The Effect of Iron Deficiency Stress on the Relative Expression of ZIP3, ZIP6, and ZIP7 Genes in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars by Saeed Rezaei Musa Dargh, Babak Abdollahi Mandoulakani, Raheleh Ghasemzadeh

“…Extended abstract Background: Bread Wheat is the most extensively cultivated wheat and one of the four major crops in the world that constitutes the principal food of more than 30% of the world population. Biotic and abiotic environmental stressors are major factors limiting plant growth and productivity, which play a significant role in determining the yield and production potential of plants by affecting morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes. …”
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On the use of adversarial validation for quantifying dissimilarity in geospatial machine learning prediction by Yanwen Wang, Mahdi Khodadadzadeh, Raúl Zurita-Milla

“…As dissimilarity increases, geospatial CV methods, especially SP-CV, become more and more accurate and even outperform RDM-CV. …”
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Analysis of the Causal Model of the Effective Criteria on the Development of Creative Tourism in Iran by Ahmad hajarian

“…The current research is applied according to its purpose, and based on the descriptive-causal method. The statistical sample of the research was made up of 30 experts and specialists related to tourism using the snowball sampling method. …”
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Fuzzy–synthetic minority oversampling technique: Oversampling based on fuzzy set theory for Android malware detection in imbalanced datasets by Yanping Xu, Chunhua Wu, Kangfeng Zheng, Xinxin Niu, Yixian Yang

“…In previous work, imbalanced datasets composed of more benign samples (the majority class) than the malicious one (the minority class) have been widely adopted in Android malware detection. …”
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Coping strategies in candidates of kidney biopsy: A qualitative content analysis study by Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan, Amir Mansouri, Zahra Seifi, Negar Shahkarami, Esmaeil Kavi, Noureddin Niknam, Sara Rousta

“…Because patients with good mental health use more problem-oriented coping methods, the authors suggest teaching efficient coping methods to ensure the mental health of patients waiting for kidney biopsy.…”
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Retracted: Application and Practice of VR Virtual Education Platform in Improving the Quality and Ability of College Students by Qian Zhang, Ke Wang, Sheng Zhou

“…The subjects were selected from a key university in our city, and the questionnaire survey was conducted among freshmen to juniors by random sampling. The survey of quality education activities in colleges and universities, the survey of students’ favorite education methods, the survey of virtual education platform curriculum arrangement and the comparison of quality and ability were carried out. …”
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Healthcare Costs and Financial Burden Among Informal Caregivers of Children with Down Syndrome in Karnataka, India: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jyothi Shetty, Ankitha Shetty, Suneel C Mundkur, Adithya D Shetty

“…Using multistage sampling, a sample of 400 was recruited for the study. …”
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Facilitators and Barriers of Employing Electronic Exams as Perceived by Nursing Students and the Relation to their Satisfaction by Eman S. Omran, Ashgan T. Fathy, Hanaa S. A. Elsaiad

“…It provides relatively more accurate results and immediate feedback for students and instructors. …”
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VIRTUAL COMPETITIVENESS: YOUTHS’ VIEWS by M. Yu. Semenov

“…Methodology and research methods. Content analysis and synthesis of scientific publications studies were carried out at a theoretical stage of the research; secondary sampling analysis of sociologic data material sources was conducted. …”
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Relationship Between Lifestyle and Incidence Rate of Asymptomatic Hypertension among Early Middle Age People by Raghdaa Sahib Al-Rubaie, Fatima Wanas Al-Hasnawy

“…Objectives: to estimate the incidence rate to assess the lifestyle level and its relation to the incidence rate of asymptomatic hypertension among early middle age people. Methods: A cross sectional study design was performed and a non / probability (convenience approach) sampling technique with a size of sample 270 subjects who visited Merjan and AL Imam AL Sadiq Teaching Hospitals from 1 December 2022 to 30 March 2023. …”
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ChatGPT in Vietnamese math classrooms: What are the influencing factors behind teachers’ adoption? by Le Thai Bao Thien Trung, Ta Thanh Trung, Tang Minh Dung

