The impact of the Dark Triad personalities and parental interaction patterns in predicting the tendency toward risky behaviors among adolescent girls in Ardabil, Iran in 2024 by Roya Motavalli, Hanieh Shayeghi, Tavakkol Mousazadeh, Serap Ejder Apay, Elif Odabaşı Aktaş

“…Abstract Background The escalating prevalence of risky behaviors during adolescence has emerged as a grave threat to public health, posing one of the most significant psychological, social, and health-related challenges globally. …”
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Future heat-related mortality in Europe driven by compound day-night heatwaves and demographic shifts by Xilin Wu, Jun Wang, Yong Ge, Shengjie Lai, Die Zhang, Zhoupeng Ren, Jianghao Wang

“…Under 2010–2019 adaptation baselines, future heat-related mortality is projected to increase annually by 103.7-135.1 deaths per million people by 2100 across various population-climate scenarios for every degree of global warming, with Western and Eastern Europe suffering the most. If global warming exceeds 2 °C, climate change will dominate (84.0–96.8%) projected increase in heat-related mortality. …”
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Evaluation of nerve function after Bell's palsy based on different facial nerve assessment scales HBGS/SFGS/MPS: A comparative study. by Zhanxiang Lin, Xiaoyang Fei, Lichao Huang, Yuchun Shao, Zicai Liu

“…Additionally, we performed correlation analyses and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses of the post-treatment data to examine the relationships between HBGS and SFGS and between HBGS and MPS, using the internationally recognized and most widely utilized HBGS as the standard.<h4>Results</h4>The HBGS demonstrated moderate consistency with both the FSGS and MPS, revealing significant negative correlations (r = -0.876, P < 0.01; r = -0.860, P < 0.01). …”
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SEASONAL AND INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY OF THE ICE COVER IN THE GREENLAND SEA by L. A. Timokhov, N. A. Vyazigina, E. U. Mironov, A. V. Popov

“…One-two year fluctuations were the most pronounced in the spectral density of inter-annual variations in the summer ice conditions. …”
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A reference genome enhances the power to detect signatures of recent anthropogenic impact in genomic data: a lesson learned from a stag beetle system by Zong-Yu Shen, My-Hanh Le, Ming-Hsun Chou, Jen-Pan Huang

“…Our results revealed that the three geographical lineages of L. miwai exhibit varying levels of runs of homozygosity (ROH), with the lineage experiencing the most severe and recent habitat disturbance showing the longest ROH. …”
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Quantitative phase imaging with temporal kinetics predicts hematopoietic stem cell diversity by Takao Yogo, Yuichiro Iwamoto, Hans Jiro Becker, Takaharu Kimura, Reiko Ishida, Ayano Sugiyama-Finnis, Tomomasa Yokomizo, Toshio Suda, Sadao Ota, Satoshi Yamazaki

“…Clinically, the functional quality of HSCs critically influences the safety and therapeutic efficacy of stem cell therapies. However, most analytical techniques capture only a single snapshot, disregarding the temporal context. …”
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USING THE BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY BY UKRAINIAN CINEMA NETWORKS IN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT by Bozhena Sheremeta, Natalia Chukhrai

“…In today's world, the movie rental market is a sector of the economy that has recently shown a trend of stable growth. This process in most European countries is associated with the introduction of the latest digital cinema technology, increasing the level of wealth of the population and the high popularity of multi-screen cinemas. …”
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Naik Muhammad. Small and medium-sized businesses financing in the conditions of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic by M. N. Mikhailyuk, M. К. Ashinova, M. Naik

“…Small and medium-sized businesses became the most vulnerable ones in the pandemic period. The purpose of the article is to offer opportunities for financing small and medium-sized businesses in the conditions of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by assessing the state and directions of state support. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Backside Emitting O-Band Grating Couplers for 100-<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m-Thick Silicon Photonics In... by Nivesh Mangal, Jeroen Missinne, Geert Van Steenberge, Joris Van Campenhout, Bradley Snyder

“…Most of the single-mode fiber-coupled grating couplers reported in the literature have been designed for upward directionality to perform wafer-scale testing of photonic-integrated circuits. …”
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Analisis resepsi toxic relationship dalam drama Korea Nevertheless di kalangan mahasiswa Yogyakarta by Laila Putri Wahyuni, Pratiwi Wahyu Widiarti

