Depositional environment of the Barut Formation at the Barut Aghaji section, northwestern Soltanieh Mountains, western Alborz by Tahereh Zaki, Najmeh Etemad-Saeed, Mehdi Daraei

“…Our findings provide new data on the palaeogeographical conditions of this area in northern Iran during the Early Cambrian time.   Material & Methods In this study, detailed field investigations were carried out to prepare a stratigraphic section, sampling and recognizing lithofacies. …”
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Neumonía por COVID-19 en urgencias: ecografía pulmonar. Implicaciones pronósticas by Mónica Contreras-Moreira, Elpidio Calvo Manuel, Joaquín Antonio Álvarez Gregori

“…Few experiences have been published on the prognostic capacity of lung ultrasound, which do not include hospital-obtained laboratory parameters. Material and methods: Through a prospective, multicenter, observational study with consecutive sampling, carried out between April and July 2020, 263 adult patients who attended the emergency department of Spanish hospitals due to symptoms compatible with respiratory infection were recruited. …”
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Personal protection and influencing factors of livestock workers in Xinjiang by Xixiao MA, Xueying XIANG, Zhaojie WANG, Wanting XU, Jiguo JIN, Fan WU, Xiangnan WEI, Jianyong WU, Fuye LI

“…We selected large-scale cattle and sheep farms, cooperatives, individual livestock households, livestock trading markets, slaughterhouses, and retail markets. Using cluster sampling, we recruited all livestock workers (1074 participants) at sampled sites. …”
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Comparison of cervical Cancer-Related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among women in urban and rural regions by Duygu Yeşilfidan, Merve Özkan, Filiz Adana

“…The sample of the study consisted of 198 women calculated with the G-Power programme. …”
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Mineral Composition and Full-Scale Pore Structure of Qianjiadian Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits: Application for In Situ Leaching Mining by Qizhi Wang, Xuanyu Liang, Wei Wang, Qinghe Niu, Jinyi Zhuo, Xuebin Su, Genmao Zhou, Lixin Zhao, Po Li, Wei Yuan, Jiangfang Chang, Zhongmin Ji, Anye Su

“…The results show that more than 65% of the minerals in the Qianjiadian uranium deposits are felsic minerals, and the carbonate minerals, clay minerals, and augite are auxiliary minerals. …”
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Urothelial Carcinoma Stage and Grade Association with the Expression Levels of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4E and 4E Binding Protein 1 by Mohammad Naji, Mahsa Yaghobinejad, Sepideh Mirzaei, Seyed Abdolhamid Angaji, Hajar Saber, Mahmoud Parvin, Farzaneh Sharifiaghdas

“…Therefore, we hypothesized and examined the existence of a connection between eIF4E and 4E-BP1 dysregulation and urothelial cancer (UC) in human subjects by employing more sensitive protein and gene expression experiments in both superficial and muscle-invasive UC.Method: In this case-control study, the eIF4E and 4E-BP1 mRNA and protein levels were assessed in snap-frozen tissue samples of normal (n = 23), superficial (n = 38) and muscle invasive (n = 29) UC by immunohistochemical staining, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot. …”
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Simulation and optimization of heat transfer in underground in-situ shale upgrading by LI Yuan, ZHONG Anhai, QIAN Qin, YU Denglang, ZHANG Yuzhe, ZHONG Yanlei, WANG Dan

“…In-situ heating and upgrading technology is a key method to improve the recovery efficiency of shale oil and gas with medium-low maturity. …”
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Semantic Evaluation of Nursing Assessment Scales Translations by ChatGPT 4.0: A Lexicometric Analysis by Mauro Parozzi, Mattia Bozzetti, Alessio Lo Cascio, Daniele Napolitano, Roberta Pendoni, Ilaria Marcomini, Elena Sblendorio, Giovanni Cangelosi, Stefano Mancin, Antonio Bonacaro

“…<b>Results</b>: The Maastricht prompt produced translations that are marginally but consistently more semantically and lexically faithful to the original. …”
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Gradient-Enhanced Kriging-Based Parallel Efficient Global Optimization Algorithm and Its Application in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization by Hang Fu, Qingyu Wang, Takuji Nakashima, Asahi Kawasaki, Chenguang Lai, Keigo Shimizu, Rahul Bale, Makoto Tsubokura

“…Compared to traditional parallel EGO system, the proposed method showed superior convergence speed, solution quality, and computational efficiency. …”
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Nomogram-based risk prediction model employing serum biomarkers to assess intestinal injury risk in patients with metabolic syndrome by Yongqing Chen, Yongqing Chen, Guangxu Wen, Hongmei Wang, Hongmei Wang, Qiyu Yang, Zilang Luo, Zilang Luo, Xin Wang, Jing Ouyang, Jiadan Yang

