Experimental Study on Multiple Explosions during the Development and Utilization of Oil Shale Dust by Bo Liu, Yansong Zhang, Yuyuan Zhang, Jinshe Chen, Xiangbao Meng

“…The explosion characteristics and flame propagation behavior of oil shale dust are worth studying. The difference between the multiple explosion behaviors of oil shale dust was investigated with the use of a 20 L explosive spherical tank and a dust MIE experimental device. …”
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Manufacture and characterization of lightweight sand-plastic composites made of plastic waste and sand: Effect of sand types by Salih Mekideche, Mansour Rokbi, Zine El Abidine Rahmouni, Resego Phiri, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…The results showed that the developed composites exhibit commendable mechanical properties, especially flexural and compression resistance, and minimal water absorption. It is worth noting that the plastic-bonded sand containing Khobana sand showed the highest flexural and compressive strength at 11.56 ± 0.36 and 26.19 ± 0.27 MPa, respectively, along with the lowest water absorption rate of 0.46%. …”
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Encapsulation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Beetroot Extract with Alginate and Effect of Capsules on Rheological Properties and Stability of an Oil-in-Water Emulsion Model... by Minerva Bautista Villarreal, Sandra Loruhama Loruhama Castillo Hernández, Salvador López Uriarte, María Porfiria Barrón González

“…These results suggest a prebiotic effect conferred by the beetroot extract when co-encapsulated. It is worth mentioning that the incorporation of capsules with beetroot extract does not cause any destabilization of the model food.…”
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Banana residue could be a viable rice straw alternative for Pleurotus mushroom production by Hend Hamed, Mohamed Mohamed, Khalid elshaikh, Maher Hosseney

“…The yield of basidiocarps developed on the sole SS substrate was far lower than that of the other substrates. It is worth mentioning that, BR tended to contain high initial potassium, phosphorus, cellulose, and total carbohydrates concentration.Conclusion Sole BR could entirely substitute sole RS as a substrate for the production of Pleurotus ostreatus.…”
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“Near Miss” Obstetric Events and Maternal Deaths in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Audit by Roopa PS, Shailja Verma, Lavanya Rai, Pratap Kumar, Murlidhar V. Pai, Jyothi Shetty

“…As near miss analysis indicates the quality of health care, it is worth presenting in national indices.…”
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Disclaimer Labels Used in Ads: An Eye-Tracking Study Exploring Body Dissatisfaction and Physical Appearance Comparison Among University Students by G. Motif Atar, Bilge İspir, Gülcan Şener

“…This may lead to anxiety, depression and lackof self-confidence in people who are not ideally sized.Since ideal beauty influences the audience, the physical attractiveness of people starring in advertisementsis one of the subjects worth stressing. With an experimental design, the eye movements of young female(40) and male (40) participants were recorded using the eye-tracking method. …”
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Highly selective generation of singlet oxygen via peroxymonosulfate activation by Mn–N supported biochar by Huan Wu, Fangfang Ji, Bin Zhou, Shikun Gao, Zhe Zhang

“…The study revealed that the integration of Mn–N active sites in BC modified the electronic polarization and facilitated electron transfer. It is worth noting that a remarkable synergistic effect (SI = 6.92) was witnessed in the MnN@BC/PMS system. …”
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Role of Traffic Emission on Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Pollutant Concentration on Urban Road Network: A Case of Beijing by Zirui Wang, Huixin Zhou, Yang Si, Yahui Li

“…This is also one of the important reasons why this issue is worth studying. In this research, traffic emission was an estimate based on network-wide traffic status which was calculated from vehicle trajectories and spatial variance-covariance matrix. …”
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Biomimic Nanodrugs Overcome Tumor Immunosuppressive Microenvironment to Enhance Cuproptosis/Chemodynamic‐Induced Cancer Immunotherapy by Hangyi Wu, Xiaoyu Lu, Yuhan Hu, J. Baatarbolat, Zhihao Zhang, Yiping Liang, Youwen Zhang, Ye Liu, Huixia Lv, Xin Jin

“…ECNM can overcome the typical drawbacks of ES, ameliorating the stability and half‐life of ES by membrane‐coating and enhancing its tumor accumulation and internalization via homotypic targeting. It is worth mentioning that, the addition of NLG919 is also beneficial to the system circulation stability of ES and reduces the non‐specific ES release. …”
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Unlocking Sustainable Growth: The Role of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Jordan Retail Sector, Moderated by Entrepreneurial Orientation by Nancy Al-Ramahi, Fuad M. Kreishan, Zahid Hussain, Arman Khan, Mahmoud Alghizzawi, Belal Mahmoud AlWadi

