Double-pyramid and Reverse Step Resistance Training Effectiveness on Physical Fitness Factors Among Elite Female Athletes by Hamid Arazi, Mozhgan Hassanzadeh, Ali Sayyah

“…Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to assess the impact of 8-week resistance training performed with double pyramid (DP) and reverse step (RS) systems on some physical fitness components of elite female athletes. 30 young female handball players are randomly assigned to the three groups of DP (age: 17.43±1.63 year, weight: 70.28±10.14 kg, fat percentage: 15.60±1.17), RS (age: 17.13±1.32 year, weight: 67.80±7.78 kg, fat percentage: 15.40±1.69), and control groups (age: 17.33±1.71 year, weight: 61.04±6.61 kg, fat percentage: 16.50±1.43). …”
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The Vanishing Volcanic Geoheritage of a Key Scoria Cone and its Significance in Volcanic Hazard Resilience of the Active Monogenetic Volcanic Field near Al Madinah, Kingdom of Saud... by Karoly Nemeth, Mohammed Moufti, Mahmoud Ashor, Abdulrahman Sowaigh, Turki Hablil, Khalid Abdulhafez, Turki Sehli

“…Four small scoria cones in the western outskirts of Al Madinah City, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, form a distinct young volcanic landmark. These volcanoes, despite their very small size, provide one of the most fundamental sources of information about the early eruption mechanism of rising mafic magma in the context of an active volcanic field located next to a city with over one million people. …”
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Physiological adaptations and myocellular stress in short-term, high-frequency blood flow restriction training: A scoping review. by Victor Sabino de Queiros, Nicholas Rolnick, Phelipe Wilde de Alcântara Varela, Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco Cabral, Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas

“…The samples were composed exclusively of young predominantly male individuals. Muscle strength and hypertrophy were the main outcomes analyzed in the studies. …”
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Career Motivation in the Process of State Regulation of Youth Employment by Natalya Stativka, Anna Batiuk

“…The importance of employment services focusing on effective communication with their clients to motivate them for successful employment and self-development is substantiated. The issues of young people’s migration activity, which can have a negative effect on the economic development of the country and increase the socio-demographic risks to national security, need a detailed scientific study. …”
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Use of Hybrid Flame Retardants in Chemically Foamed rPET Blends by Veronika Anna Szabó, Sándor Kálmán Jakab, András Kovács, Tamara Zsuzsanna Böcz, Gábor Dogossy

“…The sample made with 15 phr OP and 5 phr MPP displayed outstanding performance, where five samples were capable of self-extinguishing in 5 s, while only slightly decreasing the tensile and flexural strength properties and simultaneously increasing the Young and flexural modulus compared to the reference sample. …”
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Impact of electrical muscle stimulation-induced muscle contractions on endogenous pain modulatory system: a quantitative sensory testing evaluation by Satoshi Ohga, Takafumi Hattori, Kazuhiro Shimo, Hajime Maeda, Takako Matsubara

“…Methods In this crossover study, 27 healthy young adults participated in EMS and sham interventions, separated by a washout period of 2 to 3 days. …”
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Peri-Traumatic Near-Infrared Light Treatment Attenuates the Severity of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by Rescuing (Type I) Spiral Ganglion Neurons in Mice by Max Meuser, Susanne Schwitzer, Parisa Faraji, Arne Ernst, Dietmar Basta

“…Methods: Frequency-specific auditory brainstem potential thresholds (ABR) were determined in young adult mice. One group (n = 8) underwent NIR irradiation (808 nm, 120 mW, 15 min) of the cochlea, followed by a 30 min noise exposure (5–20 kHz, 115 dB SPL). …”
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Is International Travel an Emerging Issue on Transmission of Beijing Lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis? by Pavithra S. Madamarandawala, Srinath Satyanarayana, Collins Timire, Aashifa Yaqoob, Dushantha Madegedara, Dhammika N. Magana-Arachchi

“…The prevalence was also higher among young people (aged <35 years). Treatment success rates were similar in patients with (83%) and without BL strains (83% vs. 81%; P value = 0.8375). …”
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The use of calcined oyster shell and rock flour to improve the nutritive value of rice straw preserved in airtight wrapping for feeding cattle under a tethered herding system by Khalil Khalil, Ananta Dwi, Andri Andri, Hermon Hermon

“…The nutritive values were evaluated through a feeding trial using young Pesisir bulls reared under a tethering herding system. …”
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Malnutrition among under-5 children and its determinants in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh: A community-based study by Shahinur Akter, Nishana Afrin Nishu

“…Moreover, children aged ≤24 months (AOR = 0.151; 95% CI: 0.034 to 0.661; p = 0.012) and 25–36 months (AOR = 0.195; 95% CI: 0.046 to 0.829; p = 0.027) were less possibly to be moderately stunted.Conclusion The study recommends training young mothers on effective child-rearing practices, creating income opportunities for women in rural Bangladesh, implementing local awareness programmes about appropriate growth standards for children and expanding facility-based healthcare centres in rural areas for better access to quality healthcare.…”
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The quality of education of the Russian political elite by N. N. Meshcheryakova, O. V. Kryshtanovskaya

