Looking ahead to severe accident research by Herranz Luis E., Poubeau Bastien, Chailan Lionel, Mascari Fulvio

“…Different SA mitigation strategies, like In-Vessel Melt Retention (IVMR), are being explored. …”
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Early-stage investigators’ experiences with an National Institutes of Health Pilot Award Program by Cyleste C. Collins, Jacqueline Dolata, Elodie Nonguierma, Mona Shediac-Rizkallah, Ashwini R. Sehgal, J. Daryl Thornton

“…Early-stage investigators (ESIs), however, are less likely to receive grant funding from organizations like the National Institutes of Health, and we know little about the facilitators and barriers they face on their career journeys or the best ways to support them and their community research partnerships. …”
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From fragmented to functional: Improving rehabilitation data in Georgia's health information systems for better decision-making by Nino Kotrikadze, Akaki Zoidze, George Gotsadze

“…Key challenges include the absence of unified coding systems, incomplete data capture, and reliance on unstructured formats, hindering data analysis and integration. …”
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The student voice in quality assurance: what factors make for a great GP placement in the eyes of undergraduate medical students? by Simon Thornton, Trevor Thompson, Maria Gresham, Alice James

“…The transcripts underwent systematic coding using NVivo. The codes formed the basis for the thematic analysis. …”
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What should inpatient psychological therapies be for? Qualitative views of service users on outcomes by Ceri Morgan, Lucy Clarkson, Rebecca Hiscocks, India Hopkins, Katherine Berry, Natasha Tyler, Lisa Wood, Pamela Jacobsen

“…This included developing our research question and aims, protocol, participant documents (e.g., information and debrief forms), advertisement and recruitment strategy, interview topic guide, the codes, the final themes and quotes and reviewing the manuscript. …”
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Explaining the experience of telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Kermanshah emergency medical dispatch: A qualitative, phenomenological study by Fatemeh Zaheri, Alireza Abdi, Mahmoud Rahmati

“…Result Analysis of the 12 interviews conducted with dispatchers who had an average age of 28.33 years and 2.33 years of work experience resulted in the identification of 456 codes. These codes were categorized into three main themes: (1) “Perceived Nursing Care in T-CPR,” which includes sub-themes such as Ethical and Emotional Management in Care, Empathetic Care, Crisis Management and Stress Control; (2) “Professional Abilities of EMDs,” which includes sub-themes like Perceived Professional Skills and Satisfaction from Successful Performance; and (3) “Cultural Necessities Related to Telephone Resuscitation,” with sub-themes such as Challenges of Training, Communication Barriers and the Need for Public Education and Cultural Change. …”
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Acceptability of telemedicine for early surgical site infection diagnosis after cesarean delivery in rural Rwanda: a qualitative study by Laban Bikorimana, Eve Hiyori Estrada, Anne Niyigena, Robert Riviello, Fredrick Kateera, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Vincent K. Cubaka

“…Thematic analysis was applied and parallel inductive coding was used to develop English and Kinyarwanda codebooks. …”
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Hnrnph1 Is A Quantitative Trait Gene for Methamphetamine Sensitivity. by Neema Yazdani, Clarissa C Parker, Ying Shen, Eric R Reed, Michael A Guido, Loren A Kole, Stacey L Kirkpatrick, Jackie E Lim, Greta Sokoloff, Riyan Cheng, W Evan Johnson, Abraham A Palmer, Camron D Bryant

“…Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs)-mediated introduction of frameshift deletions in the first coding exon of Hnrnph1, but not Rufy1, recapitulated the reduced methamphetamine behavioral response, thus identifying Hnrnph1 as a quantitative trait gene for methamphetamine sensitivity. …”
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Lived Experience of Widowhood: A Phenomenological Study Among Women by Hossein Afrasiabi, Sara Sadeghiyeh

“…Findings The interviews with the widows were coded and analyzed using thematic analysis. First, a basic code was attached to each part of the phrase. …”
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Generation and characterization of the LINC01405 knockout human embryonic stem cell line by Yaping Xu, Hongchun Wu, Jingxiu Jiang, Lingqun Ye, Kaili Hao, Kunjun Han, Shijun Hu, Wei Lei, Zhikun Guo

