INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL AID IN POST-CONFLICT RECOVERY: LESSONS FROM GLOBAL PRACTICES FOR DE-OCCUPIED AREAS by Viktoriia Zalizniuk, Anton Plaksun

“…The study demonstrates that international technical assistance can function as a key component in the recovery and stabilization of territories affected by conflict, provided it is coherently embedded in national strategic planning. …”
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Assessing adherence to standard guidelines in acute kidney injury (AKI) management: a compliance audit by Shadman Sakib Rahman, Kazi Subrina Nazneen, Sumaiya Kamal, Sm Rezwanuzzaman

“…Results and Discussion: The results revealed that 85% of patients had an AKI diagnosis accurately documented, 86% underwent daily renal function testing and 85% received senior clinical review within 12 h of admission, reflecting timely initial recognition (Fig 1). …”
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Liposomal ellagic acid enhances the regenerative potential of ADMSC-laden nanofibrous PCL scaffolds in a rat model of spinal cord injury by Arman Abroumand Gholami, Shokoufeh Rahmani, Payam Moharreri, Esmael Amirazodi, Amir Mahdi Molavi, Tahere Mokhtari, Fatemeh Tahmasebi, Amirhossein Rabiei Rad, Hamideh Babaloo

“…Scaffolds were created through the electrospinning of a PCL/functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube (f-MWCNTs) composite, which was then coated with liposomal ellagic acid (EA@lip) and seeded with adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs). …”
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Do Patient-Reported Outcomes Differ Between Open and Minimally Invasive Hallux Cheilectomy? by Nathaniel Zona BA, Samuel D. Stark, Eric Villarreal MD, Kenneth Hunt MD

“…Additionally, current work is being done to assess how functional, clinical, and radiographic outcomes align with PROs following MIS or open cheilectomy.…”
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Re‐evaluating fetal scalp pH thresholds: An examination of fetal pH variations during labor by Aude Girault, Camille Le Ray, Charles Garabedian, François Goffinet, Xavier Tannier

“…The rate of change in pH value between consecutive samples for each patient was calculated and plotted as a function of pH value. Linear regression models were used to model the evolution of the pH drop rate estimating slope and standard errors across predefined pH intervals. …”
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Proteomic Analysis Reveals That Dietary Supplementation with Fish Oil Enhances Lipid Metabolism and Improves Antioxidant Capacity in the Liver of Female <i>Scatophagus argus</i> by Jingwei He, He Ma, Dongneng Jiang, Tuo Wang, Zhiyuan Li, Gang Shi, Yucong Hong, Chunhua Zhu, Guangli Li

“…However, the effects of fish oil on hepatic function at the protein level remain poorly characterized. …”
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Development and content validation of the Long COVID/ post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument by Dale Chandler, Benjamin Abramoff, Candace Bramson, Joseph. C. Cappelleri, Aishwarya Chohan, Magdalena Harrington, Hiba Jamal, Jillian Lusk, Iyar Mazar, Roger Paredes, Sophi Tatlock, Andrew Ustianowski, Edward Weinstein, Ruth Mokgokong

“…Abstract Background Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) or Long COVID is a post-viral complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection, causing ongoing symptoms and impaired function over a prolonged period of time. There is limited understanding of how the signs and symptoms of Long COVID/PASC affect patients’ lives and how to measure them, which is essential when developing care strategies. …”
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A 5-year examination of CAPABLE implementation using RE-AIM and CFIR frameworks by Deborah L. Paone, Deborah L. Paone, Jeanne W. Schuller, Matthew Lee Smith, Matthew Lee Smith, Laura N. Gitlin, Sarah L. Szanton

“…CAPABLE is an evidence-based 4-to-6-month program that improves daily function of older adults and modifies their home environments in modest ways to support their goal attainment. …”
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Evaluation of using small volume of interest regions for clinical kidney dosimetry in 177Lu-DOTATATE treatments by Jehangir Khan, Tobias Rydèn, Martijn Van Essen, Johanna Svensson, Peter Bernhardt

“…Non-filtered images overestimated doses by 1.22, but applying a 5 mm Gaussian filter aligned SV results with the WKP method. Using multiple VOIs improved accuracy, with five 2 mL SVs achieving 8.3%. …”
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Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Altered Expression of Genes Involved in Metabolic and Immune Processes in NDV-Infected Chicken Embryos by Malarmathi Muthusamy, Kannaki T. Ramasamy, Sunday Olusola Peters, Srinivasan Palani, Vasudevan Gowthaman, Murali Nagarajan, Sivakumar Karuppusamy, Vasanthakumar Thangavelu, Thiruvenkadan Aranganoor Kannan

“…Result: RNA-Seq reads were aligned with the chicken reference genome (Galgal7), revealing 594 differentially expressed genes: 264 upregulated and 330 downregulated. …”
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Optimization design of liquid crystal-based reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted indoor visible light communication systems by Lisu YU, Xinxin LÜ, Run ZHONG, Mingli ZHANG, Zhenghai WANG, Yuhao WANG

