Digital Mapping of Land Suitability for Main Agricultural Crops in Romania by Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Bogdan Roșca, Radu Gabriel Pîrnău, Ionuț Vasiliniuc, Liviu Mihai Irimia

“…However, a methodological revision is necessary to accommodate temperature and precipitation values, which did not manifest in the reference climate period (1961–1990), but which are now part of the current climate of Romania.…”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of suicidality in opioid use disorder: a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial by Victor M. Tang, Bernard Le Foll, Zafiris J. Daskalakis, An-Li Wang, Leslie Buckley, Daniel M. Blumberger, Daphne Voineskos

“…Conclusion We present the first data piloting a structural neuroimaging-guided, multi-session rTMS treatment course in outpatients with suicidality and OUD in the current North American context. Recruitment and retention were the main challenges given the highly unstable medical and psychosocial context of this patient population. …”
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Magnetospheric response on impact of solar wind diamagnetic structures borne by eruptive prominence by Parkhomov Vladimir Alexandrovich, Eselevich Victor Grigorieivich, Eselevich Maksim Victorovich, Tsegmed Battuulai

“…The duration of the magnetospheric disturbance (in the form of dayside auroras), global increase in the current systems, charged particle flux enhancement in the radiation belts, and generation of the irregular Pi2-3 oscillations aredetermined by the DSEP size. …”
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Challenges and Advances in Materials and Fabrication Technologies for the Development of p-GaN Gated E-Mode AlGaN/GaN Power HEMTs: A Critical Review by J. Ajayan, Vakkalakula Bharath Sreenivasulu, N. Aruna Kumari, S. Sreejith, Subhajit Das

“…There has been a lot of investigations done on wide bandgap materials because of the difficulties traditional electronics suffer at high temperatures, such as poor stability and increased leakage current. GaN-based power high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are a popular choice for a variety of power electronic applications due to their excellent efficiency and ability to deliver high power density. …”
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Pantograph Arc’s Energy Characters Under Various Load by 王波, 吴广宁, 王万岗, 高国强, 崔易

“…The results showed that the average arcing duration becomes longer in index with traction current increasing; the arcing duration with inductive load is longer than with resistive load; the arc energy decreases with the rising of load power factor.…”
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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α promotes tubulointerstitial fibrosis via the upregulation of Muc4 by Zhong-Tang Li, Xin-Hui Hu, Wei-Jie Ni, Zuo-Lin Li, Bi-Kun Huang, Yu Zhang, A-Feng Miao, Jing-Yuan Cao

“…Furthermore, MUC4 overexpression in the context of HIF-1α knockout was positively correlated with increased ECM protein expression and TIF. …”
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Job insecurity, work passion, and work–life balance in diverse work arrangements by Chantell Ribas, Gerhard H. Rabie, Karina Mostert, Leon De Beer

“…Orientation: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic shifted work settings, revealing gaps in current literature on how work arrangements affect employee experiences and well-being. …”
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Application of IVDr NMR spectroscopy to stratify Parkinson’s disease with absolute quantitation of blood serum metabolites and lipoproteins by Georgy Berezhnoy, Gyuntae Bae, Leonie Wüst, Claudia Schulte, Claire Cannet, Isabel Wurster, Milan Zimmermann, Alexander Jäck, Eike Jakob Spruth, Julian Hellmann-Regen, Sandra Roeske, Dominik Pürner, Wenzel Glanz, Fabian Maass, Felix Hufschmidt, Ingo Kilimann, Elisabeth Dinter, Okka Kimmich, Anna Gamez, Johannes Levin, Josef Priller, Oliver Peters, Michael Wagner, Alexander Storch, Paul Lingor, Emrah Düzel, Christoph van Riesen, Ullrich Wüllner, Stefan Teipel, Björn Falkenburger, Mathias Bähr, Inga Zerr, Gabor C. Petzold, Annika Spottke, Patricia Rizzu, Frederic Brosseron, Hartmut Schäfer, Thomas Gasser, Christoph Trautwein

“…Abstract The challenge of early detection and stratification in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is urgent due to the current emergence of mechanism-based disease-modifying treatments. …”
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Using a layer based on materials with a metal to semiconductor phase transition for electrothermal protection of solar cells by Alexander Tonkoshkur, Alexander Ivanchenko

“…One of the main problems in ensuring the reliability of solar electrical power sources is local overheating, when hot spots form in photovoltaic cells of solar arrays. It is currently considered that these negative phenomena are caused, among other things, by overvoltage in the electrical circuits of solar arrays. …”
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Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the States of the co-operation council for the Arab States of the Gulf: a systematic review. by Layla Alhyas, Ailsa McKay, Azeem Majeed

“…We aimed to systematically review the current prevalence of T2DM within these states, and also within particular sub-populations.…”
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Study on the Permeability of Weakly Cemented Sandstones by XianZhou Lyu, Zenghui Zhao, Xiaojie Wang, Weiming Wang

“…Hydraulic fracturing effect occurred with the increase of hydraulic pressure in the fracture, which then generates slight normal deformations of the rock masses on both two sides of the fracture surface, decreases the contact area in the fracture, and leads to the increases of both fracture width and permeability coefficient. …”
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Electrical Characteristics of Solution-Based Thin-Film Transistors with a Zinc-Tin Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Stacked Nanocomposite Active Layer by Yong-Jae Kim, Woon-Seop Choi

