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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Exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarettes and secondhand aerosol from tobacco and nicotine products in indoor and outdoor public spaces in the European Union: a cross-sectional... by Anthony A Laverty, Ariadna Feliu, Filippos T Filippidis, Constantine I Vardavas, Cristina Martínez, Charis Girvalaki, Armando Peruga, Charlotte Xin Li, Pin-Chun Wang, Cornel Radu Loghin

“…Introduction In December 2024, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted a recommendation to expand regulations on the use of nicotine-containing products both in indoor settings and specific outdoor areas. …”
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A Transdisciplinary Framework to Bridge Science–Policy–Development Gaps in Global Land Management Initiatives by Nigussie Haregeweyn, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Ayele Almaw Fenta, Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Ermias Aynekulu, Takeshi Abe, Peri Pablo, Simon West

“…Over 190 countries (81%) were found to be currently facing moderate or high risk of increased soil erosion from two or more erosion processes, and 182 countries (77%) were found to have a SPDI level that was lower than their soil erosion risk implying the urgent need for a transdisciplinary framework that supports the implementation of future soil erosion research and development projects. …”
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Standalone ultrasound-based highly visualized volumetric spine imaging for surgical navigation by Xinben Hu, Tianjian Liu, Zhengyuan Zhang, Xuan Xiao, Lin Chen, Gao Wei, Yunjiang Wang, Keji Yang, Haoran Jin, Yongjian Zhu

“…Abstract Current navigation systems employing intraoperative CT have been applied in spinal interventions for accurate and visualized guidance. …”
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Addressing the Socioemotional Dimension of Medical Education: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Student-Driven Development Strategies by Cintia Canato Martins, Marco Antônio Ribeiro Filho, Christian Guilherme Capobianco dos Santos, Luana Ribeiro Altrão lorino, João Daniel de Souza Menezes, Matheus Querino da Silva, Loiane Letícia dos Santos, Emerson Roberto dos Santos, Natalia Almeida de Arnaldo Silva Rodriguez Castro, Helena Landin Gonçalves Cristóvão, Randolfo dos Santos Júnior, Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho, Patrícia da Silva Fucuta, Alba Regina de Abreu Lima, Vânia Maria Sabadoto Brienze, Denise Cristina Móz Vaz Oliani, Neide Aparecida Micelli Domingos, Maria Cristina de Oliveira Santos Miyazaki, Júlio César André

“… BackgroundThe current international context, marked by complex global challenges, necessitates the rapid intervention of higher education institutions to contribute to social transformation. …”
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Post-pandemic patient safety: have the characteristics of incidents with harm changed? Comparative observational study in primary care via review of medical records with a trigger... by Gerardo Garzón González, Tamara Alonso Safont, Oscar Aguado Arroyo, Cristina Villanueva Sanz, Arancha Luaces Gayán, Esther Zamarrón Fraile, Juan José Jurado Balbuena, Inmaculada Mediavilla Herrera, Research Team “TriggerPrim®”

“…Conclusions No differences were found in the avoidability, severity, place of occurrence, or contributory factors of PSIHs before the pandemic and currently. In terms of the nature of these incidents, the outcomes revealed an increase in diagnostic errors (excluding diagnostic tests), which could be attributed to a greater frequency of remote consultations and a decrease in the longitudinality of care resulting from the shortage of professionals.…”
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Biological contingency and adaptation to celibacy among girls aged 35 and over in Yazd city by Ahmad Kalateh Sadati, Fatemeh Jafari Naeimi, Sara Sadeghieh, Zahra Sadeghian Moghadam

“…One group experiencing definitive or semi-definitive celibacy is women in their sixties. The aim of the current research is to explore and analyze their lifestyles and methods of adapting to society. …”
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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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Screen-printed Carbon Electrode from Coconut Shell Activated Carbon Modified with Ferrocene for Cobalt Detection by Muhammad Farhan, Eddy Heraldy, Abu Masykur, Muhammad A. Munir, Fitria Rahmawati

“…The cyclic voltammetry analysis found that 10% Fc on SPCE provides the highest current density compared to 20% and 30%. Meanwhile, the 2 mV s-1 scanning rate reveals a more defined anodic and cathodic peak than 3 mV s-1 and 5 mV s‑1. …”
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Presenting the agility model of the organization in order to improve the productivity of human resources by Asie Mohmedi, Rashid Zolfaghari, Mahsa Gholam hossein zadeh

