Assessment of the Prevalence of Markers of Monoinfection with Hepatitis C Virus and Coinfection with Hepatitis C and B Viruses among the Personnel of Medical Institutions of an End... by M. P. Kostinov, N. A. Magomedova, I. A. Khrapunova, A. V. Linok, E. Yu. Malinnikova, G. I. Alatortseva, L. N. Pritvorova, L. N. Nesterenko, I. I. Amiantova, V. V. Dotsenko, V. Yu. Kabargina, V. B. Polishchuk, M. N. Loktionova, A. A. Besshaposhnikova

“…For the period under review (2023-2024) In the structure of HCV cases, 5 % of the study sample (1,643) were young people (up to 44 years old), while elderly and middle-aged people (45-60 years old) were more susceptible to combined forms of HCV and HBV (1.7 %). …”
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Discourse Structure Analysis of Hasanak-e-Vazir’s Hanging Tale: A Study based on Van Dijk’s (2007) Socio-Cognitive Approach by Nader Abyar, Mousa Ghonchepour, Zahra Iranmanesh

“…This descriptive-analytical study investigates the hanging tale of Hasanak-e-Vazir based on Van Dijk’s (2007) socio-cognitive approach to clarify the functional relation between language, ideology, power and dominance in social and political context of Bayhaqi's period. The study’s sampling is purposeful and samples are taken from Hasanak’s tale based on the research-made worksheet. …”
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How do individuals with mental health disorder and spinal cord injury gain access to participate in voluntary sport groups in Switzerland? by Florence Epiney, Siegfried Nagel, Christopher Klenk

“…Participants were recruited via the Swiss Paraplegic association, offering adaptive VSGs for wheelchair users, and PluSport, offering adaptive VSGs for IMHDs in Switzerland. A purposive sampling approach was applied to achieve maximum variation sampling (Smith & Sparkes, 2020). …”
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Optical properties of polyvinyl alcohol-glass waste powder composites by Hani M. Hussien

“…The solution casting method was utilized to prepare PVA- glass composite films by adding glass powder with 10, 20, 30, and 40 wt. %. …”
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Creep constitutive model of logarithmic fractal structure derivative of deep hard brittle rock by LIU Yipin, LIU Wenbo, ZHANG Shuguang, HUANG Xiang, LI Yingbo, ZHAO Shutian

“…The model is further optimized, and the nonlinear dashpot is deeply improved by using the logarithmic fractal structure derivative dashpot with variable time fractal dimension. This optimization method fully considers the dynamic influence of time factor on fractal dimension, so that the dashpot can be more suitable for the actual deformation behavior of surrounding rock under complex time history. …”
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Comparison of the effect of role-playing and team-based learning on interpersonal communication skills of emergency medical personnels by Mohsen Sayahi, Reza Nabi Amjad, Mahmoud Kohan

“…Conclusion: The study shows role-playing and team-based learning enhance medical emergency staff's communication skills, with role-playing being more effective. Both methods are recommended, emphasizing role-playing for skill enhancement. …”
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Effect of Varying Concentration of Kefir Grains on the Microbial, Physiochemical, Antioxidant and Sensory Properties of Water Kefir Fermented Drink by Adya Anisha, Sharma Prashant, Chadha Muskan, Kumar Sunil, Singh Karuna, Shukla Ratnakar

“…The chemical, microbial antioxidant and sensory analysis revealed that the sample C was more desirable in all the aspects as compared to sample A and B with pH: 3.8±0.01; titratable acidity (TA): 0.041±0.001 meq/mL and water activity: 0.947±0.003 Aw. …”
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On the Optimization of Carob Seed Peel Extraction Using Aqueous-Based Acidic Systems by Bruno Medronho, Oumaima Boutoub, Hugo Duarte, Maria José Aliaño-González, Rui Guerra, António Brázio, Sandra Gonçalves, Anabela Romano

“…This study aims to develop and optimize a milder, more sustainable dehusking method while preserving seed quality for industrial applications. …”
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Assessment of serological tests for antibodies to different antigens of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: comparison of six immunoassays by V. V. Belyakova, O. A. Maiorova, N, V. Ivanova, I. E. Stepanova, M. A. Smerdova, A. P. Obryadina, A. P. Toptygina

“…At the same time, 135 (81.33%) samples were positive in all kits, while 30 samples had discordant results (18.07%), and in 9 sera, specific IgG was not detected in 2 or more kits. …”
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The relationship between value orientations and understanding of emotions in preschoolers by Olga V. Morozova, Ekaterina V. Kartashova, Ulyana D. Guseva, Daria A. Bukhalenkova