“…The results of this study are: (1) Most of the six informants are in an oppositional position in the meaning of toxic relationship in the drama Nevertheless, where they tend to reject messages conveyed by the mass media; (2) There are several factors that influence the meaning of informants regarding toxic relationships in the drama Nevertheless, namely media habits, socio-cultural background, framing knowledge, and personal experience. …”
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Segmented Curve-Fitting Method for Continuum Removal in CRISM MTRDR data by P. Kumari, S. Soor, A. Shetty, S. G. Koolagudi

“…Eliminating the continuum from a spectrum being analyzed and correctly identifying its unique absorption characteristics are crucial for material identification, traditionally achieved by the apparent continuum removal methods like using an Upper Convex Hull (UCH). Nevertheless, most of these methods struggle when baseline curvature exceeds certain limits, often combining distinct absorptions. …”
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Gut Microbiome in Critical Illness (Review) by E. A. Chernevskaya, N. V. Beloborodova

“…Radical changes in the composition, diversity and metabolic activity of gut microbiome in critically ill patients most probably affect adversely the outcome of treatment. …”
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Efficacy of Dry Needling Combined with Eccentric Exercise Versus Oral and Topical NSAID Treatment in Patients with Tennis Elbow: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Zacarías Sánchez-Milá PhD, Vanesa Abuín-Porras PhD, Helena Fidalgo-Gómez PhD, Isabel Mínguez-Esteban MSc, Jaime Almazán-Polo PT, MSc, PhD, Jorge Velázquez-Saornil PhD

“…Results All groups showed significant improvements in pain intensity and function over the 30-day intervention period The DN group achieved the most substantial reduction in pain and the greatest improvement in pressure pain threshold and functional scores, followed by the TopA group. …”
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Exercise and Atrial Fibrillation: Current Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions by Hoang Nhat Pham, Mahmoud H. Abdelnabi, Ramzi Ibrahim, Enkhtsogt Sainbayar, Hong Hieu Truong, Eiad Habib, Girish Pathangey, George Bcharah, Amitoj Singh, Reza Arsanjani, Anwar A. Chahal, Dan Sorajja

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. …”
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Despite Potential Risks African Elephants Do Not Always Avoid Mountaineering by Justine M. Teixeira, Rickert van derWesthuizen, Adrian M. Shrader

“…In addition, habitat influenced slope use, with the steepest slopes used in woodlands and the most gradual used in built‐up areas and grasslands. …”
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OCT-SelfNet: a self-supervised framework with multi-source datasets for generalized retinal disease detection by Fatema-E Jannat, Sina Gholami, Minhaj Nur Alam, Hamed Tabkhi

“…OCT-SelfNet outperformed the baseline model (ResNet-50, ViT) in most cases. Additionally, when tested for cross-dataset generalization, OCT-SelfNet surpassed the performance of the baseline model, further demonstrating its strong generalization ability. …”
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Regulation of APX, SOD, and PAL genes by chitosan under salt stress in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) by Sarvenaz Bigham Soostani, Monireh Ranjbar, Amir Memarian, Mehrnoosh Mohammadi, Zahra Yaghini

“…These findings highlight chitosan’s role in salt tolerance via ion regulation, osmolyte synthesis, and antioxidant modulation, with 10 mg/L being the most effective concentration. Chitosan represents a promising biostimulant for enhancing crop resilience in saline environments. …”
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Leveraging Digital Twin for operational resilience in the oil and gas industry by Giovanni Mazzuto, Ilaria Pietrangeli, Marco Ortenzi, Filippo Emanuele Ciarapica, Maurizio Bevilacqua

“…Developed within the EU- and MUR-funded RESIST project, the DT is part of a broader digital environment that includes both the plant and operator models, aimed at enhancing system resilience.A Gradient Boosted Tree algorithm, selected through comparative analysis, proved the most reliable technique for predictive modelling. …”
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Harnessing growth for ecological sustainability through exploring the drivers of load capacity factor in G7 nations by Rejaul Karim, Reday Chandra Bhowmik, Md Omar Faruq, Md. Mustaqim Roshid, Sohidul Islam, Sharmila Devi Ramachandaran

“…Robustness checks using AMG, MG, and CCEMG estimators confirm the validity and consistency of most results. Findings highlight the complex interplay between economic and environmental variables, underscoring the need for green innovation, sustainable service sector models, and targeted R&D investment. …”
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ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT BASICS by Natela R. Kordzaia

“…All these processes stimulates the intensification of competition in the market of educational services. The problem of most universities in our country is the lack of a clear strategic approach to managing their competitiveness in today’s market. …”
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