EDITORIAL by Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas

“…Por lo que celebramos el inicio de un fructífero 2025, deseando que nuestra comunidad universitaria, lectora y colaboradores tengan plenitud en todos los aspectos de su vida personal, académica y profesional. …”
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Exploring Undergraduate Research Projects Success Factors in Muni University, Uganda by Nicholas, Nkamwesiga, Phelix, Businge Mbabazi, Ritah, Nafuna

“…SPSS-v.21 program was used to determine the reliability of the research instrument and analyse the collected data using the frequencies, percentages and median of the parameters that formed the constructs of the study. …”
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Effect of variety and nutrient on insect pest infestation of <i>Amaranthus spp</i> by ABO Ogedegbe, AE Ezeh

“…This experiment took place in Agricultural farm of University of Benin, Edo state Nigeria from February to April 2013 and 2014. …”
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Development of a scale of teachers’ perceived training quality from the perspective of TPACK by Jielin Yang, Hongju Wei

“…The validity and reliability of the scale were verified with a sample of 426 K-12 teachers in Henan, China. Explanatory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and item discrimination were also conducted. …”
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Kenya’s 2022 General Elections and Nigerian’s 2023 General Elections: Any Lessons for Democratic Consolidation in Africa? by Godwin Ojanyi Agbiloko, Gerald Ifeanyi Okafor

“…This paper showcases that Kenyans have carved out a roadmap for themselves and democratic reformers across the continent. …”
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Results of non-interventional observational study of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis by Yelena N. Shirokova, Anna F. Sheptulina

“…Efficacy and safety investigation of the drug was carried out at the day 30 (visit 2) and at the day 90 (visit 3) according to the laboratory tests results, quality of life assessment by SF-36 questionnaire, registration of frequency and severity of the adverse events (AE). Results. The median age (interquartile range) of PBC patients enrolled in the original study was 53 (48-61) years, the women prevailed: 29 (96,6%). …”
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Patients’ and plastic surgeons’ experiences with an online patient decision aid for breast reconstruction: considerations for nationwide implementation by Jacqueline A. ter Stege, Ellen G. Engelhardt, Leonie A.E. Woerdeman, Hester S.A. Oldenburg, Jacobien M. Kieffer, Daniela E.E. Hahn, Frederieke H. van Duijnhoven, Martine A. van Huizum, Regina The, Klemens Karssen, Marianne Kuenen, Miranda A. Gerritsma, Quinten (PQ) Ruhe, Irene S. Krabbe-Timmerman, Martijne van’t Riet, Nikola (AN) Kimmings, Eveline M.L. Corten, Kerry A. Sherman, Arjen J. Witkamp, Eveline M.A. Bleiker

“…Results Of 116 eligible patients, 113 patients accessed the BR pDA (median age: 50 years and 50% were highly educated. …”
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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein - early predictors of low colorectal anastomotic leakage by Yu. A. Shelygin, M. A. Tarasov, M. A. Sukhina, I. V. Zarodnyuk, Ye. G. Rybakov

“…In the group of patients with anastomotic leak, the median of C-reactive protein level differed from that in patients with uncompromised integrity of anastomosis at 3rd day after surgery (156 mg/L vs 81 mg/L, respectively - t-test, p=0.0004) and postoperative day 6 (136 mg/L vs. 52 mg/L, respectively - t-test, p…”
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Measurement and Analysis of PM10 and PM2.5 from Chimneys of Coal-fired Power Plants Using a Light Scattering Method by Dongho Shin, Younghun Kim, Kee-Jung Hong, Gunhee Lee, Inyong Park, Hak-Joon Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Bangwoo Han, Jungho Hwang

“…All six stacks showed bimodal distribution, and the count median diameters of each mode were 0.5 µm and 1.1 µm. …”
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Comparison of Endometrial Microbiota Results Between Patients with Unexplained Infertility and Fertile Patients through 16s rRNA Sequencing by Gonca Ozten Dere, Cagman Tan, Sezcan Mumusoglu, Pinar Zarakolu, Gurkan Bozdag

“…RESULTS: Lactobacillus species represented the majority of the microbiome profile in both groups. The median percentage of the endometrial Lactobacillus between infertile patients and fertile patients was not statistically significant (p=0.9). …”
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Constipation treatment safety at pregnancy by O. Z. Okhlobystina

“…It is supposed, that high progesteron level during pregnancy results in increased production of renin, activation of rennin-angiotensinaldosterone system causes increased absorption of water in the large intestine. …”
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Enhanced multivariate data fusion and optimized algorithm for comprehensive quality profiling and origin traceability of Chinese jujube by Peng Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Rao Fu, Xiaoyan Xiao, Yu Li, Tulin Lu, Tao Wang, Qiaosheng Guo, Peina Zhou, Chenghao Fei

