Static and dynamic study of composite beams with a new interlaminar sliding field using different beam theories by Rachida Mohamed Krachaï, Noureddine Elmeiche, Ismail Mechab, Fabrice Bernard, Hichem Abbad

“…Afterwards, a comparative study was carried out in order to calculate the natural vibration frequencies of two composite beams made of steel and wood materials. …”
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Impact of meropenem exposure on fluoroquinolone and carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in inpatients in a Japanese university hospital: Insights into oprD mu... by Tadanori Yamochi, Kazuhisa Ugajin, Rintaro On, Sho Inoue, Hiromi Ikeda, Toshiko Yamochi, Masafumi Takimoto, Issei Tokimatsu

“…Additionally, seven of eight dual fluoroquinolone and carbapenem-resistant isolates carried a premature termination codon within oprD, containing either F170L or L7 shortening. …”
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5′-UTR allelic variants and expression of the lycopene-ɛ-cyclase <i>LCYE</i> gene in maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) inbred lines of Russian selection by D. Kh. Arkhestova, B. R. Shomakhov, A. V. Shchennikova, E. Z. Kochieva

“…Within the framework of this strategy, molecular screening of collections of various crops makes it possible to determine allelic variants of genes, new alleles, and the linkage of allelic variants with morphophysiological traits. …”
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Anogenital distance in water buffalo females and relationship with reproductive performance. Preliminary results by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, Simón Zambrano-Salas, Justin Dijak, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Quintino D’Andrea

“… Recently, anogenital distance (AGD) has been studied in cattle, and cows with shorter AGD have a better reproductive performance. …”
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Mycotoxicological monitoring. Part 3. Feedstuffs from raw grain processing by G. P. Kononenko, A. A. Burkin, Ye. V. Zotova

“…It was demonstrated that soybean meal can accumulate high concentrations of mycophenolic acid – up to 1,255 μg/kg. …”
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Growth and Productivity Assessment of Short-Duration Rice (Oryza sativa L. and Upland NERICA) Genotypes in Semiarid North-Central Namibia by Simon K. Awala, Kudakwashe Hove, Vistorina Shivute, Johanna S. Valombola, Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo, Yoshihiro Hirooka, Osmund D. Mwandemele, Morio Iijima

“…Introduction of the semiaquatic crop rice (Oryza spp.) to these semiarid wetlands could complement the dryland crop low yields and overcome the food shortage problem. …”
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Un port rural antique de fond d’estuaire à Blainville-sur-Orne (Calvados) by Cécile Allinne

“…This tripartite article reports on the state of investigations carried out in a small Roman port in the lower Dan valley, at Blainville-sur-Orne, occupied from the end of the 1st c. …”
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Development of SacB-based counterselection for efficient allelic exchange in Fusobacterium nucleatum by Peng Zhou, Bibek G C, Bo Hu, Chenggang Wu

“…Utilizing sucrose counterselection, we created an in-frame deletion of the F. nucleatum tonB gene, a critical gene for energy-dependent transport processes in Gram-negative bacteria, and a precise knock-in of the luciferase gene immediately following the stop codon of the hslO gene, the last gene of a five-gene operon possibly related to the natural competence of F. nucleatum. …”
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Efficacy of combined colorectal cancer treatment in senile patients by P. V. Tsarkov, D. R. Markaryan, V. M. Nekoval

“…In 106 (87%) patients colon or rectum resection with formation of primary interintestinal anastomosis and D3 lymph node dissection, at 11 (9%) - abdominal and perineal rectum extirpation is executed, 5 patients had obstructive Hartmann operation. …”
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Assessing the Feasibility of Drone‐Mediated Vaccine Delivery: An Exploratory Study by Sumit Aggarwal, Prakamya Gupta, Sivaraman Balaji, Saurabh Sharma, Ajoy Kanti Ghosh, Simmy, Balram Bhargava, Samiran Panda

“…Methodology Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic restrictions and paucity of availability of rules and regulations related to drones in India in 2021, this study was conducted as a exploratory study for which number of regulatory approvals are obtained and it involves five drone missions within the premises of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India on a confined airstrip of 3 km2 to transport simulated vaccine vials using a multi‐rotor top‐load UAS in the normal weather conditions in daylight where dummy vaccine vials (COVID‐19) were packed with cool packs to maintain the temperature. Study was conducted to explore feasibility to carry vaccines through drones and any environmental impact on the vaccine vials while its transportation. …”
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UPLC-ESI-MS/MS Profile and Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Antidiabetic, and Antiobesity Activities of the Aqueous Extracts of Three Different Hibiscus Species by Hanan M. Al-Yousef, Wafaa H. B. Hassan, Sahar Abdelaziz, Musarat Amina, Rasha Adel, May A. El-Sayed

