Soil calcium availability influences shell ecophenotype formation in the sub-antarctic land snail, Notodiscus hookeri. by Maryvonne Charrier, Arul Marie, Damien Guillaume, Laurent Bédouet, Joseph Le Lannic, Claire Roiland, Sophie Berland, Jean-Sébastien Pierre, Marie Le Floch, Yves Frenot, Marc Lebouvier

“…Ecophenotypes reflect local matches between organisms and their environment, and show plasticity across generations in response to current living conditions. Plastic responses in shell morphology and shell growth have been widely studied in gastropods and are often related to environmental calcium availability, which influences shell biomineralisation. …”
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OPTION FOR THE ADVISABILITY OF APPROPRIATE AIRCRAFT USE DURING THE PROLONGED SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS by A. V. Sobolev, V. A. Popov, A. V. Seleznev

“…Studies of last years in this field have hardly considered the specifics of conducting searches in this context. For this purpose, an analysis of the current conditions for the implementation of the SAR is carried out and key options for the use of aircraft are considered. …”
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Trends and Prospects of Development of Financial Innovations in the Russian Banking Business by O. A. Vasilenko

“…The relevance of the article is because the modern development of the Russian banking business takes place in the context of increased competition and crisis phenomena in the financial markets. …”
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Prevalence and clinical significance of sarcopenia in patients with chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms: epidemiology, diagnosis, and intervention strategies by Adelina G. Garifullina, Bulat A. Bakirov, Gulnaz H. Lasynova, Evgeny O. Goldyrev, Dmitry A. Kudlay

“…The work aimed to systematize current data on the impact of sarcopenia on outcomes in patients with MPNs and to summarize recommendations for its early diagnosis and management to improve clinical outcomes. …”
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An enhanced pivot-based neural machine translation for low-resource languages by Danang Arbian Sulistyo, Aji Prasetya Wibawa, Didik Dwi Prasetya, Fadhli Almuíini Ahda

“…The enhanced BLEU ratings signify increased precision in vocabulary selection, preservation of context, and overall comprehensibility. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT APPROACH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING: THE CASE OF TRABZON, TURKEY by Ceren Ünlü Öztürk, Cenap Sancar, Beyza Karadeniz

“…Discussing these projects in terms of affordable housing is important in revealing the current state of Turkey and directing the projects to be made in the future. …”
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A proposed methodology to develop digital twin framework for plasma processing by Alasdair Mitchell, Xinyang Wei, Rongyan Sun, Kazuya Yamamura, Long Ye, Jonathan Corney, Nan Yu

“…Plasma processing presents complex behavioural characteristics that are created by different generation and processing methods. In this context, the digital twin (DT) method offers a visualisation and simulation techniques that enable better understanding of plasma complexities, control, and precision. …”
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THE EFFECTS OF FAMILISM ON FAMILY CAREGIVER BURDEN IN VIETNAM: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT by Quynh An Ngo, Thi Mai Phuong Tran

“…This study makes a novel contribution by being the first to examine the complex dynamics between cultural values, social support, and caregiving outcomes in the context of Vietnam, a developing country. The study addresses the current gap in understanding how internal resources (cultural beliefs) and external resources (social support) collectively influence caregiving outcomes. …”
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Advancements in Agricultural Ground Robots for Specialty Crops: An Overview of Innovations, Challenges, and Prospects by Marcelo Rodrigues Barbosa Júnior, Regimar Garcia dos Santos, Lucas de Azevedo Sales, Luan Pereira de Oliveira

“…While previous review papers have discussed the evolution of agricultural robots in a general agricultural context, this review uniquely focuses on their application to specialty crops, a rapidly expanding area. …”
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Smart Sustainable City: Concept, Aspects and Indices by afshar hatami, farzaneh sasanpour, alberto ziparo, mohammad soleymani

