Unlocking Consumer Preferences: Sensory Descriptors Driving Greek Yogurt Acceptance and Innovation by Helena Maria Andre Bolini, Flavio Cardello, Alessandra Cazellatto de Medeiros, Howard Moskowitz

“…Greek yogurt, a traditional food with roots in Ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and Central Asia, has become a dietary staple worldwide due to its creamy texture, distinct flavor, and rich nutritional profile. …”
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A study on the global burden of non-melanoma skin cancer from 1990 to 2019 by Zixiang Si, Jieya Ying, Yingli Zhou

“…Geographic variations were observed, with the most substantial increase in ASIR observed in high-income North America (EAPC = 2.20), and a significant increase in the age standardized DALY rate in Central Asia (EAPC = 2.32). Countries with a high SDI had the highest ASIR and showed the most significant increasing trend (EAPC = 1.97). …”
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Parameters and environmental consequences of catastrophic fires in Ukraine: modeling, quantitative estimates by L. F. Chernogor, A. N. Nekos, G. V. Titenko, L. L. Chornohor

“…The ecological situation became significantly more complicated under the influence of a dust storm that came from Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The short-term and long-term environmental consequences are very significant.…”
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Educational Policy of Kazakhstan in the Context of Youth Migration by V. Yu. Ledeneva, O. V. Lomakina, A. M. Dzhunusov, B. T. Begasilov

“…But even if there are such publications, then, as a rule, they are devoted to the analysis of youth migration in Central Asia in general. The relevance of the study is determined by the gradual expansion of educational contacts of Kazakhstan with other countries and the need to identify the competitive advantages of foreign educational systems over the national higher education system of Kazakhstan.The purpose of the article is to consider the main motives, causes and consequences of educational migration from Kazakhstan, to analyze the activities of the authorities and ways of regulating youth migration, develop new effective methods for regulating external migration processes and provide recommendations on minimizing the risks associated with the outflow of young people from the country.In order to identify the main trends and development of educational migration from Kazakhstan, the study was carried out on the basis of collecting information through a questionnaire, as well as its detailed processing and content analysis. …”
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Ecological and biological features and prospects of the introduction of <i>Cornus mas</i> in Central Russia by O. Yu. Emelyanova, M. P. Tsoy

“…Cornus mas L. is grown in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Natural thickets are widespread in the Caucasus. …”
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Water management for rice production: a key component of food security in East Africa by Denis Bwire, Hirotaka Saito, Roy C. Sidle, Moses Mugisha

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Efficacy of vaccines based on chimeric or multiepitope antigens for protection against visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review. by Karine Ferreira Lopes, Mariana Lourenço Freire, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Edward Oliveira

“…<h4>Background</h4>Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an infectious parasitic disease caused by the species Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East, Central Asia, South America, and Central America, and Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani in Asia and Africa. …”
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A Khwārazmian Saint in the Golden Horde: Közlük Ata (Gözlī Ata) and the Social Vectors of Islamisation by Devin DeWeese

“…Evidence from the Ilkhanid realm and the Chaghatay ulus in Central Asia suggests that the Islamizing role of Sufis in this era may be better understood within the framework of establishing social bonds between Sufi communities, often organized hereditarily, and nomadic communities whose traditional social structures had been destroyed by Mongol military reorganization and by relocation to more constricted pasturelands, in the midst of substantial sedentary populations, far from their original homelands. …”
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Optimizing alpha–beta filter for enhanced predictions accuracy in industrial applications using Mamdani fuzzy inference system by Junaid Khan, Muhammad Fayaz, Umar Zaman, Eunkyu Lee, Awatef Salim Balobaid, Muhammad Bilal, Kyungsup Kim

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Drivers of success in global health outcomes: A content analysis of Exemplar studies. by Nadia Akseer, David E Phillips, Exemplars in Global Health Partner Network

