Using Legume-Enriched Cover Crops to Improve Grape Yield and Quality in Hillside Vineyards by Oriana Silvestroni, Edoardo Dottori, Luca Pallotti, Tania Lattanzi, Rodolfo Santilocchi, Vania Lanari

“…Natural covering (NATC) has spread on hillside vineyards of central Italy as a replacement for tillage to reduce soil erosion, although it increased nitrogen and water needs. Therefore, in the current context of global warming, using cover crops (CCs) that require less water and provide nitrogen becomes crucial. …”
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Development and Dynamic Numerical Evaluation of a Lightweight Sports Helmet Using Topology Optimization and Advanced Architected Materials by Nikolaos Kladovasilakis, Konstantinos Tsongas, Eleftheria Maria Pechlivani, Dimitrios Tzetzis

“…Hence, in the last decades, the scientific interest has been focused on establishing head injury criteria and improving the helmet design with the ultimate goal of the reduction in injury probability and increasing the athlete’s performance. In this context, the current study aims to develop a lightweight sports helmet with increased safety performance, utilizing topology optimization processes and advanced architected materials. …”
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Importance of Cheese Whey Processing: Supplements for Sports Activities – a Review by Patricia Fassina, Gabriela Quadros Nunes, Fernanda Scherer Adami, Márcia Inês Goettert, Claucia Fernanda Volken de Souza

“…Whey protein (WP) is a highly nutritious, commercially available alternative food source that is used primarily as a food supplement by athletes and physically active individuals to provide them with essential amino acids and bioactive peptides, and additional benefits have been attributed to WP consumption. In this context, the objective of this review was to explore current evidence regarding the consumption of different WP supplements in sports nutrition to elucidate their efficiency in affecting muscle hypertrophy, physical performance, response to muscle injury, weight loss, and body composition changes. …”
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Climate Change Risk, Performance, and Value Added in Agricultural Sector by Ramin Amani, Zanko Ghorbani, Zana Mozaffari

“…This, in turn, results in decreased production costs, increased investment returns, surplus domestic supply, and expanded agricultural product exports. …”
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Characterizing dengue transmission in rural areas: A systematic review. by Olivia Man, Alicia Kraay, Ruth Thomas, James Trostle, Gwenyth O Lee, Charlotte Robbins, Amy C Morrison, Josefina Coloma, Joseph N S Eisenberg

“…In some rural areas, the force of infection appears to be increasing over time, as measured by increasing seroprevalence in children and thus likely decreasing age of first infection, suggesting that rural dengue transmission may be a relatively recent phenomenon. …”
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Post-diapause synthesis of ArHsp40-2, a type 2 J-domain protein from Artemia franciscana, is developmentally regulated and induced by stress. by Nathan M Rowarth, Thomas H MacRae

“…ArHsp40-2 is a type 2 J-domain protein, lacking a zinc binding domain but containing other domains characteristic of these proteins. …”
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Minimizing unnecessary proBNP blood tests: an evaluation of a pop-up form implementation in general practice by Morvarid Sophia Esmaeilzadeh, Anna Elise Engell, Henrik Løvendahl Jørgensen, Bent Struer Lind

“…In this group, the median proBNP level increased from 12.1 pmol/L before the intervention to 13.5 pmol/L after the intervention (p < 0.0001).Conclusions This study demonstrates a significant decrease in the number of proBNP requests from general practitioners in the Capital Region of Denmark after the introduction of a pop-up form in the requisition system containing the current guidelines.…”
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Experimental Study on the Burning Characteristics of Photovoltaic Modules with Different Inclination Angles Under the Pool Fire by Jingwen Xiao, Dong Lin, Jia Zeng, Shuai Zhang, Jinlong Zhao

“…Mountain photovoltaic (PV) power stations cover vast areas and contain dense equipment. Once direct current arc faults occur in PV modules, they can pose a serious thermal threat to surrounding facilities and combustible materials, potentially resulting in a PV array fire accident. …”
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Factors driving the biomass and species richness of desert plants in northern Xinjiang China. by Cheng Fei, Yi Qiang Dong, Sha Zhou An

“…Accurate estimations of the biomass and species richness of desert plants are of great value for maintaining ecosystem stability; however, current assessments remain a challenge due to the large spatial heterogeneity in biomass and species richness and difficulties posed by time-consuming field surveys, particularly in remote areas. …”
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Conformity of Tourism Higher Education with Tourism Development Goals: Focusing on Tourism Undergraduate Program in Iran by Faranak Ranjbar Motalegh

