Spatio-temporal distribution of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya in Cali, Colombia: 2014-2016 by José F. Fuertes-Bucheli, Gladys Pérez-Arizabaleta, Andrea Quiroz-Caicedo, Robin A. Olaya, Hoover O. León-Giraldo, Robinson Pacheco-López

“…A multidisciplinary and collaborative approach is necessary, which must involve communities and authorities to implement effective control strategies, especially during epidemic periods. …”
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Landslide hazard assessment and agricultural vulnerability using a geospatial approach by Rian Gabriel Girsang, Bistok Hasiholan Simanjuntak

“…Despite the benefits it provides to farmers, the elevated rainfall also poses natural disaster risks, particularly landslides, which can adversely affect surrounding communities. This study aims to map landslide potentials and evaluate their impacts on the agricultural sector in the Cukilan Village, Semarang Regency. …”
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Sustainable cultivation of phytopharmaceuticals in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany: a SWOT analysis and future directions by Peter W. Heger, Ilka Meinert, Peter Nick, Peter Riedl, Michael Heinrich, Michael Straub

“…However, unsuitable harvesting practices threaten plant species and traditional communities due to loss of knowledge and culture. In response, sustainable cultivation is gaining attention as alternative to wild collection, ensuring both biodiversity conversation and integrity of medicinal products. …”
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Investigating the Efficacy of Topologically Derived Time Series for Flare Forecasting. I. Data Set Preparation by Thomas Williams, Christopher B. Prior, David MacTaggart

“…The accurate forecasting of solar flares is considered a key goal within the solar physics and space weather communities. There is significant potential for flare prediction to be improved by incorporating topological fluxes of magnetogram data sets, without the need to invoke three-dimensional magnetic field extrapolations. …”
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cLegal-QA: a Chinese legal question answering with natural language generation methods by Yizhen Wang, Xueying Shen, Zixian Huang, Lihui Niu, Shiyan Ou

“…To address this, our study developed a comprehensive automatic question answering dataset for Chinese civil law, named cLegal-QA, which comprises 14,000 high-frequency questions from Chinese legal communities. This dataset spans various legal disputes and includes questions, disputes, scenarios, multiple lawyer responses, and gold-standard answers from human annotators. …”
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Geohazard features of the Gulf of Taranto by Silvia Ceramicola, Maria Rosaria Senatore, Andrea Cova, Agostino Meo, Edy Forlin, Salvatore Critelli, Nora Markezic, Massimo Zecchin, Dario Civile, Alessandro Bosman, Oliviero Candoni, Daniele Casalbore, Marianne Coste, Diego Cotterle, Michele Deponte, Rocco Dominici, Lorenzo Facchin, Emiliano Gordini, Eleonora Morelli, Francesco Muto, Daniel Praeg, Roberto Romeo, Francesco Latino Chiocci

“…Our study offers a resource for improving the understanding of marine geohazards along the Ionian Calabrian and Apulian margins in the Gulf of Taranto crucial for safeguarding coastal communities and marine infrastructures.…”
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Task-Driven Computing Offloading and Resource Allocation Scheme for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships Under Cloud–Shore–Ship Collaboration Framework by Supu Xiu, Ying Zhang, Hualong Chen, Yuanqiao Wen, Changshi Xiao

“…Currently, Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) have become one of the most attractive research areas in shipping and academic communities. Based on the ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship communication network, they can exploit diversified and distributed resources such as shore-based facilities and cloud computing centers to execute a variety of ship applications. …”
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Seasonal recurrence and modular assembly of an Arctic pelagic marine microbiome by Taylor Priest, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa, Bledina Dede, Katja Metfies, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Sinhué Torres-Valdés, Christina Bienhold, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann, Antje Boetius, Matthias Wietz

“…Abstract Deciphering how microbial communities are shaped by environmental variability is fundamental for understanding the structure and function of ocean ecosystems. …”
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Development of Entrepreneurial Activity Using the Integration of Human Capital and Green Technologies to Optimize the Sustainable Development of the Territories by Alma Karshalova, Aidos Akpanov, Santay Tleubayeva, Anuar Belgibayev, Askar Makhmudov, Aigul Atchabarova, Margarita Zholayeva

“…The future demand for tourism is likely to be driven by growing environmental awareness, increased use of digital services and new technologies, a shift towards a more personalized travel experience, and ensuring well-being and better engagement with local communities and culture. Meeting the requirements of the modern tourism industry is a problem not only for the Republic of Kazakhstan but also for other countries that strive for sustainable development of the tourism sector. …”
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Spatio-temporal changes of glaciers, geomorphology, and meteorological influences on debris flow in the alpine environment: insights from a case study in the Hopar Nagar Valley, No... by Abrar Hussain, Jingfeng Liu, Muzaffar Ali, Wajid Hassan, Chengyuan Wang

