Paper and cardboard as sustainable materials by Jerzy F. Latka

“… Cardboard is generally regarded as an eco-friendly or ‘green’ material. …”
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Changes and Risk Factors of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Strength in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes over 60 Years Old: A Cross-Sectional Study from China by Liming Hou, Yan Liu, Xing Li, Cong Huo, Xin Jia, Jie Yang, Yunzhen Lei, Rong Xu, Chao Sun, Xiaoming Wang

“…The accelerate loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function, named sarcopenia, is a progressive and generalised skeletal muscle disorder, and it is always associated with increased outcomes including falls, frailty, and disability. …”
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Prospective Study of Ultrasound Markers of Organ Congestion in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Kidney Injury by William Beaubien-Souligny, Laura Galarza, Brian Buchannan, Vincent I. Lau, Neill K.J. Adhikari, Jean Deschamps, Emmanuel Charbonney, André Denault, Ron Wald

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Metabolic Syndrome Spectrum in Children with Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia—A Comprehensive Review by Sanja Panic Zaric, Tatjana Milenkovic, Sladjana Todorovic, Katarina Mitrovic, Dimitrije Cvetkovic, Maja Cehic, Jelena Vekic, Katja Dumic, Rade Vukovic

“…Subclinical atherosclerosis was indicated by increased carotid intima–media thickness, elevated hs-CRP, and impaired endothelial function. Other findings suggested changes in lipid profiles, particularly decreased HDL-c and increased triglycerides, although the findings were less consistent; Conclusions: Compared with the general pediatric population, children with CCAH were found to have an increase in multiple cardiometabolic risk factors. …”
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TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE REGRESSIVE TRANSFORMATION USING AUTOLOGOUS ADIPOSE-TISSUE DERIVED STROMAL VASCULAR FRACTION by Marina D. Perova, Vladimir B. Karpyuk, Igor A. Sevostyanov, Irina V. Gilevich

“…This will allow the chewing function to be restored more successfully and predictably with the use of artifi cial supports in the reconstructed bone in this category of patients.…”
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Media and information literacy to counter disinformation by Samy Abdel Raoof Tayia

“…This situation is even more serious in our part of the world where our young people in general use the new media with a kind of addiction. …”
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Estimation of the Influence of Surface Soil Layers on the Parameters of Maximum Reaction Spectra by Evgeny N. Kurbatskiy, Ekaterina A. Pestriakova, Shahd A. Hussein

“…In general, seismic effects are given in the form of maximum response spectra for rocky or rigid soils. …”
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The role of non-governmental public associations in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities in Ukraine during the war by N. O. Filipska

“…The problems of persons with disabilities in general and with mental disabilities in particular, which have become even more acute in Ukraine with the beginning of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation, have been highlighted. …”
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Intersectoral problems of qualification of labor law violations as administrative offences in Russia by M. A. Drachuk, G. N. Obukhova

“…Consequently, the application of administra- tive responsibility for violations of these norms should be organized by extending it to both obvious violations and complex cases of intersectoral regulation affecting the world of work or certain aspects of its functioning.The purpose of this work is a comprehensive analysis of a number of norms of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences concerning violations of workers' labor rights, based on the study, analysis and generalization of the scientific base, current legislation and practice of its application. …”
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PINN based on multi-scale strategy for solving Navier–Stokes equation by Shirong Li, Shaoyong Lai

“…This framework constitutes a loss function driven by both data and physical models, significantly enhancing generalization capabilities. …”
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Polishing inner wall of crossed deep micropores using magnetic microabrasive jet technology by Zezhi WANG, Jie WANG, Xiaogang MA, Fan LI, Xinya FAN, Yan CHEN

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Perirenal fat differs in patients with chronic kidney disease receiving different vitamin D-based treatments: a preliminary study by Ana Checa-Ros, Antonella Locascio, Owahabanun-Joshua Okojie, Pablo Abellán-Galiana, Luis D’Marco

“…However, CKD patients have other predisposing CVD factors more associated with bone and mineral metabolism disorders (BMD). …”
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Risk factors for voriconazole-associated hepatotoxicity in patients with liver dysfunction: a retrospective nested case–control study by Jing Ren, Xinfeng Cai, Wei Ge, Jinlin Guo, Shan Wang, Qinhui Wang, Linna Liu, Le Yang, Qi Yang

“…Patients with hepatic insufficiency are often more susceptible to voriconazole-induced liver injury than those with normal hepatic function. …”
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Evaluation of vascular cognitive impairment and identification of imaging markers using machine learning: a multimodal MRI study by Haoying He, Dongwei Lu, Sisi Peng, Jiu Jiang, Fan Fan, Dong Sun, Tianqi Sun, Zhipeng Xu, Ping Zhang, Xiaoxiang Peng, Ming Lei, Junjian Zhang

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Validation of the EKFC equation for glomerular filtration rate estimation and comparison with the Asian-modified CKD-EPI equation in Chinese chronic kidney disease patients in an e... by Li Zhao, Huan-li Li, Hui-jing Liu, Jin Ma, Wei Liu, Jian-min Huang, Ling-ge Wei, Peng Xie

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Development of a Force Feedback Controller with a Speed Feedforward Compensator for a Cable-Driven Actuator by Juan Fang, Michael Haldimann, Bardia Amiryavari, Robert Riener

“…The CDA consisted of a motor with a gearbox, a cable drum, and a force sensor. The transfer function between motor torque and cable force was estimated through an open-loop test. …”
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Prognostic significance of acute exacerbations and usual interstitial pneumonia in fibrotic interstitial lung disease by Yun Zhang, Zekai Cen, Qunli Ding, Yanan Ying, Chengna Lv, Tingting Wu

“…Baseline clinical information, pulmonary function tests, and chest images were collected and analysed. …”
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Frequency, intensity and duration of physical activity is associated with frailty in older adults with cardiac aging by Laureen Y. T. Wang, Wee Shiong Lim, Ru-San Tan, Louis L. Y. Teo, Shu Yun Tan, Chun How Ooi, Alvin Cong Wei Ong, Jean-Paul Kovalik, Jorming Goh, Fei Gao, Angela S. Koh

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Investigating the mutual effects of autophagy and apoptosis in heart tissue of type 2 diabetic rats in interaction with aerobic exercise training and vitamin D3 injection by Hadi Golpasandi, Mohammad Rahman Rahimi, Slahadin Ahmadi

“…The results also showed that fasting glucose levels and insulin resistance index decreased significantly in DAT, DVD and DVDAT groups (P<0.001), and this decrease was more in DVDAT group (P<0.001).Conclusion: In general, it could be concluded that type 2 diabetes causes disturbances in cellular and metabolic homeostasis, including insulin resistance, through increased autophagy and apoptosis in heart tissue, which can be reversed through aerobic training and vitamin D3, and improve glucose metabolism and insulin resistance.…”
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Concurrent validity of the Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation and hip-specific patient-reported outcome measures: a cross-sectional retrospective database analysis by Elizabeth M. Bergman, Edward P. Mulligan, Rupal M. Patel, Joel Wells

“…The SANE may be a pragmatic alternative for clinical benchmarking in a general population of patients with hip pain. The construct validity of the SANE should be questioned compared to legacy measures whose content validity has been more rigorously investigated. …”
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