Antioxidant and Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitory Activities of <i>Panax japonicus</i> (T. Nees) C.A. Meyer by Jinfeng Yang, Wenxuan Jiang, Ju Hee Park, Eun Soo Seong, Yong Soo Kwon, Myong Jo Kim

“…A methanol extract of <i>Panax japonicus</i> and its fractions were evaluated for their in vitro antioxidant activities (tested using DPPH and reducing power assays), pancreatic lipase (PL) inhibitory capacities, and underlying mechanisms of action. …”
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Comparison of three one-dimensional time-domain electromagnetic forward algorithms by Frederik Alexander Falk, Anders Vest Christiansen, Thomas Mejer Hansen

“…This evaluation assumes a realistic TDEM instrument. Generality is the ability to model a variety of real TDEM scenarios. …”
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Application of directly observed procedural skills in hospital infection training: a randomized controlled trial by Zhumin Hu, Weipeng Zhang, Minyan Huang, Xiaoyan Liu

“…This study found that the application of the DOPS method in infection control training improved trainees’ practical skills, knowledge retention, and ability to implement infection control measures effectively in clinical settings. …”
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Analysis of antioxidant potential and study of the features of the microstructure in certain types of spices and herbs used in the meat processing industry by V. A. Pchelkina, N. V. Kupaeva

“…The results obtained make it possible to test the composition of dry spices and herbs, to reveal their presence in the ready-to-consume meat products and to exclude cases of their adulteration.…”
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XCF-LSTMSATNet: A Classification Approach for EEG Signals Evoked by Dynamic Random Dot Stereograms by Tingting Zhang, Xu Yan, Xin Chen, Yi Mao

“…The proposed XCF-LSTMSATNet was extensively tested on both a custom dataset and the public datasets SRDA and SRDB. …”
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Distribution and Antibiotic Resistance of Streptococci and Enterococci Isolated from Dental Caries and Healthy People by Shahad Fadhil Al-Taie1, Muna T. Al- Musawi2, Zaid S. Rasheed3

“…All isolates were identified by biochemical tests and Vitek 2 system and then examined for antibiotic susceptibility by disc diffusion method. …”
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Investigation of the effectiveness of the use of various substances for dust suppression during the transshipment of granular sulfur by Viktoriya V. Lisai, Yurii D. Smirnov, Andrei V. Ivanov, Gabriel Borowski

“…The laboratory installation was a hopper, inside which a test sample of dusty material was placed. The sample was subjected to an aerodynamic effect by an air flow at a given speed. …”
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Expert-innovator behaviour questionnaire as a new tool for selecting potential experts by Deptuła Anna M., Nosal Czesław S.

“…Factor analysis was used to reduce the test items in the questionnaire. The internal reliability of items was analysed using Cronbach’s alpha. …”
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Control of Organic Impurities in Semisynthetic Antibiotics by E. L. Kovaleva, K. S. Arhipova, E. A. Bulova, A. A. Stralkovskaya, O. O. Terentieva

“…The Russian, European, and United States pharmacopoeias provide for the use of impurity reference standards in the test procedures for the determination of impurities in active substances of the semisynthetic antibiotics in question, whereas the Japanese Pharmacopoeia allows the use of non-compendial reference substances in the assessment of the chromatographic system separation power.Conclusions: the ability of a pharmacopoeial text to cover a variety of medicinal products coming to the Russian market from different countries has become a vital issue. …”
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Adaptive ensemble spatial analysis by Alvaro F. Egaña, María Jesús Valenzuela, Mohammad Maleki, Juan F. Sánchez-Pérez, Gonzalo Díaz

“…Finally, an extensive series of experiments, using both real and synthetic data, is presented to test the limits of the proposed model in very demanding scenarios, comparing it with a traditional geostatistical model. …”
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An Established Plant Invader May Still Benefit From Increasing Genetic Diversity—Insights From Artificial Populations in a Common Garden Experiment by L. Y. Watermann, W. Durka, A. Erfmeier

“…Composing predefined mixtures of populations to manipulate genetic diversity would be an experimental approach to test for direct effects on population performance. …”
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Sonographic characteristics of local soft tissue recurrence in primary bone tumor and diagnostic efficacy versus MRI by Ping Yu, Junxue Gao, Yue Hu, Jiaan Zhu, Yu Wang

“…The diagnostic model demonstrated excellent discriminative ability, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.973. …”
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Detection of Plants Leaf Diseases using Swarm Optimization Algorithms by Saud Abdul Razzaq, Baydaa Khaleel

“…Where the proposed method obtained in the first and second tests a diagnostic rate of (96.9%) and (98.18%), respectively. …”
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Long-Term Impact of Sustained Knowledge, Confidence, and Clinical Application Following a First-Year Student Pharmacist Diabetes Self-Care Education Program by Candis M. Morello, Eduardo S. Fricovsky

“…For the long-term follow-up surveys, cohort 1 (5 years) and cohort 2 (3 years) demonstrated overall significantly improved sustained knowledge of diabetes (48% higher average test score, <i>p</i> < 0.001), perceived confidence, and clinical ability (over 60% and 76% increases from baseline, <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Customizable Self-Microemulsifying Rectal Suppositories by Semisolid Extrusion 3D Printing by Hye Jin Park, Dong Wuk Kim

“…Additionally, in vitro dissolution tests demonstrated that SMEDDS-3DPS had a significantly higher initial dissolution rate compared with IBU powder. …”
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Improving the antimicrobial activity of RP9 peptide through theoretical and experimental investigation by Mahya Anahid, Karim Mahnam, Behnaz Saffar

“…Antimicrobial peptides possess the ability to directly eliminate pathogens and cancer cells, generally without the development of resistance. …”
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Accurate multi-category student performance forecasting at early stages of online education using neural networks by Naveed Ur Rehman Junejo, Muhammad Wasim Nawaz, Qingsheng Huang, Xiaoqing Dong, Chang Wang, Gengzhong Zheng

“…Abstract The ability to accurately predict and analyze student performance in online education, both at the outset and throughout the semester, is vital. …”
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MiR-155 induction by F. novicida but not the virulent F. tularensis results in SHIP down-regulation and enhanced pro-inflammatory cytokine response. by Thomas J Cremer, David H Ravneberg, Corey D Clay, Melissa G Piper-Hunter, Clay B Marsh, Terry S Elton, John S Gunn, Amal Amer, Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, Larry S Schlesinger, Jonathan P Butchar, Susheela Tridandapani

“…There is one miR that is predicted to target SHIP, miR-155. We tested for induction and found that F.n. induced miR-155 both in primary monocytes/macrophages and in vivo. …”
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Effect of Educational Guidelines on Diabetic Patients' Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Efficacy Regarding Use of Artificial Pancreas by Hayam Mohamed, Safaa El Sayed, Doaa Mahmoud

“…Methods: A quasi-experimental study design (pre/post-test) was used to achieve the aim of this study. …”
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The correlation between female students’ positive mental health and their integrity in conducting peer assessment by Jusuf Blegur, Andreas J. F. Lumba, Fegie Rizkia Mulyana, Mutmainnah Mutmainnah, Verlanda Yuca, Deasy Yunika Khairun, Atsani Wulansari

“…Qualitative data were collected from six respondents using six semi-structured interview guidelines to explore respondents' experiences using PMH to conduct peer-assessment with integrity. Results: Spearman’s test proved a positive and significant correlation between PMH and peer-assessment with integrity (ρ = 0.634; sig. <0.001). …”
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