De la façon de nommer aux usages des plantes adventices des cultures en pays Jbala (nord du Maroc) by Louise Clochey, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…The purpose of this paper is to show the practices, habits and perceptions related to weeds in agricultural fields in this region —more specifically Ain Mediouna, in Taounate province. …”
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A Hybrid Dynamic Path-Planning Method for Obstacle Avoidance in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Power Inspection by Zheng Huang, Chengling Jiang, Chao Shen, Bin Liu, Tao Huang, Minghui Zhang

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Hot Topics and Directions of Human Resource Analytics Based on a Hybrid Method (Bibliometric Analysis, Fuzzy Delphi Method and SWARA) by Mona Kardani Malekinezhad, Fariborz Rahimnia, GHasem Eslami, Mohammad Mahdi Farahi

“…According to the dispersion of existing relevant studies, this study aimed to reveal the hot topics, as well as the future directions of this field. Therefore, the present study utilized a hybrid method based on bibliometric analysis (co-word analysis), Fuzzy Delphi, and SWARA (Step-Wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis) and evaluated 87 articles from the Scopus database. …”
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Meta-analyses of Culex blood-meals indicates strong regional effect on feeding patterns. by Jet S Griep, Eve Grant, Jack Pilgrim, Olena Riabinina, Matthew Baylis, Maya Wardeh, Marcus S C Blagrove

“…Understanding host utilization by mosquito vectors is essential to assess the risk of vector-borne diseases. Many studies have investigated the feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes by molecular analysis of blood-meals from field collected mosquitoes. …”
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Empowering personalized oncology: evolution of digital support and visualization tools for molecular tumor boards by Cosima Strantz, Dominik Böhm, Thomas Ganslandt, Melanie Börries, Patrick Metzger, Thomas Pauli, Andreas Blaumeiser, Alexander Scheiter, Ian-Christopher Jung, Jan Christoph, Iryna Manuilova, Konstantin Strauch, Arsenij Ustjanzew, Niklas Reimer, Hauke Busch, Philipp Unberath

“…Abstract Background Molecular tumor boards (MTBs) play a pivotal role in personalized oncology, leveraging complex data sets to tailor therapy for cancer patients. …”
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Contribution of individual phospholipase A2 enzymes to the cleavage of oxidized phospholipids in human blood plasma by Philipp Jokesch, Olga Oskolkova, Maria Fedorova, Bernd Gesslbauer, Valery Bochkov

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Central Sharia Board and Mechanism of Sharia Supervision in Islamic Banks; Emphasizing International Standards and Countries' Experiences by Leila Mehrabi

“…The results show that in most countries, each Islamic financial institution is required to form an internal Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB) to ensure compliance of banking operations with sharia principles, and in some others, they have created a higher sharia authority at the supervisory level, such as the Central Bank, which, by standardizing and integrating Islamic rules and laws, plays an important role in ensuring sharia compliance of their activities.…”
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Combining Passive Infrared and Microwave Satellite Observations to Investigate Cloud Microphysical Properties: A Review by Mariassunta Viggiano, Domenico Cimini, Maria Pia De Natale, Francesco Di Paola, Donatello Gallucci, Salvatore Larosa, Davide Marro, Saverio Teodosio Nilo, Filomena Romano

“…Recent advancements in spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions of satellite-borne measurements and the increasing variety of orbits and observing geometries offer the opportunity for more efficient and sophisticated retrieval procedures, leading to the more accurate estimation of cloud parameters. …”
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Characteristics of Parthenogenetic Stem Cells and Their Potential Treatment Strategy for Central Nervous System Diseases by Cai H, Huang J, Wang W, Lin W, Ahmed W, Lu D, Quan J, Chen L

“…Hengsen Cai,1,* Jiajun Huang,2,* Wei Wang,2,* Wentong Lin,3,* Waqas Ahmed,4 Deng Lu,1 Jiewei Quan,1 Lukui Chen2 1Department of Neurosurgery, The second People’s Hospital of Pingnan, Pingnan, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurosurgery, Southern Medical University Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510310, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Orthopaedics, Chaozhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Neurology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lukui Chen, Department of Neurosurgery, Southern Medical University Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510310, People’s Republic of China, Email neuro_clk@hotmail.comAbstract: Stem cells hold significant promise in treating neurological illnesses, such as stroke, spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Slip Effects on the Unsteady MHD Pulsatile Blood Flow through Porous Medium in an Artery under the Effect of Body Acceleration by Islam M. Eldesoky

