Surface Laser Quenching as an Alternative Method for Conventional Quenching and Tempering Treatment of 1538 MV Steel by R. Carrera-Espinoza, A. Rojo Valerio, J. del Prado Villasana, J. A. Yescas Hernández, P. Moreno-Garibaldi, M. A. Cruz-Gómez, U. Figueroa López

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Endovascular Treatment of Mirror Aneurysms in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients: Single Stage or Multiple Stage? by Yunfei Song, Guoqiang Song, Guijing Liu, Limei Mao, Xiuhu An, Chao Peng, Jian Li, Yan Chen, Hongwen Li, Changkai Hou, Bangyue Wang, Yan Zhao, Xiangdong Wang, Gangfeng Yin, Xinyu Yang

“…In the multistage cohort, only the ruptured aneurysm (amounting to 51 in total) received treatment at the initial occurrence, while the remaining 51 aneurysms were addressed subsequently. …”
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The mediating role of core self-evaluation in the association between perceived peer relationship quality and loneliness in university students. by Hongxiu Tan, Wen Xiao

“…Core self-evaluation accounted for 36.23% of the total effect of peer relationship quality on loneliness. …”
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Socio-epidemiological Variables of Female Infertility in Camagüey Province by Rolando Rodríguez Puga, Yoánderson Pérez Díaz, Nurys Vázquez Rodríguez, Yanira González Ronquillo

“…A high percentage had university studies (45.4 %) and pre-university studies (24.3 %), the consumption of coffee (24.0 %) and tobacco (14.5 %) predominated as toxic habits; as well as sexually transmitted diseases (24.7 %) and the use of contraception (21.1 %). …”
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A Methodology to Assess Diagnostic Competence in Anatomical Pathology Examinations for Pathology Residents by Caridad Socorro Castro, Margarita Roméu Escobar

“…<strong>Background</strong>: For years, the tools for learning assessment of physicians in specialization programs have had an empirical character, leading to problems in the quality of the process. …”
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A Multicriteria Approach to Support Task Allocation in Projects of Distributed Software Development by Marum Simão Filho, Plácido R. Pinheiro, Adriano B. Albuquerque, Régis P. S. Simão, Raimundo S. N. Azevedo, Luciano C. Nunes

“…The proposed approach comprises a workflow containing responsible actors and descriptions of the activities. Automated tools are also employed in automating the implementation of the approach. …”
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Barlow Twins deep neural network for advanced 1D drug–target interaction prediction by Maximilian G. Schuh, Davide Boldini, Annkathrin I. Bohne, Stephan A. Sieber

“…In addition, we further benchmark new baselines against existing methods. Together, these innovations improve the efficiency and effectiveness of drug–target interactions predictions, providing robust tools for accelerating drug development and deepening the understanding of molecular interactions. …”
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Selection of lactic acid bacteria as a probiotic and evaluated its performance on gnotobiotic catfish Clarias sp. by Enita Romasni Turnip, Widanarni, Widanarni, Anja Meryandini

“…The presence of normal microflora with P. pentosaceus E2211 in Np treatment showed the best probiotic performance with daily growth rate 3.28%, feed conversion ratio 1.79, and total intestinal bacteria reached 108 CFU/mL significantly different from other treatments (P<0.05). …”
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Design of an alumina forming coating for Nb-base refractory alloys by Collin S. Holgate, Carolina Frey, Melina A. Endsley, Akane Suzuki, Carlos G. Levi, Tresa M. Pollock

“…Alloy down-selection from approximately 7,800 alloys in the Nb-Si-Ti-Al-Hf system was conducted via analysis of calculated thermodynamic properties with number-density topology style maps. This approach is validated by creating and testing the composition Nb12Si23Ti24Al36Hf5, which forms protective alumina scales up to 1400 °C and resists pesting at 800 °C. …”
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Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Varies Widely: A Need for Further Education by Vivian Wai-Mei Huang, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Karen Ivy Kroeker, Karen Jean Goodman, Kathleen M. Hegadoren, Levinus Albert Dieleman, Richard Neil Fedorak

