Novel Insights into the Nobilamide Family from a Deep-Sea <i>Bacillus</i>: Chemical Diversity, Biosynthesis and Antimicrobial Activity Towards Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria by Vincenza Casella, Gerardo Della Sala, Silvia Scarpato, Carmine Buonocore, Costanza Ragozzino, Pietro Tedesco, Daniela Coppola, Giovanni Andrea Vitale, Donatella de Pascale, Fortunato Palma Esposito

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Index-based livestock insurance schemes to manage climate risks in Ethiopia: determinants of farmer’s willingness to pay and lessons learned from Dasenech district, South Omo by Tagesse Melketo, Degefa Tolossa, Meskerem Abi, Sisay Bedeke, Tenaw Fentaw

“…A mixed research method was employed to gather data from primary and secondary sources. Cross-sectional data were obtained from 157 cattle farmers, drawn randomly from the study area. …”
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Data mobilisation for historical records of vascular plants in eastern Asia: V. L. Komarov’s expedition to Far-Eastern Russia, China and Korea from 1895 to 1897 by Chin Sung Chang, Kae Sun Chang, Hui Kim

“…Komarov&#039;s observations as primary occurrence data from 1895 to 1897.In this study, we present historical occurrence data obtained from the north-eastern Asian plant expedition carried out from 1895 to 1897 by V.L. …”
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Creating a culture, not just a space-A qualitative investigation into reflective practice groups in inpatient mental health settings from the perspectives of facilitators and attendees. by Pui Lok Joshua Yiu, Abbie McDonogh, Harpreet Gill, Jo Billings

“…The groups may help attendees create appropriate distance from their emotions and overcome power hierarchies. …”
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Natural cellulose fibers derived from Dracaena angolensis (Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh. demonstrate potential as a non-absorbable surgical suture biomaterial by Piyaporn Kampeerapappun, Scarlett Desclaux, Kasem Rattanapinyopituk, Tanyalak Srisuk, Ruedee Hemstapat

“…Abstract Sutures from natural and synthetic materials are utilized to close wounds, stop bleeding, reduce pain and infection, repair cutaneous wounds, minimize scarring, and promote optimal wound healing. …”
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The Assessment of Health Risk from Heavy Metals with Water Indices for Irrigation and the Portability of Munzur Stream: A Case Study of the Ovacık Area (Ramsar Site), Türkiye by Kutlu Banu, Sarıgül Ali

“…The study was conducted over a period of 24 months from January 2019 to December 2021 by taking samples from nine stations every month in order to determine the water quality of Munzur Stream, located in Tunceli. …”
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Assessment of the impacts of public health and social measures on influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 in Beijing, China: a modelling study by Jing Du, Lei Jia, Yanlin Gao, Jianting Su, Chao Wang, Xinghuo Pang, Gang Li

“…Methods This modeling study analyzed data from 2017 to 2022, in Beijing, China. Weekly influenza positive rate and influenza-like rate were incorporated to quantify the community-level influenza activities. …”
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Globalization vs. Glocalization: Learn Lessons from Two Global Crises, Such as the Russia–Ukraine Conflict and the COVID-19 Pandemic, for the Agro-Food and Agro-Industrial Sector by Tomas Gabriel Bas

“…By identifying opportunities arising from these challenges, the research offers insights into fostering a more robust agro-food supply chain that is more adaptable to global crises based on the geographic location and regional development of agribusinesses capable of responding to demand in the event of a global crisis such as a pandemic or armed conflict.…”
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Lifetime quality of life and cost consequences of delays in endovascular treatment for acute ischaemic stroke: a cost-effectiveness analysis from a Singapore healthcare perspective by Mayank Goyal, Weiyi Ni, Deidre Anne De Silva, Yu Li Ng, Kelvin Tan, Wolfgang G Kunz

“…Clinical outcomes and cost data were derived from clinical trials, literature, expert opinion, electronic medical records and community-based surveys from Singapore. …”
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Peptidoglycan-Like Components in Z-100, Extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain Aoyama B, Increase IL-12p40 via NOD2 by Takayuki Horii, Yuki Orikawa, Yuta Ohira, Runa Eta, Uiko Tominaga, Takanori Sato, Takao Tanaka

