Optimized Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Using Metaheuristic Algorithms: Application of Shield Tunnelling Ground Surface Settlement Prediction by Xinni Liu, Sadaam Hadee Hussein, Kamarul Hawari Ghazali, Tran Minh Tung, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Deformation of ground during tunnelling projects is one of the complex issues that is required to be monitored carefully to avoid the unexpected damages and human losses. Accurate prediction of ground settlement (GS) is a crucial concern for tunnelling problems, and the adequate predictive model can be a vital tool for tunnel designers to simulate the ground settlement accurately. …”
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Improving access to pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD treated for substance misuse in the London Borough of Islington by Duncan Stewart, Jane Simpson, Divya Narasimhan

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a collection of conditions that cause permanent damage to the lungs. Among a range of treatment options, patients can benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programmes involving physical exercises and education.The risk of developing COPD is higher for substance misusers than the general population. …”
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Evaluation of Protective Effects of Aqueous Extract of S. Maydis on Liver Cytoarchitecture of Wistar Rats Induced with Carbonated Herbal Alcoholic Beverages (Orijin Bitters) by A. Agbortai, G. I. Eze, S. B. Olukayode, S. O. Innih

“…In conclusion, these findings suggest that AESM possesses hepatoprotective activity against alcoholic beverage-induced liver damage, and it could be a potential therapeutic agent for mitigating liver injury. …”
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Effects of Tert-Butylhydroquinone on Intestinal Inflammatory Response and Apoptosis following Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice by Wei Jin, Hongbin Ni, Yuxiang Dai, Handong Wang, Tianyu Lu, Jun Wu, Jian Jiang, Weibang Liang

“…The results of the present study suggest that tBHQ administration could suppress the intestinal inflammation and reduce the mucosal damage following TBI.…”
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Biomechanical Analysis of Foot–Ankle Complex during Jogging with Rearfoot Strike versus Forefoot Strike by Yaoyong Zhang, Dan Zhang

“…While RFS jogging produced larger plantar pressure in the hindfoot area, larger calcaneus stress, and much larger tarsal navicular stress, which might cause heel tissue injury, calcaneus damage, and stress fracture of naviculocuneiform joint. …”
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Bycatch of common pollinators in pheromone baited traps for monitoring corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Missouri Industrial Hemp by Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Isaac N. Ativor, Caroline N. Foba, Valliyodan Babu

“…(Rosales: Cannabaceae) causing serious damage. Limited work has been done on developing integrated pest management (IPM) for H. zea industrial hemp in Missouri. …”
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Lessons from the Case History of a Massive Landslide Dam by Fawad S. Niazi, Aranzazu Pinan-Llamas, Kamran Akhtar

“…The resulting unconsolidated dam and water impoundment upstream carried hazard potential of downstream damage to both infrastructure and population due to potential flooding caused by its breach. …”
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Spectrum and distribution optimization the resilience urban using numerical simulation (A case study of Ilam) by elias mavedat

“…An earthquake, though a natural phenomenon that can be very destructive, But urban planning and management can play an important role in the damage it poses. Today, risk analysis is one of the basic needs for planning in general and urban planning in particular. …”
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Clinical assessment and transcriptome analysis of host immune responses in a vaccination-challenge study using a glycoprotein G deletion mutant vaccine strain of infectious laryngo... by Gayathri Gopakumar, Mauricio J. C. Coppo, Mauricio J. C. Coppo, Andrés Diaz-Méndez, Carol A. Hartley, Joanne M. Devlin

“…Enriched gene ontologies and pathways that indicated heightened immune responses and impairments to ciliary and neuronal functions, cell junction components, and potential damages to cartilaginous and extracellular components in the trachea of the non-vaccinated-challenged birds were consistent with their severe tracheal pathology compared to the other two groups. …”
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Supraorbital Nerve Radiofrequency for Severe Neuralgia Caused by Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus by Huan Zhang, Huadong Ni, Songlei Liu, Keyue Xie

“…Compared with baseline, the number of patients with allodynia at each time point after the operation was decreased (P<0.001), but without a difference for spontaneous pain (P=0.407). No subjects showed drooping eyelid, corneal ulcers, eyeball damage, decreased vision, and other severe complications. …”
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Real-Time Compression Scheme for Urban Rail Transit Train Operation Data by LI Dexiang, WANG Linmei, WANG Shu

“…［Objective］ In view of the current challenges such as increased requirements for disk storage space, frequent disk damage and high bandwidth occupation existing in urban rail transit train operation data, research on data compression is of great significance for reducing storage space requirements, alleviating disk burden, and cutting bandwidth waste. …”
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Geodesic Distance on Gaussian Manifolds to Reduce the Statistical Errors in the Investigation of Complex Systems by Michele Lungaroni, Andrea Murari, Emmanuele Peluso, Pasqualino Gaudio, Michela Gelfusa

“…In the last years the reputation of medical, economic, and scientific expertise has been strongly damaged by a series of false predictions and contradictory studies. …”
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Borassus aethiopum (Mart.) ethanol fruit extract reverses alloxan-treatment alterations in experimental animals by Moses Dele, Adams, Ejike, Daniel Eze

