<strong>Ovicidal and adulticidal effects of synthetic menthol, thymol and their mixtures against <em>Tetranychus urticae </em>(Acari: Tetranychidae)</strong> by Mina Mohammadi, Hamid Reza Sarraf Moayeri, Aurang Kavousi, Ali Reza Bolandnazar

“…Results also showed that a combination of thymol and menthol increased lethal effects compared to these two compounds.…”
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Heat Transfer Performance and Influencing Factors of Waste Tires During Pyrolysis in a Horizontal Rotary Furnace by Hongting Ma, Yang Bai, Shuo Ma, Zhipeng Zhou

“…Pyrolysis technology currently serves as a significant method for recycling and reducing waste tires. …”
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Research progress on novel nanomaterials mediated treatment of candidal keratitis by ZHAO Tianqi, LIU Lian

“…The incidence of Candida keratitis has been rising annually due to factors such as the misuse of immunosuppressive drugs and increased contact lens wear. Following infection, Candida itself and the formation of biofilms contribute to enhanced resistance against currently used systemic antifungal agents, including voriconazole, amphotericin B, itraconazole, and fluconazole,posing significant challenges to clinical treatment.Recently, research on nanomaterials-mediated drug delivery systems for treating Candida keratitis has burgeoned. …”
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Prescription of a THC/CBD-Based Medication to Patients with Dementia: A Pilot Study in Geneva by Barbara Broers, Zacharie Patà, Aline Mina, James Wampfler, Christian de Saussure, Sophie Pautex

“… Background: Dementia is increasing worldwide. No effective medication is currently available for the treatment of the underlying disease and accompanying behavioral symptoms. …”
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Study on surface deformation induced by shield excavation due to coarse particle content in strongly weathered rock layers. by Puzhen An, Baoxin Jia, Qinglei Yuan, Lei Chen

“…The results show that as the coarse particle content increases, the force transmission mechanism in the strongly weathered rock shifts from compressive deformation typical of fine-grained soils to point-contact force transmission between coarse particles. …”
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Chemotactic migration of T cells towards dendritic cells promotes the detection of rare antigens. by Renske M A Vroomans, Athanasius F M Marée, Rob J de Boer, Joost B Beltman

“…Although it has been shown that dendritic cells (DCs) carrying cognate antigen in some circumstances attract T cells chemotactically, it is currently still unclear whether chemoattraction of T cells towards DCs helps or hampers scanning. …”
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A novel RNN architecture to improve the precision of ship trajectory predictions by Martha Dais Ferreira, Jessica N. A. Campbell

“…Currently, the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) model is considered the state-of-the-art for STP. …”
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ANALYSIS OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF MATERIALS FOR NON-REMOVABLE AESTHETIC PROSTHETIC STRUCTURES by P.Z. Ozhohan, Z.R. Ozhogan

“… Background. Currently, zirconium dioxide and metal-free ceramics are widely used in orthopedic dentistry. …”
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Optimizing heavy crude oil conversion: Catalytic thermolysis with TiO2@α-Fe2O3 nanocomposite and surfactant dynamics by Asmaa S. Morshedy, Tahany Mahmoud

“…Currently, as the production of light crude oil is reaching its peak, the focus of the petroleum industry is shifting towards significant amount of heavy oil to meet the increasing need for energy and fuels. …”
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Evaluation of silicon nitride as a substrate for culture of PC12 cells: an interfacial model for functional studies in neurons. by Johan Jaime Medina Benavente, Hideo Mogami, Takashi Sakurai, Kazuaki Sawada

“…Silicon nitride is a biocompatible material that is currently used as an interfacial surface between cells and large-scale integration devices incorporating ion-sensitive field-effect transistor technology. …”
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How Two English Primary Schools Promote Wellbeing by Jane Jones

“…We currently inhabit a landscape of worry and pressure, often emanating from messages from news and social media that impact on children’s lives. …”
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Life expectancy by religious affiliation in Finland 1972–2020 by Julia Klein, Jan Saarela, Martin Kolk

