Effects of Digital Storytelling Package on Students’ Motivation and Attitude to Christian Religious Studies (CRS) in Junior Secondary Schools by Adetunmbi L. Akinyemi, Jonathan Iyanuoluwa Makinde

“…The effect of gender was also measured. The study adopted a quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test, and control group design. …”
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Discovery and Detailed Study of the M31 Classical Nova AT 2023tkw: Evidence for Internal Shocks by Judhajeet Basu, Ravi Kumar, G.C. Anupama, Sudhanshu Barway, Peter H. Hauschildt, Shatakshi Chamoli, Vishwajeet Swain, Varun Bhalero, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Kaustav K. Das, Igor Andreoni, Avinash Singh, Rishabh Singh Teja

“…Deviation of the observed spectrum at the peak from the models also suggests the presence of shocks. The successive peaks occurring at increasing intervals could be due to the series of internal shocks generated near or within the photosphere. …”
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Evaluasi Usability dan Perbaikan Antarmuka untuk Meningkatkan User Experience Menggunakan Metode Usability Testing (Studi Kasus: Aplikasi Warga Bali) by I Made Sukarsa, I Putu Wira Buana, I Putu Juliarta Arya Utama, Ni Wayan Wisswani

“…Warga Bali application is also an application that is still in the development process so it must pay attention to the user experience, especially the usability aspect. …”
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Key prognostic risk factors linked to poor functional outcomes in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lili Lin, Senfeng Liu, Wei Wang, Xiao-kuo He, Muhammad Hibatullah Romli, Ruthpackiavathy Rajen Durai

“…Consciousness alterations/deterioration and deep cerebral venous thrombosis were also significant prognostic factors, albeit with substantial heterogeneity. …”
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A multistage drug delivery approach for colorectal primary tumors and lymph node metastases by Yihang Yuan, Quanjun Lin, Hai-Yi Feng, Yunpeng Zhang, Xing Lai, Mao-Hua Zhu, Jue Wang, Jiangpei Shi, Yanhu Huang, Lele Zhang, Qin Lu, Zeli Yuan, Jonathan F. Lovell, Hong-Zhuan Chen, Peng Sun, Chao Fang

“…Metastases to other major organs are also suppressed, which can be ascribed to the inhibition of colorectal cancer metastasis-associated TGF-β, Wnt, and Hippo signaling pathways in metastatic LNs. …”
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Process evaluation of Project Daire: a food environment intervention that impacted food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits of primary school children by Naomi Anderson, Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Dilara Olgacher, Amy Junkin, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy, Jayne V. Woodside

“…The most effective elements of the interventions which should be maintained include provision of interactive and engaging intervention elements at no financial cost to the school. Findings also identified suggestions for improvement including provision of increased teacher training, support and planning time, content reduction to facilitate easy integration, and implementation across the full academic year. …”
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Removal and adsorption kinetics of copper(II) ions from aqueous media on activated carbon in dynamic adsorption on a fixed-bed column by Mve Mfoumou, Charly, Tonda-Mikiéla, Pradel, Ngoye, Francis, Bouassa Mougnala, Spenseur, Mbouiti, Berthy Lionel, Feuya Tchouya, Guy Raymond

“…On the other hand, in addition to reversible interactions (physisorption), it appeared that irreversible reactions (chemisorption) also took place on the surface of the adsorbent. …”
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Causal role of plasma liposome in diabetic retinopathy: mendelian randomization (MR) study by Kai Yin, Lu Ding, Xueyan Li, Yuqi Zhang, Siyu Song, Liyuan Cao, Ruixue Deng, Min Li, Zirui Li, Qinjing Xia, Daqing Zhao, Xiangyan Li, Zeyu Wang

“…To further assess the reliability of the results, linkage disequilibrium score regressions, colocalization analysis and reverse MR analysis were also performed. Results Analysis of the pooled MR results and after correction for the false discovery rate (FDR) revealed that five lipid levels were associated with DR risk. …”
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Biochar effects on durum wheat (Triticum durum) under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 by Lorenzo Brilli, Franz-Werner Badeck, Lorenzo Genesio, Silvia Baronti, Fulvia Rizza, Clara Fares, Luigi Cattivelli, Franco Miglietta, Anita Maienza, Alessandro Zaldei, Federica Camin, Rosella Motzo, Piero Toscano