“…For specified IBD medications, proportions of physicians who indicated they would continue them during pregnancy were as follows: sulfasalazine, 47.4%; oral mesalamine, 67.0%; topical mesalamine, 70.3%; oral prednisone, 68.0%; topical prednisone, 78.0%; oral budesonide, 61.6%; topical budesonide, 75.0%; ciprofloxacin, 15.3%; metronidazole, 31.4%; azathioprine, 57.1%; methotrexate, 2.8%; infliximab, 55.6%; adalimumab, 78.1%. …”
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Non-albicans Candida Infection: An Emerging Threat by Sachin C. Deorukhkar, Santosh Saini, Stephen Mathew

“…Candida albicans was the predominant cause of candidiasis. However, a shift toward non-albicans Candida species has been recently observed. …”
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Els Valors i principis fundacionals de la Unió Europea en temps d’incertesa i policrisi by Joan Lluís Pérez Francesch

“… Es reflexiona sobre la importància dels valors i principis constitutius de la Unió Europea en una època que es considera de crisi d’identitat del projecte europeu, que cal revitalitzar davant de greus amenaces com ara la polarització política, la hiperegulació burocràtica, la crisi de les estructures pròpies de l’Estat de dret en alguns Estats membres, les tendències autoritàries de la democràcia il·liberal, les reaccions euro escèptiques de grups polítics populistes, tot plegat en un escenari internacional incert i en un context de “policrisi” de gran complexitat. …”
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Combination therapy of low-dose radiotherapy and immunotherapy in advanced metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case report and literature review by Chun-Qiao Chen, Hui Huang, Min Pan, Zhe Jia, Jing Zhang, Qiu-Qiu Chen

“…The initial treatment procedure was as follows: chemotherapy regimen (nedaplatin + docetaxel + fluorouracil) induction, followed by radical radiotherapy for the primary lesion, LDRT for the L5 vertebral body metastasis, and concurrent use of low-dose capecitabine beat chemotherapy and toripalimab immunotherapy. The patient was also administered with human granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor and aspirin to enhance the immune function. …”
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Improving the adoption of a school-based nutrition program: findings from a collaborative network of randomised trials by Courtney Barnes, Rachel Sutherland, Lisa Janssen, Jannah Jones, Katie Robertson, Justine Gowland-Ella, Nicola Kerr, Aimee Mitchell, Karen Gillham, Alison L. Brown, Luke Wolfenden

“…Meta-analyses were also conducted to pool the effects of the three trials and allow the comparison of the potential relative effects of the different strategies. Results A total of 287 schools were included in the study: Trial 1 (n = 164), Trial 2 (n = 64) and Trial 3 (n = 59). …”
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Women Architects and Social Housing in the Basque Country (1978-2008). An Approach from a Feminist Perspective by Olatz Ocerin-Ibáñez, Itziar Rodríguez-Oyarbide

“…The quantification of women out of total social housing developments shows that there are many fewer female than male architects working in this field. …”
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Entre la autoridad eclesiástica y el liderazgo local: los curas párrocos de la diócesis de Tucumán durante el primer peronismo by Lucía Santos Lepera

“…Tributario de los enfoques socioculturales desarrollados en los últimos años en torno a la Iglesia y el catolicismo, el presente estudio busca ampliar y complejizar el abordaje de este tema. …”
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MsCL-P1: A multifunctional C-type lectin from largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) with broad microbe binding and agglutination activities by Siyi She, Ying Ye, Fengyao Guo, Shun Yang, Mengmeng Huang, Hui Fei

“…Furthermore, the rCRD showed significant binding activity towards multiple microbes, including Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and fungi. …”
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Prevalence of neonatal sepsis and associated factors among neonates admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Northern Uganda. by Brendah Katugume, JohnBaptist Muzungu, Nelson Okello, Eustes Kigongo, Deborah Andrinar Namutebi

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among a total of 194 neonates whose charts were reviewed, 80 neonates had neonatal sepsis, giving a proportion of 0.412 and then prevalence of 41.2%. …”
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Sugarcane Cultivars Descriptive Fact Sheet: CP 96-1252, CP 01-1372 and CP 00-1101 by Hardev Sandhu, Wayne Davidson

“… Sugarcane cultivars CP 96-1252, CP 01-1372 and CP 00-1101 are the top three commercial sugarcane cultivars in Florida occupying >43% of total sugarcane area (400,551 acres) (VanWeelden et al. 2016). …”
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A Bioinspired Methodology Based on an Artificial Immune System for Damage Detection in Structural Health Monitoring by Maribel Anaya, Diego A. Tibaduiza, Francesc Pozo

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