Are We on Our Own or Pressed into ein Kollektiv? The Keyword Pragmatic Trajectory in the German Public and Political Discourse: Corpus-Driven Discourse Analysis by Valeria Chernyavskaya, Sergei Nefedov

“…“Kollektiv” is regarded as a concept of greatsocial significance, yet it is also a most controversial notion. It relates to the universal values and benefits of collectivism such as mutual assistance, solidarity, effective cooperation when coping with difficulties, mutual support and sympathy. …”
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Disseminated synovial chondromatosis of the knee treated by open radical synovectomy using staged combined anterior and posterior approaches: a case report by Sileshi Serebe Zeleke, Koyachew Abate Nigussie, Yeab Mulat Mesfin, Wodage Mesele Fentie, Michael Stein, Daniel Kassie Molla

“…The anterior compartment of the knee is mostly affected, and widespread illness is quite uncommon. …”
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Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma diagnosed by needle biopsy: a case report by Yusuke Seki, Hiroki Sakata, Toshimasa Uekusa, Hirokazu Momose, Satomi Yoneyama, Akio Hidemura, Yusuke Tajima, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Masahiro Ishimaru

“…Conclusions Due to the lack of availability of abundant quantities of relevant, high-quality data, there is no standard therapy for primary hepatic NECs. Selecting the most appropriate treatment for patients depending on several factors, such as the stage and differentiation of a tumor and a patient’s performance status and clinical course, is consequently preferred. …”
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Effects of Extracardiac Factors in Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography-measured Late Potentials from Early Anterior Myocardial Infarction in Intensive Cardiac Care Unit by Christopher Surya Suwita, Sally Aman Nasution, Muhadi Muhadi, Juferdy Kurniawan

“…This study used multivariate analysis with logistic regression test. Results: the most common factors found were hypertension (70.00%), followed by dyslipidemia (56.25%), diabetes (46.25%), and obesity (38.75%). …”
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Species Richness and Distribution of Calliphoridae Along an Elevation Gradient in Sicily (Italy) and Ecuador by M. Denise Gemmellaro, Gail S. Anderson, George C. Hamilton, Mariela Domínguez-Trujillo, Lauren M. Weidner

“…Twelve species were collected in Sicily, and seventeen species were collected in Ecuador. In Sicily, the most abundant species was <i>Lucilia sericata</i> (Meigen) (68.50% of the total capture), while in Ecuador, it was <i>Compsomyiops verena</i> (Walker) (51.67% of the total capture). …”
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An Evaluation of Different Digestion Methods for the Quantitation of Inorganic Elements in Human Hair Using ICP-MS by Yue Liu, Yang Yang, Yin-Yin Xia, Jamie V. de Seymour, De-Zhang Zhao, Yang-Mei Li, Hua Zhang, Ting-Li Han

“…Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) coupled with nitric acid (HNO3) digestion is the most common approach for determining inorganic elements from human hair. …”
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MODELLESS PROCESSING OF DIODE MICROCURRENT DATA SPECIFIED AS TRENDLESS SEQUENCES (Selection of diodes according to the criterion of compliance with the reference group) by Ravil R. Nigmatullin, Raphael K. Sagdiev, Mikhail V. Tkachuk

“…If RDs form a certain set, then the union of all sweeps forms a certain confidence (the most probable) region (rectangle) on the graph, which serves as a kind of criterion for separating the diodes under test (close to RDs by their characteristics) from DDs. …”
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Characterization of the Process of Attention to Hypertensive People in a Cerro Municipality Polyclinic by Marilyn Hernández Sánchez, Addys Díaz Piñera, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Mayté Más Gómez, Hortensia Cueto Lamar

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> hypertensive people over 60 years of age, female, accompanied, with high school education and retired occupation predominated. The most frequent comorbidities were: diabetes mellitus (22.8 %), hypercholesterolemia (17.6 %) and obesity (15.4 %). 68.8 % of these people did not feel the need for care in the last year and only 29.4 % were seen in a follow-up consultation. 30.0 % of patients had not had their blood pressure measured for more than a year, 99.1 % had indicated treatment, 50.9 % were controlled and 59.5 % adhered to treatment. …”
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Cord blood stem cell-mediated induction of apoptosis in glioma downregulates X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP). by Venkata Ramesh Dasari, Kiran Kumar Velpula, Kiranpreet Kaur, Daniel Fassett, Jeffrey D Klopfenstein, Dzung H Dinh, Meena Gujrati, Jasti S Rao

“…<h4>Background</h4>XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein) is one of the most important members of the apoptosis inhibitor family. …”
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A Study of Correlations between Chemical Composition, Hot Rolling Process Pa rameters, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hot Rolled DP600 Steel by T. Kaźmierski, J. Krawczyk, Ł. Frocisz, P. Matusiewicz