“…Results indicated that biochar increased soil temperatures by +1 °C during winter, thus favouring an earlier phenology and average biomass (+10 % and +7.2 %) and yield (+13.2 % and +8.5 %) increase in both a[CO2] and e[CO2] treatments compared to the no biochar [B0] treatments. Biochar treatments also increased flag leaf chlorophyll and decreased flavonoids, and enhanced intrinsic water use efficiency due to increases in photosynthesis and decreases in stomatal conductance. …”
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Changes in sediment connectivity and its impact on sediment transport in a typical watershed of Southern Jiangxi Province, China by Fei Sheng, Tingxin Yi, Yanyan Wang, Haijin Zheng, Shiyu Liu, Xiaofei Nie, Longsong Hu, Haifeng Li

“…Using hydrometeorological and land use data from 1992 to 2023, this study examines variations in sediment connectivity and sediment transport eigenvalues within the watershed. It also investigates the hysteresis relationship between runoff and sediment under single rainstorm conditions and assesses the impact of changes in sediment connectivity on sediment transport. …”
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Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol by Lisa Maher, Thomas Kerr, Matthew Hickman, Alexander Thompson, Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze, Paul A Agius, Nick Scott, Daniel O’Keefe, Mark A Stoové, Jack Stone, Dylan Vella-Horne, Ashleigh C Stewart, Amanda Roxburgh, Sione Crawford, Josephine Norman, Zachary Lloyd, Nico Clark

“…Using causal inference methods, analyses will estimate the effect of MSIR exposure (frequent use/infrequent use/no use) on these primary outcomes. The SIRX study also has a secondary focus on the effect of MSIR exposure on health service use and related outcomes.Ethics and dissemination SuperMIX Study (599/21) and SIRX-R Study (71/23) ethics approvals were obtained from Alfred Hospital Research Ethics Committee. …”
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Safety of influenza vaccination during pregnancy: a systematic review by Brian Hutton, David Moher, Danielle B Rice, Claire Butler, Andrea C Tricco, Becky Skidmore, Candyce Hamel, Chantelle Garritty, Paul A Khan, Marco Ghassemi, Charlene Soobiah, Leila Esmaeilisaraji, Dianna M Wolfe, Deshayne Fell, Mona Hersi, Nadera Ahmadzai, Alan Michaud, Angela Sinilaite

“…Twenty-nine studies (24 cohort and 5 case–control) evaluated seasonal influenza vaccination (trivalent and/or quadrivalent) versus no vaccination and were the focus of our prioritised syntheses; 34 studies of pandemic vaccines (2009 A/H1N1 and others), combinations of pandemic and seasonal vaccines, and seasonal versus seasonal vaccines were also reviewed. Control for confounding and temporal biases was inconsistent across studies, limiting pooling of data. …”
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Optimasi Algoritma Naive Bayes dengan Diskritisasi K-Means pada Diagnosis Penyakit Jantung by Nafa Fajriati, Budi Prasetiyo

“…In addition, heart disease also causes economic losses. Diagnosing heart disease early can help reduce the risk of death and the high costs of treatment for heart disease. …”
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Early initiation of intravenous cyclophosphamide and one‐year outcome in super‐refractory cryptogenic‐new onset refractory status epilepticus by Yasufumi Yorichika, Shuichiro Neshige, Hideaki Sakahara, Narumi Ono, Megumi Nonaka, Yuichiro Tagane, Tomoaki Watanabe, Keisuke Tachiyama, Haruka Ishibashi, Masahiro Nakamori, Takeo Shishido, Shiro Aoki, Hiroki Ueno, Yu Yamazaki, Takahiro Iizuka, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…One of the three early‐treated patients also received tocilizumab. Early‐treated patients exhibited shorter sedation periods (median 29 vs. 75 days) and better 1 year functional status (mRS 1–2 vs. mRS 4) compared to the late‐treated patient. …”
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Modified neuroimmune processes and emotional behaviour in weaned and late adolescent male and female mice born via caesarean section by Mathieu Di Miceli, Moïra Rossitto, Maud Martinat, Flore Marchaland, Sarah Kharbouche, Marion Graland, Farah Younes, Alexandra Séré, Agnès Aubert, Lydia Rabbaa Khabbaz, Charlotte Madore, Jean-Christophe Delpech, Rebeca Martín, Sophie Layé

