Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics of Mechanical Processes in Food Engineering: Mixing, Extrusion, Drying, and Process Optimization by Arkadiusz Szpicer, Weronika Bińkowska, Adrian Stelmasiak, Iwona Wojtasik-Kalinowska, Anna Czajkowska, Sylwia Mierzejewska, Zdzisław Domiszewski, Tomasz Rydzkowski, Joanna Piepiórka-Stepuk, Andrzej Półtorak

“…Mechanical processes such as mixing, extrusion, and drying are key operations in food engineering, with a significant impact on product quality and process efficiency. The increasing complexity of food materials—due to non-Newtonian properties, multiphase structures, and thermal–mechanical interactions—requires advanced modeling approaches for process analysis and optimization. …”
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Conversational Systems for Social Care in Older Adults: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Rosiered Brownson-Smith, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Oksana Hagen, Cen Cong, Amir Aly, Ray B Jones, Edward Meinert

“… BackgroundSocial care systems worldwide face increasing demographic and financial pressures. This necessitates exploring innovative technological solutions to enhance service delivery without substantially increasing costs. …”
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Smart Packet Delivery in Mobile Underwater Sensors Networks (M-CTSP) by Abdul Khan, Miguel-Angel Luque-Nieto, Ali Akbar Siddique

“…This research is focused on leveraging the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) to establish the optimal route of getting from a source node to a destination node in an underwater dynamic location. In this context, all nodes are mobile and slightly adjust their positions due to water currents. …”
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Supply Chain Model for Mini Wind Power Systems in Urban Areas by Isvia Zazueta, Edgar Valenzuela, Alejandro Lambert, José R. Ayala, Rodny Garcia

“…The pursuit of energy security has become one of the most important challenges facing modern societies worldwide. The increase in energy consumption and the need to promote sustainability puts pressure on power generation systems. …”
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Relevance of reporting leprosy related disability at the completion of multi drug therapy: A 5-year retrospective analysis of disability in persons affected by leprosy at ALERT Hos... by Bereket Abebayehu Tegene, Thomas Asfaw Atnafu

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Leprosy related G2D among newly diagnosed patient is not declining worldwide and even increasing in endemic regions like Ethiopia. More training should be given to health professionals in assessing disability. …”
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Target image detection algorithm of complex road scene based on improved multi-scale adaptive feature fusion technology by Xu Zhaosheng, Liao Zhongming, Xiao Xiaoyong, Ahmad Suzana, Mat Diah Norizan, Ismail Azlan

“…An increasing number of deeper stacked layers allows the deep neural network to learn more complicated high-level semantic features, and the features' quality improves with time. …”
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The science behind the lifesum app: an intervention design analysis by Signe Svanfeldt, Chris Seth, Marcus Gners, Andreas Blomqvist

“…This was an intervention design analysis, designed to describe the theoretical model and intervention theory used to create the Lifesum app in its current embodiment. A pragmatic theoretical model describing behaviour change in the context of healthy eating was devised based on findings in literature. …”
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Lipidomic markers of obesity and their dynamics after bariatric surgery by T. V. Saprina, A. S. Bashirova, V. V. Ivanov, S. I. Pekov, I. A. Popov, S. R. Bashirov, E. A. Vasilyeva, O. A. Pavlenko, D. V. Krinitskii, M. Chen

“…Currently available studies and their results suggest that we are only at the very start of studying this promising biomedical field.…”
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Physicians’ experiences of assessing and supporting fatigued patients in primary care: a focus group study by Conrad Samuelsson, Lisa Gunnarsson, Frank Svärdman, Christian Rück, Elin Lindsäter

“…Abstract Background Fatigue is a common symptom in primary healthcare, affecting 10–30% of patients, and is associated with increased healthcare consumption and functional disability. …”
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CircPWWP2A promotes renal interstitial fibrosis through modulating miR-182/ROCK1 axis by Qian Huang, Kaiyi Zhong, Jiali Wei

