What shapes tertiary learners' experiences and challenges in mobile-assisted seamless vocabulary learning? A case of Chinese as a foreign language by Xiaosheng Zhou, Ying Soon Goh

“…Despite these challenges, the findings indicate that most students found the SCVL approach enjoyable and beneficial in enhancing their vocabulary learning, with many expressing positive views about the integration of mobile-assisted learning tools. …”
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A Palpable Painless Axillary Mass as the Clinical Manifestation of Castleman’s Disease in a Patient with Hepatitis C Disease by Athanasia K. Papazafiropoulou, Angeliki M. Angelidi, Antonis A. Kousoulis, Georgios Christofilidis, Chariklia Sagia, Liountmila Kaftanidou, Kassiani Manoloudaki, Aikaterini Tsavari, Georgios Kranidiotis, Alexandros Kamaratos, Andreas Melidonis

“…CD is divided into two clinical subtypes: the most common unicentric and the less usual multicentric subtype. …”
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Role of Early Trauma on Defense Mechanisms and Coping Strategies in Personality Disorders by Fabrizio Turiaco, Fiammetta Iannuzzo, Clara Lombardo, Valentina Clementi, Carmela Mento, Antonio Drago, Antonio Bruno, Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello, Gianluca Pandolfo

“…<i>Results</i>: Our findings determine emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect as the most represented subtypes of trauma and underline the use of immature defense mechanisms in PD patients, while adaptive coping strategies, such as social support and positive aptitude were used. …”
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Feature extraction and spatial imaging of synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction patterns using unsupervised machine learning by Kentaro Kutsukake, Takefumi Kamioka, Kota Matsui, Ichiro Takeuchi, Takashi Segi, Takuo Sasaki, Seiji Fujikawa, Masamitu Takahasi

“…Among the tested number of the feature patterns from 1 to 10, four feature patterns were the most useful for extracting the information about the composition and crystal orientation because they correspond to the diffraction patterns of typical SiGe films with high and low Si fraction, and right- and left-tilted orientation. …”
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Eosinophilic esophagitis patients report substantial disease burden comparable to more systemic immune-mediated diseases by Eva Theswet, Chiara Brücker, Andrea Kreienbühl, Thomas Greuter, Alain M. Schoepfer, Alex Straumann, Luc Biedermann

“…Impairment in EoE was most pronounced and in the subdomain of leisure, consistent with other investigated diseases. …”
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A Comparative Study on Internet Addiction in Iranian People With and Without Acne Vulgaris by Ali Pourramzani, Amir Mohammad Alinejad, Fatemeh Eslamdoust-Siahestalkhi, Kaveh Gharaei Nejad

“…In terms of severity, most individuals in both groups had a mild level of internet addiction, and there was no significant difference between the two groups. …”
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Pharmacological effects of Berberine – A Chinese medicine, against xenobiotics toxicity by Annu Phogat, Jagjeet Singh, Vinay Malik

“…The thus selected research articles were carefully read to summarise the latest and most recent developments in writing of this review. …”
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Latent Heat Flux (Evapotranspiration) in Summer Season on Rooftop Greening Soil with Bamboo Charcoal Sublayer at a Building in West Japan by Ling Pi, Kaneyuki Nakane

“…., evapotranspiration, insulating most ground heat in midsummer, which may be mostly due to bamboo charcoal sublayer.…”
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Patient satisfaction and health services in two public hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional study by Abdifatah Abdullahi Jalei, Yahye Sheikh Abdulle Hassan, Abdifetah Ibrahim Omar, Abdifetah Ibrahim Omar, Mohamed Abdi Ali

“…While 61.98% of patients were unsatisfied with accessibility, but 73.70% were satisfied with the humanness of care. Most participants were married (68.2%) and illiterate (62.2%). …”
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Investigating the effect of consumer xenocentrism on purchase intention for foreign products by Eroglu Hall Elif, Sevim Nurdan, Najmaldın Gulhan Sabah, Karamasa Caglar

“…The results cannot be generalized since Kirkuk has the most diverse ethnic identity in Iraq and is a place where Turkmens live more densely than other cities. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of neonatal disorders and subtypes attributable to air pollution from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Stud... by Yan Li, Rong Jie Ye, Shu Qi Yang, Hao Yu, Bo Qian Yu, Jing Feng, Quan Yuan

“…Neonatal preterm birth was the most severe subtype of NDs in 2021. With the global and regional increase in the SDI, the ASDR and ASDAR for five NDs subtypes have decreased. …”
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Evaluating the impact of undergraduate ophthalmology education on medical students’ competency in eye care: a cross-sectional study in Jordan by Rami Al-Omari, Khayry Al-Shami, Almu’atasim Khamees, Saja Karaja, Danya Radaideah, Omamah Shlool, Nedalaldeen Alnajadat, Ameera Basim Issa Etoom, Manar Al-Shami

