Flame Evolution Characteristics for Hydrogen/LPG Co-Combustion in a Counter-Burner by Rabeea M. Ghazal, Abdulrazzak Akroot, Hasanain A. Abdul Wahhab

“…Also, changing the equivalence ratio from 0.4 to 1.4 had an effect on the shape, color, and method of flame spread, where at the higher percentage, the shape changed and the color concentration increased, meaning that the temperature rose and the method of spread changed to an irregular one. …”
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Clinical Observation of Hydrogen-Rich Saline for Nasal Irrigation After Surgery for Chronic sinusitis:A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial by Jin L, Fan K, Yao C, Chang Y, Wang Y, Lu J, Yu S

“…Ling Jin,1,2,* Kai Fan,1,2,* Chunyan Yao,1,* Yongjun Chang,1 Yang Wang,1 Jiawei Lu,1 Shaoqing Yu1,2 1Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200065, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Allergy,Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200065, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shaoqing Yu, Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 389 Xincun Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, 200065, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +8602166111042, Email yu_shaoqing@163.comPurpose: The treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is often a difficult and long-term behavior, so it is necessary to seek a local treatment method that can be used for a long time, and is safe and effective. …”
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Assessing food production capacity of farms in periurban areas by Rosalia Filippini, Elisa Marraccini, Sylvie Lardon, Enrico Bonari

“…Food planning policies, as well as studies at the local level, could take advantage from this method.…”
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Teacher in the situation of setting a learning task by E.V. Chudinova

“…The condition for the emergence of cumulative action in solving a learning task is a special authorial position of the teacher. <strong>Methods and materials.</strong> Five teachers (women from 28 to 54 years old, experience in the D.B. …”
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Ixodidae tick-borne infections in kemerovo region and in novokuznetsk by Z. A. Khokhlova, R. A. Gileva, T. V. Sereda, Z. A. Klinova, N. S. Kolobova, A. I. Osokina

“…To analyse the epidemiological situation on the ixodidae tick-borne infections in Kemerovo Region and to determine their clinical and epidemiological peculiarities in Novokuznetsk.The materials and methods. There have been analysed the official statistical data on the tick-borne infections, morbidity in the course of 10 years. …”
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Broadband Terahertz Polarizing Beam Splitter Based on a Graphene-Based Defective One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal by Ziba Saleki, Yurui Fang, Samad Roshan Entezar

“…Finally, the degree of polarization equals to one is reported for the PBS proposed here. …”
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The risks of internet addiction: Structure and characteristics of perception by G. F. Romashkina, R. R. Khuziakhmetov

“…In the course of analysis, Alpha Cronbach consistency ratings, index method, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients, Pearson’s Goodness-of-Fit Test, F-Test for equality of several means, case classification and triangulation method were applied.Results. …”
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Analysis of the Current Status of Self-Management Behaviors and Factors Affecting Self-Management in Elderly Empty Nesters with Comorbid Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,... by Li F, Cao Y, Xie X, Li M, Cheng T

“…Fang Li,1,&amp;ast; Yuzhong Cao,1,&amp;ast; Xuejuan Xie,2 Mengwei Li,1 Tengteng Cheng1 1College of Nursing, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China; 2College of Nursing, Jiamusi Vocational College, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fang Li, College of Nursing, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, 35 Dingxi Road East, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, People’s Republic of China, Email 2862422633@qq.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate disease self-management and its influencing factors among empty nesters with comorbid hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Chinese community.Patients and Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 385 empty nesters in the community with comorbid hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, including general information about the patients, the conditions of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and self-management scores. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Evolution Mechanisms of the Water-Conducting Fractured Zone of Overlying Strata in the Kongzhuang Coal Mine by Zhang Pei-ding, Sun Chao-shang, Fan Xuan, Li Song-tao, Wang Long-jing, Cao Zheng-zheng

“…Meanwhile, the height of the caving zone is 26.7 m, about 8.3 times of mining height, and the height of the fracture zone is 68.3 m, approximately equal to 16.26 of the mining height. The results of #1 and #2 borehole leakages in the double-end water shutoff detection method show that the height of the water-conducting fractured zone is 63.70 m-65.27 m, and the split-to-mining ratio is 15.17-15.54. …”
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Cervical Vertebral Maturation Assessment using various Machine Learning techniques on Lateral cephalogram: A systematic literature review by Shailendra Singh Rana, Bhola Nath, Prabhat Kumar Chaudhari, Sharvari Vichare

“…In this systematic review (SR), the studies were summarized in terms of ML techniques applied, sample data, age range of sample and conventional method for CVMA, which showed that further studies with a uniform distribution of samples equally in stages of maturation and according to the gender is required for better training of the models in order to generalize the outputs for prolific use to target population.…”
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Online Broadcasting and Video Recording of Classes as An Effective Tool for Organizing E-Learning by Ramis R. Mukhametshin, Rezeda R. Khadiullina

“…Often, for remote participants in the educational process, an individual educational trajectory of learning is developed and the load on the lecturer increases, who is forced to use different methods and forms of education to ensure equal educational opportunities for all students. …”
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Excimer Laser Correction of Myopia in Patients with Visually Intense Work — Is It Necessary to Determine the Form of Accommodative Asthenopia? by E. I. Belikova, D. V. Gatilov, I. G. Ovechkin, E. N. Eskina

“…Рurpose — to study the frequency of occurrence of various forms of accommodative asthenopia (AA) in patients with visually stressful work (VSW) with different degrees of myopia planning LASIK.Methods. As part of the preoperative examination, 300 patients with VSW were under observation. …”
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Self-evaluation of appearance by female medicine students by Stanislaw Nowak, Ihor Zanevskyy

