Investigation into investment risks and mitigation strategies for Chinese energy companies in Belt and road countries: a case study of Russia by XiangRu Ma, Ekaterina V. Nezhnikova

“…The research highlights that a combination of financial hedging strategies, diplomatic engagement, and adaptive investment structures enhances the long-­term sustainability of Chinese energy projects in Russia. …”
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Radon survey in kindergartens and schools of Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan by S. V. Muminov, B. B. Barotov, M. M. Makhmudova, F. A. Khamidov, M. Z. Akhmedov, U. M. Mirsaidov

“…When comparing the results of measurements of radon equilibrium equivalent concentration with data on the geological structure of underlying rocks at the locations of the surveyed buildings, no regularity was found. …”
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A cross-sectional study of self-rated health among older adults: a comparison of China and the United States by Dongjuan Xu, Greg Arling, Kefang Wang

“…In the overall ordered logistic regression model, when controlling statistically for sociodemographics, family structure, functional limitations, cognition, chronic conditions, mental health and health-related behaviours, the Chinese survey respondents were much more likely to rate their health as being poorer than the US respondents. …”
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THE SUMMER TEMPERATURES FORECAST BY THE METHOD OF SINGULAR-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA IN 2019-2023 by A. A. Tashilova, B. A. Ashabokov, L. A. Kesheva, N. V. Teunova

“…Using of the first twenty main components (MC20) made it possible to study and restore the internal structure of the entire time series as accurately as possible for a subsequent forecast for 5 years. …”
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Emotions d’élus et découpage territorial. Recompositions intercommunales dans l’aire urbaine havraise by Lilian Loubet

“…The data collected were the object of a contents analysis, a comparative analysis and a textual statistical analysis. …”
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Letter from Editor by Carlos Vargas

“…Other manuscript is an evaluation of the forecasting performance of two nonlinear models using stream flow data of the Kızılırmak River, the longest one in Turkey. …”
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Research on a Quantitative Evaluation Method for Reservoir Damage Induced by Waterflooding Rate Sensitivity in Tight Oil Reservoirs by Zhaoyu Duan, Yongchao Xue, Ziyao Zhang, Lan Yang, Yongji Cai

“…This research investigated changes in reservoir pore–throat structure before and after waterflooding through laboratory experiments. …”
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LCFC-Laptop: A Benchmark Dataset for Detecting Surface Defects in Consumer Electronics by Hua-Feng Dai, Jyun-Rong Wang, Quan Zhong, Dong Qin, Hao Liu, Fei Guo

“…However, these datasets differ significantly in structure, defect types, and imaging conditions from those specific to consumer electronics. …”
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CONSIDERATION ABOUT A CONSERVACIONIST STUDY ABOUT THE MICRO BASINS HYDROGRAPHICS OF THE RIVERS DOS APERTADOS AND TRÊS BOCAS, NORTH OF PARANÁ – BRAZIL by Walquíria Machado, Ricardo Aparecido Campos, Nilza Aparecida Freres Stipp

“…Besides, the collected data about the covering vegetation generally comes along with the information about the current use of the soil, since they both are strictly related. …”
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3D Printing in Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review by Vishnu Senthil

“…It can mimic and reproduce the complex structure from severe to complicated cases into a physical model that can be used in preoperatively surgical planning of joint arthroplasty. …”
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Problems of search and diagnosis of carbonatites on the territory of Ukraine by Василь Загнітко

“…In addition, they contain typomorphic minerals such as apatite, nepheline, alkaline pyroxenes and amphiboles, tantalo-niobates, rare earth carbonates, etc. isotope and geochemical data, in particular, the isotopic composition of carbon, oxygen, strontium. …”
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An economic evaluation of first-line cryoballoon ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation from a German healthcare payer pers... by Malte Kuniss, Lucy Hillcoat, Joe Moss, Florian Straube, Jason Andrade, Oussama Wazni, Gian Battista Chierchia, Lukas Schwegmann, Eleni Ismyrloglou, Alicia Sale, Stuart Mealing, Tom Bromilow, Emily Lane, Damian Lewis, Andreas Goette

