Synergistic effects of fluorination on CO2 capture and activation in 1,2,3-triazolium ionic liquids by Gustavo Chacón-Rosales, Cristián Valdebenito, Karina Muñoz-Becerra, Carlos Cruz, Cesar Morales-Verdejo, Kerry Wrighton-Araneda, Pedro Aguirre, Gabriel Abarca

“…This enhancement suggests a stronger interaction in IL-TR1,2-CO2 owing to electronic effects compensated by relative energy cost due to structural deformations. This remarkable enhancement is attributed to the synergistic electronic effects introduced by the fluoroalkyl groups, which improve the interaction between the IL and CO₂ molecules. …”
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Evaluating the Possibility of Replacing Non-Wood Core in the Make of Wooden Sandwich Panel to Reduce the Consumption of Wood Resources, Preserve the Environment and Human Health by Pantea Omrani, Hosein Rangavar, Afshin Rahmati Tula Rud-e Pain

“…Introduction: Given the increase in the world's population and the subsequent increase in demand for wood and wood products, the high cost of wood, limited forest resources, damage to forests, the environment, and human health, today it is very important to create solutions to meet the needs of human societies with the aim of creating sustainable development, reducing the consumption of forest resources, and preserving the environment for human health. …”
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Wastewater Speaks: Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance, Sampling Methods, and Seasonal Infection Trends on a University Campus by Shilpi Bhatia, Tinyiko Nicole Maswanganye, Olusola Jeje, Danielle Winston, Mehdi Lamssali, Dongyang Deng, Ivory Blakley, Anthony A. Fodor, Liesl Jeffers-Francis

“…Wastewater surveillance has emerged as a cost-effective and equitable approach for tracking the spread of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Amorphous/crystalline heterostructured nanoporous high-entropy metallic glasses for efficient water splitting by Meng Liu, Shoucong Ning, Dongdong Xiao, Yongzheng Zhang, Jiuhui Han, Chao Li, Anmin Nie, Xiang Zhang, Ao Zhang, Xiangrui Feng, Yujin Zhang, Weihua Wang, Zhen Lu, Haiyang Bai

“…Developing nanoporous high-entropy metallic glass (HEMG) with a high specific surface area presents a promising approach to develop a cost-effective and efficient catalyst, which utilize the synergistic effect of its multi-component composition and the adjustable atomic environment of its disordered structure. …”
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Children’s Headache Through Drawings: A Narrative Review and a Portrait Gallery by Floriana Ferro, Caterina Gaspari, Giulia Manfrè, Federica Cernigliaro, Daniela D’Agnano, Ruben Panzica, Edvige Correnti, Maria Rosita Ruta, Francesca Marchese, Renata Pitino, Mariarita Capizzi, Giuseppe Santangelo, Antonella Versace, Vittorio Sciruicchio, Vincenzo Raieli

“…Furthermore, the literature suggests and encourages the use of drawing in clinical practice, both in the diagnostic process and during subsequent follow-up, as an effective, enjoyable, easy-to-use, and low-cost resource. Accordingly, we propose a narrative review accompanied by a curated collection of drawings that may help identify and categorize specific correlations between graphic representations and clinical phenotypes, such as pain location, quality, intensity, association with nausea and vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia, and types of migraine aura. …”
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The predictive role of peripheral serum inflammatory markers NLR, PLR, and LMR in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shufa Tan, Xiaoqing Yang, Xiaojing Mu, Shuang Liu, Yao Wang, Yuwei Li, Yuhong Bian, Chen Xu

“…BackgroundThe neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) are peripheral serum markers commonly utilized as cost-effective indicators of inflammation. However, their efficacy as predictors of clinical disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), remains uncertain. …”
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Expanding the scale and scope of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas: Merging rocky intertidal biodiversity surveys with environmental DNA and... by Gonzalo Bravo, Gregorio Bigatti, Mariana Lozada, Luke Thompson, Juan Livore, María Mendez, Lorena Arribas, Lino Bigatti, Tyler Christian, Erasmo Macaya, Edgardo Londoño-Cruz, Nicolas Moity, Juan Cruz-Motta, Augusto Flores, Gabriela Vélez-Rubio, Maria Palomo, Cesar Cordeiro, Franciane Pellizzari, Maritza Cárdenas-Calle, La Daana Kanhai, Ivonne Vivar Linares, Patricia Gil-Kodaka, Linsey Martinez, Pablo Sugliano, Agostina Trigo, Juan Zottola, Dulce Blanco, Matias Tricase, Nadia Bravo, Mariana Degrati, Camila Tavano Formigo, Frank Muller-Karger, Enrique Montes

