CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND-BASED CONFLICT: THE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA by OGUIKE MIRIAM ADAEZE UJU

“…The adverse effect of climate change through drought, deforestation, flood, extreme weather condition, decline in soil texture, herders/farmers conflict, diseases and health issues, displacement, low human and physical capital, decrease in income, inequitable land distribution, poor infrastructure, etc, have caused poverty and food insecurity, etc. …”
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The BES1/BZR1 transcriptional factor SlBES2 regulates photosynthetic apparatus in tomato fruit by Ming Huang, Wenjing Liu, Deding Su, Ghassen Abid, Baowen Huang, Zhengguo Li

“…Further verification revealed that SlBES2 can significantly repress the transcriptional activity of SlNYC1 and Green-Flesh, and physically interact with protein SlHY5. Conclusions Collectively, this study demonstrated that SlBES2 plays an important role in regulating fruit photosynthetic apparatus development through either transcriptional repression of genes involved in chlorophyll breakdown, or posttranscriptional regulation of proteins associated with plant photomorphogenesis and chloroplast development. …”
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Examining the Self-Efficacy Levels of Wrestling Referees by Tarık Erdem, Abdil Arı

“…The 18-question “Referee Self-Efficacy Scale” (HÖYÖ), which was developed in 2012 and adapted into Turkish by Karaçam and Pulur 2017 with the addition of the physical proficiency factor, was used. According to the results of the research; The inter-variable relations of all participants are presented as correlation coefficients. …”
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Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City Center by Roza Abdullatif Radha, Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin, Alan Faraydoon Ali

“…This paper report results from assessing and comparing the physical characters of the six major interconnecting streets (Mawlawy, Kawa, Sabunkaran, Peramerd, Goran, and Bekas streets) in the center of Sulaimani city. …”
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The effect of blue-blocking intraocular lenses on circadian biological rhythm: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CLOCK-IOL colour study) by Taiji Hasegawa, Kenji Obayashi, Kimie Miyata, Tetsuo Ueda, Norio Kurumatani, Keigo Saeki, Nahoko Ogata, Hiroki Tsujinaka, Mariko Yamashita, Tomo Nishi, Nobuhiro Tone, Naonori Masuda, Yutarou Mizusawa, Masahiro Okamoto, Shinji Maruoka, Masashi Kojima, Toyoaki Matsuura

“…Secondary outcomes are fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, glycated haemoglobin, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness depressive symptoms, light sensitivity, the circadian rhythm of physical activity, wrist skin temperature and urinary melatonin metabolite. …”
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Bar Instability and Formation Timescale across Toomre’s Q Parameter and Central Mass Concentration: Slow Bar Formation or True Stability by T. Worrakitpoonpon

“…Of importance is that, as suggested by cosmological simulations, disk galaxies have a limited time of ~8 Gyr in the Universe’s timeline to evolve secularly, starting when they became physically and kinematically steady to prompt the bar instability. …”
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Fabrication of a vermifiltration unit for wastewater recycling and performance of vermifiltered water (vermiaqua) on onion (Allium cepa) by Chandrajeet Kumar, Ashok K. Ghosh

“…Conclusions Earthworms upgraded the performance of fabricated systems having integrated methods (biological, chemical and physical) of wastewater purification. Morphological and cytological studies revealed vermiaqua highly promoted the root germination without any chromosomal abnormalities.…”
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Simultaneous paratesticular liposarcomas with histopathological differences. A Case report by Pedro León Acosta, Pedro Rosales Torres

“…The purpose of this work is to present a case of simultaneous paratesticular liposarcomas with different histological types, in an 80-years-old male patient with a health history and low socioeconomic level; For two years he had been experiencing an increase in volume in the left inguinal region and ipsilateral testicle, which at first was painless; Then, as it increased in size, it became painful, covering the entire right inguinoscrotal region. Physical examination, including transillumination sign, was negative. …”
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Progress Analysis and Development Prospects of Soil Ecological and Environmental Effects of Interlayer Construction by JIA Zhenjiang, WU Yangyang, LI Wangcheng, MA Dongxiang, CHEN Jihong, GAO Susu, NIU Xiaoxiao, XU Tianyuan

