Chemical properties of peat micro particles modified asphalt by Ahmed Suliman B. Ali, Allam Musbah Al Allam, Shaban Ismael Albrka Ali, Haytham F. Isleem, Ali Mohammed Babalghaith, Ekarizan Shaffie, Mohammad Khishe

“…A further critical factor is that improved adhesion properties, according to the SFE study, indicate that modified binders generally offer more SFE compared to unmodified binders. …”
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Progression in Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging Technology for Lung Cancer Management by Xinglong Chen, Yuning Li, Jialin Su, Lemeng Zhang, Hongwen Liu

“…In the past years, great progress has been made in the field of NIR fluorescence imaging for lung cancer management, as well as the emergence of new problems and challenges. This paper generally summarizes the application of NIR fluorescence imaging technology in these areas in the past five years, including the design, detection principles, and clinical applications, with the aim of advancing more efficient NIR fluorescence imaging technologies to enhance the accuracy of tumor diagnosis and treatment.…”
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Glycerol-assisted grain modulation in femtosecond-laser-induced photochemical synthesis of patterned ZnO nanomaterials by Yingchen Wang, Songyan Xue, Yinuo Xu, Jing Long, Binzhang Jiao, Hui Gao, Xuhao Fan, Yuncheng Liu, Leimin Deng, Wei Xiong

“…ZnO nanomaterials have become appealing for next-generation micro/nanodevices owing to their remarkable functionality and outstanding performance. …”
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The Acceptability of Occupational Therapy Using Zones of Regulation™ Concepts in an Equine Environment to Autistic Children by Jacqueline M. Browne, Sarah Jean Reega, Ellen M. Rankins, Arlene A. Schmid, B. Caitlin Peters

“…Autistic children found OT-ZOR-Equine to be generally acceptable. The children especially enjoyed horse riding but found the Zones of Regulation™ curriculum and certain aspects of riding to be less acceptable. …”
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Gross Motor Performance, Participation and Quality of Life After Adapted Physical Activity Interventions in Pediatric Populations with Neuromotor Disability: A Systematic Review by Silvia Faccioli, Avola Marianna, Mangano Giulia Rita Agata, Sghedoni Silvia, Sassi Silvia

“…In the future, more specific indications based on the functioning profile are advisable to orient professionals to define individualized safe training programs.…”
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Association Aamong Ppolymorphisms in the Aapoptosis‐Rrelated NKX3‐1, Caspase‐3, Caspase‐9, and BCL‐2 Genes and Prostate Cancer Susceptibility From 9706 Cases and 12,567 Controls... by Yanyan Feng, Zhenting Feng, Dan Li, Jiandong Gui, Zhihong Song, Xiaohua Xie, Lijie Zhu, Yuanyuan Mi

“…Aims This meta‐analysis was thus developed with the goal of generating more precise estimates of the relationships between polymorphisms in four apoptosis‐associated genes (NKX3‐1, caspase‐3, caspase‐9, and BCL‐2) and the risk of PCa. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly, reannotation and decoding of a Trichomonas vaginalis clinical isolate from Shiyan, Central China by Yanqing Zhao, Yinjie Lian, Wei Guan, Peng Wu, Shuguo Yang, Jian Li

“…Results: The present assembled TV-THS1 genome, spanning 185.45 Mb, was comprised of 934 contigs with a contig N50 length of 467.79 kb anchored to six pseudochromosomes, accounting for more than 88 % of the assembled genome (164.56 Mb). …”
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Artificial Intelligence as Assessment Tool in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review by Christos Kokkotis, Ioannis Kansizoglou, Theodoros Stampoulis, Erasmia Giannakou, Panagiotis Siaperas, Stavros Kallidis, Maria Koutra, Christina Koutra, Anastasia Beneka, Evangelos Bebetsos

“…Occupational therapy (OT) is vital in improving functional outcomes and aiding recovery for individuals with long-term disabilities, particularly those resulting from neurological diseases. …”
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Dissimilar Resistance Welding of NiTi Microwires for High-Performance SMA Bundle Actuators by Dominik Scholtes, Ralf-Kilian Zäh, Benedikt Faupel, Stefan Seelecke, Paul Motzki

“…The system integration of the generally small-diameter NiTi wires is an important cornerstone for the emerging technology. …”
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Effects of Pyrolysis Temperature of Macroalgal Biomass on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Produced Biochar by Brandon Lou, Mallory Parker, Eleftheria Roumeli

“…Of these two factors, the amount and type of pyrolytic carbon were determined by the heating conditions, with oxidation at 200 °C generally preserving more carbon than oxidation at 300 °C. …”
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Low pressure amide hydrogenation enabled by magnetocatalysis by Sheng-Hsiang Lin, Sihana Ahmedi, Aaron Kretschmer, Carlotta Campalani, Yves Kayser, Liqun Kang, Serena DeBeer, Walter Leitner, Alexis Bordet

