Spatial Beam Cleaning in Multimode GRIN Fibers: Polarization Effects by Mario Ferraro, Fabio Mangini, Mario Zitelli, Raphael Jauberteau, Yifan Sun, Pedro Parra-Rivas, Katarzyna Krupa, Alessandro Tonello, Vincent Couderc, Stefan Wabnitz

“…The beam self-cleaning effect in graded-index multimode optical fibers has several interesting potential applications, such as high-resolution nonlinear imaging and mode-locked fiber lasers. Most experimental and theoretical studies of beam self-cleaning have neglected the role of the state of polarization of light. …”
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What’s in a cue?: Using natural language processing to quantify content characteristics of episodic future thinking in the context of overweight and obesity by Haylee Downey, Shuangshuang Xu, Sareh Ahmadi, Aditya Shah, Jeremiah M. Brown, Warren K. Bickel, Leonard H. Epstein, Allison N. Tegge, Edward A. Fox, Jeffrey S. Stein

“…We used natural language processing to classify EFT content and examined whether EFT content moderated effects on delay discounting. Cues most commonly involved recreation, food, and spending time with family, and least commonly involved references to health and self-improvement. …”
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A computational framework to characterize and compare the tonal repertoires of toothed whales by Maia Austin, Julie N. Oswald, Manali Rege‐Colt, Emma Gagne, Eric Angel Ramos, Joëlle De Weerdt, Nicola Ransome, Laura J. May‐Collado

“…Abstract Toothed whales, despite being one of the most acoustically specialized lineages of vertebrates, lack detailed vocal repertoire characterizations comparable to those of songbirds and primates. …”
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Patterns and predictors of smokeless tobacco use among adults in Bangladesh: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Bangladesh survey. by Abu S Abdullah, Pete Driezen, Ummul H Ruthbah, Nigar Nargis, Anne C K Quah, Geoffrey T Fong

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The findings suggest that coordinated efforts of governmental and non-governmental organizations, targeting both smoked tobacco and SLT use reduction and cessation, could be modified to reach each level of population including those who are marginalized, female, less educated and elderly. As most tobacco control programs in Bangladesh target mainly cigarette or bidi smoking, coordinated programs are needed that will also include SLT use within the tobacco control policy and prevention strategies.…”
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Biopharmaceutical properties of polyvalent bacteriophage capsules by A. M. Nikolaeva, N. A. Kovyazina, E. V. Funkner, A. N. Krasilnikova, K. A. Lysko

“…Rational phage therapy is a highly effective way to combat bacterial infections, especially in conditions of steadily increasing antibiotic resistance. Most bacteriophage preparations are formulated as oral and topical solutions. …”
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Understanding the association between skin involvement and joint activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis: experience from the Corrona Registry by Philip J Mease, Jeffrey D Greenberg, Carol J Etzel, William J Huster, Talia M Muram, April W Armstrong, Jeffrey R Lisse, Sabrina Rebello, Rhiannon Dodge, Mwangi James Murage, William N Malatestinic

“…The strength of the relationship of skin severity and joint activity was evaluated using methods for categorical variables (χ2 test, Cramer’s V) and continuous variables (linear regression).Results 1542 adult patients in the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry enrolled between 21 May 2013 and 20 September 2016 were analysed. Most patients in the BSA &gt;3%/CDAI moderate/high subgroup had worse clinical and patient-reported outcomes. …”
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Genetic analysis the causal associations between metal elements and thyroid cancer: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization by Siyi Yan, Ting Huang, Nan Shi, Keke Hu, Junhua Guo, Zhifeng Ye, Yinyan Shao, Heran Zhou

“…Abstract Background Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy worldwide, and recent studies suggest that environmental metal exposure may influence its development. …”
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“Prevalence of disordered eating and eating disorders among Norwegian university students before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, 2018 and 202.: The SHoT study.” by Lisa Marie Jacobsen, Gørill Haugan, Gina Dimitropoulos, Amelia Austin, Børge Sivertsen, Tonje Braaten, Ottar Bjerkeset

“…Anorexia nervosa remained the most common ED among females. Daily/almost daily exercise, financial difficulties, loneliness, and living alone were closely linked to EDs, odds ratios (ORs) ranging from 1.3 to 3.7 in females. …”
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Global burden and health inequality of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter from 1990 to 2021 by Xia Li, Zhen Li, Hongtao He, Sizhou Wang, Honglei Su, Guobin Kang

“…IntroductionAtrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) are the most prevalent tachyarrhythmias worldwide, leading to severe complications such as stroke and heart failure. …”
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Dynamics of Physiological Changes of Shiga Toxin-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 on Romaine Lettuce During Pre-Processing Cold Storage, and Subsequent Effects on Virulenc... by Dimple Sharma, Joshua O. Owade, Corrine J. Kamphuis, Avery Evans, E. Shaney Rump, Cleary Catur, Jade Mitchell, Teresa M. Bergholz

