A conceptual approach to the –ING construction: aspects of radiality and subjectification by Sandra Aparecida Faria de Almeida, Iván de Jesús Davis Ulloa

“… The –ING construction has a number of uses in the English language and teaching it to speakers of other languages poses some challenges, as learners tend to interpret the construction as a verbal one, in the progressive aspect, which is only one part of the picture. …”
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Determination of the Level of Heavy Metals in the Selected Cereals from Debre Markos Local Market, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Amsalu Getu, Yimer Seid, Biset Asrade

“…Therefore, regular monitoring of these toxic metals in cereal crops should be carried out to prevent heavy metal toxicity associated with the consumption of some cereal crops marketed in the Debre Markos local market, Ethiopia.…”
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Karakterisasi Hidrogeologi Daerah Sekitar Tapak PLTN di Bengkayang, Kalimantan Barat by Adi Gunawan Muhammad, Rachman Fauzi, Adhika Junara Karunianto, Wira Cakrabuana, Widodo

“…Geotechnical and radioactive material dispersion aspects are some of the aspects which are assessed in site evaluation under provisions of laws and regulations. …”
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Changes in job satisfaction among doctors in Norway from 2010 to 2017: a study based on repeated surveys by Judith Rosta, Olaf G Aasland, Magne Nylenna

“…The same 548 doctors responded at all four points in time.Main outcome measure Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS), a 10-item widely used instrument, with scores ranging from 1 (low satisfaction) to 7 (high satisfaction) for each item, and an unweighted mean total sum score.Analysis General Linear Modelling, controlling for gender and age, and paired t-tests.Results For all doctors, the mean scores of JSS decreased significantly from 5.52 (95% CI 5.42 to 5.61) in 2010 to 5.30 (5.22 to 5.38) in 2016–2017. …”
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Estimating the budget impact of innovative pharmacological treatments for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Italy: the case of liraglutide (GLP-1). by Stefano Capri, Marco Barbieri

“…Four years after the launch of liraglutide (a human GLP-1 analogue for type 2 diabetes) we aimed to evaluate the impact of its use in terms of resources consumption and also in terms of some clinical outcomes.</p><span> </span><p><strong> </strong><strong>Methods</strong></p><span> </span><p>A budget impact model (BIM) has been developed. …”
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Assessment of microplastic contamination in the Karnali River: A baseline study in remote region of western Nepal by Kishor Kumar Maharjan, Prakash Pyakurel, Suraj Bista, Ram Prasad Dhungel

“…Spearman’s correlation analysis revealed weak to moderate correlations between microplastic abundance and water quality parameters. …”
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An Assessment of Landslides Occurrence and Its Implications on Local Community in Ibanda Sub County Kasese District, Uganda by Chris, Agaba

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<i>Zingiber officinale</i> Uncovered: Integrating Experimental and Computational Approaches to Antibacterial and Phytochemical Profiling by Abdel Moneim Elhadi Sulieman, Safa Mustafa Ibrahim, Mamdouh Alshammari, Fahad Abdulaziz, Hajo Idriss, Naimah Asid H. Alanazi, Emad M. Abdallah, Arif Jamal Siddiqui, Sohair A. M. Shommo, Arshad Jamal, Riadh Badraoui

“…Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of various chemical constituents, such as saponins, flavonoids, glycosides, alkaloids, steroids, terpenoids, and the absence of tannins in Sudanese ginger rhizome. Furthermore, GC-MS analysis of ginger rhizome identified 22 chemical compounds with retention times ranging from 7.564 to 17.023 min. …”
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Inveterated Facial Palsy Correction with Endoscopically Assisted Multiple Muscle Transposition and Lifts: The EMTL Procedure by Marco Borsetti, Ezio Nicola Gangemi, Silvia Germano, Alessandra Clemente, Luca Devalle, Claudia Cerato, Giorgio Merlino

“…The preoperative Sunnybrook score ranged from 0 to 5 and the postoperative ranged from 30 to 65. …”
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Insights into wind-driven heavy metal pollution and human health risk assessment in a typical lead-zinc mining area of northern China by Zun-zhuang Ke, Xue Han, Ran Zhou, Yi-fei Zhang, Guan-nan Liu, Chang-qing Zhang, Zhao Liu, Xiao-sai Li, Wen-bo Li

“…Among these, As, Cd, Pb, and Zn emerged as the predominant pollutants, with some samples exceeding national risk screening values. …”
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Thermogravimetric studies of a nasal preparation with an interleukin-1β (IL-1Ra) antagonist by B. S. Burlaka

