COVID-19 as a Catalyst of Food Security Crisis. Whether the Existing System of Agriculture Can Remain the Same by Oleksandra Ovchynnykova

“…At the same time, one-third of food is thrown away because it cannot reach the final consumer. Climate change, natural catastrophes, wars leading to humanitarian crises are the main and ongoing causes of hunger. …”
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End-stage kidney diseases in areas of conflict: patients’ perspective and patient access to hemodialysis services in Northwest Syria by Ismail Alkhatib, Sami Alasfar, Gilbert Burnham, Nimetcan Mehmet Orhun

“…In the past year, 61 of 101 dialysis patients had changed household location because of reported insecurity. …”
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Modulation of female rats steroidogenesis in the application of balneotherapy in an experimental model of chronic endometritis by A. E. Chernova, O. V. Remneva, I. P. Bobrov, O. N. Mazko, A. V. Lepilov, Yu. A. Shadeeva

“…During balneotherapy treatment density of inflammatory infiltrate was lower in experimental group 125.4 ± 8.1 (by 30.7% vs. control group; p = 0.002), whereas in comparison group density of inflammatory infiltration was minimal (reduced by 88.7 % compared to control group; p < 0.001) and reached 20.5 ± 1.8 cells. Most pronounced rise in serum progesterone level had resulted in experimental group during radon therapy compared to control group (p = 0.008), meanwhile in comparison group featured with no significant change in estradiol level compared to control group (р = 0.95).Conclusion. …”
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Traffic simulation optimization considering driving styles by Yunyang Shi, Tong Wu, Tan Guo, Jinbiao Huo, Ziyuan Gu, Yifan Dai, Zhiyuan Liu

“…Additionally, in the model robustness test, the MAPE reaches 5.01%, indicating a certain level of stability and scalability. …”
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Evaluation of the quality of depression-related information on Chinese websites and video platforms: a cross-sectional comparative analysis by YueDong Chen, Jia Yin, YuKe Ding, ChangYu Wang, JiaXin Zhu, Lu Niu

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Economic sanctions and WTO law by R. A. Shepenko, I. V. Ryzhkova

“…Their main objectives are to change the political course of target states, to exert economic pressure on specific governments, companies or individuals. …”
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Study on dynamic and static load characteristics and rockburst induced mechanism under the influence of fault by Anying Yuan, Peng Kong, Pu Wang, Chang Liu, Li Lu

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LEARNING INNOVATION: APPLICATION OF DISCOVERY LEARNING-BASED WORKSHEETS TO SHARPEN STUDENTS’ COLLABORATION SKILLS ON HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS by Ihza Rizky Winedar, Habibatul Unayah, Muhammad Rasyid, Jumadi Jumadi, Sabar Nurohman

“…A paired sample t-test validated this change, yielding a significance level of 0.000. The N-Gain assessment also demonstrated a medium effectiveness level with an average score of 0.3255. …”
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Massive colonization by the solitary ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878, on the sandy bottom of the Israeli littoral by Dan B. Golanski, Alona Nachmias, Gal Kahn, Amir Fireman, Ori Hepner Ucko, Noa Shenkar, Gitai Yahel

“…By October, the population had reached a peak density, with a mean of 1.8±1.3 individuals m-2 (±95% confidence interval for the mean). …”
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Application of TELC model to better elucidate neural stimulation by touch by James Weifu Lee

“…Aim: This study is to better understand how the transient ion transport activity of touch receptors could change the graded potential to stimulate an action potential firing. …”
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Biology, Nesting Behavior, Genetic Diversity, and Conservation of Leatherback Sea Turtles: Insights From Thailand and Global Perspectives by Promporn Piboon, Janine Brown, Patcharaporn Kaewmong, Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, Korakot Nganvongpanit

“…Other strategies must address habitat loss, pollution, bycatch, and climate change in protection efforts for this species, as well as ensuring global population connectivity to maintain the genetic diversity of these highly migratory turtles.…”
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Shear Resistance Evolution of Geogrid Reinforced Expansive Soil Under Freeze–Thaw Cycles by Zhongnian Yang, Jia Liu, Runbo Zhang, Wei Shi, Shaopeng Yuan

