Geographical distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil in Myanmar. by Myo Maung Maung Swe, Mo Mo Win, Joshua Cohen, Aung Pyae Phyo, Htet Naing Lin, Kyaw Soe, Premjit Amorncha, Thin Thin Wah, Kyi Kyi Nyein Win, Clare Ling, Daniel M Parker, David A B Dance, Elizabeth A Ashley, Frank Smithuis

“…Of the 387 sites, 31 (8%) had one or more positive samples and of the 3,870 samples cultured, 103 (2.7%) tested positive for B. pseudomallei. …”
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Urban Heritage Revitalization: Significance of Cultural Heritage: Attributes of Sense of Places for Kuala Lumpur by Saidatul Haziah Ramli, Zalina Samadi, Aidatul Fadzlin Bakri

“…The research concluded that dimensions in the realm of sense of places are essential in activating the heritage place, and finding the balance between the emerging dimensions. The more pragmatic strategies, the higher the sense of place to revitalise the heritage place should be.  …”
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Acerca de la evaluación grupal en la enseñanza de la Ingeniería Mecánica // About the group evaluation in the teaching of the Mechanical Engineering by A. T. Molina Alvarez

“…<br />The work presents some of the instruments used in the experience, sustained in a problematic and not reproductive<br />conception of the teaching, that which tier, in the first place to the confrontation of the student to situations similar to those<br />that it should face as professional and in second place, to the development of different features of the personality when<br />having that, among other aspects, to arrive collectively to built solutions, to emit a trial of value about the work of one or<br />more partners and, in certain moments, to value autonomously its individual work.…”
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Recreational screen time and mental health among Canadian children and youth by Stephanie Toigo, Chinchin Wang, Stephanie A. Prince, Melanie Varin, Karen C. Roberts, Marisol T. Betancourt

“…Male youth who met the recommendation were more likely to report high happiness (1.74; 1.40–2.15) and high life satisfaction (1.64; 1.34–2.01) and less likely to feel stressed (0.74; 0.56–0.99) or experience psychosocial difficulties (0.79; 0.64–0.97). …”
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus and multiple chronic diseases by Nailya S. Asfandiyarova, Olga V. Dashkevich, Natalya V. Doroshina, Ekaterina I. Suchkova

“…Between 60 and 74 years, oncological diseases were found to be more common in patients without diabetes (p&lt;0.001). …”
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Morphine electrochemical determination using SnO2 nanostructure-modified glassy carbon electrode in the presence of diclofenac by Isam Ngaimesh Taeb, Zainab S. Hadawi, Rasha N. Alibabery

“… In the present work, SnO2 nanostructures were synthesized and a sensitive voltammetric sensor on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was constructed to estimate morphine (MP) in the presence of diclofenac (DLF). …”
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IDENTIFYING UPPER MIOCENE – LOWER PLIOCENE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS IN DRY TUNKA BASIN OF THE BAIKAL RIFT ZONE by A. Hassan, S. V. Rasskazov, I. S. Chuvashova, T. A. Yasnygina, L. A. Titova, N. V. Kulagina, M. V. Usoltseva

“…We present results of lithogeochemical, diatomic and palynological studies of sediments from the Tunka-13 well that was drilled in the southeastern part of dry Tunka basin in the Baikal rift zone. …”
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Vascular endotelial dysfunction is a pathogenetic factor in the development of neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive impairment by N. V. Goncharov, P. I. Popova, A. S. Golovkin, N. M. Zalutskaya, E. I. Palchikova, K. V. Zanin, Р. V. Avdonin

“…In the absence of effective therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, more and more evidence is emerging about the positive impact of the nutritional structure and healthy lifestyle on the state of blood vessels and the risk of developing these diseases.…”
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The Friendship Questionnaire, autism, and gender differences: a study revisited by Felicity Sedgewick, Jenni Leppanen, Kate Tchanturia

“…This study sought to revisit the original paper where the measure was presented, using a larger sample of both autistic and non-autistic participants to examine gender differences in scoring. …”
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SMArt Retro study: a retrospective data analysis of the Russian registry of patients with spinal muscular atrophy by D. V. Vlodavets, O. A. Shchagina, A. V. Polyakov, S. I. Kutsev

