Instructional Scaffolding in Online Content-based Instruction: Intentions of Teachers’ Scaffolding by Zahra Kamrani, Zia Tajeddin, Minoo Alemi

“…These findings have implications for the teachers and teacher educators to heighten teachers’ awareness of scaffolding in CBI classes to enact more effective teaching. …”
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Infection dynamics of Salmonella Infantis strains displaying different genetic backgrounds – with or without pESI-like plasmid – vary considerably by Victoria Drauch, Christian Kornschober, Nicola Palmieri, Michael Hess, Claudia Hess

“…Infantis have been reported. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the infection dynamics of two different S. …”
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Tipping the balance: robustness of tip cell selection, migration and fusion in angiogenesis. by Katie Bentley, Giovanni Mariggi, Holger Gerhardt, Holger Gerhardt, Paul A Bates

“…Cell-cell junctions elongate as tip cells migrate, which is shown to provide positive feedback to lateral inhibition, causing it to be more susceptible to pathological oscillations. Importantly, down-regulation of the migratory pathway alone is shown to be sufficient to rescue the sprouting system from oscillation and restore stability. …”
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TECTONOPHYSICAL ZONING OF ACTIVE FAULTS OF THE BAIKAL RIFT SYSTEM by Yu. L. Rebetsky, A. A. Dobrynina, V. A. Sankov

“…Such an approach provides a more reliable identification of the fault segments with the maximum Coulomb stress levels. …”
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P-GELU: A Novel Activation Function to Optimize Whisper for Darija Speech Translation by Maria Labied, Abdessamad Belangour, Mouad Banane

“…Furthermore, P-GELU reduces training loss, improves feature retention, and enhances linguistic adaptability, making it a more effective alternative for speech translation tasks involving phonetic variability, code-switching, and limited training data. …”
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Effect of fluorescein-containing toothpaste on dental plaque in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances: a randomized clinical trial by Maryam Omidkhoda, Masoumeh Charbgoo, Hossein Bagheri, Nava Naghibi, Neda Eslami

“…Therefore, proper oral hygiene and patient education seem to be more important than plaque disclosing agents in reducing dental plaque around orthodontic appliances. …”
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Investigating the Degree of Conformity between the Intended and Implemented Curriculum of Islamic Education Courses in the Field of Educational Sciences at Farhangian University by Hojjat Eftekhari, Jaber Eftekhari

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the degree of compliance between the intended and implemented curriculum of Islamic education courses in the field of educational sciences at Farhangian University from the perspective of professors and student teachers. …”
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Pathology, multimodal imaging and clinical significance of age-related fundus deposits by CAI Jinyu, JIANG Yanmei, CHEN Ling

“…Hard drusen is mainly distributed in the peripheral retina and is very common in aging fundus; Cuticular drusen are resulted from focal nodular thickening of the basement membrane of RPE, with similar appearance as hard drusen, but mainly distributed in the posterior pole and more numerous and denser. Recently, our understanding of subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD), deposits above the RPE, has been gradually deepened and it also has profound significance in the pathogenesis of AMD. …”
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AI-MedLeafX: a large-scale computer vision dataset for medicinal plant diagnosisMendeley Data by Md. Fahim Ferdous, Faysal Bin Khaled Nissan, Nur Muhammad Nibir, Md. Hasan Imam Bijoy

“…This study presents a large, meticulously curated and manually validated dataset aimed at classifying leaf quality into five critical categories: Healthy, Bacterial Spot, Shot Hole, Yellow, and Powdery Mildew. …”
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Characterization of the Process of Attention to Hypertensive People in a Cerro Municipality Polyclinic by Marilyn Hernández Sánchez, Addys Díaz Piñera, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Mayté Más Gómez, Hortensia Cueto Lamar

“…Descriptive statistics were applied to analyze the data and present the results. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> hypertensive people over 60 years of age, female, accompanied, with high school education and retired occupation predominated. …”
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Relationship between tooth macrowear and jaw morphofunctional traits in representative hypercarnivores by Z. Jack Tseng, Larisa R. G. DeSantis