“…Non-affiliated persons have about one-year shorter life expectancy than Evangelical Lutherans, but the difference has decreased over time, and they currently are at a similar level. …”
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Anatomic and mechanical considerations in restoring volume of the face with use of hyaluronic acid fillers with a novel layered technique by Mohan K Thomas, James A Dsilva, Ateesh J Borole, Sudhir M Naik, Soma G Sarkar

“…Context: Facial fillers have revolutionized the field of cosmetic facial rejuvenation as it has become the prime sought - after rejuvenation procedure offering youthful, 3-dimensional look with minimal invasiveness. …”
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The prognostic value of serum apolipoprotein A1 levels in elderly patients with de novo SARS-CoV-2 omicron infection by Cong Shi, Ruishuang Ma, Miao Zhou, Shujun Yang, Shengping Gong

“…The omicron variant is currently the predominant strain circulating worldwide. …”
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Jembrana disease in Indonesia: An updated review by Dewa Ketut Meles, Aswin Rafif Khairullah, Suzanita Utama, Wurlina Wurlina, Sri Mulyati, Imam Mustofa, Rimayanti Rimayanti, Tita Damayanti Lestari, Ikechukwu Benjamin Moses, Syahputra Wibowo, Bantari Wisynu Kusuma Wardhani, Dea Anita Ariani Kurniasih, Muhammad Khaliim Jati Kusala, Riza Zainuddin Ahmad, Ima Fauziah, Wasito Wasito, Adeyinka Oye Akintunde

“…Clinical symptoms of Jembrana illness in cattle include elevated fever, bloody diarrhea in the stool, increased salivation, and enlarged lymph nodes. Jembrana illness is transmitted through direct contact between sick and healthy cows. …”
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High Impedance Fault Location in Distribution Systems: A Novel Approach With Enhanced Metrics and Intelligent Algorithms by Gabriela Nunes Lopes, Pedro I. N. Barbalho, Jose Carlos Melo Vieira, Denis V. Coury

“…Among the various fault types in DSs, high impedance faults (HIFs) are particularly difficult to address due to their low fault currents and erratic behavior, often resulting from contact between a conductor and a low-conductivity surface. …”
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The role of metabolic syndrome in the pathogenesis of knee osteoarthritis: a new view on the problem by G. V. Poryadin, A. N. Zakhvatov, T. V. Tarasova, V. O. Timoshkin

“…It is proven that the intra-articular infrapatellar fat pad increases significantly in obese patients. Due to proximity to the articular cartilage and synovial membrane, the adipose tissue is in close contact with them. …”
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Coordinated regulation of timing and strength of synaptic outputs by adrenergic receptors through control of action potentials in Purkinje cells by Kei Furukawa, Kei Furukawa, Shin-ya Kawaguchi

“…It was recently shown that a well-known second messenger cAMP negatively regulates the axonal voltage-gated Na+ channels, which decreases the amplitude and conduction velocity of action potentials in axons of cerebellar Purkinje cells. …”
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Experiences of south Asian key workers in COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom by Rizwana Yousaf, Tipu Sultan

“…They were holding a lot of grievances and hurt inside due to long existing inequalities in the society, where many highly educated and skilled individuals were unable to get stable and secure employments, despite the health vulnerabilities, South Asian key workers worked through the Covid-19 lockdowns to overcome difficulties stem from precarious work. Although currently coping with increased debts, economic burdens and long COVID symptoms, comprehensive job security and entitlement to secure contracts with provisions to sick leaves and pays should be made available to address economic vulnerabilities of south Asian key workers.…”
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An Mcformer encoder integrating Mamba and Cgmlp for improved acoustic feature extraction by Nurmemet Yolwas, Yongchao Li, Lixu Sun, Jian Peng, Zhiwu Sun, Yajie Wei, Yineng Cai

“…Abstract Currently, attention models based on the Conformer architecture have become mainstream in the field of speech recognition due to their integration of self-attention mechanisms and convolutional networks. …”
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