BUDGETARY POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDER GEOECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: TRENDS, CHALLENGES, AND THE 2024 REFORM OF THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT by S. O. Yakubovskiy

“…However, the study also identifies several critical weaknesses – most notably, the subjectivity of the Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA), the political nature of enforcement mechanisms, and the ongoing risk of fiscal slippage. …”
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Consumer experiences and values in Brazilian Northeast shopping centers by Maria Raquel Lucas, Simone Maia Pimenta Martins Ayres, Nuno Rebelo dos Santos, Andreia Dionísio

“…The unpleasant experiences are mostly related to the excess of people (n = 19). In what refers to pleasant experiences, functionality (n = 43), and sensory (n = 33) are the two most mentioned values, being functionality the top value to consumers regardless the purpose they have in going to the Shopping Centre. …”
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Vulnerability of peatland fires in bengkalis regency during the ENSO El nino phase using a machine learning approach by Fauziah, Lilik B. Prasetyo, Nonon Saribanon, Nur Hayati

“…. • High Vulnerability: Areas with high vulnerability are the most susceptible to peatland fires.…”
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OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF CONCRETE MODIFIED BY HIGH-VAPOR SAPONITE-CONTAINING MATERIAL by M. V. Morozova

“…Implementation of the program of development of the northern and Arctic territories is not possible without the use of the construction industry of modern materials and technologies. One of the most common and popular building materials is fine grained concrete with the chemical additives of imported production and such additives enhance the performance characteristics of composite. …”
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Periostin-mediated activation of NF-κB signaling promotes tumor progression and chemoresistance in glioblastoma by Yu Shang, Yuxia Liang, Beichen Zhang, Wei Wu, Yihao Peng, Jin Wang, Ming Zhang, Chen Niu

“…Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive form of diffuse glioma, characterized by high lethality. …”
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Factors associated with early deterioration after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Adrian V Specogna, Tanvir C Turin, Scott B Patten, Michael D Hill

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>This study summarizes the evidence to date on early ICH prognosis and highlights that the amount and distribution of the initial bleed at hospital admission may be the most important factors to consider when predicting early clinical outcomes.…”
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U-net-based approaches for biometric identification and recognition in cattle by Pınar CİHAN, Ahmet SAYGILI, Muhammed AKYÜZLÜ, Nihat Eren ÖZMEN, Celal Şahin ERMUTLU, Uğur AYDIN, Alican YILMAZ, Özgür AKSOY

“…The study"s findings show that the identification system"s most successful model was U-Net (with a validation accuracy of 97.4%). …”
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Evaluation of the prevalence of MASLD, MASH and liver fibrosis in a Dutch bariatric cohort. by Willy Theel, Willem-Pieter Brouwer, Elisabeth van Rossum, Jan Apers, Susan Ter Borg, Tessa Noordermeer, Manuel Castro Cabezas

“…<h4>Results</h4>Out of 77 patients (35%) eligible for histological analysis, the findings revealed a MASLD prevalence of 50.6%, MASH prevalence of 5.3%, and at-risk MASH prevalence of 2.6%. Most patients had no fibrosis (67.1%), while others exhibited mild fibrosis (F1: 23.7%, F2: 9.2%). …”
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30: LAND‐USE PRACTICES AND RIO GRANDE TURKEYS IN TEXAS* by Horace G. Gore

“…In general, turkeys have declined in direct proportion to the increase in human occupation of the land. Most lands in Texas are privately owned with no restrictions on use. …”
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Association between vitamin D serum levels and thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis by Lili Yang, Peng Yun, Fangping Li

“…The subgroup analyses demonstrated significant differences across most subgroups, except for post-operative measurements. …”
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Prevalence of chronic pain in patients attending primary healthcare facilities in south-west Tshwane by W.N. Rauf, H.P. Meyer, T.S. Marcus, P.J. Becker

