Facile grafting method achieves Unprecedented dispersion stability of carbon black in PP fiber by Yaoming Wang, Guihao Liu, Yuqing Liu, Yiqing Zhang, Guangtao Chang, Ruoxin Li

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Investigating the Relationship Between the Use of Virtual Space and the Political Participation of the Citizens of Bandar Abbas City by Ali Raisi, Seyed Korosh Sarvarzadeh, Majidreza Karimi

“…The study focuses specifically on citizens of Bandar Abbas who have reached the legal age of political participation (over 18 years). …”
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Heat Stress Mitigation with Fogging System of Anatolian Water Buffaloes by İsrafil Kocaman, Can Burak Şişman, Hüseyin Cömert Kurç

“…Temperature-Humidity Index values changed between 19.9 and 23.1 in Shelter-I and 19.5 and 26.4 in Shelter-II according to the maximum average data. …”
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Quantifying Spatiotemporal Variability of Patna's 2023 Monsoon Flood Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data and Moran’s Index by R. Soudagar, A. K. Thakur

“…The reason may be attributed to the combined effect of change in local rainfall patterns, poor drainage system and poor flood management in the upper reaches of Ganga. …”
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Experimental Study on Ultrahigh Strength Concrete Filled Steel Tube Short Columns under Axial Load by Xiaojun Zhou, Tingmin Mou, Hongyuan Tang, Bikun Fan

“…The confining effect of steel tube effectively changed the brittle failure mode of ultrahigh strength concrete (UHSC) and tremendously improved the load bearing capacity and ductility of specimens. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Effect of the Number of Blades and the Twist Ratio of the Twisted tape on the Performance of the Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger by Mohammad Reza Tavakoli, Saeed Mohebi

“…By increasing the Reynolds number, the friction coefficient and the overall performance coefficient decreased, while the Nusselt number increased. This increase reaches about 80% in the case that has a twisted-tape with a twist ratio of 4. …”
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Insights on the utilisation of tissue culture to aid new breeding techniques for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) improvement by Malizukiswe Vincent Vacu, Promise Sifiso Nzama, Muyiwa Seyi Adegbaju

“…Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) is an underutilised vegetable legume indigenous to and predominantly cultivated and consumed in Africa. However, its reach in agricultural production and consumption has expanded globally. …”
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Lessons learned from approaches in COVID-19 risk Communication and community engagement in Malawi: an exploratory study by Chiyembekezo Focus Maganga, Lusizi Kambalame, Aeron M. A. Nahuku, Victor Lordwin Chikoti

“…Results Significant themes that emerged revealed COVID-19 RCCE employed use of interpersonal approaches like training, peer education, mHealth and social media; use of community mobilization strategies like engagement meetings and dialogues, loud hearing through mobile vans and whistle stops; behaviour change printed materials; and the mass media. Effectiveness hinged on each method’s accessibility, intrinsic qualities, and reach. …”
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Social media integration: An opportunity for SMEs sustainability by Emmanuel Bruce, Solomon Keelson, John Amoah, Sulemana Bankuoru Egala

“…The changing trend in the circular economy has pushed most firms to be competitive in their business activities using emerging technology. …”
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Ground Simulation Test of 2D Dynamic Overload Environment of Fuze Launching by Zhibo Wu, Tiehua Ma, Yanbing Zhang, Hongyan Zhang

“…The peak value and pulse width of the 2D overload acceleration can be adjusted by changing the speed of the flywheel and buffers in the abovementioned process. …”
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Mapping Paddy Fields Using Satellite Images and Machine Learning to Identify High Temperature-Induced Sterility in Nankoku, Japan by Naoyuki Hashimoto, Haruki Yamada, Shiho Matsuoka

“…The results showed that the rate of change in reflectance from the heading stage until an effective accumulated temperature of 350 °C was reached was an effective model variable. …”
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Network youth communities in the social-cultural space of the northern region: methodological and empirical aspects of the study by L. A. Chizhova, A. G. Tutygin, R. S. Stirmanova

“…Transformations in the contemporary society and social-cultural space have significantly changed social activity and decision-making based on retrospective attitudes, which is especially evident in the behavior of local groups of youth communities in the online space. …”
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Adsorption of COD and Ammonia Nitrogen in Landfill Leachate on Red Mud Modified by Sulfonation Coupling by Mingqin HUANG, Shenwen CAI, Junwei CHENG, Boping ZENG

“…At the conditions of pH value 8, dosage of 60 g/L, adsorption time of 90 min and reaction temperature of 20 ℃, the equilibrium adsorption capacity of COD and ammonia nitrogen were 81.51 mg/g and 19.24 mg/g, and the removal rate reached 87.57% and 72.05%, respectively. The pore structure of red mud particles changed from shallow pores to penetrating pores, and obvious sulfonated characteristic groups appeared after modification. …”
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Marker-Assisted Backcross Breeding of Drought-Tolerant Maize Lines Transformed by Vacuolar H⁺-Pyrophosphatase Gene (<i>AnVP1</i>) from <i>Ammopiptanthus nanus</i> by Yang Cao, Haoqiang Yu, Xin Guo, Yanli Lu, Wanchen Li, Fengling Fu

“…The result of field evaluation in two arid and semi-arid environments indicated that the drought tolerance of Chang 7-2 was significantly improved. This study suggests that the improved Chang 7-2 can be crossed with Zheng 58 to develop the transgenic commercial hybrid Zhengdan 958.…”
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Development of biodegradable PLA composites and tangerine peel flour with improved toughness containing a natural-based terpenoid by Jaume Gomez-Caturla, Nestor Montanes, Luis Quiles-Carrillo, Rafael Balart, Daniel Garcia-Garcia, Franco Dominici, Debora Puglia, Luigi Torre

“…Water contact angle results show that TA and TPF change the wetting properties of the obtained composites. …”
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TRENDS IN GOATS' LIVESTOCK AND GOAT MILK, MEAT AND CHEESE PRODUCTION IN THE WORLD IN THE PERIOD 1990-2019- A STATISTICAL APPROACH by Agatha POPESCU, Alina MARCUTA, Liviu MARCUTA, Cristina TINDECHE

“…In 2019, the goat livestock reached the peak of the last three decades, accounting for 1,093.7 million heads, milk production was 19.91 million tonnes, meat production 6.25 million tonnes, cheese production 564 thousand tonnes and 7,427 tonnes butter. …”
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Fostering the future: Agripreneurship intentions among Indian agricultural students by Amaran K, Anbu Krishnamoorthy, Palanisamy Shobana

“…It was due to the decline of land resources, climate change, and low profitability. To overcome these problems, agripreneurship can offer a viable solution and foster innovation and economic viability which is easily adopted by the younger generation. …”
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Lexical Synaesthesia in Metaphorical Collocations by Jana Jurčević

“…Moreover, collocational bonding in LS reaches the highest degree of semantic cohesion between collocational constituents when idioms are formed, as reflected in the low level of substitutability of the collocate. …”
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GDP‐fucose transporter SLC35C1: a potential regulatory role in cytosolic GDP‐fucose and fucosylated glycan synthesis by Edyta Skurska, Mariusz Olczak

“…We found that a lack of SLC35C1 changed the level of enzymes of both de novo and salvage pathways. …”
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Economic Valuation of Nature’s Contributions in the Antarctic: Extension of the Nature’s Contributions to People Conceptual Framework by Jinfang Pu, Jinming Yan

“…However, given climate change and global resource scarcity, natural resource management has emerged as a pivotal issue in Antarctic governance. …”
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