All-Optical Format Conversion for Rectangular 8QAM Signals Based on Phase-Sensitive Amplification and Nonlinear Mach-Zehnder Interferometer by Qiankun Li, Xiongwei Yang, Huashun Wen, Yameng Li, Qi Xu, Jiali Yang, Pengfei Xu, Huajun Yang

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Management of urethral strictures and stenosis caused by the endo-urological treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia—a single-center experience by Rajiv N. Kore

“…Overall average symptom score, flow rate, and post-void residue changed from 21 to 7, 6 mL/s to 19 mL/s, and 210 mL to 20 mL, respectively. …”
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Effect of regular physical activities and daytime nap intervention on enhancing mental health and self-esteem in healthy participants by Mohammad Ahsan, Mohammed Feroz Ali, Abdullah Alzahrani, Abdullah Alhusayni, Mumtaz Alam

“…To obtain these benefits and preserve a quality of life, daily physical exercises and mandatory rest are necessary. …”
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Study on the Basic Mechanical Properties of Waste Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete After High-Temperature Exposure by Dan Yang, Xiaopeng Ren, Yongtao Gao, Tao Fan, Mingshuai Li, Hui Lv

“…The increasing incidence of urban fires poses significant threats to structural integrity, underscoring the urgent need for concrete materials with enhanced mechanical properties post-fire. Incorporating recycled waste steel fibers (WSF) from industrial byproducts into concrete not only bolsters its crack resistance but also advances circular economy principles by transforming industrial waste into valuable resources. …”
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Twenty-Four-Year Follow-up of Successful Total Hip Arthroplasty for Recurrent Proximal Femoral Aneurysmal Bone Cyst with a Pathologic Fracture Following Extended Curettage and Bone... by Javahir A Pachore, Vikram I Shah, H R Jhunjhunwalla, Clint Babu, Apurve Parameswaran, Krishna Kiran Eachempati

“…He was permitted partial weight-bearing for six weeks post-operatively, and full weight-bearing thereafter. …”
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Cryopreserved leukapheresis enables scalable and distributed CAR-T manufacturing: a multi-platform comparative study by Menglin Ren, Xiaodie Wang, Jiangrui Chen, Yuanjian Xu, Yan Sun, Tao Liu, Qijun Qian, Zenghui Xu

“…Initial viability (91.0%) was lower than fresh samples (99.0%), but functional recovery post-electroporation and compatibility with both platforms were confirmed. …”
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Review of Grippol Family Vaccine Studies and Modern Adjuvant Development by A. V. Karaulov, A. S. Bykov, N. V. Volkova

“…It contains a reduced antigen doses and adjuvant Polyoxidonium, but unlike the vaccine Grippol® is free from preservative thiomersal. There are no serious post-vaccination events, unexpected reactions, post-vaccinal complications to the vaccine were reported for Grippol regardless of the examined contingent. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Allograft Superior Capsular Reconstruction for Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears in Patients Aged 65 and Older: A Retrospective Study by Hsin-Pei Sung, Wei-Cheng Chen, Yung-Chang Lu, Tsung-Yu Lin, Po-Ju Wu

“…Each patient underwent postoperative assessment, including routine radiographic analysis for acromiohumeral distances, ultrasound imaging at 1 and 3 months post-SCR, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at least 6 months post-SCR. …”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the UNet Model with Different Backbones in the Semantic Segmentation of Tomato Leaves and Fruits by Juan Pablo Guerra Ibarra, Francisco Javier Cuevas de la Rosa, Julieta Raquel Hernandez Vidales

“…A comparison of the best results of semantic segmentation versus those obtained with a color-dominant segmentation method optimized with a greedy algorithm is presented.…”
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Lightweight and Efficient Protocol Based on ECDH for Securing Smart Grid Communication Infrastructure by Ali Peivandizadeh, Rafe Alasem, Mostafa Farhadi Moghadam, Haitham Y. Adarbah, Behzad Molavi, Amirhossein Mohajerzadeh, Afzel Noore