“…[Methods] The effects and regulation mechanisms of interlayer construction on soil physical structure, soil water-salt-heat, soil nutrient status, soil enzyme activities, soil microbial properties, and crop productivity were comprehensively addressed. …”
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Venipuncture-Induced Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Foad Elahi, Chandan G. Reddy

“…The patient’s pain did not improve with multiple medications, physical therapy, or several nerve blocks. The patient demonstrated all the signs and symptoms of chronic neuropathic pain of CRPS in the upper extremity with minimal response to the continuous pain management. …”
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Comparison of Bullying and Social Exclusion between Boy and Girl High School Students of Isfahan City by Ziba Karimi, Bahman Kord Tamini

“…Therefore, according to the results of this research, it can be concluded that one of the reasons why boy students engage in physical aggression compared to girl students is their defensive behavior in front of self-protection. …”
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SPECIAL ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY COURSE CONTENT OF WOULD-BE CHEMISTRY TEACHERS TRAINING IN PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY by Natalia V. Sukhankina

“…The substantial reduction in quality analysis section has resulted in increase in the number of hours in general chemistry courses assigned for physical and chemical methods of chemical elements and biological objects qualitative and quantitative analysis. …”
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Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency among individuals with Fontan palliation: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Firyal Khansa, Chairul Ichwan, Muhammad Haneef Ghifari, Muhammad Brilliant Daffa, Farah Rizky Nadia, Putri Oktaviani Zulfa, Derren David Christian Homenta Rampengan, Amanda Yufika, Naufal Gusti, Muhammad Iqhrammullah

“…Individuals with Fontan circulation have limited physical activity and sun exposure, which might further contribute to Vitamin D deficiency. …”
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Multimessenger Probes of Supermassive Black Hole Spin Evolution by Angelo Ricarte, Priyamvada Natarajan, Ramesh Narayan, Daniel C. M. Palumbo

“…Spin distributions from these future observed samples can be used to constrain the detailed physical properties of the accretion flow on horizon scales around SMBHs.…”
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Application of improved and efficient image repair algorithm in rock damage experimental research by Mingzhe Xu, Xianyin Qi, Diandong Geng

“…Based on this, the analysis of rock damage is conducted using the repaired strain nephograms, achieving a closer correlation with the actual physical processes of rock damage compared to conventional digital image technology and acoustic emission techniques. …”
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A Novel Multi-Fidelity Support Vector Classification Method for Boundary Prediction in Engineering Applications by Jinliang Luo, Lingzhi Liu, Youwei He, Kuan Tan

“…Traditional methods often rely heavily on high-fidelity physical experiments or numerical simulations, which are prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. …”
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A hybrid stochastic-interval Mean–CVaR model for the wind-storage system offering strategy under uncertainties by Ziang Wang, Xiuli Wang, Zhicheng Wang, Jing Huang, Xiancheng Ren, Mengfu Tu

“…The scenario generation is aligned with the physical information model. Then, a virtual decision pre-construction and evaluation model is established to minimize the decision error. …”
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Directional Topography Influences Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Plasticity: Prospects for Tissue Engineering and Fibrosis by Gabriel Romero Liguori, Qihui Zhou, Tácia Tavares Aquinas Liguori, Guilherme Garcia Barros, Philipp Till Kühn, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Patrick van Rijn, Martin C. Harmsen

“…Progenitor cells cultured on biomaterials with optimal physical-topographical properties respond with alignment and differentiation. …”
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Mercury (II) adsorption process from an aqueous solution through activated carbon blended with fresh pistachio green shell powder by Reza Davarnejad, Saeedeh Afshar, Masoud Pirhadi, Matineh Mirhosseini

“…The fresh pistachio green shell powder blended with activated carbon could physically adsorb (physisorption process) mercury (II) from an aqueous wastewater.…”
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How May Coexisting Frailty Influence Adherence to Treatment in Elderly Hypertensive Patients? by Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Anna Chudiak, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Grzegorz Mazur

“…The prevalence of the FS and its three components (physical, psychological, social) significantly affected (p <0.05) the global score of the Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale and all subscales: “reduced sodium intake”, “appointment keeping”, and “antihypertensive medication taking”. …”
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