Projections of Heat Waves Events in the Intra-Americas Region Using Multimodel Ensemble by Moises Angeles-Malaspina, Jorge E. González-Cruz, Nazario Ramírez-Beltran

“…Significant accelerated warming of the Sea Surface Temperature of 0.15°C per decade (1982–2012) was recently detected, which motivated the research for the present consequences and future projections on the heat index and heat waves in the intra-Americas region. …”
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Area Differences in Regional Logistics Efficiency and the Law Governing Its Temporal and Spatial Evolution by Wenxue Ran, Ruli Liu, Shiwen Liu

“…Results indicate the following: (1) affected by external environmental factors, the pure technical efficiency is underestimated and the scale efficiency and integrated technical efficiency are overestimated; (2) it reveals that residents’ consumption level and the total retail sales of social consumer goods are negatively correlated with regional logistics efficiency, whereas the regional per capita gross domestic product is positively correlated with regional logistics efficiency; (3) in terms of space, the logistics industry in the same region displays characteristics of high aggregation and cooperation, whereas serious segmentation and opposition are found among different regions. …”
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Fiorello La Guardia et The Comic Parade by Jean-Paul Gabilliet

“…La Guardia would present his Sunday comics readings as a public service rendered primarily to children, indulging in very lively performances that were less readings per se than aural dramatizations of the comics pages, in which he described panel contents, commented on the interactions between characters, reading the text of speech balloons, sometimes slipping in improvised asides or partially moving away from the cartoonist’s initial narrative construction. …”
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A dimensão territorial da inovação e sustentabilidade no território de cachaça e dos derivados da cana – Litoral Norte do Rio Grande do Sul by Shana Sabbado Flores

“…The city stands out for a different profile in one of the poorest regions of the state, and has GDP per capita almost twice the average of the Northern Coast. …”
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Analysis of the Hybrid Power System for High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft by Kangwen Sun, Ming Zhu, Lifeng Wang, Hu Liu

“…The analysis result showed that the hybrid system could reduce the area of wing by 19% and that high-altitude unmanned aircraft with a 35 m or less wingspan could raise the utilization rate of solar energy per unit area after adopting the hybrid power system.…”
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LC/MS/MS Analysis of N-Terminal Protein Adducts with Improved Sensitivity: A Comparison of Selected Edman Isothiocyanate Reagents by Per Rydberg, Hans von Stedingk, Jörgen Magnér, Jonas Björklund

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Research on Rapid Evaluation Methods for Hydrogen Consumption and Driving Range of Fuel Cell Vehicles by Letian Sun, Rongliang Liang, Guozhuo Wang, Shiyu Wu, Ting Guo

“…In addition, the rapid evaluation method has a range of 2.25% to 5.31% in hydrogen consumption per 100 km compared to the standard method, with an average increase of 3.89%. …”
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Achieving universal sanitation in Ghana: An analysis of key drivers of toilet ownership among property owners in Urban areas. by Godwin Armstrong Duku, Nana Kobea Bonso, Eugene Appiah-Effah, Yenube Clement Kunkuaboor, Emmanuel Nouwati, Barbara Gyapong-Korsah, Ebenezer Acquah, Kwabena Biritwum Nyarko

“…Older property owners were more likely to own toilets (OR = 1.014 per year increase), as were those with higher education levels (OR = 1.752 for secondary, OR = 4.489 for tertiary education). …”
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Predicted Aerobic Capacity of Asthmatic Children: A Research Study from Clinical Origin by Lene Lochte

“…Physical activity (hours per week) showed important effects for the variation in predicted aerobic capacity at baseline (F=2.28, P=0.061) and at the T4 observation (F=3.03, P=0.027) and the analyses showed important asthma/control group effects at baseline, month four, and month ten. …”
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A case series on combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation with conventional rehabilitation therapies for upper limb motor-function restoration by Mei Yin Pong, Mazlina Mazlan, Tze Yang Chung, Sakinah Sabirin, Soo Chin Chan

“…They received rTMS sessions with inhibitory protocols targeting the contralesional primary motor area (M1) at 1 Hz, 5 days per week for 2 weeks (10 sessions). Each session included 1800 pulses at 120% resting motor threshold for 40 minutes, followed by 60 minutes of upper limb motor-function training. …”
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BABESIOSIS IN HUMANS by Zornitsa Traykova

“…In contrast, the incidence of the disease in the USA is approximately 2000 cases per year, with the main causative agent being Babesia microti and the tick vector being Ixodes scapularis. …”
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On Calibration and Direction Finding with Uniform Circular Arrays by Stephan Häfner, Martin Käske, Reiner Thomä

“…Because real arrays suffer from mechanical and electrical imperfections, analytic array models are per se not applicable. Mitigation of such disturbances by a global calibration matrix will be addressed, and methods to estimate this calibration matrix will be recapped from literature. …”
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Reducing Nitrogen Waste: Factors Influencing Neem‐Coated Urea Adoption in Bhutan by Toritseju Begho, Tashi Dorji, Sonam Dendup

“…ABSTRACT In Bhutan, farmers face constraints due to limited arable land, prompting a need to increase agricultural production per unit of inputs, but in the most sustainable way given the nation’s most stringent environmental conservation laws. …”
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Trigonometric Regression for Analysis of Public Health Surveillance Data by Steven E. Rigdon, George Turabelidze, Ehsan Jahanpour

“…Specifically, we estimate the probability of detection (POD), the average number of weeks to signal given that a signal has occurred (conditional expected delay, or CED), and the false-positive rate (FPR, the average number of false-alarms per year).…”
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Iron-Polyphenol Interaction Reduces Iron Bioavailability in Fortified Tea: Competing Complexation to Ensure Iron Bioavailability by V. Dueik, B. K. Chen, L. L. Diosady

“…A molar ratio of 1 : 2 Fe : EDTA was able to avoid complex formation and provide 4 mg of iron per cup of brewed tea. The fortified tea had a similar colour and flavour as ordinary tea, without the development of off-flavours. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Loss of Offsite Power Events by Andrija Volkanovski, Antonio Ballesteros Avila, Miguel Peinador Veira

“…A frequency of one LOOP event per shutdown year is obtained for German NPPs in shutdown mode of operation. …”
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Considération des caractéristiques structurales comme indicateurs écologiques d’aménagement forestier au Togo (Afrique de l’Ouest) by Kossi Adjonou, Aboudou Raoufou Radji, Adzo Dzifa Kokutse, Kouami Kokou

“…The species distribution per regeneration strategy shows that most of the species preferentially regenerate by seedling (84.1 %), slightly by shoots of stumps (12.4 %) and scarcely by sucker (3.5 %). …”
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From flower to fruit: fruit growth and development in olive (Olea europaea L.)—a review by Adolfo Rosati, Enrico Maria Lodolini, Franco Famiani

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Exploring Instagram Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of DMO in central region of Portugal by Vítor Sá, Lígia Azevedo, José Antonio Fraiz Brea

“…An analysis of the frequency of posts per day of the week also revealed different patterns.…”
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Hubungan Health Belief Model pada Perilaku Prevensi saat Pandemi Covid-19 di Kalangan Dewasa Awal by Seno Wahyusantoso, Achmad Chusairi

“…Pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia terus berkembang, dengan 79,6% dari total kasus terdiri dari 18-45 tahun (per 20 Agustus 2020). Berbagai cara terus dikembangkan oleh ahli kesehatan untuk menekan angka penularan, salah satunya melalui pencegahan. …”
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