Spotlight on agroecological cropping practices to improve the resilience of farming systems: a qualitative review of meta-analytic studies by Moritz von Cossel, Danilo Scordia, Miguel Altieri, Fabio Gresta

“…The capacity of agriculture to withstand or recover from increasing stresses (i.e., resilience) will be continuously challenged by extreme climate change events in the coming decades, altering the growing conditions for crop species. …”
Get full text

Impact of Electricity Price Reductions on the Profitability and Sizing of Photovoltaic Systems in Agri-Food Industries by Fernando R. Mazarrón, José Álvarez, Jorge Cervera-Gascó, Jesús López-Santiago

“…Under current low-price conditions, new PV installations face limited profitability, with extended payback periods ranging from 7 to 11 years for optimally sized systems. …”
Get full text

Mapping Harmful Algae Blooms: The Potential of Hyperspectral Imaging Technologies by Fernando Arias, Maytee Zambrano, Edson Galagarza, Kathia Broce

“…Furthermore, we explore the current limitations and future potential of HSI in HAB management, highlighting its strategic importance in addressing the growing environmental and economic challenges posed by HABs. …”
Get full text

The Discursive Strategies in the Spoken Narratives of Multilingual Sepitori and Sesotho Speakers by Ramona Kunene Nicolas, Nonhlanhla Ntuli

“…Sesotho speakers produced a more sequential oral narrative in line with story schema with fewer interjections to the researcher. In an increasingly linguistically heterogeneous South Africa, more research is required to gain insights into how multilingual individuals develop and refine their narrative skills, emphasising the much-needed focus on NSLV from a psycholinguistic perspective, which may ultimately inform tools of assessment for multilingual children and adults in social, clinical and academic contexts.…”
Get full text

How to improve the transferability of a 12-week home-space sedentary behaviour intervention for ethnically diverse older adults: a qualitative study protocol of key stakeholder per... by Gareth Stratton, Naureen Akber Ali Meghani, Joanne Hudson, Jane Mullins

“…However, there is still limited research that implements stakeholders’ perceptions in translating the interventions into real-life settings, particularly for ethnically diverse OAs. Therefore, the current study aims to explore stakeholders’ perceptions of the transferability of a 12-week home space intervention for ethnically diverse sedentary OAs, that is, aimed at reducing their SB and increasing their PA.Methods Exploratory qualitative research using in-depth interviews (IDIs) and a purposive sampling technique will be employed to recruit stakeholders. …”
Get full text

The Impact of AI-Generated Instructional Videos on Problem-Based Learning in Science Teacher Education by Nikolaos Pellas

“…AI-generated instructional videos are increasingly recognized as powerful tools for enhancing educational experiences. …”
Get full text

AI depictions of psychiatric diagnoses: a preliminary study of generative image outputs in Midjourney V.6 and DALL-E 3 by John Torous, Ellen Wagner, Matthew Flathers, Griffin Smith, Carl Erik Fisher

“…Addressing these challenges requires a collaborative effort among clinicians, AI developers and policymakers to ensure the responsible use of these technologies in mental health contexts.Clinical implications As these technologies become increasingly accessible, it is crucial for mental health professionals to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations and potential impacts. …”
Get full text

Physiological demands and player characteristics in women’s futsal: a systematic review by Júlia Barreira, Karin Wunderlich, Ana Beatriz Chaves Vasconcelos Batista, João Eduardo Pereira da Silva Junior

“…This systematic review aimed to synthesize the current scientific literature on match demands and player characteristics in women’s futsal. …”
Get full text

Spatiotemporal dynamics and driving factors of human resources for health in traditional Chinese medicine in China by Jiarui Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Yujie Feng, Huaijin Liu, Chengcheng Li

“…Enhancing the accessibility of TCM services not only addresses current regional imbalances but also strengthens the healthcare system’s capacity to respond to the needs of an aging population and future public health emergencies. …”
Get full text

Preserving the Past: A Dynamic Analysis of Heritage Tourism and Land Conservation in Mamluk Cairo by Amany E. Salem, Ahmed Tawhid Eissa, Thowayeb H. Hassan, Mahmoud I. Saleh

“…Historic urban cities face increasing pressure from tourism, necessitating sophisticated approaches to visitor management that protect both heritage values and local communities. …”
Get full text

Natural phytochemical-based strategies for antibiofilm applications by Kangyu Zhou, Mengyao Shi, Ruyi Chen, Yang Zhang, Yunjie Sheng, Chaoying Tong, Gang Cao, Dan Shou

“…By synthesizing current progress and identifying future directions, phytochemical-based strategies may inspire innovative solutions and promote translational efforts in combating biofilm-associated challenges in clinical and environmental contexts. …”
Get full text

Factors associated with variation in single-dose albendazole pharmacokinetics: A systematic review and modelling analysis. by Charles Whittaker, Cédric B Chesnais, Sébastien D S Pion, Joseph Kamgno, Martin Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Michel Boussinesq

“…This variation might have implications for the efficacy of albendazole treatment, but current understanding of the factors associated with this variation remains incomplete.…”
Get full text