“…The EGH studies (N = 31) spanned six topics including under-five child mortality (n = 6), childhood stunting (n = 5), community health workers (CHW) (n = 4), vaccine delivery (n = 3), COVID-19 response (n = 6), and newborn and maternal mortality reduction (n = 7) across 19 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South and Central Asia, and the Caribbean regions. Top drivers of success were defined as those critical or catalytic in achieving the intended outcome. …”
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On three cultivated subspecies of pea (Pisum sativum L.) by O. E. Kosterin

“…Two subspecies of the common pea, traditionally recognised in Russian botanical and genetical literature, Pisum sativum L. subsp. transcaucasicum Makasheva from Transcaucasia and Pisum sativum L. subsp. asiaticum Govorov from Anterior and Central Asia and North Africa, are considered, as well as their diagnostic characters and arguments in favour of their subspecific status. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…We examine the work of the Russian Indologist, scholar, journalist, publicist and professor Leonid Mitrokhin (1934-2002), winner of the Nehru Award (1985), who worked for over a decade in India and devoted his entire life to studying South and Central Asia. We analyse Leonid Mitrokhin’s key communicative practices, whose results are reflected in his monographs, popular books and articles. …”
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Effect of Cannabis Seeds on Some Biomedical Parameters in Male Rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan, Salah Omer Hamabor, Hunar Mustafa Wassman

“… Cannabis, sometimes known as hemp, is a plant that originated in Central Asia. Cannabis seeds nutritional profile is astounding. …”
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The first Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“… Afghanistan is most considerable for its historical, political, and geographical situation, however this region of Central Asia is least explored. The country falls into the sphere of East Iran and Indo valley cultures influence. …”
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Asirtmali Aba Wrestling in Turkish sports history and culture by Haci Sahın

“…In other words, practicing wrestling in times when Turks have lived in Central Asia has grown out of the need for the unity of spiritual sentiments and thoughts with body by remaining bound to their living standards and cultural norms of those times. …”
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Successful Surgical Treatment of “Complex” Abdominal Echinococcosis by A. B. Goncharov, Yu. A. Stepanova, V. S. Shirokov, I. A. Turchenko, Yu. A. Kovalenko, D. V. Kalinin, B. N. Gurmikov, A. V. Zhao

“…A 47-year-old patient who lived in Central Asia for up to 29 years of age was diagnosed with multiple echinococcosis of the abdominal cavity (CE1-2): II, Ivb, V, VI, VII segments of the liver, upper and lower poles of the spleen, lesser and greater omentum, small intestine, subphrenic space, area of the hepatoduodenal ligament, gastrocolic ligament. …”
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The Genetic Structure of Wild Orobanche cumana Wallr. (Orobanchaceae) Populations in Eastern Bulgaria Reflects Introgressions from Weedy Populations by Rocío Pineda-Martos, Antonio J. Pujadas-Salvà, José M. Fernández-Martínez, Kiril Stoyanov, Leonardo Velasco, Begoña Pérez-Vich

“…Orobanche cumana is a holoparasitic plant naturally distributed from central Asia to south-eastern Europe, where it parasitizes wild Asteraceae species. …”
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Validation of DSDs of GPM DPR with Ground-Based Disdrometers over the Tianshan Region, China by Xinyu Lu, Xiuqin Wang, Cheng Li, Yan Liu, Yong Zeng, Hong Huo

“…The Tianshan Mountains are known as the “Water Tower of Central Asia” and are of significant strategic importance for Xinjiang as well as the Central Asian region. …”
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The US liberal political and academic establishment on national-territorial transformation of Russia in 1917–1922 by V. V. Romanov

“…For instance, the US liberal political and academic establishment consistently supported the independence of Poland and Finland while most other national minorities (the peoples of the Baltic region, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Armenians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, the peoples of Central Asia, etc.) were usually encouraged to defend their autonomy within a united and democratic Russia. …”
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Detection, attribution and projection of changes in the extreme temperature range in the Northern Hemisphere by Xiao-Fan Feng, Cheng Qian

“…In contrast, the ETR was projected to increase significantly in the Mediterranean and adjacent regions under the SSP5-8.5 scenario, and in Central Europe, West Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and parts of China under the SSP1-1.9 scenario. …”
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