“…The extract also renewed the wholeness of histological damage in the pancreas. CONCLUSION: The bioactive agents of B. aethiopum presented antihyperglycaemic property by preventing diabetes via reversal of alloxan-treatment alterations in the animals…”
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Ugochukwu, Oliver Ukachi by Maduabuchi , Patrick Aja, Chukwu, Chinecherem Adanna, Okechukwu, Ugwu Paul Chima, Anthony, Boniface Ale, Chinedu , Peter Agu, Deusdedi, Tusubira, Chukwu, Darlington C, Onyedika, Gabriel Ani, Ugbala, Ezebuilo Ekpono, Akobi , Hilary Ogwoni, Awoke , Joshua Nonso, Ogbu, Patience N, Aja, Lucy, Orji, Obasi Uche, Nweke, Chinoso Peter, Egwu, Chinedu, Ekpono, Ejike Ugbala, Ewa, Gift Onyinyechi, Igwenyi, Ikechuku Okorie, Esther, Alum Ugo, Uti, Daniel Ejim, Offor, Christian Emeka, Ifie, Josiah E., Njoku, Amaobichukwu, Kenneth, Ekenechukwu, Ejike, Daniel Eze

“…OBJECTIVES: This study looked at how CMSO affected male Wistar albino rats' liver damage caused by bisphenol A. METHODS: The standard HPLC method was used to assess the CMSO's phenolic content. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Land Use Practices on Land Cover in Bubare Sub-County Rubanda District. by Kembabazi, Naome

“…Additionally, policies should be developed to promote afforestation, reduce deforestation, and educate the community on the responsible use of land to prevent environmental damage.…”
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Child Abuse and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools of Kayonza Sub-County Kanungu District. by Turyahabwa, Alex

“…Physical abuse involves inflicting harm through actions like hitting, kicking, or burning, while emotional abuse encompasses behaviors damaging to a child’s self-esteem or emotional health, such as constant criticism or threats. …”
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The role of nutrient availability and resorption efficiency and their impact on nutrient conservation in mangroves by M.E.B. Gerona-Daga, R.A. MacKenzie, L.G. Sumabat-Dacones, C.F.P. Naputo, S.G. Salmo III

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Expediente

“…EQUIPE EDITORIAL Editora-chefe Sandra Mara Campos Alves, Programa de Direito Sanitário, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Brasília, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6171-4558 Editor Assistente Jarbas Ricardo Almeida Cunha, Núcleo de Saúde, Defensoria Pública da União, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5332-2642 Editores Associados  Marcelo Lamy, Universidade Santa Cecília, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-2280 Edith Ramos, Universidade Federal do Maranhão/Universidade CEUMA, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-1879 Editor-executivo Gabriel Teles Viana, Programa de Direito Sanitário, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Brasília, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-6548 Assistente Editorial Danilo Silva Santos Rocha, Programa de Direito Sanitário, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Brasília, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7487-2309 Revisora de Texto Mirna Barcelos, Programa de Direito Sanitário, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Brasília, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-1644 Tradução  David Elias Cardoso Câmara, Programa de Direito Sanitário, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Brasília, Brasil   CONSELHO EDITORIAL CIENTÍFICO André den Exter, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Law, Holanda https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-6603 André Dias Pereira, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-3855 Angel Pelayo Gonzáles-Torre, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Espanha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6254-9651 Caristina Robaina Aguirre, Instituto Nacional de Salud de los Trabajadores, Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7725-4242 Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-2462 Giancarlo Corsi, Università Degli Studi Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Itália https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-5734 Hernando Torres Corredor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociailes, Colômbia Joaquín Cayon de las Cuevas, Universidad de Cantabria, Facultad de Derecho, Espanha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1027-9717 Jose Geraldo de Sousa Junior, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Direito, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8974-2283 Márcio Nunes Iorio Aranha Oliveira, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Direito, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0987 Maria Célia Delduque, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5351-3534 Miriam Ventura da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-8844 Paula Lobato de Faria, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-4480 Vera Lúcia Raposo, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Direito, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-2181 …”
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Desórdenes abióticos asociados con palmas ornamentales en la Ciudad de México by Dionicio Alvarado Rosales, Luz de Lourdes Saavedra-Romero, Alejandra Almaraz-Sánchez, Andrés Quezada-Salinas, Silvia Edith García-Díaz, Sergio Aranda-Ocampo, Carlos Fredy Ortiz-García, Armando Equihua-Martínez, José Abel López-Buenfil, Roberto Quintero-Campos

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Preconditioning of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Toll-Like Receptor Agonists by Fabiana Evaristo-Mendonça, Gabriela Sardella-Silva, Tais Hanae Kasai-Brunswick, Raquel Maria Pereira Campos, Pablo Domizi, Marcelo Felippe Santiago, Ricardo Augusto de Melo Reis, Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Victor Túlio Ribeiro-Resende, Pedro Moreno Pimentel-Coelho

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