Prevalence and risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional population-based study by Paul Okyere, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Arti Singh, Suparna Qanungo, Peter Donkor, Charles Mock

“…Also, ‘experience of stressful life event from age 16-64’ (AOR = 1.325 (95% CI 1.034-1.698, p = 0.024), ‘experience of stressful life event from age 65+’ (AOR = 1.258 (95% CI 1.024-1.546, p = 0.042), and ‘activities of daily living’ (AOR = 0.925 (95% CI 0.868-0.986, p = 0.037) identified as risk factors of dementia. …”
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The role and assesment of mental and emotional state in patients with arrhythmias by N. G. Neznanov, U. V. Lebedeva, O. Rida, V. B. Petrova, E. I. Palchikova, A. E.K. Yusifzade

“…In this review of studies on the correlation of psychosocial factors and constitutional features of personality in patients with arrhythmias, the available data on the pathogenesis of cardiac pathology, including the main arrhythmological disorders in nervous excitation caused by negative emotions and stress are presented. The article also reflects the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to risk prediction, potential risk modifiers and approaches to the treatment of cardiac pathology, taking into account the psycho-emotional state of the patient.Conclusion. …”
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Experimental evaluation of Mode II fracture and microstructure of matrix-aggregate bond of concrete with crushed limestone by Grzegorz Ludwik Golewski, Xinyue Xi, Yuanxun Zheng, Jingbo Zhuo, Peng Zhang, Rafał Panek

“…During the experiments the critical stress-intensity factor (KIIc) and critical unit work of failure (JIIc) were determined. …”
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Structural Interaction Between Woven Kenaf FRP Plates and Notched Concrete Beams Under Flexural Loading by Zaim Omar, Hilton Ahmad, Sugiman Sugiman, Hazrina Mansor, Suleyman Khalif Mohamed, Ku Muhammad Firdaus Ku Meh

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The study of the influence of the state of the oral cavity on the psycho-emotional status of students of the Faculty of Dentistry «Privolzhsky Research Medical University» of the M... by O. A. Uspenskaya, S. A. Spiridonova, A. V. Sukhova, O. M. Bragina

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Beyond the pandemic: physical activity and health behaviors as predictors of well-being among Filipino tertiary students by Lizamarie Campoamor-Olegario, Desiderio S. Camitan, Maria Luisa M. Guinto

“…Positive health behaviors significantly predicted the well-being components of positive emotions, engagement, meaning, accomplishment, and health scores. …”
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Platelet-rich plasma therapy in the management and treatment of male infertility—an update of state-of-art by Ziyad S Haidar

“…Despite promising outcomes, research with larger sample sizes is warranted to delineate optimal protocols and ascertain the clinical safety, efficacy, and predictability of PRP therapy in male infertility management.…”
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Heat Resistance and Heat-and-Mass Transfer in Road Pavements by B. M. Khroustalev, . Liu Tingguo, V. D. Akeliev, . Li Zhongyu, H. Yu. Aliakseyeu, V. V. Zankаvich

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Traditions, fundamentality, innovation by A. I. Trubilin

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Ryanodine Receptors in Islet Cell Function: Calcium Signaling, Hormone Secretion, and Diabetes by Md. Shahidul Islam

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Quantitative Estimation of Net Primary Productivity by an Improved tCASA Model Using Landsat Time Series Data: A Case Study of Central Plains, China by Lida Xu, Zongze Zhao, Cheng Wang, Hongtao Wang, Chao Ma

“…The results indicate the following: the improved tCASA model exhibits a stronger linear correlation with the test dataset, achieving a reduction of 11.11 gC/m² in the root mean square error. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and repeated wheezing from 6 to 30 months of age: exploring the role of race and ethnicity by Francheska M. Merced-Nieves, Marina Schechter, Elena Colicino, Allison Frost, Rosalind J. Wright

“…Mothers completed the Lifetime Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist–Civilian version (PCL-C), and Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI) when infants were 6 months old to assess adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). …”
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Phenomics assisted trait dissection and genotype selection for improved nitrogen use efficiency in rice by Nguyen Trung Duc, Dhandapani Raju, Sudhir Kumar, Renu Pandey, Ranjith Kumar Ellur, Gopala Krishnan S, Chandan Vishwakarma, Elangovan Allimuthu, Biswabiplab Singh, Ambika Rajendran, Rabi Narayan Sahoo, Viswanathan Chinnusamy

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Early-life adversities compromise behavioral development in male and female mice heterozygous for CNTNAP2 by Gabriele Chelini, Tommaso Fortunato-Asquini, Enrica Cerilli, Katia Monsorno, Benedetta Catena, Ginevra Matilde Dall’O’, Rosa Chiara Paolicelli, Yuri Bozzi

“…Interestingly, this trait was highly predictive of their success in social interaction, suggesting that the intrusion of anxiety into the social behavioral domain may contribute to extreme gain- or loss-of function in sociability. …”
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Moderate Septoria apocyni infection enhances flavonoid and mineral elements accumulation in Apocynum venetum leaves by Panpan Shang, Yanglu Ran, Xinchun Ge, Li Wang, Meiting Bai, Jiming Yang, Yonghe Cai, Tingyu Duan

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Drought-induced shifts in cowpea rhizoplane bacterial communities across different vegetative and reproductive stages by Durga P.M. Chinthalapudi, Nisarga Kodadinne Narayana, Sujan Poudel, John P. Brooks, Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam, Raju Bheemanahalli

“…The Random Forest model coupled with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) values demonstrated high predictive accuracy for identifying drought-related biomarkers, aligning with DeSeq2 analysis results. …”
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Leveraging computer-aided drug design for the discovery of phytohormone analogs: A review by Yuling Guo, Ghulam Qanmber, Zhao Liu, Han Yang, Jun Li, Zhikun Yang, Zhongxian Li, Linlin Yang, Zuoren Yang

“…These include the need for more accurate models and advanced algorithms to predict hormone-receptor interactions and metabolic pathways. …”
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Mitigating zinc oxide nanotoxicity in tomato plants: Role of Trichoderma-modulated rhizosphere microbiomes and soil glomalin content by Raja Asad Ali Khan, Muhammad Irfan Siddique, Peng Li, Musharaf Ahmad

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Chitosan-silver nanoparticles and Bacillus tequilensis modulate antioxidant pathways and microbiome dynamics for sheath blight resistance in rice by Muhammad Afzal, Xiyu Tan, Ma Liang Fang, Dong Zeng, Minqing Huang, Xiaoyuan Chen, Xiaoying Zhang, Zhiyuan Tan

“…The combined treatment (T2=Ag-NC + B. tequilensis) achieved a 90 % reduction in disease incidence, surpassing both pathogen-infected controls (T1) and biocontrol-only (T3) interventions. …”
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Internal Validity and Reliability of the GAD-7 Test in Latin America by Norman López, Breiner Morales-Asencio, Daniela Ripoll-Córdoba, Juancarlos Coronado-López, Nicole Caldichoury, César Quispe-Ayala, David Salazar, Yuliana Florez, Irina Flores-Poma, Cesar Castellanos, Jorge Herrera Pino, Indalecio Quispe-Rodríguez, Juan Cárdenas-Valverde, Karen Alcos-Flores, Elsa Muñoz-Romero, Kattia Cantillo-Pacheco, Paola Martínez-Sande, Loida Camargo, Ninoska Ocampo-Barba, Boris Zurita-Cueva, Juan Martínez, Cristian Araya, Cristian Romo, Regulo Antezana, Raúl Quincho-Apumayta, Pascual A. Gargiulo

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