and Artesunate Combination Treatment on Experimental Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei by Sakaewan Ounjaijean, Voravuth Somsak

“…Balb/c mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with 1×107 PbANKA-infected erythrocytes and orally given by gavage with the chosen doses of 1, 10, 50, and 100 mg/kg of allicin and 1, 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg of ART once a day for 4 consecutive days. Effective dose 50 (ED50) of allicin and ART was subsequently investigated. …”
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity of an Epoxy Resin-Based Endodontic Sealer Containing Nanoparticles Amorphous Calcium Phosphate by Bilal H. Ibrahim, Hussain Al-Huwaizi

“…For this, cultured plates (n = 8) were prepared, with each plate containing three wells: one with AH Plus, one with AH Plus + NACP, and one with NACP alone. …”
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When HSFs bring the heat—mapping the transcriptional circuitries of HSF-type regulators in Candida albicans by Sadri Znaidi

“…C. albicans HSFs do not only respond to heat shock and/or temperature variation but also to CO2 levels, oxidative stress, and quorum sensing, acting this way as central decision makers. …”
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A Review of Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment in Stroke Survivors by Mohd Faizal Mohd Zulkifly, Shazli Ezzat Ghazali, Normah Che Din, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Ponnusamy Subramaniam

“…A total of 1931 articles were retrieved, but only 27 articles met the criteria and were reviewed. …”
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Rumen Protozoa: The Animals within the Cow by Timothy J. Hackmann

“…Billions of protozoa swim about in a single, 20-gallon rumen, colliding with one another while engulfing feed particles and bacteria. …”
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Using MSK Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Subscapularis Injuries by Robert C. Manske, Michael Voight, Chris Wolfe, Phil Page

“…The subscapularis muscle is one of the four muscles that make up the rotator cuff in the shoulder and plays an essential role in stabilizing the shoulder joint while at the same time facilitating internal rotation of the humerus. …”
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Application of Polymer Nanocolloid Preparation in Stability Analysis of Motion Mechanics by Jun Jia, Fengyuan Sun

“…Therefore, the preparation technology of nanomaterials is one of the current research hotspots and has broad application prospects. …”
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