The effect of Douglas-fir on biodiversity in European forests – What do we know and what do we not know? by Marlene Graf, Rafael Achury, Isabelle Lanzrein, Ronja Wenglein, Peter Annighöfer, Stefan Scheu, Wolfgang W. Weisser

“…In the present literature, the effects of Douglas-fir inclusion in stands on native biodiversity, compared to stands of solely native tree species, were mostly non-significant (78.6%, based on 32 studies). …”
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Longitudinal Trends in the Incidence of Hyperactive Delirium and Its Causes of Change After Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Disease: A Population‐Based Study of 7250 Surgical Patie... by Bang‐Lin Xie, Li‐Zhong Nie, Biao Zhong, Jun Xiong, Miao Nie, Qiu‐Xiao Ai, Dong Yang

“…The current research on POD is mostly small sample studies. This study aimed to investigate longitudinal changes in the incidence of hyper‐postoperative delirium in patients with lumbar degenerative disease at our institution over the past 11 years and to identify the potential causes of these changes. …”
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CHANGES OF ACTIVITY INDEX AND TOTAL SEVERITY INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS AND INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE OVER A 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP PERIOD by O. B. Ovsyannikova, L. P. Ananyeva, V. N. Lesnyak, O. A. Koneva, M. N. Starovoitova, O. V. Desinova

“…Assessment of SS activity and severity is hindered as it is very difficult to differentiate fibrous and inflammatory changes that are mostly interrelated and have a similar picture.Objective: to estimate activity index (AI) and total severity index (TSI) for the follow-up of SS patients with different variants of ILD. …”
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Percepción de la relación deporte-política desde las funciones de la economía política (Perception of the sport-politics relationship from the functions of political economy) by José Ramón Sanabria Navarro, Yahilina Silveira Pérez, William Alejandro Niebles Núñez

“…The main results show that the variables mostly meet the criterion of one-dimensionality. In conclusion, it was determined that production relationships, productive forces, and means of production in the sports sector in the sample departments can generate economic problems and contradictions, but their impact is moderated by the functions of political economy. …”
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Influencia mediática de la investigación en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Estudio de la repercusión de las publicaciones científicas del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cien... by Daniela De Filippo, Borja González-Albo

“…The articles that have obtained media influence tend to have greater academic impact and are published in scientific journals with greater visibility, mostly in open access, and with greater collaboration between authors, centers or countries, than those that do not have this impact. …”
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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa by Meike Piepenbring, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jean Evans I. Codjia, Carola Glatthorn, Paul Kirk, Yalemwork Meswaet, David Minter, Boris Armel Olou, Kai Reschke, Marco Schmidt, Nourou Soulemane Yorou

“…For several groups of animals and plants, such data are available, but for fungi, especially in tropical regions like West Africa, they are mostly missing. Here, information for West African countries about species diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms (other organisms traditionally studied by mycologists) is compiled from literature and analysed in its historical context for the first time. …”
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Evolution law of pore characteristics in microwave-assisted acidification induced fracturing shale based on low field nuclear magnetic resonance technology by He LI, Jiaxiang LIU, Baiquan LIN, Shiliang SHI, Wei YANG, Yi LU, Jiexin LU, Meng LIU

“…Low porosity and permeability of shale reservoir is the main factor restricting the efficient extraction of shale gas, nowadays, intensive fracturing and permeability enhancement technology is mostly used to modify the pore structure of shale reservoir, aiming to improve the permeability of shale body. …”
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Federal statehood of Russia and Germany in the mirror of constitutional and judicial law enforcement: the importance of German experience for Russian practice by Elena V. Gritsenko

“…The contribution of the highest courts of Russia and Germany to the development of the constitutional concept of the Federal system through judicial interpretation of the basic principles of Federal statehood directly enshrined in the Constitution and the discovery of unwritten principles is studied.The purpose of the article is to confirm or disprove hypothesis that German federalism reflects mostly competition model with specific elements of cooperation of federative entities, while the Russian federalism demonstrates the increasing vertical cooperative principles.The methodology of the study includes analysis, synthesis, description as well as particular academic legal methods (comparative analysis of legislation and judicial decisions, formal‐legal method, interpretation of legal acts).The main results and scope of their application. …”
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The fundamental importance of the ban on turning for the worse for the criminal procedure system by K. D. Vanyan, N. N. Lysov, M. T. Tashilin, A. S. Shuisky, I. R. Gilmanov, V. V. Kosterin

“…This problem is relevant to the science of criminal procedure.The purpose of the study is to analyze critically the practice of returning of a criminal case back to the prosecutor in order to correct mistakes made at the pre-trial stages of the proceedings according to the new concept of justice independence and the absence of an accusatory bias in the court functioning.The methodological basis of the study is a set of scientific techniques, focused mostly on the dialectical approach, which made it possible to determine the essential characteristics of the prohibition to turn the criminal proceedings in Russia for the worse. …”
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Demographics and Use of an Addiction Helpline for Concerned Significant Others: Observational Study by Rachel Chernick, Amanda Sy, Sarah Dauber, Lindsey Vuolo, Bennett Allen, Fred Muench

