An Observational Study of Dermatoses in Adolescents and Their Impact on Quality of Life by Rutoo Polra, Mauli Shah, Dharmesh Parmar, Pragya A. Nair

“…Objectives: The objective is to study its impact on quality of life of patients. To compare the pattern of dermatoses across gender, and different phases of adolescent age group. …”
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Harnessing TGF-β signaling to improve testicular organoid development from dissociated testicular cells by Seyedeh-Faezeh Moraveji, Saiedeh Erfanian, Mohammad Hossein Ghanian, Hossein Baharvand

“…Conclusion This work presents a simple and efficient method for development of well-organized and functional TOs which can be investigated as a complementary treatment with any other TO culture systems.…”
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Robust Regression as a Sensible Alternative to the Weighted Ordinary Least Squares Regression in case of Heteroskedasticity. A Tutorial by Annalisa Orenti, Anna Zolin, Ettore Marubini, Paolo Antonelli, Federico Ambrogi, Bruno Mario Cesana

“…Discussion: In presence of a heteroskedastic pattern of the residuals, the suggestion to use robust regression procedures which can also deal with the almost sure presence of outliers seems more sensible. …”
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Effects of canopy gap size on the recruitment of Shorea robusta Gaertn. F. seedlings in the Terai forests of Nepal by Prakash Timilsina, Ramesh Prasad Sapkota, Sumit Gautam, Sushanta Lamichhane, Chhatra Mani Sharma

“…Gap dynamics is a crucial ecological process in which canopy openings created by disturbances influence structure, regeneration and growth pattern in forest ecosystems. The canopy gaps (an area > 25 m2 opened by the removal of canopy trees) in the forests are usually caused by both anthropogenic and natural stressors, such as logging, treefalls, windstorms, and fires. …”
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Evaluation of fresh juice of strawberries at different degrees of ripeness using electronic nose and electronic tongue by GAO Li-ping, WANG Jun, CUI Shao-qing

“…Data were analyzed with three pattern recognition techniques: principal component analysis (PCA), linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and partial least square (PLS).The results showed that the fresh juice of strawberries at different degrees of ripeness could well be discriminated by PCA and LDA, and the result from e-tongue and e-nose was proved to be superior to that of e-nose only for classifying the samples. …”
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Characteristics and health insurance profile of brought-in-dead children in a rural tertiary hospital by Adaugo Chizoma Owobu, Chiedozie Ike, Michael Ogbogu, IfeanyiChukwu Chukwu, Frank Onyeke, Henrietta Ugbeni, Matthew Apeleokha

“…Background Despite the regular occurrence of brought-in-dead (BID) phenomenon, little is known about their prevalence, pattern and prehospital contributors in rural settings in Nigeria. …”
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Treatment Dropout in Borderline Personality Disorder: Patient Perceptions of a Specialized Treatment Program by Sabrina Magueta, Melissa Barbosa, Henrique Ginja, Cátia Guerra, Eva Osório

“…Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a multifaceted mental illness characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, affect and marked impulsivity, beginning by early adulthood and presenting in a variety of contexts. …”
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Diagnostic value of preoperative advanced doppler imaging with cervical maneuvers in the detection of central cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma by Hosein Chegeni, Vahid Khani, Jalal Kargar, Abbas Alibakhshi, Khosro Shamsi, Hojat Ebrahiminik, Reza Gerami

“…Ultrasonic assessments are presented using the totaling attributes such as sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and likelihood ratios. …”
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Gait Optimization Method for a Large Heavy Load Biped Robot Based on Particle Swarm Optimizer Algorithm by Huanhuan Ren, Xuanji Guo, Mingzhibo He, Chengshuai Ma, Chengzhi Su

“…In this paper, we present the innovative design of a highly robust bipedal robot featuring parallel legs and delve into its intricate gait planning strategy. …”
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Study on the background characteristics of electric fields constrained by cross-sphere observations by MuPing Yang, XueMin Zhang, XuHui Shen, Yu Yuan, Tao Chen, JinLei Li, XinYan Ouyang, TongXia Li

