Assessing ethical practices among community pharmacists in Nigeria: prevalence, drivers, challenges, and implications—a mixed methods study by Olanrewaju Olamide Popoola, Olanrewaju Olamide Popoola, Igbagboyemi Adebowale Adebisi, Igbagboyemi Adebowale Adebisi, Adebowale Sylvester Adeyemi, Damilola Samson Adepitan, Damilola Samson Adepitan, Opeyemi Fortunate Oladeru, Opeyemi Fortunate Oladeru

“…IntroductionGiven the accessibility of community pharmacists as the first point of care in Nigeria and their expanding role in optimizing public health, it is critical that they employ evidence-based, ethical practices. …”
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Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Macrophage Polarization in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Kaiyuan Zheng, Siyu Wang, Meng Deng, Yaomin Luo, Wen Li, Lianlin Zeng, Yinxu Wang

“…Relevant articles were selected, analyzed, and synthesized to evaluate the role of macrophage polarization in IVDD. Results Macrophage polarization dynamically influences IVDD through multiple pathways. …”
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Drilling challenges and technological solutions in the development of oil deposits in fractured carbonate reservoirs by Alexander V. Melnikov, Shamil Kh. Sultanov, Almaz A. Makhmutov, Alexander V. Chibisov

“…Currently, carbonate reservoirs play an increasingly significant role in the global hydrocarbon balance. Most of the deposits discovered in recent years are fractured carbonate reservoirs. …”
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A Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Carbon Storage Change During the Process of Land Consolidation by Changdong Ye, Pingping Deng, Chunpeng Ke, Xiaoping Fu, Jiyang Mi, Long Zhou

“…Land consolidation (LC) plays an important role in disturbing carbon storage (CS) change. Evaluating how LC affects CS is crucial for mitigating global climate change. …”
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Validation, Content Validity, and Reliability of the Spanish SE-OAM Questionnaire: Assessing Nursing Self-Efficacy in Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Management by Juan Ramón de-Moya-Romero, Raquel Valera-Lloris, Elena Chover-Sierra, Laura Fernández-Puerta, Alexis Caballero-Bonafé, Antonio Martínez-Sabater

“…Nurses play a crucial role in managing OAT, and their self-efficacy is essential for optimal patient outcomes. …”
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Combined effects of constant temperature and radio frequency exposure on Aedes mosquito development by Nazri Che Dom, Rahmat Dapari, Nik Muhammad Hanif Nik Abdull Halim, Ahmad Taufek Abdul Rahman

“…This study highlights the critical role of temperature in mosquito development while identifying RF exposure as a potential modulator under specific conditions. …”
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Preferential Stripping Analysis of Post-Transition Metals (In and Ga) at Bi/Hg Films Electroplated on Graphene-Functionalized Graphite Rods by Nastaran Ghaffari, Nazeem Jahed, Zareenah Abader, Priscilla G. L. Baker, Keagan Pokpas

“…This study pioneers the use of bimetallic films to selectively and simultaneously detect the post-transition metals In³⁺ and Ga³⁺, highlighting the role of graphene functionalization in augmenting metal film accumulation on cost-effective graphite rods. …”
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Landscape ecological risk assessment of the northern coastal region of China based on the improved ESRISK framework: A case study of Cangzhou City by Guohao Hu, Yu Guo, Changchun Zhang, Yao Chen, Yu Lang, Lei Su, Haolin Huang

“…Cangzhou City, located in Hebei Province, is a typical ecologically vulnerable coastal area and a major grain-producing region within the Jingjinji area, playing a crucial role in the region’s sustainable eco-economic development. …”
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Problems of special education services for believers in Malang City by Lestari Eko Wahyudi, Bambang Supriyono, Suhartono Winoto

“…The collaborative governance model aims to elaborate and map the involvement and role of each actor to support the smooth implementation of policies. …”
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Allicin mitigates fumonisin B1-induced kidney toxicity in quails: Modulating fibrosis, NF-κB signaling pathway, and mitochondrial damage by Yangwan Zhang, Yihao He, Xueyan Zhu, Yang Liu, Changyu Cao

