Sustainable Development and New Challenges of the Energy Market: Amendment on “New Normal” by Evgenia A. Kuklina

“…At present, the use of the term “new normal” as a new reality, characterizes a situation of challenge that requires a new model of economic development which would take into consideration current threats and risks. The article analyzes the possibility of implementing a concept of sustainable development in the context of new challenges at the energy market. …”
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Credit Rationing Equilibrium Achievement in the Conditions of Digitalization by O. V. Lunyakov

“…The authors’ hypothesis is that the credit market has the potential to increase the return on a loan per currency unit of borrowers’ loans, and the current estimates of the of defaults borrowers’ probability, interest rates are “biased”. …”
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Medium-term forecast of the age structure of teachers in secondary schools in the Russian Federation by L. V. Vasilieva, K. V. Lebedev, E. S. Sumenova

“…The present paper presents the results of the analysis of the current age structure of teachers in the regional context (in the subjects of the Russian Federation) and develops a forecast for its development.The aim of the current research was to present the results of the development of a medium-term (until 2024) forecast of the age structure of teachers in the subjects of the Russian Federation.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Development of Lentil Aquafaba-Based Food Emulsions with Xanthan Gum or Pregelatinized Corn Starch as Stabilizers by Valentyna Dehtiar, Anastasiia Sachko, Anna Radchenko, Olha Hrynchenko, Sergey Gubsky

“…Currently, there is an increasing trend towards the use of legumes aquafaba-based emulsions for food applications. …”
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The impacts of climate variability on conflict risk in conflict-prone regions worldwide by Xiaolan Xie, Fangyu Ding, Mengmeng Hao, Jun Zhuo, Shuai Chen, Jiajie Wu, Jiping Dong, Kai Sun, Qian Wang, Dong Jiang

“…Our results contribute to a better understanding of climate-conflict linkages in conflict-prone countries, which may partly explain the divergent findings of current research and highlight the importance of speeding up the work of adaption for global warming.…”
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Research Progress on Water Body Phosphorus Removal Technology Based on Aquaculture Tail Water Treatment by Xian LI, Wenjing TIAN, Xiangyu ZHANG, Wenjie XU, Xiaolin LI, Teng MA, Cheng TIAN

“…Aquaculture development is particularly important in the context of the 'Big Food Concept'. The China's total aquatic product output in 2023 was 71.16 million tons, an increase of 4.39% year-on-year, of which aquaculture production accounted for 81.6%. …”
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Hydroxyapatite-filled osteoinductive and piezoelectric nanofibers for bone tissue engineering by Frederico Barbosa, Fábio F. F. Garrudo, Paola S. Alberte, Leonor Resina, Marta S. Carvalho, Akhil Jain, Ana C. Marques, Francesc Estrany, Frankie J. Rawson, Carlos Aléman, Frederico Castelo Ferreira, João C. Silva

“…The biological cues provided by the HAp nanoparticles enhanced the osteogenic differentiation of seeded human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) as observed by the increased ALP activity, cell-secreted calcium deposition and osteogenic gene expression levels observed for the HAp-containing fibers. …”
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A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease: A Review of the Literature by Mohammad Taghi Karimi, Tony McGarry

“…Various treatment methods are currently in use and aim to increase containment of the femoral head within the acetabulum, redistribute loading patterns applied to the femoral head, and to decrease the final deformities associated with this condition. …”
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Prediction of potential habitat of Verbena officinalis in China under climate change based on optimized MaxEnt model by Shimao Chen, Zixuan Jiang, Jia Song, Tao Xie, Yu Xue, Qingshan Yang, Qingshan Yang, Qingshan Yang

“…Under future climate change scenarios (SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5), the total suitable habitat area shows an overall increasing trend, reaching a maximum in the 2070s under the high-emission scenario (an increase of 3.6 × 105 km2 compared to the current distribution). …”
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Enhanced Broad-Spectrum Efficacy of an L2-Based mRNA Vaccine Targeting HPV Types 6, 11, 16, 18, with Cross-Protection Against Multiple Additional High-Risk Types by Kosuke Tsukamoto, Akio Yamashita, Masatoshi Maeki, Manabu Tokeshi, Hirotatsu Imai, Akira Fukao, Toshinobu Fujiwara, Koji Okudera, Nobuhisa Mizuki, Kenji Okuda, Masaru Shimada

“…Results: We identified that a construct containing E01 (a 5′-untranslated region) and SL2.7 (a poly(A) polymerase recruitment sequence) significantly increased protein expression. …”
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Treatment Methods Dry Form of Age Macular Degeneration — History and Prospects. Review by A. N. Kulikov, M. V. Zakharov, A. A. Volozhev

