Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Potato under Alternate Furrows and Deficit Irrigation by Kassu Tadesse Kassaye, Wubengeda Admasu Yilma, Mehiret Hone Fisha, Dawit Habte Haile

“…The benefits of water-saving techniques such as alternate furrow and deficit irrigations need to be explored to ensure food security for the ever-increasing population within the context of declining availability of irrigation water. …”
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US-Japan Trade Relations Amid the Globalization Crisis by V. G. Shvydko

“…At the same time, trade and invest­ment policy is increasingly affected by non-economic factors, mostly “national security” con­siderations. This increases the role of diplomatic maneuvering and other levers and forms of influence in regulating trade and investment flows, and business environment for national and multinational companies.…”
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Potential plant proteins for functional food ingredients: Composition, utilization and its challenges by Paul Ndubuisi Anyiam, Suphat Phongthai, Lutz Grossmann, Young Hoon Jung, Samart Sai-Ut, Ekasit Onsaard, Saroat Rawdkuen

“…However, the heavy dependence on soybean has hindered the diversification of plant-based protein sources for global food security amidst population growth. This review underscores the potential of plant protein sources for their novelty as functional food ingredients due to protein quality. …”
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Experimental study of combined thermal flooding in improving heavy oil flowability by Yongqiang Tang, Haitao Wang, Qiaoyu Ge, Suobing Zhang, Zengmin Lun, Xia Zhou, Tao Ma

“…China boasts abundant heavy oil resources, which is vital for its energy security. However, its heavy oil typically exhibits high viscosity, which severely hinders its flow and extraction. …”
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Enhancing Miscanthus floridulus remediation of soil cadmium using Beauveria bassiana FE14: Plant growth promotion and microbial interactions by Ying Wang, Sha Xiang, Rui Chen, Liang Chen, Wendi Lan, Jun Fang, Yunhua Xiao

“…Soil heavy metal pollution presents substantial risks to food security and human health. This study focused on the efficiency of plant growth-promoting fungus-Beauveria bassiana FE14 and Miscanthus floridulus on the synergistic remediation of soil Cd contamination. …”
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Event-Type Identification in Power Grids Using a Spectral Correlation Function-Aided Convolutional Neural Network by Ozgur Alaca, Ali Riza Ekti, Jhi-Young Joo, Nils Stenvig

“…Rapid and accurate identification of events in power grids is critical to ensuring system reliability and security. This study introduces a novel event-type identification method, utilizing a Spectral Correlation Function (SCF)-aided Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). …”
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Sustainability and livestock: a doable combination by Antonella Chiariotti

“…Rapid urbanization, increased purchasing power, and dietary change drive demand for richer diets and animal-origin proteins, leaving more than 868 million undernourished citizens worldwide and 850 million living in developing countries. Food security could be granted to large populations by reducing food waste, which accounts for 1.3 billion tons per year, or implementing livestock farming and promoting a sustainable food demand. …”
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Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development by Samad Rasoulzadeh Aghdam, Samad Rasoulzadeh Aghdam, Behnaz Bababei Morad, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Mazdak Irani, Aapo Huovila

“…Four interconnected thematic clusters cropped up: (1) participatory governance, (2) data privacy and security, (3) artificial intelligence and social media, and (4) ethics and sustainable development. …”
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Discrete choice modelling of hypertension patients’ preferences for attributes of a public medical facility in Ibadan, Nigeria by Oluwaseun Aramide Otekunrin, Tekiyat Abiola Adebisi, Sururoh Adeniran-Babatunde, Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin

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Construction and optimization of the watershed-scale ecological network based on network characteristic analysis: A case study of the Lancang River Basin by Yi Wang, Xiaogang Zhou, Chang Ding, Wenxuan Li, Linyun Huang, Beichen Ge, Yuhong Song

“…The growth of socio-economic development and human activities markedly threatens the ecological security of river basins. Establishing a robust ecological network (EN) is a viable solution to this problem. …”
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Enhanced quantitative precipitation estimation through the opportunistic use of Ku TV-SAT links via a dual-channel procedure by L. Gelbart, L. Barthès, F. Mercier-Tigrine, A. Chazottes, C. Mallet

