Azov-type spits: long-term monitoring of morphodynamics and vegetation in response to changing environment by Oksana Tyshchenko, Volodymyr Tyshchenko, Svitlana Boychenko, Andrii Tarieiev, Vasyl Tkachenko

“…ERS tools demonstrated their effectiveness in monitoring environmental changes under challenging circumstances, identifying general trends in the state of plant communities and validating our earlier forecasts for changes in vegetation cover. The increase in the area of halophytic meadow and marsh plant communities occurred alongside a certain decrease in their productivity, while the reduction in sandy-steppe plant community areas was accompanied by an increase in their productivity. …”
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MicroRNA as a Potential Biomarker for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) by José Augusto Nogueira-Machado, Amanda Tábita da Silva Albanaz, Fabiana Rocha-Silva

“…<b>Aim</b>: This review analyzes dysregulated microRNA signaling pathways and their interactions with metabolic pathways in the context of ALS progression. <b>Significance:</b> Despite this, biomarkers remain unreliable, and the current medications prolong life without providing a cure. …”
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Ambivalence in Place Attachment by Xin Li, Reinout Kleinhans, Maarten van Ham

“…The impending neighbourhood demolition uncovers accumulated social issues in danwei communities in the context of market reforms and institutional changes in current China, such as the emergence of deprived social groups and their struggles for better housing. …”
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The Biographical Narratives of an Adolescent in Kinship Care: A Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Case Study by Grant T. Ryan

“…The presence and impacts of violence, abuse, and neglect in the context of Australian children in kinship care is an ongoing concern for health services. …”
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A Five-Year Evaluation of Safety and Traffic Course by Students and Lecturers Using the CIPP Evaluation Model by Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani, Mina Golestani, Saeideh Ghaffarifar, Abdolhassan Kazemi, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Sepideh Harzand-Jadidi, Mahdi Rezaei

“…This study evaluated a traffic safety course to inform further implementation of the course in all Iranian universities. The current study used the CIPP evaluation model and included questionnaires and interviews to evaluate the one-credit course by students and lecturers at 15 universities from 2016 to 2020. …”
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The Impact of Fiscal Sovereignty in the Field of Real Estate Tax on Municipal Revenues by Patrycja Świerczek-Dutka

“…Implications: The research findings indicate a need for further, in-depth analysis of the long-term effects of exercising fiscal sovereignty, particularly in the context of local development and municipal competitiveness. …”
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The role of extracellular vesicles in the diagnosis of glioblastoma progression by A. I. Ryabova, V. A. Novikov, N. V. Yunusova, A. A. Ponomareva, L. V. Spirina, O. V. Gribova

“…Glioblastoma is the most common malignant tumor of the brain characterized by fatal outcome prognosis. Current treatment of tumor recurrence allows to increase patient survival, improve functional outcome and decrease caregivers» load. …”
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Combined effects of conditional cash transfer program and environmental health interventions on diarrhea and malnutrition morbidity in children less than five years of age in Brazi... by Anelise Andrade de Souza, Sueli Aparecida Mingoti, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Léo Heller

“…The concomitant presence of these measures with environmental sanitation interventions may increase their positive effect. The context of simultaneous improvement of social protection and environmental sanitation is found in Brazil since 2007 and an assessment of the combined effects of both programs has not been performed so far.…”
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Socio-economic problems of hydrogen energy development by M. A. Pletnev, A. N. Kopysov

“…To solve this problem, the method of analyzing the regulatory framework, monographic, scientific and analytical literature, program documents of various levels, real steps of the authorities in the implementation of the fourth energy transition was used. DISCUSSIONS. The current economic model of energy production and consumption is based on an increase in entropy, which leads to irreversible changes in the global ecosystem. …”
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A Hydrological–Energy Balance Model to Assess Land Surface Temperature at the Urban Scale: The Case Study of Milano, Italy by Sonia Morgese, Wenchuang Zhang, Francesca Casale, Daniele Bocchiola

“…Particularly, we showed that an increase of green share, ΔVF = + 10%, may correspond to a decrease of ΔLST = −0.26°C. …”
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Changes in tree-ring wood density of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) in European mountain forests... by Chiara Torresan, Torben Hilmers, Admir Avdagić, Edmondo Di Giuseppe, Matija Klopčič, Mathieu Lévesque, Florian Motte, Enno Uhl, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Hans Pretzsch

“…Abstract Key message We found a significant increase in the latewood density of European beech, and a decrease in the latewood and mean wood density of silver fir and Norway spruce in European mountain forests over the period 1901–2016. …”
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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Inhibition Ameliorates Innate Immune Cell Activation, Inflammation, and Salt-Sensitive Hypertension by Hannah L. Smith, Bethany L. Goodlett, Gabriella C. Peterson, Emily N. Zamora, Ava R. Gostomski, Brett M. Mitchell

