The impact of spray-induced gene silencing on cereal phyllosphere microbiota by Poorva Sundararajan, Samrat Ghosh, Bekele Gelena Kelbessa, Stephen C. Whisson, Mukesh Dubey, Aakash Chawade, Ramesh Raju Vetukuri

“…The results obtained further validate the safety and target-specificity of SIGS and emphasize its potential as an environmentally friendly option for managing Fusarium head blight in wheat and barley.…”
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Determining AI-Based Learning Adoption Model for Students in Entrepreneurship Education: A Design Thinking Approach by Cep Abdul Baasith Wahpiyudin, Sabda Alam Muhammadan, Riska Amalia, Adelia Chrisanta, Asep Taryana

“…By iteratively proposing AI tools through the prototype phase, institutions can develop user-friendly, engaging solutions tailored to student needs, fostering higher adoption and engagement in entrepreneurship learning. …”
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Mme de Graffigny and the Archduchess: Indirect Correspondence between the Court and 'le monde' by Kelsey Rubin-Detlev

“…Both involve the daughters of Maria Theresa of Austria (1717–1780): first, the epistolary triangle formed by the prominent French writer Mme de Graffigny, her friend Mme Copineau and Archduchess Maria Elisabeth; and, second, that of Maria Theresa, the dauphine and then queen of France Marie-Antoinette, and the Austrian ambassador to Paris, Florimond Claude, comte de Mercy-Argenteau. …”
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mHealth knowledge and usage in maternal healthcare delivery: perspectives and experiences of healthcare practitioners in Ghana by Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Padmore Adusei Amoah, Pascal Agbadi, Aikins Amoako Asiama

“…In each of these regions, one urban and one rural setting were selected to ascertain pertinent data from a wide range of maternity health practitioners and directors of health services operating within these regions.Participants Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 32 participants, who fall into two primary groups: directors of health services (n=9) and maternity health practitioners (23).Results The findings revealed that maternal healthcare providers were familiar with and frequently used mHealth technologies (typically video calls/conferences and text messages). mHealth was considered a useful tool in maternal healthcare as it enhanced the efficiency of service delivery and improved practitioners’ performance. mHealth facilities eased access to digital medical information, user-friendly interfaces and the ability to facilitate remote consultations. …”
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Bibliometric analysis for sustainable food waste using multicriteria decision by . Syafrudin, I.B. Priyambada, M.A. Budihardjo, S. Al Qadar, A.S. Puspita

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Where is Batho Pele? The perspective of child and adolescent mental health service users in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by Stella Mokitimi, Kim Jonas, Marguerite Schneider, Petrus J. de Vries

“…To improve CAMHS, users recommended that the processes and procedures should be restructured to become child- and family-friendly, separate CAMHS should be developed at primary and secondary levels, CAMHS should be prioritized to provide equitable services to young people with mental health disorders, and better communication and information, including formal psychoeducation should be provided to caregivers. …”
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Advanced GPU Techniques for Dynamic Remeshing and Self-Collision Handling in Real-Time Cloth Tearing by Jong-Hyun Kim, Jung Lee

“…In this paper, we propose a new data structure that enables GPU-friendly calculations. Additionally, 2) to efficiently handle the computationally intensive self-collision handling in tearing cloth, we propose a GPU-based BVH (Bounding Volume Hierarchy) tree construction, update, and traversal method, along with an optimized R-Triangle (Representative-Triangle) technique. …”
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Analysis of Breaking Characteristics of C₄F₇N/CO₂ Mixture Gas in Circuit Breaker by Xiaolong Li, Lei Liu, Wen Wang, Zhenxin Geng

“…This study provides a reference for the design of an environmentally friendly circuit breaker and the selection of the mixed gas ratio.…”
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Proportion of Ophthalmic Self-Medication and Associated Factors among Adult Ophthalmic Patients Attending Borumeda Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia by Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Zemed Guchma Woldetsadik, Haile Woretaw Alemu

“…Age-group 29–42 years (AOR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.06–4.52), absence of health insurance (AOR: 4.29; 2.35–7.84), more than 10 kilometer traveling distance to get eye services (AOR: 3.11; 1.58–6.12), previous experience of ocular illness (AOR: 2.62, 95% CI: 1.53–4.48), family or friend experience of ocular illness (AOR: 2.65, 95%CI: 1.43–4.92), availability of ophthalmic medicine bottle/tube at home (AOR: 4.59, 95% CI: 2.36–8.92), and poor knowledge about hazards of self-medication (AOR: 6.22; 3.26–11.85) were significantly associated with ophthalmic self-medication. …”
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Climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural sector by Imelda ., R. Hidayat

