Preoperative evaluation of endoscopic thyroidectomy via the total areola approach (ETA): a fluid-structure interaction model for predicting lymph node clearance and surgical suitab... by Ping Li, Yuheng Du, Xudong Wang, Yu Shi, Chongyang Ye, Rui Jin

“…Preoperative CT imaging was used to construct a fluid-solid interaction model simulating tissue deformation and stress under 0.5–2 N traction forces, with innominate artery flow velocities predicted computationally. …”
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Gut health predictive indices linking gut microbiota dysbiosis with healthy state, mild gut discomfort, and inflammatory bowel disease phenotypes using gut microbiome profiling by Joann Phan, Suneer Jain, Jurgen F. Nijkamp, Rajkumar Sasidharan, Ashish Agarwal, Julia K. Bird, Anneleen Spooren, Jonas Wittwer Schegg, Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat, Tim N. Mak

“…Therefore, it is difficult to predict who has a gut microbiome associated with a healthy gut and who might develop disease or experience gut discomfort. …”
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Integrative Strategies for Preventing and Managing Metabolic Syndrome: The Impact of Exercise and Diet on Oxidative Stress Reduction—A Review by Ana Onu, Daniela-Marilena Trofin, Andrei Tutu, Ilie Onu, Anca-Irina Galaction, Dragos-Petrica Sardaru, Dan Trofin, Cristiana Amalia Onita, Daniel-Andrei Iordan, Daniela-Viorelia Matei

“…Moderate-intensity exercise showed similar benefits with notable reductions in inflammatory markers (e.g., IL-1β, TNF-α). …”
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HEP14 treatment improves ovarian function in aged mice through mitophagy enhancement and oxidative stress reduction by Liming Gui, Jiajia Sun, Qin Zhong, Kan Liu, Qili Sun, Yingtong Di, Helen Picton, Bin Tang, Xiaojiang Hao, Changzhong Li

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Experimental study on the performance of concrete linear cutting by high pressure water jet by Lan Zhang, Jingyan Lu, Haitao Li, Bo Li

“…The failure mechanism on the spalling surface of groove is mainly tensile failure caused by tensile stress, the failure mechanism on the lateral surface of groove is mainly shear failure caused by shear stress, and the failure mechanism on the bottom surface of groove is mainly compression-shear failure caused by compression-shear stress. …”
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Genome-wide identification, evolutionary analysis of 4CL gene family and expression analysis in banana by Mengge Wang, Liang Jia, Yanying Liu, Chunyu Zhang, Yukun Chen, Yuling Lin, Yuji Huang, Zhongxiong Lai

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Free erythrocyte protoporphyrin fluorescence as an underrecognized prognostic marker of mortality in community-acquired pneumonia by Tomasz Wybranowski, Maciej Bosek, Marta Napiórkowska-Mastalerz, Szymon Radzin, Jerzy Pyskir, Grzegorz Przybylski, Leszek Kubisz, Stefan Kruszewski

“…The area under the ROC curve for FPP fluorescence in predicting mortality was 0.793 (95% CI 0.657–0.928; p < 0.0001), with 63% sensitivity and 94% specificity. …”
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Advancing ocean monitoring and knowledge for societal benefit: the urgency to expand Argo to OneArgo by 2030 by Virginie Thierry, Hervé Claustre, Orens Pasqueron de Fommervault, Nathalie Zilberman, Kenneth S. Johnson, Brian A. King, Susan E. Wijffels, Udaya T. V. S. Bhaskar, Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda, Mathieu Belbeoch, Marine Bollard, Jacqueline Boutin, Phillip Boyd, Romain Cancouët, Fei Chai, Stefano Ciavatta, Rich Crane, Sophie Cravatte, Sophie Cravatte, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Damien Desbruyères, Paul J. Durack, Andrea J. Fassbender, Katja Fennel, Yosuke Fujii, Florent Gasparin, Alberto González-Santana, Claire Gourcuff, Alison Gray, Helene T. Hewitt, Steven R. Jayne, Gregory C. Johnson, Nicolas Kolodziejczyk, Arnaud Le Boyer, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, William Llovel, M. Susan Lozier, John M. Lyman, John M. Lyman, Elaine L. McDonagh, Elaine L. McDonagh, Adrian P. Martin, Benoit Meyssignac, Kristian S. Mogensen, Tamaryn Morris, Peter R. Oke, Walker O. Smith, Breck Owens, Noé Poffa, Joanna Post, Dean Roemmich, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Shubha Sathyendranath, Megan Scanderbeg, Carolyn Scheurle, Oscar Schofield, Karina von Schuckmann, James Scourse, Janet Sprintall, Toshio Suga, Toshio Suga, Marina Tonani, Esmee van Wijk, Esmee van Wijk, Xiaogang Xing, Hao Zuo

