UAlpha40: A comprehensive dataset of Urdu alphabet for Pakistan sign languageMendeley Data by Sameena Javaid, Shahood Sajid, Yusra Khan Baloch

“…Language bridges the gap of communication, and Sign Language (SL) is a native language among vocal and mute community. Every region has its own sign language. …”
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Invasion dynamics of Acer negundo L. in ribbon forests of the Altai Krai: ecological impacts and predictive habitat modeling by Natalia V. Ovcharova, Marina M. Silantyeva, Alexey V. Vaganov, Anastasia A. Masanina

“…Through geobotanical surveys and forest management record analysis, we reveal the species' prevalence in diverse forest types and its effects on biodiversity, tree growth, and community dynamics. Key findings indicate that A. negundo flourishes in disturbed habitats, where it aggressively competes with native flora, suppressing their growth and altering successional pathways. …”
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THE CONCEPT OF ‘ALA BỤ ALA’: A SIGNAL FOR IGBO EXTINCTION by CYPRIAN CHIDOZIE EZE, MABEL NKECHINYERE EZE

“…Some marry from other ethnic groups, bear children and imbibe the culture of other people they meet in the host community. Some do not care to reach their native land or build any house in their state or village in spite of the prosperity they have gotten. …”
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Uncovering Diversity within the Glomeromycota: Novel Clades, Family Distributions, and Land Use Sensitivity by Camille S. Delavaux, Alexis Aellen, Sidney L. Stürmer, Silmar Primieri, Ursel M. E. Schütte, Devin M. Drown, Robert J. Ramos, Thomas W. Crowther, James D. Bever

“…ABSTRACT Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF, phylum Glomeromycota) are essential to plant community diversity and ecosystem functioning. However, increasing human land use represents a major threat to native AMF globally. …”
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Shallow-water mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) adapt to deep-sea environment through transcriptomic and metagenomic insights by Luyang Sun, Xiaolu Liu, Li Zhou, Hao Wang, Chao Lian, Zhaoshan Zhong, Minxiao Wang, Hao Chen, Chaolun Li

“…After 10 days of deep-sea exposure, shallow-water mussels and their microbial communities closely resembled those of native deep-sea mussels, demonstrating host and microbiome convergence in response to adaptive shifts. …”
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Transnational patterns, social networks and self-help organizations for migrant women [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Paolo Ruspini, Petko Hristov

“…The mobilization of self-help organizations through the intersection of transnationalism and gender is, in fact, a useful direction for a practice-oriented pedagogy directed both towards (1) the most vulnerable groups of women, or (2) those already empowered either as community leaders or network facilitators, other migrants and the whole native population. …”
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Mosque Pedagogy in Belgium by Betül Demirkoparan

“…In addition, the findings show clearly how both aspects are guided by notions such as rooting, authenticity, and community building.…”
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Woody Species Composition, Structure and Diversity of Trees-Based Agroforestry System in the Mid-Highlands, Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia by Agus Setiawan, Nur Arafah

“…Keywords: Agroforestry, composition, community forest, konawe regency, species diversity, structure, southeast Sulawesi, vegetation. …”
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When Ghosts Can Talk: Informant Reality and Ethnographic Policy by James M Nyce, Sanna Talja, Sidney Dekker

“…The analytic models and categories we use in these cases are equivalent to often tacit and taken-for-granted Western strategies for dealing with ‘non-existent things’ and these make it impossible to take native statements at face value. We could turn the situation around in ethnographic analyses if we put under the microscope our own Western taken-for-granted assumptions and did so by taking definitions of reality, community, and the person radically different from our own seriously.…”
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Integrating Indigenous healing practices within collaborative care models in primary healthcare in Canada: a rapid scoping review by Ginny Brunton, Pierre Côté, Silvano Mior, Hainan Yu, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, Melissa Corso, Astrid DeSouza, Carolina Cancelliere, Kathy MacLeod-Beaver

