Analysis of Women’s Knowledge, Health Risk Perceptions, Beliefs and Avoidance Behaviour in Relation to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Personal Care and Household Products by Adrianna Trifunovski, Nooshin Khobzi Rotondi, Jennifer Abbass-Dick, Caroline Barakat

“…Analyses revealed that lead and parabens were the most recognized EDCs, while triclosan and perchloroethylene were the least known. …”
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Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of systemic sclerosis. Part 1. Clinical aspects by O. B. Ovsyannikova, L. P. Ananyeva, O. A. Koneva, L. A. Garzanova, R. U. Shayakhmetova, O. V. Desinova, M. N. Starovoitova, A. M. Lila

“…Patients with early diffuse SSc, a rapidly progressive course, and poor prognostic factors in the first 4–5 years of the disease before the development of functional insufficiency of the vital organs can be considered most promising for auto-HSCT.…”
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Mechanistic insight into potential toxic effects of microplastics and nanoplastics on human health by Charu Thapliyal, Sonali Negi, Sakshi Nagarkoti, Achlesh Daverey

“…Despite evidence from cellular and animal studies, human studies on the toxic effects of MNPs are limited. Most research has been conducted on specific types of MNPs, however, limited scientific information is available on many commonly used environmental MNPs. …”
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Lumping and Splitting of Distribution Models Across a Biogeographic Divide Informs the Conservation of an Imperiled Fluvial Fish by Briant D. Nguyen, Jenna Messick, Anthony W. Rodger, Victoria Jackson, Christopher Butler, Andrew T. Taylor

“…ABSTRACT Freshwater fishes are among the most threatened taxa in the world. A major challenge for the conservation and management of threatened fishes is scarce information regarding life history, habitat requirements, and the drivers of declines. …”
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TREM2-mediated regulation of microglial activity: a promising target for the treatment of ischemic stroke by Haihan Yu, Li Zhang, Bo Song, Kaidi Ren, Xing Chen, Yuwan Dai, Yang Yang, Yuming Xu, Ziqing Wei

“…Abstract Ischemic stroke, the most prevalent type of stroke globally, poses significant challenges due to its high incidence, morbidity, and long-term disability. …”
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A double-edged sword?: Digitalization, health disparities, and the paradoxical case of e-pharmacy in Ghana by Shamshad Khan, Naessiamba Eab-Aggrey

“…Objective With the ongoing push for greater digitalization of healthcare in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), the larger questions around who will benefit most from such efforts and what elements of disparities and inequities may further be created or reinforced are often overlooked. …”
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Tension gastrothorax in late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a diagnostic dilemma by Sofija Cvejic, Ivana Dasic, Nenad Zdujic, Sanja Sindjic Antunovic, Dejan Nikolic, Polina Pavicevic

“…Tension gastrothorax is a rare life-threatening condition that occurs when the stomach is herniated into the thoracic cavity, most often through the congenital left posterolateral diaphragmatic defect, causing a mediastinal shift when distended with gas and fluid. …”
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The Potential of Coordinated Gravitational-wave Follow-up for Improving Kilonova Detection Prospects: Lessons from GW190425 by Ido Keinan, Iair Arcavi

“…We find that even for a large gravitational-wave localization uncertainty, such as this one, most of the 90% probability region can be covered within hours with a coordinated search, given the observational resources expended in this case by the community. …”
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Measles outbreak in the Children’s Hospital in Saint-Petersburg, 2012 by M. A. Bichurina, E. V. Timofeeva, N. V. Zheleznova, N. A. Ignatieva, S. V. Shulga, L. V. Lyalina, O. V. Degtyarev

“…The later diagnostic and isolation of the first measles patient in this hospital facilitated the transmission of measles virus infection in the Hospital where the most part of the non vaccinated children were also treated.…”
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An interpretable multi-transformer ensemble for text-based movie genre classification by Faheem Shaukat, Naveed Ejaz, Zeeshan Ashraf, Mrim M. Alnfiai, Nouf Nawar Alotaibi, Salma Mohsen M. Alnefaie

“…Multi-label movie genre classification is challenging due to the inherent ambiguity and overlap between different genres. Most of the existing works in genre classification use audio-visual modalities. …”
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Present-Day Epidemiological-Epizootological Peculiarities of Natural Tularemia Foci in Altai by E. S. Kulikalova, A. V. Mazepa, A. K. Syngeeva, E. S. Polkovnikov, V. A. Shestakov, V. V. Shefer, L. A. Fomina, A I. Mishenko, S V. Balakhonov