“…Colder harvest temperature (9 °C) before cold storage led to greater transformation of STEC O157:H7 into dormant states and decreased virulence in most cases. Increasing length of cold storage led to decreased virulence and acid tolerance of STEC O157:H7 on lettuce, while having no significant effect on chlorine tolerance. …”
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Effects of exercise on different antioxidant enzymes and related indicators: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yongchao Xie, Yu Gu, Zhen Li, Lei Zhang, Yang Hei

“…This study found that exercise significantly enhanced the activity of most antioxidant enzymes and overall antioxidant capacity. …”
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Rehabilitation and quality of life of patients after arthroplasty for malignant bone tumors of the upper limb by D. O. Elkhov, A. V. Bukharov, D. A. Erin, V. A. Derzhavin, E. V. Filonenko, M. D. Aliev, A. D. Kaprin

“…Arthroplasty is the most widely used surgical technique for bone tumors of the upper limbs. …”
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Familial Mediterranean fever in Russia: Experience of the Federal Rheumatology Center by E. S. Fedorov, S. O. Salugina, N. N. Kuzmina

“…The examination established that 18 (78.3%) patients were Armenians, 3 were representatives of the North Caucasus peoples (a Darghin woman, an Avar man, and an Ingush/Kabardian man), a man from mixed (Greek/Georgian) marriage, and a Russian woman whose ancestors were Armenian and Jewish. The most common manifestation of FMF were recurrent episodes of fever (22; 95.7%); abdominal pain with fever ranked second (19; 82.6%), followed by chest pain (11; 47.8%), locomotor apparatus lesion (16; 69.6%), and skin lesions (7; 30.4%). …”
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Exosome Therapy in Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Comprehensive Literature Review by Manouchehr Nasrollahzadeh Saravi, Mahdi Mohseni, Iman Menbari Oskouie, Jafar Razavi, Ernesto Delgado Cidranes, Masoumeh Majidi Zolbin

“…Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is characterized by the involuntary leakage of urine when bladder pressure exceeds urethral closing pressure during routine activities such as physical exertion, coughing, exercise, or sneezing. SUI is the most prevalent form of urinary incontinence, with a reported prevalence ranging from 10% to 70%, and its incidence increases with age. …”
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Consequences of Hot Electrons for the Structure of the Outer Heliosphere by Ethan Schuyler Bair, Merav Opher, Marc Zachary Kornbleuth, Bertalan Zieger, Gabor Toth, Bart van der Holst

“…The temperature of electrons is largely unknown in the outer heliosphere because there is a gap in Voyager measurements from ∼3 eV to 22 keV. Most models assume that the electrons have the same temperature as the bulk cold thermal solar wind (10 ^4 K beyond about 10 au from the Sun), but some studies argue that the electrons could be orders of magnitude hotter. …”
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Liability for illegal execution of activities on provision of consumer credit (loans): current status and perspectives for improvement by N. Yu. Skripchenko

“…Consumer lending services are among the most demanded in the financial market. The high socio-economic significance of the activities of entities providing consumer loans is increasing in the context of regional imbalances in the implementation of banking services and the focus of credit institutions on clients with a certain income and stable income. …”
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Current Status of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Nigeria by Tolulope Joseph Ogunniyi, Boluwatife Samuel Fatokun, Kafayat Omolara Isah, Asmau Abdulbaki, Adeola Roqeebat Emiola, Kesaobaka Batisani

“…There were 269,109 new cancer cases registered in 2022, with breast and prostate cancer being the most prevalent. Despite improvements made, several problems related to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer across the nation remain. …”
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Review of biomonitoring metals in rivers using bullfrog tadpoles: an applicability study of exposed animals to Sorocaba River by Victor Holanda Arjonas, Isabela Ferreira Fernandes, Mayara de Almeida Ribeiro Carvalho, Luciana Camargo de Oliveira, Heidi Samantha Moraes Utsunomiya, Gabriel Hiroshi Fujiwara, Cleoni dos Santos Carvalho

“…Results A review of the last 10 years of bibliographic production revealed 35 articles, where metals were the second most studied contaminant using this species (approximately 34% of articles), following agricultural pesticides (43%). …”
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Internet of things driven object detection framework for consumer product monitoring using deep transfer learning and hippopotamus optimization by Amnah Alshahrani, Mukhtar Ghaleb, Hany Mahgoub, Achraf Ben Miled, Nojood O. Aljehane, Mohammed Yahya Alzahrani, Hasan Beyari, Sultan Alanazi

“…Object detection (OD) is the most significant and challenging problem in computer vision (CV). …”
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Construction and initial validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire – Caregiver Version (ITQ-CG): assessing ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD in children from caregiver perspective by Alexander Haselgruber, Dina Weindl-Wagner, Andrea Zagaria, Karin Zajec, Judith Noske, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster

“…The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) is the most widely used measure of assessment and has been adapted for use in children and adolescents (ITQ-CA), but a corresponding caregiver version is still missing. …”
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