Economic impact of road accidents on costs of employee turnover: A quantitative study from Poland by Agata Małgorzata Jaździk-Osmólska, Magdalena Kalbarczyk Kalbarczyk, Daniel Trzaskowski, Robert Wojtachnik, Adrianna Trzaskowska-Dmoch

“…The Polish research shows that employees' work disability due to road accidents is extremely costly, often more than one would expect. …”
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Truffle Species Discrimination Based on Their Chemical Composition, Chromaticity Coordinates and Antioxidant Capacity by Cristina Valencia-Sullca, Anja Rakotondramavo, Catherine Verret, Jean-Philippe Blondeau, Sullivan Renouard

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Immunoglobulin replacement therapy in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies: impact of infusion method on immunoglobulin-specific perceptions of quality of life an... by Rajiv Mallick, Noemi Hahn, Christopher Scalchunes

“…Patient reported infusion time efficiency, physical and mental health (PROMIS GPH-2 and PROMIS GMH-2 respectively), patient acceptability of their symptom state (PASS), upper extremity disability (Quick DASH) and general health perception (via the GHP) are also investigated. …”
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Research on Seepage Properties and Pore Structure of the Roof and Floor Strata in Confined Water-Rich Coal Seams: Taking the Xiaojihan Coal Mine as an Example by Hailong Li

“…Results are as follows: (1) coal seams of Xiaojihan coal mine are confined fractured aquifers, the fissure confined water in coal seams has a strong relationship with total stress-strain permeability and development characteristics of the pore structure of the roof and floor strata. (2) The permeability of the roof and floor strata is extremely low, when the strata is less than 30 meters away from the coal seam with the magnitude order remaining less than 10−12 m/s. …”
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Variability of daily feed intake as an indicator of resilience in Pietrain pigs by C. Casto-Rebollo, P. Nuñez, S. Gol, J. Reixach, N. Ibáñez-Escriche

“…There is a growing need to produce more resilient livestock that can cope with extreme environments and their associated impacts. …”
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Effect of potassium‐waterglass composition on strength development and leaching behavior of geopolymers in different curing conditions by Umberto C. C. S. Siciliano, Ana C. C. Trindade, Flávio de Andrade Silva

“…These fundamental findings are crucial for the later design of GP materials that require rapid strength development, especially crucial for applications necessitating cementing under extreme conditions, such as deep‐sea drilling, geothermal energy production, and high‐temperature industrial processes.…”
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ARTEMISIA SIEVERSIANA WILLD. IN TRANSBAIKALIA: FEATURES OF CENOFLORA AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY by A. B. Sakhyaeva, B. B. Namzalov

“…Ecological analysis showed that xerophytes (25%),  mesoxerophytes (22%) and xeromesophytes (21%) occupy the  prevailing positions, which attests to the extreme continental climate in the region. Species of the mesophyte group (15%) are  represented by medium-scale percentage; these are mostly the  plants of more moderately moist soils. …”
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Assessment-Based Optimization of Distillation Parameters by Ludmila N. Krikunova, Elena V. Dubinina, Dmitry A. Sviridov, Svetlana M. Tomgorova

“…The optimal operating parameters were determined by extremization of a two-variable function: pH 4.4 ± 0.2, speed 9.5 ± 1.0 cm3/min. …”
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The Effect of Visual Feedback on Knee Pain and Function in Women Aged 45–75 Following Total Knee Arthroplasty by Sandra Baltramonaitytė, Anelė Katinė

“…Postoperative rehabilitation programs are extremely important because they can improve knee function and reduce pain in patients after EP surgery. …”
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Description of a new surgical approach for elbow arthroplasty: Selective Triceps-On Medial Paraolecranon (STOMP) approach by Carlos Prada, MD, Sirat Khan, MBBS, PhD, Thomas Goetz, MD, Bashar Alolabi, MD, MSc

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Potentiodynamic Corrosion Behavior and Microstructural Characteristics of Pulsed CMT-Welded AA2014-T6 Aluminium Alloy Joints: Effect of PWHT by A. Padma Rao, Manzoor Hadi, C. Rajendran, Sonar Tushar, Mikhail Ivanov, P. Senthil Kumar, V. Murali Krishna

“…Results disclosed that the PCMT joints subjected to the potentiodynamic corrosion test in NaCl solution of pH-4, pH-7, and pH-11 disclosed very low, moderate, and extremely high pitting corrosion, respectively. The corrosion resistance of ST joints was improved by 53.34%, 15%, and 15.12% in pH-4, pH-7, and pH-11 NaCl solution compared to as-welded joints. …”
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Dermatoplasty for decompensated forms of varicose veins and post-thrombotic syndrome by V. I. Rusin, F. M. Pavuk, I. I. Kovalchuk, O. A. Nosenko