“…This technique provides rain measurements at a fine temporal resolution (a few tens of seconds) and with a spatial resolution of a few kilometres, which is a good compromise for human activities such as civil security (watershed monitoring, flash flood), agriculture or transport. …”
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Moral and exhausting distress working in the frontline of COVID-19: a Swedish survey during the first wave in four healthcare settings by Mia Svantesson, Lars Sandman, Linda Durnell, Erik Hammarström, Gustav Jarl

“…Staff experienced being restricted in fulfilling patients’ and families’ need for closeness and security as well as being compelled to provide substandard and inhumane care. …”
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The Roles of MicroRNAs in the Regulation of Rice–Pathogen Interactions by Yanfeng Jia, Kai Wei, Jiawang Qin, Wenxue Zhai, Quanlin Li, Yalan Li

“…<i>oryzae</i> (<i>Xoo</i>), and <i>Rhizoctonia solani</i> (<i>R. solani</i>), which cause substantial yield losses and severely threaten food security. To cope with pathogenic infections, rice has evolved diverse molecular mechanisms to respond to a wide range of pathogens. …”
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Reconstructing Iraq after the Victory over the Islamic State: Prospects for International Engagement by article Editorial

“…This publication represents a final report of the research seminar ‘Reconstructing Iraq: domestic logic and role of external actors’ organized on June 26, 2018 by the Center for Security and Development Studies of the School of World Politics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University in partnership with the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences as part of the CSDS team’s systematic monitoring of international activities aimed at strengthening governance in the states of the Middle East affected by the Arab Awakening. …”
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Innovative Damage Assessment of Endodontic Instruments Based on Digital Image Stacking by Raúl Argüello-Sánchez, Ivette Alejandra Calderón-Alday, Antonio Hernández-Morales, Benjamín Gonzalo Rodríguez-Méndez, Diego Medina-Castro, Régulo López-Callejas, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís

“…By detecting early damage, this system significantly improves the safety and quality of endodontic procedures, especially for reusable NiTi files, instilling confidence and security in its use. It offers a cost-effective and user-friendly alternative to traditional methods such as visual inspection and SEM, making it a comfortable and confident choice for both research and clinical settings.…”
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Legal incentives in the contractual regulation of marital relations by O. H. Bortnik, T. V. Stepanenko

“…It is argued that the satisfaction of intangible needs (spiritual, moral and ethical, psycho-emotional security, physical development) determines the legally protected interests of marital and family members, who often face obstacles due to individual psychological characteristics of the spouses, interrelated with their property rights. …”
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Soviet Russia/the USSR and transformation of the international relations system in the first half of the 1920s by E. V. Romanova

“…This inability to predict the future development of the USSR, as well as to control the situation in Eastern Europe in general were among the factors that instigated the leading European power — Great Britain — to devise a scheme of the European security system without the USSR, which was embodied in the Locarno agreements of 1925.…”
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The Role of Partnerships in Supporting COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Migrants: A Qualitative Case Study from Tamil Nadu and Punjab, India by Ankita Meghani, Bharathi Palanisamy, Sunita Singh, Tanya Singh, Natasha Kanagat, Anil Gupta, Kapil Singh, Gopal Krishna Soni

“…In Punjab, religious institutions organized sessions at places of worship, and the Border Security Force enabled health workers to reach migrants living near the border. …”
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Are preschool Kosovar children anxious on the edge? Validating the Preschool Anxiety Scale by Samire BLLACA BALAJ, Merita SHALA, Mimoza SHAHINI, Pranvera JETISHI ÇOLLAKU

“…Its good psychometric properties provide initial security for the assessment of a wide range of anxiety symptoms in preschool children in Kosovo. …”
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Unraveling the response of the apparent temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration to rising temperature by Zhentao Liu, Junguo Liu, Deliang Chen

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