Clinical and Laboratory Correlates of Acute Respiratory Failure in Patients with COVID-19 Depending on the Values of Transcutaneous Saturation by O. V. Voennov, V. I. Zagrekov, А. А. Ezhevskaya, Zh. B. Prusakova, O. N. Gunderchuk, V. А. Skorodumov

“…The revealed changes are mostly consistent with generally accepted ideas about the relationship between values of transcutaneous saturation and blood gas composition and parameters of blood ABB in the case of ARF. …”
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Characteristics of e-scooter and bicycle injuries at a university hospital in a large German city – a one-year analysis by Frederik Hartz, Philipp Zehnder, Tobias Resch, Gregor Römmermann, Victoria Hartmann, Markus Schwarz, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Peter Biberthaler, Michael Zyskowski

“…Conclusion Compared to cyclists, injured e-scooter riders are younger, mostly do not wear a helmet and more often ride under the influence of alcohol. …”
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Effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia compared with controls among cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials by Joshua T. Cooper, Ellie Svoboda, Allan V. Prochazka, Duc M. Ha

“…Participant mean age was 55 and time-since-diagnosis was 2.5 years; 94% were women, mostly survivors of breast cancer. At end-of-intervention, compared with controls, CBT-I improved ISI [MD (95% CI): -4.4 (-5.3, -3.5) points; assessed in 13 trials] that did not reach the MCID threshold (i.e., ≥ 6 points) to suggest that many patients derived clinically-important benefit, but is higher than half of the minimal-important-change (MIC) (i.e., 3-<6 points, including 95% CI), suggesting that an appreciable number of patients derived clinically-important benefit. …”
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Characterization of seasonal influenza vaccination and assessment of individual factors associated with seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Manitoba, Canada: a population-wide rec... by Dr George Okoli, Dr Christiaan Righolt, Mr Geng Zhang, Dr Silvia Alessi-Severini, Dr Paul Van Caeseele, Dr I fan Kuo, Dr Salaheddin Mahmud

“…There was significantly increased odds of SIV uptake among females within the age groups ≥18 years, in higher income quintiles, mostly with increased contact with a PCP/hospitalization within age groups ≥18 years, among those who had older or female PCPs (the opposite observation among ≥65-year-olds) and whose PCP administered at least one SIV in prior influenza season. …”
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Regular use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can effectively control pain and global health in patients with moderate activity of rheumatoid arthritis by A. E. Karateev, E. Yu. Pogozheva, V. N. Amirdzhanova, E. S. Filatova, V. A. Nesterenko

“…All patients received DMARDs, mostly methotrexate 15 to 25 mg weekly, 8.2% biological agents, 18.6% glucocorticoids. …”
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Machine-Learning Spectral Analysis Tool for Blueberries (<i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i>) Cultivar Discrimination by Pedro Ribeiro, Maria Inês Barbosa, Clara Sousa, Pedro Miguel Rodrigues

“…In this context, accurate cultivar discrimination is of significant relevance, and currently, it is mostly performed through berries examination. In this work, we developed a method to discriminate 19 cultivars from the <i>V. corymbosum</i> species through their leaves’ near-infrared spectra. …”
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Improving the time-efficiency of initial mental health assessment (triaging) using an online assessment tool followed by a clinical interview via phone: a randomised controlled tri... by Irosh Fernando, Rahul Gupta, Kate Simpson, Stuart Szwec, Mariko Carey, Agatha Conrad, Todd Heard, Lisa Lampe

“…Out of 184 referrals allocated to the intervention arm, the assessment was completed in 125, but only 81 were included in the analysis, mostly due to failure of clinicians to follow the protocol (completing the assessment without using self-reported data, likely due to inexperience with the novel process). …”
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Development and nutritional evaluation of pomegranate peel enriched bars. by Rameeza Abbas, Muhammad Aamir, Farhan Saeed, Amar Shankar, Jaspreet Kaur, Rutaba Nadeem, Ashish Singh Chauhan, Ali Imran, Muhammad Afzaal, Abdela Befa Kinki

“…Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is well known fruit belongs to punicaceae family having multiple health benefits, not only limited to its edible parts but also in its non-edible parts mostly the peel. Fruit wastes are rich source of nutrients, and can be used for the development of functional food products. …”
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Pengambilan Data secara Bergerak pada Automatic Meter Reading Bertopologi Mesh by Fandisya Rahman, Achmad Basuki, Ismiarta Aknuranda

“…The data gathering process mostly performed by officers who periodically visit each customers' house. …”
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Assessing water and energy fluxes in a regional hydrosystem: case study of the Seine basin by Kilic, Deniz, Rivière, Agnès, Gallois, Nicolas, Ducharne, Agnès, Wang, Shuaitao, Peylin, Philippe, Flipo, Nicolas

“…It also simulates temperature evolution in each aquifer and evaluates that river thermal regulation mostly relies by order of importance on short wave radiations (109.3 W${\cdot }$m$^{-2}$), groundwater fluxes (48.1 W${\cdot }$m$^{-2}$) and surface runoff (22.7 W${\cdot }$m$^{-2}$).…”
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The Ability of Bacteriophages to Reduce Biofilms Produced by <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Isolated from Corneal Infections by Kuma Diriba Urgeya, Dinesh Subedi, Naresh Kumar, Mark Willcox

