INFLUENCE OF POWDER PARTICLE SIZES OF POROUS MATERIALS ON REDUCING THE AERODYNAMIC NOISE LEVEL by L. P. Pilinevich, M. V. Tumilovich, A. G. Kravtsov, D. M. Rumyantsev, K. V. Grib

“…When designing silencers, their pore size, permeability, mechanical strength, cost, and the chemical composition of the material are taken into account. Basic research methods – determination of noise level, powder particle size, permeability coefficient, pore size. …”
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Inheritance of juvenile resistance to powdery mildew in barley accessions from Ethiopia by R. A. Abdullaev, O. V. Yakovleva, T. V. Lebedeva

“…The specificity of the host–pathogen relationship and the loss of efficiency in many genes determine the need for a continuous study of previously unexplored local barley forms and a search for new, most effective resistance genes.Materials and methods. …”
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Contrasting roles for CD4 vs. CD8 T-cells in a murine model of virally induced "T1 black hole" formation. by Istvan Pirko, Yi Chen, Anne K Lohrey, Jeremiah McDole, Jeffrey D Gamez, Kathleen S Allen, Kevin D Pavelko, Diana M Lindquist, R Scott Dunn, Slobodan I Macura, Aaron J Johnson

“…For image analysis, we used semi-automated methods in Analyze 9.1; transfer efficiency was monitored using FACS of brain infiltrating lymphocytes. …”
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FEATURES OF THE OPERATION OF A WIDE-CUT FRONTAL-MOVING IRRIGATION MACHINE AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE FORCE ANALYSIS OF THE CENTRAL ARTICULATED SUPPORT by Alexey V. Kravchuk, Boris N. Beltikov, Tatyana A. Pankova

“…Materials and methods. When substantiating the technical and operational parameters of the design, a scientific method for calculating the traction load on the structure of the central support of wide-cut frontal irrigation machines from the water supply movable pipe, was used. …”
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P-2 RECAM VS. RUCAM: ADVANCING THE DIAGNOSIS OF IDIOSYNCRATIC DILI WITH A REVISED ELECTRONIC APPROACH. by Sara Pillajo, Daniela Chiodi, Ximena Pazos, Adriana Sánchez, Inmaculada Medina-Cáliz, Fernando Bessone, María Isabel Lucena, Nelia Hernandez

“…However, the emergence of the Revised Electronic Causality Assessment Method (RECAM) promises enhanced accuracy and efficiency. …”
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Quantification of total phenols, flavonoides and tannins from Ziziphus jujuba (mill.) and Ziziphus lotus (l.) (Desf). Leaf extracts and their effects on antioxidant and antibacteri... by Meriem Elaloui, Ame Ennajah, Hanene Ghazghazi, Imen Ben Youssef, Nada Ben Othman, Mohamed Rabeh Hajlaoui, Ali Khouja, Abdelwahed Laamouri

“…Total phenols, flavonoids, tannins contents and antioxidant activity were evaluated using the Folin ciocalteux, Aluminum trichloride, vanillin and scavenging activity on 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals methods, respectively. The antimicrobial activity was evaluated against three bacterial strains (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and klebsiella pneumoniea) and three fungal strains (Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium solani and Botrytis cinerea), according to well Agar diffusion method. …”
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Sociodemographic characteristics, occupational characteristics, motivational factors, and job satisfaction among primary health service practitioners by Di Liu, Huanyan Wang, Wenlin Zhang, Peixuan Chen, Yuqing Lin, Yujin Xie, Mingyang Zou, Debao Li, Ming Fang, Bingjie Hu, Lei Shi

“…Methods A multistage sampling method was employed to measure socioeconomic and demographic status, motivational factors, and job satisfaction. …”
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Unskilled and unaware? Differences in metacognitive awareness between high and low-ability students in STEM by Jason W. Morphew, Jason W. Morphew

“…In addition, arguments about whether this pattern is a psychological phenomenon or a statistical artifact of the measurement of metacognition can be found in the literature.MethodsStudents enrolled in three different physics courses made predictions about their exam scores immediately before and after taking each of the three exams in the course. …”
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A Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slotted Antenna by V. G. Koshkid’ko, Ya. O. Galtsov, D. A. Portnykh

“…The energy method was used to determine the coordinates of longitudinal slots on the wide wall of the SIW waveguide. …”
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Harnessing Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Tracking in Geofencing Systems by Alireza Famili, Shihua Sun, Tolga Atalay, Angelos Stavrou

“…Our proposed meta-RL method addresses the NP-hard problem of determining an optimal placement of 5G Points to minimize spatial geometry-induced errors. …”
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Comparative analysis of capillary threshold pressure measurement techniques: mercury intrusion porosimetry vs. innovative measuring tool for carbon storage by Ahsan Nabi Soomro, Łukasz Anioł, Mateusz Kudasik, Karol Dąbrowski, Stanisław Nagy

