Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria by Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu, Wada Zechariah Ojima, Sayomi Bukola Adetutu, Adetoye Mayowa Mary, Ashaolu Joseph Oluwakayode, Olowolafe Tubosun Alex

“…By integrating women’s empowerment within a broader strategy to improve maternal and newborn health, Nigeria can advance towards securing a healthier future for its youngest population.…”
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Masking is good, but conforming is better: The consequences of masking non-conformity within the college classroom by Jessica Sullivan, Corinne Moss-Racusin, Kengthsagn Louis

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Development of the pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary vascular resistance, six minute walk distance, B-type natriuretic peptide, age (PVD-B65) risk score for patients with chronic lung... by Shameek Gayen, Jay Pescatore, Matthew Bittner, Mario Naranjo, Gerard J. Criner, Sheila Weaver, Temple Lung Center Pulmonary Vascular Disease Working Group

“…Abstract Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) confers increased mortality in patients with chronic lung disease, yet there remains a lack of validated risk assessment tools to prognosticate these patients. We aimed to create a risk assessment tool to stratify patients with chronic lung disease and PH by risk of one-year mortality from time of PH diagnosis. …”
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Kidney Diseases Classification using Hybrid Transfer-Learning DenseNet201-Based and Random Forest Classifier by Abdalbasit Mohammed Qadir, Dana Faiq Abd

“…This study focuses on kidney stones, cysts, and tumors, the three most common types of renal illness, using a dataset of 12,446 CT urogram and whole abdomen images, aiming to move toward an AI-based kidney disease diagnosis system while contributing to the wider field of artificial intelligence research. …”
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New trends in electric motors and selection for electric vehicle propulsion systems by Sreedhar Madichetty, Sukumar Mishra, Malabika Basu

“…Hence a detailed comparative study, that compares the existing types and topologies of various motors, is the need of the hour. …”
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Dysregulation of Metabolic Peptides Precedes Hyperinsulinemia and Inflammation Following Exposure to Rotenone in Rats by Vandana Zaman, Denise Matzelle, Naren L. Banik, Azizul Haque

“…Whether rotenone and its effect on metabolic peptides could be utilized as a biomarker for its toxic metabolic effects, which can cause long-term detrimental effects and ultimately lead to obesity, hyperinsulinemia, inflammation, and possibly gut–brain axis dysfunction, remains unclear. …”
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Identités collectives ; territoires et mémoires by Sylvie Contrepois

“…The first symbolises the services era and the urban renewal brought by new towns. The second retains traces from a really important industrial past. …”
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Computational and experimental approaches to explore defense related enzymes conferring resistance in Fusarium infected chilli plants by regulating plant metabolism through nutriti... by Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Atiq, Nasir Ahmed Rajput, Muhammad Sagheer, Ye Xia

“…Moreover, the combination of Krystafeed and Micro Plus significantly increased the concentration of SOD (27.53, 108.96)%, POD (37.29, 45.65)%, CAT (19.33, 95.33)%, H2O2 (22.13, 118.98)%, TPC (27.39, 17.37)%, chlorophyll a (21.80, 35.74)%, chlorophyll b (57.57, 18.25)%, total chlorophyll (30.21, 19.83)%, Tocopherol (13.08, 33.66)%, TrxR (5.03, 36.56)%, MDA (13.84, 54.79)%, ascorbate (4.72, 17.28)%, Proline (5.94, 59.31)%, and phytoalexin (Capsidiol) (11.33, 55.08)% in the treated plants of resistant and susceptible chilli varieties, respectively, as compared to the untreated plants. …”
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Analyzing Rail Traffic Diversion Based on Machine Learning Technique considering Transportation Security by Jing Luo, Dai Zhou, Wenjun Ma, Guohua Zhao

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Carnívoros en el sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires: ecología y conflictos con los ganaderos by N. CARUSO, E.M. LUENGOS VIDAL, M. LUCHERINI, M. GUERISOLI, S. MARTINEZ, E.B. CASANAVE

