Insights into medication adherence among HIV-positive patients: the integrated change model by Mehdi Mirzaei-Alavijeh, Fatemeh Rahimi, Behrooz Hamzeh, Feizollah Mansouri, Nastaran Shoukohi, Farzad Jalilian

“…Methods This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study involved 262 HIV-positive individuals from the Behavioral Diseases Counseling Centers (BDCCs) of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2021. Data were collected through structured interviews using a questionnaire based on the I-Change Model, with 255 completed responses analyzed using SPSS-16. …”
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Hedgehog inhibitor in the treatment of basal cell skin cancer: case report by Sh. I. Musin, N. А. Sharafutdinova, A. V. Sultanbaev, S. V. Osokin, B. A. Ibragimov, K. V. Menshikov, R. T. Ayupov

“…Background. In the structure of malignant neoplasms, basal cell skin cancer (BCC) occupies a leading position. …”
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Translation and validation of the Arabic body image-acceptance and action Questionnaire-5 (BI-AAQ-5) for adults by Simona Abou Tayeh, Rabih Hallit, Diana Malaeb, Kamel Jebreen, Fouad Sakr, Mariam Dabbous, Souheil Hallit, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Sahar Obeid

“…The fit indices of originally proposed one-factor structure of the scale indicated that the measurement model fits the data well. …”
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Research on mechanism and application of compound roof cutting and pressure relief control in thick sandstone roof mining roadways by Hainan Gao, Shankun Zhao, Yue Shi, Yunpeng Li, Kun Lv, Qiang Fu, Guanghui He, Weiguang Ren, Zhibin Zhou, Lei Chen, Haonan Li

“…Building upon this principle, the composite roof cutting and pressure-relief method was further formulated, accompanied by the development of a theoretical roof structure model elucidating its control mechanism. …”
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Exploring optimal combinations of multi-frequency polarimetric SAR observations to estimate forest above-ground biomass by Yongjie Ji, Fuxiang Zhang, Wangfei Zhang, Lei Zhao, Kunpeng Xu, Jianmin Shi, Guoran Huang, Qian Jing, Lu Wang, Feifei Yang

“…The penetration capability of electromagnetic wave signal into forest increases with increasing wavelength. SAR data at each frequency senses different components of forest structure. …”
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Cyber-Physical Emulation and Threat Scenario Simulation for Enhanced Microgrid Resilience by Khandaker Akramul Haque, Mohamed Massaoudi, Leen Al Homoud, Katherine R. Davis, Mahmoud Kabalan, Hassan Salamy

“…Additionally, the Distributed Network Protocol 3 (DNP3) is leveraged to collect data in the form of DNP3 objects, enabling effective monitoring and control within this threat simulation. …”
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Observation of factors associated with visceral swallowing pattern in 2–6 year old children: A cross-sectional study by Babak Sayahpour, Magda-Anastasia Mylonas-Helbing, Nicolas Plein, Stefan Kopp, Sara Eslami, Sarah Bühling

“…Material and method: A total of 219 children (102 boys and 117 girls) were evaluated using a combination of a questionnaire and a structured clinical examination by one pediatric specialist dentist. …”
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Improving Clinical Pharmacist Performance in Oncology Care Through Education on Pharmaceutical Care Plans Documentation: A Pre-post Interventional Study by Tasbiha Ali, Adeel Siddiqui, Omar Akhlaq Bhutta, Saba Mazhar, Aleeshba Usman, Irfan Raza, Nabin Pathak, Sunil Shrestha

“…The study demonstrates that structured educational interventions significantly enhance the clinical pharmacists’ documentation of PCPs. …”
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A UK-wide survey of community forensic services for adults with intellectual disability and/or autism by Iain McKinnon, Ellen Whitehouse, Melissa Harris, Vlad Ciausu, Jane McCarthy, Rory Sheehan

“…Questions covered the availability, structure and activities of specialist community forensic services. …”
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XPS Study of Mechanically Activated YBa2Cu3O6+δ and NdBa2Cu3O6+δ by A. V. Fetisov, G. A. Kozhina, S. Kh. Estemirova, V. B. Fetisov, V. Ya. Mitrofanov, S. A. Uporov, L. B. Vedmid'

“…It has been suggested that CO2 can diffuse into its structure more freely than in YBa2Cu3O6+δ; as a result, carbonization may proceed directly in the volume of NdBa2Cu3O6+δ and independently of the hydrolysis process. …”
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Spatial responses of black vultures to resource pulses during white‐tailed deer hunting seasons by Alexandra M. Dudley, Marian A. Wahl, Lee A. Humberg, Bryan M. Kluever, Grant N. Burcham, Patrick A. Zollner

“…Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) movements depend on habitat structure and foraging opportunities, but their responses to pulsed resources are poorly understood. …”
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Graph-Based COVID-19 Detection Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Network by Imran Ihsan, Azhar Imran, Tahir Sher, Mahmood Basil A. Al-Rawi, Mohammed A. Elmeligy, Muhammad Salman Pathan