“…Long Intergenic Non-Protein Coding RNA 1405 (LINC01405), with known elevated expression in muscle, has been linked to a number of musculo-skeletal conditions. …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Public Space Design on Enhancing Psychological Resilience of Citizens after Urban Crises (Case Study: Oskou urban) by Faegheh Zirdabi Oskouei, MirSaead Moosavi, Nasim Najafgholipour Kalantari, Akbar Abdollahzadeh Taraf

“…The data from these interviews were analyzed using MAXQDA software for coding and thematic analysis. The qualitative findings indicated that biophilic design, environmental psychology, security, and the usability of public spaces were the most influential factors on psychological resilience. …”
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Vortex induced vibration of a deformable cylinder for wide lock-in range energy harvesting by Ahmed Raafat, Mohamed Kamra, Saeed Al Nuaimi

“…A partitioned Lagrange-Eulerian approach was employed, coupling a fluid solver with a custom-coded structural piezoelectric solver via the preCICE library, which enables data mapping and exchange between solvers at run time. …”
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Virtual 3D reconstruction of complex congenital cardiac anatomy from 3D rotational angiography by Ernesto Mejia, Shannon Sweeney, Jenny E. Zablah

“…Results Comparing results with local reconstructions by expert operators, five different patient anatomies were analyzed, showcasing Axial3D’s ability to produce highly detailed reconstructions with improved visual appeal, including color-coded segments for implanted materials like stents. …”
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Distinct expression of the neurotoxic microRNA family let-7 in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease. by Katja Derkow, Rosa Rössling, Carola Schipke, Christina Krüger, Jakob Bauer, Michael Fähling, Andrea Stroux, Eckart Schott, Klemens Ruprecht, Oliver Peters, Seija Lehnardt

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs originally involved in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. …”
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Decoding the Regulatory Landscape of Ageing in Musculoskeletal Engineered Tissues Using Genome-Wide DNA Methylation and RNASeq. by Mandy Jayne Peffers, Katarzyna Goljanek-Whysall, John Collins, Yongxiang Fang, Michael Rushton, John Loughlin, Carole Proctor, Peter David Clegg

“…Epigenetic mechanisms, like DNA methylation, contribute to the changes in gene expression in ageing. …”
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Patient perspectives on patient similarity-based risk communication for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in primary care: A qualitative study. by Ruiheng Ong, Chirk Jenn Ng, Kalaipriya Gunasekaran, Hang Liu, Wynne Hsu, Mong Li Lee, Ngiap Chuan Tan

“…These are: 1) 'I am myself', 2) motivation to be like the majority, 3) avoiding similar negative outcomes, 4) low risk does not equate to zero risk, and 5) motivation to replicate how others achieve positive outcomes. …”
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Association Analysis and Identification of Candidate Genes for Sorghum Coleoptile Color by Kai Wang, Lihua Wang, Qi Shen, Lu Hu, Zhichao Xing, Yihong Wang, Jieqin Li

“…Coleoptile is a sheath-like structure unique to monocots and is easily observed in sorghum. …”
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Subject Advisors’ Understanding of their Curriculum Leadership Roles for Mathematics Improvement in South African Schools by Thabo France Sithole, Simon Adjei Tachie, Tafirenyika Mafugu

“…They also handled administrative tasks findings like resource provision and paperwork using monitoring tools. …”
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Porcine Ovarian piRNA Dynamics: A Comparative Study During Follicular Atresia by Jinbi Zhang, Long Huang, Xinxin Qin, Wenjie Li, Xiaolong Cheng, Zengxiang Pan

“…However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms remain underexplored, particularly those involving non-coding RNAs like PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). In this study, we collected single antral follicles from the ovaries of 180-day-old commercial sows, classified them as healthy (HF) and atretic (AF) based on morphological and biochemical criteria, and sequenced the RNA samples using the Illumina Hiseq 3000 system (San Diego, CA, USA). piRNAs were identified using three algorithms, and the differential expression was compared and validated by qPCR. …”
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Leveraging Medical Students’ Experiences with Social Determinants of Health During Their Pediatric Clerkship to Drive Curriculum by Shashwat Kala, Rachel Johnson, Uma Phatak, Ada Fenick, Michael Goldman

“…However, current SDH resources like the Healthy People 2030 report and published curricula lack a targeted approach to best teach and learn pediatric-specific SDH. …”
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