The main drivers of labour cost dynamics in Central and Eastern European countries by Maria Denisa VASILESCU, Larisa STĂNILĂ, Amalia CRISTESCU, Maria Berta BELU, Silvana CRIVOI

“…Additionally, the share of exports in GDP and the employment rate influence labour costs in Hungary and the Czech Republic, but with distinct country-specific patterns.…”
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Compact Broadband Dual ZOR Antenna for Multiband Smart Mobile Phone Applications by Jeong Keun Ji

“…The measured results show that it has the active performance of good total radiated power, total isotropic sensitivity, and specific absorption rate, which can meet the requirement of the smart mobile phone.…”
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CAs-Net: A Channel-Aware Speech Network for Uyghur Speech Recognition by Jiang Zhang, Miaomiao Xu, Lianghui Xu, Yajing Ma

“…Experiments conducted on a real Uyghur speech recognition dataset demonstrate that CAs-Net achieves the best performance across multiple subsets, with an average Word Error Rate (WER) of 5.72%, significantly outperforming existing approaches. …”
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Integration of chromosome conformation and gene expression networks reveals regulatory mechanisms in triple negative breast cancer by Helena Reyes-Gopar, Helena Reyes-Gopar, Helena Reyes-Gopar, Keila Adonai Pérez-Fuentes, Matthew L. Bendall, Enrique Hernández-Lemus, Enrique Hernández-Lemus

“…IntroductionTriple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for twelve percent of all breast cancer cases, with a survival rate around ten percent lower than ER+/PR+ positive breast cancers. …”
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Clinical benefit of tafasitamab plus lenalidomide in relapsed or refractory diffuse large Bcell lymphoma: real-world data from the EarlyMIND study by Gabriel Brisou, Jérôme Paillassa, Sophie Bernard, Olivier Tournilhac, Luc-Matthieu Fornecker, Frédéric Maloisel, Lauris Gastaud, Eric Durot, Adrian Tempescul, Thorsten Braun, Vadim Ivanov, Brieuc Cherel, Caroline Serrier, Jeremy Delage, Abderrazak El Yamani, Baptiste Delapierre, Laure Lebras, Elsa Lestang, Camille Villesuzanne, Philippe Agape, Guillaume Escure, Ludovic Fouillet, Christophe Nicol, Gaëlle Olivier, Anthony Levy, Anne-Sophie Le Bris, Ophélie Cassuto, Laura Jacquemelle, Corinne Haioun, Charles Herbaux

“…Approval was based on the L-MIND study, which demonstrated a 57.5% overall response rate (ORR), 41.3% complete response (CR) rate, 12.1 months median progression-free survival (PFS), and 33.5 months median overall survival (OS) at five years. …”
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EMOTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY by Kenul E. Abdurehmanova

“…The research confirms that certain aspects of emotional expression — such as increased vocal intensity for anger and decreased speech rate for sadness — remain relatively consistent across language groups, supporting the universality hypothesis. …”
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Altruism Enhances Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Reduces Sympathetic Activity: A Multimodal EEG‐ECG Study With Implications for Therapeutic Interventions by Junya Orui, Keigo Shiraiwa, Takao Inoue, Masaya Ueda, Keita Ueno, Yasuo Naito, Ryouhei Ishii

“…Parasympathetic activity negatively correlated with temporal‐gamma connectivity (p = 0.002), and heart rate change negatively correlated with temporal‐prefrontal theta connectivity (p = 0.048). …”
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Spatial disparities of population aging in Shenzhen: from China’s Hukou perspective by Qing Luo, Zhuoying Li, Yuanjun Li, Yunhao Yang, Jiaxin Liu, Guangbo Liu, Huayi Wu

“…Although its overall aging rate remains below the international aging society threshold, the city confronts unique challenges as a migrant receiving metropolis without domestic precedents. …”
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Endoscopic management of large laterally spreading colorectal tumors (LSTs): a comparative study of techniques and outcomes by V. S. Tkachov, O. M. Kiosov, A. V. Klymenko

“…To compare EMR, pEMR, ESD, and hybrid ESD with respect to complication rates (bleeding, perforation), recurrence, and influencing factors. …”
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Investigation of Dual-Vortical-Flow Hybrid Rocket Engine without Flame Holding Mechanism by A. Lai, T.-H. Chou, S.-S. Wei, J.-W. Lin, J.-S. Wu, Y.-S. Chen

“…This engine was numerically investigated using a CFD tool that can handle reacting flow with finite-rate chemistry and coupled with the real-fluid model. …”
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A retrospective analysis of 6942 amniocentesis cases by Qingsha An, Yuxiao Huang, Feifei Yu, Yilun Tao, Juan Li, Xiaoze Li

“…The analysis encompassed the detection rate of chromosomal abnormalities via amniocentesis, the proportion and positive predictive value (PPV) of each indication group, the distribution of maternal age and gestational age, and the characteristic patterns of confirmed diagnostic findings. …”
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Numerical Flow Simulation in a Centrifugal Pump at Design and Off-Design Conditions by K. W. Cheah, T. S. Lee, S. H. Winoto, Z. M. Zhao

