A comprehensive environmental index for monitoring ecological quality of typical alpine wetlands in Central Asia by Jiudan Zhang, Junli Li, Changming Zhu, Anming Bao, Amaury Frankl, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde

“…Furthermore, the driving factors behind these changes were analyzed by combining meteorological precipitation data with human activities. …”
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An interpretative phenomenological study about maternal perceptions of cesarean birth. by Hala Bawadi, Zaid Al-Hamdan, Nagham Abu Shaqra, Amer Gharaibeh, Hasan Rawashdeh, Asma Basha, Majida Jallad, Sawsan Majali, Heba AboShindi, Mahmoud Taym

“…This trend has sparked interest in understanding the underlying factors behind this phenomenon and the perceptions surrounding CS delivery. …”
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Assessment of Ocriplasmin Effects on the Vitreoretinal Compartment in Porcine and Human Model Systems by Bart Jonckx, Michael Porcu, Aurelie Candi, Isabelle Etienne, Philippe Barbeaux, Jean H. M. Feyen

“…Reversible in vitro effects on blood-retinal barrier permeability provide grounds for a hypothesis on the mechanisms behind transient subretinal fluid observed in ocriplasmin-treated patients.…”
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Supramolecular discrimination and diagnosis-guided treatment of intracellular bacteria by Jia-Hong Tian, Siyuan Huang, Ze-Han Wang, Juan-Juan Li, Xianhui Song, Ze-Tao Jiang, Bing-Sen Shi, Ying-Ying Zhao, Hui-Yan Zhang, Ke-Rang Wang, Xin-Yue Hu, Xinge Zhang, Dong-Sheng Guo

“…This diagnostic approach executes the significant guiding missions of screening a customized host-guest drug delivery system by disclosing the rationale behind the discrimination. We design eight azocalix[4]arenes with differential active targeting, cellular internalization, and hypoxia responsiveness to penetrate cells and interact with bacteria. …”
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Pierre Monbeig e o vacilo de uma tradição nos trópicos by César Simoni Santos

“…Most of these elements appear dispersed and have not been systematized with that purpose throughout his work, but their reappearance in several articles and books suggests their importance as well as the timid intentionality behind each of these recurrent assertions. The intuitive and barely analytical character of some of his strong conclusions regarding the propriety of old concepts and methods of the traditional French Geography already contains the germ and the power of a criticism which became usual only 15 or 20 years later, and this is how they have been considered here. …”
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Structural elements and performance of entrepreneurial management systems at large corporations by Irina N. Tkachenko, Marina A. Meteleva

“…The Russian economy is currently lagging behind developed nations in terms of innovation, which necessitates adopting relevant approaches to managing socio-economic systems to keep them competitive and ensure their sustainable develop ment. …”
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Current challenges, and potential solutions to increase acceptance and long-term consumption of cultured meat and edible insects – A review by Jia Wen Xanthe Lin, Narmatha Maran, Amanda JiaYing Lim, Siew Bee Ng, Pey Sze Teo

“…Suggestions on future research directions to bridge the gap in quality of cultured meat and edible insects, as well as understanding consumer perceptions and motivations behind adopting these novel proteins into habitual diet were provided.…”
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The “Ambiguous Sex”: Cross-dressing heroines in Sensation and New Woman fiction by Katherine MANSFIELD

“…As exemplified by Louisa May Alcott’s “Behind a Mask” (1866), Sensation fiction is a genre preoccupied with questioning notions of Victorian femininity. …”
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International political aspects of OPEC+ activities in the context of energy diplomacy of Russia and Saudi Arabia before and after the start of the special military operation by A. Yu. Gasparyan, T. A. Melkonyan

“…The first section of the paper examines the logic behind the OPEC+ agreement in the context of the development of energy cooperation between the Russian Federation and the KSA before the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis. …”
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Analyzing the Alignment Between Grammar Knowledge and General English Proficiency Levels of High School Students: A Case Study by Behcet Celik

