Sociocultural correlates and epidemiological patterns of non-alcoholic beer consumption: a cross-sectional study in Poland by Andrzej Silczuk, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Tomasz Baran, Tytus Koweszko, Paulina Mularczyk-Tomczewska, Julia Gujska, Magdalena Tatara, Małgorzata Gałecka

“…Secondary outcomes included sociodemographic correlates, reasons for use, consumption contexts and self-reported changes in alcoholic beer consumption following NAB adoption.Results 70.6% of respondents reported current NAB use. …”
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Job Satisfaction Analysis of Nurses, who Work in Neurology and Neurosurgery Units by Anna Rymkiewicz

“…The percentage of those able to cope with complex mental tasks has decreased significantly, the percentage of nurses who are overburdened with too many tasks has increased, 75% of them notice the impact of work on family life. …”
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How STEM content is presented in mathematics textbooks from the U.S. and China: a comparative study by Shuhui Li, Lianghuo Fan, Jietong Luo

“…The enriched-level STEM content (i.e., full integration of in-depth and a wide range of content knowledge) was very limited. The PEP series contained more from engineering and agriculture, and presented more in the main text; the BIM series presented more in statistics and probability, placed more in chapter previews, had more moderate-level content (i.e., partial integration of content knowledge) and a balanced distribution of authentic and non-authentic contexts in enriched-level content. …”
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PRIVATIZED VIOLENCE: THE ESSENCE AND TYPES OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN MODERN WORLD by Микола Адамович Козловець, Вадим Миколайович Слюсар

“…The conclusion is made about the social conditionality of privatized violence and the feasibility of forming a culture of nonviolence, tolerance and consent in the current context.…”
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Diffusion and Risks of House Prices in the Netherlands by Alfred Larm Teye

“…The chapters are self-contained, four of them having been published separately in international journals and the other being currently under review. …”
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Clear Aligner Treatment: Indications, Advantages, and Adverse Effects—A Systematic Review by Clara Rasborg Hartogsohn, Liselotte Sonnesen

“…The aim of the present study was to systematically review the literature regarding current viewpoints on indications, contraindications, advantages, disadvantages, and adverse effects in CAT. …”
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Measurement Stand, Method and Results of Composite Electrotechnical Pressboard-Mineral Oil Electrical Measurements by P. Rogalski

“…This allowed to reduce the step of measurement temperature change and thus to increase the accuracy of determining the activation energy of the measured parameters.The article also contains basic information on the analysis of the direct and alternating current electrical parameters of the composite electrotechnical pressboard-mineral oil-water nanoparticles. …”
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Smart Campus Tools by Bart Valks

“…The main research question is: How can smart campus tools optimally contribute to the match between demand for and supply of space, both on the current campus and on the future campus? To answer the research question, this PhD dissertation explores the use of Smart campus tools in Dutch and international contexts, at universities and other organisations. …”
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AI as a creative partner: a PRISMA review of AI’s role in supporting creativity in education by Alex Urmeneta, Margarida Romero, Margarida Romero

“…Creativity is considered an important competency for personal and professional development in the current society. With the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, there is increasing interest in understanding how AI can support the creative process and how its usage in various contexts might affect user agency. …”
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New Advances in Iberian Medieval Agriculture: Plant Remains from the Islamic Site of Castillo de Valtierra (Navarre, Northern Spain) by Antonio Peralta-Gómez, Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Jesús Lorenzo Jiménez

“…However, there has been a notable increase in interest in archaeobotanical studies in medieval contexts over the past decade. …”
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Valorization of 3D/4D models of disappeared or ruined heritage sites in 3D modeling environments by M. Koehl, J.-E. Heitz, E. Sommer, M. Fuchs

“…These models allow for the restoration of shapes and dimensions, and their placement within a historical context. To help users better project themselves, it is also interesting to place them in current urban contexts. …”
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Effect of Sheet Resistance and Morphology of ITO Thin Films on Polymer Solar Cell Characteristics by Ram Narayan Chauhan, C. Singh, R. S. Anand, Jitendra Kumar

