Shifting alpine plant distributions with global change: Testing the environmental matching hypothesis by Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Jane G. Smith, Katharine N. Suding

“…Species facing novel temperature, precipitation, and nitrogen (N) deposition regimes must move or adapt to persist. For long-lived plants, a primary form of climate acclimation is through shifting geographic range limits or establishing in favorable microclimates. …”
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Structural Angle and Power Images Reveal Interrelated Gray and White Matter Abnormalities in Schizophrenia by Lai Xu, Tülay Adali, David Schretlen, Godfrey Pearlson, Vince D. Calhoun

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The Effect of Season and Meteorological Conditions on Parasite Infection in Farm-Maintained Mouflons (Ovis aries Musimon) by B. Pilarczyk, A. Tomza-Marciniak, R. Pilarczyk, N. Sadowska, J. Udała, J. Kuba

“…Due to their limited environment, farm animals are at greater risk of parasitic infection than free-living animals, which also have greater natural resistance to parasitic diseases. …”
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La tardive floraison des campagnes. L’architecture moderniste des kolkhozes dans l’Estonie soviétique by Mart Kalm

“…Within the new economic conditions, collective enterprises fairly blossomed in the 1960s and 70s in Estonia. The higher living standards provided by the collective farms even managed to slow down urbanisation, and the new settlement patterns established by the collective farms, along with the infrastructure that developed, helped establish the right conditions for the growth of ambitious modernist architecture. …”
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A RESEARCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AND DOPAMINE DRIVEN FEEDBACK by Gamze Macit, Hüseyin Bilal Macit, Orhan Güngör

“…Human relationships in societies consisted of face-to-face relationships until the middle of the 20th century. Throughout their lives, people have established social relationships with a limited number of people, sharing their sadness and happiness with them. …”
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Du lexique aux talismans : occurrences de la peste dans la Corne de l’Afrique du XIIIe au XVe siècle by Marie-Laure Derat

“…Many Ethiopian written sources refer to pandemics shaking the kingdom and causing thousands of deaths. Chronicles and lives of Saints abound in scattered notations on the need to bury the victims of these pandemics with a particular process. …”
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L’arbre à Tunis : hypothèses pour une histoire de l’espace public by Myriam Bennour-Azooz, Pierre Donadieu, Taoufik Bettaieb

“…On one hand, the wealthy Tunisians, wanting access to the modern living, inhabited neighborhood which combined new European-style (large imposing avenue trees) and Tunisian traditions (large garden planted with citrus and aromatic species). …”
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Critiquing representations of intellectual disability in occupation-based literature by Rachel Reparon, Pamela Block, Ann Fudge Schormans, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Gail Teachman

“…Background Within and beyond occupation-based scholarship, concerns abound regarding the pervasiveness of discourses that promote a negative, deficit-based view of intellectual disability and associated consequences for disabled people’s lives. Such representations risk reducing the complexities of human doing and being and can limit the occupational possibilities of this group. …”
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The Impact of Stokvel and Banking Sector Efficiency: an Econometrics Model using (ARDL) Approach to Cointegration by Ngcobo, Lindiwe

“…Background: Despite playing second fiddle to formal banking institutions, stokvel are community-based savings schemes aimed at improving the lives of low- and middle-income earners. Aim: The aims are to attempts to capture the relationship between stokvel and banking sector development across its proxy of banking sector efficiency. …”
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Soil Contamination by Metals/Metalloids around an Industrial Region and Associated Human Health Risk Assessment by Hale Demirtepe

“…This study only considered soil exposure pathways; hence, a comprehensive risk assessment is deemed necessary not to underestimate the risk of living around an industrial region. Nevertheless, the study provided crucial information for the current hot spots for metal(loid)s in the region and human exposure level.…”
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URBAN POPULATION DYNAMICS IN USA AND THE ECONOMICS by Valentin Gabriel CRISTEA

“…In this article, we will explore the impact of rapid urbanization on the USA's population dynamics. As someone who has lived in both rural and urban areas, I have always been fascinated by the growth of urbanization. …”
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PROTEOMIC PROFILING OF BLOOD-BASED BIOMARKERS IN THE EARLY DETECTION OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE by Syeda Uroosa Hashmi, Fahad Farooq Lasi

“… Dementia is a massive public health issue affecting a large number of the population and according to an estimate, approximately 115.4 million people will be living with this neurodegenerative disorder by 2050. …”
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“What Scares Me Is the Speed at Which Artificial Intelligence Is Developing”: Students' Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Foreign Language Teaching by N. V. Tikhonova, G. M. Ilduganova

“…As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes an integral part of our daily lives, the concern of the teaching community about the illegal use of these technologies in the educational process is increasing. …”
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Useful Learning From Bachelor's Thesis to Professional Nursing Practice: A Qualitative Interview Study by Ani Henttonen RN, PhD, Marianne Teräs RN, PHN, M Health Sc, PhD, Max Scheja PhD, Bjöörn Fossum RN, PhD, Margareta Westerbotn RN, RM, MSN Ed

“…However, the role of academic tasks, such as writing a bachelor's thesis, is less recognized for its contributions to nurses’ working lives and overall professional development. Objective This study aimed to explore registered nurses’ perceptions of the process of bachelor's thesis and its perceived usefulness in professional nursing careers. …”
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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty as Treatment for Rotator Cuff-Tear Arthropathy and Shoulder Dislocations in an Elderly Male with Parkinson’s Disease by John G. Skedros, James S. Smith, Tanner D. Langston, Micheal G. Adondakis

“…This was partially attributed to the fact that he had moved to an assisted living center. He also began using an electric wheelchair one year after the RTSA. …”
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A Comparison Study of Masturbating and Non masturbating Female and their Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in India by R. Vikhram Ramasubramanian, Veerabalajikumar

“…Background and Aim: Sexual and marital well-being is a crucial aspect of overall happiness and fulfillment in our lives. Masturbation, on the other hand, refers to the act of self-stimulation for sexual pleasure. …”
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Limbal Stem Cells from Aged Donors Are a Suitable Source for Clinical Application by Nuria Nieto-Nicolau, Eva M. Martínez-Conesa, Ricardo P. Casaroli-Marano

“…Cadaveric donors represent the most important source of LSC allografts for treatment of bilateral LSCD when living relative donors are not available. To evaluate the suitability of aged cadaveric donors for LSCT, we compared three pools of LSC from donors of different ages (<60 years, 60–75 years, and >75 years). …”
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RGD-Human Serum Albumin Conjugates as Efficient Tumor Targeting Probes by Kai Chen, Jin Xie, Xiaoyuan Chen

“…One major drawback, however, is their short blood circulation half-lives, which greatly compromises their targeting efficacy. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Municipalities of Kathmandu, Nepal by Raja Ram Dhungana, Achyut Raj Pandey, Bihungum Bista, Suira Joshi, Surya Devkota

“…This study demonstrated that the people living in newly established municipalities of Kathmandu, Nepal, have a high burden of hypertension as well as its associated factors. …”
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Empowering Women: A Reflection on Protecting Against Dating Violence In the Indonesian Context by Ani Purwanti, Zahroh Shaluhiyah, Bagoes Widjanarko, Aga Natalis

“…The study reveals that a substantial portion of women aged 15 to 64, specifically 33.4%, have experienced instances of physical and sexual violence throughout their lives. Notably, sexual violence constitutes a significant share of reported incidents at 34.4%, surpassing physical violence, which accounts for a comparatively lower proportion of 19.6%. …”
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