“…These reconstructed features serve as input to a classification module, comprising a multi-layer neural network, GCN, adept at processing graph-structured data, alongside conventional machine learning classifiers such as Support Vector Machine (SVM), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and Random Forest (RF), facilitating categorization of chest X-ray images into COVID-19, pneumonia, and normal cases. …”
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Dynamic Error Modeling and Predictive Compensation for Direct-Drive Turntables Based on CEEMDAN-TPE-LightGBM-APC Algorithm by Manzhi Yang, Hao Ren, Shijia Liu, Bin Feng, Juan Wei, Hongyu Ge, Bin Zhang

“…Our methodology comprises four key stages: Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise (CEEMDAN)-based decomposition of historical error data, development of component-specific prediction models using Tree-structured Parzen Estimator (TPE)-optimized Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM) algorithms for each Intrinsic Mode Function (IMF), integration of component predictions to generate initial values, and application of the Adaptive Prediction Correction (APC) module to produce final predictions. …”
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Challenges to Promoting Resilience in Supply Chains Observed during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Study of the Amazon Region Using the TOPSIS Technique by Dhiordan Cunha Tadaiesky, Joaquim Lima das Neves Neto, André Cristiano Silva Melo, Rosley Anholon, Eliane de Castro Coutinho, Vitor William Batista Martins

“…This study conducted a structured questionnaire containing 10 challenges related to SCM during the pandemic period to generate a ranking of these challenges using data analysis using means and comparative ordering using the TOPSIS Multicriteria Technique. …”
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Fasudil inhibits α-synuclein aggregation through ROCK-inhibition-mediated mechanisms by Lucia Lage, Ana I. Rodriguez-Perez, Jose Luis Labandeira-Garcia, Antonio Dominguez-Meijide

“…The effects of fasudil are mostly related to ROCK inhibition, which we have shown using two structurally different ROCK inhibitors and knockdown data, and further supported by using RT-QuiC.…”
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Different Land Use Systems in the Brazilian Cerrado and Their Effects on Soil Bacterial Communities by Jefferson Brendon Almeida dos Reis, Thayssa Monize Rosa de Oliveira, Maria Regina Silveira Sartori da Silva, Fabyano Alvares Cardoso Lopes, Alessandra Monteiro de Paula, Nadson de Carvalho Pontes, Helson Mario Martins do Vale

“…Thus, knowledge about how different land use systems in the Cerrado influence the diversity and taxonomic structure of microbial communities under the same soil type remains limited. …”
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Using interactive platforms to encode, manage and explore immune-related adverse outcome pathways by Alexander Mazein, Muhammad Shoaib, Miriam Alb, Christina Sakellariou, Charline Sommer, Katherina Sewald, Kristin Reiche, Patricia Gogesch, Luise A. Roser, Samira Ortega Iannazzo, Sapna Sheth, Susanne Schiffmann, Zoe Waibler, Vanessa Neuhaus, Susann Dehmel, Venkata Satagopam, Reinhard Schneider, Marek Ostaszewski, Wei Gu

“…The map is accessible online at https://imsavar.elixir-luxembourg.org via the MINERVA Platform for browsing, commenting, and data visualization. Our work transforms a graphical illustration of an AOP into a digitally structured and standardized form, featuring precise and controlled vocabulary and supporting reproducible computational analyses. …”
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Results of modern radiation-hygienic surveys of settlements of Bryansk Oblast of the Russian Federation bordering the Republic of Belarus. Part 2: Population’s food preferences (di... by I. K. Romanovich, A. B. Bazyukin, A. A. Bratilova, G. Ya. Bruk, K. V. Varfolomeeva, E. A. Drozdova, T. V. Zhesko, M. V. Kaduka, T. A. Kormanovskaya, O. S. Kravtsova, A. V. Kudryashov, A. A. Ladik, V. A. Lalayan

“…The second part of the study presents structure of population’s food preferences (diet). …”
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H I Absorption Line and Anomalous Dispersion in the Radio Pulses of PSR B1937+21 by Jinchen Jiang, Shunshun Cao, Kejia Lee, Bojun Wang, Heng Xu, Siyuan Chen, Yanjun Guo, Peng Jiang, Weicong Jing, Jiguang Lu, Jiangwei Xu, Renxin Xu, Zihan Xue

“…We use the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope to observe the bright millisecond pulsar PSR B1937+21 (J1939+2134) and record the data in the band from 1.0 to 1.5 GHz. We measure the neutral hydrogen (H I ) emission and absorption lines near 1420 MHz ( λ  ≃ 21 cm). …”
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Element Nucleosynthetic Origins from Abundance Spatial Distributions beyond the Milky Way by Zefeng Li, Mark R. Krumholz, Anna F. McLeod, A. Mark Swinbank, Emily Wisnioski, J. Trevor Mendel, Francesco Belfiore, Giovanni Cresci, Giacomo Venturi, Jia-Lai Kang

“…These findings both open a new avenue to test nucleosynthetic models and make predictions for the structure of stellar chemical abundance distributions.…”
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