“…Among many correlations discussed in this work, most notable are those between martensite morphology and mechanical properties, between Mn and Si concentration and martensite morphology and between rolling speed, strain, cooling rate and mechanical properties.…”
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Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome and presentations similar to multiple evanescent white dot syndrome in other disorders: a narrative review by Zhen-Yu Liu, Hang Zhang, Xiu-Li Sun

“…Although the exact pathogenesis remains unclear, the progress in multimodal imaging (MMI) has enhanced our understanding of MEWDS. Most cases of MEWDS are idiopathic, lacking a definite cause, and can spontaneously recover; these are what we term classic MEWDS. …”
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Spatial-Channel Multiscale Transformer Network for Hyperspectral Unmixing by Haixin Sun, Qiuguang Cao, Fanlei Meng, Jingwen Xu, Mengdi Cheng

“…In contrast, transformer architectures extract global contextual features via multi-head self-attention (MHSA) mechanisms. However, most existing transformer-based HU methods focus only on spatial or spectral modeling at a single scale, lacking a unified mechanism to jointly explore spatial and channel-wise dependencies. …”
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STATISTICAL OPTIMIZATION OF CULTIVATION CONDITIONS FOR SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII VIA CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN by Guowei Shu, Xin Yang, Li Chen, Dan Huang, Zhangteng Lei, He Chen

“…Among these variables, the combination of 37 °C temperature, 6.4 the initial pH value, 250 mL triangular flask with 52 mL medium volume, 3 % inoculum size, and 181 rot∙min-1 shaking speed were found to be the most suitable cultivation conditions. Under the optimized conditions, the maximal yeast count was (1.81±0.06)×108 CFU∙mL-1, which was in a good agreement with the predicted value of the model. …”
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Causal effects of social media use on self-esteem, mindfulness, sleep and emotional well-being: a social media restriction study by Matthias Maerevoet, Marlies Van de Casteele, Eowyn Van de Putte, Dries Debeer, Kristof Hoorelbeke, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Ernst H. W. Koster

“…During the experiment, we monitored self-esteem, mindfulness, sleep, and emotional well-being.ResultsResults indicate a main effect of time for most outcomes, but the implemented SMU restriction did not moderate these effects.DiscussionIn conclusion, this study found no benefits from a temporary social media reduction on mental health outcomes.…”
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Problem Solving in High School Biology: Students’ Agentic Response to Differentiation by Janet English, Jingoo Kang, Tuula Keinonen, Sari Havu-Nuutinen, Kari Sormunen

“…A majority of students (88%) chose the problem that aligned with their perceived abilities, and the most effective alignment was the problem a little more difficult than they were used to solving. …”
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Effect of Asparaginase Treatment on Biscuit Volatile Compounds by Francesca Masciola, Irene Baiamonte, Emanuele Marconi, Sahara Melloni, Nicoletta Nardo, Valentina Narducci, Jose Sanchez del Pulgar, Valeria Turfani, Antonio Raffo

“…Among the strategies proposed to reduce the formation of acrylamide in bakery products, the use of asparaginase is considered one of the most promising, also due to its limited impact on the sensory quality of the final product. …”
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Insomnia and Esketamine Add-On Therapy to Antidepressant Therapy in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression—A Pilot Study by Daniel Szawarnoga, Joanna Fojcik, Michał Górski, Artur Pałasz, Marek Krzystanek

“…<b>Background:</b> Insomnia, as one of the most common sleep disorders, is a significant health problem, especially among patients suffering from drug-resistant depression. …”
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Analysis of snow reclamation efficiency of land by Aleksandr F. Galkin, Mikhail N. Zheleznyak, Aleksandr F. Zhirkov, Nikolay A. Plotnikov

“…It is shown that the convective component in the heat transfer coefficient can be neglected for most cases of practical interest, when calculating the specific heat flow from the ground to the atmosphere in the presence of snow cover on the surface. …”
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Differences in Thigh Muscle Activation Between Standing and Landing Exercises for Knee Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation by Jesper Bencke, Mark Strøm, Derek J. Curtis, Thomas Bandholm, Mette K. Zebis

“…Specifically, single-leg landings were effective in increasing the hamstring muscle activity over the single-leg stance to single-leg squat exercises, and muscle activity was significantly increased with the most unstable device. Increases in hamstring muscle activation was greater in female subjects than males with increasing instability of the balance devices…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nanohydroxyapatite-Gelatin Composite with Streptomycin as Antituberculosis Injectable Bone Substitute by Dyah Hikmawati, Hendita N. Maulida, Alfian P. Putra, Aniek S. Budiatin, Ardiyansyah Syahrom

“…The most effective treatment for spinal tuberculosis was by eliminating the tuberculosis bacteria and replacing the infected bone with the bone graft to induce the healing process. …”
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