“…These observations highlight the mammalian masticatory system as having a dynamic performance profile through its useful lifespan, and encourage a more nuanced understanding of past and present carnivore guilds by considering wear-dependent performance changes as a possible source of selection.…”
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Development of Co-Amorphous Systems for Inhalation Therapy—Part 1: From Model Prediction to Clinical Success by Eleonore Fröhlich, Aurora Bordoni, Nila Mohsenzada, Stefan Mitsche, Hartmuth Schröttner, Sarah Zellnitz-Neugebauer

“…Further, RIF-ETH COAMSs show much more reproducible results in terms of drug quantity dissolved over time. …”
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Learning to read FAST MRI: Qualitative interviews with groups experienced reading mammograms [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Rebecca Geach, Sam Harding, Lyn Jones

“…When this is achieved the engagement in training is positive and the barriers are more readily removed or mitigated for both individuals and organisations. …”
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Valorization of feral pigs in the tropics, from the genetic characterization to the re-domestication by Nicolas Degras, Yann Labrune, Nathalie Mandonnet, Mélain Bructer, Katia Benony, Claudine Vertueux-Degras, Gisèle Alexandre, Nausicaa Poullet, Jean-Luc Gourdine

“…The results showed that feral and semi-feral pigs in Martinique belong to the creole pig breeds, with more than 20% Iberian genetic admixture. The majority of domesticated pigs groups studied including re-domesticated creole pigs exhibit a significantly lower proportion of runs of homozygosity compared to feral pigs, suggesting a better control of inbreeding, thanks to structured breeding programs. …”
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Generative AI in AI-Based Digital Twins for Fault Diagnosis for Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0/5.0 by Emilia Mikołajewska, Dariusz Mikołajewski, Tadeusz Mikołajczyk, Tomasz Paczkowski

“…With GenAI, DTs enable proactive maintenance and minimize downtime, and their latest implementations combine multimodal sensor data to generate more realistic and actionable insights into system performance. …”
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Effectiveness of Computerized and Traditional Cognitive Interventions in improving the Cognitive Functions of Iranian Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Fateme Gheysari, Mehrdad Mazaheri

“…Also, the subgroup analysis results showed that computerized cognitive interventions were slightly more effective than traditional cognitive interventions. …”
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SOME SPECIFIC FEATURES OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN MODERN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS by S. N. Osipov, A. V. Zakharenko, S. A. Danilevskii

“…In order to reduce specific heat consumption for heating of buildings it is recommended to increase the net enclosure volume of buildings and to improve their form in various ways, including by combining two or more adjacent low-rise buildings in one secondary building with increasing height and with the broadening of either or each side for modernization and reconstruction. …”
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Proposta de uma versão brasileira para a escala ADCS-CGIC A Brazilian Portuguese version for the ADCS-CGIC scale by Paulo H.F. Bertolucci, Ricardo Nitrini

“…Clinician's impression of global change scales (CIGIC) are based on broader information and may detect more subtle changes. Typically they take into consideration caregiver information, that which is seen by the health professional during the interview, and may also include brief cognitive tests. …”
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A systematic review of zoonotic enteric parasitic diseases among nomadic and pastoral people. by Amber N Barnes, Anu Davaasuren, Uyanga Baasandagva, Gregory C Gray

“…Through this systematic review we sought to summarize published research regarding pathogens present in nomadic populations and to identify the risk factors for their infection.…”
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Non-melanoma skin cancer: A study on the epidemiological profile and flow at HC-UFMG by Nathan Joseph Silva Godinho, Matheus Eduardo Soares Pinhati, Hernan Henrique de Queiroz Soares, Gustavo Moreira Costa de Souza

“…Surgery is an established approach in the treatment of NMSC. The present study aims to outline an epidemiological profile of patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of NMSC by the plastic surgery service of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). …”
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