“…Z-100 induced the production of immunomodulatory cytokines from various types of macrophages and specifically increased IL-12p40 production through peptidoglycan-like components via NOD2.…”
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Critical review of multimorbidity outcome measures suitable for low-income and middle-income country settings: perspectives from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) researchers by Najma Siddiqi, Meena Daivadanam, J Jaime Miranda, Trishul Siddharthan, John R Hurst, Rajesh Vedanthan, Gary Parker, Gina Agarwal, Shabbar Jaffar, Naomi Levitt, Niels H Chavannes, Pallab K Maulik, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Kamran Siddiqi, Muralidhar M Kulkarni, Gillian Sandra Gould, Job F M van Boven, Kirsten Bobrow, M O Owolabi, Joan B Soriano, Erick Wan-Chun Huang, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Lijing Yan, Ricardo Araya, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Bruce J Kirenga, Rianne M J J van der Kleij, Laura Loli-Dano, Shane Norris, Josefien van Olmen, Antigona C Trofor

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Compositional Variation of PCBs, PAHs, and OCPs at Gas Phase and Size Segregated Particle Phase during Dust Incursion from the Saharan Desert in the Northwestern Anatolian Peninsula by S. Levent Kuzu

“…A dust incursion occurred in Istanbul on 1 February 2015 from the Saharan Desert. During this episode, 938 μg·m−3 of TSP concentration was observed. …”
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Optimization and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticle by Endophytic Fungi Penicillium sp. Isolated from Curcuma longa (Turmeric) and Application Studies against MDR E. coli and S. aureus by Dattu Singh, Vandana Rathod, Shivaraj Ninganagouda, Jyothi Hiremath, Ashish Kumar Singh, Jasmine Mathew

“…The endophytic fungus Penicillium sp. from healthy leaves of C. longa (turmeric) was found to be a good producer of AgNps. …”
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The Architectural Layout and Degree of Preservation of the Sanctuary of Pachacamac Archaeological Complex (2nd to 16th Centuries AD, Peru) from the Morphometric Analysis of Orthophotogrammetric Data by Luigi Magnini, Pierdomenico Del Gaudio, Maria Ilaria Pannaccione Apa, Denise Pozzi-Escot, Janet Oshiro, Rommel Angeles, Guido Ventura

“…Here, we present a morphometric analysis of a digital surface model (DSM) obtained from an orthophotogrammetric survey at the Sanctuary of Pachacamac Archaeological Complex, Peru (2nd to 16th centuries AD), which includes temples, enclosures, huacas, and roads. …”
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L-glutaminase synthesis by Klebsiella pneumoniae (AS KP 23) isolated from clinical strain, and its efficacy against human hepatocellular and breast cancer cell lines by Lina J. Abdel-Hafez, Eman Y. T. Elariny, Asmaa E. Ibrahim, Mahmoud E. F. Abdel-Haliem

“…In the same study, glutaminase from Pseudomonas spp., in combination with azaserine enhanced the degree of tumor growth inhibition. …”
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Field Observations During the Ninth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-9): from March 24, 2010 through January 6, 2011 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Jasmeet Judge, Juan Fernandez-Diaz, Daniel Preston, Tyler Cheney, Jason Motsinger

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Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data by Nair, Bharath, Palomo, Ismael Rodríguez, Markussen, Bo, Wiuf, Carsten, Fiddyment, Sarah, Collins, Matthew James

“…After pre-processing raw spectra, we used weighted least-squares linear regression to estimate Q deamidation levels from the convoluted isotopic envelope for seven collagen-peptide markers. …”
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Through the lens of Good Participatory Practice: Findings and lessons learned from the healthcare worker subcommittee of the COVID-19 Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes Registry by Mei Lin Chen-Lim, Jayne F. Koellhoffer, Kisha Batey Turner, Martha Summerlin, Anoop George, Eileen Handberg, Daryl Lawrence, Syed Hasan Naqvi, Emily O’Brien, Lauren Cohen, Patty McAdams, Laura Webb, Renee Leverty

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Policy evaluation of place-based strategies on upgrading county industrial structures amid economic structural transformation: Insights from pilot counties of China's returning entrepreneurs. by Xianghui Tian, Zhang Juan

“…Selecting 1997 counties across the country from 2000 to 2021 as the research sample, a multi-temporal double-difference model is used to test the impact of the place-based policy on county industrial structure and the mechanism of the impact, and the result confirms that the implementation of the pilot policy of returning home entrepreneurship plays a positive and obvious role in promoting the level of industrial development of county-level areas. …”
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Trends of adverse pregnancy outcomes and its determinants in Arba Minch Zuria and Gacho Baba Woredas from 2018 to 2022: Analysis of health and demographic surveillance data. by Zeleke Gebru, Fekadeselassie Berhe, Shitaye Shibiru, Bereket Honja, Mesfin Kote, Alazr Baharu, Tadesse Awoke

“…<h4>Methods</h4>An open, dynamic cohort study design was employed among 8885 pregnancies from 2018 to 2022, health and demographic surveillance data were involved. …”
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