Dynamic changes in soil erosion and challenges to grain productivity in the black soil region of Northeast China by Jiawang Zhang, Ming Wang, Kai Liu, Zhan’ao Zhao

“…Nearly 20,000 km2 of cropland faces the threat of soil erosion and disrupted land productivity. …”
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A qualitative study of psychological status among nurses during the closed-off management for prevention and control of COVID-19 (疫情防控闭环管理期间血透室护理人员心理状态的质性研究)... by GE Yan (葛颜), WANG Aili (王爱丽), LYU Xiujuan (吕秀娟), ZHAO Wen (赵雯), GE Xiaojun (葛晓君)

“…Conclusion Nurses are vulnerable to developing negative emotions when facing the epidemic situation. Efforts should be made to improve coping mechanisms, provide emotional guidance and build nurses’ confidence in overcoming the epidemic. …”
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Comparative evaluation of management practices among large-scale broiler farms of Punjab, Pakistan by Muhammad Tahir Amin, Muhammad Usman, Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq, Asad Ali, Muzamal Tariq, Mian Mubashar Saleem, Syed Ghulam Mohayud Din Hashmi, Kinza Saleem, Sohail Ahmad

“…Future studies are needed to explore this area further and develop strategies to address challenges faced by poultry farmers.…”
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11 Key Strategies in Using AI Chat GPT to Develop HOTS-Based Entrepreneurship Questionnaires by Almaida Vebibina, Rusijono Rusijono, Andi Mariono, Ahsan Muafa, Dydik Kurniawan, Ragil Sugeng Dewantoro, Dian Noer Asyari, Sussi Widiastuti, Jarot Suseno

“…However, its use in creating HOTS-based questions in entrepreneurship still faces obstacles. This research is proposed based on the background of various obstacles in the use of Chat GPT to develop an effective questionnaire that meets the learning objectives. …”
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Solid-State Modification Strategies for Alpha-Mangostin Solubility Enhancement: A Review on Recent Progress by Nurin Syamimi Ahmad Izuren Shah, Muhammad Taher Bakhtiar, Syarifah Abd Rahim, Fatmawati Adam, Wan Hazman Danial, Mohd Rushdi Abu Bakar

“…Alpha-mangostin (AM), a promising natural compound with various pharmacological properties, faces significant limitations due to its low aqueous solubility. …”
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Assessment of Air Pollution Tolerance and Physicochemical Alterations of Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. along Roadsides of Lahore, Pakistan by Zahid Mehmood, Ali Hasnain, Muhammad Luqman, Sohaib Muhammad, Narayan Babu Dhital, Arooba John, Maryam Iqbal, Amna Ejaz, Matiba Tufail, Harma, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan

“…Lahore is the second largest city in Pakistan facing tremendous stress of vehicle emission. This study evaluated the air pollution tolerance potential of Alstonia scholaris growing along the busiest roads of Lahore city using air pollution tolerance level and physicochemical alterations. …”
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Le sanctuaire romain du Vigneau à Pussigny (Indre-et-Loire) : un lieu de mémoire, de vie et d’accueil by Arnaud Coutelas, Sébastien Lepetz

“…The archaeological site developed in the upper part of the plateau overlooking the Vienne valley, along a west-facing slope.The centre of the excavation area is characterised by an ancient occupation, divided into two sectors. …”
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Extraction and Characterization of Microfibrillated Cellulose from Discarded Cotton Fibers through Catalyst Preloaded Fenton Oxidation by Xianmeng Xu, Ning Lu, Shunmin Wang, Mengqi Huang, Shenglong Qu, Feng Xuan

“…With rapid developments in science and technology, mankind is faced with the dual severe challenges of obtaining needed resources and protecting the environment. …”
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Ethical issues in the development and implementation of nutrition-related public health policies and interventions: A scoping review. by Thierry Hurlimann, Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas, Abha Saxena, Gerardo Zamora, Béatrice Godard

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>The ethical issues faced in the development and implementation of nutrition-related public health interventions are varied and cannot be equated with, nor generalized about, when dealing with specific activities in this field. …”
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Evaluation of the Education Plan and Activities of Swiss Sport Integrity. A report of a science-practice co-operation. by Christoffer Klenk, Jonas Personeni

