US Deterrence against Russia and China (based on strategic documents of J. Biden administration) by V. I. Batyuk

“…The main role in containing the PRC should be played by a system of military-political alliances with the countries of Southeast and South Asia located along the perimeter of its borders. …”
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Effectiveness of acid-tolerant antagonist-based biofungicide in the control of basal stem rot disease caused by ganoderma in oil palm seedlings on peat soil by Supriyanto, Sulistyowati Henny, Arifin Nur, Ruliyansyah Agus, Haris Ramadahan Tris

“…Oil palm is an important plantation commodity in Southeast Asia. As the world’s largest palm oil producer, Indonesia has always been associated with global warming because most of its plantation areas are on peatlands and their management is considered not environmentally friendly. …”
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Global burden of osteoarthritis from 1990 to 2019 attributable to high body mass index by Siming Yang, Licheng Zhou, Wanchen Gong, Bin Guo, Linfeng Wang

“…From 1990 to 2019, the age-standardized DALY rate for OA attributable to high BMI increased the most in South Asia (EAPC = 3.94). From 1990 to 2019, among 204 countries worldwide, the age-standardized DALY rate for OA attributable to high BMI increased the most in Equatorial Guinea (EAPC = 7.42). …”
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Evaluating the role of selection in the evolution of mitochondrial genomes of aboriginal peoples of Siberia by B. A. Malyarchuk, M. V. Derenko

“…In this work, we performed a Ka/Ks analysis of mitochondrial genes in large samples of three regional population groups in Eurasia: Siberia (N = 803), Western Asia/Transcaucasia (N = 753), and Eastern Europe (N = 707). …”
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The Effectiveness of Varying Combination Ratios of A. cordifolia and M. indica against Field and Laboratory Strains of P. falciparum In Vitro by Yakubu Jibira, Elizabeth Cudjoe, Frederick M. Tei-Maya, Benjamin Ayensu, Linda E. Amoah

“…Drug resistance in malaria is a global problem, with reports of Plasmodium parasites resistant to the current first-line antimalarial drug, artemisinin, expanding from Southeast Asia to Africa. There is therefore an urgent need to identify new drug candidates that will be effective against the existing malaria parasites. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of future precipitation variability in the Tianshan Mountain region of China by Xianglin Lyu, Junkai Du, Yaqin Qiu, Yangwen Jia, Chunfeng Hao, Hao Dong

“…Changes have affected the water cycle and resource stability in the Tianshan Mountain region in China (TM), the primary water source of Central Asia. Based on ensemble precipitation data from the NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 dataset, this study analyzed multiscale changes in precipitation variability in the TM for the near (2030–2065) and far future (2066–2100) using Shannon entropy, offering valuable insights for water resource management and future challenges. …”
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Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with Ips subelongatus, including eight new species from northeastern China by Zheng Wang, Ya Liu, Huimin Wang, Xianjing Meng, Xuewei Liu, Cony Decock, Xingyao Zhang, Quan Lu

“…The ophiostomatoid communities associated with larch bark beetles, I. cembrae and I. subelongatus, in Europe and Asia, China and Japan, also were compared. These comparisons showed distinct, specific assemblage patterns.…”
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Hidden cause of paralysis: tight filum terminale in spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality by Yi Yuan, Yi Yuan, Zong Jian An, Fei Gao, Zhi Hui Li, Wei Li Xu, Yong Sun

“…Following hospital discharge, each child was subjected to clinical follow-ups, and the neurological recovery from spinal cord injury was evaluated utilizing the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale.ResultsAmong the four patients, there was one male and three females, aged from 3 years and 2 months to 8 years. …”
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The Experience of Women with Obstetric Fistula following Corrective Surgery: A Qualitative Study in Benadir and Mudug Regions, Somalia by Adam A. Mohamed, Abiodun O. Ilesanmi, M. David Dairo

“…The World Health Organization estimated that more than 2 million women in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, the Arab region, Latin America, and the Caribbean are living with the fistula, and some 50,000 to 100,000 new cases develop annually with 30,000–90,000 new cases developing each year in Africa alone. …”
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Evaluation of commercial traits in the accessions of the wheatgrass genus (<i>Agropyron</i> Gaertn.) under the conditions of Central Yakutia by A. A. Kochegina, V. M. Koryakina

