Numerical simulation of oxidative corrosion of metallic uranium in a confined environment with a validation through existing experimental data by Mengxian Xiang, Weiquan Liang, Ning Ma, Sizhi Zuo-Jiang, Xuzhou Jiang, Hongying Yu, Dongbai Sun

“…The higher the initial oxygen pressure, the longer the duration of the linear stage of uranium oxidation kinetics, and the more significant difference between the oxidation rates in the decline stage. …”
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Food digital marketing on social media: trends and strategies of Brazil’s leading meal delivery app by Paloma Aparecida Anastacio Barros, Juliana de Paula Matos, Michele Bittencourt Rodrigues, Renata Júlia da Costa, Paula Martins Horta

“…ObjectiveTo analyze digital marketing trends of Brazil’s leading meal delivery application (MDA) company on Facebook (FB) and Instagram (IG) from 2011 to 2022.MethodsThis exploratory, longitudinal, and mixed-methods study examined a 10% sample of all posts published by this company during the study period. …”
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Prevalence and Patterns of Upper and Lower Third Molar Impaction: A Radiographic Retrospective Study based on a population in Erbil, Iraq. by Layla Muhammad Fatah, Ali F. Alzubadee, Ribwar F. Khalid, Abduljaleel Samad, Reiad Al-Kamali

“…Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and position of impacted third molars based on the classifications of Pell & Gregory and Winter’s classification in a sample of Erbil population, Kurdistan, Iraq. Methods: This retrospective study examined 880 orthopantomograms (OPG) of patients who were referred to the faculty of dentistry at Tishk International University in Erbil City between September 2022 and October 2023. …”
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Stress, mental symptoms and well-being in students: a gender analysis by María-José del Pino, M. Pilar Matud

“…A second aim is to know the relevance of age, education, stress, coping styles, self-esteem and social support on mental symptoms, psychological well-being and life satisfaction of boys and girls.MethodsThe study was cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 1,426 students between the ages of 16 and 26.Results and discussionThe results of the ANOVAs showed that although there were some gender differences, being a university student or not explained more variance than gender. …”
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Screening of accumulation of biologically active substances of Iris hungarica during vegetation period by A. V. Krechun, O. O. Mykhailenko, S. V. Kovalov, T. H. Orlova

“…Results: the quantitative content of hydroxycinnamic acids (2.66–7.44 %), flavonoids (2.12–3.04 %), isoflavonoids (1.03–1.79 %), xanthones (1.24–1.72 %) was established in the studied samples. The accumulation of biologically active substances occurs more intensively during the spring growing season of Iris hungarica, only isoflavonoids accumulate more actively in the autumn, which is associated with the peculiarities of the synthesis and accumulation of secondary metabolites of this plant. …”
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596 Becoming multilingual in thought languages by Colin Hoffman, Mary Bevilacqua, Brian Weaver

“…Integrating these tools into research groups to establish more efficacious communication between teams, governing bodies, and patient communication can be sampled via pre and post research surveys of feeling understood. …”
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Modification of surface and subsurface properties of cold-rolled Ti6Al4V sheets through water jet shot peening by Egemen Avcu, Mustafa Armağan, Yasemin Yıldıran Avcu, Eray Abakay, Emirhan Çalım, Funda Gül Koç, Mert Guney, Rıdvan Yamanoğlu

“…The water jet shot peening method modified the grains within the microstructure near the surface region. …”
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REPARATION SYSTEM GENES: POPULATION DIFFERENCES IN HEREDITARY OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCER DETERMINED BY NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING by O. I. Brovkina, M. G. Gordiev, R. F. Enikeev, M. O. Druzhkov, L. Kh. Shigapova, E. I. Shagimardanova, O. А. Gusev, V. V. Kosiy, D. S. Khodyrev, A. G. Kedrova, R. Sh. Khasanov, A. G. Nikitin

“…Moreover, these mutations are common in Slavic population while in other populations they are rare or altogether absent.The study objective is to perform a population analysis of mutations in the reparation system genes which must be considered during chemotherapy prescription.Materials and methods. Using next-generation sequencing (NGS), we analyzed reparation system genes in 139 blood samples of Tatar female patients with hereditary OC and BC. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Financialization and Long-Term Use of Short-Term Debt by Seyed Reza Seyed Nezhad Fahim

“…The regression method was employed to estimate the models and test the research hypotheses. …”
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GDM links to increased neonatal myocardial hypertrophy via ANGPTL7: prospective cohort study by Weihua Jian, Shangwen Shi, Xiufang Yang, Yuping Huang, Chen Du, Meiyu He, Xiaotong Li, Muhua Huang, Rukang Yuan, Lin Wei, Shumei Yang, Silu Cai, Jie Yang

“…This study examined the relationship between umbilical cord blood levels of angiopoietin-like protein 7 (ANGPTL7) in term neonates born to mothers with GDM and myocardial development, assessing its potential as an early predictive marker.Methods The study involved 46 newborns exposed to GDM and 46 healthy controls. …”
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A novel MPDENet model and efficient combined loss function for real-time pixel-level segmentation detection of tunnel lining cracks by Ningyu Zhao, Yi Song, Hao Liu, Ailin Yang, Haifei Jiang, Haihong Tan

