The Effectiveness of Fiscal Decentralization in Alleviating Poverty from An Sharia Economic Perspective in Kebumen, Indonesia by Muyassarah Muyassarah, Abdul Ghofur, Ali Mutadho, Maizatul Saadiah binti Mohamad, Mansur Mansur

“…The research objective is to determine the effectiveness of fiscal independence in poverty alleviation based on economic principles, efficiency, effectiveness, independence, and the pattern of regional and central relations. This research uses a qualitative approach, secondary data from the 2019-2021 APBD, and interviews by looking at the economic formula, efficiency, and effectiveness, as well as the independence of regional financial management and analysis techniques with an Islamic economic approach.Kebumen's financial management has not been able to reduce the poverty rate because of its low self-support because it still needs a budget injection from the province/central. …”
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<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Persistence in Patients with Peptic Ulcer Disease and Chronic Gastritis in the Treatment with Antibiotics and Acid-Suppressive Agents by E. V. Golubkina

“…Acid production was significantly higher in the patients with peptic ulcer disease than in those with chronic pancreatits and concomitant gastritis; the former patients show a statistically significant predominance of virulent strains; the latter patients had nonvirulent strains (at the same rate of Helicobacter pylori detection).Conclusion. …”
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Interobserver Agreement and Reliability of Intrapartum Nonreassuring Cardiotocography and Prediction of Neonatal Acidemia by Zhuyu Li, Yan Wang, Jian Cai, Peizhen Zhao, Hanqing Chen, Haiyan Liu, Lixia Shen, Lian Chen, Shufang Li, Yangyu Zhao, Zilian Wang, Yang Pan

“…Six obstetricians from two hospitals with three levels of experience (junior, medium, and senior) reviewed 100 nonreassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings from 1 hour before the onset of abnormalities until delivery. …”
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Effect of maize-soybean intercropping on quality of vegetable soybean by FANG Ping, LIU Weiguo, LIU Xiaode, LIU Ting, CHI Xiaoyu, XU Yan, PANG Ting, PENG Xiao, CAI Ling, YANG Wenyu

“…Because the appearance quality of vegetable soybean is affected by cropping pattern and the nutrition are affected by pattern and variety, we should screen out well adaptability and good quality varieties. …”
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Prevalence and sequence of chronic conditions in older people with dementia: a multi-province, population-based cohort study by Susan E. Bronskill, Azmina Artani, Laura C. Maclagan, Xuesong Wang, Hannah Chung, J. Michael Paterson, Andrea Gruneir, Karen A. Phillips, Rasaq Ojasanya, Xibiao Ye, Kayla McLean, Fernanda Ewerling, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Victoria Massamba, Louis Rochette, Isabelle Vedel, Larry Shaver, Catherine Pelletier, Colleen J. Maxwell

“…MethodsWe analyzed data from the 2019 Canadian Community Health Survey on the self-rated ability of adults and youth (N = 60 643; 12+ years) to cope with unexpected or difficult problems and day-to-day demands along with three PMH outcomes: selfrated mental health (SRMH), happiness and life satisfaction. …”
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Taxonomic Profile of Cultivable Microbiota from Adult Sheep Follicular Fluid and Its Effects on In Vitro Development of Prepubertal Lamb Oocytes by Slavcho Mrenoshki, Letizia Temerario, Antonella Mastrorocco, Grazia Visci, Elisabetta Notario, Marinella Marzano, Nicola Antonio Martino, Daniela Mrenoshki, Giovanni Michele Lacalandra, Graziano Pesole, Maria Elena Dell’Aquila

“…As long-term effects, one of them reduced the total cleavage rate after in vitro embryo culture (IVC). In conclusion, microbiota/bacteria are present in adult sheep FF and may influence reproductive outcomes in vitro. …”
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A Robust Framework for Bamboo Forest AGB Estimation by Integrating Geostatistical Prediction and Ensemble Learning by Lianjin Fu, Qingtai Shu, Cuifen Xia, Zeyu Li, Hailing He, Zhengying Li, Shaoyang Ma, Chaoguan Qin, Rong Wei, Qin Xiang, Xiao Zhang, Yiran Zhang, Huashi Cai