“…The best high school graduates and the resources that families can spend on education move from the periphery to the center. But in the young generation of the elite the situation is beginning to change by increasing the number of universities they graduated from and the geography of its localization.Elite and elitist education today do not coincide, which indicates the incompleteness of the period of formation of the Russian ruling class, as well as the system of social elevators in education.…”
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Retention in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa: a qualitative analysis using self-determination theory by Shane A Norris, Stephen Lye, Catherine E Draper, Nosibusiso Tshetu, Nokuthula Nkosi

“…The Bukhali trial is part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative in Soweto, South Africa, with young women.Methods Nine focus group discussions were used to generate data from Bukhali trial staff (n=45, 23–64 years), and participants, including those currently enrolled (n=16, 25–31 years) and those who had withdrawn from the trial (n=20, 24–32 years). …”
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Malignant Spinal Cord Compression Syndrome as an Initial Presentation of Testicular Cancer by Carlos Eduardo Salazar-Mejía, Edio Llerena-Hernández, David Hernández-Barajas, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Adriana González-Gutiérrez, Rolando Jacob Martínez-Granados, Blanca Otilia Wimer-Castillo

“…In the initial approach of a young man who presents spinal cord compression, the presence of MSCCS associated with GCT should be considered as a possible cause. …”
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Glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) methylation, childhood maltreatment, multilevel reward responsiveness and depressive and anxiety symptoms: A neuroimaging epigenetic study by Yajing Xu, Shan Yang, Cong Cao

“…We conducted the first longitudinal study to investigate the extent to which DNA methylation of a stress-related gene—NR3C1—interacts with childhood maltreatment in association with young adult reward responsiveness (RR) and the downstream risk of depressive (anhedonia dimension in particular) and anxiety symptoms. …”
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Early one-stage posterior-only surgery for congenital cervicothoracic scoliosis in children: medium- and long-term follow-up by Cefei Zhang, Fuyun Liu, Ke Xu, Weiming Hu, Bing Xia, Yufeng Zhao

“…Hemivertebra resection without internal fixation may be considered for some very young children. For the higher level of thoracic hemivertebra, the osteotomy level being shifted down one vertebra is a feasible and safer surgical procedure.…”
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Impact of ZnO nanopriming on physiological and biochemical traits of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedling by Priyanka Pandya, Sushil Kumar, Ghanshyam Patil, Monil Mankad, Zarna Shah

“…These findings underscore the potential of ZnO NPs at a concentration of 250 ppm as a valuable seed nanopriming agent, effectively enhanced germination and robust early-stage growth in young plants.…”
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SNAP and/or WIC Participation and Diet Quality in Mother-Child Dyads living in Greater Boston after Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study by Thanit Vinitchagoon, Fang Fang Zhang, Rebecca C. Fauth, Erin Hennessy, Ana G. Maafs, Emma M. Browning, Christina D. Economos

“…Introduction/Objectives: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, few studies have examined how participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) impacts diet quality in families with young children. This study aims to explore the association between SNAP and/or WIC participation and diet quality in mother-child dyads in Greater Boston, MA. …”
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Experimental Aerosol Inoculation and Investigation of Potential Lateral Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) by Karla A. Fenton, Scott D. Fitzgerald, Steve Bolin, John Kaneene, James Sikarskie, Rena Greenwald, Konstantin Lyashchenko

“…One wild caught pregnant female opossum bearing 11 joeys (young opossum) and one age-matched joey were obtained for the study. …”
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Pressure-driven polymeric membrane performance prediction, new membrane dimensionless number, and considerations for effective membrane design, selection, testing, and operation by Alexander R. Anim-Mensah, Alexander R. Anim-Mensah

“…A model is here developed which relates membrane performance, indicated by the permeate solute concentration (Cpi) of species i, to the real-time compressive Young’s modulus (E) during compaction with permeation under a transmembrane pressure (ΔP) or compressive stress. …”
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Do Human Papilloma Virus and Cytological Testing Results Before Colposcopy Alter the Pathological Grading of Colposcopy Acetic Acid Visual Examination?: A Retrospective Study by Gao S, Qian B, Wang T, Wang J

“…According to pathological results from cervical tissue specimens, among all groups diagnosed using colposcopy, the age of the HSIL group was significantly younger than that of the other groups, and the proportion of patients with a TCT greater than LSIL was significantly higher than that of the other groups.Conclusion: HPV did not provide additional information for vaginal colposcopy. Young(er) patients and those with a TCT greater than LSIL may consider upgrading the vaginal colposcopy diagnosis based on imaging information.Keywords: vaginal colposcopy acetic acid visual diagnosis, cervical precancer, HPV, TCT…”
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