Excellence in building science education: Experiences with a Central European experiment by Ardeshir Mahdavi, Bob Martens, Ulrich Pont, Matthias Schuss, Helene Teufl, Christiane Berger

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A review of water-energy-food nexus frameworks, models, challenges and future opportunities to create an integrated, national security-based development index by C. Yupanqui, N. Dias, M.R. Goodarzi, S. Sharma, H. Vagheei, Rabi Mohtar

“…The relationship between the WEF Nexus and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is analyzed based on Nexus research studies, regional strategies or national programs were achieving WEF components lead to targeting some specific SDGs. …”
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Dietary Behaviors and Nutrition Knowledge Among Farm Households: A Comprehensive Review and Action Framework by Blessing J. Anyibama, Kenneth K. Orjinta, Oluwakemi Temitope Olayinka, Abiola B. Obafemi, Emmanuel O. Animashaun, Gbeminiyi E. Ogunwale, Emmanuel O. Fadipe, Jesujoba I. Olanrewaju

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Comprehensive analysis of housekeeping genes, tissue-specific genes, and dynamic regulation across developmental stages in pearl millet by Wei Luo, Min Sun, Ailing Zhang, Chuang Lin, Yarong Jin, Xiaoshan Wang, Linkai Huang

“…Conclusion This study presents a detailed transcriptomic landscape of pearl millet, identifying a set of HKGs and TSGs that are crucial for understanding the molecular basis of its growth and development. We provided valuable options for transcript normalization and crucial targets for exploring gene function for the plant growth and development in pearl millet. …”
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Development of “Systemic Connections Between Oral Diseases and General Health” Course in the Curriculum of General Medical Practice Education: An Assessment of a Necessity Study... by Seyed Hossein Tabatabaei, Saeede Nakhayi Nejad, Fatemeh Keshmiri

“…Therefore, it is suggested that the course be considered by relevant planners when revising medical internship educational programs.…”
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Assessing sustainable practices and managerial approaches in the hotel industry: A comparative case study by Jitka Vávrová, Lenka Červová, Blanka Brandová, Jorge Pacheco

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Evaluation and identification of high yielding and stable cowpea genotypes using GGE biplot and joint regression analysis for varietal development in East and Southern Africa by Michael M. Chipeta, Esnart Nyirenda Yohane, John Kafwambira, Mussa Tamba, Henriques Colial

“…Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania's cowpea breeding programs have been collaborating on pre-breeding trials in different locations, focusing on key traits such as grain yield. …”
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Estimating carbon storage performance of Petunia hybrida and Tagetes patula for developing an optimal planning scheme in urban green spaces (Metropolitan area of Kerman) by Seyyed Shahab addin Tayyebi, Shahindokht Barghjelveh, Mojtaba Soleimani-Sardo

“…Therefore, we suggest that in the western regions towards the center of Kerman city, which had more traffic nodes, Petunia hybrida should be chosen for the development of green spaces.  Conclusion: Since the components of green spaces have unique roles in urban spaces, assessing and understanding the potential capacity of green spaces are so crucial for designing suitable programs for reducing the environmental problems of urban spaces. …”
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Research on Sustainable Development Ability and Spatial-Temporal Differentiation of Urban Human Settlements in China and Japan Based on SDGs, Taking Dalian and Kobe as Examples by Xueping Cong, Xueming Li, Songbo Li, Yilu Gong

“…The sustainable development of the human settlements (HS) has become a global universal program. …”
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Radiotherapy quality assurance program of ongoing clinical trial using stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for recurrent ovarian cancer (SABR-ROC): a dummy run study of a prosp... by Sangjoon Park, Hojin Kim, Chan Woo Wee, Young Seok Kim, Jin Hwa Choi, Yeon Sil Kim, Jong Hoon Lee, Youngmin Choi, Jin Hee Kim, Yeona Cho, Hyun Ju Kim, Young Je Park, Won Park, Keun-Yong Eom, Yun Hwan Kim, Yong Bae Kim