“…ResultsCSOs primarily comprised women (13,980/18,373, 76.1%) seeking support for their children (1062/1542, 68.9%). LOs were mostly male (1090/1738, 62.7%), aged 18-25 years (2380/7208, 33%), with primary substance concerns being cannabis (5266/12,817, 40.9%), opioids (2445/12,817, 19%), and stimulants (1563/12,817, 12.1%). …”
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The efficacy and safety of qiwei baizhu san in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Quan Zhang, Hongyan Liu, Jiahong Zhang, Yujie Ouyang, Xiaoxu Fu, Xiaoxu Fu, Xiaoxu Fu, Chunguang Xie, Chunguang Xie, Chunguang Xie

“…BackgroundType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, mostly resulting from impaired insulin production and diminished glucose metabolism regulation. …”
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Effects of intra-articular applied rat BMSCs expressing alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide or substance P on osteoarthritis pathogenesis in a murine surgical osteoarthritis mode... by Sabine Stöckl, Shahed Taheri, Verena Maier, Amir Asid, Martina Toelge, Hauke Clausen-Schaumann, Arndt Schilling, Susanne Grässel

“…Differences between the treatment groups were mostly restricted to the lateral cartilage compartments, where αCGRP caused a decrease of structural changes. …”
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Music festivals in small and medium-sized Spanish cities: between place dependency and spatial unboundedness, ongoing festivalization and processes of financialization by Carmen Vázquez-Varela, Diego A. Barrado-Timón, José M. Martínez-Navarro

“…The interrelationship between territory and institutionality leads to the identification of two extreme festival types: situated cultural initiatives and practices (festivals with roots and anchorage in a specific locality) and spatially unbounded festivals (without any commitment to the territory and showing extractive behaviour). The former type is mostly dominated by classical, flamenco, jazz/blues, and traditional/world music festivals, while the latter consists almost exclusively of pop/rock and urban multi-style festivals. …”
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Pancreatic cancer cell-intrinsic transglutaminase-2 promotes T cell suppression through microtubule-dependent secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines by Anton Wellstein, Thomas Seufferlein, Alexander Kleger, Tim Eiseler, Anton Lahusen, Nora Minhöfer, Kim-André Lohse, Christine Blechner, Jessica Lindenmayer, Sabine Windhorst, Yuan-Na Lin

“…Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is mostly refractory to immunotherapy due to immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment and cancer cell-intrinsic T cell tolerance mechanisms. …”
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Evaluation of processed rubber seed oil Hevea brasiliensis utilization as lipid source in Clarias gariepinus feed by Nuraini Annisa, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Mia Setiawati, Ichsan Ahmad Fauzi

“… ABSTRACT   Clarias gariepinus rearing is mostly done with intensive systems that use a lot of commercial feed. …”
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Unsteady Aerodynamic Forces of Tandem Flapping Wings with Different Forewing Kinematics by Zengshuang Chen, Yuxin Xie, Xueguang Meng

“…In comparison with previous studies that mostly considered the same kinematics of the fore- and hindwings, this paper focuses on the aerodynamic interference of three-dimensional tandem flapping wings when the forewing kinematics is different from that of the hindwing. …”
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Integrated Single Superphosphate with Cattle Manure Increased Growth, Yield, and Phosphorus Availability of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) Under Rainfed Conditions by Samraiz Ali, Abid Ali

“…Mostly, phosphorus (P) fertilizers are fixed in the interlayer of soil and become unavailable to crop plants. …”
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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Colorectal Cancer Patients with Different Mismatch Repair Statuses and Their Correlation with KRAS/NRAS/BRAF Gene Mutations by Jinchuan YU, Xuexue XIAO, Weiying HE, Yanan YANG, Junqiu YUE

“…ResultsCompared with the patients in the pMMR group, the patients in the classical dMMR group were younger, included more females, and exhibited more tumors in the right colon, mostly mucinous adenocarcinoma and poorly differentiated tumors (all P<0.05). …”
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Course of mental distress among psychotherapists throughout two years of the COVID- 19 pandemic: individual and inter-relational resources make a difference—cross-sectional and lon... by Sabine Mogwitz, Gloria-Beatrice Wintermann, Christian Albus, Andreas M. Baranowski, Petra Beschoner, Yesim Erim, Franziska Geiser, Lucia Jerg-Bretzke, Eva Morawa, Susann Steudte-Schmiedgen, Kerstin Weidner

“…Concurrently, the resource levels were mostly comparable and stable, with a protective impact of the sense of coherence (stable) and optimism (decreasing) and an association of high social support with low depression throughout the pandemic. …”
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Abnormal regional brain activity associated with relapse in early abstinent methamphetamine-dependent individuals by Ming Ma, Tiancheng Yu, Zhi Qin, Peng Zhao, Mudi Zhao, Jianye Guo, Ningqing Huang, Mengqian Liu, Kaixi Zhang, Qian Cai, Jianhuai Chen, Guoxiang Wang

“…In addition, MADIs at Stage II exhibited a wider range of brain regions with abnormal activity, which presented as decreased activity mainly in the middle cingulate gyrus, parietal and occipital regions, and increased activity mostly in the subcortical regions (striatum, thalamus and hippocampal structure) and several prefrontal regions. …”
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