“…The CEM structure consisted of a hybrid decision tree and Markov model. …”
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Neurophysiological Effects of Virtual Reality Multitask Training in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Study with Standardized Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (sLORETA) by Irina Tarasova, Olga Trubnikova, Darya Kupriyanova, Irina Kukhareva, Anastasia Sosnina

“…<b>Results:</b> After VMT, patients demonstrated a significantly higher density of alpha-rhythm (7–9 Hz) current sources (t > −4.18; <i>p</i> < 0.026) in Brodmann area 30, parahippocampal, and limbic system structures compared to preoperative data. In contrast, the control group had a marked elevation in the density of theta-rhythm (3–5 Hz) current sources (t > −3.98; <i>p</i> < 0.017) in parieto-occipital areas in comparison to preoperative values. …”
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Mutations in CHMP2B in lower motor neuron predominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). by Laura E Cox, Laura Ferraiuolo, Emily F Goodall, Paul R Heath, Adrian Higginbottom, Heather Mortiboys, Hannah C Hollinger, Judith A Hartley, Alice Brockington, Christine E Burness, Karen E Morrison, Stephen B Wharton, Andrew J Grierson, Paul G Ince, Janine Kirby, Pamela J Shaw

“…Analysis of clinical and neuropathological data of these 4 cases showed a phenotype consistent with the lower motor neuron predominant (progressive muscular atrophy (PMA)) variant of ALS. …”
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Rapid microwave assisted synthesis of AgNPs using Acacia ferruginea leaf extract and strategic interventions against the microbial symphony by Jeevitha M., Vinodhini Subramaniyam, Moorthi Pichumani, Shubashini K. Sripathi

“…The DPPH method confirmed the antioxidant activity of the AgNPs. EDS data indicated that the nanoparticles contained pure silver. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Lamellar Macular Holes by Roberto dell’Omo, Mariaelena Filippelli, Serena De Turris, Andrea Govetto, Pasquale Napolitano, Ermanno dell’Omo, Ciro Costagliola

“…Among noninvasive techniques, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is considered the primary examination modality to study LMHs, given its ability to image foveal structure and its widespread availability. OCT also allows to resolve the epiretinal materials associated with LMH, i.e., tractional epiretinal membranes (ERMs) and epiretinal proliferation (EP). …”
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Comparison of immunohistochemical characteristics of prognostic markers expression in non-metastatic and metastatic invasive endometrioid endometrial carcinoma by A. V. Chepets

“…Endometrial cancer occupies the sixth place among oncological morbidity structure in women worldwide. The aim. To compare the expression levels of estrogene receptors – α and progesterone receptors, regulatory proteins p16 and p53, a marker of proliferation Ki-67 and the apoptotic degradation enzyme caspase-3, matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP 9) and its tissue inhibitor TIMP-1 in tumor and stromal cells of the invasive non-metastatic endometrioid endometrial carcinoma and also in invasive metastatic endometrioid endometrial carcinoma. …”
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Morphometric and histological characteristics of the stomach and reproductive organs in Japanese quail by Dramou Foromo, Ezeldien Sahar, Ziad Ahmad Alabdallah, S.B. Seleznev

“…In addition to studying the histological structure of the stomach, ovary, and testes. The Japanese quail's stomach was characterized by an age-related staging of formation, with the glandular part growing most intensively until 30 days and the muscular part forming only at 90 days. …”
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Triangular plasty of left atrium in a left-sided atriomegaly by V. Zh. Boukarim, A. A. Bolshak, V. V. Popov

“…In all the patients a prosthesis of a mitral valve, preserving native structures of a mitral valve with reduction of the left atrium cavity, using procedure of the left atrium triangular plasty, was performed. …”
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Development of a method for the analysis of the lists of medicines and its application for the analysis of the lists of medicines in Russia, England, and Italy by V. A. Lemeshko, K. I. Matrenin, V. V. Omelyanovskiy, Yu. V. Vasilyeva, G. R. Khachatryan, L. A. Kolganov

“…It was proposed to use three parameters: the absolute number of medicines by international nonproprietary name (INN); the structure of the lists based on anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification; and the coverage of the indications based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10). …”
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