Fabrication of Sol Gel Solution-Based Zinc–Tin Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Thin-Film for Thin-Film Transistors by Yong-Jae Kim, Woon-Seop Choi

“…Among the samples, the ZTO TFT with an SWNT concentration of 0.07 wt.% showed a field-effect mobility (μsat) of 13.12 cm²/Vs (increased by a factor of 3) and an I_on/I_off current ratio of 7.66 × 10⁷ with a lower threshold voltage. …”
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159 Benefits of career development grant coaching groups for early career clinical and translational investigators beyond funding success by Sudeshna De, Kharma Foucher

“…Funding confidence in securing funding also increased from 40.8 ± 19.1 to 64.0 ± 20.7 (p  =  0.003). …”
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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

“…WHO should make some changes in the way it counts disability as the current definitions are prone to interpretation bias and lacks uniformity among various programmes and health workers. …”
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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

“…This study introduces computer vision-based approaches, including colour and texture recognition, object detection, and scene context understanding using Deep Neural Networks (DNN). …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor in patients with acute pulmonary embolism on the background of oncological disease by V.Y. Tseluyko, N.H. Shylo

“…Background. Current risk stratification methods for patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) in the context of malignancy do not account for all factors influencing disease course and prognosis. …”
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Effect of Training Program on Emotional Intelligence of Nurses Caring for Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease by Bahaa Ali, Omayma Osman, Ghada Mourad

“…Tools used for data collection were a self-administered questionnaire including two parts; part one concerned with sociodemographic characteristics of the studied nurses, and part two included the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) to assess emotional intelligence in managing the workplace. Results: The current study reveals that pre-program, 5.7% of the studied nurses have a high level of EI scores compared to about one quarter (22.9%) of the studied nurses who had a high level at post implementation of the program and increased to less than three quarters (71.4%) at follow up the program with a highly statistically significant difference between the levels of nurses’ emotional intelligence (p<0.001) comparing between pre-intervention and follow-up. …”
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A social image of modern student youth: value aspects (by the materials of sociological research results) by N.V. Rozenberg, Yu.L. Afanasyeva, I.A. Rudakova

“…Analyzing their views, values, and life priorities helps identify current trends and predict the future development of society as a whole. …”

Perspectives of guardians/parents in Portugal: interpreting the inclusive education policy through lived school practices by Ana Eloisa Carvalho, Amélia Veiga

“…These changes align with the personalization of the educational process, particularly through the multi-level approach (MLA) to the curriculum and the increased involvement of the educational community, where the role of the guardian becomes increasingly central. …”
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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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Decatecholaminization of Septic Shock Patients in Intensive Care Unit: an Economic Assessment in the Italian Setting by Alfredo Del Gaudio, Assunta Caiazza, Luana Bortone, Sonia Tomasso, Ilaria Bozzari, Laura Vincenzi, Gianluca Furneri, Luigi Tritapepe

“…Additionally, beta-blockers can help prevent increased heart rate resulting from sepsis treatments. …”
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The role of reward-related brain activity in response to treatment and later depression severity: data from a randomized controlled trial in early adolescents with anxiety disorder... by Cecilia A. Westbrook, Michael Schlund, Jennifer S. Silk, Erika E. Forbes, Neal D. Ryan, Ronald E. Dahl, Dana L. McMakin, Philip C. Kendall, Anthony Mannarino, Cecile D. Ladouceur

“…However, it remains unknown whether these effects are driven by reward anticipation or feedback, which reflect different functional roles in motivated behavior, or whether brain activity changes as a function of treatment response. The current study investigated these questions in the context of a randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders in adolescents. …”
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Academic Motivation in English Online Classes: A Comparative Study of Universities in Malaysia and Indonesia by Suhaida Omar, Wan Yusoff Wan Shaharuddin, Nik Ahmad Farhan Azim @ Nik Azim, Noor Syamimie Mohd Nawi, Noraini Zaini, Wandi Syahfutra

“…This uniformity also implied that although English is a second language in Malaysia, and a foreign language in Indonesia, the undergraduates were not affected by their linguistics, and institutional contexts. This study has contributed towards the extension of the current knowledge involving undergraduates’ academic motivation towards learning English online and suggested that teachers could help to strategise students’ SRL and self-efficacy to increase their English language performances, particularly in the pandemic era. …”
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The Understanding of Willingness to Pay for Clean Drinking Water Through Extended Version of The Theory of Planned Behaviour by Zohaib Ali, Atta Ur Rehman, Muhammad Rafiq

“…The recent study also contributes to the literature in behavioural and attitudinal contexts by examining extended TPB constructs, and community responsibility in relation to getting access to clean drinking water services. …”
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The Place of Global Issues in Foreign Language Classes from the Perspective of English Lecturers: A Critical Look by Kadriye Dimici

“…This situation necessitates the analysis of the integration of global issues in EFL contexts and the revelation of current practices by English lecturers. …”
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Commercial bioinoculants improve colonization but do not alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community of greenhouse-grown grapevine roots by Mariam P. Berdeja, Nicole K. Reynolds, Teresa Pawlowska, Justine E. Vanden Heuvel

“…Commercial bioinoculants containing AMF are widely considered as an alternative to agrochemicals in vineyards. …”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation use in neuropathic pain with comorbid depression: a review of efficient treatment protocols’ parameters by D. S. Astafyeva, Ya. V. Vlasov, A. I. Strelnik, O. V. Chigareva, E. A. Markina, T. I. Shishkovskaya, D. A. Smirnova, A. Ya. Gayduk

“…Across the data analysis we evaluated such rTMS parameters as the type of a coil, type of stimulation area, locus of gained evoked motor potential, amplitude of stimulation, duration of session, frequency/number of sessions per day/month, tie duration between sessions, number and frequency of trains, amount and frequency of pulses containing and efficacy of treatment. Those studies that performed repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation using the figure‑of‑8 coil over the M1 brain area, for 10 or more daily sessions with duration from 7 up to 40 minutes, of 10–20 Hz frequency, intensity 80–90 % of resting motor threshold and total pulses number over 1500 per session demonstrated the greater efficacy in pain level decrease and depression scores reduction among neuropathic pain patients with comorbid depression. …”
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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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A new species and updates on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) in Brazil by Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Juliana Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Leandro Lourenço Dumas

“…It has gone through revisions since the 1990s, with several species being transferred to other genera, and currently contains 46 species distributed from Mexico to Argentina, 35 of which occur in Brazil. …”
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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhances the expression of phosphorus transporters via vitamin D receptor in ligated duodenal loops of Arbor Acres male broilers by Weiyun Zhang, Yanqiang Geng, Ke Yang, Yangyang Hu, Mengxiao Xue, Xiaoyan Cui, Liyang Zhang, Shengchen Wang, Tingting Li, Xugang Luo, Yun Hu

“…The duodenal loops were perfused with solutions (pH = 6.0) containing 0 (control), 12.5, or 25.0 ng/L of 1,25-(OH)2D3 for up to 40 min. …”
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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

“…Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become a vital tool in this context. This review presents recent progress in the use of CFD for simulating key mechanical operations in food processing. …”
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