Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Secondary to Dropped Head Syndrome: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Abolfazl Rahimizadeh, Housain F. Soufiani, Saghayegh Rahimizadeh

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Assessment of Aerosol Radiative Impact over Oceanic Regions Adjacent to Indian Subcontinent Using Multisatellite Analysis by S. K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, K. Krishnamoorthy

“…The ARF estimates based on direct measurements made at a remote island location, Minicoy (8.3∘N, 73∘E) in the southern Arabian Sea are in good agreement with the estimates made following multisatellite analysis.…”
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Mapping Geoelectric Field Hazards in Ireland by John Malone‐Leigh, Joan Campanyà, Peter T. Gallagher, Jim Hodgson, Colin Hogg

“…Here, we developed the first geoelectric hazard map for the island of Ireland, with the aim of providing detailed information that can help stakeholders mitigate the impact of GICs. …”
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Recent Levels of Technetium-99 in Seawater at the West Coast of Svalbard by Sebastian Gerland, Bjørn Lind, Mark Dowdall, Anne Kathrine Kolstad

“…By means of the WSC, the 99Tc radionuclides ultimately reach the eastern Fram Strait west of Spitsbergen (the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago). Results from oceanographic modelling and sea ice observations indicate a direct coupling between Kongsfjorden and the area west of it. …”
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Mechanical properties of low alloy high phosphorus weathering steel by Jena B.K., Gupta N., Singh B., Ahoo G.S.

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The Influence of Petrography on the Relief of Bistriţei Mountains (The Eastern Carpathians) by Iulian SĂNDULACHE, Cătălina SĂNDULACHE, Alexandra RIZAC, Mihaela RAȘCU

“…To these, some isolated island-like areas of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks are added in the southern part, while in the eastern and southeastern parts, Cretaceous flysch, belonging to the Ceahlău Nappe is common. …”
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Amur Softshell Turtle (<i>Pelodiscus maackii</i>) Population Size, Structure, and Spatial Distribution by Xiaochen Hou, Haitao Shi

“…This study aims to investigate the population density and structure of ASTs in the Jewellery Island area of the Ussuri River in Northeast China using continuous-time capture–recapture methods in closed populations. …”
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Project “Osprey in Russia”: key findings in 2019–2023 by Miroslav V. Babushkin, Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Alexey A. Sharov, Vasily G. Pchelintsev, Urmas Sellis, Gunnar Sein, Elena A. Shikalova, Irina G. Utekhina, Albert V. Bragin, Pavel A. Futoran, Evgeniy V. Kholodov, María Del Mar Delgado

“…In Russia, Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) nests from the western borders of the Kaliningrad region to the Kamchatka Peninsula, Anadyr River basin, Sakhalin Island, southern Kuril Islands, and Japan. The northern border of its distribution runs along the edge of the northern taiga, forested river valleys in the north. …”
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Analyses of house-owners’ awareness and compliance with urban greenery regulations in Madina, Ghana by Seth Akagla, Yaw Agyeman Boafo

“…Although the benefits of urban greenery, including biodiversity conservation, pollution mitigation, and reduction of urban heat island effects, are widely recognized, adherence to corresponding building regulations poses a significant challenge in many Global South countries, including Ghana. …”
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Twinning and stacking fault-induced precipitation in an aluminum alloy by Yabo Fu, Vahid Yousefi Mehr, Mohammad Reza Toroghinejad, Xizhang Chen, Jinchuan Jie, Shijie Zhu

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NAIRAS Model Run‐On‐Request Service at CCMC by C. J. Mertens, G. P. Gronoff, Y. Zheng, M. Petrenko, J. Buhler, D. Phoenix, E. Willis, I. Jun, J. Minow

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Extreme Value Analysis of Ground Magnetometer Observations at Valentia Observatory, Ireland by Alexandra Ruth Fogg, C. M. Jackman, J. Malone‐Leigh, P. T. Gallagher, A. W. Smith, M. Lester, M.‐T. Walach, J. E. Waters

“…In this study, data from a ground magnetometer at Valentia Observatory is used to characterize space weather effects on the island of Ireland. The horizontal component of magnetometer observations and its time derivative are considered, and extreme values of these are identified. …”
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Study on shear creep model of calcareous sand in China South Sea by Bin Tang, Bin Tang, Xingyun Huang, Weitao Zhong

“…The creep characteristics of calcareous sand have an important impact on the stability of the structures on the coral islands in the South China Sea. Among the existing creep models for calcareous sand, fewer models consider the particle fragmentation of calcareous sand, which cannot accurately describe the shear creep of calcareous sand around the foundation of island structures. …”
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Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions with Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Methods: The Case Study of Cumbre Vieja Volcano (Spain) by Özer Akyürek

“…In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of lava from Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma island on people, structures and land cover, using Pleiades-1A, CosmoSky Med, GeoEye-1 and Landsat 8 data between 19 September and 15 November 2021. …”
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Services Quality or Sharia Compliance? Factors which mostly Influence Customer Selection of Islamic Banks – The Case of Tanzania by Mussa K. Ramadhani, Mahmut Bilen

“…This research focuses on the Islamic banking industry in Tanzania, covering both the mainland and the Island of Zanzibar. A total of 305 Islamic bank customers participated in this study by completing a close-ended questionnaire. …”
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New glacier thickness and bed topography maps for Svalbard by W. van Pelt, T. Frank

“…We find a total glacier volume (excluding the island Kvitøya) of 6800 <span class="inline-formula">±</span> 238 km<span class="inline-formula">³</span>, corresponding to 16.3 <span class="inline-formula">±</span> 0.6 mm sea level equivalent. …”
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THE ATTRACTIONS OF GUAR KEPAH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, PENANG, MALAYSIA AS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE TOURISM SITE by Mohd Hasfarisham ABD HALIM, Shaiful SHAHIDAN, Shyeh Sahibul Karamah MASAN, Mokhtar SAIDIN

“…The findings from this site have the potential to shed light on human relations with aquatic habitats, the importance of the mari ne environment in human evolution and ecology, island colonisation, and the establishment of maritime trade networks. …”
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Modeling Pipe to Soil Potentials From Geomagnetic Storms in Gas Pipelines in New Zealand by Tim Divett, Malcolm Ingham, Gemma Richardson, Mark Sigley, Craig J. Rodger

“…We have developed a model of the gas pipelines in the North Island of New Zealand to identify whether a hazard exists to these pipelines and how big this hazard is. …”
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Detection and isolation of a new member of Burkholderiaceae-related endofungal bacteria from Saksenaea boninensis sp. nov., a new thermotolerant fungus in Mucorales by Yusuke Takashima, Kohei Yamamoto, Yousuke Degawa, Yong Guo, Tomoyasu Nishizawa, Hiroyuki Ohta, Kazuhiko Narisawa

“…Here, we found a thermotolerant mucoralean fungus obtained from a litter sample collected from Haha-jima Island in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan. The fungus was morphologically, phylogenetically, and physiologically characterized and proposed as a new species, Saksenaea boninensis sp. nov. …”
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Guarding the Borders of Japan: Occupation, Korean War and Frontier Controls by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

“…Around 10pm on 5 October 1948 a small boat made its way along the coastline of Cape Sada Peninsula, the long finger of land that juts west from Ehime Prefecture on the Japanese island of Shikoku. The darkness was intense. It was a moonless autumn night, and the forested spine of hills above the jagged cliffs of the peninsula was devoid of lights.The boat – a 20-ton wooden vessel called the Hatsushima1 – had left the heavy swell of the open ocean and now moved slowly and quietly through the calmer waters of the Uwa Sea. …”
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