“…Recent studies have demonstrated the potential of using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for tunnel lining crack detection, offering a promising alternative to manual inspection methods. However, the performance of CNNs is often hindered by the sample imbalance in crack images, and the existing model architectures are often too computationally expensive, presenting challenges for real-time detection. …”
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The effect of cigarette smoking and heated tobacco products on different denture materials; an in vitro study by Sara F. El Shafei, Ayman H. Amin, Eman G. Abdelghaffar, Sara Moataz, Fatma Makkeyah, Mohamed Shamel, Mahmoud Al Ankily

“…Abstract Purpose This study compares the effect of conventional cigarette smoke versus heated tobacco on the discoloration, surface roughness, and bacterial colonization of different oral prosthesis materials. Materials and methods A total of one hundred and twenty disc-shaped samples made of four different denture base materials were prepared to represent different denture bases to assess the surface roughness and biofilm formation; group (CA): conventional heat-cured acrylic resin (Acrostone, Egypt), group (FA): flexible acrylic resin (Valplast International Corp, USA), group (TA): heat-cured acrylic resin reinforced with titanium nanoparticles (TA nanoparticles, Nanogate, Egypt), and group (PA): 3D printed acrylic resin (Nexdent, The Netherlands). …”
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Compositional associations of 24-h physical activities, sedentary time and sleep with depressive symptoms in urban and rural residents: a cross-sectional study by Marjo Seppänen, Tiina Lankila, Maisa Niemelä, Nina Rautio, Maija Korpisaari, Markku Timonen, Raija Korpelainen, Vahid Farrahi

“…Hence, we aimed to investigate these associations in a population-based sample of middle-aged Finnish adults. Methods The study population consisted of 4295 adults, aged 46 years, from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. …”
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Stigmatizing attitudes toward people with migraine by people without active migraine: results of the OVERCOME (US) study by Robert E. Shapiro, Lars Viktrup, Eva Jolanda Muenzel, Dawn C. Buse, Anthony J. Zagar, Sait Ashina, Susan Hutchinson, Robert A. Nicholson, Richard B. Lipton

“…This study aims to evaluate stigmatizing attitudes towards people with migraine by people without active migraine. Methods OVERCOME (US) was a web survey among adults from a representative US population-based sample that collected information about stigmatizing attitudes of people without active migraine (i.e., no migraine/severe headaches in the previous 12 months) toward people with migraine and related conditions. …”
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CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF FISH AND DECAPODS CATCHES ALONG SALINITY GRADIENT IN THE RAZDOLNAYA RIVER AND TOP OF THE AMUR BAY IN THE WARM PERIOD OF YEAR by P. G. Milovankin, O. I. Kataykina

“…Quantitative samples of fish, crabs and shrimps from the Razdolnaya estuary are analyzed. …”
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Clinical and Microbiological Insights into Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: A Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in Central India by Dr Anand Maurya, Mr Chandrashekhar Pathe, Ms Malti Dadheech, Ms Shaina Gaikwad, Dr Jitendra Singh, Dr Sagar Khadanga, Dr Alkesh Khurana, Dr Shashank Purwar, Dr Debasis Biswas

“…NTM diseases were verified using the criteria set forth by the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America. All samples underwent Ziehl- and Neelsen staining, NALC-NaOH decontamination method for cultivation in the MGIT-960 system (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems). …”
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Modified silica gel and cation-exchanger based on activated carbon for fullerenes separation by V. A. Diamant, L. M. Rozhdestvenska, K. O. Kudelko

“…The adsorbents were described by the methods of IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, the main characteristics of the porous structure were determined by the method of low-temperature adsorption-desorption of nitrogen. …”
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Soil Salinity Detection and Mapping by Multi-Temporal Landsat Data: Zaghouan Case Study (Tunisia) by Karem Saad, Amjad Kallel, Fabio Castaldi, Thouraya Sahli Chahed

“…For these purposes, this work aims to propose a spatiotemporal method for monitoring soil salinization using spectral indices derived from Earth observation data. …”
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On the structure and formation of earthquake sources in the faults located in the subsurface and deep levels of the crust. Part II. Deep level by V. V. Ruzhich, G. G. Kocharyan, V. B. Savelieva, A. V. Travin

“…The deep paleoseismological settings need to be further investigated in order to more thoroughly clarify the physical and chemical conditions that contributed to the occurrence of the ancient and recent sources of strong earthquakes in the deep segments of faults in the crust. …”
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In vivo microcomputed tomography visualization of a hepatocellular carcinoma orthotopic model using a contrast based on LaF3:Ce(5 %)Tb(15 %) nanoparticles by D. V. Khodakova, A. S. Goncharova, K. S. Eremin, S. V. Gurova, Z. M. Gadzhimagomedova, O. E. Polozhentsev, A. V. Galina, A. A. Shulga, I. V. Golovinov, T. M. Kecheryukova

“…Sections for histological examination and their staining were made according to the standard method.Results. Microcomputer tomography (micro-CT) results indicated accumulation of both contrast samples in the spleen and healthy liver tissue within 5 minutes after intravenous injection, maintaining X-ray contrast for the 7-days. …”
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