“…It is a major cause of ocular infections, mostly linked to contact lens wear. <i>P. aeruginosa</i> often produces biofilm during infections, and these are also associated with antibiotic resistance. …”
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The effect of Douglas-fir on biodiversity in European forests – What do we know and what do we not know? by Marlene Graf, Rafael Achury, Isabelle Lanzrein, Ronja Wenglein, Peter Annighöfer, Stefan Scheu, Wolfgang W. Weisser

“…In the present literature, the effects of Douglas-fir inclusion in stands on native biodiversity, compared to stands of solely native tree species, were mostly non-significant (78.6%, based on 32 studies). …”
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Longitudinal Trends in the Incidence of Hyperactive Delirium and Its Causes of Change After Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Disease: A Population‐Based Study of 7250 Surgical Patie... by Bang‐Lin Xie, Li‐Zhong Nie, Biao Zhong, Jun Xiong, Miao Nie, Qiu‐Xiao Ai, Dong Yang

“…The current research on POD is mostly small sample studies. This study aimed to investigate longitudinal changes in the incidence of hyper‐postoperative delirium in patients with lumbar degenerative disease at our institution over the past 11 years and to identify the potential causes of these changes. …”
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CHANGES OF ACTIVITY INDEX AND TOTAL SEVERITY INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS AND INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE OVER A 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP PERIOD by O. B. Ovsyannikova, L. P. Ananyeva, V. N. Lesnyak, O. A. Koneva, M. N. Starovoitova, O. V. Desinova

“…Assessment of SS activity and severity is hindered as it is very difficult to differentiate fibrous and inflammatory changes that are mostly interrelated and have a similar picture.Objective: to estimate activity index (AI) and total severity index (TSI) for the follow-up of SS patients with different variants of ILD. …”
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Percepción de la relación deporte-política desde las funciones de la economía política (Perception of the sport-politics relationship from the functions of political economy) by José Ramón Sanabria Navarro, Yahilina Silveira Pérez, William Alejandro Niebles Núñez

“…The main results show that the variables mostly meet the criterion of one-dimensionality. In conclusion, it was determined that production relationships, productive forces, and means of production in the sports sector in the sample departments can generate economic problems and contradictions, but their impact is moderated by the functions of political economy. …”
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Influencia mediática de la investigación en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Estudio de la repercusión de las publicaciones científicas del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cien... by Daniela De Filippo, Borja González-Albo

“…The articles that have obtained media influence tend to have greater academic impact and are published in scientific journals with greater visibility, mostly in open access, and with greater collaboration between authors, centers or countries, than those that do not have this impact. …”
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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa by Meike Piepenbring, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jean Evans I. Codjia, Carola Glatthorn, Paul Kirk, Yalemwork Meswaet, David Minter, Boris Armel Olou, Kai Reschke, Marco Schmidt, Nourou Soulemane Yorou

“…For several groups of animals and plants, such data are available, but for fungi, especially in tropical regions like West Africa, they are mostly missing. Here, information for West African countries about species diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms (other organisms traditionally studied by mycologists) is compiled from literature and analysed in its historical context for the first time. …”
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Evolution law of pore characteristics in microwave-assisted acidification induced fracturing shale based on low field nuclear magnetic resonance technology by He LI, Jiaxiang LIU, Baiquan LIN, Shiliang SHI, Wei YANG, Yi LU, Jiexin LU, Meng LIU

“…Low porosity and permeability of shale reservoir is the main factor restricting the efficient extraction of shale gas, nowadays, intensive fracturing and permeability enhancement technology is mostly used to modify the pore structure of shale reservoir, aiming to improve the permeability of shale body. …”
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Federal statehood of Russia and Germany in the mirror of constitutional and judicial law enforcement: the importance of German experience for Russian practice by Elena V. Gritsenko

“…The contribution of the highest courts of Russia and Germany to the development of the constitutional concept of the Federal system through judicial interpretation of the basic principles of Federal statehood directly enshrined in the Constitution and the discovery of unwritten principles is studied.The purpose of the article is to confirm or disprove hypothesis that German federalism reflects mostly competition model with specific elements of cooperation of federative entities, while the Russian federalism demonstrates the increasing vertical cooperative principles.The methodology of the study includes analysis, synthesis, description as well as particular academic legal methods (comparative analysis of legislation and judicial decisions, formal‐legal method, interpretation of legal acts).The main results and scope of their application. …”
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The fundamental importance of the ban on turning for the worse for the criminal procedure system by K. D. Vanyan, N. N. Lysov, M. T. Tashilin, A. S. Shuisky, I. R. Gilmanov, V. V. Kosterin

“…This problem is relevant to the science of criminal procedure.The purpose of the study is to analyze critically the practice of returning of a criminal case back to the prosecutor in order to correct mistakes made at the pre-trial stages of the proceedings according to the new concept of justice independence and the absence of an accusatory bias in the court functioning.The methodological basis of the study is a set of scientific techniques, focused mostly on the dialectical approach, which made it possible to determine the essential characteristics of the prohibition to turn the criminal proceedings in Russia for the worse. …”
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