“…The main treatment for wet AMD is the injection of medications called anti-VEGF agents. Currently, treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration includes modification of risk factors (stop smoking, healthy life style and etc) and dietary supplements containing a combination of certain ingredients (vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, copper, and lutein with zeaxanthin or beta-carotene) may be able to slow the progression of the disease. …”
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Combined and progestagen-only hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer risk: A UK nested case-control study and meta-analysis. by Danielle Fitzpatrick, Kirstin Pirie, Gillian Reeves, Jane Green, Valerie Beral

“…<h4>Background</h4>Current or recent use of combined oral contraceptives (containing oestrogen+progestagen) has been associated with a small increase in breast cancer risk. …”
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Defining the Optimal Ranges of Tourist Visits in UNESCO World Heritage Caves with Rock Art: The Case of El Castillo and Covalanas (Cantabria, Spain) by Angel Fernandez-Cortes, Eduardo Palacio-Perez, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Soledad Cuezva, Roberto Ontañon, Javier Lario, Sergio Sanchez-Moral

“…These two caves are currently open to tourism and boast an exceptional archaeological heritage that includes magnificent examples of Palaeolithic cave art. …”
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Trusted Energy-Aware Hierarchical Routing (TEAHR) for Wireless Sensor Networks by Vikas, Charu Wahi, Bharat Bhushan Sagar, Manisha Manjul

“…Moreover, we explore the scalability of TEAHR across large networks as well as its performance in computationally constrained contexts. We have verified through our detailed investigation that the energy metrics used uniquely in TEAHR extend the life of the network while increasing data routing trust and trustworthiness. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Types of Deprivation and Social Tolerance among Citizens of Tehran by Negar Firouzeh, Khadijeh Safiri

“…Conversely, an increase in political deprivation correlated with an increase in social tolerance. …”
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Fastest Prostate Cancer Prediction on Whole-Mount Pathological Slides Using Self-Reform Multilayer Transformer by Linjie Xu, Xiaotian Yu, Haoming Luo, Jili Wang, Wenjie Liang, Jing Zhang, Zunlei Feng, Cheng Lu, Xiuming Zhang

“…Moreover, pixels in each whole-mount slide of PCa are increased by approximately <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\sim 9$ </tex-math></inline-formula> times, therefore containing more information for diagnosis. …”
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Study of the influence of pulse heating on the structure and properties of reinforcing fibers from tungsten-rhenium alloys by V. Shalomeev, S. Sheyko, O. Hrechanyi, T. Vasilchenko, V. Vinichenko, O. Korobko

“…The component that largely determines the strength and technological properties of the composite is the fibers. Currently the requirements for the strength and technological properties of reinforcing fibers are quite fully met by wires made of various tungsten-rhenium and molybdenum-rhenium alloys. …”
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Traditional Chinese medicine (Shenqinlong Qingfei Peiyuan) alleviate pulmonary infection in immunodeficient mice by suppressing HMGB1 and reversing macrophage polarization by Meijun Liu, Xiyuan Song, Xiaoli Chen, Pengfei Meng, Qian Yu, Liran Xu, Aiping Lyu, Kenneth CP Cheung

“…Results: QFPY treatment showed efficacy comparable to the current standard treatment for lung infections, levofloxacin tablets (LEV). …”
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Influence of Health Expenditure on COVID-19 Contraction: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis by Alina Vysochyna, Agnieszka Jakubowska

“…A more in-depth analysis using panel regression modelling in Stata 12/SE revealed the positive impact of public, private and external health expenditures on reducing mortality, as well as the positive impact of increasing current health expenditures on life expectancy. …”
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The PHD transcription factor Cti6 is involved in the fungal colonization and aflatoxin B1 biological synthesis of Aspergillus flavus by Zhang Mengjuan, Lin Guanglan, Pan Xiaohua, Song Weitao, Tan Can, Chen Xuan, Yang Yanling, Zhuang Zhenhong

“…Bioinformatics analysis showed Cti6 is conservative in Aspergillus spp., and mCherry mediated subcellular localization showed that most Cti6 accumulated in the nuclei, which reflected that Cti6 performed its important biological function in the nuclei in Aspergillus spp.. The results of the current study elucidate the roles of PHD domain containing proteins in the mechanism of the infection of crops by A. flavus, and provided a novel target for effectively controlling the contamination of Aspergillus spp. to crops.…”
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