“…Adopting a qualitative approach, it compares the current state of tourism higher education in Iran with its ideal state. …”
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Optimizing influenza vaccine allocation by age using cost-effectiveness analysis: A comparison of 6720 vaccination program scenarios in children and adults in Belgium by Regina Manansala, Joke Bilcke, Lander Willem, Niel Hens, Philippe Beutels

“…Programmatic and ethical concerns towards such an implementation in the Belgian context need to be separately considered.…”
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Next generation High-Mobility 2D chalcogenides TFT for display backplane by Prashant Bisht, Junoh Shim, Jooon Oh, Jieun Lee, Hoseong Shin, Hyeonho Jeong, Jimin Kim, Junho Lee, Hyuk-Jun Kwon, Sunkook Kim

“…In this context, 2D chalcogenides have emerged as promising candidates for thin-film transistors (TFTs) in display backplanes, offering advantages such as high mobility, low leakage current, mechanical robustness, and transparency. …”
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Universal or Specific? A Modeling-Based Comparison of Broad-Spectrum Influenza Vaccines against Conventional, Strain-Matched Vaccines. by Rahul Subramanian, Andrea L Graham, Bryan T Grenfell, Nimalan Arinaminpathy

“…In future, conventional and novel vaccines are likely to play complementary roles in vaccination strategies against influenza: in this context, our results suggest important characteristics to monitor during the clinical development of emerging vaccine technologies.…”
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Frailty in COPD: Clinical Impact, Diagnosis, Biomarkers, and Management Strategies by Azhimamatova R, Salieva RS, Zalova TB, Karimova K, Karimova DS, Dyikanova SA, Kalmatov R, Tynaliev UM

“…This review synthesizes current evidence on the interplay between frailty and COPD, emphasizing clinical implications, diagnostic frameworks, emerging biomarkers, and tailored management strategies. …”
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Development of management accounting functions in the corporate governance system by S. N. Grichkina, K. S. Chestnova

“…Problematic issues of the development of theory of management accounting in context of improving corporate governance and increasing requirements from various stakeholders to its information support are increasingly becoming the object of research by domestic and foreign scientists. …”
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Farmers' adaptation behavior to water scarcity in Western Iran: Application of the values-identity-personal norms model by Yousof Azadi, Jafar Yaghoubi, Saeed Gholamrezai, Fatemeh Rahimi-Feyzabad

“…The findings of this research contribute to the existing body of knowledge on adaptive behavior, particularly in the context of water scarcity. Practically, the current study provides a rationale for incorporating biospheric value, personal norms, environmental self-identity, and environmental self-efficacy into policy-making and decision-making processes, encouraging farmers to adopt water scarcity adaptation measures.…”
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THE FIRM AS A MICROECONOMIC FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE'S EXPORT POTENTIAL by O.М. Zelinska

“…The purpose of the study is to identify the role and mechanisms of the influence of enterprises as key microeconomic entities on the formation and growth of Ukraine's export potential, as well as to develop recommendations for increasing the efficiency of their export activities in the context of global competition and economic transformation.To achieve the goal of the scientific work, the following general scientific research methods were used: logical, comparison, synthesis and analysis, generalization, classification, explanation, as well as the tabular method. …”
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Infectious Disease as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Dementia: A Narrative Review by Thomas J. Farrer, Jonathan D. Moore, Morgan Chase, Shawn D. Gale, Dawson W. Hedges

“…This narrative review examines infectious diseases as modifiable risk factors for dementia, particularly in the context of an aging global population. As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is expected to rise, prevention has become increasingly important due to the limited efficacy of current treatments. …”
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Russia and Iran in the South Caucasus: problems and prospects for cooperation in the field of energy security by A. K. Dudayti, J. Morshedloo, M. Abdollahi

“…The importance of studying this sphere of regional relations, which has become the focus of research attention, has increased. Of particular interest is the study of the role and place of Russia and Iran in regional relations in the South Caucasus, their participation in solving energy problems, which turned out to be among the current priorities of their policy in the South Caucasus direction.Materials and methods. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Chinese Wooden Architecture Based on CNKI and Web of Science by Dongyu Wei, Meng Lv, Haoming Yu, Jun Li, Changxin Guo, Xingbiao Chu, Qingtao Liu, Guang Wu

“…In the context of the growing emphasis on sustainable development and building safety performance, wooden architecture will attract increasing attention due to its low-carbon characteristics and excellent seismic resistance. …”
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