“…ObjectivePatients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) are more likely to have intestinal injury that may accelerate the disease process. …”
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Test study on flow field morphology of high-pressure abrasive water jet and erosion and failure characteristics of coal by Bingbing HE, Qiheng REN, Qingxiang WANG, Fucheng ZHANG, Lingjun MA, Yayou XU, Baofu WANG, Xiaolin SONG

“…In view of the demand for coal mine gas control, this study took a coal sample from a mining area in Inner Mongolia as the research object, and carried out a study on the coal breaking mechanism of quartz sand abrasive jet based on the theory of hydraulic pressure relief and permeability enhancement. …”
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THE IMPACT OF 68GA-PSMA PET/CT ON THERAPY MANAGEMENT OF HIGH RISK PROSTATE CANCER by Duygu Has Şimşek, Emine Göknur Işık, Caner Civan, Zeynep Gözde Özkan, Serkan Kuyumcu, Ayça İribaş, Mehmet Öner Şanlı, Yasemin Şanlı

“…Objective: We evaluated the impact of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT (PSMA PET) on therapy management of newly diagnosed highrisk prostate cancer (PCa). Material and Method: Patients who underwent a PSMA PET for primary staging of high-risk PCa were evaluated retrospectively. …”
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Identification and characterization of older emergency department patients with high‐risk alcohol use by Christina L. Shenvi, Mark A. Weaver, Kevin J. Biese, Yushan Wang, Rishab Revankar, Yetunde Fatade, Aileen Aylward, Jan Busby‐Whitehead, Timothy F. Platts‐Mills, Gail D'Onofrio

“…We tested a brief screening instrument to identify high‐risk individuals. Methods This was a prospective, cross‐sectional study conducted at a single emergency department. …”
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Isolation and PCR-based detection of parvovirus in dogs by Dhuha Ismaeel Abdul Allmjeed, Rawaa Saladdin Jumaa, Osamah Mohammed Ibrahim

“…The novelty of this study was isolated this virus in two types of cell cultures (diploid and fibroblast cell cultures) and confirmed the isolated virus via PCR technique. Methods: Sixty fecal samples were taken from suspected infected dogs in the Baghdad Governorates were clinically sick and thought to have canine parvovirus. …”
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Efek Pemberian Suntikan Subkutan Vitamin C Terhadap Luka Insisi Dermal by Surya Darma, Menker Manjas, Deddy Saputra, Salmiah Agus, Erkadius Erkadius

“…Method:This experimental study used32 Wistar rats, divided into two group that is 16 rats as control and 16rats as experimental group. …”
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The Impact of Financial Restrictions and Institutional Investors on the Sensitivity of Cash Holdings to Asymmetric Operating Cash Flows by Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy, Maryam Bazyar

“…The sample consists of 104 companies. To check the stationarity of the research variables, Levin, Lin, and Chu's unit root test was used, and to test the research hypotheses, the combined data regression method was utilized. …”
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Predicting the treatment outcomes of major depressive disorder interventions with baseline resting-state functional connectivity: a meta-analysis by Yanyao Zhou, Na Dong, Letian Lei, Dorita H. F. Chang, Charlene L. M. Lam

“…Heterogeneity was observed in both types of rsFC, study design, sample characteristics and data analysis pipeline. …”
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Accessing utility of immunohistochemistry, PD-L1 correlation with stage of cancer and EGFR mutation with disease survival in primary lung carcinoma by Kartavya Kumar Verma, Amit Bugalia, Ajoy Kumar behera, Nighat Hussain

“…Additionally, we explore the relationship between epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression and patient overall survival (OS), as well as the correlation between programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression and cancer staging. Method This prospective cross-sectional study analyzed histopathology samples from more than 18 year-old patients diagnosed with primary lung carcinoma at AIIMS Raipur between 2019 and 2020. …”
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Thermoanalytical and Kinetic Studies for the Thermal Stability of Emerging Pharmaceutical Pollutants Under Different Heating Rates by Christian Ebere Enyoh, Tochukwu Oluwatosin Maduka, Miho Suzuki, Senlin Lu, Qingyue Wang

“…Thermodynamic parameters (Δ<i>H</i>°, Δ<i>G</i>°, Δ<i>S</i>°) were calculated, revealing non-spontaneous, endothermic processes for all samples (except in the FWO method) with a decrease in molecular disorder and positive Δ<i>G</i>° values across all models and heating rates. …”
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Preventing gambling-related harm among adolescents (PRoGRAM-A): an embedded multi-modal process evaluation in a pilot cluster random control trial by Martine Miller, Freya Howell, James White, Dave Griffiths, Leon Noble, Christopher J. Weir, Angela Niven, Andrew Stoddart, Hanna Ensor, Heather Wardle, Richard Purves, Fiona Dobbie

“…Increasing social skills activities to ensure students are comfortable and confident when initiating conversations and making follow-up sessions more interactive (in-line with the two-day workshop). …”
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