Domestic Violence, Mental Health, and COVID-19: A Community-based Study of Women in Delhi by Ajit Kumar Lenka, Neha Sharawat, Smritima Diksha Lama, Sanghmitra S Acharya

“…Several factors led to an increase in the number of domestic violence cases including loss of livelihoods, restriction of social contact within informal and informal networks, and limited access to services and community support. …”
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Adolescent and parental proxy online record access: analysis of the empirical evidence based on four bioethical principles by Josefin Hagström, Maria Hägglund, Charlotte Blease

“…Methods In this paper, we apply biomedical ethical principles to explore key questions about adolescents’ and parents’ access to adolescents’ EHRs, with the aim of informing future discussions about the development of ethical and policy practice guidelines. Results Drawing on current empirical research, we find preliminary evidence that in some contexts, patient online record access (ORA) could help to facilitate autonomy for adolescents and parents as well as offering support in managing appointments and medications. …”
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Wear and Corrosion Resistance of Thermally Formed Decorative Oxide Layers on Austenitic Steel by Tomasz Borowski, Hubert Wójcik, Maciej Spychalski, Bogusława Adamczyk-Cieślak

“…Oxidation at 400 °C did not cause a significant decrease in pitting corrosion resistance, while an increase in polarization resistance and a decrease in corrosion current density were observed. …”
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Reducing mine water contamination at the local drainage facility of a kimberlite mine by N. P. Ovchinnikov

“…As Russian kimberlite mines reach their design capacity, the interval between cleaning cycles of the local drainage system’s water collectors has significantly decreased. Currently, at kimberlite mines, the cleaning of silted water collectors is routinely carried out using all available load–haul–dump (LHD) machines operated by the mine’s Mechanical and Power Service. …”
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EVALUATION OF APPLE ORCHARDS VIA THE EXPERT SYSTEM CROM by Daniela DANA, Irina-Adriana CHIURCIU, Valentina VOICU, Aurelia-Ioana CHEREJI, Ioan Jr. CHEREJI, Andreea-Roxana FIRATOIU

“…Although the cultivation of fruit trees is a traditional activity in Romania and our country has natural potential in this regard, both the cultivated area and the fruit production have decreased lately. That is why the NRDP 2014- 2020 included a sub-programme for this sector, with sub-measures to redress the field and successfully respond to current challenges, including the impact on the environment. …”
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Strategies for adaptation of Russian commercial banks to innovative technologies by O. S. Solenaya

“…The article discusses the strategies of the bank in the innovation sphere, which are important components of general development strategies, their content and the order of choice in the context of digitalization of the economy and global changes in the world banking system. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Types of Deprivation and Social Tolerance among Citizens of Tehran by Negar Firouzeh, Khadijeh Safiri

“…This positive and significant relationship between political deprivation and social tolerance could be understood in the context of societal bipolarity and the widening gap between the state and its citizens. …”
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Impact of a Saline Soil Improvement Project on the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Groundwater Dynamic Field and Hydrodynamic Process Simulation in the Hetao Irrigation District by Yule Sun, Liping Wang, Zuting Liu, Yonglin Jia, Zhongyi Qu

“…This work investigated the spatiotemporal evolution patterns and influencing factors of the groundwater environment in the context of soil salinity–alkalinity improvement, as well as the impact of irrigation on the ionic characteristics of groundwater. …”
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Seasonal Variation of Testosterone Levels in a Large Cohort of Men by Taiba Zornitzki, Sagi Tshori, Galit Shefer, Shira Mingelgrin, Carmit Levy, Hilla Knobler

“…Total and bioavailable testosterone levels gradually decreased with age and BMI (P<0.001) and were significantly lower in men with diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and known CVD, but were higher in current smokers compared with nonsmokers (P<0.001). …”
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Multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis of disorders of coagulation system in childrenwith various pathologies by O. B. Gordeeva, M. S. Karaseva, D. E. Lavretsky, M. A. Babaikina, N. D. Vashakmadze, M. A. Soloshenko, G. V. Revunenkov, E. A. Abashidze, M. V. Egorova

