Effects of Waiting Period before Milking on Orotic, Uric and Hippuric Acid Contents of Milks from Shami and Kilis Goats by Mahmut Keskin, Zühal Gündüz, Sabri Gül, Süleyman Ercüment Önel, Zehra Güler, Ahmet Dursun

“…The organic acids present in milk in varying quantities can reflect the health condition of the animals and the nutritional quality of milk. …”
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Telemedicine Public Reimbursement Models for National and Subnational Jurisdictions: Scoping Review by Evan Huang-Ku, Panchanok Muenkaew, Kinanti Khansa Chavarina, Yin May Tun, Zin Nwe Win, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Saudamini Vishwanath Dabak, Natasha Howard

“…Varying telemedicine reimbursement models adopted by countries reflect health service and care objectives along with health system characteristics. …”
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The Cobra Effect in TVET Policy Making: A Macro-Micro-Macro-Level Analysis of Exemplary Cases From Germany by Johannes Karl Schmees, Janika Grunau

“…We then compare the cases with each other to draw general conclusions regarding the connection of macro- and micro-level within policy making in TVET.  …”
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Local and global sensitivity analysis for a prediction model of nitrogen loss in Southern China’s paddy fields via HYDRUS-1D by Shuhuai Wang, Juxiu Tong, Chen Huang

“…Generally, d mix is less important than α and p, and the interaction between each two parameters reflected by the SOIs has limited importance. d mix presented sensitivity in LSA but insensitivity in GSA. …”
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Spectral parameters modulation and source localization of blink-related alpha and low-beta oscillations differentiate minimally conscious state from vegetative state/unresponsive w... by Luca Bonfiglio, Andrea Piarulli, Umberto Olcese, Paolo Andre, Pieranna Arrighi, Antonio Frisoli, Bruno Rossi, Massimo Bergamasco, Maria Chiara Carboncini

“…Three-second-lasting EEG epochs centred on each blink instance were submitted to time-frequency analyses in order to extract the normalized Blink-Related Synchronization/Desynchronization (nBRS/BRD) of three bands of interest (low-alpha, high-alpha and low-beta) in the time-window of 50-550 ms after the blink-peak and to estimate the corresponding cortical sources of electrical activity. …”
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A Machine Learning-Based Study of the Effects of Air Pollution and Weather in Respiratory Disease Patients Visiting Emergency Departments by Eu Sun Lee, Jung-Youn Kim, Young-Hoon Yoon, Seoung Bum Kim, Hyungu Kahng, Jinhyeok Park, Jaehoon Kim, Minjae Lee, Haeun Hwang, Sung Joon Park

“…The meteorological data were obtained from the National Climate Data Service. Each weather factor reflected the accumulated data of 4 days: a patient’s visit day and 3 days before the visit day. …”
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Quantifying the impact of adherence to screening strategies on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality by Elvira D’Andrea, Dennis J. Ahnen, Daniel A. Sussman, Mehdi Najafzadeh

“…Assuming reported adherence, SEPT9 averted 37 CRC cases and 23 CRC deaths, COL 34 cases and 20 deaths, FIT‐DNA, FIT, CTC and HS‐gFOBT 16‐25 cases and 10‐16 deaths per 1000 individuals. LYG reflected the effectiveness of each strategy in reducing CRC cases and deaths. …”
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Investigating the impact of problem properties on introductory and advanced student responses to introductory thermodynamics conceptual problems by Mary Jane Brundage, David E. Meltzer, Chandralekha Singh

“…For entropy concepts, introductory students consistently performed poorly across problem types, reflecting a persistent belief in the constancy of entropy. …”
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Study on roof deflection distribution of ultra-long working faces based on matrix displacement method by Youwang XING, Mingzhong LI, Jinhu ZHANG, Ruyu YAN, Jiangbin LIU

“…A two-dimensional continuous beam model supported on elastic supports was established, reflecting the relationships among hydraulic supports, sidewalls, and roofs in actual production. …”
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Task and Relationship Orientation of Professionals in Afghanistan and Thailand by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, Tipakorn Senathip, Jatuporn Sungkhawan