“…Studying plants of the wheatgrass genus as a unique and valuable fodder and phytomeliorating perennial arid xerophytic crop is of great interest to plant breeders, geneticists, biologists, ecologists, agriculturists, and forestry experts in southern regions of Russia, the ex-USSR republics, a number of European and Asia Minor countries, the U. S., Canada, and China. …”
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Identification of the sex determination region and the development of a marker to distinguish males and females in megai abalone (Haliotis gigantea) by Taito Kina, Motoyuki Hara, Shotaro Hirase, Kiyoshi Kikuchi

“…In this study, we investigated the genomic basis of sex determination in megai abalone (Haliotis gigantea), a gastropod species of economic importance in fisheries and aquaculture in East Asia, with the aim of developing a sex identification marker. …”
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Recent global patterns in skin cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence by Mingyue Wang, Xinghua Gao, Li Zhang, Lishao Guo, Xiangxiang Pan

“…Australia was ranked first in terms of incidence, while incidence rates in Africa and Asia were very low. Despite these regional differences in incidence, there was little geographic variation in mortality rates. …”
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Body height in adult women and men in a cross-sectional population-based survey in Geneva: temporal trends, association with general health status and height loss after age 50 by Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, Kaspar Staub, Julia Schäppi, Katarina L Matthes

“…The tallest average height was measured for men and women from Central and Northern Europe, the shortest for South America and Asia. The likelihood that participants rated their health as ‘very good’ increased with greater body height. …”
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QAAPT: an interoperable web-based open-source tool for antimicrobial resistance data analysis and visualisation by Mohammad Julhas Sujan, Sanjay Gautam, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Adam Clark, Sooyoung Kwon, Hea Sun Joh, Marianne Holm, John Stelling, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Nimesh Poudyal

“…The QAAPT tool was created by the Capturing Data on Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Trends in Use in Regions of Asia project, led by the International Vaccine Institute (IVI). …”
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Life-Cycle Assessment of High-Strength Concrete Mixtures with Copper Slag as Sand Replacement by Aysegul Petek Gursel, Claudia Ostertag

“…In terms of material availability, one of the most vulnerable regions is the Asia-Pacific region specifically, Singapore, where there is higher demand but limited availability of natural sand and gravel for use as aggregates in concrete construction projects. …”
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Genomic and transcriptomic insights into vitamin A-induced thermogenesis and gene reuse as a cold adaptation strategy in wild boars by Mingpeng Zhang, Aleksei Traspov, Jiawen Yang, Min Zheng, Veronika R. Kharzinova, Huashui Ai, Natalia A. Zinovieva, Lusheng Huang

“…Demographic analysis revealed the appearance of Russian wild boars in Far East of Asia (RUA) and Europe (RUE) after the last glacial maximum till ~ 10 thousand years ago. …”
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Understanding Code Blue Activations: Insights From Early Warning and Palliative Scores in a Tertiary Hospital by Giwangkancana GW, Setiasih YG, Hasanah A, Persiyawati Y, Wawan

“…This study aims to determine the frequency, demographic characteristics, and outcomes of Code Blue activations in a tertiary teaching hospital in a low-middle-income country.Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted at in National Referral and Teaching Hospital in a middle income country in Asia, covering data from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2023. …”
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Inequalities in demand satisfied with modern methods of family planning among women aged 15–49 years: a secondary data analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys of six South Asian... by Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Kiran Acharya, Ishwar Tiwari

“…Afghanistan, Maldives and Pakistan fared badly in both educational and wealth inequalities among the countries.Conclusions South Asia region still has a long way ahead towards achieving universal access to mDFPS. …”
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Shifting vegetation phenology in protected areas: A response to climate change by Irina Ontel, Sorin Avram, Carmen Adriana Gheorghe, Mihaita Iulian Niculae, Ionuț Silviu Pascu, Steliana Rodino

“…These phenological shifts align with the global trends observed across temperate and Alpine ecosystems in Europe, North America, and Asia, where rising temperatures and altered precipitation regimes drive similar ecological responses. …”
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Land cover change mitigated 20 % of the total increased evapotranspiration in tropical Lancang-Mekong River Basin during 2001–2019 by Houbing Chen, Yaoliang Chen, Lamin R. Mansaray, Longwei Li, Shusen Wang

“…Study region: The tropical Lancang-Mekong River Basin (TLMRB), Southeast Asia. Study focus: Accurately assessing evapotranspiration (ET) change derived from land cover changes (LCCs) is challenging in tropical regions due to the large bias in existing ET products and the difficulty in improving the ET al.gorithm for tropical ecosystems. …”
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