“…The network held a five-day workshop focused on three core components: standardized rocky intertidal photo-quadrat surveys, low-cost environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling, and affordable plankton imaging tools. …”
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Unravelling hybridization in Phytophthora using phylogenomics and genome size estimation by Kris Van Poucke, Annelies Haegeman, Thomas Goedefroit, Fran Focquet, Leen Leus, Marília Horta Jung, Corina Nave, Miguel Angel Redondo, Claude Husson, Kaloyan Kostov, Aneta Lyubenova, Petya Christova, Anne Chandelier, Slavcho Slavov, Arthur de Cock, Peter Bonants, Sabine Werres, Jonàs Oliva Palau, Benoit Marçais, Thomas Jung, Jan Stenlid, Tom Ruttink, Kurt Heungens

“…In this study we demonstrate the application of two validated techniques (GBS and flow cytometry) for relatively low cost but high resolution identification of hybrids and their phylogenetic relations.…”
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Dietary supplement use in high-intensity functional training (HIFT) athletes by competition level by Jack Livingston, Sofea Smith, Kworweinski Lafontant, Claudia Gonzalez, Michelle Da Silva Barbera, Linh Nguyen, Susan Kampiyil, Jeffrey R. Stout, David H. Fukuda

“…Half of the athletes (n = 23) had discontinued at least one supplement, chiefly because of lifestyle changes (n = 7, 30%), perceived lack of benefit (n = 7, 30%), or cost (n = 3, 13%); adverse effects were rarely the reason for discontinuation (n = 1, 4%).Conclusions Across competition tiers, HIFT athletes most commonly rely on caffeine, electrolyte drinks, creatine, dairy-based protein, and multivitamins. …”
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Efficacy of a 6-month supported online programme (Feeling Safer) for the treatment of persecutory delusions: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Richard Emsley, Verity Westgate, Daniel Freeman, Thomas Kabir, José Leal, Anthony Morrison, Kate Chapman, Robert Dudley, Laina Rosebrock, Felicity Waite, Louise Isham, Jason Freeman, Stephanie Common, Alex Kenny, Ariane Beckley, Natalie Rouse, Megan McGovern

“…Moderation and mediation will be tested. A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis will be conducted of Feeling Safer compared with TAU.Ethics and dissemination The trial has received ethical approval from the NHS Health Research Authority (23/LO/0951). …”
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Biosynthesis of a dual growth factors (GFs) functionalized silk sericin hydrogel to promote chronic wound healing in diabetic mice by Hanxin Deng, Fangyu Wang, Yujuan Zhou, Hexu Lei, Hongji Zhou, Siyu Chen, Zihan Meng, Mengyao He, Ding Tu, He Wang, Xian Li, Qingyou Xia, Xueming Li, Feng Wang

“…However, limited resource, high cost, and instability in vivo greatly hindered their clinical applications. …”
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Ferrite-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction: Synthesis, properties, and mechanistic insights by Khaled M. Amin, Nada A. Eldeeb, Zineb Gargar, Ibrahim M.A. Mohamed, Mohamed Elsenety, Mahmoud M. Emara, M. Abd Elkodous, Marwa M. Abouelela, Poussy A. Ibrahim, Abdelmoneim A. Ayed, Hani Nasser Abdelhamid, Hesham A. Hamad

“…Compared to other nanomaterials, they could provide a range of advantageous characteristics, including high performance, low cost, low toxicity, and distinctive magnetic properties that facilitate separation using external magnetic fields. …”
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Scalable synthesis of NiFe-layered double hydroxide for efficient anion exchange membrane electrolysis by Alvaro Seijas-Da Silva, Adrian Hartert, Víctor Oestreicher, Jorge Romero, Camilo Jaramillo-Hernández, Luuk J. J. Muris, Grégoire Thorez, Bruno J. C. Vieira, Guillaume Ducourthial, Alice Fiocco, Sébastien Legendre, Cristián Huck-Iriart, Martín Mizrahi, Diego López-Alcalá, Anna T. S. Freiberg, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer, João C. Waerenborgh, José J. Baldoví, Serhiy Cherevko, Maria Varela, Simon Thiele, Vicent Lloret, Gonzalo Abellán

