Advancing higher education on sustainable land use: designing socioscientific inquiry-based learning units on oil palm cultivation by Finn Kristen Matthiesen, Jacqueline Dischereit, Raissa Mataniari, Fitta Setiajiati, Fitta Setiajiati, I Nengah Suparta, Susanne Bögeholz, Susanne Bögeholz

“…The land-use research addressed in this DBR is based on the international Collaborative Research Centre 990 “Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems” (EFForTS). …”
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Endogenous peripheral pain regulatory systems in orofacial pain patients by Abdulmajeed M. Al Shujaa, Claudia O. Espitia, Qun Li, Mayor Patil, Nikita B. Ruparel

“…Radioimmunoassay (RIA) was performed to determine the functional role of conditioned media (CM) from asymptomatic and symptomatic patients on regulation of trigeminal (TG) neuronal activity in vitro. …”
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Clinical Outcome of Arthroscopic Bankart Repair and Remplissage in Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Dislocation in Manual Workers by Sharma DK, Shetty P, Kumar N, Kankane A, Anant K, Jamwal R

“…Introduction: Recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation is particularly more common among occupations involving the frequent use of the upper limb above shoulder height such as manual labour. The present study aims to investigate outcomes of arthroscopic Bankart repair and Remplissage in manual workers as few studies have been undertaken in this specific subgroup. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown on Non-COVID Neurosurgical Patients: Lessons Learned by Rajnish Kumar Arora, Jitendra Shakya, Rajkumar Pannem, Suresh Sharma, Saravanan Sadhasivam, Vikram Singh Rawat, Rajashekhar Rekhapalli, Rakesh Kumar Sihag, Radhey Shyam Mittal

“…Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the basic functioning of the health care system. There has been an adverse impact on non-COVID-19 patients due to a shift in healthcare delivery, which is underreported. …”
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Therapeutic Target Discovery for Multiple Myeloma: Identifying Druggable Genes via Mendelian Randomization by Shijun Jiang, Fengjuan Fan, Qun Li, Liping Zuo, Aoshuang Xu, Chunyan Sun

“…Additionally, molecular docking and functional assays were used to evaluate candidate drug efficacy. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of the GRAS Transcription Factor Family in Sweet Orange and the Regulation of Salt Stress-Enhanced Plant Salt Tolerance in Sweet Orange by <i>CsGRAS15</i... by Hailin Ren, Rong Xu, Jie Wang, Qian Zhang, Lili Nie, Li Zhang, Xianyan Zhou, Xiaozhen Liu, Hanyao Zhang

“…These genes reside on nine chromosomes, with segmental duplication being the primary evolutionary driver (eight duplicated pairs). Functional enrichment implicated hormone signaling pathways in regulating growth under stress. …”
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Synthesis and characterizations of MnO2/CNT nanocomposite for usage as electrodes in high-performance supercapacitor by Garima Srivastava, Ravina, Saurabh Dalela, Nitin Kumar Gautam, Shalendra Kumar, S.Z. Hashmi, M. Ayaz Ahmad, A.M. Quraishi, Virat Khanna, P.A. Alvi

“…The information regarding structure, Raman bands, functional groups, optical bandgap, and surface characteristics was obtained using an XRD tool, a Raman spectrometer, an FTIR spectrometer, a UV–Vis-NIR spectrometer, and a FE-SEM with EDX, in that order. …”
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Mechanical alloyed FeCoNiMoM (M=Cr, Cu) high-entropy alloy powders as electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction by Caizhen Wu, Xin Zhang, Yingjie Zhang, Wensheng Ma, Degang Zhao, Bingbing Ren, Zhonghua Zhang, Yan Wang

“…Specifically, the Cr-HEA presents a lower Gibbs free energy change during the transformation from O∗ to OOH∗, resulting in a reduced overpotential.…”
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Lactylation associated biomarkers and immune infiltration in aortic dissection by Jianfeng Ye, Yuntao Fu, Yuanjia Ke, Huanting Liu, Sini Fang, Yumeng Lei, Ying Mao, Liqiu Yan, Youcheng Wang

“…Transcriptomic data from public databases were analyzed to identify differentially expressed lactylation-related genes in AD. Functional enrichment analyses were performed, and Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) was utilized to identify gene modules associated with AD. …”
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Localization and connections of the tail of caudate and caudal putamen in mouse brain by Run-Zhe Ma, Sheng-Qiang Chen, Ge Zhu, Hui-Ru Cai, Jin-Yuan Zhang, Yi-Min Peng, Dian Lian, Song-Lin Ding, Song-Lin Ding

“…These findings would offer new insights into the functional correlation and disease-related neural circuits related to the caudal striatum.…”
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Exploring the Current Applications and Future Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Dentistry: A Narrative Review by Tanushri Mahendra Dalvi, Rajeshri Kotwadekar, Shrivardhan R Kalghatgi, Priyanka Paul Madhu, Priyanka Methildeotare

