Neurological disorders caused by recreational use of nitrous oxide—a retrospective study from a German metropolitan area and review of the literature by Asya Tshagharyan, Se-Jong You, Christian Grefkes, Elke Hattingen, Joachim P. Steinbach, Pia S. Zeiner, Marcel Hildner, Iris Divé

“…Here, we report on a cohort of patients admitted to a tertiary care center with neurological symptoms in the context of recreational N2O use between 2020 and 2024. …”
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Economic Analysis of Global CO₂ Emissions and Energy Consumption Based on the World Kaya Identity by Alina Yakymchuk, Simone Maxand, Anna Lewandowska

“…This research seeks to elucidate the relationship between economic activities, energy consumption, and CO₂ emissions, thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of the economic dimensions of climate change mitigation efforts within the European context, which may be useful for developing policies to mitigate CO₂ emissions and promote sustainable development. …”
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Improving mesophilic anaerobic digestion of compostable packaging through efficient and versatile thermo-alkaline pre-treatment by Gaël Huet, Julie Lamarque, Florian Monlau, Valentin Puchelle, Cecilia Sambusiti, Juliana Catalina Suarez Murcia, Sandra Domenek, Florian Pion, Emmanuelle Gastaldi

“…In the current European regulatory context, which requires its Member States to collect biowaste separately with a view to its organic recovery, the co-processing of compostable food packaging with biowaste by mesophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) offers the dual opportunity of promoting its conversion into biogas while reducing plastic contamination of the environment. …”
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A Novel CTC-Binding Probe: Enzymatic vs. Shear Stress-Based Detachment Approaches by Sophia Krakowski, Sara Campos, Henri Wolff, Gabi Bondzio, Felix Hehnen, Michael Lommel, Ulrich Kertzscher, Paul Friedrich Geus

“…The additional flow treatment did not increase the CTC detachment efficiency. <b>Conclusions</b>: It is feasible that the detachment efficiency can be further increased by a longer enzymatic incubation time or higher shear stress. …”
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Renegotiating Social Citizenship - Democracy in Welfare Service States by Arne Wohlfarth

“…This article illustrates the importance of social services in the context of current social investment strategies. It outlines a program of new challenges, pitfalls and opportunities for the effective realization of welfare citizenship in a service-based welfare architecture by contextualizing sui-generis characteristics of social services in the area of tension between democratic demands and current forms of welfare architecture and provision. …”
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Spiritual space: Hearing and experiencing the voice of God by Walter Firth

“…As scrutiny increases of what and how, such material is shared, used and taught, creating a space where the voice of God can speak into our current settings becomes increasingly vital. …”
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Paradigms of the agricultural system in times of COVID-19 by Luis Edgar Blanco-Capia

“…Until the end of the 20th century, world agriculture underwent a transition towards a new technological paradigm, very different from that of the green revolution, based on the current “bio” revolutions, in which human beings have transformed biodiversity by placing it at their service1. …”
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Life or limb: an international qualitative study on decision making in sarcoma surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic by Peter F M Choong, Michelle M Dowsey, Samantha Bunzli, Michelle Ghert, Ajay Puri, Robert Turcotte, Penny O'Brien, Peter Rose, Will Aston, Miguel A Ayerza, Lester Chan, Stephane Cherix, Jorge de las Heras, Davide Donati, Uwale Eyesan, Nicola Fabbri, Thomas Hilton, Oluwaseyi Kayode Idowu, Jungo Imanishi, Dundar Sabah, Kristy Weber

“…Common to ‘unique’ decisions about patient care was uncertainty about what was going on and what would happen in the future (theme 1: the context of uncertainty), the impact of the pandemic on resources or threat of the pandemic to overwhelm resources (theme 2: limited resources), perceived increased risk to self (theme 3: duty of care) and least-worst decision making, in which none of the options were perceived as ideal and participants settled on the least-worst option at that point in time (theme 4: least-worst decision making).Conclusions In the context of rapidly changing standards of justice and beneficence in patient care, traditional decision-making frameworks may no longer apply. …”
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Public-private partnership in the field of cybersecurity by S.V. Sieriebriak

