Where is the Supervirial Gas? II. Insight from the Survey of Galactic Sightlines by Manami Roy, Smita Mathur, Sanskriti Das, Armando Lara-DI, Yair Krongold, Anjali Gupta

“…Of the 27 targets, these lines were detected in the spectra of only 7, with two sources displaying broad line features likely intrinsic to the XRB systems. Additionally, most of the detected lines are time variable, reinforcing their likely association with the XRBs. …”
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Valuing the impact of health and social care programs using social return on investment analysis: how have academics advanced the methodology? A systematic review by Claire Louise Hutchinson, Angela Berndt, Susan Gilbert-Hunt, Stacey George, Julie Ratcliffe, Deborah Forsythe

“…Study quality was found to be highly variable, ranging from 38% to 90% based on scores from a purpose-designed quality assessment tool. …”
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Factors influencing the overall satisfaction of teachers participating in a nationwide school-based smoking prevention program in Korea by Geon Heo, Seulgi Kim, Sung-il Cho, Seunghyun Yoo, Jieun Hwang

“…Introduction Numerous studies of school-based smoking prevention programs (SSPPs) exist; however, most have been conducted from the students' perspective, and insufficient research has explored teachers' perceptions. …”
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Visibility bias for sage‐grouse lek counts by Jeremy A. Baumgardt, Kerry P. Reese, John W. Connelly, Edward O. Garton

“…ABSTRACT Declining populations of greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage‐grouse) necessitate accurate estimates of population trends. The most widespread approach to monitoring sage‐grouse populations involves counting males attending leks and tracking changes across years. …”
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FB5P-seq-mAbs: monoclonal antibody production from FB5P-seq libraries for integrative single-cell analysis of B cells by Sakina Ado, Chuang Dong, Noudjoud Attaf, Myriam Moussa, Agathe Carrier, Agathe Carrier, Pierre Milpied, Jean-Marc Navarro

“…Parallel analysis of phenotype, transcriptome and antigen receptor sequence in single B cells is a useful method for tracking B cell activation and maturation during immune responses. However, in most cases, the specificity and affinity of the B cell antigen receptor cannot be inferred from its sequence. …”
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Experimental study on I/II/III mixed mode fracture characteristics of a combined rock mass under creep loading by Shuai Li, Chao Zheng, Peng Li, Shuo Zhang

“…Abstract I/II/III mixed mode fractures of intersecting joint fissures often occur in natural rock masses, and jointed rock masses are prone to rockbursts in deep underground engineering when subjected to long-term crustal stresses. However, most studies of the mechanical mechanisms of these intersected joints have been conducted by simplifying two-dimensional joint model tests. …”
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The High Prevalence of Negative Hepatitis B Surface Antibody (Anti-HBs) among Pregnant Women in Bandung, Indonesia: A Community-Based Study by Dolvy Girawan, Raden T. D. Judistiani, Nelly A. Risan, Muhammad B. Bestari, Eka S. Nugraha, Yudith S. Ermaya, Dwi Prasetyo

“…Nevertheless, no significant determinant factor was associated with negative anti-HBs. Conclusion. Most pregnant women in Bandung, Indonesia, are susceptible to HBV infection, as marked by the negative anti-HBs status.…”
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A dermatological assessment of pediatric patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) by Beatriz Azevedo Nunes, Ana Karolina Ferreira Gonçalves Romano, Mariana Aparecida Pasa Morgan, Alice Andrade Gonçalves, Laís Faria Masulk Cardozo, Luiz Gustavo Dufner de Almeida, Luciana Amaral Haddad, Ana Chrystina de Souza Crippa, Sergio Antonio Antoniuk, Kerstin Taniguchi Abagge

“…Results The earliest cutaneous lesions were hypomelanotic macules, which together with angiofibromas were the most frequent dermatological lesions. The total pathogenic DNA alteration ratio between TSC2 and TSC1 genes was 8:1. …”
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An Artificial Neural Network for Short Time Air Temperature Prediction by Olivia S. Gomes, Manuel O. Binelo, Marcia de F. B. Binelo, Joao Paulo C. Oliveira, Emerson Galvani, Rogerio Rozolen Alves

“…The feed-forward neural network presented the best results, with most errors below 2°C. The results show that it is possible to use a simple neural network, using only air temperature as the meteorological variable, to predict air temperature for the next hours. …”
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Comparative study on the depression, anxiety, and some risk factors among different nationalities during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Walaa A. Fouad, Thanaa M. Rabah, Asmaa M. Fathy, Sherif M. Eldeeb, Doaa E. Ahmed, Ahmed Aboulghate, Ghada A. Abdellatif, Amira Mohsen, Dalia M. Elmosalami, Rehan M. Saleh, Hala A. Amer, Iman I. Salama, Aida M. Abdelmohsen, Fardos S. Bayomi, Somaia I. Salama, Lobna A. El Etreby, Samia M. Sami, Fatma A. Shaaban, Hanaa Emam, Hazem M. El-Hariri