“…Harmonic components of solar and lunar tides are present in the cross-sphere electric fields, reflecting the combined influence of solar and lunar tides on the lithosphere, near-surface atmosphere, and middle-to-upper atmosphere. …”
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Difficulties of Preoperative Diagnosis of Cribriform Morular Thyroid Carcinoma by Li-Hsin Pan, Jen-Fan Hang, Jui-Yu Chen, Po-Sheng Lee, Yun-Kai Yeh, Tai-Jung Huang, Chii-Min Hwu, Chin-Sung Kuo

“…Methods. This report presents a confirmed case of cribriform morular thyroid carcinoma. …”
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Sensitivity assessment and simulation of ecosystem services in response to land use change in arid regions: Empirical evidence from Xinjiang, China by Xiaoyun Li, Chunsheng Wu

“…Besides, the water body expanded slightly, primarily owing to climate change. (2) The total ecosystem service value (ESV), despite a 3.2% rise during the research period, exhibited a fluctuating pattern as a result of frequent changes in land use. …”
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Study on Improving Liquid Carrying Performance of Horizontal Wells With Swirl Jet Composite Device by Huizhen Liang, Lin Mu, Jinyong Li, Chengzhen Li, Jian Ma

“…This paper presents a swirl jet composite device that, through the combination of a spiral guide belt and an internal flow channel, effectively integrates the jet and vortex effects, capable of transforming the stratified flow in the horizontal section into an annular flow, thereby enhancing the gas well's liquid‐carrying capacity. …”
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O sistema "UFSC sem papel” sob a perspectiva da inovação by Naira Silva, Alessandra de Linhares Jacobsen, Mário de Souza Almeida, Luis Carlos Cancellier de Olivo

“… O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar o sistema de informação “UFSC sem papel” sob a ótica da inovação. …”
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Varying strategies for processing “loose” argument structure in West Germanic languages by Anne Renzel, Gunther De Vogelaer, Jens Bölte

“…In contrast, if a language is SOV (like German), parsers should be more used to look back parsing strategies, leading to difficulties in processing permissive subjects. The present study addresses the question how look ahead vs. look back parsing strategies for permissive subjects depend on features like SVO/SOV. …”
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Serum Sickness-Like Reaction Associated with Epstein – Barr Virus: Clinical Case by Vladislav V. Ivanchikov, Nikolay N. Murashkin, Eduard T. Ambarchian, Anastasia D. Kuzminova

“…Annular dermatoses are a group of diseases with major clinical manifestation of rashes of relevant form. This manifestation pattern causes difficulties in diagnosis. The case of rarely diagnosed annular dermatosis is presented: serum siknesslike reaction (SSLR) triggered by the Epstein – Barr virus (EBV).Clinical case description. …”
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Design of a Compact Ultrawideband U-Shaped Slot Etched on a Circular Patch Antenna with Notch Band Characteristics for Ultrawideband Applications by Jiwan Ghimire, Dong-You Choi

“…Measured and simulated experimental results reveal that the antenna exhibits nearly an omnidirectional pattern in the passband, low gain at the stopband, and good radiation efficiency within a frequency range. …”
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CLN3 disease disrupts very early postnatal hippocampal maturation by Jeet B. Singh, Devin M. Burris, Sangeetha Bhuyan, Tegan Thurston, Anna Oschmann, Connor Jankowski, Wenyun Lu, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Rebecca C. Ahrens-Nicklas

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that network-level excitability differences are present in mouse models prior to significant lysosomal storage accumulation. …”
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Lip and oral cavity cancer in Iran from 1990 to 2019 based on the global burden of disease study by Leyla Roghanizadeh, Saede Atarbashi-Moghadam, Fatemeh Masaebi, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban

“…A joinpoint regression analysis was used to examine the pattern of changes. LOCC incidence in Iran has increased during the studied period, in both genders and all age groups. …”
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Heterozygous pathogenic STT3A variation leads to dominant congenital glycosylation disorders and functional validation in zebrafish by Linxue Meng, Zhixu Fang, Li Jiang, Yinglan Zheng, Siqi Hong, Yu Deng, Lingling Xie

“…Results The patient presented with developmental delay, distinctive facial features, short stature, and abnormal discharges. …”
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