Unveiling farmers’ perceptions: a citizen science and machine learning approach to exploring drivers in the adequacy and fairness of water systems by Vasilios Plakandaras, Fahad Khan Khadim, Vassiliki Kazana, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Amvrossios C Bagtzoglou

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Apports nutritionnels, dépense et bilan énergétiques chez l’homme et les primates non-humains : aspects méthodologiques by Laurent Tarnaud, Cécile Garcia, Sabrina Krief, Bruno Simmen

“…Besides interspecific comparisons that provide a background to assess the evolution of energy strategies among primates, contrasting the energy fluxes at the population or group level highlights the range of bio-cultural adjustments of humans and non-human primate species to their social and natural environment.The present review distinguishes methods according to the energetic parameters the researcher wishes to describe and quantify: food intake, energy input, energy expenditure associated with behavioural activities, nutritional status and body composition as well as the role of secondary compounds on food items selection and the medicinal properties of plants used. …”
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Bimolecular Complementation to Visualize Filovirus VP40-Host Complexes in Live Mammalian Cells: Toward the Identification of Budding Inhibitors by Yuliang Liu, Michael S. Lee, Mark A. Olson, Ronald N. Harty

“…A major gap still exists in our understanding of the mechanism of filovirus budding due to the difficulty in detecting virus-host complexes and mapping their trafficking patterns in the natural environment of the cell. To address this gap, we used a bimolecular complementation (BiMC) approach to detect, localize, and follow the trafficking patterns of eVP40-Tsg101 complexes in live mammalian cells. …”
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Engineering a Biocompatible Scaffold with Either Micrometre or Nanometre Scale Surface Topography for Promoting Protein Adsorption and Cellular Response by Xuan Le, Gérrard Eddy Jai Poinern, Nurshahidah Ali, Cassandra M. Berry, Derek Fawcett

“…The nanometre-structured surface features tend to resemble the extracellular matrix, the natural environment in which cells live, communicate, and work together. …”
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Comprehensive study on impact of hydrogen peroxide decomposition on the crucial parameters of OSM-type energetic materials by Mateusz Polis, Agnieszka Stolarczyk, Konrad Szydło, Magdalena Fabin, Mateusz Pytlik, Barbara Lisiecka, Tomasz Jarosz

“…Additionally, the impact of the products of the explosion of EMs on the natural environment is also crucial. Therefore, on-site mixture (OSM) energetic materials containing concentrated hydrogen peroxide (OSM-type energetic materials) are becoming increasingly popular. …”
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The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emitted PM2.5 in Urban Road Networks: Using Loop Data and Kriging Method for Passenger Cars in the Central Part of the City of Lodz by Marta Borowska-Stefańska, Michał Kowalski, Paulina Kurzyk, Alireza Sahebgharani, Szymon Wiśniewski

“…Another finding is that although the COVID-19 outbreak clearly poses a serious threat to life and health, it has had an exceptionally positive impact on the natural environment, becoming an unconventional mechanism for its restoration.…”
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MAIN FACTORS OF INFLUENCE ON GEOECOSYSTEMS OF WATER BASINS AND RISKS OF THEIR DESTRUCTION by V.O. Iemelianov, P.O. Kiriakov, O.M. Rybak, O.O. Paryshev, L.V. Stupina

“…The main Ukraine's main problems are directly related to the disruption of important geoecological functions of the components of the natural environment − lithosphere, atmospheric air, water and soil environment, flora and fauna. …”
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Spatial analysis of plankton distribution in Northern Waters of Aceh: An indicator of marine environmental quality by Octavina Chitra, Maghfirah, Lacroix Geneviève, Suciati Nasah, Fajar Muhammad, Syufi Nurul Hidayatul, Haridhi Haekal Azief, Haditiar Yudi

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Global biogeography and projection of antimicrobial toxin genes by Ya Liu, Yu Geng, Yiru Jiang, Jingyu Sun, Peng Li, Yue-zhong Li, Zheng Zhang

“…Our results highlight the natural environment as a reservoir of antimicrobial toxins, advance the understanding of the global distribution of these antimicrobial weapons, and aid their application in clinical, agricultural, and industrial fields. …”
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The Chamber for Studying Rice Response to Elevated Nighttime Temperature in Field by Song Chen, Xi Zheng, Dangying Wang, Chunmei Xu, Ma. Rebecca C. Laza, Xiufu Zhang

