Analysis of Ecological Flow Threshold in Channel of the Tabu River Basin Based on Improved Intra-annual Distribution Method by QI Qingqing, FAN Panpan, ZHANG Zezhong, YIN Hang, ZHANG Weijie

“…At the same time, combined with the improved Tennant method evaluation criteria which are more applicable to seasonal rivers, the calculation results were evaluated. …”
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Color, Structure, and Thermal Stability of Alginate Films with Raspberry and/or Black Currant Seed Oils by Jolanta Kowalonek, Bogna Łukomska, Aleksandra Szydłowska-Czerniak

“…Films with RSO and oil mixtures had more developed surfaces than films with BCSO. Moreover, the cross-sections of the films with RSO showed holes evenly distributed inside the films, indicating traces of volatile compounds. …”
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Effects of Sodium Selenite on Accumulations of Selenium and GABA, Phenolic Profiles, and Antioxidant Activity of Foxtail Millet During Germination by Shuaiduo Sun, Jingjing Zhang, Yongji Li, Yunfeng Xu, Runqiang Yang, Lei Luo, Jinle Xiang

“…It was indicated that selenium-enriched germination treatment should be an effective method to produce functional selenium-enriched foxtail millet sprouts with more abundant GABA and polyphenols, thus enhancing the health benefits and added value of foxtail millet.…”
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Physiological and transcriptome analyses provide new insights into the mechanism mediating the enhanced tolerance of melatonin-treated rhododendron plants to heat stress by Yan-xia XU, Jing ZHANG, Zi-yun WAN, Shan-xia HUANG, Hao-chen DI, Ying HE, Song-heng JIN

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Non-dominant foot training enhances technical skills in under-13 Palestinian football players: a randomized controlled trial by Hamza Abdelqader Maraba, Aseel M. A. Qadi, Jamal Abubshara, Nidal O. H. Alqasem, Mohamed Chedly Ajlil

“…Structured training from the dominant foot continues to be a poorly exploited strategy in youth football, despite its potential to reduce functional asymmetries and improve bilateral competence. …”
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LncRNA FLG-AS1 inhibits esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating the miR-23a-3p/HOXD10 axis by Zhigao Zhang, Fucheng Zhang, Chuan Xue, Xiaoling Song, Yaojun Wang

“…Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been proven to be severely dysregulated in EC, but the functions of more lncRNAs still need to be explored. …”
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Radar-equivalent snowpack: reducing the number of snow layers while retaining their microwave properties and bulk snow mass by J. Meloche, N. R. Leroux, B. Montpetit, V. Vionnet, C. Derksen

“…A key variable in a retrieval is the number of snow layers, with more complex layering yielding richer information but at an increased computational cost and number of unknowns. …”
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Biofabrication of Silver Nanoparticles Using <i>Pergularia tomentosa</i> Extract and Evaluation of Their Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Properties by Munirah F. Aldayel

“…The presence of different functional groups was determined using FTIR. The AgNPs were hexagon shaped. …”
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An innovative approach to hospital-wide interprofessional capacity building: Côte d’Ivoire National Cancer Center project by Jiyoung Han, Innocent Adoubi, Mee Joo Kang, Sarang Lee, So-Youn Jung, Chong Woo Yoo

“…However, it has become evident that the enhancement of healthcare quality necessitates more than just individual capacity-building efforts. …”
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Care-associated adverse events related to the use of laser in urological interventions: the French experience by Maher Abdessater, Maher Abdessater, Frédéric Panthier, Philippe Michel, Vanessa Avrillon, Bertrand Pogu, Bertrand Pogu, Stéphane Bart, Stéphane Bart

“…Training teams on the use of laser generators and providing feedback on functional results and related specific morbidity seem necessary to guarantee the proper use of these technologies and the safety of staff and patients.…”
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The beginning of a large-scale political reform in Russia: a new turn in 2020 by Inna A. Vetrenko