“…The current investigation is aimed to simulate the complex internal flow in a centrifugal pump impeller with six twisted blades by using a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes code with a standard k-ε two-equation turbulence model. Different flow rates were specified at inlet boundary to predict the characteristics of the pump. …”
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Stomatal–Hydraulic Coordination Mechanisms of Wheat in Response to Atmospheric–Soil Drought and Rewatering by Lijuan Wang, Yanqun Zhang, Hao Li, Xinlong Hu, Pancen Feng, Yan Mo, Shihong Gong

“…We investigated wheat’s hydraulic transport (leaf hydraulic conductance, <i>K</i>_leaf) and gas exchange (stomatal conductance, <i>g_s</i>; photosynthetic rate, <i>A</i>_n) responses to combined drought stress from atmospheric and soil conditions at the heading stage, as well as rewatering 55 days after treatment initiation. …”
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The state of cancer care in Russia: breast cancer. Epidemiology and survival of patients. The impact of the SARS-CoV-2-beta-coronavirus epidemic (clinical and population study) by V. M. Merabishvili, V. F. Semiglazov, A. V. Komiakhov, T. Yu. Semiglazova, P. V. Krivorotko, А. M. Belyaev

“…The one-year and five-year survival rate of breast cancer patients continues to grow.…”
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Dual Task Interference in Young, Middle-Age and Older Adults During Different Functional Mobility Tasks: A Cross Sectional Study by Tamara R. L. P. Tolotti, Ana Paula O. Barbosa, João Vítor E. H. Szortyka, Adriana T. de Lemos, Felipe de S. Stigger

“…The time taken to complete the mobility tasks was measured, while performance on secondary tasks was assessed based on the CTT rate, number of errors (SCWT and DST), and rate of recalled words (SVFT). …”
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Efficacy of Tuina Versus the Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Technique in Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Kaiqi Fan, Aicheng Wang, Hainan Gao, Ting Yu, Xiangyu Zhu

“… BackgroundNonspecific chronic neck pain (NCNP), characterized by a long course, a high recurrence rate, and a young age of onset, causes a huge economic burden. …”
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EFEFCT OF KAOLIN ON GROWTH AND CLINICAL SIGNS IN COMMON CARP EXPOSED TO COPPER SULPHATE TOXICITY by Abdulmotalib J. Al-Rudainy, N. M. Salman, S.A. Mustafa

“…Specific growth rate, experienced the same previous pattern as they ranged between – 0.04 and  0.24%/day in C+ and C- treatments respectively. …”
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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Indicate Mammalian Abundance Across Broad Spatial Scales by Paul K. Kazaba, Lars Kulik, Ghislain B. Beukou Choumbou, Christelle B. Douhin Tiémoko, Funmilayo L. Oni, Serge A. Kamgang, Stefanie Heinicke, Inza Koné, Samedi Jean Pierre Mucyo, Tenekwetche Sop, Christophe Boesch, Colleen Stephens, Anthony Agbor, Samuel Angedakin, Emma Bailey, Mattia Bessone, Charlotte Coupland, Tobias Deschner, Paula Dieguez, Anne‐Céline Granjon, Briana Harder, Josephine Head, Thurston Cleveland Hicks, Sorrel Jones, Parag Kadam, Ammie K. Kalan, Kevin E. Langergraber, Juan Lapuente, Kevin C. Lee, Laura K. Lynn, Nuria Maldonado, Maureen S. McCarthy, Amelia C. Meier, Lucy Jayne Ormsby, Alex Piel, Martha M. Robbins, Lilah Sciaky, Volker Sommer, Fiona A. Stewart, Jane Widness, Roman M. Wittig, Erin G. Wessling, Mimi Arandjelovic, Hjalmar Kühl, Yntze van derHoek

“…We then fitted Bayesian Regression Models to assess potential relationships between ape detection rates (as proxy for ape abundance) and these metrics. …”
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Epidemiological Situation on Tick-Borne Viral Encephalitis in the Russian Federation in 2022 and Forecast of its Development for 2023 by E. I. Andaev, A. Ya. Nikitin, M. I. Tolmacheva, I. D. Zarva, E. V. Yatsmenko, V. A. Matveeva, E. A. Sidorova, V. Yu. Kolesnikova, S. V. Balakhonov

“…Despite the increase in the incidence of TBVE in 2022, a significant downward trend has been retained. The rate of infection of ticks removed from humans in 2022 was below the long-term average values. …”
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An Analysis of RF On-Chip Antennas in Si-Based Integrated Microwave Photonics by Ajaypal Singh Dhillon, Bahaa Radi, Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur

“…The unification of antenna with photonic integrated circuits (PICs) reduces system loss for high data rate communication by eliminating parasitic interconnects. …”
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