“…Students who can easily understand while watching any movie fall behind in grammar knowledge. In this study, students were given a placement test to measure their grammatical knowledge. …”
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Eco-anxiety, climate change and the ‘bottom billion’: a plea for better understanding by Colin David Butler

“…However, it is here argued that policy makers should act on their behalf, irrespective of evidence that they experience eco-anxiety.…”
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Nonparametric analysis of inter‐individual relations using an attention‐based neural network by Takashi Morita, Aru Toyoda, Seitaro Aisu, Akihisa Kaneko, Naoko Suda‐Hashimoto, Ikuma Adachi, Ikki Matsuda, Hiroki Koda

“…The proposed method successfully recovered the latent relations behind the simulated data and discovered female‐oriented relations in the real data, which are in accordance with the previous generalizations about the macaque social structure. …”
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Wildlife culling as a biophobic response to zoonotic disease risk: why we need a one health approach to risk communication by C. Jane Anderson, Jamie K. Reaser, Jamie K. Reaser

“…We further found that the cultural impetus behind culls is rarely evaluated or discussed in the literature. …”
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Dayside Magnetic Depression Following Interplanetary Shock Arrivals During the February 1958 and July 1959 Superstorms by Shinichi Ohtani, Yoko Odagi, Ayako Matsuoka, Toshihiko Iyemori

“…It is therefore suggested that the external driving behind IP shocks, especially those associated with major storms, is most optimum for the sharp reduction of the dayside H component through the formation and intensification of the dayside FAC system. …”
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Investigating Valency Decreasing Verb Operational Devices: A Case Study of the Oromo Language by Ayub Ismael Jarso, Giorgio Banti

“…Finally, an in-depth qualitative analysis of selected examples was conducted to only explore the semantic motivations behind specific operational devices regardless of considering cultural and pragmatic factors. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Big Data on E-Commerce in Cloud Computing Environment by Rongrui Yu, Chunqiong Wu, Bingwen Yan, Baoqin Yu, Xiukao Zhou, Yanliang Yu, Na Chen

“…This method can avoid the disadvantages of the traditional e-commerce, where large-scale data cannot be processed in a timely manner, realize the value of mining data behind, and realize the precision marketing of e-commerce enterprises.…”
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Thermospheric neutral wind studies over the equatorial region: A review by Siti Syazwani Nasuha, Idahwati Sarudin, Nurul Shazana Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Fairuz Omar

“…However, efforts in the global monitoring of neutral winds are still lacking, and the drivers behind the behavior of TNWs as well as their influence on the TIS remain incomplete. …”
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La collaboration au cœur du processus de création. Les œuvres réalisées au titre du 1 % artistique dans les lycées de Basse-Normandie (1951-1986) by Sabrina Ducroquet-Blanchet

“…The interventions of the local authorities, interceding on behalf a particular artist or against a particular proposal, have also led to a refusal to carry out the commission or to the permanent abandonment of decorative artworks.…”
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How Interpretable Machine Learning Can Benefit Process Understanding in the Geosciences by Shijie Jiang, Lily‐belle Sweet, Georgios Blougouras, Alexander Brenning, Wantong Li, Markus Reichstein, Joachim Denzler, Wei Shangguan, Guo Yu, Feini Huang, Jakob Zscheischler

“…IML goes beyond conventional machine learning by not only making predictions but also seeking to elucidate the reasoning behind those predictions. The combination of predictive power and enhanced transparency makes IML a promising approach for uncovering relationships in data that may be overlooked by traditional analysis. …”
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Decursinol angelate relieves inflammatory bowel disease by inhibiting the ROS/TXNIP/NLRP3 pathway and pyroptosis by Yudi Wang, Yudi Wang, Jiamin Wang, Yonghu Chen, Xuezheng Li, Xuezheng Li, Zhe Jiang, Zhe Jiang

“…IntroductionDespite evidence of the efficacy of decursinol angelate (DA), a prescription medication derived farom traditional Chinese medicine, in alleviating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the precise mechanisms behind its action remain unclear.MethodsLipopolysaccharides (LPS) and dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) induction were used as in vitro and in vivo models of IBD, respectively, to assess the role of DA in alleviating IBD. …”
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