“…Owing to the nonconvexity of the objective function, it is first transformed into a multinomial fractional planning problem using the Lagrangian dual transform, making it more tractable. …”
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Statistics of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field from 0.1 to 30 au. II. Dynamical Variability by Jiutong Zhao, Shan Wang, Weijie Sun, Xingyu Zhu, Chuanpeng Hou, Qiugang Zong, Jiansen He, Xuzhi Zhou, Chao Yue, Liu Yang, Daniel Heyner

“…Our analysis reveals that the autocorrelation function employed to measure IMF temporal variability is significantly influenced by the heliocentric distance and the solar cycle. …”
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Microbiome dynamics and multiscale environmental response patterns of later-diverging coral clade across latitudes, reefs and geomorphological zones in the South China Sea by Biao Chen, Lin Liang, Kefu Yu, Yuxin Wei, Xinyue Liang, Zeming Bao, Zhiheng Liao, Xiaopeng Yu, Zhenjun Qin, Lijia Xu, Yongzhi Wang, Yaru Kang

“…This study analyzed the community and function characteristics of Symbiodiniaceae and bacteria in Lithophyllon scabra (latest-diverging clade of Fungiidae) across latitudes, reefs and geomorphological zones in the South China Sea. …”
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Legal Challenges of Marine Insurance Laws in the Use of Unmanned Ships by Mahsa Bahadoran- Baghbaderani, Masoud Shirani, Reza Soltani

“…This method allows for the development of practical recommendations to align existing laws with the demands of autonomous shipping technologies. …”
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TIMP1 inhibits Rac1-mediated ROS production to ameliorate blood–spinal cord barrier disruption in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Jingshu Tang, Yuying Kang, Qiuyu Chen, Baodan Zhang, Nianying Shang, Jiaqi Lan, Lei Wu, Ying Peng

“…Specifically, the expression of TIMP1 or its mutant variant AlaTIMP1, which lacks MMP-inhibitory activity, in spinal cord microvascular endothelial cells (SCMECs) prior to disease onset significantly reduces BSCB leakage in mice with ALS, thereby alleviating motor function deficits and delaying disease progression. …”
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Noninvasive imaging biomarker reveals invisible microscopic variation in acute ischaemic stroke (≤ 24 h): a multicentre retrospective study by Kui Sun, Rongchao Shi, Xinxin Yu, Ying Wang, Wei Zhang, Xiaoxia Yang, Mei Zhang, Jian Wang, Shu Jiang, Haiou Li, Bing Kang, Tong Li, Shuying Zhao, Yu Ai, Jianfeng Qiu, Haiyan Wang, Ximing Wang

“…Through a series of procedures: head alignment, co-registration of NCCT and DWI, the volume of interest delineation and feature extraction. …”
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Empirical Color Correction to MIST and PARSEC Isochrones on Gaia BR − RP and G − RP with Benchmark Open Clusters by Fan Wang, Min Fang, Xiaoting Fu, Yang Chen, Lu Li, Xiaoying Pang, Zhongmu Li, Jing Tang, Wenyuan Cui, Haijun Tian, Chao Liu

“…Applying the correction functions to 31 additional open clusters and 3 moving groups results in a significantly improved alignment between the isochrones and observed CMDs. …”
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Whole-Genome Resequencing Reveals Phylogenetic Relationships and Sex Differentiation Mechanisms Among Fujian <i>Cycas</i> Species by Xinyu Xu, Yousry A. El-Kassaby, Sijia Liu, Juan Zhang, Lanqi Zhang, Junnan Li, Wenkai Li, Kechang Zhang, Minghai Zou, Zhiru Lai, Likuang Lin, Yongdong Zhang, Shasha Wu, Bihua Chen

“…The sequence data underwent rigorous quality control, alignment, and variant detection, focusing on SNP and InDel distribution and annotation. …”
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DualDyConvNet: Dual-Stream Dynamic Convolution Network via Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning for Predicting Motor Prognosis in Subacute Stroke by Yunjeong Jang, Joohye Jeong, Yun Kwan Kim, Da-Hye Kim, Wanjoo Park, Laehyun Kim, Yun-Hee Kim, Minji Lee

“…The proposed framework holds significant potential in facilitating early rehabilitation planning by predicting motor function prognosis in stroke patients. Furthermore, it can contribute to enhancing the quality of life by providing patients with prognostication.…”
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Similar outcomes including maximum knee flexion between mobile bearing condylar‐stabilised and fixed bearing posterior‐stabilised prosthesis: a case control study by Jobe Shatrov, Elliot Sappey‐Marinier, Moussa Kafelov, Stanislas Gunst, Cécile Batailler, Elvire Servien, Sébastien Lustig

“…Both groups had similar radiographic outcomes as determined by coronal and sagittal alignment, tibial slope and posterior condylar offset ratio measurements. …”
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