“…Ecological adaptation in crop farming involves technology adoption, intensive farming management, environmentally friendly agriculture, cropping pattern and timing adjustments, water management, superior varieties, and crop diversification. …”
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Diverged Populations Admixture Bolsters Genetic Diversity of a New Island Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) Population, but Does Not Prevent Subsequent Loss of Genetic Variation by Rujiporn Thavornkanlapachai, Harriet R. Mills, Kym Ottewell, Cathy Lambert, J. Anthony Friend, Daniel J. White, Zahra Aisya, W. Jason Kennington

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Application of microbially induced calcite precipitation to mitigate soil frost heave by M.F. Nikshoar, M.A. Rowshanzamir, S.M. Abtahi, S. Soleimanian-Zad

“…This study proved that the proposed method might be utilized as a potential ecological-friendly approach in the future researches.…”
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Sustainable thermal buffering of microencapsulated bio-phase change materials through an engineered biochar dopant by Dimberu G. Atinafu, Ji Yong Choi, Jihee Nam, Beom Yeol Yun, Sumin Kim

“…This study suggests a promising strategy for designing high-performance, eco-friendly, and scalable bio-based composite PCMs by overcoming the long-standing bottleneck of microcapsules, which is crucial for advanced thermal management applications such as cooling and green buildings. …”
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Comparison of CaO-NPs and Chicken Eggshell-Derived CaO in the Production of Biodiesel from Schinziophyton rautanenii (Mongongo) Nut Oil by Keene Carlvin Mmusi, Sebusi Odisitse, Florence Nareetsile

“…These complications have motivated this study for the search of an alternative eco-friendly and renewable source of energy such as biodiesel. …”
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Evaluation of the Rain Effects on Gap Acceptance Behavior at Roundabouts by a Logit Model by Dongmin Lee, Sooncheon Hwang, Eunhan Ka, Chungwon Lee

“…A roundabout is generally known as an efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly intersection. Since 2010, the Korea government has taken the lead in constructing roundabouts as part of a special project. …”
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Food Insecurity Resilience Capacity of Rural Households in the Face of Induced-Weather Extremities in Bauchi State of Nigeria by Mohammed Sadiq, Muhammad Ahmad, Mahmood Bala, Invinder Singh

“…To achieve the sustainable development goals of zero hunger by 2030, it becomes imperative on policymakers to sensitize rural households on the need to adopt safe and eco-friendly improved indigenous food technologies so as to address the poor states of food utilization and stability affecting food security of the study area.…”
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Sequential separation of anti-diabetic drugs in the presence of melamine as impurity using chromatographic methods by Maimana A. Magdy, Maha M. Abdelrahman, Doaa G. Mohamed, Amal B. Ahmed

“…In this study, we present two methodologies for environmentally friendly chromatography that enable simultaneous and specific determination of Saxagliptin (SAX), metformin (MET), and a pharmacopoeial impurity of MET known as melamine (MEL). …”
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CalciumZero: a toolbox for fluorescence calcium imaging on iPSC derived brain organoids by Xiaofu He, Yian Wang, Yutong Gao, Xuchen Wang, Zhixiong Sun, Huixiang Zhu, Kam W. Leong, Bin Xu

“…Therefore, we developed CalciumZero, a user-friendly toolbox to satisfy the unmet needs in calcium activity studies in human iPSC-based 3D-organoid/neurosphere models. …”
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HISS: Snakemake-based workflows for performing SMRT-RenSeq assembly, AgRenSeq and dRenSeq for the discovery of novel plant disease resistance genes by Thomas M. Adams, Moray Smith, Yuhan Wang, Lynn H. Brown, Micha M. Bayer, Ingo Hein

“…Conclusions HISS provides a user-friendly, portable, and easily customised approach for identifying novel disease resistance genes in plants. …”
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Surface roughness and material removal of Si3N4 cylindrical rollers using double-side grinding with diamond film pads by Fenfen Zhou, Yongkang Jin, Qi Shao, Weifeng Yao, Hongyun Wang

“…Moreover, this process only requires the application of addition of deionized water, making it environmentally friendly.…”
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