“…The decrease in fill factor, open-circuit voltage is compensated by increased short-circuit current. …”
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COVID-19-related attitudes, risk perceptions, preventive behaviours and economic impact in sub-Saharan African countries: implementing a longitudinal phone-based survey protocol in... by Gwenaëlle Maradan, Elhadji Ba, Assane Ndiaye, Cheikh Sokhna, Patrick Peretti-Watel, Valérie Seror, Sébastien Cortaredona, Jocelyn Raude, Olivier L’Haridon, Cyril Berenger, El-Hadj Ba

“…Introduction Rural areas are considered safe havens against the increased spread of COVID-19 and associated restrictive measures, especially in contexts where public authorities are not in a position to systematically and substantially ease COVID-19-induced economic shocks. …”
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Сomposition, structure and functional properties of silver-tungsten composition electrochemistry coatings formed with the help of ultrasound by N. V. Bogush, A. A. Khmyl, L. K. Kushner, N. V. Dezhkunov

“…It is shown that application of ultrasound effect to electrodeposition allows increased level of permissible current density and provides.…”
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Elevated levels of Letm1 drives mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiomyocyte stress-mediated apoptosis in cultured cardiomyocytes by Anushka Deshpande, Leo Weirauch, Tapan Kumar Baral, Marco Steier, Ankush Borlepawar, Manju Kumari, Lucia S. Kilian, Karsten Richter, Elke Hammer, Derk Frank, Constanze Schmidt, Norbert Frey, Ashraf Y. Rangrez

“…Although genetic alterations in Letm1 are linked to cardiomyopathies, its specific contributions to cardiac pathophysiology, particularly in the context of ischemic heart disease, remain poorly defined. …”
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Addressing High Nursing Turnover: Analysis of Theoretical Concepts and Case Study by Josuhe Neri

“…Secondly, medical institution is described (shortage of medical staff leads to a decrease in patient satisfaction, loss of care quality, increased waiting time for services, review of safety and patient care protocols, reduction in the number of patients who can receive medical care or consultation, which causes a decrease in hospital revenue, hinders organisational growth, raises the cost of additional recruitment, leads to medical errors that turn into lawsuits in future, etc.). …”
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The examination of family value hierarchies in Russian and Chinese cultures by O. E. Iatsevich, V. V. Iudashkina, L. N. Shabatura, N. A. Tkacheva, A. F. Zakirova

“…Introduction. In the context of globalisation and the intensification of international contacts, there is an increasing need to understand the intercultural differences and similarities between Russian and Chinese youth, particularly in significant areas such as family values. …”
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Collaborative Housing in Chile by Valentina Augusta Cortés Urra

“…This approach has mostly affected the location, quality, and social dimension of housing. In other urban contexts, such as in some European countries, inhabitants facing similar issues have self-organised to develop their homes driven by pragmatic and radical goals. …”
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Healthcare workers’ perceptions of patient safety culture in emergency departments: a scoping review by Min Ji Kim, Ming Wei Jeffrey Woo

“…Objective This review aimed to map the concept of patient safety culture in emergency departments (EDs), describe the availability of evidence related to patient safety culture as assessed by healthcare workers, identify the key focus areas of existing studies and pinpoint gaps in the current literature.Design A scoping review followed a comprehensive methodological process that included five steps based on the framework developed by Arksey and O’Malley and updated by Peters et al.Eligibility criteria Studies encompassing original research and all pertinent published and grey literature within the last 15 years (2010–2024) that aligned with the population (healthcare workers), concept (patient safety culture) and context (emergency department) framework for this study were included.Data sources PubMed, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), WOS, Embase, MEDLINE (Ovid), and KISS databases were searched for original studies published between 2010 and 2024 that aligned with the topic of this study.Data extraction and synthesis Two researchers independently extracted data from 28 eligible articles using a predetermined data extraction tool. …”
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Design of an Automatic Defect Identification Method Based ECPT for Pneumatic Pressure Equipment by Bo Zhang, YuHua Cheng, Chun Yin, Xuegang Huang, Sara Dadras, Hadi Malek

“…In this paper, in order to achieve automatic defect identification for pneumatic pressure equipment, an improved feature extraction algorithm eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) is presented. The presented feature extraction algorithm contains four elements: data block selection; variable step search; relation value classification; and between-class distance decision function. …”
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