“…Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) is the most epidemiologically significant as the infection source in these foci. …”
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Potential of Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser) as a biological control agent against potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) by Jun-jie YAN, Shovon Chandra SARKAR, Rui-xia MENG, Stuart REITZ, Yu-lin GAO

“…Fourth instars were the most susceptible for all observation periods. Therefore, our results suggest that S. carpocapsae could be an effective biological control agent for P. operculella.…”
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Belonging matters: How context and inequalities shape student achievement in Indonesia by Reza Aditia, Krisztián Széll

“…Although school type did not predict outcomes as a main effect, its interaction with location was significant: public schools outperformed private institutions in most urban contexts, while private independent schools had an advantage in megacities, and private government-dependent schools fared better in rural areas. …”
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A new approach to balancing dental fear and anxiety using BachTM Flower Therapy by Irina Maria Gheorghiu, Alexandru Andrei Iliescu, Stana Păunică, Marina Giurgiu, Brandusa Mocanu, George Alexandru Popescu, Anca Silvia Dumitriu

“…This perspective also applies to dental anxiety, which consists of complex (emotional, vegetative and psychomotor) manifestations. One of the most well-known complementary therapies for reducing dental fear and anxiety is BachTM Flower Therapy. …”
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Effects of Soil–Sand Mixtures on <i>Alchemilla mollis</i> and <i>Geranium psilostemon</i>: A Multi-Criteria Performance Analysis Under Low-Altitude Conditions Using PROMETHEE by Türker Oğuztürk, Cengiz Acar

“…Results revealed that the TC medium offered the most favorable outcomes for both species, particularly in terms of chlorophyll content and biomass accumulation. …”
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Selection of desirable characters for papaya genetic improvement programs associated with hydric and thermal stress by Taís F. Costa, Beatriz G. Lopes, Glaucia A. Faria, Otavio A. P. da S. Ribeiro, Paula Suares-Rocha, Juliana F. de Lima, Lucas M. Felizardo, Enes Furlani Junior

“…ABSTRACT Papaya cultivation is widespread in Brazil, particularly in the states of Bahia and Espírito Santo, where most commercial plantations are concentrated. Owing to the economic and social importance of papaya, the present study aimed to determine the explanatory variables between the genotypes of two cultivars: Golden (from the Soil group) and Tainung Nº 1 hybrid (from the Formosa group), cultivated under high temperatures and hydric stress. …”
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D-S evidence based FMECA approach to assess potential risks in ballast water system (BWS) on-board tanker ship by Sukru Ilke Sezer, Bulut Ozan Ceylan, Emre Akyuz, Ozcan Arslan

“…Ballast water is essential for cargo ships since it stabilizes vessels at sea. Most ships are equipped with a ballast water system (BWS) to maintain safe operating conditions. …”
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UNet-Based End-to-End Anomaly Detection With Computational Hyperspectral Imaging by Weiming Shi, Junren Wen, Yipeng Chen, Yu Shao, Haiqi Gao, Xuehui Wang, Chenying Yang

“…Most existing hyperspectral anomaly detection methods are developed and validated on numerical datasets, focusing on simulations rather than practical applications. …”
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Does food availability affect nutrition-related health among rural residents in China? by Lixia Zhang, Shaoting Li, Laiwu Zhang

“…Notably, approximately 39.9% of the probability of being overweight can be attributed to food outlet density, with supermarkets exerting the most substantial influence. Additionally, the food outlet density of free markets and grocery stores has a significantly negative effect on the likelihood of being overweight. …”
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The crystal structure of the orphan nuclear receptor NR2E3/PNR ligand binding domain reveals a dimeric auto-repressed conformation. by M H Eileen Tan, X Edward Zhou, Fen-Fen Soon, Xiaodan Li, Jun Li, Eu-Leong Yong, Karsten Melcher, H Eric Xu

“…Together, these results reveal several conserved structural features shared by related orphan nuclear receptors, suggest that most disease-causing mutations affect the receptor's structural integrity, and allowed us to model a putative active conformation that can accommodate small ligands in its pocket.…”
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