“…Furthermore, SHAP analysis provided mechanistic insights, identifying the canopy photon rate as the dominant predictor and quantifying the ecological thresholds governing AGB distribution. …”
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Kevlar/Basalt and Kevlar/Glass Intra‐Ply Reinforced Hybrid Composites: Influence of Basket Weave Fabric Structure on Thermal Properties, Flammability, and Impact Performance by Mahdi Hosseini, Milan Gaff, Petr Konvalinka, Haitao Li, Hynek Maňák, Jensin Joshua, Ahmad Hosseini, Krishna Teja, S. Yogeswari, Pritam Ghosh, M. Chandrasekar

“…Flammability tests showed that all composites had a burn rate below 10 mm/min, meeting standard safety criteria. …”
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Progressive subcortical involvement as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 advances by Pubing Yuan, Yonghua Huang, Minghui Dai, Xin Jin, Dingxin Zheng, Die Xiao, Lihua Deng, Peiling Ou, Linfeng Shi, Yifan Chen, Jian Wang, Wei Chen, Yuanchao Zhang, Chen Liu

“…Moreover, the localized shape changes of subcortical structures correlated bidirectionally with clinical measurements including the length of CAG repeats within the ATXN3 gene, the scores on the scale of the assessment, the rating of ataxia, the instrumental activities of daily living scale, and the mini-mental state examination. …”
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Estimating Future Surface Water Availability Through an Integrated Climate‐Hydrology‐Management Modeling Framework at a Basin Scale Under CMIP6 Scenarios by Manqing Shao, Nelun Fernando, John Zhu, Gang Zhao, Shih‐Chieh Kao, Bingjie Zhao, Elizabeth Roberts, Huilin Gao

“…Finally, the DHSVM simulated naturalized streamflow and reservoir evaporation rate are input to WAM to simulate reservoir FY. A new term—“Ratio of Firm Yield” (RFY)—is created to compare how much FY changes under different climate scenarios. …”
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Annual variation of temperature and mass balance of first-year and second-year land-fast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica by Dinglong Zhao, Bin Cheng, Matti Leppäranta, Jingkai Ma, Xuejing Chen, Jiechen Zhao

“…The evolution of the temperature and mass balance of first-year (FYI: Site S1) and second-year (SYI: Site S2) land-fast sea ice (LFSI) in May–November were investigated using high-resolution thermistor-string-based ice mass balance buoys, borehole measurements and a numerical sea ice model. In May, the growth rate of a 0.55 m FYI ice floe (9.2 mm day−1) was twice that of 1.08 m SYI (4.7 mm day−1) in snow-free conditions. …”
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Transarterial chemoembolization for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma after failure of first-line systemic treatment: a single-center case series by Qingyu Xu, Bin Leng, Ran You, Lingfeng Diao, Chendong Wang, Zeyu Yu, Guowen Yin

“…The most common progression pattern was the development of new intrahepatic lesions. …”
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Genetic and clinical characteristics of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a Taiwanese nationwide cohort by Grace Chia-Yen Hsu, Mei-Hwan Wu, Jing-Yuan Chuang, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Ming-Tai Lin, Ling-Ping Lai, Shih-Fan Sherri Yeh, Sheng-Fu Liu, Ting-Tse Lin, Fu-Tien Chiang, Jyh-Ming Jimmy Juang

“…Among the 29 Taiwanese patients with CPVT-related gene mutations, 55% had RYR2 mutations, a rate similar to other ethnicities. Three out of 12 RYR2 variants were unreported. …”
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Assessing genetic redundancy and diversity in Colombian cacao germplasm banks using SNP fingerprinting by Jaime A. Osorio-Guarín, Jhon A. Berdugo-Cely, Gina A. Garzón-Martínez, Deisy Lisseth Toloza-Moreno, Paola Delgadillo-Duran, Eliana Y. Báez-Daza, Lyndel W. Meinhardt, Sunchung Park, Dapeng Zhang, Roxana Yockteng, Roxana Yockteng