Developing the Digital Health Communication Maturity Model: Systematic Review by Grace Jeonghyun Kim, Kang Namkoong

“…Health organizations increasingly assess their digital health maturity to leverage these innovations fully. …”
Get full text

Vyatka Merchants’ Trading Operations outside of the Vyatka Region (Late 18th — First Half of the 19th Centuries) by A. A. Belik

“…The article examines the specifics of communications of the Vyatka merchants in the geocultural and sociocultural contexts. This topic is analyzed within the framework of the synthesis of historical and cultural approaches. …”
Get full text

Multi-Hop Relay Based Free Space Optical Communication Link for Delivering Medical Services in Remote Areas by Rajan Miglani, Jagjit Singh Malhotra, Arun K. Majumdar, Faisel Tubbal, Raad Raad

“…This paper proposes 120 Gbps DP-16 QAM modulated multi-hop serial FSO link with coherent reception for delivering medical consultation services in remote and isolated locations. Considering the current situation wherein pandemic of highly infectious nature, COVID-19 has affected millions of people globally; doctors can use the proposed high-speed architecture for “contact-less” supervision of quarantined patients and suspects through video conferencing. …”
Get full text

Investigating the Existence of a Cathode Electrolyte Interphase on Graphite in Dual‐Ion Batteries with LiPF6‐Based Aprotic Electrolytes and Unraveling the Origin of Capacity Fade... by Lukas Haneke, Felix Pfeiffer, Katharina Rudolf, Pranti Sutar, Masoud Baghernejad, Martin Winter, Tobias Placke, Johannes Kasnatscheew

“…Affirmed by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, the active material remains structurally stable, suggesting capacity fading to be dominated by resistance rise at the PE, likely due to an electronic contact resistance from active material grain boundaries and/or from the interface between electrode particles and the current collector in course of high volume changes; as systematically derived by impedance spectroscopy.…”
Get full text

Application of mobile health (mHealth) in the field of eye care: A scoping review of interventions used by individuals and health services to communicate by Priya Morjaria, Jessica Massie, Alex-Anne Harvey, Covadonga Bascaran, Iris Gordon, Stuart Keel, Andrew Bastawrous

“…The results highlight the extensive areas in eye health where mHealth is currently being applied, including a range of settings, modalities and intervention types. …”
Get full text

Impedance Spectroscopy Study of Charge Transfer in the Bulk and Across the Interface in Networked SnO₂/Ga₂O₃ Core–Shell Nanobelts in Ambient Air by Maciej Krawczyk, Ryszard Korbutowicz, Patrycja Suchorska-Woźniak

“…In these structures, two dissimilar materials with different work functions are brought into contact to form a coaxial heterojunction. The influence of the shell material on the transportation of the electric charge carriers along these structures is still not very well understood. …”
Get full text

INVESTIGATION OF CEMENT CONCRETE CONGLOMERATE SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS BY IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY METHOD by S. N. Bandarenka, P. V. Chulkin, G. A. Ragoisha, A. O. Kolikov, A. S. Bandarenka

“…One of the most prospective directions in preservation  and increase of service live of  road pavements is a construction of  automobile roads with cement concrete surface. …”
Get full text

Effect of Protein Concentration on the Corrosion Behavior of Magnesium Alloys by MA Yucong, WANG Pengjie, OUYANG Zhengzheng, Mohd TALHA, LIN Yuanhua

“…When magnesium alloy is used in the human physiological environment， it will be affected by protein.In this work， the corrosion mechanism of a magnesium alloy in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing various concentrations of bovine serum albumin (BSA) (0，0.5， 1.0， 1.5， 2.0， 3.5 and 5.0 g/L) was systematically investigated.Surface characterisation was carried out by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)， scanning electron microscopy (SEM)，energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and contact-angle measurements，whereas electrochemical behaviour was evaluated through potentiodynamic polarisation， electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM).Complementary immersion tests were performed to corroborate the electrochemical findings.To elucidate the time-dependent effect of protein concentration， the electrochemical response and corrosion products of specimens immersed for 1， 3 and 7 d in solutions containing 0， 2.0 and 5.0 g/L BSA were also examined.Results showed that the presence of BSA up to 2.0 g/L reduced the corrosion rate， and the minimum corrosion current density occurred at 2.0 g/L，whereas a higher concentration (5.0 g/L) of BSA significantly accelerated localized corrosion of magnesium alloy surface.In the later stages of immersion， the overall corrosion resistance of the alloy deteriorated.When the BSA concentration was kept below 2.0 g/L， protein molecules formed a monolayer via chemisorption on the alloy surface， leading to a continuous decrease in corrosion rate with increasing BSA concentration.During prolonged immersion， this non-dense adsorbed layer was penetrated by the corrosive medium and consequently lost its protective effect.At 5.0 g/L BSA， protein molecules chelated the metal ions released from the alloy， forming soluble complexes that accelerated corrosion.With further immersion， the continual deposition， detachment and chelation of high-concentration BSA further intensified the dissolution of the magnesium alloy.…”
Get full text