“…Results Depression was detected in 74.0% of cases, mainly mild, moderate, moderately severe, and severe (34.0, 21.0, 12.8, and 6.1% of all cases, respectively). The most common sources of worry related to the COVID-19 pandemic were worry about family (70.0%), worry about getting infected (32.2%), and worry about being hospitalized (23.8%). …”
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Treatment of infections in young infants in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of frontline health worker diagnosis and antibiotic access. by Anne C C Lee, Aruna Chandran, Hadley K Herbert, Naoko Kozuki, Perry Markell, Rashed Shah, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, Abdullah H Baqui

“…For question 2, first-line injectable agents (ampicillin, gentamicin, and penicillin) had low variable availability in first-level health facilities in Africa and South Asia. …”
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The comparison of hematological inflammatory parameters before and after surgery in women with endometriosis: retrospective cohort study by Onur Yavuz, Asli Akdoner, Kadir Alper Mankan, Ufuk Atlihan, Begum Ertan, Mehmet Guney

“…The appropriate cut-off value indicating the sum of the highest sensitivity and specificity was calculated for the most predictive variable. The p value considered statistically significant was < 0.05. …”
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Morphological features of ore reserves of the Novo-Uchaly vms deposit (Southern Urals) by A. V. Spirina, V. V. Makarov, I. B. Moiseev, I. V. Vikentyev

“…The main ore minerals are pyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite, as well as non-metallic minerals, such as quartz, barite and calcite. Unlike most of the Ural VMS deposits, this deposit is the zinc subtype (Zn &gt;&gt; Cu). …”
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Attention Deficit Predicts Intellectual Functioning in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 by Magdalena Heimgärtner, Sofia Granström, Karin Haas-Lude, Robert A. Leark, Victor-Felix Mautner, Karen Lidzba

“…Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequent neurocognitive impairments in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and a well-known risk factor for intellectual dysfunction in general. …”
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Complex transmission of partiti-, ambi- and ourmiaviruses in the forest pathogen Heterobasidion parviporum by Muhammad Kashif, Anna Poimala, Eeva J. Vainio, Suvi Sutela, Tuula Piri, László Benedek Dálya, Jarkko Hantula

“…Both partitiviruses mediate debilitating effects in most Heterobasidion host isolates and are generally transmitted efficiently between host strains. …”
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Correlation of Different Non-Invasive Neuromonitoring Tools Assessing Intracranial Hemodynamics by Rossella Zangari, Luca D’Amelio, Elisa Gouvea Bogossian, Fabio Silvio Taccone

“…Concordance was generally low, with the highest agreement between PI and eICP (k = 0.69). Most other tool pairings showed poor-to-fair concordance (k ≤ 0.30). …”
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Nationwide Survey on Neonatal Critical Congenital Cardiopathies in Mexico: Data from 76 Public Health Service Hospital Units by Nina Mendez-Dominguez, Ely Sanchez-Felix, Joan Johnson-Herrera, Miguel Santaularia-Tomas, Andres Ku-Gonzalez, Luis Baeza-Herrera, Adriel Ismael Alonso-Batun, Marcos Rivero-Peraza, Humberto Camara-Conde, Amonario Olivera-Mar, Russel Camara-Beltran

“…The most frequently reported obstacles involved a lack of the following: equipment, designated physical space, trained personnel, and adequate training. …”
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New Genotypes and Phenotypes in Patients with 3 Subtypes of Waardenburg Syndrome Identified by Diagnostic Next-Generation Sequencing by Wu Li, Lingyun Mei, Hongsheng Chen, Xinzhang Cai, Yalan Liu, Meichao Men, Xue Zhong Liu, Denise Yan, Jie Ling, Yong Feng

“…Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is one of the most common forms of syndromic deafness with heterogeneity of loci and alleles and variable expressivity of clinical features. …”
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Meta-analysis of microarray data to identify potential signature genes and MiRNAs associated with the pathogenesis of asthma by Asma Vafadar, Shayan Khalili Alashti, Saeed Khazayel, Sepideh Babadi, Melika Eghtesadi, Mohammad Younesi, Amir Savardashtaki, Manica Negahdaripour

“…Abstract Background Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by variable degrees of inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness therapy, biofeedback and combined method on sexual quality of life in men with premature ejaculation by Mehdi Sarafraznasab, Reza Ahmadi, Ahmad Ghazanfari

“…Background: Premature ejaculation is the most common sexual problem that has many psychological effects on the relationship between spouses. …”
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