“…The identified parameters (duration from the disease onset to confirmed diagnosis, duration from the confirmed diagnosis to disease-modifying therapy initiation) indicate that more widespread use of newborn screening and more rapid treatment initiation are unmet needs for SMA patients in Russia.…”
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Understanding and Practice of AWaRe Among Healthcare Professionals in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal; Implications for Antimicrobial Resistance: A Comparative Study by Sitaram Khadka, Suchit Thapa Chhetri, Reshu B. K., Krishna Kumar Sah, Arav Mehra, Rinku Joshi

“…Similarly, individuals with more experience were more likely to engage in good practices (OR = 1.903, 95% CI: = 1.013−3.573, p = 0.044). …”
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Social and Professional Awareness by Students of Engineers Specialties of the Upcoming Digitalization (Pilot Study Experience and First Results) by P. P. Deryugin, O. S. Bannova, E. A. Kamyshina, R. E. Popov, A. N. Sidorova

“…The upcoming digitalization is perceived and understood differently by students of technology faculties. This becomes more obvious in the context of pandemic, when the older generation often assesses this offensive negatively, and the technical students – with understanding, and often with enthusiasm.  …”
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ADAM-17/FHL2 colocalisation suggests interaction and role of these proteins in colorectal cancer by Laurine Verset, Joke Tommelein, Christine Decaestecker, Elly De Vlieghere, Marc Bracke, Isabelle Salmon, Olivier De Wever, Pieter Demetter

“…Proximity ligation assay signals were present in SW480 cells. Quantitative analysis revealed that the interaction between FHL2 and ADAM-17 is more frequent in malignant than in normal tissue (p = 0.005). …”
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Feasibility of a combined online and in-person training model on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counselling for village health workers in rural Qinghai, China. by Qiong Wu, Xinya Zhu, Tao Xu, Xiaotong Wang, Na Meng, Yanfeng Zhang, Suying Chang

“…Values ≥4 were considered a high degree of satisfaction. Furthermore, we presented the per-person cost of the "2+1" training model.…”
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Stone-scoring systems for predicting complications in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A systematic review of the literature by Giorgio Mazzon, Simon Choong, Antonio Celia

“…Conclusion: This review presents all nomograms currently available in the PCNL field and highlights a certain number of concerns. …”
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Prevalence of mineralization in the pulp chamber in patients according to CBCT data by V. A. Molokova, I. N. Antonova, V. A. Osipova

“…Calcifications and obliteration of pulp chamber were found in more than half of the patients. Their number increases with age, and in women occurs more often than in men. …”
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Enhancing Heart Disease Diagnosis Using ECG Signal Reconstruction and Deep Transfer Learning Classification with Optional SVM Integration by Mostafa Ahmad, Ali Ahmed, Hasan Hashim, Mohammed Farsi, Nader Mahmoud

“…This innovative segmentation strategy significantly enhances signal clarity and enables the extraction of richer and more localized features, boosting the performance of DL classifiers. …”
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Educational media and educational technology within specific education in Egypt and KSA: Challenges and prospects for development by H. S. Zaghloul, M. D. Rabeh

“…These media tools make the static and passive learning process more dynamic and interactive inside and outside the school. …”
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Mitomycin C eliminates cyanobacterial transcription without detectable prophage induction in a Microcystis-dominated harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie by Robbie M. Martin, Elizabeth R. Denison, Helena L. Pound, Ellen A. Barnes, Justin D. Chaffin, Steven W. Wilhelm

“…Metatranscriptomic analysis demonstrated that the standard protocol of 1 mg L−1 was highly toxic to the cyanobacterial population, which likely inhibited induction of any prophage present. Follow-up lab studies indicated that 0.1 mg L−1 may be more appropriate for use in freshwater cyanobacterial studies. …”
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Exploring barriers and facilitators to integrating health equity into health and climate change policies in Nepal – a qualitative study among federal level stakeholders by Sudeepa Khanal, Sushil Chandra Baral, Melanie Boeckmann

“…While there is a growing global momentum for collaborative health and climate initiatives, more effort is needed to incorporate health equity into national climate policies. …”
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