“…Results. Shapiro – Wilk method was used to determine normality of distribution of quantity parameters studied in the research (p>0.4). …”
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To the Question of the Relevance of Statistics of Information and Communication Technologies in the Context of the Digital Transformation of the Economy by M. Y. Karyshev

“…Cluster hierarchical analysis was carried out by the Ward method using the Minkowski metric, which made it possible to obtain two approximately equal in size industry clusters and one mono-cluster, consisting of a type of activity in the field of information and communication. …”
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A novel mode of INS-aided BDS real-time high-rate and precise kinematic relative positioning between two moving platforms by Yangyang Li, Weiming Tang, Chenlong Deng, Xuan Zou, Siyu Zhang, Kepei Qi, Chao Sun

“…The results show that the proposed methods can achieve an accuracy of about 5 cm for the INS-aided 100 Hz relative positioning in baseline components and lengths, which is equal to the conventional method, but the transmitted data have been sharply reduced by an average of nearly 80%. …”
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Synthesis and electrophysical properties of nanostructured composites NіCо/BaTiO₃ and NiCo/TiO₂ by S. M. Makhno, O. M. Lisova, G. M. Gunya, P. P. Gorbyk, M. T. Kartel

“…NiCo particles were obtained by the method of chemical precipitation of nickel and cobalt carbonates in equal parts from a hydrazine hydrate solution at the temperature of 350 K. …”
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Determinants of weight gain among adult tuberculosis patients on dots during intensive phase in Wonago Ethiopia, unmatched case control study by Licky Eyob, Helen Ali, Yohanness Adisu, Adane Tesfaye

“…A non-probability convenience sampling method was employed to include participants. A total of 258 tuberculosis patients were included (86 cases and 172 controls). …”
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Molecular Characteristics and Phenotypical Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant K. Pneumoniae in the L&amp;uuml;liang Region, Shanxi Province by Wang H, Jia Z, Li X, Hao Y, Zhang J, Zhao X, Li H, Jin S

“…Huiyuan Wang,1,2,&amp;ast; Zijiang Jia,2,&amp;ast; Xiaoyan Li,2 Yan Hao,1 Jinjing Zhang,2 Xinyi Zhao,1 Hui Li,1 Sifan Jin1 1Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanxi Province, Fenyang Hospital Affiliated with Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Huiyuan Wang, Email 15635811948@163.comIntroduction: To explore the resistance characteristics and molecular features of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates prevalent in the Lüliang region, 81 CRKP isolates were collected from three hospitals in the Lüliang region, Shanxi Province.Methods: The resistance of these CRKP isolates to 11 antibiotics was determined using the disk diffusion method, and antimicrobial resistance encoding genes and virulence genes were detected by PCR. …”
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Novel approach identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with evidence for parent-of-origin effect on body mass index. by Clive J Hoggart, Giulia Venturini, Massimo Mangino, Felicia Gomez, Giulia Ascari, Jing Hua Zhao, Alexander Teumer, Thomas W Winkler, Natalia Tšernikova, Jian'an Luan, Evelin Mihailov, Georg B Ehret, Weihua Zhang, David Lamparter, Tõnu Esko, Aurelien Macé, Sina Rüeger, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Matteo Barcella, Yves Dauvilliers, Beben Benyamin, David M Evans, Caroline Hayward, Mary F Lopez, Lude Franke, Alessia Russo, Iris M Heid, Erika Salvi, Sailaja Vendantam, Dan E Arking, Eric Boerwinkle, John C Chambers, Giovanni Fiorito, Harald Grallert, Simonetta Guarrera, Georg Homuth, Jennifer E Huffman, David Porteous, Generation Scotland Consortium, LifeLines Cohort study, GIANT Consortium, Darius Moradpour, Alex Iranzo, Johannes Hebebrand, John P Kemp, Gert J Lammers, Vincent Aubert, Markus H Heim, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Rosa Peraita-Adrados, Joan Santamaria, Francesco Negro, Carsten O Schmidt, Robert A Scott, Tim D Spector, Konstantin Strauch, Henry Völzke, Nicholas J Wareham, Wei Yuan, Jordana T Bell, Aravinda Chakravarti, Jaspal S Kooner, Annette Peters, Giuseppe Matullo, Henri Wallaschofski, John B Whitfield, Fred Paccaud, Peter Vollenweider, Sven Bergmann, Jacques S Beckmann, Mehdi Tafti, Nicholas D Hastie, Daniele Cusi, Murielle Bochud, Timothy M Frayling, Andres Metspalu, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, André Scherag, George Davey Smith, Ingrid B Borecki, Valentin Rousson, Joel N Hirschhorn, Carlo Rivolta, Ruth J F Loos, Zoltán Kutalik

“…We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). …”
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Composites Based on Poly(ortho-toluidine) and WS₂ Sheets for Applications in the Supercapacitor Field by Teodora Burlanescu, Ion Smaranda, Andreea Androne, Cristina Stefania Florica, Madalina Cercel, Mirela Paraschiv, Adelina Udrescu, Adam Lőrinczi, Petru Palade, Andrei Galatanu, Catalin Negrila, Elena Matei, Monica Dinescu, Radu Cercel, Mihaela Baibarac

“…In this work, we demonstrated the following: (a) the ICP method leads to POT/WS₂ composites, which contain repeating units of POT in the leucoemeraldine salt (LS) state, while (b) the ECP method leads to POT/WS₂ composites, which contain repeating units of POT in the emeraldine salt (ES) state. …”
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