“…According to the etiology of the disease, there were 76 patients with varicose desease (VD) (group I), 98 patients with PTS (group II), while 27 patients with PTS had trophic ulcers on both lower extremities. With a trophic ulcer (TU) diameter of up to 10 cm in the I group of patients, 42.1% had the depth of the lesion of the IIst, and in the patients of the IIa group, the depth of the lesion was the IIIrd. was observed in 51.4% of cases. …”
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Outcomes of Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hans Huang, Christopher P. Kovach, Sean Bell, Mark Reisman, Gabriel Aldea, James M. McCabe, Danny Dvir, Creighton Don

“…Conclusion. Emergency TAVR in extreme risk patients with acute decompensated heart failure or cardiogenic shock secondary to severe aortic valve disease is associated with high in-hospital mortality rates. …”
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A machine learning framework for short-term prediction of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations using personal air quality monitors and lifestyle data by M. Atzeni, G. Cappon, J. K. Quint, F. Kelly, B. Barratt, M. Vettoretti

“…The framework employs (i) k-means clustering to uncover potentially distinct patient sub-types, (ii) supervised ML techniques (Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and eXtreme Gradient Boosting) to train and test predictive models for each patient sub-type and (iii) an explainable artificial intelligence technique (SHAP) to interpret the final models. …”
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The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID) of the USSR in the City of Kuibyshev (1941-1943) by S. I. Chernyavsky

“…Among other tasks were the search for allies, establishing effective military, economic and political cooperation with them, counteracting the expansion of the Nazi coalition at the expense of Sweden and Turkey, and conducting an extremely balanced policy in the Far East in order to avoid a military clash with Japan.Due to the deterioration of the military situation on the Western Front and the imminence of the capture of Moscow, on October 16, 1941, the main staff of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, headed by its Deputy Chairman A. …”
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Random forest model that incorporates solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data can accurately track crop yield variations under drought conditions by Guangpo Geng, Qian Gu, Hongkui Zhou, Bao Zhang, Zuxin He, Ruolin Zheng

“…However, these model types possess limitations, particularly in accounting for specific extreme climate events that occur during the growth stage. …”
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La La place des femmes dans les modes de gestion des terres coutumières et communautaires au Cameroun by Natali Kossoumna Libaa, Saïdou Safiatou, Christiane Tobith

“…La méthodologie s’appuie d’abord sur les nombreux travaux scientifiques publiés ou non constitués d’ouvrages, d’articles, de communications, de mémoires, de thèses, de rapports d’études, de textes législatifs… Les zones de l’étude sont diversifiées et couvrent un échantillon représentatif de la situation foncière communautaire et collective au Cameroun dont le Centre, le Sud, le Littoral, l’Extrême-Nord, le Nord, le Nord-Ouest et l’Ouest. Les questionnaires administrés sont organisés autour de la caractérisation des espaces communautaires, la caractérisation des espaces coutumiers, la gestion notamment l’inclusion des parties et participation à la gestion, les modes d’accès au foncier dans le village, les similitudes dans les normes et principes de gestion des terres collectives et coutumières avec les villages voisins, les défis de la gestion des terres coutumières et communautaires. …”
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Exploring the impact of seashell powder and nano-silica on ultra-high-performance self-curing concrete: Insights into mechanical strength, durability, and high-temperature resilien... by Sun Yitong, Alqurashi Muwaffaq, Mostafa Sahar A.

“…Durability tests, which evaluate the absorption, water permeability, salt penetration, and sulfate resistance, advance our understanding of how these materials enhance the long-term durability of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) under extreme environmental conditions. In addition, examining UHPC samples at high temperatures (350 and 700°C) and applying scanning electron microscopy. …”
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The importance of trunk motion in wearable based infant spontaneous movement analysis by María Marín-Palma, Ignacia Rojas-Sepulveda, Jessica Becerra-Caroca, José Carrasco-Plaza, Ramiro Zepeda, Pablo Ignacio Burgos

“…Wearable devices can effectively detect significant differences in spontaneous movements during the first six months of life, particularly trunk-related data. The extremities could be insufficient to distinguish movements between 3 and 6 months. …”
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How climate change is shaping young people’s health: a participatory, youth co-led study from Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nigeria by Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Eno-Obong Etetim, Damilola Babatunde, Eleanor Blomstrom, Sigma Ainul, Toyin Olamide Akomolafe, Brian Medina Carranza, Angel Del Valle

“…In Nigeria, respondents discussed health effects of extreme heat, and how droughts were shifting women into more traditionally male roles in agriculture and income-generating activities, increasing the perceived risk of household tensions and gender-based violence. …”
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