“…Diagnostic abilities varied, with most students proficient in diagnosing common conditions like conjunctivitis and cataracts, but less so in identifying complex issues like intraocular foreign bodies. …”
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Breaking boundaries: role of the brain barriers in metastatic process by Nasim Izadi, Peter Solár, Klaudia Hašanová, Alemeh Zamani, Maryam Shahidian Akbar, Klára Mrázová, Martin Bartošík, Tomáš Kazda, Roman Hrstka, Marek Joukal

“…Abstract Brain metastases (BMs) are the most common intracranial tumors in adults and occur 3–10 times more frequently than primary brain tumors. …”
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Identifying urban prone areas to flash floods: The case of Santa Cruz de Tenerife by Nerea Martín-Raya, Jaime Díaz-Pacheco, Pedro Dorta Antequera, Abel López-Díez

“…Floods are the natural hazard that causes the largest annual losses in the world Urban expansion and population growth have made cities the most hazardous areas, mainly due to poor planning, occupation of the drainage network and soil sealing. …”
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Unveiling the hidden effect of multi-morbidities on the severity of Covid-19: a latent class analysis approach by Sedigheh Akhavnnezhad, Seyedeh Solmaz Talebi, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf

“…The pattern of multi-morbidities in these confirmed cases was investigated using latent class analysis (LCA), and the relationship between this pattern and the severity of Covid-19 was determined by multivariate logistic regression. Results The most common coexisting diseases were hypertension in 30,100 patients (9.5%), metabolic disorders in 23,798 (7.5%) and hyperlipidemia in 22,454 (7%). …”
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Evidence-based digital health interventions for breast cancer survivors' care: an umbrella review by Alba Jiménez-Díaz, Tamara Escrivá-Martínez, Rocío Herrero, Rosa Baños

“…Overall, digital health interventions seem to improve physical activity outcomes, although effects on quality of life and psychological outcomes are less clear. The quality of most systematic reviews was low, and conclusion should be interpreted with caution. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae isolated from a tertiary care hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia by Made Ananda Krisna, Lindawati Alimsardjono, Korrie Salsabila, Naritha Vermasari, Wa Ode Dwi Daningrat, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Odile Barbara Harrison, Martin Christopher James Maiden, Dodi Safari

“…Results Ten H. influenzae isolates from hospitalized patients were collected, and septicaemia was the most common diagnosis (n=8). RT‒PCR and WGS were performed to determine whether all the isolates were nontypeable H. influenzae (NTHi). …”
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Finding our way through phenotypes. by Andrew R Deans, Suzanna E Lewis, Eva Huala, Salvatore S Anzaldo, Michael Ashburner, James P Balhoff, David C Blackburn, Judith A Blake, J Gordon Burleigh, Bruno Chanet, Laurel D Cooper, Mélanie Courtot, Sándor Csösz, Hong Cui, Wasila Dahdul, Sandip Das, T Alexander Dececchi, Agnes Dettai, Rui Diogo, Robert E Druzinsky, Michel Dumontier, Nico M Franz, Frank Friedrich, George V Gkoutos, Melissa Haendel, Luke J Harmon, Terry F Hayamizu, Yongqun He, Heather M Hines, Nizar Ibrahim, Laura M Jackson, Pankaj Jaiswal, Christina James-Zorn, Sebastian Köhler, Guillaume Lecointre, Hilmar Lapp, Carolyn J Lawrence, Nicolas Le Novère, John G Lundberg, James Macklin, Austin R Mast, Peter E Midford, István Mikó, Christopher J Mungall, Anika Oellrich, David Osumi-Sutherland, Helen Parkinson, Martín J Ramírez, Stefan Richter, Peter N Robinson, Alan Ruttenberg, Katja S Schulz, Erik Segerdell, Katja C Seltmann, Michael J Sharkey, Aaron D Smith, Barry Smith, Chelsea D Specht, R Burke Squires, Robert W Thacker, Anne Thessen, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Mauno Vihinen, Peter D Vize, Lars Vogt, Christine E Wall, Ramona L Walls, Monte Westerfeld, Robert A Wharton, Christian S Wirkner, James B Woolley, Matthew J Yoder, Aaron M Zorn, Paula Mabee

“…The lack of a community-wide, consensus-based, human- and machine-interpretable language for describing phenotypes and their genomic and environmental contexts is perhaps the most pressing scientific bottleneck to integration across many key fields in biology, including genomics, systems biology, development, medicine, evolution, ecology, and systematics. …”
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Food safety within the household: a cross-sectional study among domestic food handlers in Italy by Francesca Licata, Natascia Costantino, Emma Antonia Citrino, Aida Bianco

“…Foodborne diseases (FBDs) originating in the domestic environment remain a large and growing public health challenge. However, most FBDs may be preventable by following simple safe food handling practices. …”
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Associations between dietary fiber, the gut microbiota, and health outcomes in breast cancer survivors: A scoping review by Elham Samami, Angela Starkweather, Debra E. Lyon, Debra L. Kelly

“…Summary: Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequently identified malignancy in women and a major cause of female mortality. …”
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