“…The reform does not mean the transition of the Russian Federation to a parliamentary republic, since the head of state retains the status of a key figure in the political system, and it is he who has concentrated key functions. Fixing a number of social obligations in the Constitution in terms of salaries and pensions will not have a significant impact on the socio-economic situation.…”
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Population-specific DPYD variants and fluoropyrimidine toxicity risk: an analysis using public genomic databases by Suvam Banerjee, Souvik Sengupta

“…Population groups included Indian (South Asian), East Asian (Chinese, Japanese and Korean), and African (African and African-American) cohorts.2,3 Chi-square tests and Fisher’s exact tests were used to compare allele frequencies across populations. Functional annotations were retrieved from dbSNP and ClinVar, and risk estimates were calculated using odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Allometric Growth of Annual <i>Pinus yunnanensis</i> After Decapitation Under Different Shading Levels by Pengrui Wang, Chiyu Zhou, Boning Yang, Jiangfei Li, Yulan Xu, Nianhui Cai

“…These results also showed that lateral roots exhibited a substantial biomass proportion of 12.8% and maintained more than 0.5 of higher plasticity indices across most treatments. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus Strains With a Negative Coagulase Tube Test are Associated With Staphylocoagulase Genotypes by Carly L. Botheras, Dieter Bulach, Eugene Athan

“…Staphylocoagulase type X and XI isolates were more likely to test negative in the coagulase tube test despite evidence of an intact functional coa gene. …”
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Mental health-related, existential, and biological factors are associated with the desire to hasten death in Mexican cancer patients undergoing palliative care: A single-center stu... by Oscar Rodríguez-Mayoral, Edith Monreal-Carrillo, Irazú Contreras-Yáñez, Silvia Allende-Pérez, Evandro Agazzi, Virginia Pascual-Ramos

“…It has been predominantly studied in Caucasian populations, emphasizing the importance of gaining more diverse cultural perspectives. This study explores the factors associated with the WTHD in Mexican cancer patients receiving palliative care from one academic center, with a specific focus on its connection to dignity.".…”
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Changes in muscular wall of artificial bladder in experiment by R. V. Savchuk, F. I. Kostyev, S. V. Golovko, O. M. Kolosov, A. I. Zadorognuk

“…The urine reservoir, formatted of the ileum part, was not accustomed for performance of new functions, because in its wall evolution and transformation occurs in a version of hypertrophy in longitudinal and circular layers as a result of the intestinal tube denervation and the urine impact.…”
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Spatial-Spectral Linear Extrapolation for Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification by Lianlei Lin, Hanqing Zhao, Sheng Gao, Junkai Wang, Zongwei Zhang

“…Therefore, a model needs to be trained on one or more source domains (SD) and achieve robust domain generalization (DG) performance on an unknown target domain (TD). …”
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Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Improves Accuracy and Reproducibility of the Polyethylene Insert Thickness Compared to Manual Instrumentation or Navigation: A Retrospectiv... by Yoan Bourgeault-Gagnon, FRCSC, Lucy J. Salmon, BAppSci (Physio), PhD, Matthew C. Lyons, MBBS, FRACS

“…Background: Increased accuracy and lower rates of component positioning outliers have been associated with better long-term survival and functional outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). …”
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Efficiency and safety of the integrated use of medical gases thermal heliox, nitric oxide and molecular hydrogen in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary dise... by Ludmila V. Shogenova

“…The combination of t-He/O2, NO and H2 with simultaneous pathogenetic therapy and NIV in patients with exacerbation of COPD complicated by hypoxemic, hypercapnic RF and secondary PAH in the post-COVID period is safe and more effective compared to groups receiving each medical gas separately. …”
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Lateral Collateral Ligament Reconstruction With Tensionable Loops and Suture Tape Reinforcement by Matthew Dulas BA, Cody Lee MD, Margaret Liu BS, Aravind Athiviraham MD

“…Our modified Arciero technique reconstructs the femoral insertion site and functionality of the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) and popliteal fibular ligament, components of the PLC, with an internal brace and tensionable loops. …”
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