Establishing priorities for future land conservation to maximise biodiversity conservation and other ecosystem services in the Tilarán Mountains of Costa Rica by Lindsay Stallcup, Matthew D. Moran, Doris Rojas, Erich Mata

“…The opportunity to connect currently protected areas to one another through effective biological corridors still remains, possibly through conservation partnerships with landowners or direct land purchase, but time could be short as increasing development and changing land-use patterns threaten to further isolate habitats in the MAB.…”
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Investigating the Key Factors Influencing the Profitability of Romanian Public Water Supply and Sewerage Services by Kamer-Ainur Aivaz, Dorin Jula, Octavia Moise, George Banghiore, Diane Paula Corina Vancea, Andreea Simona Săseanu

“…Efficient management of non-revenue water and damage reduction were also found to be key to improve financial performance and increase sustainability. The paper provides an in-depth understanding of market mechanisms and can support the development of more effective public policies for water resource management in the context of current socio-economic and environmental challenges. …”
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A mixed-methods nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey of IDPs, returnees, and host community members in four counties of Jonglei state... by Lynn Lieberman Lawry, Rachel Gabor, Jacques Katele, Lazarus Baak Madut, Katina Sommers, David Manuel, Claire Nadolski, Mounir Lado, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, William Clemmer

“…Improved flood resistant sources for clean water, clean covered water storage container distribution, improved sanitation, oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc distribution and education are necessary to decrease diarrheal rates.…”
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Digital currency: features of regulation in the Russian Federation by T. E. Rozhdestvenskaya, A. G. Guznov

“…The article examines the main approaches to the regulation of digital currencies, studies the phenomenon of digital currency itself, assesses the circumstances that aroused massive interest and enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies. An analysis of current positive legal material is presented, in particular, the approach to the regulation of digital currency contained in the Russian Federal Law of July 31, 2020 No. 259- FZ "On digital financial assets, digital currency and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation". …”
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Immune‐dysregulation harnessing in myeloid neoplasms by Mohammad Jafar Sharifi, Ling Xu, Nahid Nasiri, Mehnoosh Ashja‐Arvan, Hadis Soleimanzadeh, Mazdak Ganjalikhani‐Hakemi

“…We also consider both current and novel therapeutic strategies to restore normal immune system function in the context of myeloid malignancies.…”
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Characteristics of the Epidemic Situation Associated with Acute Respiratory Viral Infections in the Russian Federation during the Pandemic Spread of COVID-19 by T. A. Semenenko, V. G. Akimkin, E. I. Burtseva, A. V. Nozdracheva, E. G. Simonova, A. V. Tutelyan, S. V. Ugleva, S. N. Kuzin

“…Aim of the study was to investigate the current manifestations of the epidemic process of ARVI and influenza, including in the context of a new coronavirus infection (COVID–19) pandemic, on the territory of Russia and in Moscow. …”
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Using MaxEnt modeling to analyze climate change impacts on Pseudomonas syringae van Hall, 1904 distribution on the global scale by Sameh M.H. Khalaf, Monerah S.M. Alqahtani, Mohamed R.M. Ali, Ibrahim T.I. Abdelalim, Mohamed S. Hodhod

“…Pseudomonas syringae is a pathogenic bacterium that poses a significant threat to global agriculture, necessitating a deeper understanding of its ecological dynamics in the context of global warming. This study investigates the current and projected future distribution of P. syringae, focusing on the climatic factors that influence its spread. …”
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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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Preparation and Characterization of Activated Carbon Made from Robusta Coffee Skin (Coffea Canephora) by Raudhatul Raihan, Adi Setiawan, Lukman Hakim, Muhammad Muhammad, Muhammad Arif, Hadi Hosseiniamoli

“…Indonesia is one of the coffee-producing countries where production tends to increase from year to year. Currently, residuals from coffee-fruit processing such as coffee-skin and husks are thrown away without any use and this biomass residual contains several toxic chemicals such as alkaloids, tannins, and polyphenols. …”
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Low miR-936-mediated upregulation of Pim-3 drives sorafenib resistance in liver cancer through ferroptosis inhibition by activating the ANKRD18A/Src/NRF2 pathway by Xiao Li, Mengna Cui, Long Xu, Qie Guo

