Patient education status regarding peritoneal dialysis: a questionnaire-based survey study by Munekazu Ryuzaki, Shuji Inoue, Kohkichi Morimoto, Kaoru Wakabayashi, Ayumi Yoshifuji, Motoaki Komatsu, Kentarou Fujii, Ai Kato, Honami Honjoh, Shu Wakino, Kiyotaka Uchiyama, Hiroshi Itoh

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Dexmedetomidine and the glymphatic system: a new perspective in managing postoperative cognitive dysfunction by Sha-Sha Zhang, Fan-Geng Meng, Yuan-Yuan Rong, Yi-Wen Zhang, Hua-Qin Liu

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Immediate effects of systemic administration of normal and high O2-affinity haemoglobin vesicles as a transfusion alternative in a rat pneumonectomy model by Mitsutomo Kohno, Ryo Hashimoto, Kana Oiwa, Masayuki Iwazaki, Hiroto Onozawa, Masazumi Watanabe, Hirohisa Horinouchi, Hiromi Sakai, Koichi Kobayashi

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Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis during Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Yangyang Cao, Haoqing Yang, Luyuan Jin, Juan Du, Zhipeng Fan

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[Comment] Assessing outcomes in laparoscopic vs open surgical manage ment of adhesive small bowel obstruction by Tong Weihua

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Establishment and characterization of CHC-X1: the third human combined hepatocellular–cholangiocarcinoma cell line by Huan Tang, Changpeng Chai, Xin Miao, Yuanhui Su, Cheng Yu, Jianfeng Yi, Zhengfeng Wang, Hui Zhang, Zhenjie Zhao, Linpei Wang, Wence Zhou, Hao Xu

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Wytężenie Materiału w Stanach Podkrytycznych by M. Życzkowski

“…Thus it is not a one-valued function of exertion factors. Only such an approach a can have a practical importance, because the same state (prestressing of concrete, for instance) can be considered to be more or less distant from the dangerous state depending on whether tensile or compressive load is expected. …”
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Unraveling the aging-reversal potency of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in a rat model of premature cardiac senescence by Lidia Gómez-Cid, Alexia Campo-Fonseca, Mar Cervera-Negueruela, Alejandra Ocampo, Ángel Pinto, Juan Miguel Gil-Jaurena, Susana Suárez-Sancho, Francisco Fernández-Avilés, Lilian Grigorian-Shamagian

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Effect of Perfluorane on Electric Pulse-Modified Red Blood Cell Membranes by V. V. Moroz, Ye. K. Kozlova, M. S. Bogushevich, P. Yu. Alekseyeva, A. M. Chernysh

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Assessment of cardiac dysfunction in COVID-19 patients using layer-specific strain echocardiography in short-axis and long-axis views by Mengjiao Zhang, Jianxiong Chen, Lingheng Wu, Guiyang Xi, Xinyi Li, Lin Jin, Zhaojun Li

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Frege: Una estipulación viable by Lourdes Valdivia

“… (3) NamingF is a concept useful for the formulation of many universal statements, among others following: every predicate is a function name, every concept is a function whose value is always a truth-value, every equivalence statement is an identity statement. (4) NamingF is a simple as is possible, that means, as simple as the more important requirements (1), (2) and (3) permit…”
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MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF SPECIALIZED TEXTS IN TECHNICAL DISCOURSE by Yuliia V. Polycheva, Volodymyr I. Vetokhin

“…The image is the most important part of multimodal technical texts and carries a significant functional load, providing a more complete, comprehensive perception. …”
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Kratopenia as an indicator of sarcopenia in smokers: Cut-off points for peak knee torque. by Paolla Sanches, Karina A de S Souza, Alexandre R P Ambrozin, André R Pereira, Leandro L da Silva, Amanda S Cano, Luciana Pinato, Tiago V Barreira, Dionei Ramos, Mahara Proença

“…Studies demonstrate the importance of standardizing protocols and defining cut-off points for peripheral muscle weakness in general. Thus, focusing on the effects of smoking on muscle function, the objective was to investigate cut-off points based on functional limitation and identify the presence of kratopenia in smokers. …”
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The relationship between below average cognitive ability at age 5 years and the child’s experience of school at age 9 by Andrea K. Bowe, Mathias Urban, Anthony Staines, Deirdre M. Murray, Deirdre M. Murray

“…Principal components analysis was used to produce a composite general cognitive ability score for each child. Children with a general cognitive ability score more than 1 standard deviation (SD) below the mean at age 5 were categorised as ‘Below Average Cognitive Ability’ (BACA), and those scoring above this as ‘Typical Cognitive Development’ (TCD). …”
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Association between sarcopenia and the prevalence of gallstone in US adults: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES by Bo Wang, Qianxi Huang, Yongqiang Xiong, Na Huang, Jun Li, Shu Zhang

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The A3C Algorithm With Eligibility Traces of Energy Management for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles by Dingyi Guo, Guangyin Lei, Huichao Zhao, Fang Yang, Qiang Zhang

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CSRP1 Promotes Colon Adenocarcinoma Growth and Serves as an Independent Risk Biomarker for Worse Prognosis by Senlong Yu, Haifeng Zhao, Hongjie Meng, Shengguang Shi, Shenghui Cao, Tianhua Bian, Canping Ruan

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The Subjective Probability of Conditionals and Its Formalizations by Anna Wójtowicz, Krzysztof Wójtowicz

“…After presenting the general methodological framework, we analyze two possible approaches. …”
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A Recursive Inclusion Checker for Recursively Defined Subtypes by Hans De Nivelle

“…Instead of matching a tree against different constructors, we will classify it by using a set of disjoint subtypes. Subtypes are more general than structural forms based on constructors, we expect that they can be implemented more efficiently, and in addition can be used in static type checking. …”
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Study on brittleness characteristics of deep shale: A case study of Lu211 well in the Luzhou block. by Bo Zeng, Guozhou Qiu, Liqing Chen, Yintong Guo, Shouyi Wang, Junchuan Gui

“…The overarching goal was to delineate the variations in deep shale brittleness as a function of depth. The findings indicate a general trend of decreasing shale brittleness with increasing depth. …”
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