“…However, setting up such an expansive network presents considerable network security challenges. …”
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Silent predators: Revealing the parasites of Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) in Manaslu Conservation Area, Nepal by Bishnu Achhami, Shila Gurung, Sujan Deshar, Sapana Khaiju, Lekha Kumari Thapa, Sabita Gurung

“…Parasites pose a significant threat to wildlife, yet their impact remains largely understudied, with limited research conducted on the parasites of wild animals. …”
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Corporate Technology for the Implementation of an Automated System: Functional, Technological and Methodological Aspects by O. E. Maslennikova, O. B. Nazarova

“…It ensures the development of communication skills, the ability to independently pose a problem and develop a way to solve it together. …”
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Wisdom of the crowd: evidence for density-dependent species fitness in Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. by Kanhaiya Shah, Gyan Prakash Sharma

“…Abstract Background Biological invasions pose severe threats to global biodiversity and human well-being. …”
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Corporate technology for the implementation of an automated system: functional, technological and methodological aspects by Olga Maslennikova, Olga Borisovna Nazarova

“…It ensures the development of communication skills, the ability to independently pose a problem and develop a way to solve it together. …”
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Eesti keele konstruktikoni poole: ülesehituse peajooned by Geda Paulsen, Heete Sahkai, Ene Vainik, Jelena Kallas, Kertu Saul, Arvi Tavast, Kristina Koppel

“…The plan is to cover a wide range of construction types and provide descriptions in multiple metalevels: general, linguistically precise, and machine-readable. We presented sketches for describing complex quantifier phrases as constructicon entries that pose challenges for language learners.…”
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Patients with Schizophrenia who Attended a Partial Hospitalization Program of Psychiatry at Médio Tejo Hospital Center: A Descriptive Study by Tânia Alves, Licínia Silva, António Carvalho, Luísa Delgado

“… Introduction: The aim is to evaluate a clinical series of patients with schizophrenia who attended a Partial Hospitalization Program of Psychiatry, in order to understand what challenges these patients pose to us in terms of their treatment, relapse prevention and social reintegration. …”
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Interpretable Machine‐Learning and Big Data Mining to Predict the CO2 Separation in Polymer‐MOF Mixed Matrix Membranes by Hao Wan, Yue Fang, Min Hu, Shuya Guo, Zhiqiang Sui, Xiaoshan Huang, Zili Liu, Yue Zhao, Hong Liang, Yufang Wu, Hanyu Gao, Zhiwei Qiao

“…Furthermore, by utilizing Shapley Additive Explanations and data segmentation, it is identified that the pore limit diameter and largest cavity diameter in MOF features and the fractional free volume and density in polymer features are of paramount importance. …”
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Snake venom defensins: Defining the structural and functional characteristics of the toxin family by David Melendez-Martinez, Adriana Morales-Martinez, Iliana Vanessa Almanza-Campos, Francisco Sierra-Valdez, Miguel Borja, Alejandro Carbajal-Saucedo, Christopher L. Parkinson, Jorge Benavides

“…It was found that the snake venom defensins contain two or three basic-hydrophobic dyads, the first one is present in the N-terminal region of the defensin comprised by YK. …”
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A new model for predicting characteristics of the near-field leakage in high-pressure CO2 pipelines by Yan Shang, Xiaoling Chen, Peilu Wu, Zhanjie Li, Ming Yang, Xiaokai Xing, Jian Jiao, Xinze Li

“…This paper presents a compressible multiphase flow model based on non-equilibrium phase transitions. …”
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An examination and prospect of stabilizing Li metal anode in lithium–sulfur batteries: A review of latest progress by Bingyan Song, Laisuo Su, Xi Liu, Wanjie Gao, Tao Wang, Yuan Ma, Yiren Zhong, Xin‐Bing Cheng, Zhi Zhu, Jiarui He, Yuping Wu

“…Abstract The Li metal anode emerges as a formidable competitor among anode materials for lithium–sulfur (Li‐S) batteries; nevertheless, safety issues pose a significant hurdle in its path toward commercial viability. …”
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