Self-other distinction modulates the sense of self-agency during joint actions by Laura Zapparoli, Marika Mariano, Lucia Maria Sacheli, Tommaso Berni, Caterina Negrone, Carlo Toneatto, Eraldo Paulesu

“…Explicit sense of agency: we observed decreased judgments of self-agency in Joint trials compared with the Solo ones in both the Coordination and Sequential tasks. …”
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The Problem of Recurrent Injuries in Collegiate Track and Field by Chris Hopkins, Samantha Kanny, Catherine Headley

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and burden of recurrent injuries in collegiate T&F and compare differences in the time loss associated with initial and recurrent injuries by sex and T&F discipline…”
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Estimating Mortality Related to O3 and PM25 under Changing Climate and Emission in Continental Southeast Asia by Giang Tran Huong Nguyen, Thuan Thi Thanh Nguyen, Hikari Shimadera, Katsushige Uranishi, Tomohito Matsuo, Akira Kondo

“…In BenMAP-CE simulations, baseline scenarios presenting for the present year (2014) were compared against the control scenarios presenting for the future year (2050). …”
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Spine surgery and readmission: Risk factors in lumbar corpectomy patients by Julius Gerstmeyer, MD, Anna Gorbacheva, August Avantaggio, Clifford Pierre, MD, Emre Yilmaz, MD, Thomas A. Schildhauer, MD, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, MD, Rod J Oskouian, MD, Jens R Chapman, MD

“…Underlying pathologies have a greater impact on the readmission rate compared to medical comorbidities. These findings highlight the importance of preoperative patient selection, especially when performing more invasive procedures. …”
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Does Vitamin D Level Affect the Radiographic Severity of Osteoarthritis Knee and its Functional Status? by S. Hariprasad, Aditya Seth, S. J. Karthik, Anish N. Tawde, Ratnakar Vecham, Adarsh Annapareddy, A. V. Gurava Reddy, Rajat Jain

“…Statistical analyses were conducted to compare variables between patients with deficient Vitamin D levels (<30 ng/mL) and those with normal levels (≥30 ng/mL). …”
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Identification of serum tRNA-derived small RNAs biosignature for diagnosis of tuberculosis by Zikun Huang, Qing Luo, Cuifen Xiong, Haiyan Zhu, Chao Yu, Jianqing Xu, Yiping Peng, Junming Li, Aiping Le

“…Levels of tsRNA-Gly-CCC-2, tsRNA-Gly-GCC-1, and tsRNA-Lys-CTT-2-M2 were significantly elevated in the serum of TB patients compared to non-TB individuals, showing a correlation with lung injury severity and acid-fast bacilli grades in TB patients. …”
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Performance in organic chemistry at either a four-year university or community college predicts academic performance in an accelerated school of pharmacy by Troy J. Smith, Jason Ross, Charles R. Breese, Melissa A. Burmeister

“…CC and the pharmacy year 1 (PY1) and pharmacy year 2 (PY2) grade point averages (GPAs) compared. Students were then dichotomized into two subcategories based on whether they received an above average (i.e., A or B) or average (i.e., C) grade in organic chemistry I or II. …”
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Effects of three kinds of growth regulators on flowering and branch physiological characteristics of Paeonia rockii by LIU Jiamiao, TANG Hong, ZHU Jiachen, TAO Xuanlin, XUE Nana

“…The changes of physiological indexes, including flowering at full-bloom stage, antioxidant enzyme activity, and osmotic adjustment substance content of branches, were investigated. [Results] Compared with the control, the three growth regulators increased the number of flowers and the rate of double-petal flowers to varying degrees, and the effect of 500 mg/L 6-BA treatment was the best. …”
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Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on results in the animal naming test in patients with and without liver cirrhosis. by Eva Maria Schleicher, Julia Tuchscher, Matthias Weber, Peter Robert Galle, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Simon Johannes Gairing, Christian Labenz

“…Patients with diabetic foot syndrome but no cirrhosis performed poorer in S-ANT1 compared to healthy controls, while patients with cirrhosis and MHE performed poorer than patients with diabetic foot syndrome.…”
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The Late 1980s HIV Outbreak in the Southeast of Soviet Russia: Soviet Government and Its Policy against the Epidemic (The Case of Kalmykia) by Margarita V. Baduginova

“…The study rests on the fundamental principles of systemacity, objectivity, historicism and complexity that have proved instrumental in analyzing documentary sources and comparing the obtained materials; describing the development and changes in official HIV-related policy; examining social, political and economic shifts across the regions under consideration as integral to what was being experienced nationwide; articulating objective evaluations of the Soviet government’s policy pertaining to the epidemic. …”
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Mongolian Education and Science Vocabulary by Anna V. Mazarchuk