“…Thus, the article not only summarizes the current state of development of public-private partnerships in Ukraine, but also identifies priorities for its improvement, especially in the field of cybersecurity, which is a key component of national security in the face of current challenges. …”
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Households willingness to join and pay for community-based health insurance: implications for designing community-based health insurance based on economic Status in Ethiopia. by Zewdie Birhanu, Morankar Sudhakar, Mohammed Jemal, Desta Hiko, Shabu Abdulbari, Bikiltu Abdisa, Badassa Wolteji Chala, Getnet Mitike, Tigist Astale, Nimona Berhanu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in districts from two different contexts: urban areas and agrarian areas in two major regions in Ethiopia, namely Oromia, and Amhara. …”
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Left Main Disease and Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Focus on Antithrombotic Therapy by Charalampos Varlamos, Ioannis Lianos, Despoina-Rafailia Benetou, Dimitrios Alexopoulos

“…Revascularization of both left main and bifurcation lesions is currently considered an important feature of complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), whereas stenting distal left main bifurcation is fairly challenging. …”
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Advantages of mechanical anastomosis in rectal cancer surgery by Paul Șiancu, Adrian Boicean, Denisa Tănăsescu, Dan Bratu, Ciprian Tănăsescu

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Modern armed conflicts: compliance with the standards of international humanitarian law by R. V. Tsapyuk, O. M. Tsarenko

“… The article examines the current state of development of international humanitarian law (IHL) and identifies the main challenges facing its implementation in the context of modern armed conflicts. …”
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Interactions Between Hantavirus Nucleoprotein and Glycoproteins: A Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy Study by Amit Koikkarah Aji, Titas Mandal, Salvatore Chiantia

“…Orthohantaviruses are tri-segmented negative-sense RNA viruses that can cause severe pathologies in humans. Currently, limited information exists on the molecular interactions driving orthohantavirus assembly in infected cells. …”
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Inferential misconceptions and replication crisis by Norbert Hirschauer, Oliver Mußhoff, Sven Gruener, Ulrich Frey, Insa Theesfeld, Peter Wagner

“…Nonetheless, they seem to have persisted in empirical research, and criticisms of p value misuses have increased in the recent past due to the non-replicability of many studies. …”
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Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Image Encryption Techniques by K. Mahalakshmi, Sivakumar Nagarajan

“…Through comparative analysis, this study highlights the strengths, weaknesses, and applicability of these methods in various contexts. The review concludes by discussing the current challenges and suggesting future research directions to improve the security, scalability, and real-time processing capabilities of image encryption systems.…”
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Adolescents’ exposure to explicit sexual content on digital media: a quantitative, cross-sectional study by Semen Sebsbie, Anteneh Tsegaye

“…Although adolescents’ screen media use has been broadly studied, little attention has been paid to the consumption of sexually explicit screen media content, especially in low- and middle-income contexts where access to digital media technologies is increasing. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccines in the Pediatric Population: A Focus on Cardiac Patients by Ghena Lababidi, Hossam Lababidi, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi

“…This review also contains current and future perspectives, as well as a section on the cardiovascular implications and related dynamics of pediatric COVID-19 vaccination.…”
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The existing state of knowledge about sleep health in community-dwelling older persons – a scoping review by Sandra Öberg, Christina Sandlund, Björn Westerlind, Deborah Finkel, Lennarth Johansson

“…Few reviews have described current knowledge about the holistic concept of sleep health of community-dwelling older people.Aim This study aimed to describe the current state of knowledge and identify research gaps concerning sleep health among community-dwelling older persons.Method We conducted a scoping review. …”
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Cost-benefit analysis of craniocerebral surgical site infection control in tertiary hospitals in China by Jiong Zhou, Xiaojun Ma

“…This study aimed to determine the cost of SSIs and to evaluate whether SSI control can reduce medical costs under the current medical payment system and wage rates in China. …”
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