“…Increased urbanization, population growth and socio-economic and environmental problems besides growth and development of ICT at the global level are the sign of the 21st century. …”
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AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING SOIL CONTAMINATION by Yuriy Golovan

“…Studies of soil pollution assessment are based on scientific principles that define a complex system of environmental safety management in the context of increased exposure to sources of secondary dust pollution of the atmosphere. …”
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Measuring the Quality of Life in Diabetic Patients: A Scoping Review by Lorenzo Palamenghi, Milvia Marta Carlucci, Guendalina Graffigna

“…Diabetes mellitus is a widely diffused chronic condition which impacts on several aspects of patients’ lives. In the current clinical practice, the implementation in the clinical routine of monitoring systems of patients’ outcomes has led to an increased generation and use of several measures for the assessment of patients’ quality of life (QOL). …”
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Urban Governance and Climate Resilience in Cameroon by Emmanuel Sunjo Tata

“… Context and background: Urbanization and climate change pose significant challenges for cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in developing countries. …”
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Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Climate Change: Why the European Union Should Take Them Seriously by Chiara Tea Antoniazzi

“…After exploring the wide array of EU climate measures and their extensive impacts on third countries and persons living therein, the Article offers an overview of the historical evolution and current state of ex-traterritorial human rights obligations in general and in the context of climate change specifically, pay-ing special attention to recent judicial and quasi-judicial developments. …”
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Formation of Innovative Infrastructure of the Industrial Sphere by M. Ya. Veselovsky

“…Purpose: in article problems of formation of innovative infrastructure of the industrial sphere in the Russian Federation are investigated, her merits and demerits are considered. In the context of foreign experience the analysis of statistics of development of innovative infrastructure on the basis of which is carried out the main shortcomings constraining efficiency of her work are allocated. …”
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Expert Consensus on Clinical Application of Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robots by ZHANG Lixin, BAI Dingqun, BAI Yulong, CHEN Wenhua, CHEN Yan, DU Qing, FAN Maohua, HE Hongchen, HUANG Liping, JIA Jie, LI Jianhua, LI Lei, PAN Yu, SU Min, WANG Hongtu, YIN Yong, ZHANG Bi

“…In addition, referencing the latest research, this consensus elaborates on the working principles, classification, clinical application (indications and contraindications, working parameters and operating procedures, safety), and recommendations on clinical application (hemiplegia, paraplegia, musculoskeletal diseases, childhood diseases and other systemic diseases) when using lower limb rehabilitation robots in the current context. Lower limb rehabilitation robots are well-suitable for patients with walking difficulties and long-term bedridden condition. …”
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Taxpayer protection standard in international tax disputes by M. D. Polenchuk

“…This is especially important for those states that do not use arbitration, such as Russia.The main conclusion is that the application of the standard of protection of human right to a fair trial in relation to the taxpayers in the tax treaty disputes resolution procedures is an efficient way to develop the current mutual agreement procedure and arbitration and to increase the confidence of taxpayers in these mechanisms.…”
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Nursing Students’ Computer Self-Efficacy and Attitudes toward Its Use in The Health Care Setting: A Comparative Study by Farida M. Hassona, Aziza Z. F. Ali, Shaimaa M. Nageeb

“… Context: The use of technology and computers in health care has been reported to improve nurses' decision-making and competencies, which in turn increase the quality of health-care practice. …”
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Priority directions of institutional provision of regional development in the conditions of war by Yu.Р. Kharchenko

“…The article solves practical scientific tasks, conducts research on the institutional support of the territorial organization of farms, and provides theoretical justifications based on the achievements of the currently existing science, a generalization of the current legislation and implementation practice. …”
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Endogenous IL-1 in cognitive function and anxiety: a study in IL-1RI-/- mice. by Carol L Murray, Pauline Obiang, David Bannerman, Colm Cunningham

“…IL-1RI(-/-) mice also showed normal memory for visuospatial context in the contextual fear conditioning paradigm. …”
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