Kavalactones support motivation to move during intensive training in males preparing for military special operations forces by Sheena Y. Smith, Carlos F. Aylwin, Tyler F. Daniels, Jennifer L. Greer, Laura J. Kunces, Loukia Lili, Stephen M. Phipps, Caleb M. Schmidt, Julian C. Schmidt, Michael A. Schmidt

“…Furthermore, the group taking kavalactones first never experienced a significant decrease in Move motivation state (lowest mean score 21.0, highest 28.6, all p ≥ 0.05), while the group receiving kavalactones in the last 2 weeks of the study had Move scores that were statistically lower than baseline (lowest mean score 8.6, highest 25.9, all p ≤ 0.05) at all time points but the last (p = 0.063) after 2 weeks of kavalactones exposure.Conclusions We report a novel finding that kavalactones may support performance by maintaining or rescuing the desire to expend energy in the context of significant physical and mental strain in well-conditioned individuals, even in a context of already normal cortisol, sleep, and mood.…”
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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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Quality failures in Energy- saving renovation projects in Northern China by Yuting Qi

“…However, in China, building energy renovation projects are subjected to quality failures resulting in energy wastage, a decrease in the energy efficiency of the project, an increase in project cost, and thus negatively affecting the overall performance of the renovation projects. …”
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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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Attributing climate and weather extremes to Northern Hemisphere sea ice and terrestrial snow: progress, challenges and ways forward by Kunhui Ye, Judah Cohen, Hans W. Chen, Shiyue Zhang, Dehai Luo, Mostafa Essam Hamouda

“…Both sea ice and spring snow in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) have been decreasing at an alarming rate in a changing climate. …”
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HORMONE IMBALANCE AS A MANIFESTATION OF STRESS IN THE FORMATION OF OLIGOMENORRHEA IN TEENAGE GIRLS by В. Диннік, О. Диннік, С. Новохатська

“… Stress is currently the most significant factor contributing to reproductive function disorders and has become a major public health problem in the 21st century. …”
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Nanoscale Morphological Changes at Lithium Interface, Triggered by the Electrolyte Composition and Electrochemical Cycling by Sebastian Mai, Janine Wessel, Anna Dimitrova, Michael Stich, Svetlozar Ivanov, Stefan Krischok, Andreas Bund

“…The individual addition of polysulfides and LiNO3 increases the interface resistance, while the simultaneous application of these components is beneficial, reducing the SEI resistive behavior. …”
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Characterizing dengue transmission in rural areas: A systematic review. by Olivia Man, Alicia Kraay, Ruth Thomas, James Trostle, Gwenyth O Lee, Charlotte Robbins, Amy C Morrison, Josefina Coloma, Joseph N S Eisenberg

“…In some rural areas, the force of infection appears to be increasing over time, as measured by increasing seroprevalence in children and thus likely decreasing age of first infection, suggesting that rural dengue transmission may be a relatively recent phenomenon. …”
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CIS Countries Foreign Economic Activity — from Challenges to New Opportunities by M. S. Goncharov

“…The burden of external debt for CIS national economies is decreasing, and their debt stability and solvency are normalizing. …”
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Unlocking the hidden forces: deformation and associated stress distribution in the present-day Geneva Basin and Jura fold-and-thrust belt by Sandra Borderie, Jon Mosar, Adeline Marro, Louis Hauvette

“…If current seismicity indicates that the Geneva Basin is tectonically active, few data regarding the state of stress in the area are currently available. …”
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Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention Protocol on Nurses’ Performance and Patients’ Self-Care after Cataract Surgery by Amal S. Taha

“… Context: Cataract is the leading cause of poor vision worldwide. …”
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Theoretical Research on the Shear Mechanical Properties and Size Effect of Recycled Concrete Beams Without Stirrups by Chunyang Liu, Guangkai Zhou, Hao Wang, Yilin Wang

“…As a new type of building material with great potential, recycled concrete is playing a vital role in the context of the current construction industry’s pursuit of sustainable development. …”
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The method for calculating phase angle between exciter force of vibration exciter and roller displacement by E. A. Shishkin

“…In the process of soil compaction it is important to have information about the current density of the layer, as it enables to quickly adjust the load on the compacted material. …”
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Barriers to HIV Care and Treatment by Doctors: A review of the literature by P. Naidoo

“…As a result many doctors were reluctant to provide care to HIV infected patients and homophobia amongst doctors, fear of contact with patients and unwillingness to care were frequently reported.2 However, there has been an exponential increase in the number of HIV and AIDS related cases and more doctors are encountering infected individuals. …”
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PrEP in the key population community: A qualitative study of perspectives on pre-exposure prophylaxis by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and female sex workers in... by Jonathan Ross, Josephine Gasana, Natalia Zotova, Giovanni Ndabakuranye, Fabiola Mabano, Charles Ingabire, Adebola Adedimeji, Gad Murenzi, Viraj V Patel

“…Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and cisgender female sex workers (FSW) are increasingly and disproportionately impacted by HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, yet current PrEP care models in this region are not optimized for these communities. …”
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Hydrogels for Translucent Wearable Electronics: Innovations in Materials, Integration, and Applications by Thirukumaran Periyasamy, Shakila Parveen Asrafali, Jaewoong Lee

“…Current research is focused on advancing hydrogel design to improve transparency, mechanical resilience, conductivity, and adhesion. …”
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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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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 Transport Characteristics and Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy of Ni/V/n-InP Schottky Barrier Diodes by V.Rajagopal Reddy, S.Sankar Naik

“…It is observed that the zero-bias barrier height increases while ideality factor decreases with increasing temperature. …”
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