“…Additionally, using AI can enhance the socioeconomic circumstances of a particular area and have a positive impact on the social worth and economic sustainability of businesses. …”
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Investigating contemporary dental practice in restorative dentistry and Dentists-related factors in placing and replacing restorations in Kurdistan, Iraq by Bushra Rashid Noaman, Lezan Dawood Fattah

“…Conclusion: Accuracy is required in diagnosing defects in previously performed fillings and whether they are worth replacing or not, as well as motivating dentists to follow minimally invasive dentistry.…”
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Design and Experimental Assessment of a 2D Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring by Jorge A. Tobon Vasquez, Rosa Scapaticci, Giovanna Turvani, Gennaro Bellizzi, Nadine Joachimowicz, Bernard Duchêne, Enrico Tedeschi, Mario R. Casu, Lorenzo Crocco, Francesca Vipiana

“…As a final remark, it is worth noting that the entire data acquisition and processing are sufficiently fast to allow a real-time monitoring.…”
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Physical, Chemical, and Antioxidant Characterization of Nano-Pomegranate Peel and Its Impact on Lipid Oxidation of Refrigerated Meat Ball by Alaa E. ElBeltagy, Mahmoud Elsayed, Sabry Khalil, Yasser F. M. Kishk, Abdel Fattah A. Abdel Fattah, Salman S. Alharthi

“…Pomegranate peel (CPP), enriched with bioactive constituents, had potent antioxidant features. Therefore, it is worth finding out functional and antioxidant features of the nanoscale pomegranate peel. …”
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Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions by Marina Iwasa, Shunsuke Adachi, Taiichiro Ookawa

“…Because DWM for weed control is employed at the initial stage of rice growth, the growth inhibition in rice seedlings occurs by hypoxia. It is worth examining the optimum water control for minimizing rice growth inhibition with effective weed suppression. …”
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Clustering Pattern and Functional Effect of SNPs in Human miRNA Seed Regions by Sha He, Haiyan Ou, Cunyou Zhao, Jian Zhang

“…The distribution pattern of genetic variation in miRNA seed regions might be related to miRNA function and is worth paying more attention to. We here employed computational analyses to explore the clustering pattern and functional effect of SNPs in human miRNA seed regions. …”
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Stability of Sodium Pentobarbital 5w/v% Aqueous Solution During Short‐Term Chilled and Ambient‐Temperature Storage by Masakazu Dohi, Kayoko Ueda, Yoshinori Yamagiwa, Atsuko Yamashita, Yuji Sakamoto

“…To address this problem, it is worth the effort to evaluate whether the use of non‐pharmaceutical‐grade sodium pentobarbital (PBNa) water solution can be an alternative one from the perspective of stability, physicochemical properties, bioavailability and so on. …”
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Primary Dural Spinal Lymphoma Presentation of a Rare Spinal Tumor Case by Dilber Ayçiçek Çeçen, Necati Tatarlı, Hikmet Turan Süslü, Selçuk Özdoğan, Nagehan Özdemir Barışık

“…Rare spinal localization with acute spinal cord compression is worth attention. Case Presentation. A 48-year-old male presented with a several-month-long history of upper back pain. …”
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A Rare Case of Post-Partum Hemorrhage with Refractory Thrombotic Microangiopathy, and Hepatic Infarction: A Diagnostic Dilemma with High Mortality by Naved Yousuf Hasan, Asiah Salem Rugaan, Noha Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Masood Iqbal

“…Liver transplantation is the only possible radical therapy in cases with fulminant hepatic failure, worth considering, if clinically possible and applicable. …”
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Selection of sampling sites in Germany for the International Moss Survey 2020 using statistics and decision modelling by Stefan Nickel, Winfried Schröder

“…Conclusions Methods of decision modelling and inferential statistics have proven their worth for transparently restructuring the moss monitoring network.…”
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Toward <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Virulence Inhibition: Beyond Cell Wall by Maria S. Kotliarova, Mikhail S. Shumkov, Anna V. Goncharenko

“…Although cell wall-associated targets are being actively studied for anti-TB drug development, other virulence factors important for adaptation and host interaction are also worth comprehensive analysis. In this review, specific Mtb virulence factors (such as secreted phosphatases, regulatory systems, and the ESX-1 secretion system) are identified as promising targets for novel anti-virulence drug development. …”
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