Experimental assessment of damage and microplastic release during cyclic loading of clear aligners. by Claudia Barile, Claudia Cianci, Vimalathithan Paramsamy Kannan, Giovanni Pappalettera, Carmine Pappalettere, Caterina Casavola, Michele Laurenziello, Domenico Ciavarella

“…The widespread adoption of clear aligners in orthodontic treatments in recent years has necessitated a more precise examination of the mechanical properties of the devices currently available in orthodontics. …”
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Persistence, Fate, and Effectiveness of Dispersants used during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill by Monica Wilson, Larissa Graham, Christine Hale, Emily Maung-Douglass, Stephen Sempier, LaDon Swann

“… The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the first spill that occurred in the deep ocean, nearly one mile below the ocean’s surface. The large-scale applications of dispersants used at the surface and wellhead during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill raised many questions and highlighted the importance of understanding their effects on the marine environment.  …”
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Real-time Classification and Hepatitis B Detection with Evolutionary Data Mining Approach by Asadi Srinivasulu, Goddindla Sreenivasulu, Olutayo Oyeyemi Oyerinde

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Overseeding Rhizoma Perennial Peanut Pasture and Hay Fields during the Cool Season by Jose C. B. Dubeux, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Ann R. Soffes Blount, David L. Wright, Luana Queiroz Dantas

“… Hay and livestock producers want to know if they can overseed their rhizoma peanut fields with cool-season forages during rhizoma perennial peanut dormancy. This new 5-page document discusses overseeding for hay and overseeding for grazing. …”
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Decisions about the use of psychotropic medication during pregnancy: a qualitative study by Irene Petersen, Vanessa Pinfold, Sarah Hamilton, Fiona Stevenson, Charlotte Walker, Ceri R J Dare, Harminder Kaur, Ruth Lambley, Paulina Szymczynska, Vicky Nicolls

“…In nearly all cases, the women expressed the view that healthcare professionals had access to limited information leaving women to rely on experiential and common sense evidence when making decisions about medicine taking during pregnancy.Conclusions The findings complement existing work using electronic health records by providing explanations for the discontinuation of psychotropic medicines in pregnancy. …”
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Escape or encouragement? The role of media entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic in China by Deya Xu, Ge Zhu, Fang Wu, Zhiwei Xu

“…Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese people could use media entertainment to relieve the stress associated with the situation. …”
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Visual Environment Factors Influencing Staying Behaviors During Cycling on Countryside Greenways by Ting WEN, Yun ZHANG, Ming DU

“…Conversely, the frequency of spontaneous stays on road sections is higher, suggesting that cyclists are more inclined to make impromptu stays during their rides. …”
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Analysis of the Behavior of Primary School Students with CES during Physical Education Lessons by I.L. Constantin, M. Chirazi

“…In Romania from 2021, any child, regardless of health status, has the right to enroll in any school unit in the area where they are located. We make it clear that until now these children attended special schools. …”
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Nursing students in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study by Vistolina Nuuyoma, Frieda Makambuli

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Engaging and Empowering Community Resource Organizations (CROs) Before, During, and After Disasters by Angela B. Lindsey, Samantha Goldenberg

“… The role of community organizations before, during and after a crisis. Working collaborating with these groups before a disasters can increase community resilience. …”
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Select the Sex of Your Next Calf Prior to Mating: Using Sexed Semen by Gary R. Hansen

“… Through recent advances in reproductive technology, scientists have the ability to pre-select the sex of mammalian offspring prior to mating. This is accomplished through a procedure known as flow cytometry cell sorting where X- (female) or Y-(male)-chromosome-bearing cells are sorted based on DNA content of the sperm cell. …”
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The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making by Babatunde Jaiyeoba, Adeshina Afolayan

“… This essay is an exercise in the interrogation of cultural globalization, and how the idea of transnationalism generates identity responses. The authors used the concept of home-making to examine how Toyin Falola deployed an aesthetic sensibility of African art as ideological dynamics for the personalization of his home situated in a suburb in Austin, Texas. …”
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After the Hurricanes Have Gone: Stress and Decision Making When Living Alone by Carolyn S. Wilken

“…Of course these strategies won't make all the fear go away, but by following these suggestions you can regain control over your life—no matter what your age. …”
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A wireless instrumented insole for monitoring plantar pressure during human locomotion by Mariana Alegria, Mariana Ballesteros, David Cruz-Ortiz

“…This work proposes a wireless instrumented insole for monitoring plantar pressure (PP) during human locomotion. The insole is composed of two elements. …”
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Plant Connections Leader’s Guide—Lesson 3: What Makes Plants Grow? by Janice Easton, Deborah J. Glauer

“…Glauer, and published by the UF Department of 4-H Youth Development, January 2015. 4H360/4H360: Plant Connections Leader's Guide—Lesson 3: What Makes Plants Grow? (ufl.edu) …”
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Searching for the grey zone in Slovak sci-fi literature during the normalisation period by Olha Norba

“…This article analyses the phenomenon of the grey zone as a space for alternative expression in Slovak literature during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. It connects the emergence and expansion of this grey zone to the gradual ideological erosion of the communist system during the late normalisation period. …”
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Balloon occlusion of the aorta during cardiac arrest -a death blow to the intestines? by Bjørn Hoftun Farbu, Jostein Brede

“…Abstract Background The use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic cardiac arrest may result in worsened intestinal ischaemia. …”
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The Board President’s Role in Controlling the Decision-making Process in Voluntary Sports Organizations by Jorge Alexandre Pereira Soares

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Key accelerometry measures for understanding walking sway during dual-task exercises by Abdulaziz A. Alkathiry

“…Data analysis involved multiple computation methods applied to the acceleration data, with comparisons made using different frequency cutoffs and mean referencing. …”
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Genomic changes during the evolution of the Coxiella genus along the parasitism-mutualism continuum by Santos-Garcia, Diego, Morel, Olivier, Henri, Hélène, El Filali, Adil, Buysse, Marie, Noël, Valérie, McCoy, Karen D., Gottlieb, Yuval, Klasson, Lisa, Zenner, Lionel, Duron, Olivier, Vavre, Fabrice

“…Accordingly, the ancestor of C. burnetii and Coxiella-LEs was likely a parasitic bacterium able to manipulate its host cell and to produce vitamins and co-factors for its own use. …”
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