“…Hibiscus micranthus showed the most potent effect on HCT-116 (human colon carcinoma) with IC50 = 56 ± 1.9 μg/mL compared with cisplatin (IC50 = 7.53 ± 3.8 μg/mL). …”
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Screening of West Siberian patients with primary congenital glaucoma for CYP1B1 gene mutations by D. E. Ivanoshchuk, S. V. Mikhailova, O. G. Fenkova, E. V. Shakhtshneider, A. Z. Fursova, I. V. Bychkov, M. I. Voevoda

“…Direct automatic Sanger sequencing of exons and adjacent splicing sites of the CYP1B1 gene was carried out in 28 people with the PCG phenotype from a West Siberian region. …”
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Optimal nanofluid selection for photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems in adverse climatic conditions by Miqdam T. Chaichan, Hussein A. Kazem, Maytham T. Mahdi, Ali H.A. Al-Waeli, Anees A. Khadom, K. Sopian

“…Comparing SWCNT, MWCNT, SiC, ZnO, TiO2, CuO, and Al2O3 to water cooling, the thermal efficiency was increased by 177 %, 73.14 %, 60.95 %, 32.39 %, 27.9 %, 61.91 %, and 65 %, respectively. …”
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Chemical analysis of buffalo meat in a self-consumption system in northeastern of Argentina by Gladis Rébak, Gladys Obregón, Diego Gómez, Laura Vázquez-Acosta, Mariano Pino, Julia Obregón, Rosa Molina, Victoria Cantero, Luz Segovia-Espinola

“…Animals were raised on natural fields, with access to self-consumption hoppers to supply food composed of alfalfa bales, broken and whole corn, and soybean pellets with a consumption of 1.5% of live weight. …”
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Cancer mortality trends after implementation of the national programme for dispensarization of certain groups of the adult population: a population-based study from arkhangelsk, no... by L. E. Valkova, M. L. Levit, V. M. Merabishvili, A. Yu. Pankrateva, M. V. Krupina, D. M. Dubovichenko, A. V. Agaeva, A. Yu. Ryzhov, E. F. Potekhina, M. Yu. Valkov

“…Anonymous data about patients with malignant neoplasms of the colon, rectum, lung, breast, cervix, uterus, ovaries, prostate gland, kidney undergoing examination (screening) at the first stage of the DCGAP from 2006 to 2019 were extracted from the ARCR database. …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…The regime, in search of relegitimization, endorses the rhetoric of co-production of public policies, to be guaranteed by the involvement of the “civil society”.The confrontation between the actors is based on a consensus which results in common alignment on the legalistic and managerial treatment of security reform. …”
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Surface Modification of TFC-PA RO Membrane by Grafting Hydrophilic pH Switchable Poly(Acrylic Acid) Brushes by Muhammad Asad Abbas, Shehla Mushtaq, Waqas A. Cheema, Hazim Qiblawey, Shenmin Zhu, Yao Li, Runnan Zhang, Hong Wu, Zhongyi Jiang, Rehan Sadiq, Nasir M. Ahmad

“…The grafting of pH-responsive poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) brushes was carried out on the surface of a commercial TFC-PA membrane using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). …”
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Host-Induced Gene Silencing of the <i>Aspergillus flavus O</i>-Methyl Transferase Gene Enhanced Maize Aflatoxin Resistance by Olanike Omolehin, Yenjit Raruang, Dongfang Hu, Zhu-Qiang Han, Surassawadee Promyou, Robert L. Brown, Qijian Wei, Kanniah Rajasekaran, Jeffrey W. Cary, Kan Wang, Dan Jeffers, Zhi-Yuan Chen

“…Maize is one of the major crops that are susceptible to <i>Aspergillus flavus</i> infection and subsequent aflatoxin contamination, which poses a serious health threat to humans and domestic animals. …”
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Genotype Variations and Association between PAI-1 Promoter Region (4G/5G and -844G/A) and Susceptibility to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Chronic Stable Angina by Sunil Kumar, Amit Kumar Verma, Vinay Sagar, Ravi Ranjan, Rahul Sharma, Preeti Tomar, Deepti Bhatt, Yamini Goyal, Mohammed A. Alsahli, Ahmad Almatroudi, Saleh A. Almatroodi, Arshad Husain Rahmani, Faris Alrumaihi, Khursheed Muzammil, Kapil Dev, Rakesh Yadav, Renu Saxena

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Ultrasound investigation at examination of gastro-intestinal tract at combined trauma by A. S. Yermolov, O. A. Alekseyechkina, Ye. S. Vladimirova, G. P. Titova, V. M. Abuchina

“…US in postoperative period at hematomas of smallintestinal mesentery without disorder of integrity of intestine, reveals disorders of gastrointestinal motility and development of paresis of intestine which aggravates circulation disorders in intestinal wall and can result in irreversible changes. Color Doppler flow mapping mode of ultrasound investigation at extensive hematomas of mesentery helps to detect thrombosis of mesenteric veins, occlusion of stem arteries that provides surgeons with essential information to choose treatment tactics, and in some cases to predict course of disease.…”
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