“…As a result, we obtained some parameters of thermogravimetric analysis in the form of a graphical image – derivatograms, which were then analyzed. …”
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A 1985–2023 time series dataset of absolute reservoir storage in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA-Res) by S. S. Mahto, S. S. Mahto, S. Fatichi, S. Galelli

“…As a result, storage departures ranged by up to <span class="inline-formula">−40</span> % in some reservoirs, highlighting significant impacts on water availability. …”
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Dynamic Monitoring of a Bridge from GNSS-RTK Sensor Using an Improved Hybrid Denoising Method by Chunbao Xiong, Zhi Shang, Meng Wang, Sida Lian

“…The original displacement ranges are −14.9~19.3 in the north–south direction; −26.9~24.7 in the east–west direction; and −46.7~52.3 in the vertical direction. …”
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Optimization via Taguchi of Artificial Lightweight Aggregates Obtained from Kaolinite Clay and Ceramic Waste: Development and Industrial Applications by José Anselmo da Silva Neto, Marcos Alyssandro Soares dos Anjos, Ricardo Peixoto Suassuna Dutra, Maelson Mendonça de Souza, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras

“…Statistical analysis was conducted using ANOVA to validate the most significant factors. …”
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Differential colour-ring loss among Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) colonies and its consequence on survival estimates by Anastasios Bounas, Giorgos Catsadorakis, Dionyssia Hatzilacou, Theodoros Naziridis, Jocelyn Champagnon, Alain J. Crivelli

“…The analysis of bird ringing data often comes with some potential sources of error and bias, as ring wear and/or loss could affect mark-recapture analyses and produce erroneous estimates of survival. …”
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Pregnancies, intentions, and fertility behaviors during use of the Creighton Model FertilityCare System after initial intention to avoid pregnancy: Results from the Creighton Model... by Joseph B Stanford, Shahpar Najmabadi, Chun-Pin Esther Chang, Daniel Opoku Agyemang, Kathy Rivet, Christina A Porucznik

“…Across all sensitivity scenarios, cumulative 13-cycle pregnancy rates with cycle intention to conceive ranged from 88.0% to 89.8%, and cumulative 13-cycle pregnancy rates with cycle intention to avoid ranged from 29.1% to 35.3%. …”
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Assessment the Planning by Using Gamma Knife Indices for the Patient with Vestibular Schwannoma by Mohsen Jasim, Siham Abdullah, Moneer Faraj

“…The sphericity degree (φ) was determined by using planning for each target volume (TV) of the fifty patients who had stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) performed on them in order to treat vestibular schwannoma, Calculating this parameter required developing a theoretical concept for operational sphericity, which was done and following are some of the measurements that are used in the analysis of the values that were found: coverage (????)…”
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Investigating the Factors Influencing the Behavior of Wheat Growers in Kermanshah County toward Adaptation to Climate Change by Yousof Azadi, Masoud Yazdanpanah

“…To analyze the information, structural equation modeling and statistical analysis methods were used. They were calculated by spss24 and amos22 software. 3-Results and Discussion Regarding demographic variables, the age of the participants is suggested to have a range from 25 to 84 with a mean value of 48.67 years (s.d. = 12.47). …”
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Phase 1 study of quercetin, a natural antioxidant for children and young adults with Fanconi anemia by Parinda A. Mehta, Adam Nelson, Sara Loveless, Adam Lane, Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Ashley Teusink-Cross, Deborah Elder, Denise Lagory, Erica Miller, Jose A. Cancelas, Jonathan Howell, Junfang Zhao, Kana Mizuno, Kasiani C. Myers, Kelly Lake, Kelly McIntosh, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Nathan Luebbering, Stephanie Edwards, Tafadzwa Chihanga, Susanne I. Wells, Stella M. Davies

“…Twelve patients (median age, 7 years [range, 3-21]) received oral quercetin twice daily for 4 months. …”
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STRAIN LOCALIZATION PECULIARITIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF ACOUSTIC EMISSION SOURCES IN ROCK SAMPLES TESTED BY UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION AND EXPOSED TO ELECTRIC PULSES by V. A. Mubassarova, L. M. Bogomolov, A. S. Zakupin, I. A. Panteleev, O. B. Naimark

“…In terms of the principle of randomization, such verification is methodologically significant as new effects, i.e. physical laws, can be considered fully indubitable if they prove stable when some parameters of the experiment are changed. Parameters may be arbitrarily modified within a small range, and randomization is thus another common statistical significance criterion for sample sets obtained at the same conditions. …”
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