Diagenetic facies of the Fengcheng Formation tight reservoir in the alkaline lake sedimentary environment, the southern margin of Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, China by Zongbin Zhang, Jun Qin, Zhongchen Ba, Wenbiao Huang, Mengyun Han, Yuhui Gao, Dong Wu

“…The outer front of the fan delta is mostly associated with solution-cementation facies, resulting in an average porosity of the reservoir of about 3.1%. …”
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Quality of life in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A Análise da qualidade de vida de pacientes com a doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 1A by Juliana B. Taniguchi, Valéria M.C. Elui, Flávia L. Osório, Jaime E.C. Hallak, José A.S. Crippa, João P. Machado-de-Sousa, Leonardo M. Kebbe, Charles M. Lourenço, Raquel M. Scarel-Caminaga, Wilson Marques Jr

“…In conclusion, social and emotional aspects are mostly neglected in the assistance provided to CMT1A Brazilian patients, and they should be better understood in order to offer global health assistance with adequate quality of life as a result.…”
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De nomade à entrepreneur by Mira Korkoi David

“…The focus will be on the transformation of local actors, from a nomadic identity to that of entrepreneurs, through the examination of two major factors: the skills derived from nomadism and the social organization based on Amazigh kinship.Merzouga is an oasis village whose formation dates back to the 1930s when settled nomads began practicing oasis agriculture there. The population, mostly attached to the Aït Khebbach, an Amazigh tribal group, experienced a major economic upheaval during French colonization, marking the end of pastoralism as it was previously practiced. …”
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A systematic review on machine learning-aided design of engineered biochar for soil and water contaminant removal by Yunpeng Ge, Kaiyang Ying, Guo Yu, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, Abubakr M. Idris, Abubakr M. Idris, Asfandyar Shahab, Habib Ullah, Habib Ullah

“…Unlike earlier studies mostly on the adsorption capacity of biochar, this work expands the scope to investigate how ML can customize biochar properties for optimal contaminant removal using interpretability tools like SHAP analysis. …”
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Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies based on the mechanical equilibrium model: A case study of the urban agglomeration on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains by Jiazhen Chen, Alimujiang Kasimu, Lina Tang, Fuqiang Han, Miyesier Jumai

“…Observable disparities existed across regions concerning the coordination levels’ distribution, with highly harmonious areas mainly located in bare land such as deserts and mountainous regions, moderately coordinated areas predominantly found in grassland, and transitional and imbalanced types mostly distributed predominantly in areas characterized by substantial human engagement, exemplified by built-up land and cropland. …”
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Production of macrozoobenthos in the estuaries of Primorye by Nickolay V. Kolpakov

“…Species composition and abundance of macrobenthos in the estuaries depend mostly on water salinity. Three types of estuaries were distinguished: i) polyhaline with prevaled salinity 18-30 ‰ (external and internal estuaries of the rivers Ryazanovka, Barabashevka, Sukhodol, Tumanovka and external estuaries of the rivers Olga and Avvakumovka); ii) mesohaline with salinity 5-18 ‰ (external and internal estuaries of the rivers Tesnaya and Gladkaya, internal estuaries of the rivers Avvakumovka, Kievka, and Partizanskaya, Lake Presnoye and external estuary of the Razdolnaya River); and iii) oligohaline with salinity 0.5-5.0 ‰ (internal estuaries of the rivers Razdolnaya, Artemovka and Lake Solenoye). …”
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Coffee and tea consumption and cardiovascular disease and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in individuals with diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of prospective observational... by Li Ding, Hai-Peng Wang, Jun-Yu Zhao, Xin Zhao, Yu Sha, Li-Qiang Qin, Khemayanto Hidayat

“…The certainty of the evidence was mostly graded as moderate for coffee consumption (except for cancer mortality and stroke incidence, which were graded as low) and low for tea consumption (except for CVD mortality, which was graded as moderate).ConclusionDaily coffee or tea consumption may be associated with lower risks of CVD and death, particularly from CVD, among individuals with DM. …”
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Sequential prenatal diagnosis of fetal skeletal dysplasia: A cohort study by Mengting Jiang, Bin Zhang, Jing Wang, Wei Qiao, Xiuzhen Mao, Bin Yu

“…The detection rate of monogenic abnormalities in short long bones with other skeletal abnormalities was 62.5% (10/16), which was higher than that in short long bones with non‐skeletal abnormalities 10.5% (2/19), and the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.003). Conclusions SD is mostly caused by monogenic abnormalities, and prenatal WES has significantly improved the detection rate of SD fetuses. …”
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Degree of polymerization and spatial distributions of acyclic and cyclic oligohexoses in soybean root nodules uncovered by MALDI and nanophotonic laser desorption ionization mass s... by Chloe Corning, Marjan Dolatmoradi, Tina H. Tran, Gary Stacey, Lajos Szente, Laith Z. Samarah, Akos Vertes

“…In the symbiotic relationship of legumes and rhizobia, disaccharides, mostly sucrose, are produced by the plant and provided as energy and carbon sources for the bacteria. …”
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Abstract 207: Clinical Outcomes After Endovascular Thrombectomy in Large Vessel Occlusion: A Philippine Single Center Experience by Kimberly C. Geronimo

