Development of <i>OptiCon</i>: A Mathematical Model with a Graphical User Interface for Designing Sustainable Portland Cement Concrete Mixes with Budget Constraint by Angie Pineda, Rita Peñabaena-Niebles, Gilberto Martínez-Arguelles, Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza

“…The production of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) generates significant environmental impacts that increase climate change and decrease people’s quality of life. …”
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Biofuel supply chain planning and circular business model innovation at wastewater treatment plants: The case of biomethane production by Zoltán Csedő, József Magyari, Máté Zavarkó

“…Despite the explored technological opportunity to increase advanced biofuel supply and decrease carbon dioxide emissions at WWTPs, current market risk levels challenge the economic prospects of the system concept. …”
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Cash or Compliment? Older employees preference of financial versus non-financial incentives by Miodraga Stefanovska-Petkovska, Marjan Bojadziev

“…In addition, managerial position, tenure and intrinsic motivation have been positively related to job satisfaction among older employees as well. The current research seeks to decrease the research gap concerning the ageing workforce in developing economies and contribute to the increased understanding of these growing age group of employees.…”
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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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A comprehensive review of the genetic control of cooking time in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Hannah R. Jeffery, Marcelo Efrén Murillo‐Quesada, Luis Barboza‐Barquero, Karen Cichy

“…The current evidence suggests that cooking time is increased by genetic factors that decrease the amount of soluble compounds in the cotyledons, including but not limited to 1) genes that increase the abundance of calcium‐binding storage proteins and/or de‐methylesterfied pectins paired with high inter‐ or intra‐cellular calcium levels (higher calcium levels can be caused by reduced levels of phytate) and 2) genes that increase insoluble condensed tannin/lignin content in the cotyledon cell walls. …”
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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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Features of state support of industrial enterprises under sanctions pressure by Ya. A. Grabovsky

“…The article discusses the problems of the current situation and development of the Russian industrial enterprises in the context of sanctions that were imposed against Russia in 2014 and significantly increased in 2022.   …”
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An experimental study on the effects of electronic medicinal product information on vaccine hesitancy by Jim Ingebretsen Carlson, Federico Puppo, Ana Roca-Umbert, Frans Folkvord, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva

“…We conclude, by relating the current study to the relevant literature, that salience and information overload could be the main driver of vaccine hesitancy in the context of this study.…”
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Climate change impact on the distribution and priority areas for conservation of Sterculia setigera Delile in Benin, West Africa by Rissicath Foumilayo Djaboutou, Séverin Biaou, Gérard Nounagnon Gouwakinnou, Christine A. I. Nougbodé Ouinsavi

“…Under future climate scenarios SSP 2–4.5 and SSP 5–8.5, SN increased, while SC decreased. The SS subgroups, showed a decrease in suitable conditions under the SSP 2–4.5 scenario but an increase under the SSP 5–8.5 scenario. …”
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The examination of family value hierarchies in Russian and Chinese cultures by O. E. Iatsevich, V. V. Iudashkina, L. N. Shabatura, N. A. Tkacheva, A. F. Zakirova

“…Introduction. In the context of globalisation and the intensification of international contacts, there is an increasing need to understand the intercultural differences and similarities between Russian and Chinese youth, particularly in significant areas such as family values. …”
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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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Comparative Study between Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women Regarding Variation of Liver Function Tests: Assessment of Health Literacy by Amina I. B. Othman, Dalia M. A. Elsherbini, Hayam F. A. Eittah, Manal S. Hakami, Badria M. A. Mohammed

“… Context: Pregnancy is associated with normal physiological adaptive changes. …”
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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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Simulation Analysis of Arc-Quenching Performance of Eco-Friendly Insulating Gas Mixture of CF3I and CO2 under Impulse Arc by Dong Wu, Wengui Chen, Zelin Ji

“…An 8/20 μs lightning impulse current waveform with a magnitude of 4 kA is used for this observation. …”
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Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans, Susanne Schweizer

“…This is in contrast with adolescent-typical behaviour, which is characterised by heightened risk-taking in social contexts. The current study aimed to investigate how low self-perceived social value influences risk-taking in social compared to non-social contexts during adolescence. 114 adolescents (aged 12–23 years) completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) in individual and social contexts. …”
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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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Effects of aging and valence on emotional response inhibition: conclusions from a novel stop-signal task by Jill D. Waring, Stephanie N. Hartling

“…However, little is known about how aging impacts response inhibition within emotionally relevant contexts. The current study examined how aging impacts emotional response inhibition by comparing older and younger adults’ ability to stop responses to emotional images. …”
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND TRENDS OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ARCTIC TERRITORIES by M. Dudin, N. Ivashchenko

“…This approach is fundamentally fl awed and fraught with a number of threats, because other countries do not decrease, but only increase their interest in this issue; Territorial opposition to all those involved in the topic of causing instability in the Arctic region, but does not represent a real threat for the emergence of large-scale conflict. …”
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