Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought by Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls, Rene Montalba, Lorena Vieli, Luis L. Vazquez

“…Given the unpredictability, increasing frequency and severity of climatic events, it is crucial to determine the adaptation limits of agroecological strategies adopted by farmers in a range of environments. In times of drought many smallholders’ farmers cope with stress using a series of crop diversification and soil management strategies. …”
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Expanding Thermal Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition of ZnO:Al Layers for CIGS Solar Cells by K. Sharma, B. L. Williams, A. Mittal, H. C. M. Knoops, B. J. Kniknie, N. J. Bakker, W. M. M. Kessels, R. E. I. Schropp, M. Creatore

“…In this paper, the potential of adopting ETP-CVD ZnO:Al in CIGS solar cells is assessed: the effect of substrate temperature during film deposition on both the electrical properties of the ZnO:Al and the eventual performance of the CIGS solar cells was investigated. …”
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Prevalence, Dispersion and Nature of Bioaerosols over a Solid Landfill Site in Central India by Priyanka D. Bhoyar, Pooja Kamdi, Amit Bafana, Panuganti C. S. Devara, Saravanadevi Sivanesan, Amrit Kumar, Kannan Krishnamurthi

“…Measurements were made using an Airmetrics MiniVol air sampler and bioaerosols were analyzed by adopting the culture-based method. A total of 23 fungal and 17 bacterial morphotypes were found in this study. …”
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Lower serum magnesium concentration and higher 24-h urinary magnesium excretion despite higher dietary magnesium intake in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Haixin Zhang, Ruwen Wang, Shanshan Guo, Qianqian Tian, Shuang Zhang, Liang Guo, Tiemin Liu, Ru Wang

“…It is necessary to carry out a dietary assessment and nutrition counseling to help athletes adopt proper diets to meet their nutritional needs in exercise.…”
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Development and validation a methodology model for traditional Chinese medicine good practice recommendation: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study by Su Li, Su Li, Su Li, Luan Zhang, Yangyang Wang, Yangyang Wang, Runsheng Xie, Runsheng Xie, Wenjia Chen, Wenjia Chen, Myeong Soo Lee, Yasser Sami Amer, Yasser Sami Amer, Yasser Sami Amer, Amin Sharifan, Heba Hussein, Hui Li, Hui Li, Hui Li

“…BackgroundTo develop a rational and standardized traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) good practice recommendation (GPR) methodology model that guides the formulation of recommendations grounded in clinical experience.MethodsWe adopted an exploratory sequential mixed-method to develop a methodology model by coding systematically collected literature on methodology and TCM guidelines related to TCM GPR using a best-fit framework synthesis. …”
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Landscape Patterns and Ecosystem Services Are Critical for Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals by Xue Miao, Zihao Guo, Congbin Leng, Jinliang Hou, Qingping Cheng, Hede Gong

“…Therefore, the regulation of ESs and the optimization of LPs should not adopt a one-size-fits-all approach; rather, targeted measures should be implemented for specific SDGs. …”
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The impact of price and image warnings on the social perception of gifting cigarettes in China by Guang Xu, Yibin Shi, Kecheng Du, Gang Wang, Liyun Wu

“…This study examines the potential impact of two tobacco control measures that the Chinese government may consider adopting on cigarette gifting behavior in the future in Chinese society. …”
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Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Trends and Adaptation Strategies in Semiarid Highlands of Eastern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia by Hailay Tsigab Kahsay, Dawit Diriba Guta, Belay Simane Birhanu, Tagel Gebrehiwot Gidey

“…To reduce the perceived impacts of climate change, farmers adopted various farm-level adaptation strategies that vary significantly between the two groups. …”
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Toward improving precision and complexity of transformer-based cost-sensitive learning models for plant disease detection by Manh-Tuan Do, Manh-Hung Ha, Duc-Chinh Nguyen, Oscal Tzyh-Chiang Chen, Oscal Tzyh-Chiang Chen

“…Such an integration acted as regular convolutional layers that subsequently substituted for the original layers to cut computational costs. Furthermore, we adopted the SIoU loss function, a modified version of CIoU, applied to the YOLOv8s model, demonstrating a substantial improvement in accuracy. …”
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Artificial intelligence in dentistry—A review by Hao Ding, Jiamin Wu, Wuyuan Zhao, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Michael F. Burrow, James K. H. Tsoi

“…In dentistry, AI has been adopted in all dental disciplines, i.e., operative dentistry, periodontics, orthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and prosthodontics. …”
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Incentivizing Demand-Side Response Through Discount Scheduling Using Hybrid Quantum Optimization by David Bucher, Jonas Nuslein, Corey O'Meara, Ivan Angelov, Benedikt Wimmer, Kumar Ghosh, Giorgio Cortiana, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

“…Since we tailor the discounts to individual customers' consumption, the discount scheduling problem (DSP) becomes a large combinatorial optimization task. Consequently, we adopt a hybrid quantum computing approach, using D-Wave's Leap Hybrid Cloud. …”
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Nondestructive Detection of Moisture Content in Walnut Kernel by Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy by Dan Peng, Yali Liu, Jiasheng Yang, Yanlan Bi, Jingnan Chen

