Expert opinion on the current conceptual, clinical and therapeutic aspects of disease related malnutrition and muscle loss: a multidisciplinary perspective by Mutlu Doganay, Meltem Gulhan Halil, Cetin Kaymak, Ugur Selek, Mehmet Akif Topcuoglu, Suayib Yalcin

“…Therefore, the proposed expert opinion aimed to address the current conceptual, clinical and therapeutic aspects of DRM and muscle loss from a multidisciplinary perspective in certain risk groups (geriatric patients, cancer patients, patients with neurodegenerative disorders and critically ill patients) and to address the utility of targeted specific nutritional interventions, specifically the high protein nutritional supplements containing β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) and vitamin D, in terms of potential beneficial effects in preserving and reversing muscle loss beyond meeting nutritional requirements.…”
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The molecular mechanism of shade avoidance in crops – How data from Arabidopsis can help to identify targets for increasing yield and biomass production by Yun-jia TANG, Johannes Liesche

“…This shade avoidance response (SAR) typically includes increased stem elongation at the expense of plant fitness and yield, making it an undesirable trait in an agricultural context. …”
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‘Can Remote Trials be Fair Trials? Exploring the Potential Effects of Communication Technology in the Criminal Justice Context from an Interdisciplinary Perspective’ by Dorris de Vocht, Pauline Jacobs

“…Exploring the Potential Effects of Communication Technology in the Criminal Justice Context from an Interdisciplinary Perspective’. This Special Issue explores the increasing use of remote technology in criminal proceedings, a trend largely attributed to the COVID-19 epidemic. …”
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The ticking time-bomb. Health literacy in the context of genetic risk prediction in familial breast-ovarian cancer; A qualitative study by Mariya Lorke, Laura Harzheim, Kerstin Rhiem, Christiane Woopen, Saskia Jünger

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Sustainability conditions of Polish agriculture in the context of the use of plant protection products, as compared to other European Union countries. Economic aspects by Marek Zieliński, Arkadiusz Zalewski, Sylwia Łaba

“…In this context, it is therefore important to emphasize the strong current aim and readiness of the European Union (EU) to restrict the use of plant protection products in agriculture. …”
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Design of an Improved Model for Personalized Adaptive E-Learning Using Context-Aware Federated Learning and Hierarchical Semantic Graph Analysis by Sirisha Udandarao, Krishna Bhukya, Ramesh Chappa

“…The challenges faced by most traditionally adaptive systems include limited personalization, context unawareness, low explanation, and reliance on shallow metrics of engagement. …”
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Scenari- Based Planning and Its Application in Sustainable Urban Regeneration (Case Study: Deteriorated Urban Context of Dargahan, Qeshm Island) by Ali Toobchi Sani, Mohammad Masoud, Asadollah Rabbani, Golnaz Sarami Foroshani

“…The scope and depth of this challenge increase every day due to a wonderful mixture of ambiguity, complexity, uncertainty, and tsunamis of change surrounding the city and the current world. …”
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Dynamic versus fixed cerebral perfusion pressure targets in paediatric traumatic brain injury: a STARSHIP analysisResearch in context by C.A. Smith, S.Y. Bögli, M.M. Placek, M. Cabeleira, D. White, E. Daubney, A. Young, E. Beqiri, R. Kayani, R. O'Donnell, N. Pathan, S. Watson, A. Maw, M. Garnett, H.K. Kanthimathinathan, H. Bangalore, S. Sundararajan, G. Subramanian, D. Raffaj, S. Lampariello, A. Sarfatti, A. Mayer, O. Ross, M. Czosnyka, P.J. Hutchinson, P. Smielewski, S. Agrawal, Shruti Agrawal, Peter Smielewski, Peter J. Hutchinson, Stefan Yu Bögli, Claudia A. Smith, Carly Tooke, Caroline Payne, Holly Belfield, Amisha Mistry, Collette Spencer, Claire Jennings, Lara Bunni, Laura Anderson, Emily Morgan, Melanie James, Rebecca Beckley, Tahnima Khatun, Hafiza Khatun, Olivia Nugent, Richard Aldridge, Ruth Morgan, Julie Morcombe, Martin Quinton, Catherine Postlethwaite, Jenny Pond, Jessica Cutler, Caitlin Oxford, Marek Czosnyka, Michal Placek, Manuel Cabaleira, Deborah White, Esther Daubney, Adam Young, Erta Beqiri, Riaz Kayani, Roddy O'Donnell, Nazima Pathan, Suzanna Watson, Anna Maw, Matthew Garnett, Hari Krishnan Kanthimathinathan, Harish Bangalore, Santosh Sundararajan, Gayathri Subramanian, Dusan Raffaj, Simona Lampariello, Avishay Sarfatti, Anton Mayer, Oliver Ross

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Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi by Penjani Rhoda Kamudoni, Lillian Kaunda, Marion Tharrey, Maggie Mphande, Shyreen Chithambo, Elaine Ferguson, Zumin Shi, Ibrahimu Mdala, Kenneth Maleta, Alister Munthali, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen, Per Ole Iversen