“…However, investigations into allicin’s role in alleviating FB1-induced quail nephrotoxicity remain relatively limited. …”
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Association between calcium intake and risk of congestive heart failure: a cross-sectional study from the 2003–2018 NHANES database by Bo Zhu, Li Wan, Xingyu Chen, Zihan Wang, Haiwei Rao, Qing Li, Chen Huang

“…While calcium plays a vital role in skeletal health and muscle contraction, its potential in preventing CHF remains unclear. …”
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How leader–member exchange affects university teachers’ scholarship of teaching and learning performance: a comprehensive analysis of psychological capital, LMX differentiation, an... by Jiashuai Fang, Jiashuai Fang, Qian Zhang, Peiya Rao, Guanghua Ouyang

“…The findings suggest that optimizing LMX relationships, developing psychological capital, and leveraging traditionality can significantly improve SoTL performance. …”
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Visualizing the invisible: inner plexiform layer stratification with conventional spectral-domain optical coherence tomography by Ricardo Luz Leitão Guerra, Luiz Roisman, Jay S. Duker, Giuseppe Querques, Luiz Filipe Adami Lucatto, Emmerson Badaró, Gabriel Castilho S. Barbosa, Eduardo Amorim Novais

“…Abstract Background The inner plexiform layer (IPL) of the retina plays a key role in visual processing, consisting of five stratified sub-bands (S1-S5) that segregate ON and OFF visual pathways. …”
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Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding are Associated With Cognition and Vision in Rural Ghanaian Infants by Mary Amoako, Fiifi Amoako Atta Panyin Essiam, Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo, Moses Awuni, Samson Darrah, Helena Nti

“…ABSTRACT Importance Dietary patterns during infancy play a key role in shaping developmental outcomes including vision and cognition in children. …”
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Parenting through place‐of‐care disruptions: A qualitative study of parents' experiences of neonatal care by Caroline Cupit, Alexis Paton, Elaine Boyle, Thillagavathie Pillay, Josie Anderson, Natalie Armstrong, the OPTI‐PREM team

“…Findings We highlight parents' labour‐intensive and stressful work to: (1) parent in the neonatal care community (an oversight role that goes beyond contemporary notions of ‘involvement’); (2) create continuity amid place‐of‐care disruptions; and (3) adapt to the managerial logics of neonatal care settings. …”
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Bioconvective Flow Characteristics of NEPCM–Water Nanofluid over an Inclined Cylinder in Porous Medium: An Extended Darcy Model Approach by Bikash Das, Sahin Ahmed, Joaquín Zueco

“…Bioconvection phenomena play a pivotal role in diverse applications, including the synthesis of biological polymers and advancements in renewable energy technologies. …”
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Teachers’ team innovativeness in TALIS 2018: An empirical and simulation study using glmmLasso for multilevel data by Miryeong Koo, Jin Eun Yoo

“…Abstract Background Teachers’ team innovativeness—the collective capacity of teaching teams to generate, adopt, and implement new ideas and practices—is increasingly recognized for its role in enhancing instructional methods and fostering school innovation. …”
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A MultiScale Coordinate Attention Feature Fusion Network for Province-Scale Aquatic Vegetation Mapping From High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery by Yuzhe Wang, Yunfei Sun, Peng Zhang, Yanlan Wu, Hui Yang

“…Aquatic vegetation plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of water resources. …”
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Effects of animal rennet, fermentation-produced chymosin, and microbial coagulants on bovine milk coagulation properties by Giorgia Stocco, Dario Casali, Andrea Summer, Elena Mariani, Edward Concar, Suzanne Lantz, Jonathan Goodwins, Claudio Cipolat-Gotet

“…ABSTRACT: Coagulants play a crucial role in cheese production by catalyzing milk curdling, with traditional animal rennet long serving as the primary choice. …”
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Effects of corn straw-based fermented total mixed rations supplemented with exogenous cellulase on growth performance, digestibility, and rumen fermentation in growing beef cattle by Junzhao Xu, Xiaoni Wang, Huaxin Niu

“…Conclusion Corn straw-based FTMR supplemented with exogenous cellulase play a vital role in decreasing the structural carbohydrate content of TMR and ruminal methane production in vitro, improving nutrient digestion and absorption, optimizing rumen fermentation, and improving the growth performance of beef cattle.…”
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