“…Our results revealed that both collections exhibit a similar pattern of genetic diversity. However, a medium rate of mislabeling (12.4%) and high genetic redundancy (53.1%) were detected, likely due to errors in collecting, introduction, pre-planting labeling, and the use of rootstocks. …”
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The Stabilization Mechanism of a Stable Landslide Dam on the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China: Insights from Field Investigation and Numerical Simulation by Liang Song, Yanjun Shang, Yunsheng Wang, Tong Li, Zhuolin Xiao, Yuchao Zhao, Tao Tang, Shicheng Liu

“…Additionally, the step-pool system formed in the spillway of the Conaxue Co landslide dam contributes to the protection of the dam structure by dissipating 68% of the river’s energy (energy dissipation rate η = 0.68). Understanding the formation mechanisms of the Conaxue Co landslide dam can provide critical insights into managing future landslide dams that may form in the QTP, both in emergency response and long-term strategies.…”
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MIR155HG promotes metastasis and cisplatin resistance of cervical cancer cells by regulating the miR-409-3p and ZEB1 axis by Yanxia Chen, Jing Wang, Youqiang Heng, Yu Guo, Ka Ding, Cailing Ma

“…Overexpression of MIR155HG (MIR155HG-OE) demonstrated higher proliferation and migration levels in HeLa cells, while MIR155HG inhibited the apoptosis rate of HeLa cells. Meanwhile, we found MIR155HG can reduce the effect of cisplatin sensitivity on HeLa cells. …”
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Functional Reproductive and Developmental Traits Differences Between Two Macrocystis Ecomorphs: Importance of Neutral Lipids by Camilo Rodríguez‐Villegas, Alejandro H. Buschmann, Mayra A. Barrios, Sandra Pereda, Carolina Camus, Pamela Fernández, María C. Hérnandez‐González, Ángela M. Baldrich, Cynthia Urrutia, Ailen M. Poza, Karina Villegas, Camila Martínez, Jaime Vargas

“…Further, we have seen a highly consistent pattern of a higher zoospore production, germination rate, sexual reproductive success, and early developmental performance (growth and survival) of juvenile sporophytes of “pyrifera” compared to “integrifolia.” …”
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Outcomes of different steroid dosing regimens in critical Covid-19 pneumonia at a Kenyan hospital: A retrospective cohort study. by John Otieno Odhiambo, Jasmit Shah, Nancy Kunyiha, Charles Makasa, Felix Riunga

“…Fifty-eight percent of patients received a standard dose (6mg) of steroids. The mortality rate was higher in the high-dose group compared to the standard-dose group; however, the difference was not statistically significant (47.9% vs 43.7% p = 0.549). …”
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Impact of Dietary Glutamate on Growth Performance and Flesh Quality of Largemouth Bass by Bo Zhao, Ju Zhao, Haifeng Liu, Hailong Zhang, Hongying Shan, Jiali Zong, Quanquan Cao, Jun Jiang

“…The FBW, percent weight gain (PWG), specific growth rate (SGR), feed efficiency (FE), and protein efficiency ratio (PER) initially increased and then decreased with elevating dietary Glu levels. …”
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Fine-scale variability in iceberg velocity fields and implications for an ice-associated pinniped by L. M. Kaluzienski, J. M. Amundson, J. N. Womble, A. K. Bliss, L. E. Pearson

“…To better understand how pinnipeds respond to changes in iceberg habitat, we combine (i) iceberg velocity fields over hourly to monthly timescales, derived from high-rate time-lapse photogrammetry of Johns Hopkins Glacier and Inlet, Alaska, with (ii) aerial photographic surveys of harbor seals (<i>Phoca vitulina richardii</i>) conducted during the pupping (June) and molting (August) seasons. …”
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