“…This research utilized computer vision, ultrafast gas-phase electronic nose, and GC–MS technologies to collect jujube samples from various regions in China, including Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Hebei. Multidimensional trait data, encompassing spectra, texture, and odour, were gathered. …”
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Carcinogenic and Genotoxicity of some PAHs in commonly consumed smoked fish (<i>Parachanna obscura</i> and <i>Ethmalosa fimbriata) </i> by N.O. Erhunmwunse, S.A. Ekaye

“… The dietary exposure of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs) and potential risk to human health was instigated in two different traditionally smoked species of fish (Parachanna obscura and Ethmalosa frimbriata) purchased from three markets in Benin City. Identification and quantitative analysis of PAHs components were achieved by Gas Chromatography/High Performance Liquid Chromatography. …”
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Tolerability and Effectiveness of Regorafenib Treatment in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Real-World Data from the United States by Finn RS, Iyer R, Kalman RS, Parikh ND, Cabrera R, Babajanyan S, Kaseb AO

“…Common adverse events (AEs) included gastrointestinal disorders, fatigue, and hand-foot skin reaction. Median overall survival for patients in the US subset was 11.4 months (interquartile range [IQR]: 4.7– 25.4) and 13.2 months (IQR: 5.8– 26.3) in the non-US subset. …”
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Consecuencias de la escasez de enfermeras en la calidad del cuidado y en la investigación by Ana Belén Salamanca Castro

“…En España la situación actual sigue arrojando un saldo muy negativo de enfermeras, ya que serían necesarias 100000 enfermeras más en España para para poder alcanzar la ratio de la Unión Europa (UE), algo que, a tenor de la tendencia de estos últimos años, parece harto complejo y, de hecho, se estima que se tardaría entre 22 y 29 años en llegar a la ratio de la UE en España. …”
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A remote sensing evidence on the marginality, stagementation and spatiotemporal heterogeneity of vegetation evolution characteristics in the Yinshan Mountains, China: Based on PKU... by Menglin Yan, Jingyang Lu, Yingying Ma, Chao Ma

“…This study focuses on a typical Ecological Vulnerable Area (EVA)-Yinshan mountains (YSMs), using PKU GIMMS NDVI as a vegetation growth indicator, to explore the spatiotemporal heterogeneity and driving mechanisms of vegetation in in desertified steppe ecosystems (DSEs) of arid and semi-arid regions. The Theil-Sen (T-S) Median trend analysis &amp; Mann-Kendall (M-K) trend test, Hurst index, correlation analysis, partial correlation analysis, residual analysis and bivariate spatial autocorrelation (Bi-SA) analysis were used for quantitative analysis. …”
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Early detection of myocarditis caused by immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy with nivolumab and ipilimumab for advanced recurrent renal cell carcinoma by Maki Todo, Yodo Gatate, Shintaro Nakano, Go Kaneko, Masayuki Hagiwara, Takayuki Takahashi, Yuta Umezawa, Genji Ueda, Shiho Ishikawa, Yoshinori Makino, Masafumi Oyama, Suguru Shirotake

“…There were no fatal symptoms or death due to myocarditis. The median time to the onset of myocarditis was 25 days (21–86 days). …”
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Mexiletine dosing and tolerability in refractory chronic migraine: Insights from post-lidocaine infusion treatment by Lucia Liao, Hsiangkuo Yuan, Dylan Selbst, Emily Casaletto, Jiangang Liao, Clinton G. Lauritsen

“…At the last follow-up, the median daily dose was 600 mg (450 mg–750 mg). Mexiletine was discontinued in 36.4% (120/329) of patients due to side effects and in 11.2% (37/329) due to insufficient treatment response. …”
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Valoración patrimonial del paisaje y su arquitectura hidráulica: aplicación metodológica en Mula (Región de Murcia, España) by José Antonio López Fernández

“…Al contrario, la falta de uso de las construcciones, a pesar de que tengan alguna figura de protección, aboca al deterioro y al olvido. …”
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Household Salt consumption and urinary iodine levels in Schoolchildren aged 8–10 in Darab City, Iran: 2022 by Sakineh Hooshmand, Fatemeh Yousefian, Habibollah Rahimi, Mahdiyeh Mohammadzadeh, Rouhullah Dehghani

“…A significance level of 0.05 was adopted for all analyses. The median UI level was 138 µg/L (IQR = 111). Our findings revealed that 66% of used iodized salt. …”
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