“…The ZTO/SWNT TFT, fabricated using a stacked structure with ZTO on the top and SWNT at the bottom layer, showed a significant improvement in the field-effect mobility of 15.37 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>cm</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">V</mi><mo>·</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> (factor of three increase) and an I_on/I_off current ratio of 8.83 × <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>8</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> with improved hysteresis. …”
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Research on the running-in scuffing of aviation spiral bevel gears based on measured analysis of surface integrity parameters by YIN Feng, YANG Duo, DENG Mingming, TANG Jinyuan, FENG Xin

“…ObjectiveThe primary failure modes of aviation spiral bevel gears include tooth surface scuffing, wear, and scoring. Current evaluation methods for these failures neglect the influence of surface integrity parameters, making it difficult to accurately assess the correlation between the appearance of scuffing and the actual degree of damage. …”
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Influence of Nanosilica Particle Addition on Mechanical and Water Retention Properties of Natural Flax- and Sisal-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites under NaOH Conditions by L. Natrayan, Dhinakaran Veeman, S. Baskara Sethupathy, S. Sekar, Pravin P. Patil, G. Velmurugan, Hulusew Ferede Mekonnen

“…Organic filament-based lightweight materials are increasingly being used because of their high strength-to-weight ratio, recyclability, and low cost. …”
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Case Report: Locally invasive thyroid metastases from renal cell carcinoma: surgery after neoadjuvant therapy by Dana M. Hartl, Mohamed-Amine Bani, Abir Al Ghuzlan, Andreea-Elena Simonescu, Ingrid Breuskin, Alix Marhic, Laurence Albiges, Laurence Albiges, Livia Lamartina, Livia Lamartina, Julien Hadoux, Julien Hadoux

“…Patient 1 received lenvatinib and a bispecific anti–Programmed cell Death protein 1/ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (PD-1/CTLA-4) antibody in the context of a clinical trial. The second patient received nivolumab and cabozantinib.ResultsThe observed tumor response in patient 1 showed a decrease in mean surgical complexity score from unresectable (prevertebral fascia invasion) to severe (risk of recurrent nerve paralysis) and in patient 2 from unresectable (prevertebral fascia) to moderate (superficial esophageal invasion). …”
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Multiomics-based analysis of the mechanism of ammonia reduction in Sphingomonas by Wang Mingcheng, Wang Mingcheng, Wang Mingcheng, Wang Mingcheng, Liu Daoqi, Xia Huili, Wang Gailing, Liu Chaoying, Guo Yanan, Guo Aizhen, Guo Aizhen, Guo Aizhen

“…Ammonia is the primary component of malodorous substances in chicken farms. Currently, the microbial ammonia reduction is considered a potential method due to its low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness. …”
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Effects of Physiological Loading from Patient-Derived Activities of Daily Living on the Wear of Metal-on-Polymer Total Hip Replacements by Benjamin A. Clegg, Samuel Perry, Enrico De Pieri, Anthony C. Redmond, Stephen J. Ferguson, David E. Lunn, Richard M. Hall, Michael G. Bryant, Nazanin Emami, Andrew R. Beadling

“…To address this gap, this study applied patient-derived ADL profiles—jogging and stair negotiation—using a three-station hip simulator, obtained through 3D motion analysis of total hip arthroplasty patients, processed via a musculoskeletal multibody modelling approach to derive realistic hip contact forces (HCFs). The results indicate that jogging significantly increased wear rates compared to the ISO walking gait waveform, with wear increasing from 15.24 ± 0.55 to 28.68 ± 0.87 mm³/Mc. …”
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Evaluation of Asthma Course in Patients Hospitalized in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Due to Severe Asthma Exacerbation by Ahmet Selmanoglu, Hatice Irmak Celik, Cankat Genis, Esra Kockuzu, Zeynep Sengul Emeksiz, Emine Dibek Misirlioglu

“…Post-discharge, 72.3% of patients continued follow-up at pediatric allergy clinics. Of the 60 patients contacted, 67.5% were on current asthma treatment and 48.2% had experienced an exacerbation in the past year. …”
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Ethnozootechnical Perspectives on the Decline of Traditional Knowledge About Local Goat and Sheep Breeds in the Semi-Arid Region of Paraíba, Brazil by Raissa C. Silva, Marilene N. Melo, Carlos F. T. de Oliveira, José V. Cardoso, Luis A. C. Cevallos, Laura L. da Rocha, Janaina K. G. Arandas, Maria N. Ribeiro

“…Two workshops were held to assess the diversity of breeds in the past landscape (PP) and current landscape (PA), using the Recall technique. …”
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Assessing Immunization Coverage and the Negative Impact of Local Vaccine Production Cessation in Ecuador by Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Lissette Carolina Villacreses-Brito, Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez, Cristina Anabel Jacome, Marlon Arias-Intriago, Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy

“…For BCG, median coverage decreased from 100% during the production period to 87.8% post-cessation (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). …”
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