“…In males born by vaginal delivery, the expression of Cd36 at PND64 was correlated to anxiety at PND55, whilst a correlation between the expression of Clec7a and the number of head dippings in the elevated plus maze was also noted in males born by CSD. Altogether, our study shows altered emotional behaviour in animals delivered by CSD, which is likely explained by underlying neuro-inflammatory processes in different brain regions. …”
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Non-classical pulmonary exacerbation in cystic fibrosis revealing ALK-Translocated lung cancer: A case report by Mohamad Hadhud, Johnathan Arnon, Anat Hershko-Moshe, Adi Hollander, Noa Hurvitz-Lehmann, Assaf Potruch, Henny Azmanov, Rottem Kuint, Nurith Hiller, Elie Picard, Naama Sebbag-Sznajder, Shira Leebhoff, Michael Wilschanski, Myriam Grunewald, Liron Birimberg-Schwartz, Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh

“…In vitro testing using patient-derived intestinal organoids was performed in parallel and also demonstrated a significant response to ETI. …”
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Remote sensing-based maize growth process parameters revel the maize yield: a comparison of field- and regional-scale by Minghan Cheng, Xiuliang Jin, Chenwei Nie, Kaihua Liu, Tianao Wu, Yuping Lv, Shuaibing Liu, Xun Yu, Yi Bai, Yadong Liu, Lin Meng, Xiao Jia, Yuan Liu, Lili Zhou, Fei Nan

“…This method not only facilitates the optimization of agronomic practices based on UAV observations but also supports the decision of regional agricultural policies based on satellite observations. …”
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L-glutaminase synthesis by Klebsiella pneumoniae (AS KP 23) isolated from clinical strain, and its efficacy against human hepatocellular and breast cancer cell lines by Lina J. Abdel-Hafez, Eman Y. T. Elariny, Asmaa E. Ibrahim, Mahmoud E. F. Abdel-Haliem

“…D214 was shown to be the most effective, with an IC50 value of 10 mg/ml against the MCF-7 tumor cell line. Also, various in vitro studies have revealed that the activity of glutaminase against the proliferation of tumor cell lines using the MTT (3-(4,5- dimethylthiazol-2-yl)- 2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) cell proliferation assay. …”
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Whole blood transcriptome profiles of trypanotolerant and trypanosusceptible cattle highlight a differential modulation of metabolism and immune response during infection by Trypan... by Peylhard, Moana, Berthier, David, Dayo, Guiguigbaza-Kossigan, Chantal, Isabelle, Sylla, Souleymane, Nidelet, Sabine, Dubois, Emeric, Martin, Guillaume, Sempéré, Guilhem, Flori, Laurence, Thévenon, Sophie

“…N’Dama breed showed the earliest regulation of immune response, associated with a strong activation of cellular energy production, also observed in Lagune, and to a lesser extent in Baoulé. …”
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Detection Rate of Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Atrophic Gastritis Using Serological Markers “GastroPanel®” Among Employees of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre... by A. D. Kaprin, N. S. Sergeeva, S. S. Pirogov, I. I. Alentov, O. К. Yutsevich, V. I. Ryabtseva, G. F. Minibaeva, N. V. Marshutina, T. А. Karmakova

“…Atrophic gastritis in the body of the stomach according to the results of the “GastroPanel®” was detected in 4.8 % of cases (median age — 59 years), in the antrum (or increased secretion of hydrochloric acid) — also in 4.8 % of cases (median age — 52 years). Within two months after laboratory diagnostics, EGDS was performed for 10 out of 15 patients examined at the P. …”
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