“…With the increase in reinforced layers, the stress–strain curve changed from a strain-softening to a strain-hardening type. (2) Elastic modulus, cohesion, and friction angle decreased significantly with increasing number of F-T cycles, whereas dynamic equilibrium was reached after six F-T cycles. (3) The three-layer reinforced specimens showed the best performance of F-T resistance, compared to the plain soil, the elastic modulus reduction amount decreases from 35.7% to 18.3%, cohesion from 24.5% to 14.3%, and friction angle from 7.6% to 4.5%. (4) A modified Duncan–Zhang model with the confining pressure, the F-T cycles, and the geogrid layers was proposed; the predicted values agreed with the measured values by more than 90%, which can be used as a prediction formula for the stress–strain characteristics of GRES under freeze–thaw cycling conditions. …”
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Circular Regenerative Agricultural Practices in Africa: Techniques and Their Potential for Soil Restoration and Sustainable Food Production by Hamisi J. Tindwa, Ernest W. Semu, Bal Ram Singh

“…The conventional linear system of global food production and consumption is unsustainable as it is responsible for a substantial share of greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity declines due land use change, agricultural water stress due resource-intensive water consumption patterns and land degradation. …”
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Transport connectivity and aviation mobility of the population in developing countries with mountainous terrain: Experience of the Kyrgyz Republic by U. E. Kurmanov, R. B. Salmorbekova, Zh. K. Ismailova, I. O. Poleshkina

“…The opening of new international flights will make it possible to reach the tourism potential of the republic.…”
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Experimental Investigation on Seepage Stability of Filling Material of Karst Collapse Pillar in Mining Engineering by Bangyong Yu, Zhanqing Chen, Jiangyu Wu

“…The seepage properties were obtained under the initial porosity of 0.11, 0.13, 0.15, and 0.17, respectively. The change mechanism of seepage properties was measured through the comparison between mass loss and mass gain. …”
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CONCENTRATION TRENDS IN MILK PRODUCTION AND NUMBER OF DAIRY COWS IN ROMANIA, 2013-2022 by Agatha POPESCU, Cristina TINDECHE, Alina MARCUTA, Liviu MARCUTA, Adelaida HONTUS, Mirela STANCIU

“…The results confirmed the general declining trend in milk production which reached 35,300 thousand hl in 2022, being by 9.1% smaller than in 2013. …”
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Medicine treatment of glaucoma in Australia 2012–2019: prevalence, incidence and persistence by Benjamin Daniels, Iain Kaan, Claudia Bruno, Helga Zoega, Paul Healey

“…Median duration of treatment was 13.2 months (IQR: 2.5—not reached) for people initiating prostaglandin analogues and less than 3 months for those initiating other medicine classes.Conclusion Prevalence and incidence of glaucoma treatment have not changed in Australia over the past decade. …”
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The impact of subsidies on projected heat pump adoption and residential heating emissions in Massachusetts by Emma K Walter, Matthew J Eckelman

“…Even under the most aggressive scenario, heat pump adoption reached only 88% by 2050, with emission still 62% above the target. …”
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Dynamic Modeling and Performance Analysis of Liquid Carbon Dioxide Energy Storage System by Aolei Chen, Xinyuan Nan, Xin Cai

“…The results show that the system’s round-trip efficiency (RTE) is 65.3% under design conditions, and the energy density reaches 34.79 kW·h·m⁻³. Perturbation analysis shows that when the compressor inlet temperature rises from 283.15 K to 303.15 K, the power consumption fluctuates in the range of 96.84% to 102.99% under design conditions. …”
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Socio-Demographic and Economic factors associated with hypertension among Men in India by Ganapati Sabhahit, Rajeshwari A Biradar, Prasad Jung Bahadur, Sadashiva Hegde, Rachana R Shetty, Vishaka S Shetty, Rasika Mahagaonkar

“…Objective: This study aims to examine the change in the prevalence of Hypertension and to develop a statistical model for risk factors of Hypertension among Men in India. …”
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