“…Underestimation of threshold pressure can have significant consequences for the design and safety of CO2 storage projects, as this parameter is essential to assess the sealing efficiency of the caprocks and determine the storage capacity.…”
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Rapid On-site Detection of Microleakage of Lithium Battery Electrolytes by Vacuum-Assisted Volatilization-Portable Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Xin-xin LU, Shuo ZHANG, Kai XU, Jun-wei QIU, Hui-jun ZHU, Yu-lin CHEN, Xiao-xu LI

“…Portable chromatography-mass spectrometer has the advantages of high efficiency, small size, light weight, and low power consumption, and is suitable for on-site determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). …”
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Study on the Radial Displacement Law and Permeability Enhancement Effect of Coal Body around Hydraulic Flushing Drilling by He Yang, Dejun Miao, Zhen Liu, Dawei Zhao, Mingrui Zhang

“…Therefore, this article comprehensively uses laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and field practices to fully explain the hydraulic flushing pressure relief mechanism and proposes a method to accurately determine the pressure relief range based on the radial line strain law. …”
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AI-Based Noise-Reduction Filter for Whole-Body Planar Bone Scintigraphy Reliably Improves Low-Count Images by Csaba Csikos, Sándor Barna, Ákos Kovács, Péter Czina, Ádám Budai, Melinda Szoliková, Iván Gábor Nagy, Borbála Husztik, Gábor Kiszler, Ildikó Garai

“…<b>Methods</b>: The performance of the AI bone-scan filter (BS-AI filter) in question was retrospectively evaluated on 47 different patients’ ^99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy image pairs (anterior- and posterior-view images), which were obtained in such a manner as to represent the diverse characteristics of the general patient population. …”
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CircRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks in plasma extracellular vesicles as biomarkers for first-onset schizophrenia by Xinzhe Du, Wei Hu, Xinrong Li, Yao Gao, Junxia Li, Xiaodong Hu, Xiao Wang, Wentao Zhao, Long Cheng, Xiaohua Cao, Hongbao Cao, Zhiyong Ren, Yu Zhang, Yong Xu, Sha Liu

“…Here, we constructed circRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks of EVs, and examined their diagnostic efficiency in FOS. Methods The expression levels of circRNAs, miRNAs and mRNAs in EVs derived from 10 FOS patients and 10 healthy controls (HC) were determined by high-throughput sequencing. …”
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7aaRGD - a novel SPP1/integrin signaling-blocking peptide reverses immunosuppression and improves anti-PD-1 immunotherapy outcomes in experimental gliomas by Aleksandra Ellert-Miklaszewska, Paulina Pilanc, Katarzyna Poleszak, Adria-Jaume Roura, Salwador Cyranowski, Mitrajit Ghosh, Szymon Baluszek, Maria Pasierbinska, Bartłomiej Gielniewski, Julian Swatler, Yuliana Hovorova, Kamil Wojnicki, Bozena Kaminska

“…We hypothesized that a combination strategy aiming to block the reprogramming of GAMs using a synthetic 7aaRGD peptide that targets SPP1/integrin signaling might overcome resistance to ICIs and reinvigorate anti-tumor immunity. Methods Matrigel invasion assay was used to test the efficacy of 7aaRGD in glioma-microglia co-cultures. …”
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Myocardial work in electrical dyssynchrony due to left bundle branch block by E. M. Rimskaya, S. V. Dobrovolskaya, E. V. Kukharchuk, S. Yu. Kashtanova, N. A. Mironova, G. S. Tarasovsky, A. E. Komlev, T. E. Imaev, M. A. Saidova, S. P. Golitsyn

“…To evaluate myocardial function in different groups of patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) and the LBBB "model" — right ventricular pacing (RVP).Material and methods. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and myocardial function parameters, such as global constructive work (GCW), global wasted work (GWW), global work index (GWI), and global work efficiency (GWE), were measured in 25 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and LBBB (DCM-LBBB group), 20 patients with DCM and a narrow QRS complex (DCM-nonLBBB group), 15 patients with LBBB developed after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI LBBB group), 12 patients with idiopathic LBBB (I-LBBB group), 27 patients with permanent RVP, and 10 healthy volunteers (HVs). …”
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Subsurface cavity detection in a karst environment using electrical resistivity (er): a case study from yongweol-ri, South Korea by Farooq Muhammad, et al

“…A numerical modelling study preceded the field survey to determine whether the electrical resistivity method could identify such features. …”
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Business Model Innovation through the Expansion of Digital Platforms by Seyed Hamed Vares, Nastaran Haji Heydari, Mohammad Kargar Shouraki, Morteza Hadizadeh

“…Methodology This research employs the Delphi method to identify and analyze key drivers. The Delphi method is a systematic technique used to collect and align expert opinions through multiple rounds of questionnaires without direct interaction among participants. …”
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Pharmacoeconomic aspects of the targeted drugs use in psoriatic arthritis in context of the Russian healthcare system by O. I. Ivakhnenko, T. V. Korotaeva, T. V. Dubinina, A. M. Lila

“…Objective: to study the clinical and economic aspects of the use of biological disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs), Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).Patients and methods. The study included adult patients (age ≥18) with active PsA, bionaive or previously treated with bDMARDs. …”
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