Progressive Framework for Analyzing Driving Mechanisms of Ecosystem Services in Resource-Exhausted Cities: A Case Study of Fushun, China by Yuyan Pan, Yanpeng Gao, Hongchang Qian

“…GDP and land use intensity increasingly contributed to explaining ecosystem services through their interaction effects. (3) At the street scale, driving mechanisms exhibited spatial heterogeneity. For instance, the negative effects of built-up land and cultivated land were more pronounced in urban–rural transition zones, while elevation and NDVI had a more positive impact in ecological source areas. …”
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Newly emerging metronidazole-resistant Clostridioides difficile PCR ribotype 955 identified in Poland, 2021 to 2023 but not in Czechia, 2012 to 2023 and Slovakia, 2015 to 2023 by Hanna Pituch

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Distinct effects of two dominant enteric bacteria on the developmental performance of Spodoptera frugiperda and their association with physiological metabolism by Wendou Fu, Peng Wang, Peicong He, Dong Chu

“…The results showed that under a rich diet (with 1.85% yeast extract), E. casseliflavus significantly inhibited larval growth and prolonged the pupal stage, under a poor diet (without yeast extract), larval survival rates decreased, but larval body weight increased, and pupal weight significantly increased. However, E. mundtii had no significant effect on S. frugiperda fed a nutritionally rich diet or poor diet. …”
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Looking at Turkic History from the Perspective of Dynasties by İbrahim Tellioğlu

“…One of the most important issues in dealing with Turkic history is dealing with Turkic states through dynasties.While some historians look at the issues in terms of the period they are studying, they may not be able to deal with the integrity of the geography with which they are dealing within Turkish history. For instance, a New Age historian who perceives the Aq Qoyunlu State as a state that had dominated Iran without following the past activities of the Bayındıriye clan may misunderstand the issue. …”
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ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRACHEAL INTUBATION by A. Yu. Zaytsev, E. G. Usikyan, K. V. Dubrovin, V. A. Svetlov

“…All patients had ultrasound scanning of trachea before, during and after endotracheal intubation. …”
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How do human cells react to the absence of mitochondrial DNA? by Rossana Mineri, Norman Pavelka, Erika Fernandez-Vizarra, Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli, Massimo Zeviani, Valeria Tiranti

“…To investigate how the cellular transcriptome is modified in response to the absence of mtDNA, we used Affymetrix HG-U133A GeneChip arrays to study the gene expression profile of two human cell lines, 143BTK(-) and A549, which had been entirely depleted of mtDNA (rho(o) cells), and compared it with that of corresponding undepleted parental cells (rho(+) cells).…”
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Character in Young Adult fiction: The example of Lyra in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (1995-2000) and The Book of Dust (2017- ) by Virginie DOUGLAS

“…But on the other hand, it also benefits from more innovative elements related with the possibilities offered by fantasy, a genre which is still at the height of popularity with young adults. Daemons, for instance, are animal creatures in Lyra’s familiar yet different world who are closely connected to their human counterparts and disclose their owners’ innermost nature while playing the protective part of totemic animals. …”
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Bad Shakespeare: Performing Failure by Anna Blackwell

“…For example, the multi-volume <i>Great Shakespeareans</i> shortlists individuals who, in editors Peter Holland’s and Adrian Poole’s words, have had ‘the greatest influence on both the interpretation, understanding and reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally’). …”
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Stress drives premature hive exiting behavior that leads to death in young honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers by Jordan Twombly Ellis, Juliana Rangel

“…Bees in all treatment groups also had significantly smaller hypopharyngeal glands than control bees. …”
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Benchmarking bias in embeddings of healthcare AI models: using SD-WEAT for detection and measurement across sensitive populations by Magnus Gray, Leihong Wu

“…Then, we evaluated a collection of language models, including GloVe, BERT, LegalBERT, BioBERT, GPT-2, and BioGPT, and determined which had potential undesirable or desirable healthcare biases. …”
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Quantitative Exploratory Evaluation of the Frequency, Causes and Consequences of Rehabilitation Wheelchair Breakdowns delivered at a Paediatric Clinic in Mexico by Jon Pearlman, David J Dausey, Alejandra Manoela Ojeda, Yasmin Garcia, Maria Luisa Toro

“…</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Caregivers of children, who had requested replacements for their WCs from a clinic in Mexico, were interviewed in Spanish. …”
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A flexible and lightweight signcryption scheme for underwater wireless sensor networks by Sabir Shah, Nadeem Sarwar, Abdu Salam, Farhan Amin, Faizan Ullah, Asfandyar Khan, Isabel de la Torre, Mónica Gracia Villar, Helena Garay

“…It has several key applications for instance; marine monitoring, surveillance, environmental sensing, etc. …”
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National survey of the rat hepatitis E virus in rodents in Spain, 2022 to 2023 by Antonio Rivero

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The Soviet Policy in the October 1973 War: Unknown Pages and Historiographic Interpretations by T. V. Nosenko

“…This reorientation of the Egypt’s foreign policy towards the US deprived the USSR of an important ally in the region. It also had a direct impact on subsequent peace negotiations from which the Soviet Union was de facto excluded. …”
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TO BE IS NOT-TO-BE: NIHILISM, IDEOLOGY AND THE QUESTION OF BEING IN HEIDEGGER’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY PART II: TRUTH, HUMANISM AND TECHNOLOGY by Mihai NOVAC

“…Allegedly, Heidegger never quite finished Being and Time: his initial intention had consisted in the determination of the meaning of Being as such, apart from Dasein’s own existentiality. …”
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Low Carbon Education: How is Its Existence in Schools? by Annisa Nurramadhani, Riandi Riandi, Anna Permanasari, Irma Rahma Suwarma

“…Besides that, the environmental practice pertaining low carbon education has been organized by the government for instance green school concept that led to Adiwiyata program for schools. …”
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A Rare Case Report of Pancreatic Hydatid Cyst From Syria: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge by Sliman Marina, Sham Zoukar, Mais Basel Alreem Mohaisen, Miriam laflouf, Mahmoud Alhamadeh Alswij, Ali Al Wynse, Alhamza Khalaf Alali, Mouhammed Sleiay

“…Case Presentation: A 42-year-old man with a cystic lesion in his pancreatic tail who had no notable medical history was seen. The diagnosis of a pancreatic hydatid cyst was validated by serological testing and diagnostic imaging techniques. …”
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Impacts of Design Parameters on the Thermal Performance of a Macro-Encapsulated Phase-Change-Material Blind Integrated in a Double-Skin Façade System by Yilin Li, Wenshan He, Wanting Tao, Caiyi Yang, Yidong Li, Jo Darkwa

“…The results show that both the blind tilt angle and ratio of cavity depth to blind width had a significant influence on the thermal performance of the DSF system. …”
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Study of technological aspects of Procambarus clarkii cultivation in terms of ensuring their welfare by V. Koretsky, I. Kononenko

“…Group 3 (2.0 mL/kg) exhibited a bright red hue, whereas the control group had a pale red, sometimes pale orange, carapace colour. …”
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Graft rejection rate and graft failure rate of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) vs lamellar procedures: a systematic review. by Zarique Z Akanda, Abdul Naeem, Elizabeth Russell, Jillian Belrose, Francie F Si, William G Hodge

“…For outright failure, the PKP group also had a higher risk of failure than the lamellar groups but this was not statistically significant in either instance (anterior or posterior). …”
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