“…The infrastructure and communities in the Karakoram region are exposed to numerous glacier hazards. …”
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Optimal WSN Deployment to Measure Air Quality in Dynamic Multi-Source Dispersion Scenarios: A Case Study in Arequipa by Alexander Hilario-Tacuri, Alberth Tamo, Marco Pinares-Mamani, Walter Butron, Romel Jimenez

“…Given these alarming statistic, it is imperative for governments, organizations, and communities to prioritize air quality management. Effective measurement strategies are the first step in reducing health risks associated with pollution. …”
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Spatial Transformation of the Higher Education System: Threats and Challenges to Single-Industry Towns by I. D. Turgel, L. L. Bozhko, M. I. Balyberdin

“…The performed analysis shows that the persisting trend toward increasing territorial concentration in the country’s system of higher education can create a set of negative effects that have a disruptive impact on the national settlement system, the continuity of complex value chains, and the social stability of local communities in single-industry towns. A conclusion is made about the need for comprehensive solutions regarding the development of higher education in single-industry towns that combine both national mechanisms for achieving national goals and the toolkits of regional, industrial, educational, and corporate policies.…”
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A Comparison of Two Dust Uplift Schemes within the Same General Circulation Model by Duncan Ackerley, Manoj M. Joshi, Eleanor J. Highwood, Claire L. Ryder, Mark A. J. Harrison, David N. Walters, Sean F. Milton, Jane Strachan

“…However, the representation of dust in GCMs is highly variable between modelling communities due to differences in the uplift schemes employed and the representation of the global circulation that subsequently leads to dust deflation. …”
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Delayed onset of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Maine by Joseph A. Stewart, Branwen Williams, Michèle LaVigne, Alan D. Wanamaker, Aaron L. Strong, Brittany Jellison, Nina M. Whitney, Diana L. Thatcher, Laura F. Robinson, Jochen Halfar, Walter Adey

“…Abstract The Gulf of Maine holds significant ecological and economic value for fisheries and communities in north-eastern North America. However, there is apprehension regarding its vulnerability to the effects of increasing atmospheric CO2. …”
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Inter-Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Mangrove Management in Jakarta Bay by R. Budiono Subambang, Ario Damar, Taryono, Rahmat Kurnia, Dietriech G. Bengen

“…The results of the stakeholder classification showed that local communities occupy the subject category, the key players are the central government and regional governments, universities and NGOs occupy the context setter position, and the crowded category is the private sector. …”
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High throughput single cell metagenomic sequencing with semi-permeable capsules: unraveling microbial diversity at the single-cell level in sewage and fecal microbiomes by Meilee Ling, Judit Szarvas, Vaida Kurmauskaitė, Vaidotas Kiseliovas, Rapolas Žilionis, Rapolas Žilionis, Baptiste Avot, Baptiste Avot, Patrick Munk, Frank M. Aarestrup

“…This emerging technology allows the separation of complex microbial communities into individual bacterial cells, enabling high-throughput sequencing of genetic material from thousands of singular bacterial cells in parallel. …”
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MOBILIZATION OF VEGETABLE PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES TO THE VIR COLLECTION FROM THE TERRITORY OF ARMENIA (BASED ON THE DATA OF VIR'S INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITION TO ARMENIA IN 2017) by T. N. Smekalova, V. A. Bortnikov

“…Plant genetic resources (PGR) mobilization, their preservation in collections (ex situ) and in plant communities (in  situ/on farm), their studying as well as systematization of the  related information in databases are not just relevant and topical  issues; they are vital to ensure food, environmental and bioresource  security of Russia. …”
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Pathogenic and periodontal bacteria may contribute to the fatal outcome of critically ill elderly COVID-19 patients by L. Johana Madroñero, Eliana P. Calvo, Carolina Coronel-Ruiz, Myriam L. Velandia-Romero, María Angélica Calderón-Peláez, Jhann A. Arturo, Adriana P. Franco-Rodríguez, Ricardo Gutiérrez-Pérez, Lady S. López, Félix G. Delgado, Sigrid J. Camacho-Ortega, Lilia J. Bernal-Cepeda, Sonia P. Bohórquez, Jaime E. Castellanos

“…Our study aimed to determine whether there are differences in the respiratory microbiome between patients who recovered from COVID-19 and those who died, by characterizing the bacterial communities of both groups. A total of 24 patients who recovered from COVID-19 and 24 who died were included in the study, patient data were analyzed for signs, symptoms and clinical variables. …”
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Spam detection using hybrid model on fusion of spammer behavior and linguistics features by Amna Iqbal, Muhammad Younas, Saman Iftikhar, Fakeeha Fatima, Rabia Saleem

“…Review of spamming is more challenging task in multilingual communities. Spammer behavior features and linguistic features often exhibit complex relationships that influence the nature of spam reviews. …”
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Equality, Difference, and the Possibility of Peaceful Coexistence: A Critical Review of the Book Can We Live Together? Equality and Difference by Aliashraf Nazari

“…Influenced by such a dual situation in which universalism (in the form of common moral-political values) and particularism (the independence of minorities and communities) are confronted with the question of how can we live and interact with each other? …”
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