Essential Pieces of the Puzzle: The Roles of VEGF and Dopamine in Aging by Melanie B. Thompson, Sanjay P. Tirupattur, Nandini Vishwakarma, Laxmansa C. Katwa

“…Aging is a well-known, complex physiological process characterized by progressive functional decline and increased susceptibility to disease, particularly in the cardiovascular and nervous systems. …”
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Continuing the continuous harvests of food production: from the perspective of the interrelationships among cultivated land quantity, quality, and grain yield by Peng Cheng, Yang Zhang, Ke Liu, Xuesong Kong, Shiman Wu, Huafei Yan, Ping Jiang

“…This successive increase in food production in the context of decreasing acreage and ecological deterioration of CL depend mainly on the amount of chemical fertilizer usage, the total power of agricultural machinery and rural electricity consumption. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR THE INTERACTIVE CONSTRUCTION OF EXPLANATIONS IN INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS BASED ON THE PROBABILISTIC APPROACH by Serhii Chalyi, Volodymyr Leshchynskyi

“…Results: A model of the explanation pattern is proposed, which contains temporal regulations reflecting the sequence of user interaction with an intelligent system, which allows the formation of explanations based on a comparison of the actions of the current user and other well-known users. …”
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The association between dietary fat quality and quantity and hospitalization duration in COVID-19 in Iranian patients: a cross-sectional study by Farideh Shiraseb, Atieh Mirzababaei, Atieh Mirzababaei, Mahya Mehri Hajmir, Sara Ebrahimi, Shabnam Hosseini, Zeinab Zarrinvafa, Mahnaz Sadid, Yasaman Aali, Azam Mohamadi, Azam Mohamadi, Khadijeh Mirzaei

“…While RDS odds increased over Vit E/polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ratio tertiles, chills decreased. …”
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The effectiveness of the cardiac resynchronization in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy by Diana R. Tudorașcu, Constantin Bătăiosu, Alina Paraschiv, Elena-Anca Târtea, Ionuț Donoiu, Cristina Florescu

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Mentalization and Its Use in Schools by Magda Nišponská

“…Th is article highlights the importance of mentalization in educational contexts and provides a framework for interventions aimed at increasing mentalization skills among teachers, parents, and students. …”
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Job Satisfaction Analysis of Nurses, who Work in Neurology and Neurosurgery Units by Anna Rymkiewicz

“…The percentage of those able to cope with complex mental tasks has decreased significantly, the percentage of nurses who are overburdened with too many tasks has increased, 75% of them notice the impact of work on family life. …”
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Impact of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease on the cholesterol efflux capacity of high-density lipoproteins in adolescents with type 2 diabetes by José Antonio Orozco Morales, José Antonio Orozco Morales, Aída Xochitl Medina Urrutia, Margarita Torres Tamayo, Margarita Torres Tamayo, Juan Reyes Barrera, Esteban Jorge Galarza, Juan Gabriel Juárez Rojas, Pilar Dies Suarez, Nahum Méndez Sánchez, Nahum Méndez Sánchez, Luis Enrique Díaz Orozco, Luis Enrique Díaz Orozco, Lubia Velázquez-López, Patricia Medina Bravo, Patricia Medina Bravo

“…In the population with DM2 and MAFLD, we did not observe a decrease in CEC. Initially we found a slight elevation of CEC in adolescents with DM2, however, with the increase in liver fat, a little decrease is observed, which could explain a probable metabolic phenomenon, since the physicochemical composition and distribution of the particles is associated with the percentage of liver fat. …”
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A combined feature selection approach for malicious email detection based on a comprehensive email dataset by Han Zhang, Yong Shi, Ming Liu, Libo Chen, Songyang Wu, Zhi Xue

“…In our dataset, the coverage of the types of malicious emails and the number of them are significantly increased. By collecting the currently available open source datasets, we build a large-scale dataset with 660,985 samples. …”
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Outcomes following single level posterior lumbar fusion in patients with systemic and discoid lupus: A retrospective national database study by Meera M. Dhodapkar, MD, MHS, Scott J. Halperin, MD, MHS, Wesley Day, BA, Comron Saifi, MD, Daniel R. Rubio, MD, Fotios Koumpouras, MD, Jonathan N. Grauer, MD, Arya Varthi, MD

“…On multivariable analysis of the matched populations, patients with SLE were at most increased odds of 90-day (in decreasing ORs): pneumonia (OR 4.45), urinary tract infection (OR 4.24), minor adverse events (OR 3.17), all adverse events (OR 2.78), deep vein thrombosis (OR 2.71), acute kidney injury (OR 2.62), transfusion (OR 2.08), pulmonary embolism (OR 1.98), sepsis (OR 1.66), surgical site infection (OR 1.29) (p<.0033 for all). …”
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Analysis of Adaptation of Students Studying under the Flipped Classroom Model to the Conditions of Distance Learning by G. R. Chaynikova