“…Further studies could incorporate qualitative methods to gain deeper insights, employ random sampling techniques with more extensive and diverse samples to enhance generalizability and explore additional constructs within the theoretical model to provide a more comprehensive understanding of AI adoption in education. …”
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A Comparative Study of Physical Activity Levels Between Rural and Urban Settings in Zimbabwe by Norman Manyeruke, Kerry Vermaak, Nicholas Mudonhi, Wilfred Njabulo Nunu

“…Setting: The study took place in Bulawayo city (urban) and Mashonaland East province (rural). Methods: Multi-stage probability-based sampling was used to select 200 male respondents from Bulawayo Province (urban) and 200 male respondents from Mashonaland East Province (rural). …”
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Insights into parental behavior: Patterns of self-medication with antibiotics for child health by Shishir Kumar, Shivani Agrawal, Tajwar Yasmeen, Setu Sinha

“…Participants were chosen through simple random sampling and interviewed using a questionnaire created by the authors. …”
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Prevalence of urinary symptoms among adolescents and young females in Eastern Uttar Pradesh by Sakshi Agarwal, Anuja Thakur, Lalit Kumar, Arun Das, Aruna Kumari, Tej Bali Singh

“…Aims: This research aimed to determine the prevalence of LUTS in females in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Methods: The study involved a one-step sampling approach for surveying adolescents and young girls (11–24 years) in eastern Uttar Pradesh from different primary and secondary schools and colleges. …”
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Comparison of pediatric antibiotic prescribing practice between low and high prescribers for children in primary care by N İpek Kırmızı, Volkan Aydın, Narin Akıcı, Ömer Ataç, Ahmet Akıcı

“…Antibiotic prescribing is more prevalent in children. Many factors influence this practice, including the burden of outpatient visits. …”
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Perceptions of substance use disorder in rural areas: how the brain disease model impacts public stigma by Erin E. Miller, Sarah Schweitzer, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins, Jennifer Lanzillotta-Rangeley, Aaron Hunt

“…Conclusions These results can be used to inform more focused anti-stigma efforts. As more people adopt fewer stigmatizing views on SUD in rural areas, more people with SUD may be supported to seek treatment and recovery services.…”
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10-Year Weight Gain in 13,802 US Adults: The Role of Age, Sex, and Race by Larry A. Tucker, Kayla Parker

“…A total of 51% of the participants gained 5% or more body weight, 36% gained 10% or more, and 16% gained 20% or more across the 10-years. …”
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Blood cross-matching using gel card technique compared to conventional tube technique: A diagnostic evaluation study by Aditi Pandey, Sonal Chandrakar, Roshan Lal, Kajal Chandrakar

“…Thus, even though CTT with AHG was equally effective as that of the gel card method, but time taken was significantly more (P < 0.05). …”
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Identification of Agricultural Events, Businesses and Landscapes in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province by Golrokh Amiri Dowrhooni, Neda Torabi Farsani, Majid Farhadi Uonaki, Mehdi Karami Dehkordi

“…In addition, identification of agricultural tourism events and small businesses that can be formed in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in order to promote agritourism is one more objective of this research. In order to achieve the goals, the qualitative method (thematic analysis) was used. …”
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MIGRATION OF MANGANESE, ZINC, COPPER AND MOLYBDEN IN LANDSCAPE-GEOCHEMICAL CATENA OF THE LOWER DNESTER VALLEY by Ivan P. Kapitalchuk, Tatiana L. Sheshnitsan, Sergey S. Sheshnitsan, Marina V. Kapitalchuk

“…The aim is to study the features of lateral and radial differentiation, as well as biological absorption of Mn, Zn, Cu and Mo in landscape-geochemical catena of the Lower Dniester valley. Methods. Sampling and sample preparation were carried out in accordance with generally accepted methods. …”
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