“…Administrative efficiency can also be achieved using AI based management software for patient scheduling, billing, and resource management which can reduce the workload of the clinician and enhance the functioning of health system. Inspite of the widespread applications of AI in dental public health, ethical issues related to data security, unequal access to technology and regulatory policies need to be addressed. …”
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Patterns of Variation in the Usage of Fatty Acid Chains among Classes of Ester and Ether Neutral Lipids and Phospholipids in the Queensland Fruit Fly by Shirleen S. Prasad, Matthew C. Taylor, Valentina Colombo, Heng Lin Yeap, Gunjan Pandey, Siu Fai Lee, Phillip W. Taylor, John G. Oakeshott

“…Work on other organisms suggests some of the differences observed will be functionally consequential and mediated, at least in part, by differences in substrate specificity among enzymes in lipid synthesis and remodelling pathways. …”
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Use of an ejector to reduce the time of air injection during testing of the containment system at nuclear power plants by Sergii Surkov, Volodymyr Kravchenko, Iryna Korduba, Andrii Golovchenko, Oleksandr Butenko, Serhii Tsybytovskyi, Yuliia Trach

“…After each overload, this system is tested for its ability to perform its functions by determining the integral leakage, which should not exceed a certain value. …”
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Development of Speech and Communication in Polish Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study by Natalia Moćko, Marcin Rudzki, Zuzanna Miodońska, Julia Olesiak, Katarzyna Jochymczyk-Woźniak, Michał Kręcichwost

“…Methods: Individuals affected with 22q11DS may show difficulties in functioning, including speech and hearing. Therefore, we prepared a speech development questionnaire and employed it to obtain data from parents (or legal guardians) of 54 children with 22q11DS. …”
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Artificial nerve conduit for guiding peripheral nerve growth (cadaveric study) by A. G. Fedyakov, E. A. Nemets, O. N. Dreval, A. V. Gorozhanin, L. A. Sidneva, Z. H. Plieva, M. A. Razin, N. V. Perova, V. I. Sevastianov

“…At present, the search for effective ways of restoring peripheral nerves with anatomical damage continues. …”
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Development of a neural network for diagnosing the risk of depression according to the experimental data of the stop signal paradigm by M. O. Zelenskih, A. E. Saprygin, S. S. Tamozhnikov, P. D. Rudych, D. A. Lebedkin, A.  N. Savostyanov

“…These days, the ability to predict the result of the development of the system is the guarantee of the successful functioning of the system. Improving the quality and volume of information, complicating its presentation, the need to detect hidden connections makes it ineffective, and most often impossible, to use classical statistical forecasting methods. …”
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Hydrophilic thermocompression bonding of single-crystalline 3C-SiC thin film on sapphire substrate by Abdul Ahad Khan, Tuan-Khoa Nguyen, Abbhiraj Singh, Takahiro Namazu, Dzung Viet Dao, Yong Zhu

“…Microelectronic devices for harsh environment applications require new wafer bonding methods that can overcome the large thermal mismatch between functional layer and supporting substrate during bonding process. …”
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Neuromonitoring with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review protocol by François Lauzier, Shane W English, Mohamed Reda Bensaidane, Guillaume Leblanc, Charles L Francoeur

“…We will identify all observational and interventional human studies of adult patients hospitalised after aSAH that were monitored using NIRS. Functional outcome measures, including the modified Rankin Scale, the Glasgow Outcome Scale and the Barthel Index, will constitute the primary outcome. …”
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The relationship between e-Health literacy and cyberchondria in Iranian students of health sciences by Amirreza Kalantari, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Vladan Starcevic, Vladan Starcevic, Azam Shahbodaghi, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Farid Zayeri, Yasser Khazaal

“…While people may develop cyberchondria irrespective of the level of their e-health literacy, a high level of e-health literacy may be protective in terms of alleviating distress and problems in functioning that occur with excessive online health searches. …”
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Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach. by Michael M Mendelson, Riccardo E Marioni, Roby Joehanes, Chunyu Liu, Åsa K Hedman, Stella Aslibekyan, Ellen W Demerath, Weihua Guan, Degui Zhi, Chen Yao, Tianxiao Huan, Christine Willinger, Brian Chen, Paul Courchesne, Michael Multhaup, Marguerite R Irvin, Ariella Cohain, Eric E Schadt, Megan L Grove, Jan Bressler, Kari North, Johan Sundström, Stefan Gustafsson, Sonia Shah, Allan F McRae, Sarah E Harris, Jude Gibson, Paul Redmond, Janie Corley, Lee Murphy, John M Starr, Erica Kleinbrink, Leonard Lipovich, Peter M Visscher, Naomi R Wray, Ronald M Krauss, Daniele Fallin, Andrew Feinberg, Devin M Absher, Myriam Fornage, James S Pankow, Lars Lind, Caroline Fox, Erik Ingelsson, Donna K Arnett, Eric Boerwinkle, Liming Liang, Daniel Levy, Ian J Deary

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>We present robust associations of BMI with differential DNA methylation at numerous loci in blood cells. …”
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