“…Providing a synergistic subsurface and global extension to several key space-based Earth Observation missions and GOOS components, OneArgo will enable biogeochemical and ecosystem forecasting and new long-term climate predictions for which the deep ocean is a key component. …”
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Model of formation of stress resistance of vocalists-performers in the system of additional professional education by N. V. Solovova, N. V. Sukhankina

“…The article deals with the issues of theoretical substantiation of the development of the model of formation of stress resistance of vocalists-performers in the system of additional professional education. …”
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A Comparative Study on Improved Arrhenius-Type and Artificial Neural Network Models to Predict High-Temperature Flow Behaviors in 20MnNiMo Alloy by Guo-zheng Quan, Chun-tang Yu, Ying-ying Liu, Yu-feng Xia

“…Based on the experimental data, the improved Arrhenius-type constitutive model and the artificial neural network (ANN) model were established to predict the high temperature flow stress of as-cast 20MnNiMo alloy. …”
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Stressors and normalized stress in undergraduate engineering education culture: development of the Engineering Stress Culture Scale and Undergraduate Engineering Stressors Questionnaire by Joseph F. Mirabelli, Eileen M. Johnson, Sara R. Vohra, Jeanne L. Sanders, Karin J. Jensen

“…Results We developed a novel, exploratory battery of items to measure students’ experiences with stress in undergraduate engineering education. After administering the new 81-item survey (N = 624) comprising both the U-ESQ and ESC Scale, we performed exploratory factor analysis and tested the internal consistency for each factor subscale. …”
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Rethinking Student Wellbeing in Higher Education: A Multifaceted Approach to Stress Management by Jinjing Fang, Xin Ren, Valerie Ann Sotardi

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Stressful situations and protective factors: perceptions of teenage girls on socio-educational probation by Thelma Simões Matsukura, Maria Fernanda Barboza Cid, Thamiris Camargo Angelucci, Martha Morais Minatel

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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention for Stress Reduction in Adult Singaporeans: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Alessandro Sparacio, Jonathan Nicholas Davies, Erin Lee, Jeroen Antonius Johannes Schmitt

“… BackgroundFully decentralized self-administered mindfulness interventions show promise for stress reduction, but rigorous evaluations of their feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness using both self-report and physiological measures remain limited. …”
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Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Stress Reduction Among Patients With or at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: Mixed Methods Pilot Study by Katherine E Makaroff, Christopher Van, Vincent Grospe, Lynae Edmunds, Marcella A Calfon-Press, Karol E Watson, Tamara Horwich

“…ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to assess safety and preliminarily explore how a VR experience can aid in stress reduction among patients with or at risk for CVD. …”
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Weakly-consolidated sandstone fracture conductivity under combined action of compressing, proppant embedding and fines plugging: experiments, model and application by Guolong Li, Changyin Dong, Haobin Bai, Yaotu Han, Qilong Zhang

“…Experimental results demonstrate a significant decline in fracture conductivity with increasing closure stress, primarily governed by closure pressure, proppant size, and formation strength. …”
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Aging properties and mechanism of GINA gaskets on immersed tunnel element joint subjected to seawater environment: A multi-scale experimental study by Hongtao Mao, Zhinan Hu, Lian Jiang, Yadong Sun, Yonggang Du, Yonghuan Luo

“…Considering the aging effect, the contact stress of GINA gasket after 100 years is predicted to be 2.32 MPa, which is larger than the designed waterproofing index (0.61 MPa). …”
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The Effects of Particle Radius, Porosity, and Void Distribution on the Compressive Strength of Cellular Concrete by Fatima Abou-Nouh, Heikal Afraitane, Mounia Farah, Reda Jaafri

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Physiological Function of AtrN in Regulating Intracellular NADPH Levels and the Anti-Reductive Stress Response in <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> by Guotao Xu, Shuping Tian, Zhihan Gong, Jianzhong Xu

“…This indicates that AtrN guides the cells to make some adaptive changes to maintain cell growth when facing excessive intracellular reductive stress. This will facilitate future research on how potential upstream regulatory genes regulate AtrN and how AtrN regulates downstream genes to cope with cellular reductive stress. …”
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Mindfulness, cognitive load, and performance: examining the interplay of stress and self-regulation in physical education by Songhu Kong, Lingling Qiu, Yangyang Su, Yibo Zhang, Kaiye Sun

“…Abstract Purpose This study investigates the role of mindfulness practices and self-regulation in reducing cognitive load stress and enhancing physical performance among university students in physical education. …”
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