“…Results As large part of the results – the athletes’ responses – are confidential and limited to internal use of SSI and reporting to WADA, the presentation is limited to displaying the athletes’ and coaches’ questionnaires and pointing to the methodological challenges and limitations faced. The presentation’s focus is on reporting the cooperation process and determing factors. …”
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Association of C-Reactive Protein with Short-Term Outcomes in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients with or without Infection: From a Large-Scale Nationwide Longitudinal Re... by Du Y, Liu L, Kang K, Lin Y, Gu H, Bian L, Li Z, Zhao X

“…Infection may increase the risk of poor outcomes in patients with ICH, but caution is needed when facing abnormally high CRP levels in patients with ICH without infection. …”
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Hiking Trails Facilitate the Spread of a Native High‐Arctic Species by Deborah Zani, Heike Lischke, Jonas Åkerman, Veiko Lehsten

“…ABSTRACT High‐Arctic environments are facing an elevated pace of warming and increasing human activities, making them more susceptible to the introduction and spread of alien species. …”
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EDEM-based study on the adjustable feeding parameters of square bale maize straw bale-breaking device. by Tiejun Wang, Tinghe Zhang, Shuai Yu, Hongguang Cui, Ruili Wang

“…One of the primary challenges faced by small rubbing filament machines is the significant variability in material sizes, particularly in the feeding direction. …”
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A systematic review of military-to-civilian transition, The role of gender. by Alexandria Smith, Laura Rafferty, Bethany Croak, Neil Greenberg, Rafiyah Khan, Victoria Langston, Marie-Louise Sharp, Anne Stagg, Nicola Fear, Sharon Stevelink

“…Both male and female veterans discussed a period of acculturation when they joined service and adapted to military norms, culture and identity. Female veterans faced additional challenges at this stage centred on the conflict between feminine norms and the military masculine ideal. …”
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Attention-enhanced optimized deep ensemble network for effective facial emotion recognition by Taimoor Khan, Muhammad Yasir, Chang Choi

“…For fair evaluation, we conducted extensive experiments and compared the performance of the proposed EA-Net against several state-of-the-art (SOTA) techniques over FER and Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces (KDEF) datasets. Where, the proposed framework exhibits optimal performance in terms of precision (76.10 %), recall (77.98 %), F1-score (77.98 %), and accuracy (78.60 %) over FER data. …”
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Detection of the Effect of Climate Change on the Mechanism of Heat Islands in Tehran Province by Niloofar Mohammadi, Zahra Hejazizadeh, Parviz Zeaiean Firouzabadi, Alireza Karbalaee

“…So, this increase in average temperature is shown more in the west of Tehran than in the central and eastern areas of Tehran. that the heat island effect is more in these areas. Tehran has faced climate change caused by global warming. Considering Tehran's new climate, it is necessary to develop a national climate change action plan to reduce emissions, pay attention to the future urban temperature, and adapt to global warming.…”
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Unpacking Performance Factors of Innovation Systems and Studying Germany’s Attempt to Foster the Role of the Patient Through a Market Access Pathway for Digital Health Applications... by Sara Gehder, Moritz Goeldner

“… BackgroundHealth care innovation faces significant challenges, including system inertia and diverse stakeholders, making regulated market access pathways essential for facilitating the adoption of new technologies. …”
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Advancing terrestrial snow depth monitoring with machine learning and L-band InSAR data: a case study using NASA’s SnowEx 2017 data by Ibrahim Olalekan Alabi, Ibrahim Olalekan Alabi, Hans-Peter Marshall, Jodi Mead, Ernesto Trujillo

“…Current terrestrial snow depth mapping from space faces challenges in spatial coverage, revisit frequency, and cost. …”
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Technoeconomic Feasibility of Wind and Solar Generation for Off-Grid Hyperscale Data Centres by William Rollinson, Andrew Urquhart, Murray Thomson

“…However, insufficient investment in grid infrastructure globally has both renewable generation developers and data centre developers facing challenges to connect to the grid. This paper considers the costs and carbon emissions associated with stand-alone hybrid renewable and gas generation microgrids that could be deployed either before a grid connection is available, or to allow the data centre to operate entirely off-grid. …”
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Explainable artificial intelligence with fusion-based transfer learning on adverse weather conditions detection using complex data for autonomous vehicles by Khaled Tarmissi, Hanan Abdullah Mengash, Noha Negm, Yahia Said, Ali M. Al-Sharafi

“…However, according to statistical learning, conventional AI is fundamental, facing restrictions due to manual feature engineering and restricted flexibility in adaptive environments. …”
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