Safety of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: piloting WHO framework in Iran by Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Mondher Letaief, Hossein Mashhadi Abdolahi, Ramin Rezapour, Ahmed Alboksmaty, Mostafa Farahbakhsh

“…In addition to measuring the indicator’s value, the indicators’ feasibility was also assessed. Descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS-16 were used for data analysis. …”
Get full text

Coup (d'etat) in the Baltic States (1926, 1934): Similarities and Differences by Zenonas Butkus

“…The model enabled a more flexible reaction to the danger of extremist trends or serious blows to democracy; it also contributed to the protection from damaging impact of outward influences, which was especially noticeable in Estonia. …”
Get full text

TOOLS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH by Eldar Veremchuk, Hennadii Vasylchuk

“…Furthermore, the article undertakes an examination of the manner in which these instruments can be employed not solely within the context of business communicative discourse but also as a means of constructing and reinforcing a national concept and cultural unity. …”
Get full text

Strengthening the Resilience of Objective-Oriented Health System Reforms. Analysis of the Left-Turn in the Health Reform Proposals in Mexico (2019) and Colombia (2023) by Laura Flamand, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Natalia Losada-Trujillo, Diana Pinto, Edson Serván-Mori, Diego Cerecero-García, Thomas Hone, Sumit Mazumdar

“…For long-term resilience, they also need multiple networks to secure them, including citizens well informed about their benefits, health workers with a sense of ownership, and legal protections.…”
Get full text

Characterizing Light-absorbing Aerosols in a Low-income Settlement in South Africa by Nopasika A. Xulu, Stuart J. Piketh, Gregor T. Feig, Daniel A. Lack, Rebecca M. Garland

“…Abstract Light-absorbing aerosols, particularly black carbon (BC), have significant impacts on human health and the climate. They are also the least-studied fraction of atmospheric particles, particularly in residential areas of southern Africa. …”
Get full text

Investigation of Association with First-Trimester Free Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-ß, Pregnancy - Associated Plasma Protein-A, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Gokhan Gonen, Yasam Kemal Akpak, Murat Muhcu

“…It may be a useful tool to predictive not only chromosome anomalies but also adverse pregnancy outcomes. …”
Get full text

Evaluación del efecto del pastoreo sobre el banco de semillas del suelo, en condiciones de campo, en pastizales serranos del centro de Argentina by Maria Andrea Amuchástegui, Cesar Omar Nuñez, Juan José Cantero, José Alejandro Mulko, Emiliano Foresto

“…Se evaluó el banco de semillas del suelo con la metodología de emergencia de plántulas. El pastizal alto mostró los mayores valores de tamaño del banco en los tratamientos pastoreados en comparación con el pastizal bajo. …”
Get full text

Megoura crassicauda promote the ability of Vicia faba L. to remediate cadmium pollution of water and soil by Sijing Wan, Shasha Wang, Yan Li, Yexin Xie, Qimei Li, Yinjie Fang, Zhenjuan Yin, Shigui Wang, Yifan Zhai, Bin Tang

“…These results demonstrate that fava beans not only exhibit high Cd tolerance but can also effectively absorb Cd ions from soil and water. …”
Get full text

Role of microRNA in the risk stratification of ischemic strokes by Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, May Adel Alhamid, Fawaz Al-Mufti

“…The study’s design, sample size, methodology, statistical analysis, and any potential biases or restrictions from the selected reference papers were also taken into account.Results and findingsMicroRNA is an important biomarker for risk stratification in Ischemic Strokes. …”
Get full text

Oncogenic processes: a neglected parameter in the evolutionary ecology of animals by Thomas, Frédéric, Asselin, Klara, MacDonald, Nick, Brazier, Lionel, Meliani, Jordan, Ujvari, Beata, Dujon, Antoine Marie

“…In this article, we highlight some significant advancements in this field, also underscoring the pressing need to consider reciprocal interactions not only between cancer cells and their hosts but also with all entities comprising the holobiont. …”
Get full text

Most diverse, most neglected: weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) are ubiquitous specialized brood-site pollinators of tropical flora by Haran, Julien, Kergoat, Gael J., de Medeiros, Bruno A. S.