“…This scalable approach could considerably lower the cost of green hydrogen production by enabling more efficient alkaline electrolyzers.…”
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Municipal surface water valorization for clean water recovery and heavy metal removal towards a circular economy by Kedi Li, Yuxuan Liu, Mo Xie, Haoxiang Li, Sangyi Li, Chenyu Wang, Linyinxue Dong, Jungbin Kim

“…This reduction in SEC lowered the unit product cost and increased revenue, particularly in high-income societies, with generation reaching $0.71/m3 at 95 % recovery. …”
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Hair salons as a promising space to provide HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for young women in Lesotho: a citizen scientist mixed-methods study by Malena Chiaborelli, Mamaswatsi Kopeka, Pontšo Sekhesa, Madeleine Sehrt, Tsepang Mohloanyane, Tala Ballouz, Dominik Menges, Jennifer A. Brown, Jennifer M. Belus, Felix Gerber, Fabian Raeber, Andréa Williams, David Jackson-Perry, Meri Hyöky, Donaldson F. Conserve, Karen Hampanda, Alain Amstutz, and the Hair SALON Citizen Scientist Working Group

“…Salons were more accessible than the nearest health facility in terms of cost and time, but only 21.0% have an additional confidential space. …”
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Increasing the Uptake of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Via the MAwar Application: Stakeholder-Driven Web Application Development Study by Nurfarhana Nasrudin, Shariff-Ghazali Sazlina, Ai Theng Cheong, Ping Yein Lee, Soo-Hwang Teo, Abdul Rashid Aneesa, Chin Hai Teo, Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani, Nuzul Azam Haron, Noor Harzana Harrun, Bee Kiau Ho, Salbiah Mohamed Isa

“…Stakeholder evaluations highlighted cost-free access (mean 4.64, SD 0.81), comprehensive cancer information (mean 4.55, SD 0.69), detailed screening benefits (mean 4.45, SD 0.68), detailed screening facilities (mean 4.45, SD 0.68) and personalized risk calculator for breast and cervical cancers (mean 4.45, SD 0.68) as essential priorities of the app. …”
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Research Progress on CO2 Capture in the Steel Industry Under the Dual Carbon Background by Jing WEI, Min DENG, Dengguo YIN, Long SHI, Zikang QIN, Junfeng ZHENG, Lu YAO, Wenju JIANG, Lin YANG, Zhongde DAI

“…However, the global average cost of CO2 capture remains high. Current challenges include: (1) increased energy consumption (2.5 − 4.0 GJ per ton of steel); (2) infrastructure limitations, as 80% of steel plants lack CO2 pipeline networks; and (3) insufficient carbon pricing coverage, accounting for only 30% − 40% of the capture costs. …”
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C reactive protein flare predicts response to checkpoint inhibitor treatment in non-small cell lung cancer by Stefan Diem, Markus Joerger, Fiamma Berner, Lukas Flatz, Niklas Klümper, Manuel Ritter, Michael Hölzel, Jörg Ellinger, Peter Brossart, Annkristin Heine, Jonas Saal, Christa Lichtensteiger, Nina Wyss, Franz Georg Bauernfeind, Sabine Schmid, Martin Frueh, Tobias Bald

“…Due to its wide clinical availability, early CRP kinetics could become an easily determined, cost-efficient, and non-invasive biomarker to predict response to checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC within the first month.…”
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Reviewer Acknowledgements: Bridging Science, Care, and Community – GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal), Volume 8, Number 2, 2025 by GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal)

“…Eligible reviewers may be considered for future roles on our Editorial Board, and receive Exclusive Publishing Opportunity and the chance to publish Guest Editorial Papers at no cost. Simply register on our website and select the "Reviewer" option during sign-up…”
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Features of short-term heart rate variability in internally displaced people with type 2 diabetes mellitus by V.A. Serhiyenko, V.B. Sehin, V.I. Pankiv, A.A. Serhiyenko

“…The use of short-term HRV analysis can be both a cost-effective and scientifically sound approach for the early diagnosis of CAN in patients with T2DM. …”
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