“…Unsteady pulsatile flow of blood through porous medium in an artery has been studied under the influence of periodic body acceleration and slip condition in the presence of magnetic field considering blood as an incompressible electrically conducting fluid. …”
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Automatic Recognition of Authors Identity in Persian based on Systemic Functional Grammar by Fatemeh Soltanzadeh, Azadeh Mirzaei, Mohammad Bahrani, Shahram Modarres Khiabani

“…Second, a list of function words was extracted from the corpus. Moreover, conjunction, modality and comment adjunct system networks were applied to form a lexicon using linguistics resources. …”
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Cortistatin-14 Exerts Neuroprotective Effect Against Microglial Activation, Blood-brain Barrier Disruption, and Cognitive Impairment in Sepsis-associated Encephalopathy by Qiang Wen, Qian Ding, Jinchao Wang, Yanhua Yin, Shangchen Xu, Yuanrong Ju, Hongsheng Ji, Bin Liu

“…The novel object recognition test (NORT), open field test (OFT), elevated plus maze test (EPMT), and tail suspension test (TST) were used to explore the behavioral performance of the mice. …”
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Effect of stress management based self-care counseling on glycemic control in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial study by Atefeh Bagheri-Tirtashi, Fatemeh Nasiri-Amiri, Hajar Adib-Rad, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Ezzat Kiani

“…Abstract Background Stress plays an important role in the consequences of gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM]. …”
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First evidence of transovarial transmission of Kyasanur Forest disease virus in Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks in the wild by Sarah J. Burthe, Bhimanagoud Kumbar, Stefanie M. Schäfer, Bethan V. Purse, Abi T. Vanak, Natrajan Balakrishnan, Richard Hassall, Subhash L. Hoti, Darshan Narayanaswamy, Santoshkumar Potadar, Mujeeb Rahman, Mohammed Mudassar Chanda

“…Moreover, small mammals and cattle may play crucial roles in transmission if small mammals are the main hosts for larvae infected via transovarial transmission, and cattle support large numbers of infected female adult ticks. …”
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Presenting an Optimal Algorithm for Resource Scheduling and Code Partition in Mobile Cloud Computing by Raziyeh Ghasemi, Farzaneh Famoori

“…Through virtualization technology, current cloud data centers are becoming more flexible and secure, and are allocated on demand. …”
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Evaluation of the Environmental Performance of Seasonal Spaces in the Vernacular Architecture of the Regions With Cold Climate: A Case Study in Ardabil by Marjaneh Kharrat Sadeghi, Mahsa Javadi Nodeh, Mehrdad Sarabi

“…Background: Attention to climatic elements has played a crucial role in fostering harmony between the built environment and nature. …”
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AirStrum: A virtual guitar using real-time hand gesture recognition and strumming technique by Beulah ARUL, Shashank PANDA, Tushar NAIR

“…The efforts in the field of virtualizing the guitar into well-modelled software systems have faced a lot of practical limitations. …”
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‘A wound that aches yet isn’t felt ... a pain that rages without hurting’: Getting to know the identity of outsourced housekeepers through the bond of memory and social class by Viviani Teodoro dos Santos, Marivânia Conceição de Araújo, Marcio Pascoal Cassandre

“…The identity of the group is marked by: dramatic events, however, surrounded by gestures of solidarity; an intense and heavy daily work, marked by the hierarchy of distinctions; and a trajectory that is based on elements such as faith and daily dedication, so that, when playing a role in the system, they need to use conformism as a survival strategy.…”
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The Soviet Factor in the US-China Military-Technical Cooperation during the Cold War by Yinan Li

“…The author examines the logic of the military-technical cooperation between the PRC and the United States in the context of complex interactions within the United States — the USSR — China strategic triangle in the last years of the Cold War. The first section covers early contacts between the PRC and the United States in the security field — from the visit of R. …”
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Impacts of Intensified Agriculture Developments on Marsh Wetlands by Zhaoqing Luan, Demin Zhou

“…A spatiotemporal analysis on the changes in the marsh landscape in the Honghe National Nature Reserve, a Ramsar reserve, and the surrounding farms in the core area of the Sanjiang Plain during the past 30 years was conducted by integrating field survey work with remote sensing techniques. …”
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