“…This rapid scoping review aimed to identify and synthesise strategies used to integrate Indigenous healing practices within collaborative care models available in community-based primary healthcare, delivered by regulated health professionals in Canada.Eligibility criteria We included quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods studies conducted in community-based primary healthcare practices that used strategies to integrate Indigenous healing practices within collaborative care models.Sources of evidence We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Indigenous Studies Portal, Informit Indigenous Collection and Native Health Database for studies published from 2015 to 2021.Charting methods Our data extraction used three frameworks to categorise the findings. …”
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Unexpected species diversity in the understanding of selenium-containing soil invertebrates by Bin Mao, XiangLiang Fang, HongLing Lei, YunLi Xiao, Yue Fu

“…The acidic soil pH, along with moisture, plays a fine-tuning role in regulating the species richness and community composition. Unexpectedly, certain species, such as the Formicidae (ants, e.g., Odontomachus troglodytes), the Noctuidae (e.g., Diarsia rosaria), and the annelid Haplotaxida Perionyx excavates, exhibit a strong positive association with Se, indicating a high level of Se tolerance among the native species. …”
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NEUVAC: Nonlinear Extreme Ultraviolet Irradiance Model for Aeronomic Calculations by Daniel A. Brandt, Aaron J. Ridley

“…The model is evaluated against native FISM2 outputs in the 37 bins used by the EUVAC model, as well as the bins specified by Solomon and Qian. …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among Chinese First-Generation Migrants and Italians in Prato, Italy: The CHIP Study by Pietro A. Modesti, Maria Calabrese, Ilaria Marzotti, Hushao Bing, Danilo Malandrino, Maria Boddi, Sergio Castellani, Dong Zhao

“…To compare prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and risk factors for hypertension between Chinese migrants and Italian adults, a sample of 1200 first-generation Chinese migrants and 291 native Italians aged 35–59 years living in Prato (Italy) was recruited in a community-based participatory cross-sectional survey. …”
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Exploring the Diversity and Ecological Dynamics of Palm Leaf Spotting Fungi—A Case Study on Ornamental Palms in Portugal by Diana S. Pereira, Alan J. L. Phillips

“…In addition, the fungal assemblages varied significantly across palm host species, with temperate-native palms hosting more diverse, coelomycete-enriched communities. …”
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Translation, content validity and internal structure of the Brazilian version of the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (B-ARQ). by Genara Brum Gomes, Luisa Gatti-Reis, Matheus França Perazzo, Marisa Alves Araújo, Flávio Freitas Mattos, Deirdre Gartland, Saul Martins Paiva, Isabela Almeida Pordeus

“…A summarized version was produced and back-translated by a translator native of the English language and fluent in Portuguese. …”
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Piper agroforestry in the Indian Himalayas: indigenous peoples’ practices, policies and incentives by Demsai Reang, Animekh Hazarika, Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi, Arun Jyoti Nath, Venkatesh Paramesh, W. Reshmi Singha, Ashesh Kumar Das

“…Methods We undertook household surveys and focus group discussions to document indigenous practices and the values of trees in Piper (Piper betle) agroforestry practiced by the ethnic Khasi (Pnar) community in the Indian Eastern Himalayas. We also undertook an in-depth vegetation sampling to quantify variations in phytosociology and tree diversity with stand age in Piper agroforestry and nearby native forests. …”
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Evaluation of Tele-rheumatology during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Population: A Pilot Study by Amit Sandhu, Amit Agarwal, Paramvir Kaur, Meenakshi Sharma, Harnoor Sra, Manvi Singh, Nishant Jaiswal, Anil Chauhan, Anju Gupta, Meenu Singh

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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Dysfunctions among Indian Pregnant Women by Preetha Ramachandra, Arun G. Maiya, Pratap Kumar, Asha Kamath

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Carlos Castillo-Chavez: A century ahead by James Schatz

“…Within the mathematical sciences, students with advanced degrees from the Chicano, Latino, Native American, and African-American communities are underrepresented. …”
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Natural Area Weeds: Skunkvine (Paederia foetida) by Kenneth A. Langeland, R. K. Stocker, D. M. Brazis

“…It has been included on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council List of Invasive Species as a Category I, defined as “species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities in Florida.” It was added to the Florida Noxious Weed List in 1999, making it illegal to possess, move, or release in Florida. …”
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