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 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

“…Although existing surveillance frameworks acknowledge the role that social context plays in shaping the outcomes of surveillance, they overlook the impact organisational culture, leadership, management, and employees have on shaping its characteristics. …”
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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

“…Understanding the impact of soil characteristics on biodiversity is crucial to landscape ecology, particularly in the context of indicator species such as butterflies and Carabid beetles. …”
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Application of Multimodal Multimedia Information and Big Data Technology in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Course by Yanhua Nie

“…At the same time, advanced technology has also lifted the confinement of traditional teaching mode in space and time and opened the skylight of intelligent thinking mode. From the current situation of Chinese language fever around the world, the demand of Chinese language learners for learning materials and learning resources will continue to increase in the future. …”
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Docetaxel in hormone-sensitive advanced prostate cancer; GENESIS-SEFH evaluation reporta by Emilio Jesús Alegre del Rey, Rocío Asensi Díez, Juan Carlos García de Paredes Esteban

“…The CHAARTED and STAMPEDE clinical trials studied the effect of bringing forward the use of docetaxel added on to ADT in the context of hormone-sensitive patients. The CHAARTED clinical trial showed a significant increase in a variable with maximum relevance such as Overall Survival (OS), with a difference of 13.6 months between medians. …”
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Correlative Relationships Between Cryptoassets and Price Bubbles: Risk and Contagion Dynamics of Digital Markets by Oğuzhan Ece, Bülent Diclehan Çadırcı

“…We can describe the formation of a price bubble as a manifestation of the pricing paradox, characterised by an increase in an asset’s value beyond its intrinsic worth. …”
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF TRENDS IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM by Andrei Ștefan VASILE, Liviu MARCUTA, Alina MARCUTA, Valentina Constanța TUDOR, Cornelia Marilena DAMIAN (BADEA)

“…In the contemporary context of economic development and environmental conservation, sustainable tourism is an important field of research that significantly impacts local communities and natural resource management. …”
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PATHWAYS TO ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS IN HEALTHCARE by Nataliia Letunovska, Liliia Khomenko, Yevhen Chvankin

“…The proposed measures aim to address current challenges in the blood supply sector, improve population access to safe, high-quality blood components, and enhance overall satisfaction with blood services. …”
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The Impact of Decentralized Finance on the Activities of Traditional Financial Intermediaries by M. T. Belova, I. A. Rizvanova

“…Focus on minimizing risks should facilitate the use of DeFi services by traditional financial intermediaries in the context of creating and developing innovative projects. …”
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The New Normal? by O. A. Donskikh

“…The article discusses the preliminary results of the forced transition to entire online learning in the higher education system in the context of the general growth trend of the corresponding form of education in various universities around the world. …”
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Can we adapt fairly? Scoping review of health equity implications of flood risk in coastal communities by Sari Kovats, Grace Turner, Sally Brown, Owen Landeg, Rachel Brisley, Louise O’Connor

“…Policies and practices like household insurance and property resilience measures may increase inequalities, while community engagement, planning and structural solutions can reduce disparities, depending on local context and implementation.Conclusions Adaptation to UK coastal flood risk requires both short-term and long-term strategies. …”
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The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and its correlation with health beliefs among medical students by Mohammad Amiri, Zahra Mehmannavaz Mikal, Elham Sadeghi, Ahmad Khosravi

“…Furthermore, the variables of educational level, impoverished economic status, and anxiety induced by the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as significant predictors of elevated scores on the PTSD scale. In order to increase psychological health and reduce PTSD in students, this research suggests teaching health principles in the context of COVID-19.…”
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Production and characterization of a promising microbial-derived lipase enzyme targeting BCL-2 gene expression in hepatocellular carcinoma by Amal M. Abo-Kamer, Ahmed A. Abdelaziz, Esraa S. Elkotb, Lamiaa A. Al-Madboly

“…Abstract Context and goal This study aimed to isolate and optimize a high-yield lipase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain from biological samples, enhance enzyme production through random mutagenesis, and evaluate its potential anticancer activity. …”
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Mapping and visualization of global research progress on autophagy in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and metabolic syndrome: a bibliometric analysis (2009... by Xing Liu, Xiang Li

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to delineate the current trends and hotspots in autophagy research related to metabolic syndrome (MetS) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), with the aim of guiding future investigations in this area.MethodsThis study extracted research on autophagy in MetS and MASLD from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. …”
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Application and Development of Firefighting Technologies in Industrial Heritage: Experiences and Insights from Macau by Linsheng Huang, Ying Huang, Yashan Chen, Senyu Lou, Yile Chen, Mengyan Jia

“…The results show that (1) the fire protection of the industrial heritage of Macau has gone through a total of three phases: passive fire protection, transition of fire protection methods, and active fire protection, and the relied-upon fire protection technologies have been iterated and renewed continuously during this period. (2) When the fire load factors of industrial heritage increase, the fire vulnerability assessment substantially changes, and the center of gravity of heritage fire protection shifts from controlling the scope of disaster to reducing the fire risk. (3) The construction of a suitable and effective ecological model of fire protection technology can provide appropriate fire protection solutions for the preservation and reuse of Macau’s industrial heritage in a complex cultural context. …”
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Research on Unfair Competition in the Digital Economy: Innovation, Regulation, and Balancing Strategies by Kang Yuhao

“…Online unfair competition is on the rise, disrupting market order and violating consumer rights in the context of the fast developing digital economy. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to investigate the nature and forms of unfair competition in the internet economy and how it affects innovation. …”
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The Catalog of Aquatic Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) in the Limnology Museum of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (COMULM) by Songül Biçer, Deniz Anıl Odabaşı, Buğra Öztürk

“…Objective: Natural History Museums are important organizations that increase the awareness of the public on biodiversity, nature, and its conservation. …”
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Why in the Modern World the Future is Replaced by the Past: is History Coming Back? by A. I. Filyushkin

“…In the last two or three decades, there has been a progressive increase in interest in history. Scientists see the reasons for this in the political situation, the growth of nationalist sentiments, and “memory wars.” …”
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