“…MiR-936 overexpression and GV102-Pim-3-shRNA significantly attenuated the activity of the ANKRD18A/Src/NRF2 pathway to decrease the expression of Ankyrin repeat domain-containing protein 18A (ANKRD18A), Src, and Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (NRF2), especially decreasing NRF2 nuclear retention and transcriptional activity. …”
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Short Research Report: A universal socio-emotional learning programme for child adjustment and peer relationships by Sofia Moreira, Vera Coelho, Carla Peixoto, Andreia Espain, Helena Azevedo

“…Universal SEL interventions have garnered increasing attention in educational systems worldwide, including in Portuguese schools, with short- and long-term benefits for students, such as social and emotional competencies, academic performance, and positive attitudes and behaviours. …”
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Irrigation Water and Security in South African Smallholder Farming: Assessing Strategies for Revitalization by Variety Nkateko Thabane, Isaac Azikiwe Agholor, Ndomelele Ndiko Ludidi, Mishal Trevor Morepje, Lethu Inneth Mgwenya, Nomzamo Sharon Msweli, Moses Zakhele Sithole

“…This study examines the current water security challenges faced by smallholder farmers in ensuring water security in South Africa. …”
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A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria by Jamie A. Carr, Aliyu Salisu Barau, Eleanor K. K. Jew, Joshua D. Kirshner, Robert A. Marchant, Abubakar Tanimu Salisu, Gillian Petrokofsky, Julia Tomei, Lindsay C. Stringer

“…Abstract Development interventions often yield co-benefits and trade-offs across multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, current approaches typically assess progress towards specific SDG targets, such as increasing access to clean energy or improving health outcomes, rather than evaluating the co-benefits and trade-offs of the solutions used to achieve these targets. …”
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The PRE‐registration podiatry: Accessible recruitment and employment (PREPARE) project: A commentary on the novel approach to the podiatry workforce crisis in Glasgow by Pamela Price, Paul Higgins, David Lambert, Diane M. Dickson, Ruth Barn

“…This paper explores the local context of the current workforce challenges and summarises a novel solution collaboratively developed in Glasgow. …”
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A Bibliometric Research on Food Market Shifts. Challenges for Actors in the Food Chain by Corina Ionela Dumitrescu, Mirona Ana Maria Ichimov, Nicoleta Niculescu, Iuliana Grecu

“…The present paper aims to analyse the current state of research carried out on changes and new trends in the food market, at a global level. …”
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From humans to algorithms: A sociotechnical framework of workplace surveillance by Oliver G. Kayas, Chin Eang Ong, H.M. Belal

“…Current frameworks also underplay the influence of digital technology and fail to account for the impact modern digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence algorithms, have on shaping the characteristics of surveillance. …”
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SCAT: Shift Channel Attention Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution by Yingdong Kang, Xuemin Zhang, Shaoju Wang, Guang Jin

“…The quadratic increase in computational complexity caused by global receptive fields has been a persistent challenge when applying Transformer-based methods in remote sensing image super-resolution (RSISR), involving high-resolution images. …”
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Impact of anthropogenic landscape transformation on soil fertility and diversity of carabid beetles and butterflies in Poland by Katarzyna Szyszko-Podgórska, Joanna Ukalska, Krzysztof Ukalski, Marek Kondras

“…In addition, the study sought to determine how the history of land use affects the current soil properties and community structure of the organisms in different types of ecosystems. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of kampo medicine utilization across all outpatient departments with a focus on anesthesiology department/pain clinic at Kyoto university hospital over 12 ye... by Karin Kato, Kaori Tsuyuki, Takuma Ohsuga, Akihiko Ueda, Miho Egawa, Masashi Ikuno, Neiko Ozasa, Kiyoaki Tanikawa

“…The usage rate of Processed Aconite Root-containing formulations increased with increasing patient age, reaching 3.3% in individuals in their teens, 6.6% in their twenties, 13.3% in their thirties, and over 30% in their eighties and nineties. …”
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Screening of Positive Regulatory Stimuli for Stomatal Opening in Chinese Cabbage by Jin-Yan Zhou, Dong-Li Hao, Ze-Chen Gu

“…Increasing the stomatal aperture is a crucial strategy for enhancing the rate of CO₂ absorption, which ultimately contributes to increased plant yield through improved photosynthetic activity. …”
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