Exploring Factors That Influence the Measurement of Patient-Reported Impacts of Alopecia Areata by Arash Mostaghimi, Adam Gibson, Georges Dwyer, Yemi Oluboyede, Iyar Mazar, Kristina Gorbatenko-Roth, Ernest Law

“…Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic and content analytical processes; quantitative data were analyzed descriptively. Results Qualitative analysis of interview transcripts of 30 adults with AA (seeking or had received AA treatment) yielded three overarching themes: mechanisms of adaptation (subthemes: behavioral and mental strategies), impact changes over disease journey (subthemes: hair loss and regrowth as an event and changes in impact over time after loss and/or regrowth), and underlying characteristics that moderate adaptation. …”
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Analysis of imaging signatures in 18F-DOPA PET of glioblastoma treated with dose-escalated radiotherapy by Jing Qian, Deanna H. Pafundi, William G. Breen, Paul D. Brown, Christopher H. Hunt, Mark S. Jacobson, Derek R. Johnson, Timothy J. Kaufmann, Bradley J. Kemp, Sani H. Kizilbash, Val J. Lowe, Michael W. Ruff, Jann N. Sarkaria, Joon H. Uhm, Joon H. Uhm, Mark J. Zakhary, Maasa H. Seaberg, Hok Seum Wan Chan Tseung, Elizabeth S. Yan, Yan Zhang, Nadia N. Laack, Debra H. Brinkmann

“…Conversely, for patients with methylated MGMT, no feature displayed such significant changes between preRT and early postRT.ConclusionsOur study showcased the potential of employing quantitative features derived from 18F-DOPA images to refine the stratification of patients with unmethylated MGMT for dose escalated therapy. …”
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The Changes in Budget Tightening and Emotional Exhaustion: Role Ambiguity as Mediator and Trust as Moderator by Chindy Anggraeni Luthfihani, Setin Setin

“…Purpose - This study aims to determine how changes in budget tightness, emotional exhaustion, role ambiguity and trust in senior management after the Covid-19 Pandemic affected the hospitality industry in West Java. …”
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The Critical Changes in Composition of Diatoms Community in East Hammar Marsh, Southern Iraq by Maitham A. Al-Shaheen, Dunya A. Al-Abbawy, Sarah S. Al-Ahmady

“…The East Hammar marsh in southern Iraq has experienced substantial environmental changes especially the high temperature and salinity during the last decades. …”
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Evaluating the Persuasive and Motivational Design Method: Supporting Design for Sustainable Behavior Change by Danny Oldenhave, Jos Sauren, Theo van der Weide, Stijn Hoppenbrouwers

“…Introducing new technology within an organization requires a change in its employees' ways of working and thinking. …”
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Assessing the vulnerability of agricultural sectors to climate change: a case study for Slovenia by Tanja TRAVNIKAR, Ajda BLEIWEIS, Maja KOŽAR

“…However, future research efforts should emphasize the development of quantitative methodologies, which will require the systematic collection of specific data on the impacts and consequences of climate change in agriculture.…”
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Female farmers facing food insecurity and climate change vulnerability in rural area by Palupi Lindiasari Samputra

“…Frequent lousy weather impacts the prevalence of food insecurity among women farmers and makes the agricultural sector more vulnerable to climate change. Detection of food insecurity due to climate change vulnerability using a quantitative survey method of 150 female farming households in Sleman. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis reveals genetic factors underlying impaired symbiotic nitrogen fixation in lines derived from crosses between cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and it... by Darius Tchoutang Nzepang, Maïmouna Cissoko, Djamel Gully, Valérie Hocher, Jean-François Rami, Saliou Fall, Daniel Fonceka, Sergio Svistoonoff