“…The different spectral pretreatment methods were adopted to preprocess the original spectral data. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding High Salt Intake and Association With Hypertension Among Rural Women in Chandpur District of Bangladesh by Pradip Chandra, Aminul Islam, Shahara Robertson, Abu‐Al‐Rafe, Md. Abu Sayed, Afra Anjum Ahona, Mst. Nadira Parvin, Pradip Sen Gupta

“…Methods A cross‐sectional study was adopted to collect data from 250 households of Chandpur district. …”
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Urban Green Spaces in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Romero Gomes Pereira da Silva, Cláudia Lins Lima, Sterling D. Quinn, Aneta Afelt, Anne-Elisabeth Laques, Carlos Hiroo Saito

“… During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban green spaces were considered less prone to contagion, and thus people adopted them as alternative sites for improving mental health. …”
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The oncolytic adenovirus TILT-123 with pembrolizumab in platinum resistant or refractory ovarian cancer: the phase 1a PROTA trial by Matthew Stephen Block, James Hugo Armstrong Clubb, Johanna Mäenpää, Santeri Pakola, Dafne Carolina Alves Quixabeira, Tatiana Kudling, Elise Jirovec, Lyna Haybout, Mirte van der Heijden, Sanae Zahraoui, Susanna Grönberg-Vähä-Koskela, Sini Raatikainen, Victor Arias, Saru Basnet, Nea Ojala, Teijo Pellinen, Annabrita Hemmes, Katja Välimäki, Annukka Pasanen, Tuomo Alanko, Daniel Adamo, Susan Ramadan, Jorma Sormunen, Juha Kononen, Julia Wanda Cohen, Michael Jon Chisamore, John Goldfinch, Suvi Sorsa, Riikka Havunen, Claudia Kistler, Aino Kalervo, Víctor Cervera-Carrascon, João Manuel dos Santos, Akseli Hemminki

“…Originally developed to improve efficacy of T-cell therapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cell transfer, TILT-123 (Ad5/3-E2F-D24-hTNFα-IRES-hIL-2) is a serotype chimeric oncolytic adenovirus encoding tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-2. …”
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Feasibility of implementing a rapid-learning methodology to inform radiotherapy treatments: key professional stakeholders’ views by Corinne Faivre-Finn, Kevin Franks, Fiona McDonald, David P French, Daniel Johnson, Arbaz Kapadi, Gareth Price, Rebecca Holley, Kate Wicks, Kathryn Banfill, Gareth Webster

“…Data were collected between December 2022 and May 2023, and analysed using inductive thematic analysis.Results Four themes were generated: (1) the alignment of rapid-learning methodologies with the reality of practice, (2) concerns related to the variability of RWD, (3) the maturity of data infrastructures and capacity for rapid-learning and (4) further support, education and evidence needed to convince stakeholders to adopt rapid-learning approaches.Conclusion The potential of rapid-learning to help address evidence gaps in radiotherapy development was positively received by different professional stakeholders. …”
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Resting-state functional connectivity between the frontoparietal network and the default mode network is aberrantly increased in ankylosing spondylitis by Dong Liu, Churong Lin, Budian Liu, Yanli Zhang, Yutong Jiang, Jieruo Gu, Ou Jin

“…The frontoparietal network (FPN) is known as a pain modulation hub, with key nodes dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC) participating in the pain modulation and reappraisal process. In this study, we adopted the analytical approaches of independent component analysis (ICA) and seed-based correlation analysis (SCA) to examine the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the large-scale brain networks, notably FPN, between 82 AS patients and 61 healthy controls (HCs). …”
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The role of intrapartum ultrasound combined with free position delivery in the management of abnormal fetal positions during labor by Shanshan Sun, Wenwen Liang, Fen Sun, Meili Yu, Liting Wu, Ting Xu, Cui Zhang, Wenfang Zhuang, Jia Li

“…Among these, 88 cases were diagnosed with abnormal fetal positions using a combination of intrapartum ultrasound and vaginal examination, and these patients were guided to adopt free maternal positions (experimental group). …”
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The impact of sound land use management to reduce runoff by Z.A. Buisan, A.E. Milano, P.D. Suson, D.S. Mostrales, C.S. Taclendo, J.G. Blasco

“…The study showed that desired land use will most likely reduce the magnitude of the flood than the 2015 and 2025 land covers. Thus, adopting sound land use management in Tamontaka river basin is crucial to reduce runoff and thereby mitigate flooding in the study area.…”
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Unveiling the Role of Hahani (Paternal Aunts) in the VaTsonga Culture of South Africa by Stewart Lee Kugara, Lucky Sethuthuthu Vuma, Tsetselelane Decide Mdhluli

“…This conceptual paper thus adopted the Sankofa Theory to underpin the write-up. …”
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