“…More specifically, for this latest study, we compared the leadership orientations of working adult respondents from Thailand and Afghanistan based on their nationality and socialization in each culture on the task and relationship-orientation continuum of leadership. …”
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Automated analysis of clinical interviews indicates altered head movements during social interactions in youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis by Juliette Lozano-Goupil, Tina Gupta, Trevor F. Williams, Amy E. Pinkham, Claudia M. Haase, Stewart A. Shankman, Vijay A. Mittal

“…This program extracted target variables such as total head movement, amplitude, and speed in each direction (x, y, and z). Relationships between head movement patterns and symptoms were then examined. …”
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Dementia patient and caregiver relevant outcomes currently being reported by adult day service centers in the United States by Tina Sadarangani, Keith Anderson, Megan Rose Westmore, Jie Zhong

“…Consistent with the methodology used by the Imbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory for PCROs collected in other long‐term care settings, we created a matrix informed by DCPR. We matched each item in regulatory forms reflecting a PCRO to one of the seven DCPR domains as well as to the 53 PCROs from other long‐term care sectors. …”
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Understanding the nature of crises and risks in the process of ensuring the efficiency of enterprise management by H.Y. Tkachuk, T.О. Biliak, V.G. Vyhovskyi

“…Having established the correspondence and interrelationship between crises and risks arising in various spheres of the internal environment of the enterprise, we have proposed a number of response measures that can increase the efficiency of enterprise management at the level of each separate sphere.…”
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228 Visualizing impact: Operationalizing community engagement evaluation using the RE-AIM framework by Brian Do-Golden, Nicole Wolfe, Nicole MG Maccalla, Michele D. Kipke

“…Our standardized scoring system ranged from 1 to 5, reflecting the degree of success within each metric/dimension. …”
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Sedentary behaviour and biomarkers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in mid-life: the role of television-viewing and sitting at work. by Snehal M Pinto Pereira, Myung Ki, Chris Power

“…The role of sedentary behaviour may vary by leisure and work domains or the two indicators reflect differing associations with other disease-related influences.…”
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Changes in medical student attendance and its impact on student educational outcomes: a systematic review protocol by Isla Kuhn, Samuel Brown, Palaniappan Ganesh Nagappan, Alex McManus, Sarah Sayers, Shazia Absar, Sapphire Rou Xi Tan, Edward Lau, Charlotte Tulinius

“…Importantly, this trend has been observed prior to the pandemic. While reflected within the literature, there is currently no systematic review describing these changes. …”
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Effects of high-fidelity simulation and e-learning methods on nursing students’ self-efficacy in patient safety: a quasi-experimental study by Kevser Ozata, Leyla Dinc

“…Participants completed a pre-test and were randomly assigned to either a high-fidelity simulation group or an e-learning group, with 26 students in each. Both groups were exposed to five standardized case scenarios. …”
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The use of the differential outcomes procedure for the recognition of facial expressions of complex emotions and its electrophysiological correlates by Ángel García-Pérez, Ángel García-Pérez, Isabel Carmona, Isabel Carmona, Angeles F. Estévez, Angeles F. Estévez

“…Participants (n = 27 total, 14 DOP) in the DOP group received a specific reward for each specific emotion, while those in the NOP group received a random reinforcer when they correctly identified the emotion. …”
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Novice Inter-Rater Reliability on the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) After a 4-Hour Training Session by Brent Harper, Adrian Aron

“…Participants were randomly assigned a start location, and raters were blinded to each other's criterion 50-point checklist and categorical scoring. …”
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Pharmacotherapy of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: Prospects for the use of monoclonal antibodies to interleukin 6 by Evgeny L. Nasonov, Azamat M. Satybaldyev, Elvira N. Otteva, Tatiana V. Beketova, Andrey A. Baranov

“…Currently, GCA and PMR are considered within a single complex autoimmune-autoinflammatory pathology, defined as “GCA-PMR spectrum disease”. This was reflected in the development of general recommendations for pharmacotherapy within the framework of the “treat-to-tar get” strategy, although specific approaches to the treatment of patients with GCA and RPM differ depending on the clinical and pathogenetic characteristics of each nosological form. …”
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