Unraveling the interplay of stress, cognitive failure, and academic self-efficacy among postgraduate nursing candidates: a mediational path analysis by Mona Metwally El-Sayed, Eman Sameh AbdElhay, Bothaina Hussein Hassan, Samah Mohamed Taha

“…Data were collected through individual structured interviews using validated Arabic versions of the Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and Sherer’s General Self-Efficacy Scale (SGSES). …”
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Quality of life and its associated factors in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a cross-sectional study by Xianfeng Liu, Shanshan Lv, Guixia Li, Xuying Guo, Jing Zheng

“…Clinical, demographic, and behavioral data were collected through structured interviews and medical record review. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of QoL across total and domain-specific scores. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among community members and health workers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: study protocol for a concurrent-independent mixed method analyses of intention... by Ugwu I Omale, Osarhiemen Iyare, Richard L Ewah, Chidinma I Amuzie, Onyinyechukwu U Oka, Victor U Uduma, Azuka S Adeke, Cordis O Ikegwuonu, Olaedo O Nnachi, Okechukwu O Ukpabi, Ifeyinwa M Okeke, Glory E Nkwo, Ugochi IA Nwali

“…Quantitative data will be collected from all consenting/assenting community members aged 15 years and above, in 28 randomly selected geographical clusters, through structured interviewer-administered questionnaire household survey using KoBoCollect installed in android devices. …”
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Rationale and protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of children with cerebral palsy in China assessing functional developmental trends, genetic aetiology and imaging by Jing Zhang, Jinhua Lu, Wenhao Zhou, Yuan Zhang, Hongyu Zhou, Fan Wu, Ting Gao, Jie Luo, Jinling Li, Jingbo Zhang, Lu He, Tingting Peng, Zhaoyao He, Qingfen Hou, Danxia Fan, Mengru Zhong, Yage Zhang, Rongji Liao, Liru Liu, Yun Zheng, Hongmei Tang, Lei Pi, Hongsheng Liu, Kaishou Xu

“…Analytical methods will include correlation analysis, logistic regression (binary and multivariate), linear and non-linear mixed-effects models and structural equation modelling.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was granted by the Research Ethics Committee of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center (No.2023-346A01). …”
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Outcomes of 25-Gauge Vitrectomy for Tractional and Nontractional Diabetic Macular Edema with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Hideaki Someya, Kei Takayama, Masaru Takeuchi, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Takeshi Kimura, Masakazu Morioka, Yoshihiro Takamura, Seiji Sameshima, Tetsuo Ueda, Nahoko Ogata, Maki Tashiro, Shigehiko Kitano, Taiji Sakamoto

“…Twenty-five-gauge vitrectomy effectively improved VA and macular structure both in TME and nTME groups. Baseline VA, CMT, and kidney function are important factors affecting postoperative VA.…”
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Virtual patients as the basis for problem-based learning of cardiologists by S. I. Karas, M. B. Arzhanik, E. E. Kara-Sal, E. V. Grakova, O. Y. Vasiltseva, W. Y. Ussov, V. Kh. Vaizov, K. V. Zavadovsky, V. M. Gulyaev, A. E. Baev, S. O. Kolganov, S. B. Kochetkov, V. V. Datsuk, T. B. Korneeva, G. K. Nozdrin

“…Every virtual patient is a structural model for a diagnostic and treatment process of a real patient augmented with textual and multimedia information. …”
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The effect of age and sex on brain metabolites: from childhood to adulthood by María Ortuño, Adriana Fortea, Isabel Valli, Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Roger Borràs, Irene Martínez-Serrano, Mireia Masias Bruns, Patricia Camprodon-Boadas, Enric Vilajosana, Lydia Fortea, Joaquim Raduà, Elena de la Serna, Inmaculada Baeza, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Gisela Sugranyes

“…This cross-sectional study set out to examine the relationship between levels of neurometabolites and age and sex —key modulators of brain function and structure—, continuously from childhood to early adulthood, in areas relevant to the study of psychiatric disorders.Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H MRS) data was acquired in the dorsomedial prefrontal region (dmPF) and the medial temporal lobe (mTL) in 128 healthy individuals aged 7 to 34 years, 68.5 % females (ndmPF = 124; nmTL = 75). …”
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ALLOCHTHONOUS MARBLES IN HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC TERRANES (A CASE STUDY OF OLKHON TERRANE, WEST BAIKAL AREA, RUSSIA) by E. V. Sklyarov, A. V. Lavrenchuk

“…This approach is correct in most cases, but carbonate and silicate-carbonate rocks, which often make linear bodies, may be allochthonous in some structurally and compositionally complex metamorphic terranes, as in the case of the Olkhon terrane.…”
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Sliding-mode control based on prescribed performance function and its application to a SEA-Based lower limb exoskeleton by Feilong Zhang, Feilong Zhang, Tian Wang, Liang Zhang, Enming Shi, Enming Shi, Chengchao Wang, Chengchao Wang, Ning Li, Yu Lu, Bi Zhang

“…However, due to the fixed structure of the controller, the applicability and universality of this method are limited. …”
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Joint modelling of longitudinal data: a scoping review of methodology and applications for non-time to event data by Rehema K. Ouko, Mavuto Mukaka, Eric O. Ohuma