“…Adoptive transfer of aGM-treated BMDMs into SSHTN mice resulted in decreased renal trafficking. Additionally, aGM treatment of BMD-Macs, CD38+ BMD-M1 Macs, BMD-DCs, and CD38+ BMD-cDC2s led to decreased pro-inflammatory gene expression. …”
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EVALUATION OF APPLE ORCHARDS VIA THE EXPERT SYSTEM CROM by Daniela DANA, Irina-Adriana CHIURCIU, Valentina VOICU, Aurelia-Ioana CHEREJI, Ioan Jr. CHEREJI, Andreea-Roxana FIRATOIU

“…Although the cultivation of fruit trees is a traditional activity in Romania and our country has natural potential in this regard, both the cultivated area and the fruit production have decreased lately. That is why the NRDP 2014- 2020 included a sub-programme for this sector, with sub-measures to redress the field and successfully respond to current challenges, including the impact on the environment. …”
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Recognizing the Conceptual Model of Re-creating the Central Core of Cities based on Local Community Culture with Meta-Synthesis Method by Maryam Hematian Dehkordi, Afsoon Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Iravani

“…Following developments in the technological, economic, and social fields, as well as the movement of population and activities, the central core of cities has faced a decrease in physical, economic, and social quality, and this process has reduced the dynamics of neighborhoods and created problematic urban contexts. …”
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Seasonal Variation of Testosterone Levels in a Large Cohort of Men by Taiba Zornitzki, Sagi Tshori, Galit Shefer, Shira Mingelgrin, Carmit Levy, Hilla Knobler

“…Total and bioavailable testosterone levels gradually decreased with age and BMI (P<0.001) and were significantly lower in men with diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and known CVD, but were higher in current smokers compared with nonsmokers (P<0.001). …”
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Combined CNN-BiLSTM-Att tourism flow prediction based on VMD-MWPE decomposition reconstruction by Maomao Luo, Danhong Chen, Xinxing Hou, Kang Luo, Tao Wang

“…To further improve the accuracy of scenic passenger flow prediction, the current study proposed a data preprocessing approach that combines variational modal decomposition (VMD) with multiscale weighted permutation entropy (MWPE). …”
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GBD: incidence rates and prevalence of anxiety disorders, depression and schizophrenia in countries with different SDI levels, 1990–2021 by Jueqi Wang, Xue Guan, Ning Tao

“…Data were categorized into 5-year age groups and 95% uncertainty intervals (UI) were calculated to account for data variability.ResultsIn countries with different SDI levels, the age-standardized average annual percentage change (AAPC) in the incidence of anxiety were all shown to be increasing, and there were large gender differences between the different SDI levels, with a maximum of 0.97 (0.76–1.18) for females in countries with a high SDI level, Age-standardized more rates per 100,000 people in high SDI countries, from 658.87 in 1990 to 841.56 in 2021, and the largest gender differences in countries with a low to moderate SDI level, with AAPCs for males and females of 0.04 (0.04–0.05), 0.86 (0.63–1.09); for depression, only the countries with medium-high SDI levels were statistically significant compared to the countries with medium-low SDI levels, with AAPCs of 0.05 (0.04–0.07), 0.04 (0.04–0.05); for schizophrenia in addition to the AAPCs of the countries with medium-high SDI levels showed an increase of 0.16 (0.13–0.18); the rest decreased.ConclusionThis study highlights the current status of global incidence and prevalence of mental disorders and examines the complex interactions between the period of onset and cohort of onset of mental disorders using APC modeling, with differences in gender differences in mental disorders in countries with different SDIs, and significant differences in countries with low to medium SDI levels, requiring further exploration of the mechanisms by which socio-economic development influences gender-specific mental health. …”
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Strategizing Soft Skills Resilience: A Holistic Approach to Mitigating COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Workforce Development by Mariia Vesolovska, Lyubomyr Shved

“…They also have a crucial impact on the economy, as the acquisition of soft skills contributes to the more efficient functioning of enterprises and the economy as a whole. However, in the current context, due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, certain difficulties have arisen in their development in countries around the world. …”
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HPV DNA screening and vaccination strategies in Tunisia by Anas Lahdhiri, Beya Benzina, Emna Ennaifer, Haifa Tounsi, Ahlem Gzara, Soumaya Rammeh-Rommani, Oumaima Laraj, Heger Arfaoui, Robyn Stuart, Amira Kebir, Slimane BenMiled

“…The scenario combining vaccination and maintaining current screening practices is found to be the most cost-effective for the Tunisian context. …”
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Transformation of trading patterns in global agricultural markets by V. V. Stroev, E. N. Smirnov

“…The analysis of international trade is conducted in the context of the need to ensure food security and counteract various exogenous shocks (decreasing crop yields, escalating geopolitical conflicts, food crises). …”
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