Non-Thermal Plasma Applications in Maize Seed Remediation, Disinfection, and Improvement for Growth: A Review by Diana Guadalupe Gutierrez-Leon, Jorge Jurado-Paramo, Benjamin Gonzalo Rodriguez-Mendez, Diego Medina-Castro, Regulo Lopez-Callejas

“…In this context, non-thermal plasma (NTP) emerges as a promising technology. …”
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MAPK Signaling in the Interplay Between Oxidative Stress and Autophagy by Enrico Desideri, Serena Castelli, Maria Rosa Ciriolo

“…In this context, several studies have highlighted the role of MAPKs, serine–threonine kinases activated by several stimuli, in linking oxidative stress and autophagy. …”
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Variation of gut microbiota composition in a honey bee breeding population: exploring potential links with docility and honey production by M.G. De Iorio, G. Minozzi, F. Tiezzi

“…Today the survival of bees is increasingly dependent on beekeeping practices. In this context, the present study explores the composition of honey bee gut microbiota, its changes in time and its potential relationship with two key traits of interest to beekeepers: docility and honey yield. …”
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Utilidad de la procalcitonina como biomarcador en cirugía cardiaca by Mario Castaño, Pasquale Maiorano, Laura Castillo, Blanca Meana, Belén Ramos, Elio Martín-Gutiérrez, Javier A. Gualis

“…This review presents the state of the art regarding the predictive value of procalcitonin as a clinical biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of infection in various clinical contexts and the current evidence of the usefulness of this biomarker in the diagnosis and prognosis of infectious and non-infectious complications in the cardiac postoperative period.…”
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Exploring the role of self-led debriefings within simulation-based education: time to challenge the status quo? by Prashant Kumar, Neil Malcolm Harrison, Katy McAleer, Ibraaheem Khan, Susan Geraldine Somerville

“…In situations where resources for facilitator-led debriefings (FLDs) are limited, simulation educators should recognise SLDs as a potential avenue to explore in their local contexts. By leveraging the strengths of both formats, balancing learner autonomy and expert guidance, a combined SLD and FLD approach may yet prove to be the optimal debriefing strategy to maximise learning. …”
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Considerations of equity in the development of tools that identify and respond to end-of-life carer support needs: a scoping review protocol by Alex Hall, Christine Rowland, James Higgerson, Joanna Brooks, Hannah Long, Sean Urwin

“…The identification of any inequities will increase awareness of potentially underserved groups and contexts within the current literature, highlighting how future research and resource can be more equitably focused and implemented in a way that does not further embed disparity. …”
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Localized policy design for clean heating transitions: a multi-city analysis of renter preferences for energy efficiency by Graeme Troxell, Steve Conrad, Reuven Sussman

“…IntroductionThe transition to clean heating systems in rental housing is crucial for achieving net-zero emissions goals, yet current policy frameworks lack systematic understanding of how renter preferences vary across different market contexts. …”
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The role of intersectionality in shaping participant engagement with health research through digital methods: findings from a qualitative study by Cherish Boxall, Felicity L. Bishop, Nisreen A. Alwan, Shaun Treweek, Gareth Griffiths, Nnenna Ekeke, John McGavin, Jane Thorp, Katherine Bradbury

“…These themes illustrate how intersecting identity factors and social contexts shape engagement with digital methods in health research. …”
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Vehicle routing problem in a medical facility waste collection company: a comparative analysis of guided local search, simulated annealing and tabu search algorithm by Michael Anderson, Sumarsono Sudarto

“…In this context, a model was developed using Python programming language, specifically with a library called Ortools by Google, which is specialized for combinatorial optimization problem. …”
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New Strategic Approaches to Gaining from Emerging Advanced Manufacturing Markets by Yuri Simachev, Anna Fedyunina, Maksim Yurevich, Mikhail Kuzyk, Nikolay Gorodnyi

“…The authors conclude that in the current context, no universal approaches to shaping a successful industrial policy remain. …”
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Formalizing Public Transit in Mid-Sized Developing Cities by Hasan Shahab, Hemin Mohammed