“…Some other words, such as Mong. боловсрол ‘education’, эрдэмтэн ‘scientist’, ухаан ‘intelligence’ (in шинжлэх ухаан ‘science’), оюутан ‘student’ ― have common Turko-Mongolic (bol- ‘become’, uqa- ‘comprehend’) or even common Altaic (ere- ‘male’, oyu- ‘mind’) stems, but their new semantics referring to various phenomena of education and science appeared comparatively recently, to a large extent, as a result of attempts to find new words for the notions introduced by Chinese culture and Uighur Buddhism. …”
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Chimeric cytokine receptor TGF-β RⅡ/IL-21R improves CAR-NK cell function by reversing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment of gastric cancer by Yaojun Ren, Min Xue, Xinhui Hui, Xiuyu Liu, Muhammad Asad Farooq, Yiran Chen, Yuzhou Ji, Yixin Duan, Iqra Ajmal, Jie Yao, Wenzheng Jiang

“…In the xenograft mouse model, TRII/21R-CAR-NK cells significantly inhibited tumor growth and improved the survival rate of tumor-bearing mice compared to the mice receiving control CAR-NK cells. …”
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The Effect Of Mild Exercise Induced Dehydration On Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3) Scores: A within-subjects design. by Sean M Collins, Monica R Lininger, Thomas G Bowman

“…The rested control session had significantly lower values when compared to the dehydrated session. Additionally, the symptom total in the rested control was significantly lower than the euhydrated condition as well. …”
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Antibacterial activity of 1 % Roselle flower nano-emulsion extract (Hibiscus sabdariffa) against peri-implantitis-related bacteria on orthodontic mini-implants: An in vitro study by Ridhofar Akbar Khusnul Abdillah, Theresia Indah Budhy, Ida Bagus Narmada, I Gusti Aju Wahju Ardani, Nastiti Faradilla Ramadhani, Ratri Maya Sitalaksmi, Muhammad Luthfi, Ninik Mas Ulfa, Albertus Putera Nugraha, Tengku Natasha Eleena binti Tengku Ahmad Noor, Alexander Patera Nugraha

“…The antibacterial activity of 1 % RNE toward Prevotella intermedia (Pi), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), and Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) was carried out to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration, minimum bactericidal concentration, and inhibitory zone compared with doxycycline as a positive control. Results: Roselle flower NE extract (1 %) possessed flavonoids, quinone, saponin, alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids, and steroids positively. …”
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Optimized process and modeling of waste Gmelina arborea seed pyrolytic oil production and its characterization as a sustainable biofuel by Victor Idankpo Ameh, Olusola Olaitan Ayeleru, Helen Uchenna Modekwe, Philiswa Nosizo Nomngongo, Ishmael Matala Ramatsa

“…The fuel properties and the calorific value of 33.69 MJ/kg of the pyrolytic oil compared to ASTM standard specifications for pyrolytic liquid biofuel show suitability for commercial and industrial fuel. …”
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Health-related Quality of Life and hospital costs of Finnish melanoma patients participating in the second Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT-II) by Pia J. Heino, Jukka Pappinen, John F. Thompson, Micaela Hernberg, Tiina A. Jahkola, Mark B. Faries

“…Tertiary care costs between the groups were also compared. Results: At 60 months, the mean HRQoL score for the CLND and observation groups for General Health were 77.3 versus 65.0 (p = 0.007, adjusted p = 0.065), for role limitations due to physical health 89.5 versus 72.3 (p = 0.029, adjusted p = 0.203) and for role limitations due to emotional problems 91.4 versus 71.9 (p = 0.006, adjusted p = 0.065) and at 48 months, 92.8 versus 71.3 (p = 0.002, adjusted p = 0.056). …”
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Serum alpha-1 acid glycoprotein and gallstone risk in US adult women: a cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES by Xiaocheng Li, Peiling He

“…After adjusting for all covariates, serum AGP levels were positively associated with gallstone risk (OR: 3.07; 95% CI: 1.16, 8.11; p = 0.036). Compared to the first tertile (T1), the third AGP tertile (T3) had an OR of 1.87 (95% CI: 1.11, 3.14; p = 0.030). …”
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Screening for diabetic retinopathy at a health centre in South Africa: A cross-sectional study by Ntokozo Zulu, Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Elizabeth M. Webb, Wezi G. Maphenduka, Steve Cook, Paul Rheeder

“…Artificial intelligence detected more glaucoma cases (17.5% vs 9.2%) and DR (23.3% vs 15.8%) compared to the optometrist. In contrast, the optometrist identified more cases of macula pathology (29.2% vs 19.2%). …”
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Are horned cows in loose housing more stressed than hornless cows? a cross-sectional study in organic dairy farms by A. Ebinghaus, G. Thiessen, S. Ivemeyer, U. Knierim

“…FCM levels were not higher in horned compared to hornless herds. However, contrary to expectations, no associations with compliance were found. …”
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Desarrollo profesional docente en educación infantil desde la investigación-acción by Ignacio Figueroa-Céspedes, Esteban Fica

“…Estas categorías se articulan y complementan para formar un ciclo continuo de investigación-acción, reflexión y aprendizaje profesional, facilitando la profesionalización docente y la construcción de una cultura de indagación y de mejora continua en el contexto educativo. …”
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