Heavy Metal Stress and Some Mechanisms of Plant Defense Response by Abolghassem Emamverdian, Yulong Ding, Farzad Mokhberdoran, Yinfeng Xie

“…Unprecedented bioaccumulation and biomagnification of heavy metals (HMs) in the environment have become a dilemma for all living organisms including plants. HMs at toxic levels have the capability to interact with several vital cellular biomolecules such as nuclear proteins and DNA, leading to excessive augmentation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). …”
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The Effect of Mobile Marketing Design on Consumer Mobile Shopping by Junhong He, Fu Li, Zhongxiang Li, Hongxiu Liu

“…The rapid popularity of mobile shopping makes people’s lives more convenient, but it also makes it easier for customers to change providers. …”
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Checkmate to Bioethics? by Fabio Alberto Garzón Díaz

“…In the name of the editorial board of Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética and my own, we dedicate this issue to the heroes of this pandemic, the health professionals (doctors, nurses, para- medics, to name just a few) who have risked their lives for the most vulnerable and feeble, those who have suffered the agony of this utterly heartless coronavirus disease. …”
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A dynamic system interpretation of irreducible complexity by Abraham Boyarsky, Pawel Góra

“…Our basic premise is that living organisms behave dynamically in a chaotic way while predictable periodic behavior reflects cessation of function. …”
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Is Communism Incompatible with Religion?: Islam and Communism in Haji Misbach's Thoughts (1914-1926) by Syaidina Sapta Wilandra

“…Therefore, in the normative and theological realms, Misbach still believed in the truth and relevance of Islamic teachings for people's lives. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that Haji Misbach did not merely equalize or harmonize Islam with communism but also had differences in the interpretation of the ideology of communism to suit his religious life as a Muslim. …”
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Challenges and Their Possible Solutions in the Ever-Changing Lake Balaton Region by Erzsébet Peter, Kornél Németh, Tamás Molnár, Katalin Molnárné Barna

“…We are also interested in the way the political marketing for regionalisation can help the local inhabitants achieve higher living standards and form a bond with the region through small enterprises. …”
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Les recompositions territoriales de l’action publique à l’aune de la proximité by Catherine Carré, Eleni Chouli, José Frédéric Deroubaix

“…Source control implies a switch from a sector-related and technical management to a contextual water management, involving a wide range of stakeholders, interacting in order to create an optimum living environment. Proximity is here used as a category of analysis in order to understand the on-going changes; proximity is than used as a way to assess the new drainage systems; finally we focus on existing possibilities to generalise source control taking into consideration that SUDS are always related to a local context. …”
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Are “Theory of Mind” Skills in People with Epilepsy Related to How Stigmatised They Feel? An Exploratory Study by A. J. Noble, A. Robinson, A. G. Marson

“…The median age of participants was 37 years, their median years living with epilepsy were 15, and 70% had experienced seizures in the prior 12 months. …”
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No Apparent Workup for most new Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules in US Commercially-Insured Patients by Bruce S. Pyenson, Carol M. Bazell, Michael J. Bellanich, Melissa A. Caplen, Javier J. Zulueta

“…**Methods:** The primary source for this retrospective observational study was the MarketScan® 2013-2016 databases, which include information on 28 to 47 million insured lives. The newly diagnosed IPN study population consisted of members with an IPN diagnosis code on a claim in 2014 who did not have prior diagnosis of an IPN or lung cancer in 2013 and who had coverage from 2014 to 2016. …”
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The First Governor of Mecca: ʿAttāb b. Asīd, His Life and Political Activities by Ümit Eskin

“…History, while talking about the main actor, the human being,While talking about the leading actor, the human being, history selects and distinguishes people who greatly influence humanity rather than ordinary life stories and depicts these individuals according to the most salient features of their lives and characters. It describes Abel as oppressed, Kabul as cruel, Alexander as a commander, Diogenes as a philosopher, and Ibrāhīm as an admonisher, Nimrod as a dictator. …”
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Spatial working memory in a disappearing object task is impaired in female but not male dogs with chronic osteoarthritis by Melissa Smith, Joanna C. Murrell, Michael Mendl

“…Abstract Chronic pain in humans is associated with impaired working memory but it is not known whether this is the case in long-lived companion animals, such as dogs, who are especially vulnerable to developing age-related chronic pain conditions. …”
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Co odróżnia ekotoksykologię od ekologii? by Bożena Sosak-Świderska

“…Ecotoxicology is concerned with the toxic effects of chemical and physical agents on living organisms, especially on populations and communities within defined ecosystems; it includes the transfer pathways of those agents and their interactions with the environment. …”
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Bioacaricides in Crop Protection—What Is the State of Play? by Dejan Marčić, Ismail Döker, Haralabos Tsolakis

“…The most important microbial bioacaricides are mycopesticides, which are products manufactured from living propagules of <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> s.l. and several other acaropathogenic fungi. …”
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Family Green Financial Education Based on Local Wisdom: Exploring the Values of Coastal Communities’ Local Wisdom in Promoting Green Financial Literacy by Kurniadi Romi, Dwijayanti Novia Sri, Sari Nurmala

“…Using a qualitative ethnographic approach, this research involves Malay Jambi families living along the Batang Hari River as participants. …”
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The relationship of future anxiety with a multidimensional framework of well-being among undergraduate students: optimism and pessimism as mediators by Gülçin Güler Öztekin

“…Abstract Background Enhancing and maintaining well-being is of great importance for university students to improve their future lives. Therefore, determining the factors that promote well-being is essential. …”
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Who is American? A comprehensive analysis of the American = White/Foreign = Asian stereotype (2007–2023) by Kirsten N. Morehouse, Tessa E. S. Charlesworth, Thierry Devos, Mahzarin R. Banaji

“…Third, the strength of implicit stereotypes was modulated by age, religion, and ideology—older, Christian, and conservative respondents displayed stronger implicit American = White associations—but not gender or education. Fourth, respondents living in U.S. metropolitan areas with greater Asian representation or a history of voting for Democratic candidates exhibited weaker implicit American = White associations. …”
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Future studies of the Crisis Increases surface Temperature and Reduces the Climatic Comfort of Citizens in Tehran Metropolis by Hamideh Afsharmanesh, zahra hejazizadeh, Bohloul Alijani

“…The growth of Tehran's metropolitan area, improving living standards, expanding urbanization and industry, climate change, and the energy shortage crisis are important. …”
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Synergistic Apoptotic Effect of Crocin and Paclitaxel or Crocin and Radiation on MCF-7 Cells, a Type of Breast Cancer Cell Line by Faeze Vali, Vahid Changizi, Majid Safa

“…However, these methods could only improve the living survival. Nowadays the combined therapy including herbals such as crocin is to study for improving breast cancer treatment. …”
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Recent Advances in DNA Systems for In Situ Telomerase Activity Detection and Imaging by Shiyi Zhang, Wenjing Xiong, Shuyue Xu, Ruocan Qian

“…Techniques such as fluorescence, electrochemistry, and DNA nanotechnology are now being employed to monitor telomerase activity in living cells, providing real-time insights into cellular processes. …”
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Harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the hyporheic zone of four streams in central Slovenia by Nataša Mori, Anton Brancelj

“…A total of 24 harpacticoid species were found, 12 of which were stygobionts (i.e., species living exclusively in groundwaters). Among them, two previously unknown species for science were found. …”
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