“… Mid-sized cities in developing cities face increasing demand to modernize their public transit (PT) systems to advance sustainability, equity, and resilience. …”
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Student experiences of attending the first online Southern African Students Psychology Conference at an open distance e-learning university in South Africa by Janice K Moodley-Marie, Bianca Parry, Itumeleng Masisi

“…In this paper, we discuss the experiences of students that attended the first online Southern African Students Psychology Conference (SASPC) during the pandemic in South Africa within an Open Distance e-Learning context. We use academic socialisation as a theoretical framework to understand student experiences attending the first online SASPC and to discuss the student conference as a site for decolonialisation. …”
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Analysis of Methods and Tools for Detecting Sensitive Information in Source Code: Issues of Accuracy and Completeness by Sergey Lebed, Sophiia Ibragimova

“…In the context of widespread adoption of DevOps practices and increasing software system complexity, the issue of sensitive information leakage – such as API keys, passwords, and tokens – directly from source code and configuration files is becoming critically important. …”
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Digitalization of Islamic Banking in Indonesia: Justification and Compliance to Sharia Principles by Muchammad Ichsan, Fadia Fitriyanti, Kusumaningdiah Retno Setiorini, Adam Ma'abdeh Al-Qudah

“…This study is novel in its comprehensive analysis of how digitalization can be harmonized with Sharia principles in the Indonesian context, providing a unique legal and practical framework for Islamic banks aiming to modernize their services while maintaining religious compliance.…”
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Recommendations for dispensing magnesium products in pharmacy practice and primary health care by Piotr Merks, Urszula Religioni, Marta Jakubowska, Sainul Abideen Parakkal, Suhaj Abdulsalim, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Beata Chełstowska, Mazhuvanchery Kesavan Unnikrishnan, Alicja Szatko, Piotr Glinicki, Shabeer Ali Thorakkattil, Zbigniew Doniec, Regis Vaillancourt, Dagmara Hering

“…In this context, guidelines were developed to help identify magnesium deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, migraines, fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety states or hypertension. …”
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Great Gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) in Central Asia Are Spreading to Higher Latitudes and Altitudes by Xuan Liu, Li Xu, Jianghua Zheng, Jun Lin, Xuan Li, Liang Liu, Ruikang Tian, Chen Mu

“…However, the optimal habitat region will expand relative to the current one. This expansion will increase with the rising CO2 emission levels and over time, potentially enlarging the suitable area by up to 39.49 × 104 km2. …”
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Multi-Temporal Analysis and Techno-Economic Evaluation of Offshore Wind Energy Integration to the Western Interconnection by Li He, Shahnawaz Siddiqui, Sameer Nekkalapu, Sohom Datta, Travis Douville, Konstantinos Oikonomou, Manisha Maharjan

“…A novel multi-terminal high voltage direct current (MTDC) model was developed and utilized, and its performance is compared with conventional high voltage direct current (HVDC) radial topology. …”
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View of Military Epidemiologists on the Problem of Global Spread of a New Coronavirus Infection by A. A. Kuzin, E. V. Lantsov, A. P. Yumanov, A. S. Kucherov, S. V. Artebyakin, D. A. Zharkov, P. V. Kulikov, I. O. Volinkov, D. Yu. Pishugin

“…As the experience of working in the context of a pandemic shows, it is advisable to use the principles of military epidemiology in the practical activities of various specialists in the national health system. …”
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Harnessing the value of near-term actions for achieving climate-ready fishery management by Michael Drexler, Elizabeth B. Cerny-Chipman, Megan J. Peterson Williams, Meredith Moore, Corey Ridings

“…Climate change requires managers to bolster long-term resilience of fisheries and concurrently improve short-term responsiveness of management systems to prevailing ecological conditions, all while avoiding unintended harm to stocks in a highly uncertain context. There has been substantial effort dedicated to developing the scientific information and tools needed to inform climate-ready fisheries, yet implementation of these approaches has been limited in the United States management system. …”
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Exploring microalgae applications in building facades: a bibliometric perspective by Aslı Taş, Güneş Mutlu-Avinç

“…As a result, this research makes the current position of microalgae technologies visible and provides strategic recommendations to guide future academic work. …”
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