“…The system consists of a pipe hoop shed-type chamber with manually removable covers manipulated to provide a natural environment at daytime and a relatively stable and accurate temperature at night. …”
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Assessing agritourism-integrated rural human settlement environment under the “dual-carbon” goal: evidence from Zhejiang, China by Shuaijun Lin, Hongfeng Zhang, Johnny F. I. Lam

“…The results show that this Research utilizes the AHP method to determine the weights of indicators at each level, finding that economic development and the natural environment are essential evaluation aspects. Meanwhile, the BP neural network model was applied to predict the scores of 22 sample villages, and the prediction results were highly correlated with the actual ones. …”
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Measuring pro-environmental behavioural determinants using closed-answer surveys by Hunter Doughty, Laura Thomas-Walters

“…There are many factors (i.e. determinants) that could influence whether an individual engages in pro-environmental behaviour, and understanding these determinants can improve efforts to protect and restore the natural environment. However, despite published criticism of poor survey design, there is little practical guidance on how to capture these determinants accurately in closed-answer surveys (those with predefined answer options). …”
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The Role of Topography in Coastal City Planning Using a Comparison of Two Hierarchical Analysis Methods: AHP and AHP Fuzzy (Case Study: Nour City) by Mostafa taghvaee, Sadroddin motevali, Gholamreza Janbaz Ghobadi

“…Geomorphological units are always related to the dynamics and dynamism of the natural environment, and any action taken in the direction of the development and construction of cities in some way intersects with the aforementioned dynamics and dynamism and, as a result, with morphological phenomena. …”
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Investigating the quality of Karst water resources: A case study on Fars Namdan plain by Mohammadsadegh Talebi

“…One of the distinctive features of our Iran is the lack of water, which has affected the natural environment and economic-social structure. Indiscriminate exploitation of water sources and inefficient traditional irrigation systems have made the society face the challenge of water supply. …”
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Critical analysis of methods for measuring and monitoring of the population life quality by A. A. Golovin

“…Monetary methods of managing the quality of life of the population are based on financial and economic factors and monetary measurement tools, the social justice approach is based on the study of socio-psychological factors and life satisfaction indicators, the physical and economic approach reconciles the needs of the socio-economic system with the capabilities of the natural environment and uses power units of measurement. …”
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Optimization of Internet of Things E-Commerce Logistics Cloud Service Platform Based on Mobile Communication by Jun Chen, Huan Wu, Xi Zhou, Maoguo Wu, Chenyang Zhao, Shiyan Xu

“…Therefore, in order to decorate the customary natural environment of operation, it is quintessential to get rid of the preferred desktop in the true field, create a social logistics and transportation administration computing device with commodity agents and distributors as the key features, and mix freight logistics, business enterprise approach waft and data waft advertising and marketing, and advertising and marketing organically. …”
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Urban Green Development towards Sustainability in Northwest China: Efficiency Assessment, Spatial-Temporal Differentiation Characters, and Influencing Factors by LiJuan Si, JiaLu Wang, ShuRan Yang, Ye Yang, Jing Zhang

“…Based on the empirical results, this paper believes that the harmonious development of natural environment and economic society can be realized only by improving the coordinated development effect among cities, implementing the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, introducing excellent talents, and promoting the technological upgrading.…”
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Outdoor experiences and outdoor-based activities and interventions for individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic scoping review by Anders O. Aaby, Samuel D. Williamson, Louise S. Madsen, Thomas Maribo, Sophie L. Ravn

“…Conclusion: People with SCI mainly report positive experiences from engaging with the natural environment and pursuing outdoor activities, but also experienced a range of barriers that need to be considered in both research and clinical practice. …”
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Ekologia rodziny w kontekście współczesnego społeczeństwa by Wojciech Bołoz

“…A known Werner- Wilson’s concept of ecology of the family includes inner- family relationships, relationships with other families, with a broader socio- cultural environment and natural environment- organic and non organic, in which the long lasting and dynamic process of human development occurs.…”
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Influence of Exposure to Different Green Rooftop Spaces on Stress Restoration of College Students by Zhixiong ZHUO, Liang DONG

“…The healing function of the natural environment is becoming more and more prominent. …”
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