Democracy and its Boundaries: Can there be such a thing as a bona fide intergenerational social contract? by Armando Marques Guedes

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Host plants selection of Centranthera grandiflora Benth. and nontargeted metabolomics analysis of its parasitic and non-parasitic samples. by Song Jin, Yuchuan Li, Jun Ni, Haili Xie, Falin Lei, He Liu

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Solvothermal synthesis of polyvinyl pyrrolidone encapsulated, amine-functionalized copper ferrite and its use as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. by Fatemeh Heydari, Ágnes M Ilosvai, Noémi Kovács, Domokos Máthé, Ferenc Kristály, Lajos Daróczi, Zoltán Kaleta, Béla Viskolcz, Miklós Nagy, László Vanyorek, László Forgách, Krisztián Szigeti

“…DLS analysis demonstrated that the CuFe2O4-NH2 MW sample exhibited excellent colloidal stability, maintaining its size distribution in aqueous media for 3 hours without aggregation, unlike the CuFe2O4-NH2 Refl. sample, which showed slight aggregation. …”
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It’s Hard to Prepare for Task Novelty: Cueing the Novelty of Upcoming Tasks Does Not Facilitate Task Performance by Mengqiao Chai, Ana F. Palenciano, Ravi Mill, Michael W. Cole, Senne Braem

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Anatomical characteristics of mitral isthmus and its spatial relationship with the esophagus in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation using CT angiography by Yilin Pan, Yilin Pan, Hong Zeng, Xin Liu, Xiaohang Fu, Liyuan Pan, Yanjing Wang

“…BackgroundThis study examines the anatomical characteristics of the mitral isthmus (MI) and its spatial relationship with the esophagus in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation, using cardiovascular computed tomographic angiography (CTA). …”
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IT GOVERNANCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND SPAIN by Ida Claudia Panetta, Sabrina Leo, Fabrizio Santoboni, Gianfranco Vento

“… The paper analyzes Information Technology (IT) governance disclosure on a sample of the major 20 EU banks (from Italy, Germany, France and Spain) to observe if, how and where banks report on their IT governance issues. …”
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Effects of straw amendment on the bioavailability of selenite in soil and its mechanisms by Mingxing Qi, Dan Wang, Hui Zhai, Fei Zhou, Hao Wu, Wanchen Zhao, Rongxin Ren, Jingyi Shi, Dongli Liang

“…Dissolved organic matter (DOM) released by straw returning for decomposition interacts with selenium (Se) in soil, which affects the speciation distribution of Se and its bioavailability. However, the relative mechanisms involved are slightly understood. …”
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Effect of Sterilization Methods on the Storage Quality of Soybean Protein-based Small Crisp Meat and Its Shelf Life Prediction by Ying SUN, Bin ZHOU, Long WANG, Shen LIU, Binglin LU, Lianzhou JIANG, Juyang ZHAO, Xiuqing ZHU

“…The Q10 model was utilized to obtain the shelf life model of plant-based small crispy meat precooked dish based on the TVB-N value, and predicted its shelf life at 4 ℃ storage temperature. Results indicated that the optimal parameters for microwave sterilization were 540 W and 6 min, while for water bath sterilization they were 100 ℃ and 25 min. …”
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Iron and folic acid supplementation compliance during pregnancy and its effect on post-pregnancy anaemia among reproductive-age women in East Africa by Melaku Tadege Engidaw, Patricia Lee, Faruk Ahmed

“…Objective: This study aims to investigate compliance with IFA supplementation during pregnancy and its impact on post-pregnancy anaemia among reproductive-age women in East Africa. …”
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Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) ownership and utilization patterns among caregivers with children under five years: A community-based cross-sectional study in Battor, North Tongu District, Ghana. by Emmanuel Abu Bonsra, Petra Amankwah Osei, Akua Grace Sekyi, Gideon Amankwah Kyere

“…However, the utilization of ITNs varies widely due to several factors. This study aimed to assess ITN ownership and utilization patterns among caregivers of children under five years old. …”
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Evolution Characteristics of Soil and Water Conservation Carbon Pool and Its Carbon Sink Potential in Typical Small Watershed of the Loess Plateau by HE Guokai, WANG Kaibo, REN Zongping, XU Guoce, DONG Pengbei, WANG Pu

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What profit is the reign of Christ to us? The Heidelberg Catechism and its potential for the future by M. Welker

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Psychometric validation of the continuum beliefs of mental illness scale (CB-MIS) and its associations with stigma by Lina-Jolien Peter, Thomas McLaren, Samuel Tomczyk, Holger Muehlan, Silke Schmidt, Georg Schomerus

“…Results The scale comprises three subscales with three items, and one optional vignette-based item each, rated on a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Source Apportionment of Urban Ammonia and its Contribution to Secondary Particle Formation in a Mid-size European City by Laura Ehrnsperger, Otto Klemm

“…Alongside nitrogen oxides (NOx) and PM, ammonia (NH3) is also a relevant air pollutant due to its role as a precursor of particulate ammonium. …”
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The microbiome of Total Suspended Particles and its influence on the respiratory microbiome of healthy office workers by Giulia Solazzo, Sabrina Rovelli, Simona Iodice, Matthew Chung, Michael Frimpong, Valentina Bollati, Luca Ferrari, Elodie Ghedin

“…Air particulate matter (PM) is widely recognized for its potential to negatively affect human health, including changes in the upper respiratory microbiome. …”
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The Comedic Compromise. Politics and Comedy in the History of Italian Television (1969-1982) by Matteo Marinello

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The personnel management system of the organization in the conditions of martial law and the main directions of its improvement by Anastasiia Radchenko, Oleksii Dzhusov

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The Bible and its translations: colonial and postcolonial encounters with the indigenous by Jacobus A. Naudé

“…In the past the Bible and its translations into the indigenous languages of the colonised represented colonial empowerment. …”
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Eight Khalkha Jebtsun-damba Khutukhtu and Pandito Khambo-Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, 1911–1915 by Leonid V. Kuras, Bazar D. Tsybenov

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Validation of a Model Estimating the Budget Impact of Video Capsule Endoscopy for Surveillance of Crohn’s Disease in an Italian Center by Rhodri Saunders, Carlo Calabrese, Dania Gelli, Jason Davis, Rafael Torrejon Torres

“…**Objective:** To validate a Crohn's disease model estimating the budget impact of VCE compared with the standard of care (SOC) in Italy. **Methods:** A patient-level, discrete-event simulation was developed to estimate the budget impact of VCE compared with SOC for Crohn's disease surveillance over 5 years in the Italian setting. …”
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