Unusual presentation of anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta: case report by Mohamed Elhudairy, Naif Alkhushi, Osman Al-Radi, Khadijah Maghrabi, Gaser Abdelmohsen

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Associativismo e desenho institucional no Orçamento Participativo da região metropolitana do Espírito Santo by Euzeneia Carlos

“…This article presents a study about the participatory budgeting in three municipalities of the metropolitan region of Espírito Santo, viz. Vitória, Serra and Carapina. It examines the representatives' political behavior in the participatory budgeting in two dimensions: the actors' associativism and their perception of authority and influence in the decision making process. …”
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Multi-type Air Pollutant Emission Inventory of Non-road Mobile Sources in China for the Period 1990–2017 by Xianbao Shen, Lei Kong, Yue Shi, Xinyue Cao, Xin Li, Bobo Wu, Hanyu Zhang, Zhiliang Yao

“…Hence, this study established an inventory of nine air pollutants, viz., CO, NOx, HC, PM2.5, PM10, BC, OC, VOCs, and SO2, emitted by four types of non-road mobile sources, viz., construction machinery, agricultural machinery, vessels, and diesel locomotives, in China for the period 1990–2017. …”
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Research status of traditional & complementary medicine systems across the world by Vedvati Bhapkar, Vallari Nisargand, Pawankumar Godatwar, Supriya Bhalerao

“…Out of 28 lead authors, half belonged to developed countries, viz., USA and Germany. Highest citation count was recorded for TCM (n = 2238). …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE REGION'S INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS INVESTMENT POTENTIAL IN WARTIME by Ruslan Boiko, Roman Martsenyuk, Arsen Protsykevych

“…Instead, the institutional, legal and infrastructural components are characterised by greater problems (and thus a negative impact on the intensification and improvement of the structural characteristics of investment activity). Conclusion. The Lviv Oblast has been shown to exhibit several distinguishing features when compared to other regions of Ukraine. …”
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Gluteal Muscle Activation During Common Yoga Poses by B.J. Lehecka, Sydney Stoffregen, Adam May, Jacob Thomas, Austin Mettling, Josh Hoover, Rex Hafenstine, Nils A Hakansson

“…Subjects performed the poses on both sides following a maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) test for each muscle. All yoga pose EMG data were normalized to the corresponding muscle MVIC data…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIA LITERACY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS BY MEANS OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN JAPAN by Lyubov V. Gutor, Pavlo A. Sodomora, Oleh H. Vasylenko, Halyna I. Zalutska

“…This is primarily linked with the global processes of social digitalization, computerization of education and urgent transferring to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence-based studies prove the efficacy of DST as the learning and evaluation instrument of oral communication skills, i. e. in English. …”
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Estimación de la digestibilidad in vitro mediante la técnica propuesta por Theodorou et al. (1994) by D. BOCANEGRA, D. ROCHINOTTI

“…Se evaluó, en 4 novillos cruza cebú de 350 kg promedio y por medio de la metodología propuesta por Theodoreau et al. (1994), el efecto del agregado de germen de maíz sobre la digestibilidad de heno de baja calidad de Grama Rhodes (Chloris gayana). …”
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Em busca de novos jeitos de ler (e compreender) a mídia by Cidoval Morais de Sousa

“…This paper discusses some factors that put pressure on the practice of journalism in two different cases, viz. the journalist who works as a press agent and the journalist who works as a newsperson. …”
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Validity, Agreement and Reliability of the ForceFrame Dynamometer in Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury by Kamilla Arp, Thomas Frydendal, Troels Kjeldsen, Ulrik Dalgas, Signe Timm, Bjarke Viberg, Kim Ingwersen, Claus Varnum

“…There was a good day-to-day test-retest reliability for MVIC of KE (ICC=0.77, CI95:0.48-0.90) and KF (ICC=0.83, CI95:0.61-0.92) and excellent inter-tester reliability for MVIC of KE (ICC=0.97, CI95:0.94-0.98) and KF (ICC=0.93, 95CI:0.85-0.97). …”
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The utilization of the multimodal immunotherapy for the opsoclonus–myoclonus syndrome can reduce relapses and permanent neurological sequelae by Fang He, Miriam Kessi, Ciliu Zhang, Jing Peng, Fei Yin, Lifen Yang

“…The combinations of ≥ two therapies were used: combination of the intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) plus intravenous dexamethasone plus rituximab was used for three (50.00%) patients and the combination of the IVIG plus intravenous dexamethasone plus rituximab plus mycophenolate mofetil for one (16.67%) case. …”
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Experimental study on the impact of perpendicular and parallel bedding planes on the physical and geomechanical characteristics of carbonate rocks by Ahmed K. Abd El-Aal, Ahmed E. Radwan, Jabir Hussain, Mahrous A. M. Ali

“…Abstract The lithological, textural, acoustic, and geomechanical characteristics of various carbonate rocks from the El-Heiz, Khoman, and Ain Giffara formations in the Bahariya Oasis of the Western Desert, which serve as analogues for reservoirs in the region, were studied. …”
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The record-breaking precipitation event of December 2022 in Portugal by T. M. Ferreira, T. M. Ferreira, R. M. Trigo, T. H. Gaspar, J. G. Pinto, A. M. Ramos

“…In this study we analyze the all-time 24 h record-breaking precipitation (120.3 mm) recorded in the historical Dom Luiz Observatory (records since 1863) in Lisbon, Portugal, between 12 and 13 December 2022. …”
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Criterion for surjectivity of localization in Galois cohomology of a reductive group over a number field by Borovoi, Mikhail

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Religious plurality in Africa: A challenge to the church

“…Three missionary paradigms, viz exclusivism, inclusivism and pluralism are analysed after which a theological perspective is offered. …”
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On the Filtration Efficiency of Composite Media Composed of Multiple Layers of Electret Media by Peng Wang, Da-Ren Chen

“…After measuring the composite’s filtration efficiency using particles divided by size and electrical charge status, viz., those possessing no charge, a single charge, and a stationary charge according to the Boltzmann distribution, we traced the discrepancy to the latter attribute. …”
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Die verband tussen die Christelike geloof en eensaamheid tydens laat-adolessensie by A. le Roux

“…Secondly, it was also evident that certain types of loneliness, viz religious, social, intrapersonal, communicative and emotional, relate very strongly with loneliness (p?…”
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Memória social da Batalha do Jenipapo: trilhas e enredos patrimoniais em Campo Maior (PI) by Maria Dione Carvalho de Moraes, Juliana Rodrigues Cavalcante

“…Within this memory boom, we focus the process of assigning meanings to an event narrated by historiography and oral tradition as an important fight in the process of Brazil's independence, viz. the battle of Jenipapo, which occurred in the village of Campo Maior (PI), in the northeastern region of Brazil, on the banks of the River Jenipapo on March 13, 1823. …”
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