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A critical review of biomineralization in environmental geotechnics: Applications, trends, and perspectives by Yu Zhang, Xinlei Hu, Yijie Wang, Ningjun Jiang

“…The nature of biomineralization enhances earth material strength and decreases permeability, making it suitable for waste and CO2 containment. …”
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Increased Gait Speed Changes Knee Mechanics Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Implications and Caution for Treadmill Training in Early Rehabilitation by Sara Y Almansouri, Susan M Sigward

“…Increasing gait speed implicitly increases lower extremity demands; however, it is not known if increased treadmill speed will result in improved knee mechanics in early recovery post-ACLr. …”
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Regular Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use Increases Stress Fracture Risk in the General Population: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Alexandra Ciuciu, Christopher Mulholland, Michael A. Bozzi, Chris C. Frymoyer, Leonardo Cavinatto, David Yaron, Marc I. Harwood, Jeremy D. Close, Christopher J. Mehallo, Ryan E. Tomlinson

“…Subjects diagnosed with stress fractures had a statistically significant increase in both current use (p=0.03) and regular use (p=0.04) of ibuprofen/naproxen/celecoxib as compared to control subjects. …”
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Influence of Micron Roughness on Droplet Adhesion and Detachment Behavior with Coal Surfaces by Siheng Hou, Peng Xiong, Xianshu Dong, Hengfei Chen, Shuhuan Li, Yujin Sun

“…A highly sensitive adhesion force measuring instrument was employed to study the continuous attachment and detachment processes between droplets and coal surfaces of different roughness levels. Contact angle results indicated that as the roughness of the coal sample surface increased, the contact angle gradually decreased, suggesting an increase in the hydrophilicity of the coal surface. …”
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Cetyl pyridinium chloride-amino acid-based ionic liquids: Synthesis, characterization, and physicochemical properties by FT-IR, UV–visible, density, conductivity, viscosity, surfac... by Rohit Kumar Dev, Shiv Narayan Yadav, Pawan Shah, Nisha Magar, Srijana Ghimire, Mahima Koirala, Ashok Kumar Das, Sujit Kumar Shah, Ramesh L. Gardas, Ajaya Bhattarai

“…The ionic liquids (ILs) are gaining much attention because of their many special properties, including highly solvating, tunable, non-flammable, and reusable extractants. In the current study, a novel set of room-temperature ILs based on the active compound Cetyl Pyridinium Chloride - Amino Acid ([CetPyl] [AA]) where ionic liquids have been successfully synthesized and characterized by both spectral (FT-IR and UV-visible), and physiochemical (density, surface tension, contact angle, molar free energy, conductivity, viscosity, and pH) properties. …”
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Salicylic Acid Improved the Growth of <i>Dunaliella salina</i> and Increased the Proportion of <i>9-cis</i>-β-Carotene Isomers by Shuaicheng Xiang, Xiaoting Qiu, Xiaojun Yan, Roger Ruan, Pengfei Cheng

“…The results were shown that at concentrations of 1.5, 2, and 2.5 M NaCl, the antioxidant enzyme activity and key enzymes for β-carotene synthesis in algal cells were significantly increased, but the content and proportion of <i>9-cis</i> isomer in β-carotene isomers decreased. …”
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Tidal Current Energy Assessment and Exploitation Recommendations for Semi-Enclosed Bay Straits: A Case Study on the Bohai Strait, China by Yuze Song, Pengcheng Ma, Zikang Li, Yilin Zhai, Dan Li, Hongyuan Shi, Chao Li

“…Against the backdrop of increasingly depleted global non-renewable resources, research on renewable energy has become urgently critical. …”
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Myopia as a problem of the modern world. Methods of treatment and prevention by Marcelina Szewczyk, Julia Ufnal, Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Dominika Lewandowska, Klaudia Kożuchowska, Dawid Pilarz, Maria Morawska, Anna Wolff, Szymon Gruszka, Kinga Jarosz

“…Short-sightedness is increasingly being called the “scourge” of our time. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i>: The Current State of Evidence and a Call for More National Surveillance Studies by Sunčanica Ljubin-Sternak, Tomislav Meštrović

“…<i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> (<i>C. trachomatis</i>) remains the most common bacterial sexually transmitted agent worldwide. Although current treatment regimens are highly effective, sporadic reports of reduced antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment failure raises concerns, especially in the context of increasing global antibiotic consumption and the well-documented rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in other sexually transmitted pathogens. …”
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Legal problems of water protection on the example of manufacturing enterprises as sewage disposal plants – current limitations and de lege ferenda remarks by Agnieszka Sznajder

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Electromagnetic control and heat transfer enhancement in exothermic reactions experiencing current density: The study preventing thermal explosions in reactive flow by Gasmi Hatem, Akindele Akintayo Oladimeji, Obalalu Adebowale Martins, Usman Abdulazeez Adebayo, Khan Umair, Yilmaz Yalcin, Taiwo Musilimu, Hussain Syed Modassir, Nizampatnam Neelima

“…Our findings reveal that increased electric field conductivity significantly enhances the current density along the channel walls, driven by the combined effects of the Frank–Kamenetskii term and electric field loading. …”
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