“…El rol fundamental que cumplen los carnívoros silvestres en los ecosistemas está siendo amenazado en todo el mundo por la persecución por parte del hombre y por la alteración del hábitat. …”
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Achievements and prospects of applying high-throughput sequencing techniques to potato genetics and breeding by I. V. Bykova, N. A. Shmakov, D. A. Afonnikov, A. V. Kochetov, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Optimization of existing bioinformatic tools to support these studies, taking into account potato genome organization peculiarities, are carried out. …”
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Disrupting EDEM3‐induced M2‐like macrophage trafficking by glucose restriction overcomes resistance to PD‐1/PD‐L1 blockade by Shaoyong Peng, Minshan Wu, Qian Yan, Gaopo Xu, Yumo Xie, Guannan Tang, Jinxin Lin, Zixu Yuan, Xiaoxia Liang, Ze Yuan, Jingrong Weng, Liangliang Bai, Xiaolin Wang, Huichuan Yu, Meijin Huang, Yanxin Luo, Xiaoxia Liu

“…Cancer‐associatedfibroblasts (CAFs) are significant in immune escape and resistance toimmunotherapy, emphasizing the urgent need for new treatment strategies. …”
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BRICS expansion in the news coverage of member countries: a political economy perspective by Fedaa Mohamed Abdelaziz Abdeldayem, Sarah Francis Wadie Kswat

“…When comparing the 11 newspapers' coverage of BRICS-related topics, it’s evident that each publication brings its unique perspective and priorities to the forefront. …”
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Effects of Roasting Temperature and Time on the Chemical Composition of Argan Oil by Rahma Belcadi-Haloui, Abderrahmane Zekhnini, Yassine El-Alem, Abdelhakim Hatimi

“…The decrease in the tocopherols content would be due to their thermolability. …”
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Determination of Selected Metals in Fruit Wines by Spectroscopic Techniques by Justyna Płotka-Wasylka, Małgorzata Rutkowska, Bartłomiej Cieślik, Alan Tyburcy, Jacek Namieśnik

“…The knowledge of certain elements content in wines/fruit wines is of special interest due to their toxicity in case of excessive intake and also the effect they seem to have on the organoleptic properties of wine. …”
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A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management—Fish Kills by Florida LAKEWATCH

“…This is the seventh in the Beginner's Guide to Water Management series, which is a series of information circulars provides a basic introduction to the terminology and concepts used in today's water management arena.  Cir107/FA104: A Beginners Guide to Water Management—Fish Kills (ufl.edu) …”
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Information Spread of Emergency Events: Path Searching on Social Networks by Weihui Dai, Hongzhi Hu, Tunan Wu, Yonghui Dai

“…This paper collects Internet data based on data acquisition and topic detection technology, analyzes the process of information spread on social networks, describes the diffusions and impacts of that information from the perspective of random graph, and finally seeks the key paths through an improved IBF algorithm. …”
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AN APPRAISAL OF NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY THRUST FROM 1960-2023 by SUNNY MENE PIATE, EMMANUEL SUNDAY, BARILEDUM KIA

“…The utility of the Decision-making model is that it seeks to uncover the underlying motivations and values that push decision makers towards preference a certain course of action.  The utility of the power approach to the discourse is that states in international relations are always possessed by the national interest which nations attain only by improving upon the element of their national power relative to other states.  …”
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Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia in Adults: Is It Neurologic or Not? by Kadriye Erkan Turan, Tulay Kansu

“…Among patients, 3 were treated with prisms, 4 were treated with strabismus surgery, and 1 was treated with botulinum toxin injections; 1 patient declined treatment. In treated patients posttreatment sensory testing indicated restoration of binocularity that remained stable throughout follow-up of 1–9 years. …”
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Changes in Microbiological and Physicochemical Quality of Dried Persimmons (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) Stored at Various Temperatures by Jeong-Eun Hyun, Ji-Yeon Kim, Eun-Mi Kim, Jong-Chan Kim, Sun-Young Lee

“…Overall, dried persimmon-2 showed lower levels of total mesophilic bacteria, Escherichia coli, coliforms, yeasts, and molds than dried persimmon-1. …”
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