“…In the present study, we demonstrated a significant increase of circPWWP2A in renal tubular cells both in vivo and in vitro models of renal fibrosis. …”
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The role of community health workers in addressing the global burden of ear disease and hearing loss: a systematic scoping review of the literature by James O'Donovan, Misha Verkerk, Niall Winters, Shelly Chadha, Mahmood F Bhutta

“…We performed a systematic scoping review to identify evidence on how CHWs are currently deployed in the prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and management of ear disease and hearing loss; methods to train and support CHWs in this context; and cost-effectiveness of CHWs.Methods We performed a systematic search of the literature from September 1978 to 18 March 2018 from 11 major databases and the grey literature.Results We identified 38 original studies that met the inclusion criteria, taking place across South Asia (n=13), Oceania (n=7), North America (n=7), South America (n=6) and Africa (n=5). 23 studies showed CHWs can increase community participation in screening. …”
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Investigation of Heat and Mass Transfer in the Process of Fuel Preparation from Biomass Particles with High Moisture by A. V. Mitrofanov, O. B. Kolibaba, R. N. Gabitov, D. A. Dolinin, S. V. Vasilevich

“…Currently, in a number of countries an urgent task for development of fuel and energy complexes is to increase the share of generation by involving solid fuels in circulation. …”
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Pilot observational cohort study to determine whether waveform and flow traces from mechanical insufflation–exsufflation (MI-E) can be used to identify laryngeal responses to MI-E... by Stephanie K Mansell, Swapna Mandal, Amar Shah, Francesca Gowing, Rhiannon Parry, Charlotte Greenfield, Yogesh Bhatt

“…Currently, the only method for assessing this is via nasal endoscopy while using MI-E. …”
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Rate of detection of endocrine diseases in children in the practice of a family doctor by I. I. Redko, E. N. Chakmazova

“…Currently, there is a tendency to increase the prevalence of endocrine pathologists in all age groups of the children's population of Ukraine. …”
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M1 macrophages – unexpected contribution to tumor progression by Olga V. Kovaleva, Madina A. Rashidova, Vasiliy V. Sinyov, Olga S. Malashenko, Alexei Gratchev, Alexei Gratchev

“…In this review, we examine the complex, context-dependent function of M1 macrophages and reassess current strategies aimed at enhancing their cytotoxicity. …”
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Ukrainian-Polish Relations Through the Prism of Scientific Schools of International Relations by Tetiana Yelova, Antonina Shulіak

“…Scholars increasingly emphasize the EU’s role as a normative power that influences partner countries through a strategy of conditionality, often referred to as the “carrot and stick” approach. …”
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Methodology for Managing Financial Resources in Credit Institutions by A. G. Mikheev

“…The current state of credit and banking sector is characterized by high competition between credit institutions, taking place in context of increasing business volatility. …”
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PSG-Pair: A Psychological Snapshot Guided Model for Improved Query-Response Pairing in Psychological Wellness Communities for University Students by Yongsheng Ma, Xianhui Sun, Aiqun Ma

“…Additionally, while the current evaluation metrics adequately reflect the retrieval and pairing capabilities, there is a need for the development of more tailored evaluation systems to assess models within the unique context of psychological wellness support for university students. …”
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Evaluating Generative AI in Mental Health: Systematic Review of Capabilities and Limitations by Liying Wang, Tanmay Bhanushali, Zhuoran Huang, Jingyi Yang, Sukriti Badami, Lisa Hightow-Weidman

“…ObjectivesThis systematic review aims to evaluate the current capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models in the context of mental health applications. …”
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Conceptual approaches to the complex of restoration of the affected territories as a result of military actions in Ukraine by Liudmyla Datsenko, Svitlana Titova, Marharyta Dubnytska

“…Results and conclusions: The land relations during the reconstruction of Ukraine should be based on the following principles and approaches: openness of the public cadastral map of Ukraine; simplification of permit procedures; assessment of land and soil quality, inventory; continuation of the trend of decreasing arable land; conservation of lands, the use of which could harm human life and health as well as the state of the environment; expropriation of land from tenants who are connected to Russia or Belarus; soil conservation in the context of war; introduction of the state system for the control of land resources and the responsibility of land users.…”
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