“…Plants engaged in weevil-mediated pollination are generally of typical cantharophilous type exhibiting large, white and fragrant flowers or inflorescences and they also show specific structures to host the larval stages of their specialist pollinators. …”
Get full text

Progress in prediction of photocatalytic CO2 reduction using machine learning approach: A mini review by Md Mohshin Ali, Md. Arif Hossen, Azrina Abd Aziz

“…These models can handle extensive experimental datasets, optimize operational parameters, and provide insights into CO2 reduction (CO2R) mechanisms. ML models also simplify the material selection, reducing experimental validation time and thereby improving the overall efficiency of PC-CO2R. …”
Get full text

Accelerated photonic design of coolhouse film for photosynthesis via machine learning by Jinlei Li, Yi Jiang, Bo Li, Yihao Xu, Huanzhi Song, Ning Xu, Peng Wang, Dayang Zhao, Zhe Liu, Sheng Shu, Juyou Wu, Miao Zhong, Yongguang Zhang, Kefeng Zhang, Bin Zhu, Qiang Li, Wei Li, Yongmin Liu, Shanhui Fan, Jia Zhu

“…It also improves crop resistance to heat and drought in greenhouse cultivation. …”
Get full text

Unexpected Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on the Air Quality in the Metro Atlanta, USA Using Ground-based and Satellite Observations by Guanyu Huang, Reyla Ponder, Amber Bond, Hailey Brim, Akua Temeng, Aaron R. Naeger, Lei Zhu

“…Higher wind speed and precipitations also make the meteorological conditions favorable to this slight air quality improvement. …”
Get full text

Integrative analysis of 5-methylcytosine associated signature in papillary thyroid cancer by Ying Ding, Xinying Li, Wenlong Wang, Lei Cai

“…Similar to the above risk score, the IRS model also showed favorable prognosis predictive performance (AUC = 0.764). …”
Get full text

The Middle to Late Triassic of Central Saudi Arabia with emphasis on the Jilh Formation. Part II: sequence stratigraphy, depositional and structural history, correlations and paleo... by Le Nindre, Yves-Michel, Davies, Roger Brett, Issautier, Benoit, Krystyn, Leopold, Vaslet, Denis, Vrielynck, Bruno, Memesh, Abdullah

“…A younger Late Norian–Rhaetian transgression (Tr90 MFS?) is also identified. All of these major transgressive–regressive sequences and hiatuses can be identified with confidence and correlated at the regional scale with time-equivalent carbonates. …”
Get full text

Pre-gestational diabetes in a young woman with a pathogenic INSR missense mutation, p.(Met1180Lys) by Emma L Prehn, Mairéad Crowley, David Fennell, Brendan T Kinsley, Kevin Colclough, Maria M Byrne

“…Diabetes was diagnosed at 13-years-old following presentation with lethargy and polyuria and she was treated with metformin 500 mg po bd. She also had polycystic ovarian syndrome, hypothyroidism and epilepsy. …”
Get full text

Conservation networks do not match the ecological requirements of amphibians by Matutini, Florence, Baudry, Jacques, Fortin, Marie-Josee, Pain, Guillaume, Pithon, Josephine

“…We highlighted a mismatch between the most suitable amphibian habitats at the regional scale and the conservation network, both for common species and for species of high conservation concern. We also found two bottlenecks between areas of suitable habitat which might be crucial for population movements induced by global change, especially for species associated with hedgerow mosaic landscapes. …”
Get full text

Social Acceptance of Smart Glasses in Health Care: Model Evaluation Study of Anticipated Adoption and Social Interaction by Niek Zuidhof, Oscar Peters, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Somaya Ben Allouch

“…Although a large portion of respondents were medical doctors, the sample also included nurses and other health care professionals. …”
Get full text

The use of veno-arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation for hemodynamics support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention by Wael Samy, Helmy Elghawaby, Akram Abdelbary, Hany Zakaria Mohamed, Alia Hassan Abdel Fattah

“…V-A ECMO (Fem-Fem configuration) will be initiated during elective high-risk PCI procedure, compared to patients who underwent high-risk PCI refusing ECMO, also excluding patients suffering from acute decompensated heart failure. …”
Get full text