A database on genes increasing resistance of wheat and relative species against pathogenic fungi by O. G. Smirnova, A. V. Kochetov

“…Fungi belong to the major plant pathogens and investigation of plant resistance genes is a quite important task. …”
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Evaluating AI-generated responses from different chatbots to soil science-related questions by Javad Khanifar

“…The emergence of chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs), capable of providing human-like responses to various inquiries, has revolutionized fields like education and research, making artificial intelligence (AI) a major global topic. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the most recent LLMs—Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and Gemini 1.5 Flash—in yielding correct answers to questions related to soil science, a fundamental discipline in agricultural, natural resources, and environmental sciences. …”
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STRATEGY AND CHALLENGES OF`ECOWAS PROTOCOL ON TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by MRS. RUTH CALEB LUKA, MODIBO ABDULLAHI, JACHO DAVID SUNDAY, PRINCE OJOCHEGBE AKWU

“…The result of the study revealed eight major non-tariff barriers impeding Nigeria economic development effectively participating in trade within the community, particularly Nigeria. …”
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CHANGING ASPECTS OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT EXPLOITATION: 1. LIMITATIONS AND ALLEYWAYS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION by Elias Mjaika Ndifon, Magaret Chiv, Solomon Hemba Chia

“…It was deduced from the literature reviewed that Bambara groundnut will play a major part in dealing with climate change. Bambara groundnut is the third most important legume after groundnut and cowpea in Africa, and its cultivation has extended to Asia and the Americas. …”
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Which is the shear force that defines the lamb's sensory acceptance? by Heloísa Valarine Battagin, Yana Jorge Polizer Rocha, Luciana Ruggeri Menezes Gotardo, Letícia Zanichelli de Oliveira, Letícia Aline Gonçalves, Aline Giampietro Ganeco, Susana Cardoso, Ricardo Targino Moreira, Judite Lapa Guimarães, Sarita Bonagurio Gallo, Marco Antonio Trindade

“…Three muscles were previously tested and chosen Longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL), psoas major and semimembranosus muscles received different treatments in the post-slaughter period (Hot deboning followed by cooling on ice, Standard carcass cooling and Ageing), aiming to create samples with varying levels of tenderness, which were evaluated by acceptance tests and descriptive analysis of tenderness by a trained team. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM IN RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DISCOURSE AND ACADEMIC ANALYSIS by I. A. Istomin

“…The article draws a comparison between Russian official and expert foreign policy discourses, focusing on representations of the power balance and relations between major states as the defining features of international system. …”
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Transition et paysage. Analyse des projets de fin d’études de la promotion 2019 de l’École nationale supérieure de paysage by Benoît Dugua, Auréline Doreau, Mégane Millet Lacombe

“…The notion of environmental transition is a major scientific and public issue that seems to have superseded that of sustainable development. …”
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DCTnet: a double-channel transformer network for peach disease detection using UAVs by Jie Zhang, Dailin Li, Xiaoping Shi, Fengxian Wang, Linwei Li, Yibin Chen

“…Abstract The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to inspect extensive peach orchards to improve fruit yield and quality is currently a major area of research. The challenge is to accurately detect peach diseases in real time, which is critical to improving peach production. …”
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Molecular Characterization of Methicillin Resistant and Extended Spectrum ?-Lactamase Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Burn Patients by Shawnm Ahmed Aziz

“…Antibiotic resistance has become a major world health challenge and has limited the ability of physician's treatment. …”
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Assessment of Clothing and Teacher Credibility among Lecturers in Universities in South-East Nigeria by Ginika Hope Amaefule, Oluwaleyimu Olufunke Opeyemi, Udochukwu Mmaduabuchi Emeghebo

“…In decision making, scores above 2.5 were accepted while scores below 2.5 were rejected. Major findings include: Twenty-three (23) constituents of teacher credibility among lecturers in South East Nigeria which includes that lecturers should dress decently and professionally at all times among others, Seven (7) ways teachers’ clothing can affects learning including that students pay attention to lecturer’s clothing, students are interested in the subject areas taught by properly dresses lecturers among others. …”
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Conceptual and Simulated Semi-Automatic Urban Waste Management System using Global Systems for Mobile Communication and Customer Reliability Indices by L. Ogunwolu, A.D. Omiyale, O.O.E. Ajibola

“…The challenges are fuelled by population explosions all over the world, especially in the major urban centres, against the backdrop of limited resources to manage wastes efficiently. …”
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The Relevance of Computer Science and Arabic Language Learning Technology in Supporting Arabic Language Learning from The Perspective of Israel Scheffler by Muhammad Fadli Ramadhan, Suhayib Suhayib, Ichwanul Muttaqin, Mawadda Warahmah

“…The data sample used was a lecturer majoring in Arabic Language Education, with data collection techniques using in-depth interview techniques and documentation. …”
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The Last Word Political posters: communicators or decorations? by Lynette Fourie

“…It is against this background that I will comment on the poster campaigns of the major political parties. My comments are mainly limited to posters that were available in Potchefstroom and the surrounding areas, as these are the posters that I personally observed. …”
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Towards personalized cardiometabolic risk prediction: A fusion of exposome and AI by Zeinab Shahbazi, Slawomir Nowaczyk

“…The influence of the exposome on major health conditions like cardiovascular disease (CVD) is widely recognized. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Lactulose and Lactose in Conserved Milk by HPLC-RID by Michelle Fernandes Silveira, Lourdes Maria Pessôa Masson, José Francisco Pereira Martins, Thiago da Silveira Álvares, Vânia Margaret Flosi Paschoalin, César Lázaro de la Torre, Carlos Adam Conte-Junior

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Why do preconception and pregnancy lifestyle interventions demonstrate limited success in preventing overweight and obesity in children? A scoping review protocol. by Kaat Philippe, Carla Perrotta, Aisling O'Donnell, Fionnuala M McAuliffe, Catherine M Phillips

“…Adverse family-based lifestyle factors in the preconception period, pregnancy and early-childhood are major risk factors for childhood obesity and there is a growing consensus that early life interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children are required. …”
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Educational Paradigm of Academic Writing by L. V. Dudnik, T. S. Putilovskaya

“…The authors formulate the major principles of organising and implementing the training process, the most important being the competence-and-activity-based approach to teaching, relying on the competence-based model of academic writing worked out by the authors and applying the step-bystep strategy of training. …”
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Saillans (2014-2020) : une expérience municipale citoyenne au défi de la transition écologique by Sabine Girard

“…The revision of the Local Urban Plan appears to be one of the major test : it challenges the village community to live, decide and do things together in the face of environmental changes. …”
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Sources of Legal Regulation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Consolidations, Joint Stock Companies in Russia and Corporations in the United States by S. E. Kuzmin

“…Judicial decisions have a major impact on the regulation of mergers and acquisitions of corporations, in particular, the state corporate Laws. …”
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International Standard Problems and Small Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident (SBLOCA) by N. Aksan

“…These ISPs were performed in different fields as in-vessel thermal-hydraulic behaviour, fuel behaviour under accident conditions, fission product release and transport, core/concrete interactions, hydrogen distribution and mixing, containment thermal-hydraulic behaviour. 80% of these ISPs were related to the working domain of principal working group no.2 on coolant system behaviour (PWG2) and were one of the major PWG2 activities for many years. A global review and synthesis on the contribution that ISPs have made to address nuclear reactor safety issues was initiated by CSNI-PWG2 and an overview on the subject of small break LOCA ISPs is given in this paper based on a report prepared by a writing group. …”
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