The Use of Amantadine in Treating Extrapyramidal Symptoms in Organophosphates Poisoning in a Child by Wesam Althaqafi, Reham Ibrahim Alanazi, Wadha Khalid Almeshari

“…Literature reported that the use of amantadine, an amine that has both antiviral and dopaminergic activities, improves extrapyramidal manifestations. Most of the studies exploring the effect of amantadine were conducted on adults and there are extremely limited data in regards to this topic in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Strength training among professional UCI road cyclists: Practices, challenges, and rationales. by Vidar Vikestad, Idar Kristian Lyngstad, Terje Dalen

“…More female than male cyclists reported engaging in strength training during both the pre-season (96.6% vs. 85.3%) and race season (66.1% vs. 36.4%). The most significant challenges to maintaining consistent strength training were travelling, fatigue, and racing, while the primary rationales for strength training were to enhance performance, prevent injuries, and improve bone health. …”
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The Esophagogastric Anastomosis by Thomas N. Walsh, FRCSI

“…These sutures protect the anastomosis from a series of distracting forces during the most vulnerable phase of healing. It is intuitive that the absence of tension would also reduce any risk posed by a minor impairment of blood supply or any imperfection of the technique.…”
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MARKERS OF ACCELERATED CONVERSION OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN VARIOUS CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PATIENTS by M. N. Mamedov, M. N. Korneeva

“…In the groups of high and very high CVR the HFG was most common, but concomitance of HFG with GI two times less common. …”
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Clinical, Laboratory, and Therapeutic Analyses of 21 Patients with Neonatal Thrombosis and Antiphospholipid Antibodies: A Literature Review by Marcus Vinicius da Costa Peixoto, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Carlos Ewerton Maia Rodrigues

“…Arterial involvement (17/21) was predominant, of which stroke (12/17) was the most prevalent clinical manifestation. Anti-cardiolipin antibodies were predominant (13/21) in the antiphospholipid antibody profiles. …”
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An inevitably ageing world: analysis on the evolutionary pattern of age structure in 200 countries by Jiajun Ma, Qinghua Chen, Xiaosong Chen, Jingfang Fan, Xiaomeng Li

“…The findings reveal that, while disparities in age demographics are widening, most nations follow remarkably similar evolutionary trajectories, differing mainly in the pace of change. …”
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Can Metaphorical Thinking Learning Model Enhance Students' Mathematical Literacy in Area Conservation? by Lilis Wahyuningtyas, Mohammad Faizal Amir

“…Furthermore, this study substantially affects various aspects of mathematical literacy. The areas most notably improved include the ability to formulate mathematical situations, followed by employing concepts, facts, procedures, and reasoning. …”
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Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas by David Lopez-Carr, Daniel Ervin

“…PHE advocates in the policy arena have promoted the importance of integrating “conservation, health, and family planning (FP) interventions” in the management of some of the world’s most socio-economically impoverished as well as ecologically rich environments. …”
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The Dynamics of Multiple Pair-Wise Collisions in a Chain for Designing Optimal Shock Amplifiers by Bryan Rodgers, Suresh Goyal, Gerard Kelly, Michael Sheehy

“…Comparisons are drawn between both cases and the results are used in proposing design guidelines for optimal shock amplifiers. It is shown that for most practical systems, a shock amplifier with mass ratios based on a power law relationship is optimal and can easily yield velocity amplifications of a factor 5–8 times. …”
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Manganese Neurotoxicity: A Comprehensive Review of Pathophysiology and Inherited and Acquired Disorders by Giuseppe Magro, Vincenzo Laterza, Federico Tosto, Angelo Torrente

“…Currently available treatments are also discussed, focusing on the most frequently encountered presentations.…”
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A scoping review of pre-service teachers’ beliefs about implementing the universal design for learning framework by Chen Han, Jianghua Lei