“…This work may pave the way toward a greatly enhanced practicability of amide hydrogenation at the laboratory and production scales, and demonstrates more generally the broad potential of the emerging field of magnetocatalysis for synthetic chemistry.…”
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Trace element composition of organs and tissues of the Caspian seal (<i>Phoca caspica</i> Gmelin, 1788) in the conditions of technogenesis of the biosphere by T. S. Ershova, V. F. Zaitsev, M. Z. Gadzhidadaev, Sh. M. Samudov, V. A. Chaplygin, Yu. A. Shevchenko

“…Sampling was carried out according to generally accepted methods and the determination of heavy metals was performed by atomic absorption spectroscopy using an atomic absorption spectrometer with electrothermal atomization MGA‐915 MD.Results. …”
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Adjoint‐Based Online Learning of Two‐Layer Quasi‐Geostrophic Baroclinic Turbulence by F. E. Yan, H. Frezat, J. Le Sommer, J. Mak, K. Otness

“…The full online approach, without the need of additional constraints, is found to result in models that are generally more skillful. Other details relating to online training, such as window size, machine learning model set up and designs of the loss functions are detailed to aid in further explorations of the online training methodology for Earth System Modeling.…”
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ROS‐Driven Nanoventilator for MRSA‐Induced Acute Lung Injury Treatment via In Situ Oxygen Supply, Anti‐Inflammation and Immunomodulation by Zheng Luo, Qi Wang, Xiaotong Fan, Xue Qi Koh, Xian Jun Loh, Caisheng Wu, Zibiao Li, Yun‐Long Wu

“…This nanocapsule can effectively improve the stability and loading rate of enzymes, and enhance their enzyme cascade efficiency, thereby efficiently consuming •O2− and H2O2 to generate O2 in situ and reducing ROS level. More interestingly, in situ O2 supply can effectively relieve lung hypoxia to reduce HIF‐1α expression and balance the number of M1/M2 macrophages to reduce the levels of TNF‐α, IL‐1β and IL‐6, thereby alleviating the inflammatory response. …”
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Sugarcane Straw Hemicellulose Extraction by Autohydrolysis for Cosmetic Applications by Maria João Pereira, Sílvia S. Pedrosa, Joana R. Costa, Maria João Carvalho, Tânia Neto, Ana L. Oliveira, Manuela Pintado, Ana Raquel Madureira

“…Sugarcane is a popular crop whose cultivation generates a wide range of by-products. The aim was to optimize the hydrothermal extraction of hemicellulose from sugarcane straw using response-surface methods with a two-factor composite design and to assess its functional qualities. …”
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Regulatory role of MicroRNA164 in heat and salinity stress responses via candidate target genes during seed germination in petunia by Tao Jiang, Keila Rodriguez, Sameena Ejaz Tanwir, Fangchen Liu, Fida Hussain, Jaideep Chandranshu Cherukula, Heqiang Huo

“…This study explores its role in regulating stress responses in petunia by generating MIR164 overexpression (MIR164-ox) and miR164 suppression (miR164-STTM) lines. …”
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Advances in enhancing hydrodeoxygenation selectivity of lignin-derived oxygenates: From synthetic strategies to fundamental techniques by Xinru Wu, Hongwei Zhang, Cejun Hu, Xiaojun Bao, Pei Yuan

“…Thus, the goal is to selectively remove oxygen-containing functional groups while preserving the benzene ring structure. …”
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Design of an Intervention and Education System for Children with Emotional Disorders Based on Semantic Analysis by Ruifang Yang, Yiqun Wang

“…In addition, this paper proposes a fine-grained action decomposition strategy to solve the problem of extreme imbalance in the dataset to improve the performance of the model and proposes an iterative sampling data fusion strategy, which aims to integrate and fuse data from multiple sources to make them more effective and further improve the robustness and generalization ability of the model. …”
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Methodological foundations for the study of territorial public self-government by Evgeniy V. Bulakh

“…Using methods of generalization, systemic, structural-functional, legal and comparative analysis, this form of self-organization can be considered as the main resource for revitalizing municipal public-power relations and a tool for implementing the expected local self-government reforms. …”
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Giant strain tunability in polycrystalline ceramic films via helium implantation by A. Blázquez Martínez, S. Glinšek, T. Granzow, J.-N. Audinot, P. Fertey, J. Kreisel, M. Guennou, C. Toulouse

“…In polycrystalline films, which are more suitable for functional applications due to their lower fabrication costs, strains above 1% often cause cracking. …”
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