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A catalogue of land-based adaptation and mitigation solutions to tackle climate change by Maria Vincenza Chiriacò, Claudia Dămătîrcă, Sara Abd Alla, Sara Barilari, Rebeca Biancardi Aleu, Tommaso Brazzini, Tiago Capela Lourenço, Carlotta Annamaria de Carolis Villars, Suzie Durand, Giulio Di Lallo, Ricardo Encarnação Coelho, Océane Espin, Noelia Ferreras-Alonso, Giulia Galluccio, Daniel Ganszky, Sofie Hellsten, Gema Hernández-Moral, Jane Ihrfors, Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Chris T. Kiranoudis, Attila Nemethy, Robert Oakes, Jesús Ortuño Castillo, Amandine Valérie Pastor, Patricia Pérez-Ramirez, Iván Ramos-Diez, Panagiotis Sismanidis, Chiara Trozzo, Chiara De Notaris

“…Abstract Informing and engaging all actors in the land sector, including land-owners and managers, researchers, policy-makers and citizens, on the most effective sustainable land-based solutions and behavioural changes is a key strategy for achieving climate change adaptation and mitigation targets at the global as well as at EU and local level. …”
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New approaches for assessing coronary changes in multi-layer spiral computed tomography by A. E. Nikolaev, A. N. Shapiev, I. A. Blokhin, D. M. Ramazanova, A. N. Shapieva, V. A. Gombolevskij, L. A. Nizovtsova

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Adaptive Capacity of Brantas Watershed in Malang City Fancing of the Climate Change Impact by Dwi Prihanto, Arief Rachmansyah, Harsuko Riniwati

“…This study aims to analyze the level of adaptive capacity community on climate change. This type of research is classified as a quantitative descriptive where data acquisition and processing are derived from secondary data of regional device organization classified into several parameters and indicators then processed using weighted scale and displayed in spatial maps. …”
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An Exploratory Study About Integrating Enterprise Engineering Change Management into Blockchain Technology by Lewis A. Njualem, Chirag Pandey

“…A quantitative survey method collected and analysed the perception data. …”
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The role of migration in post-soviet communities: the changing structure of rural livelihoods in Moldova by Matteo Masotti, Andrei Lucian Turlea, Matteo Vittuari

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Urban change detection of remote sensing images via deep-feature extraction by Haiying Wang, Mingzhong Wu

“…However, it poses several challenges including large disparity errors, diverse types of changes, and a substantial difference between the number of changed and unchanged areas. …”
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Dynamics of changes in bacteriological and morphometric parameters at decreasing colonization resistance of bird intestine by Ekaterina M. Lenchenko, Vladislav V. Ponomarev

“…Decrease in compensatory mechanisms of natural resistance due to changes in composition of evolutionarily formed microbiocenoses, increases risks of developing a syndrome of excessive growth of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. …”
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The impact of smallholder farmers’ knowledge on climate change adaptation on food security in Tanzania by Tukae Mbegalo, Theobald Frank Theodory, Felichesmi Lyakurwa

“…Both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied, including the Generalised Linear Model to assess the effects of climate change on food security. …”
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Infections by human gastrointestinal helminths are associated with changes in faecal microbiota diversity and composition. by Timothy P Jenkins, Yasara Rathnayaka, Piyumali K Perera, Laura E Peachey, Matthew J Nolan, Lutz Krause, Rupika S Rajakaruna, Cinzia Cantacessi

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A New Instrument for Testing Wind Erosion by Soil Surface Shape Change by Chun-xing Hai, Bao-yuan Liu, Ye Zhao, Peng-fei Du, Xiao-yu Yuan, Hong-Tao Jiang, Rui-rong Zhou, Jing Wang

“…Many methods are available to study soil erosion, but there is no an effective method for making quantitative measurements in the field. To solve this problem, we have developed a new instrument that can measure the change in the shape of the soil surface, allowing quick quantification of wind erosion. …”
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Impact of organisational change on job satisfaction: Field study in Yemeni telecom companies by Mustafa A. Almutawakel, Amal M. Al-Mogahed

“…Orientation: The world has recently witnessed rapid communications and data transfer changes, pushing many companies, including Yemeni Telecommunications, towards change and development. …”
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Investigation of Changes in Natural Gas Parameters along a Damaged Gas Pipeline by Victor Dzhyhyrei, Fedir Matiko

“…An improved mathematical model is also proposed by the authors, which considers the change in the gas flowrate along the gas pipeline. …”
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