“…The confidence interval (CI) was 37.2–45.6. Chronic pain was most frequently experienced as lower back pain [prevalence 30.83% (CI: 19.56–42.09)] and joint pains [prevalence 23.48% (CI: 7.58–39.38)]. …”
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First rangewide density estimate of the endemic and isolated Luangwa giraffe in Zambia by Catherine Sun, Frederike Otten, Rigardt Hoffman, Courtney Marneweck, Howard Maimbo, Charles-Albert Petre, Dusty Joubert, Tom Riffel, Matthew S. Becker, Stephanie Fennessy, Julian Fennessy, Michael B. Brown

“…To address this, we conducted the most spatially extensive and systematic survey to date of Luangwa giraffe across its distribution, extending survey effort 120 km south of their officially recognized extent. …”
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Topical Capsaicin for Treating Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome by Ansar Aziz, Tayyab Waheed, Olubunmi Oladunjoye, Adeolu Oladunjoye, Midhat Hanif, Fareena Latif

“…With increasing use of marijuana, the incidence of CHS is expected to increase. Most patients with CHS make frequent visits to the emergency room and are usually refractory to conventional treatment. …”
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WRITERS EDUCATION when street art enters the Academy by Paolo Belardi, Luca Martini

“…However, despite being admitted to the most pres-tigious museum circuits (just think of the space reserved in the Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin), writing and street art have always encountered difficulties in entering the Academy, also as the related items have never been included in the lists of disciplinary fields of the Visual Arts area recognised by AFAM (Higher Education in Art, Music and Dance established by Ministry for University and Research). …”
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Optimizing Petroleum Products Distribution Centers Using GFA and AnyLogistix Simulation: A Case Study by Moqbel S. Jaffal, Amjad B. Abdulghafour, Omar Ayadi, Faouzi Masmoudi

“…<i>Results</i>: The simulation results, taking into account both practical and regulatory constraints, indicated that the Ramadi location was the most suitable for establishing the new distribution center. …”
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Polypharmacy, drug–drug interactions and adverse drug reactions in older Chinese cancer patients: evidence from CHARLS by Zijun Yan, Ke-qin Fan, Ting Yu, Ning Su, Yan Zou, Liangjing Xia

“…(variable DAOO7-4, mapped to ICD-10 C00–C97). The most frequently reported sites were lung, stomach, colorectal, liver and breast cancers, yielding an analytic cohort of 408 individuals. …”
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Microbial Quality and Antimicrobial Resistance Along the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Value Chain in Kakamega County, Kenya by James Adero Obar, Joseph Wafula Matofari, John Masani Nduko

“…Among the pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus was most prevalent in fish (94.4%) and water (71.2%), followed by Pseudomonas spp. (65.6% and 45.6%) and Escherichia coli (64.8% and 60%). …”
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CLFormer: a cross-lingual transformer framework for temporal forgery localization by Haonan Cheng, Hanyue Liu, Juanjuan Cai, Long Ye

“…This limitation stems from two key factors. First, most existing datasets are English-centric. Second, there is inadequate learning from multi-modal information, where visual features are often prioritized over audio features. …”
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Impact of Host–Emitter Interactions on Light Amplification in Laser Dyes by Masashi Mamada, Ayano Abe, Takashi Fujihara, Tatsuya Yoshida, Kenichi Goushi, Kiyoshi Miyata, Ken Onda, Chihaya Adachi

“…The molecular design principle based on Einstein coefficients has been validated for achieving high gain, with para‐phenylene‐vinylene scaffolds recognized as one of the most crucial frameworks. In this study, we develop a stilbene tetramer derivative, QSBCz, which has significantly increased conjugation compared to the highly efficient laser material, BSBCz, resulting in a remarkably high radiative decay rate and a large gain cross‐section. …”
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Features of immunoregulation in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with blood eosinophilia by O. I. Urazova, E. G. Churina, Yu. V. Kolobovnikova, V. V. Novitskiy, A. V. Karaulov, E. L. Nikulina, V. S. Poletika

“…In TB with eosinophilia, an increase in the number of Foxp3-positive regulatory T cells in the blood is combined with in vitro hypersecretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines TGFβ, IL-10, IL-4 and an increase in the content of CD20+ B lymphocytes and IL-5 in the blood. These changes are most pronounced in the disseminated form of TB in combination with drug resistance.Conclusion. …”
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