“…Survey analysis showed that the transition to distance learning was a challenge for most students and demanded from them to make significant efforts  to adapt, which was manifested in a decreased level of satisfaction with the results of their learning activities in general, an increased level of anxiety, as well as highlighting a number of difficulties that they had to face. …”
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Insulin Modulates NK Cell Activity in Liver Fibrosis MASH Patients via the STING Pathway by Johnny Amer, Ahmad Salhab, Amiram Ariel, Rifaat Safadi

“…While STING is well-established in various immune cells, its role in natural killer (NK) cells, particularly within the context of liver fibrosis, remains inadequately explored. …”
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Thermal and radiative effects on unsteady MHD flow of Casson fluid past a rotating porous medium with variable mass diffusion by J. Prakash, A. Selvaraj, P. Ragupathi, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal, S. Saranya

“…The findings indicate that buoyancy forces imparted by the Grashof numbers considerably increase the velocity due to convection currents. However, the magnetic parameter counteracts velocity due to the Lorentz force while larger porosity increases fluid flow. …”
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A sustainable approach in pumpkin seed oil processing line: Recent advances in pumpkin seed oil and oil processing by-products by Guoqiang Zhang, Jingbo Guo, Jinying Guo

“…Pumpkin seed oil (PSO) has gained popularity worldwide for its nutritional profile and biological effects, significantly increasing its market demand and consumption. However, pumpkin seed oil cake (PSOC), as the secondary by-product from oil processing, contains high potential value and is scarcely utilised. …”
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Machine Learning Analysis of Lipid and Metabolic Profiles in Adults with Adenoid Hyperplasia by Mansur Doğan, Merve Çiftçi, Yusuf Yeşil

“…Nasopharyngeal posterior wall thickness is often associated with adenoid hyperplasia in adults. The current study aimed to compare the blood lipid and metabolic profiles of adult patients with increased nasopharyngeal posterior wall thickness to those of the healthy population. …”
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Preventive and therapeutic effects of Nasturtium officinale hydroalcoholic extract on cyclophosphamide-induced testicular toxicity in rats by Hamideh Aboutalebi, fatemeh alipour, Alireza Ebrahimzadeh-Bideskan

“…Since the Nasturtium officinale L. hydroalcoholic extract (NOE) contains a wide range of phytochemicals with various biological functions, the current study was designed to explore the protective potential of NOE on testicular toxicity caused by Cy in rats.Materials and Methods: Forty-eight adult male Wistar rats were randomly allocated into eight groups (n=6): control, Cy [received a single dose of 75 mg/kg, intraperitoneal (i.p)], NOE+Cy (Prevention): received NOE 500 and 1000 mg/kg/day, orally for 21 consecutive days and on the last day received Cy, Cy+NOE (Treatment): received NOE 500 and 1000 mg/kg/day, orally for 7 days after Cy administration for 21 consecutive days, and NOE (500 and 1000 mg/kg/day). …”
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Is social theory losing its relevance? A call for social impact and cocreation from dialogic sociology by Elisabeth Torras-Gómez, Mar Joanpere, Carmen Elboj, Mengna Guo, Esther Oliver, Ane Lopez de Aguileta, Marta Soler-Gallart

“…Abstract Currently, the interest in and use of social theory by policy-makers, organizations, and citizens have decreased worldwide. …”
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Les réponses macroéconomiques des pays du CARICOM aux chocs extérieurs majeurs d’aujourd’hui by Louis Dupont

“…This study reveals that real US PIB shock exert the greatest influence on macroeconomic fluctuations in CARICOM countries, that the external environment has a sizable impact on the macroeconmic performance of the small open economy of CARICOM countries, in particular the covid-19 and Ukraine war related shocks lead to substantial contractions in output in all CARICOM countries and deterioration of the current account balance. The model also shows that increase in US real GDP growth, and a fall in crude oil and food prices are all things being equal to otherwise expansionary in the CARICOM countries.Finally, to obtain small inflation, monetary stability and faster growth, we recommand to political leaders of these countries, not to diminish the households consumption but to increase the production.…”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Charcoal Dust as Partial Replacement for Cement in Plain Concrete. by Akankunda, Lindah

“…The increasing demand for cement, driven by the current construction boom, has escalated its production, making it a critical component in concrete. …”
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Practices, Challenges, and Future of Digital Transformation in Smallholder Agriculture: Insights from a Literature Review by Yuyang Yuan, Yong Sun

“…The digital transformation of smallholder agriculture can enhance productivity, increase farmers’ income, ensure food security, and promote sustainable rural development. …”
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