Coping Strategies Among Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emotional Responses, Challenges, and Adaptive Practices by Aida Puia, Sorina Rodica Pop, Bianca Olivia Cojan Manzat, Sebastian Pintea, Ion Cosmin Puia, Mihaela Fadgyas-Stanculete

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 338 healthcare workers, including physicians and nurses, in urban and rural healthcare settings during the pandemic. Data were collected using validated instruments to measure emotional responses (anxiety and anger), lifestyle behaviors (dietary habits, sleep patterns, physical activity, and smoking), and coping strategies. …”
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Deconstructing the spatiotemporal characteristics of extreme precipitation events from multiple data products during Indian summer monsoon by Sandipan Paul, Priyank J. Sharma, Ramesh S.V. Teegavarapu

“…This study analyzes the spatiotemporal characteristics of EPEs across the Indian subcontinent during the monsoon season, critical for the region’s water resources and agriculture. …”
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Aquaporins are critical for provision of water during lactation and intrauterine progeny hydration to maintain tsetse fly reproductive success. by Joshua B Benoit, Immo A Hansen, Geoffrey M Attardo, Veronika Michalková, Paul O Mireji, Joel L Bargul, Lisa L Drake, Daniel K Masiga, Serap Aksoy

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Pope Francis’s Communication Strategies During His Middle East Pilgrimages: An Analysis of Interreligious Discourse and Pontifical Diplomacy by Aldona Maria Piwko

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Assessing Slide Coverage by Cytoscreeners during the Primary Screening of Cervical Smears, Using the AxioHOMEⓇ Microscope System by Robert W. Baker, Gerard Brugal, Dulcie V. Coleman

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The effect of sulfur content in diesel fuel on the reliability of fuel equipment of an automobile engine during the warranty period of operation by M. F. Teterin, R. F. Kalimullin, A. T. Kulakov

“…Based on data on monitoring the quality indicators of diesel fuel used during testing and operation of KAMAZ vehicles for the period from 2003 to 2023, it was found that the largest number of deviations was recorded in the indicator «sulfur content». …”
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Genome-wide identification of the Medicago sativa L. MYB family and its transcriptional dynamics during pollen development by Zhenfei Yan, Yaqi Feng, Qi Yan, Pan Xu, Fan Wu, Caibin Zhang, Jiyu Zhang

“…Conclusions This study provides a comprehensive understanding of MsMYBs in alfalfa and elucidates their potential roles and expression patterns in pollen development.…”
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Culture comes first: minorities’ behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic: Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel by Gadi Hitman

“…The main conclusions of the study are: (1) Ultra-Orthodox Jews disregarded official decrees and obeyed only the religious leadership; (2) the Arab population distrusted the official establishment and its instructions for two major reasons: longstanding neglect of the health system in Arab localities and frequent policy changes during the pandemic; (3) both groups maintained their patterns of collective behavior despite formal instructions to avoid it during the pandemic; and (4) the state failed to provide both communities with updated information during the pandemic, which increased both groups’ distrust of the formal state instructions. …”
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Quantification of built heritage destruction in Žepa and Srebrenica region during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Serb forces campaign by Maida Halilović, Muhidin Mulalić

“… This article examines the extent of destruction of rural cultural landscapes and vernacular architecture in the Žepa region of eastern Bosnia during the 1992–1995 attacks by Bosnian Serb Forces, led by Generals Ratko Mladi? …”
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Skating efficiency and technique during roller speed skate using innovative piezoelectric smart socks: an exploratory study by Giulia Bongiorno, Francesco Giuseppe Minisini, Helena Biancuzzi, Francesca Dal Mas, Francesca Dal Mas, Luca Miceli

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The role of peer relationship on children's creativity during cooperative and competitive interactions: An fNIRS-based hyperscanning study by Shujin Zhou, Yuxuan Zhang, Mingming Zhang, Dan Li

“…The results showed that familiar dyads demonstrated higher originality and lower appropriateness in cooperative tasks compared to stranger dyads. fNIRS data revealed distinct task-specific neural coupling patterns in the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) contingent upon peer relationship: familiar dyads exhibited enhanced inter-brain synchronization (IBS) during cooperative tasks, while stranger dyads demonstrated stronger neural alignment during competitive interactions. …”
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Influence of Soil Plugging on Dynamic Soil Response During Simulated Pipe Pile Driving Model Test in Sands by Songchao Lin, Ye Lu, Chong Zhao

“…Moreover, spectrum analysis was performed to explore the patterns of vibration waves in the open-ended pipe pile during the striking process. …”
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Mobile Payment and Delivery Services in Vietnam During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Data Mining Analytics Investigation by Shu-Hsien Liao, Retno Widowati, Pham Nguyen My Hanh

“…Mobile payments and delivery service have increased globally as attractive transaction methods during the Covid-19 pandemic. Along with mobile payments, with the growing demand for convenience and cultural climate, delivery services in Vietnam became even more popular during the Covid-19 pandemic since they are considered useful, convenient, and safe means to reduce the risk of exposure to infection. …”
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Personality Traits, Coping Strategies, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Chinese University Students During COVID-19 by Jian Zhao, Elaine Chapman, Stephen Houghton

“…This study examined whether personality traits predicted the impact of COVID-19 on Chinese university students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic; whether the coping strategies they used mediated such relationships; and whether the patterns of relationship differed across males and females. …”
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CARF regulates the alternative splicing and piwi/piRNA complexes during mouse spermatogenesis through PABPC1 by Cao Yuming, Wang Shengnan, Liu Jie, Xu Jinfeng, Liang Yan, Ao Fei, Wei Zexiao, Wang Li

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Changes in tobacco and alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: a propensity score matching approach by Ramanan Laxminarayan, Amit Summan

“…We employed propensity score matching to evaluate the change in tobacco and alcohol consumption patterns by exploiting the gap in survey activities due to the pandemic lockdown—no data collection took place from April to October 2020. …”
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Estimating the Within-Person Change in Dental Service Access Measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States by Jason Semprini

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Understanding the Historical Trend of Final Energy Intensity of GDP During Economic Transitions: The Case of Portugal (1960–2014) by Marco Vittorio Ecclesia, Tiago Domingos

“…In the past, energy intensity has generally decreased or has shown inverted U-shape patterns. However, most global energy scenarios project unrealistically increasing relative decoupling rates of primary and final energy when compared to the observed historical trends. …”
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Lower Limb Movement during 10-Meter Walk Test: A Dataset with Inertial, Magnetic, and Temperature Sensors by Maykol Santos, Andrés Caro Lindo, Carlos Albuquerque, Paulo Jorge Coelho, Ivan Miguel Pires

“…Abstract This paper presents a dataset from a study analyzing lower limb movement during a 10-meter walk test. The study utilized SensorTileBox sensors integrated into shin pads to capture detailed movement and environmental data from participants. …”
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The personnel policy for curators in the Kazan educational district and the age dynamics of professors at the Kazan University during 1804–1884 by T.V. Kostina, A.V. Kouprianov

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