COVID-19 as a Catalyst of Food Security Crisis. Whether the Existing System of Agriculture Can Remain the Same by Oleksandra Ovchynnykova

“…Quarantine that was introduced as a tool to combat the spread of the COVID-19 acted as a catalyst of social, economic, political, ecological, and food crisis that is displayed in the global economic system and in agriculture – its subsystem. …”
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Pain-Related Behavior and Pain Perception Associated with Intraosseous Local Anesthesia (QuickSleeper 5^®) in Pediatric Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Zeyad A. AlRaddadi, Latifa A. AlHowaish, Ayman M. Sulimany

“…Conclusions: The QuickSleeper 5 system is a valuable tool for pediatric dental care, delivering comparable comfort levels to traditional anesthesia while significantly reducing the time that is required for administration. …”
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Associations Between Albumin/Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Score and New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing PCI by Yang SB, Zhao HW

“…Moreover, when divided into three groups according to the tertile of ANS, patients in tertile 1 (lowest in ANS) showed a 2.214-fold increased risk of NOAF in comparison to those in the tertile 3 (HR, 2.214; 95% CI 1.804– 5.101; P = 0.029).Conclusion: ANS is a robust tool for the prediction of NOAF in AMI patients underwent PCI. …”
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Sustainability study and SWOT analysis of mixed biofuel blends in engine at various injection pressure analysed by experimentally and statistically by Jagan Padmanaban, Annamalai Kandasamy, Elumalai Perumal Venkatesan, Sreekanth Sura, C. Ahamed Saleel, Nasim Hasan, Lin Zhenxiong

“…We used the SWOT study to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the mixed fuel, and employed the PUGH Matrix decision tool to carry out the sustainability assessment. …”
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Design and evaluation of clock-gating-based approximate multiplier for error-tolerant applications by Venkata Sudhakar Chowdam, Suresh Babu Potladurty, Prasad Reddy karipireddy

“…The proposed multipliers are implemented in Verilog HDL and simulated on the Xilinx VIVADO 2021.2 design tool, with the target platform being the Artix-7 AC701 FPGA. …”
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Predictors of schoolteachers' intention to report suspected child abuse and neglect cases in Oman: A national study by Zeinab Al Azri, Wafa A.L. Jabri, Iman Al Hashmi, Asia Alnaamani, Omar Al Zaabi

“…The Intention to Report Child Abuse Tool (IRCAT) was used to measure intention to report, perceived behavioral control, attitudes toward reporting, and subjective norms. …”
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The EU Sanctions Policy: A Thorny Path of Transformation by L. D. Oganisyan

“…Against this backdrop, the analysis of the EU sanctions policy as a key tool of its foreign policy strategy is of particular interest. …”
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The US Nuclear Policy in the XXI Century: Continuity and Change in the Strategies of the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump Administrations by E. P. Buzhinsky, V. A. Veselov

“…Bush government but more assertive since the former considers nuclear weapons not only as a means of deterrence but as an efficient tool of military and political coercion. In its dealings with Russia and China the current administration might apply the so-called ‘Schlesinger Doctrine’, which might entail a return to the Cold War-era principles and strategies, though in a much more complex strategic environment. …”
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Factors affecting women's access to primary care in the United States since the Affordable Care Act: A mixed-methods systematic review. by Allison Gilchrist, Gunasekara Vidana Mestrige Chamath Fernando, Paula Holland, Faraz Ahmed

“…The Mixed-Methods Appraisal Tool (2018) was used to rate the quality of studies. …”
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Enhancing intercultural communication via the ENACT Web App in language teaching by Belma Haznedar, Elifcan Öztekin, Sumru Akcan

“…This study investigates the impact of a digital tool, the ENACT web app (Communities, Languages, and Activities), on intercultural language learning from the pre-service English language teachers’ perspective. …”
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INNOVATIONS IN THE USE OF ACIDIFIERS: MODERN SOLUTIONS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASPECTS by I. Chernega, L. Fihurska, B. Iegorov, A. Makarynska, O. Tsiundyk

