Tropical montane forest loss dominated by increased 1–10 hectare-sized patches by Xinyue He, Dominick V Spracklen, Joseph Holden, Zhenzhong Zeng

“…Despite their reduced overall proportion, the annual area of small forest loss patches increased, primarily influenced by trends in the Asia-Pacific region. Our study provides up-to-date and spatially explicit information on the scale of tropical mountain forest loss, and temporal trends associated with these patterns, which is crucial for assessing the sustainability of mountain forest ecosystems, highlighting the need for targeted, region-specific strategies to slow or reverse forest loss.…”
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Risk-Based Multiobjective Optimal Seismic Design for RC Piers Using the Response Surface Method and NSGA-II by Sicong Hu, Yixuan Zou, Yufeng Gai, Zheng Huang, Guquan Song

“…This method is used to determine the size and reinforcement ratios of piers to minimize the seismic risk of bridge systems and the construction cost of piers. The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research- (PEER-) based probabilistic seismic risk assessment approach and the response surface method (RSM) are adopted to develop the seismic risk response surface model, which represents the relationship between the design parameters of piers and the seismic risk of bridge systems. …”
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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Real-Time Adherence Device among HIV-Positive IDU Patients in China by Mary Bachman DeSilva, Allen L. Gifford, Xu Keyi, Zhong Li, Cheng Feng, Mohamad Brooks, Mark Harrold, Hu Yueying, Christopher J. Gill, Xie Wubin, Taryn Vian, Jessica Haberer, David Bangsberg, Lora Sabin

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Supplementation of astaxanthin and vitamin E in feed on the development of gonads white shrimp broodstock Litopenaeus vannamei Boone 1931 by Fajar Maulana, Harton Arfah, Mita Istifarini, Mia Setiawati

“…The result showed that the optimum dose for survival, specific growth rate and maturity level of Pacific white shrimp broodstock was obtained in the combination of 175 mg/kg vitamin E and 250 mg/kg astaxanthin. …”
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High-resolution X-ray computerized tomography to characterize localized corrosion rates of carbon steel in contaminated steam cycles by Akash Ganesan, Renaldo Springer, Andrew Howell, Brad Burns, Derek M. Hall

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Synthesis, Spectral, and Biological Properties of Copper(II) Complexes of Thiosemicarbazones of Schiff Bases Derived from 4-Aminoantipyrine and Aromatic Aldehydes by Ram K. Agarwal, Lakshman Singh, Deepak Kumar Sharma

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Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards by Marina E. Rottmueller, Curt D. Storlazzi, Fabian Frick

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Exploring the relationship between trout fishing and wellbeing: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand trout anglers by Cohen Stewart, Iritana Bennett-Fakahau, Shyamala Nada-Raja, Kayla Stewart

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Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda by Tricia Petruney, Shanthi Noriega Minichiello, Misti McDowell, Rose Wilcher

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Weathering products in glacial silt and clay: Using automated mineralogy to probe size distribution and source by Jeffrey W. Crompton

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Modeling viscosity of commercial glass melts: Adam–Gibbs equation and Gaussian process regression by Pavel Ferkl, Preeti Malviya, Pavel Hrma, Albert A. Kruger, Ashutosh Goel

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Transition prospects to sustainable development of the Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Federation by M. Yu. Dyakov

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Increasing certainty in projected local extreme precipitation change by Chao Li, Jieyu Liu, Fujun Du, Francis W. Zwiers, Guolin Feng

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IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONING OF TERRITORIAL PUBLIC SELF-GOVERNMENT (USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE KHABAROVSK CITY URBAN DISTRICT) by Vitaly E. Morozov

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Enhanced Photocatalytic Property of Cu Doped Sodium Niobate by Jianbin Xu, Feng Zhang, Bingyang Sun, Yingge Du, Guoqiang Li, Weifeng Zhang

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Climate change influences on the potential geographic distribution of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis by Mohammed Okely, Ze Chen, Eslam Adly, Mahmoud Kamal

“…Haemaphysalis longicornis originated mainly in eastern Asia and invaded many areas like Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands, and was recently introduced to eastern parts of the USA. …”
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Variability in storm season intensity modulates ocean acidification conditions in the northern Strait of Georgia by Wiley Evans, Katie Campbell, Carrie Weekes, Justin Del Bel Belluz, Jessy Barrette, Drew Jordison, Chris Mackenzie, Jonathan Bergshoeff, Carolyn Prentice, Rosie Savage, Isabelle Desmarais, Bryn Fedje, Emma Myers, Kimberly Bedard, Alex Hare, Ian J. W. Giesbrecht, Colleen T. E. Kellogg, Zoe Sandwith, Jennifer M. Jackson

“…Such conditions were observed in the northern Strait of Georgia, on the northeast Pacific coast, where extreme OA spanned a 3-year period. …”
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Development of the Japanese Environmental Security Concept by V. I. Danilova

“…Japan, which faced with the aggravation of environmental problems during rapid industrialization, is considered nowadays as a leader in the sphere of environmental security provision not only for its own territory, but also for the whole Asia-Pacific region. Therefore the author underlines the main periods of the Japanese environmental security concept development from the beginning of the Meiji era till the end of the 20th century. …”
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Three new species of the family Idyanthidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from sublittoral zones around the Korean Peninsula by Jong Guk Kim, Kyuhee Cho, Jimin Lee

“…There are few taxonomic studies of the harpacticoid family Idyanthidae Lang, 1944 in the Pacific Ocean. As a first report of the family in this region, one species of the monotypic genus Idyellopsis Lang, 1948 and two species of the genus Idyella Sars, 1905 are described from sublittoral habitats around the Korean Peninsula. …”
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Yaws in Africa: Past, Present and Future by Ezekiel K. Vicar, Shirley V. Simpson, Gloria I. Mensah, Kennedy K. Addo, Eric S. Donkor

“…<b>Background:</b> Yaws is an infectious, neglected tropical disease that affects the skin of many children and adolescents who live in poor, rural, low-income communities in humid, tropical areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Yaws is currently endemic in at least 15 countries, but adequate surveillance data are lacking. …”
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