“…In terms of purpose, the current research is applicable in the quantitative part, fundamental-exploratory in the qualitative part, and mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation. …”
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Interactions Between Nanoparticles and Tomato Plants: Influencing Host Physiology and the Tomato Leafminer’s Molecular Response by Inzamam Ul Haq, Xiangyun Cai, Habib Ali, Muhammad Rehan Akhtar, Muhammad Adeel Ghafar, Moazam Hyder, Youming Hou

“…The current study illustrates the broader implications of nanoparticle use in agriculture, which is a sustainable pathway to increase crop resilience and productivity while reducing the impact of pests. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Mutation Frequency Databases in Ethnic Populations: Systematic Review by Shumaila Khan, Mahmood Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Shahnaz Khan, Wahab Khan, Orken Mamyrbayev, Ainur Akhmediyarova, Nurzhan Mukazhanov, Zhibek Alibiyeva

“…The review also addressed standardization and data quality challenges prevalent in current NEMDBs. ResultsThe analysis of 42 NEMDBs revealed significant issues, with 70% (29/42) lacking standardized data formats and 60% (25/42) having notable gaps in the cross-comparison of genetic variations, and 50% (21/42) of the databases contained incomplete or outdated data, limiting their clinical utility. …”
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Light-regulated voltage-gated potassium channels for acute interrogation of channel function in neurons and behavior. by Henry H Jerng, Jay M Patel, Tamor A Khan, Benjamin R Arenkiel, Paul J Pfaffinger

“…We also find that an Opto-Kv1 construct containing a dominant-negative pore mutation (Opto-Kv1(V400D)) can be used to down-regulate Kv1 currents in a blue light-dependent manner. …”
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Investigation of the content of unsaturated hydrocarbons in transformer oils using IR spectroscopy by M. Sh. Garifullin, Y. N. Slobodina, A. R. Bikzinurov, R. A. Giniatullin, V. A. Chernyshov

“…THE  PURPOSE. To  analyze  the  current  understanding  of  unsaturated  hydrocarbons with  double  C=C  bonds  in  mineral  transformer  oils  and  evaluate  the  effectiveness  of  modern methods of controlling the content of these compounds in oils. …”
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The development of a beneficiation process to remove carbonates from lithium sedimentary claystones by Sabinus Essel Arthur, Emmanuel Atta Mends, Angela Manka Tita, Pengbo Chu

“…These carbonates not only increase acid consumption during leaching but also result in the generation of pure carbon dioxide. …”
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STUDY ON THE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE TEACHING - LEARNING-ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT ONLINE DURING THE COVID-19... by Ramona Elena ANGHEL, Alina MARCUTA, Cristiana TINDECHE, Mihaela ROSU, Constantin TRAISTARU, Liviu MARCUTA

“…The Faculty of Management and Rural Development is one of the 7 faculties of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest and which, through the mission and objective, it has proposed as the university curriculum to increase the quality of the didactic act with the aim of training specialists who can integrate into the current knowledge-based society, specialists who can assume responsibilities, be creative, original, flexible, adaptable, with an analytical thinking, innovative and able to run businesses, so that the motto of the faculty is "Preparing to lead!". …”
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Dopamine modulates persistent synaptic activity and enhances the signal-to-noise ratio in the prefrontal cortex. by Sven Kroener, L Judson Chandler, Paul E M Phillips, Jeremy K Seamans

“…When the background DA was eliminated by depleting DA with reserpine and alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine, or by preparing corticolimbic co-cultures without the VTA slice, Up-states could be enhanced by low concentrations (0.1-1 microM) of DA that had no effect in the VTA containing cultures. Finally, in spite of the concentration-dependent effects on Up-states, exogenous DA at all but the lowest concentrations increased intracellular current-pulse evoked firing in all cultures underlining the complexity of DA's effects in an active network.…”
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The effect of biological products and microelement fertilizer ‘Organomix’ on maize productivity in the southern part of the Rostov region by S. A. Vasilchenko, G. V. Metlina, Yu. V. Laktionov

“…The current paper has presented the study results on the effect of biological products and microelement fertilizers ‘Organomix’ on productivity of the maize hybrid ‘Zernogradsky 354MV’ carried out in laboratory for cultivation technologies of row crops (FSBSI “ARC “Donskoy”) in 2019–2020. …”
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The impact of thermal and non-thermal processing on the phytochemical characteristics and nutritional value of Daucus carota (carrots) by Zeynab Fartoosi, Maryam Kolahi, Fariba Heidarizadeh, Andrea Goldson-Barnaby

“…There was an observed increase in the carotenoid content of boiled and frozen carrots (0.06, 0.14 mg/mL), whereas fresh carrots contained lower levels of carotenoids. …”
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