“…Thrombosis in children with genetically determined thrombophilia often occur in the context of risk factors. In the early neonatal period, the deficiency of anticoagulant factors manifests as the form of fulminant purpura, followed by the development of skin necrosis. …”
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Transformation of trading patterns in global agricultural markets by V. V. Stroev, E. N. Smirnov

“…The analysis of international trade is conducted in the context of the need to ensure food security and counteract various exogenous shocks (decreasing crop yields, escalating geopolitical conflicts, food crises). …”
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Thermal and radiative effects on unsteady MHD flow of Casson fluid past a rotating porous medium with variable mass diffusion by J. Prakash, A. Selvaraj, P. Ragupathi, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal, S. Saranya

“…From the above results it can be seen that there are applications of these findings in the industrial and environmental context for example during MHD flow and filtration processes.…”
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Building trust in rural communities: recruitment and retention strategies in developmental science by Ava Reck, Lauren Holley, Kyle Bower, Sarah Whitaker, Caroline Hall, Courtney Brown, Alison Berg, Caroline Alvarado, Diane Bales, Katharine Suma, Kimberly Fowler, Charles Geier, Assaf Oshri

“…This manuscript examines the recruitment and retention strategies aimed to facilitate trust and engagement in a longitudinal study involving rural participants in Northeast Georgia.MethodologyThe continuum of community engagement model suggests that research recruitment efforts should involve more than direct participant outreach, toward a multifaceted, community-driven approach. The current study employs a mixed-methods framework to evaluate these strategies in fostering trust and participant engagement. …”
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Medication-related infrastructure and medication reviews in nursing homes—a rapid appraisal study by Carla Meyer-Massetti, Magdalena Osińska, Naomi Welte, Franziska Zúñiga

“…The present study aimed to survey current medication-use infrastructure and processes and medication review practices in NHs in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. …”
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The Effect of Training Experience on Cardiac Morphology in Resistance Exercise Practitioners: A Study on Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Parameters and Left Atrium Mechanic... by Ahmet Kurtoğlu, Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu, Bekir Çar, Özgür Eken, Jarosław Muracki, Edi Setiawan, Madawi H. Alotaibi, Safaa M. Elkholi

“…In this context, cohort studies are needed to analyze in detail the reasons for the decrease in diastolic parameters in these individuals.…”
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The potential impact of COVID-19 in refugee camps in Bangladesh and beyond:  A modeling study. by Shaun Truelove, Orit Abrahim, Chiara Altare, Stephen A Lauer, Krya H Grantz, Andrew S Azman, Paul Spiegel

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our findings suggest that a COVID-19 epidemic in a refugee settlement may have profound consequences, requiring large increases in healthcare capacity and infrastructure that may exceed what is currently feasible in these settings. …”
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Esenin’s Reception in Russia and Abroad by Maxim V. Skorokhodov

“…The conference will result in Esenin’s encyclopedia, currently in progress.…”
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Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Methanol–Diesel Dual Fuel Engine at Different Altitudes by Zhongcheng Wang, Zhu Jie, Xiaoyu Liu

“…Currently, in the two technological approaches for using diesel pilot injection to ignite methanol and partially substituting diesel fuel with methanol, neither can fully achieve carbon neutrality in the context of internal combustion engines. …”
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Is social theory losing its relevance? A call for social impact and cocreation from dialogic sociology by Elisabeth Torras-Gómez, Mar Joanpere, Carmen Elboj, Mengna Guo, Esther Oliver, Ane Lopez de Aguileta, Marta Soler-Gallart

“…Abstract Currently, the interest in and use of social theory by policy-makers, organizations, and citizens have decreased worldwide. …”
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Climate and human activities alter coupling of soil macro- and micronutrients: Evidence from a long-term experiment in typical steppes by Yi Zhou, Shenghua Chang, Xiaojuan Huang, Wenjun Wang, Fujiang Hou, Yanrong Wang, Zhibiao Nan

“…However, the long-term dynamics and ecological drivers of soil macro- and microelements, as well as their relationships, remain virtually unknown, especially in varying precipitation contexts. Here, we conducted a long-term experiment in typical steppes to explore the universal and differential mechanisms of soil macro- and microelements along the precipitation gradient. …”
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