“…Most joint models were based on a frequentist approach (48 studies; 65%) and applied a linear mixed-effects model. The random effect was the most commonly applied association structure for linking two sub-models (63 studies; 85%). …”
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The Impossibility of The Presence of Movement and Temporality in the World of Iranians Painting by Mariam Salari, Mostafa Goudarzi

“…In fact, this is the formula that experimental and scientific understanding seeks to prove and adhere to; namely, to reach a humanistic structure that is the result of the visual perception of a human subject, and this idea is completely at odds with the ontological structure of Iranian painting. …”
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Exploring Use of a Protein Cage System for Producing Bioactive Peptides in Escherichia coli by Maxim D. Harding, Mark A. Jackson, Edward K. Gilding, Kuok Yap, David J. Craik, Frank Sainsbury, Nicole Lawrence

“…Representative peptides from three structurally distinct classes of BAPs were successfully encapsulated into P22 VLPs at high cargo to VLP coat protein (CP) ratios that corresponded to interactions between the compact electropositive structures of the SP‐BAPs and electronegative regions on the inward facing surface of CP subunits. …”
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Investigating the polarized emission of P3HT films and the role of GO in the interfacial layer by Aleffe Bruno Schura, Ana Clarissa H. Kolbow, Everton Crestani Rambo, Gustavo Gonçalves Dalkiranis, Cássio Araújo do Nascimento, Romildo Jerônimo Ramos, Alexandre Marletta, Luiz Pereira, José Carlos Germino, Eralci Moreira Therézio

“…Raman analysis confirmed structural changes and variations in π-conjugation, with Ib/Ia ratios indicating partial preservation of molecular order in GO films. …”
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Research on the spatial evolution process and reconfiguration pathway of mountainous cities based on the human-water relationship in river basins—A case study of Yichang City, Hube... by Mengjie Zhang, Wei Zhai, Ziyang Xiong, Chong Peng

“…Amid population mobility and river basin management needs, Yichang should use its ''water'' feature to integrate function, scale, and structure, focusing on water protection and utilization to ensure national and energy security. …”
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Impedimetric DNA Sensor Based on a Composite of Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide and Polyproflavine Electropolymerized from Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent for Anthracycline... by Anastasia Goida, Tatiana Krasnova, Rezeda Shamagsumova, Vladimir Evtugyn, Anatoly Saveliev, Anna Porfireva

“…The concentrations of doxorubicin below 10 nM did not have any other influence on epirubicin and idarubicin determination despite their molecular structure similarity. The sensor developed was used for the determination of anticancer medications, such as doxorubicin, epirubicin, and idarubicin, in their standard solutions, pharmaceuticals, artificial, and human urine samples. …”
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Graphene-based metasurface: dynamic optical control in ultrathin flat optics by Baek Soojeong, Son Hyeji, Park Hyunwoo, Park Hyeongi, Lee Jaeyeong, Jeong Sodam, Shim Jae-Eon, Park Jagang, Kim Teun-Teun

“…Graphene hosts massless Dirac fermions owing to its linear electronic band structure. This distinctive feature underpins its extraordinary electronic properties, correlating to strong light–matter interactions on an extreme subwavelength scale. …”
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Distinct roles of Nb, Ti, and V microalloying elements on the fire resistance of low-Mo steels by Hyungkwon Park, Hyo-Haeng Jo, Seong Hoon Kim, Chiwon Kim, Joonoh Moon, Jun-Ho Chung, Bong Ho Lee, Chang-Hoon Lee

“…The high-temperature mechanical stability of structural steels is critical for fire-resistant applications, yet the individual contributions of microalloying elements remain incompletely understood. …”
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A Deep Learning Method for Automatic Coronal Mass Ejection Feature Identification by P. Yang, H. S. Fu, J. B. Cao, F. Shen

“…A segmentation model that integrates convolutional neural networks with transformer architectures is then employed to achieve pixel-level structural segmentation of CMEs. Subsequently, CME events in time series are tracked using Intersection over Union (IoU), Kalman filtering, and the Hungarian algorithm. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Perkins Instability in the Midlatitude F-Region Ionosphere: The Influence of Background Ionospheric Multi-Factors by Yi Liu, Ting Lan, Yufeng Zhou, Yunzhou Zhu, Zhiqiang Fan, Yewen Wu, Yuqiang Zhang, Xiang Wang

“…The simulated results show that the ionospheric perturbation structure elongated from northwest (NW) to southeast (SE) was generated from initial random seeding by applying a very large southeastward neutral wind (200 m/s). …”
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Simulation Analysis of Soft Focusing of Azimuth Laterolog Resistivity Imaging LWD Tool by TANG Zhanghong, YANG Zhiliang, CHEN Gang, ZHANG Guoyan, ZHAI Xingyu, SONG Sen

“…To address this issue, five soft focusing working modes are designed based on the electrode structure of the azimuth laterolog resistivity imaging logging tool (RIT), and expressions for calculating the azimuth lateral electrode current and apparent resistivity under different working modes are provided. …”
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