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Coal Plant Retirement and Repurposing Optimization Model by Debabrata Chattopadhyay

“…The proposed modeling framework is developed to address coal (or any fossil fuel) fleetwide retirement and repurposing decisions cast as a multi-year mixed integer linear programming model taking into consideration technical, economic and policy considerations. …”
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Therapy in an educational organization fairy tale therapy as a means of developing social-communicative skills in primary school students within an educational organization by Inna V. Berinskaya, Elena А. Kolosova

“…The authors of the article believe that addressing this issue is possible through the systematic and targeted work on developing social-communicative skills via fairy tale therapy within the educational organization, starting from the primary school age. …”
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Development of a reliable method for human triple-negative breast cancer organotypic culture: Improving imaging and genomic studies in 3D cultures by Mercedes Olvera-Valencia, Verónica Garcia-Castillo, Rosalío Ramos-Payan, Maribel Aguilar-Medina, Samuel Trujano-Camacho, Alejandro López-Saavedra, Laurence A. Marchat, Cesar López-Camarillo, Ronen Sumagin, Eloy Pérez-Yepez, Carlos Pérez-Plasencia

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Developing a crisis leadership evaluation system for Chinese nursing staff during major infectious disease emergencies: a modified Delphi study by Changchang Chen, Xutong Zheng, Man Zhang, Luxi Zhang, Wenjie Chen, Shizhe He, Hezi Mu, Xuejun Hu, Hongjuan Lang

“…Ongoing work is needed to further develop a highly reliable scale, determine the current state of nursing crisis leadership, construct a targeted training curriculum, and implement the program into practice that managers may wish to use to assess, select, and develop the next generation of nursing leaders.…”
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An Examination of Self-Reported Physical Activity and Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Among Children with Obesity: Findings from the Children’s Health and Activity Modification Pro... by Shauna M. Burke, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Anca Gaston, Erin S. Pearson, Patricia Tucker

“…The Children’s Health and Activity Modification Program (C.H.A.M.P.), a 4-week intervention delivered in a unique camp-based format, was developed for children with obesity and their families using a multidisciplinary approach. …”
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Searching for More Effective Food Baits for Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Performance of Newly Developed Vial-Lures Relative to Torula Yeast Borax by Walther Enkerlin, Emilio Arevalo, Jose Eduardo Caballero, Thomas Fezza, Esteban Garavelli, Diana Beatriz Martinez, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez, Todd Shelly, Milthon Edgardo Thomas, Antonio Villaseñor, Salvador Flores

“…Food-baited traps are an important part of early detection programs for invasive tephritid fruit fly species, as they are attractive to both sexes of all targeted species. …”
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Peripheral MicroRNA Signatures in Adolescent Depression by Alice Morgunova, Nicholas O’Toole, Fatme Abboud, Saché Coury, Gary Gang Chen, Maxime Teixeira, Eamon Fitzgerald, Gustavo Turecki, Anthony J. Gifuni, Ian H. Gotlib, Corina Nagy, Michael J. Meaney, Tiffany C. Ho, Cecilia Flores

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Early-life mortality rates in Brazil and progress toward meeting related sustainable development goals: a nationwide population studyResearch in context by Aline de Siqueira Alves Lopes, Emmanuelle Lira Cariry, Débora Fontes Leite, Lucas Barbosa de Santana, José Rodrigo Santos Silva, Victor Santana Santos, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel

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Development the Body Appreciation Training Package and its Effectiveness on Worrying about Body Image and Overweight in Overweight Female High School Students in Isfahan by Zahra Fathi, Yousef Gorgi

“…Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to design a body appreciation training program (focusing on positive body image) and assess its impact on body image concerns and overweight among overweight adolescent girls in Isfahan. …”
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Development of prediction models of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Lebanese and Syrians in a district of Beirut, Lebanon: a population-based study by Hala Ghattas, Jocelyn Dejong, Fadi El-Jardali, Stephen J McCall, Marie-Elizabeth Ragi, Aline Germani, Hazar Shamas, Nada M Melhem

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