“…With the development of industrial animal husbandry, there is a need for more effective feeding methods, which makes feed acidifiers an important tool in maintaining animal health and productivity. …”
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The Effect of Tumor Angiogenesis Agents on Tumor Growth Dynamics: A Mathematical Model by Ali Mohseni, Mohammad Pooyan, Somayeh Raiesdana, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj

“…Modeling has been a very important tool in studying tumor growth and angiogenesis. In this paper, we developed a cancer model by introducing tumor angiogenesis agents to better highlight the role of these chemical substances in tumor-induced vascularization. …”
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Early Echocardiographic Findings of Pulmonary Hypertension-specific Therapy in Children by Akif KAVGACI, Fatma Sedef TUNAOGLU, Serdar KULA, Ayse Deniz OGUZ, Semiha TERLEMEZ, Fatma INCEDERE

“…Objective: Echocardiography is a very useful tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of pulmonary hypertension (PH). …”
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Iron:The missing link of depression prevention and treatment by reza pakzad, Mohammadamin Jandaghian Bidgoli, fatemeh abdi, negin shaterian

“…Methods: International databases like Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane,  International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, Clinicaltrials.gov, and Scopus were searched until 27 July 2024 to identify eligible articles with the appropriate Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).  The risk of bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2) was used for precise assessment.  …”
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OSPREI: A Coupled Approach to Modeling CME‐Driven Space Weather With Automatically Generated, User‐Friendly Outputs by C. Kay, M. L. Mays, Y. M. Collado‐Vega

“…We present the coupling of three established models into OSPREI (Open Solar Physics Rapid Ensemble Information), a new tool that describes Sun‐to‐Earth CME behavior, including the location, orientation, size, shape, speed, arrival time, and internal thermal and magnetic properties, on the timescale needed for forecasts. …”
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Re-conceptualizing trafficking-in-persons victimization using latent class analysis: Results from a community study in Cape Town, South Africa by Annah K. Bender, Erica L. Koegler, Edna G. Rich, Nicolette V. Roman, Rumi Kato Price

“…Experiences of violence, health and mental health concerns, and substance abuse were commonplace in this high-risk sample. A modified screening tool based on domains of trafficking identified by the inaugural Prevalence Reduction Innovation Forum (PRIF) was most robust in identifying and classifying victims. …”
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Forecasting Megaelectron‐Volt Electrons Inside Earth's Outer Radiation Belt: PreMevE 2.0 Based on Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms by Rafael Pires de Lima, Yue Chen, Youzuo Lin

“…PreMevE 2.0 is designed to be driven by observations from longstanding space infrastructure to make high‐fidelity forecasts for MeV electrons, thus can be an invaluable space weather forecasting tool for the future.…”
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INCREASING VALUE-BASED COMPANY POTENTIAL: THE GROUNDS OF A FULL-SCALE ASSESSMENT by Romans Dyakons, Vsevolods Karajevs, Rostislavs Kopitovs

“…The object under discussion is a standardised, unique management tool developed for the purpose of assessing the operational states of an organisation. …”
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The use of agencies by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR to control academic historical science in Soviet Ukraine (1953) by O. N. Yarmysh, V. A. Grechenko

“…Considering the current wartime, when ideologues of the aggressor state are constantly searching for “historical roots” in their claims to Ukraine, while referring to the alleged “achievements of historical science”, the topic, related to revealing the influence of totalitarianism on historical science, and turning it into a tool imperial policy, acquires undeniable relevance.…”
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Effect of inter-personal communication on cervical cancer knowledge and prevention among women in Rural Bengaluru, India by Garima Kumari, H R Raveendra Reddy, Nivedita B M

“…The pre-tested, semi-structured (Questionnaire) data collection tool was used to collect data before and after intervention (IPC). …”
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