“…The sample included 46.7% of boys. Methods. To study the child’s value orientations, the “Three Wishes” technique (Prizhozhan, Tolstykh, 2005; Veraksa, 2012) was used. …”
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Evolving superpixel-level affinity based on contrastive learning and good neighbors for hyperspectral image clustering by Yao Qin, Guisong Xia, Kun Li, Yuanxin Ye, Weiping Ni

“…Recently, graph clustering has been applied to hyperspectral image (HSI) clustering and proves to be effective on capturing the complex affinity among hyperspectral samples to a certain extent. However, graph clustering based on sample-level affinity usually suffers from a heavy computation overhead due to the generation of coefficient matrices. …”
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From Feelings of Systemic Rejection to Challenges of Separation: A Study of Migration from Sistan-Baluchistan to Yazd by Mahnaz Farahmand, Zeinab Saboohi Golkar, Mohammad Naser Paknejad

“…The study was conducted in Yazd in 2023 by employing qualitative methods and purposive sampling, involving semi-structured interviews with 13 participants. …”
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Effect of soaking in plasma-activated liquids (PALs) on heavy metals and other physicochemical properties of contaminated rice by Shahnaz Bohlooli, Yousef Ramezan, Fatemeh Esfarjani, Hedayat Hosseini, Soheyl Eskandari

“…However, 15-min PALs were more successful. All soaked samples did not exceed the maximum residue limits (MRLs). …”
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Enterovirus infection morbidity and peculiarities of nonpolio enteroviruses circulation on some territories of Russia in 2017 by N. I. Romanenkova, L. N. Golitsyna, M. A. Bichurina, N. R. Rozaeva, O. I. Kanaeva, V. V. Zverev, D. V. Sozonov, I. V. Cherkasskaya, L. P. Kirillova, M. V. Ermakova, L. S. Kamynina, M. B. Petukhova, A. B. Gritsay, N. A. Novikova

“…Aim: Characteristics of enterovirus infection morbidity and study of peculiarities of enterovirus circulation on some territories of Russia in 2017. Materials and methods: We investigated more than 5000 samples from the patients with enterovirus infection. …”
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Natural Resource Abundance, Financial Development and Economic Growth (An Iranian Experience) by majid aghaei

“…This method offers advantages over other conventional and previous cointegration methods, such as Johansen and Toda-Yamamoto approaches. …”
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A New Approach to Constraining Properties of Active Galactic Nucleus Host Galaxies by Combining Image and Spectral Energy Distribution Decomposition: Testing upon the MBH–M⋆ Relati... by Haoran Yu, Lulu Fan, Yunkun Han, Weibin Sun, Yihang Zhang, Xuheng Ding, Yongquan Xue

“…We estimated the stellar masses for our sample and found that our results are generally consistent with earlier estimates based on different methods. …”
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Generation of 1 km high resolution Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration Index for drought monitoring over China using Google Earth Engine by Yile He, Youping Xie, Junchen Liu, Zengyun Hu, Jun Liu, Yuhua Cheng, Lei Zhang, Zhihui Wang, Man Li

“…The results show that the method in this paper can obtain accurate prediction results more stably. …”
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The Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Valence Bonds of Cu-Doped TiO2 Using Electronegativity Principle Quantitative Calculations by Ji-Kang Yan, Jun-Yu Chen, Guo-You Gan

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of Cu on TiO2 phase transformation and regioselectivity. TiO2 samples doped with different amounts of Cu2+ ions were synthesized by the sol-gel method. …”
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Prognostic value of complex assessment of Ki-67, tumor necrosis factor α, CD20 and CD31 expression in non-small cell lung cancer by O. V. Kovaleva, M. A. Rashidova, P. A. Podlesnaya, D. V. Samoilova, V. V. Mochalnikova, A. N. Gratchev

“…Modern advances in immunotherapy have significantly improved the prognosis of patients with this pathology, but this is still not enough to control the course of the disease.Objective – to the study of tumor (Ki-67, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α)) and stromal (TNF-α, CD20 and CD31) markers in non-small cell lung cancer and their prognostic significance.Materials and methods. The study included tumor samples obtained from 100 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. …”
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Effect of Al3+ substitution on structural, morphological, magnetic, optical, and functional study of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles by M. Sundararajan, Kholod Dahlous, M. Ramesh, R. S. Rimal Isaac, S. Yuvaraj, Jothi Ramalingam Rajabathar, Chandra Sekhar Dash, P. Aji Udhaya

“…ZnFe1−xAlxO4 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5) samples were synthesized by the combustion method. …”
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