“…Although some empirical studies investigated professionals’ beliefs toward the UDL framework and how beliefs influence their practices, most research focused more on in-service teachers’ beliefs and practices than pre-service teachers. …”
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Determination of Student Midwives’ Views on the Ideal Birth Enviroment in the Educational Journey by Fatma Sayiner, Betül Uncu, Elif Dağlı, Feyza Aktaş Reyhan

“…Conclusion: It is seen that most of the students in the study think that the birth environment has an impact on women's birth experiences and that these thoughts are related to receiving information on this subject. …”
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The influence of wave size on the performance of surfers in the World Surf League (WSL wave size) by Luis Eduardo Tietzmann, Hélio Roesler, Suzana Matheus Pereira

“…Through the evidence, it was concluded that: 1) those surfers who during the season caught the biggest waves of the heats more often were more likely to win their heats and achieved better rankings in the season; 2) all surfers had to catch a portion of just no bigger waves and the best classifieds took advantage of them better; 3) the biggest waves had the greatest influence on the tubes, then on the turning maneuvers and lastly on the aerials; 4) the three groups of maneuvers were decisive for the good performance in the season, being the tubes the most. …”
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Comparative evaluation of sticky bone with guided tissue regeneration and platelet-rich fibrin membranes in healing of apicomarginal defects with periapical pathology: An in-vivo... by D. Das, P. Mondal, K. K. Saha, S. Das, D. Karmakar, A. Bhagawati

“…Notable improvements in all parameters were observed across groups (p < 0.05). Group III showed the most notable reductions in probing depth and lesion size and the highest increase in bone density. …”
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Designing a hybrid stack ensemble model to enhance sepsis classification using data triangulation approach by Safiya Parvin A․, Saleena B․

“…To enhance feature interpretability, SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) was used to identify the most important features influencing sepsis predictions This approach helps to clarify the contributions of individual features, making the model's predictions more understandable and transparent. …”
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Slugs hide in the dark: Artificial light at night alters fitness and activity of dominant herbivores with consequences for ecosystem functioning by Vincent Grognuz, Flavienne Landolt, Julia Curty, Eva Knop

“…We conclude that ALAN affects the fitness of slugs and disrupts their activity, with consequences for herbivory. This will most likely have indirect consequences for other ecosystem processes.…”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND FARMERS-HERDERS CONFLICT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by OLUFUNKE .A. MOSES-OJO, ARUYA KINGSLEY JOSEPH, RILWAN ABDULLAHI ALIYU

“…Often presented as being driven by resource scarcity, Farmers and Pastoralists have for a long time, found themselves in deadly clashes, most of which resulted in loss of lives and destruction of properties. …”
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Estimated impact of the 2020 economic downturn on under-5 mortality for 129 countries. by Marcelo Cardona, Joseph Millward, Alison Gemmill, Katelyn Jison Yoo, David M Bishai

“…Nearly half of all the potential under-5 lives lost in LMICs were estimated to occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Because most of these deaths will likely be due to nutrition and environmental factors amenable to intervention, countries should ensure continued investments in food supplementation, growth monitoring, and comprehensive primary health care to mitigate potential burdens.…”
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REMOVAL OF AN ACID DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY ADSORPTION ON A COMMERCIAL GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON: EQUILIBRIUM, KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDY by Marius Sebastian Secula, Benoît Cagnon, Igor Creţescu, Mariana Diaconu, Stelian Petrescu

“…The kinetic data were analyzed using the Lagargren, Ho, Elovich, Weber-Morris and Bangham models in order to establish the most adequate model that describes this process, and to investigate the rate of IC adsorption. …”
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FoRSHE-X digital health intervention to improve the quality of life during chemotherapy among gynecological cancer survivors in Indonesia: A protocol for a pilot and feasibility st... by Yati Afiyanti, Dyah Juliastuti, Winnie Kwok Wei So, Ariesta Milanti, Lina Anisa Nasution, Aprilia Dian Prawesti

“…Most Indonesian gynecological cancer survivors have unmet supportive care needs during chemotherapy, which may lower their quality of life and discontinue the treatment. …”
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