“…The use of EVT is known internationally, mostly in the western hemisphere. Its application and accessibility differ in the Asian countries, especially in the Philippines. …”
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Integration of histopathology, transcriptomics and non-targeted metabolomics reveals toxic effects of thiamethoxam under acute stress in mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Longke-11... by Dongchang Guo, Wenyang Song, Manhong Liu, Haixia Jiang, Xiaolong Wang, Zhiying Jia, Bin Xu

“…Genes related to immune response and antioxidant stress were mostly downregulated, while genes related to inflammation and apoptosis were predominantly upregulated. …”
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Improving the use of patient-held records in the Emtshezi Subdistrict by T.P. Kerry

“…The Emtshezi Subdistrict forms part of the uThukela Health District of KwaZulu-Natal and lies 120 km northwest of Pietermaritzburg. The population is mostly rural. The major towns are Estcourt, Weenen and Winterton. …”
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Dynamics of Structural and Functional Changes of Patients with Dry Form Age-related Macular Degeneration after Double Filtration Plasmapheresis by A. A. Volozhev, A. N. Kulikov, A. N. Belskih, D. S. Maltsev, S. E. Bednova, E. N. Nikolaenko

“…There are risk factors of dAMD (age, heredity, lifestyle etc.) which can cause metabolic disorders, changes hemorheological parameters which promote activation of druseogenesis and as a result an angiogenesis. Mostly an outcome of dAMD is geographical atrophy and decrease of central visual acuity. …”
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The Effect of Hyperfiltration on Kidney Function in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study by Maruhum Bonar H. Marbun, Endang Susalit, Diana Aulia, Jacub Pandelaki, Saptawati Bardosono, Bambang Purwanto

“…Results: forty donors were included and mostly were female (67.5%). The average age and body mass index (BMI) were 45.85 (SD 9.74) years old and 24.36 (SD 3.73) kg/m2, respectively. …”
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THE PREVALENCE OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH TRADITIONAL RISK FACTORS AND MORBIDITY AMONG RESIDENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (ACCORDING TO THE... by S. E. Evstifeeva, S. A. Shalnova, A. D. Deev, T. M. Gatagonova, A. Yu. Efanov, Yu. V. Zhernakova, V. A. Il'in, A. O. Konradi, V. A. Metelskaya, E. V. Oschchepkova, S. V. Romanchuk, O. P. Rotar, I. A. Trubacheva, E. V. Shlyakhto, S. A. Boytsov

“…Prevalence of elevated hsCRP in patients with traditional risk factors after adjustment for sex, age, and region of residence showed that the elevated hsCRP was mostly associated with metabolic factors and diseases that were characterized by systemic inflammation.Conclusion. …”
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A SORT1/EGFR molecular interplay as a prognostic biomarker in glioblastoma vasculogenic mimicry: implications in the transcriptional regulation of cancer stemness and drug resistan... by Marie-Eve Roy, Alain Zgheib, Nicoletta Eliopoulos, Borhane Annabi

“…Abstract Background The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays a significant role in vasculogenic mimicry (VM), a process by which aggressive cancer cells within hypoxic solid tumors form blood vessel-like structures independent of endothelial cells. Mostly attributed to cancer stem cells (CSC), VM is strongly associated with chemoresistance and poor prognosis in glioblastomas (GBMs). …”
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Applying the integrated behavioural model to identify predictors of utilisation of state-funded health insurance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan by Junaid Ur Rehman Siddiqui, Waqas Hameed, Mahnoor Fatima, Shifa Salman Habib, Kiran Sohail Azeemi, Ali Hussaini, Asma Altaf Hussain Merchant, Adil Haider, Sameen Siddiqi

“…People's intention to use SCP in the future was mostly influenced by two factor: first, whether they felt using SCP was the norm (B= 0.6) or expected behaviour in the society like by friends and family, and second, whether they believed using SCP would be beneficial (B= 0.5). …”
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The Impact of Western Social Workers in Romania - a Fine Line between Empowerment and Disempowerment by Bianca Dümling

“…Since then, important changes in all areas of life have occurred, mostly with foreign financial aid and support. At the political level, democratic institutions were established, a liberal market economy was launched and laws were adapted to western standards regarding the accession into the European Union and the NATO. …”
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Revised methodology for CO₂ and CH₄ measurements at remote sites using a working standard-gas-saving system by M. Sasakawa, N. Tsuda, T. Machida, M. Arshinov, D. Davydov, A. Fofonov, B. Belan

“…The <span class="inline-formula"><i>u</i>_r</span> for CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> and CH<span class="inline-formula">₄</span> was mostly around 0.05 ppm and below 5 ppb, respectively. …”
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Chronic administration of prebiotics and probiotics prevent pathophysiological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in the cortex of APP/PS1 mice by Giorgia Sarti, Chiara Traini, Giada Magni, Selene Attorre, Giorgio Tognozzi, Edoardo Calussi, Maria Grazia Giovannini, Maria Giuliana Vannucchi, Daniele Lana

“…The abovementioned effects of the treatment were mostly evident in cortical Layer 5.DiscussionThese data confirm that prolonged dietary regimen enriched with pre- and probiotics counteracts many of the histopathological hallmarks of AD, and poses the bases for a simple, affordable treatment that may help prevent AD.…”
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