The psychometric properties of the Thai version of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman-Aluja personality questionnaire by Tinakon Wongpakaran, Nahathai Wongpakaran, Zsuzsanna Kövi

“…Aligned with observations in non-Western cultures, it became evident that the Sensation Seeking and Activity facets exhibited sensitivity to the Thai population’s dynamics. …”
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Gulf Coast Lupine, Lupinus westianus var. westianus by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…The species is endemic to coastal counties in the western Panhandle of Florida. Two disjunct populations are noted with Lupinus westianus var. aridorum occurring only in the central peninsula of Florida. …”
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Enseignement de l’architecture paysagère et démocratie by Zydi Teqja, Albert Karaj

“…Until the mid- seventies several new landscape architecture programs started in Western Europe. From the mid-seventies to the end of the eighties existing programs increased their number of staff members and students. …”
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Using a narrative approach in self-help groups for young people experiencing employment problems: Japanese experience by D. N. Iashin

“…It has been established that the mental state similar to the ikizurasa is not a specifically Japanese phenomenon, as it is observed in the countries with a Western mentality, in particular in Europe. A critical analysis of the socio-political assistance programmes proposed by the Japanese government is conducted, revealing their weak effectiveness when applied to subjects experiencing the ikizurasa. …”
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Object-Place Recognition Learning Triggers Rapid Induction of Plasticity-Related Immediate Early Genes and Synaptic Proteins in the Rat Dentate Gyrus by Jonathan Soulé, Zsuzsa Penke, Tambudzai Kanhema, Maria Nordheim Alme, Serge Laroche, Clive R. Bramham

“…Thus, object-place recognition triggers rapid, blade-specific upregulation of plasticity-associated immediate early genes. Furthermore, Western blot analysis of dentate gyrus homogenates demonstrated concomitant upregulation of three postsynaptic density proteins (Arc, PSD-95, and α-CaMKII) with key roles in long-term synaptic plasticity and long-term memory.…”
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Land Price Distortion, Financial Development, and Regional Innovation by Pengcheng Zhou, Ruiqi Qin, Baitang Luo, Hao Wen

“…Further analysis shows that the impact of land price distortion on improving regional innovation ability is significantly different between central or western regions and the eastern regions. This study provides empirical evidence for promoting regional innovation ability by land price distortion, which is conducive to a better understanding of the importance of reasonable land resource allocation and financial market development in the process of high-quality economic development, providing a useful insight into China’s future reform of land market and financial market.…”
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Evolution of Volatile Flavour Compounds during Fermentation of African Oil Bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth) Seeds for “Ugba” Production by C. O. Nwokeleme, J. Obeta Ugwuanyi

“…Fermented African oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth) seed is a successful and well studied seasoning and snack in parts of Western Africa. GC-MS analysis of fermenting seeds revealed a mixture of several volatile aroma compounds which changed with time and starter organism. …”
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Oxidative Stress and Cytoskeletal Reorganization in Hypertensive Erythrocytes by Ivette Martínez-Vieyra, Isaac Hernández-Rojo, Víctor Hugo Rosales-García, Aracely Evangelina Chávez-Piña, Doris Cerecedo

“…To this end, we compared the expression patterns and subcellular distribution of key cytoskeletal proteins in erythrocytes from hypertensive individuals with those from normotensive subjects using Western blot, flow cytometry, and confocal microscopy. …”
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The Effect of Educational Robotics Applications on Students' Academic Achievement and Problem-Solving Skills in Science Education by Abdullah Koray, Behice Hilal Uzuncelebi

“…The study sample consist of 36 5th grade students attending a public school in Turkey located in a district center in the Western Black Sea region. The study was carried out in a six-week period in the 2019-2020 academic year, and 19 of the students were selected as the control and 16 as the experimental group. …”
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Purification and Analysis of the CREPT Antibody from Mouse Ascites by Zhihao Xie, Jun Li, Xinbao Hao, Lu Xu

“…Furthermore, its binding force was detected by SDS-PAGE and Western blot techniques. Results. The antibody protein was successfully obtained with a purity of 1895 μg/mL with high liveness. …”
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Current Status of Plant-Based Bioactive Compounds as Therapeutics in Alzheimer’s Diseases by Dan Chen, Yun Sun

“…The pathogenesis of AD remains unclear and current Western medicines treatment are purely symptomatic, with a singular pathway, limited efficacy, and substantial toxicity and side effects. …”
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The Classification of Synoptic-Scale Eddies at 850 hPa over the North Pacific in Wintertime by Linlin Xia, Yanke Tan, Chongyin Li, Cheng Cheng

“…Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) is applied to the study of the synoptic-scale eddies at 850 hPa over the North Pacific in winter from 1948 to 2010. The western developing pattern synoptic-scale eddies (WSE) and the eastern developing pattern synoptic-scale eddies (ESE) are extracted from the first four leading modes of EOF analysis of high-pass filtered geopotential height. …”
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Linking servant leadership and career development to employee voice behaviour through engagement and commitment: evidence from State Polytechnics in East Java, Indonesia by Tri Wulida Afrianty, Hamidah Nayati Utami, Erlina Eka Sasmita, Fauzan Rismanda Rosanta Putra, Tjandra Dewi Wulandari

“…By validating the applicability of the SOR model in a non-Western, hierarchical context, this study highlights the universal mechanisms by which leadership and development policies drive employee behaviour while also emphasising the need for culturally sensitive adaptations in public sector settings.…”
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Thirty Years Later: Pregnancies in Females Perinatally Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 by Martina L. Badell, Michael Lindsay

“…The first cases of mother to child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were described more than two decades ago and since then several thousands more have been reported in western countries. In the early 1980s the majority of perinatally acquired HIV children did not survive beyond childhood. …”
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Informal gold miners with mercury toxicity: Novel asymmetrical neurological presentations by J George, E Sadiq, I Moola, S Maharaj, A Mochan

“…Here we describe the cases of two artisanal gold miners from western Johannesburg, South Africa, who presented with atypical neurological manifestations of mercury toxicity. …”
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The occurrence characteristic and dissolution mechanism of lithium-rich sediments in Salt Lake Mahai of Qaidam Basin, NW China by Yanjun Zhao, Pengyu Long, Hua Zhang, Yufei Hu, Zihao Cui, Yumeng Zhang, Minglu Zhang, Qiang Wang, Shengzhong Hu

“…Abstract The Salt Lake Mahai in Qaidam Basin, western China contains large and thick lithium-rich clay sediments that exhibit great economic potential for lithium exploration. …”
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Distance without Remoteness: The Objectivist Poetics of Nonmimetic Pain by Xavier Kalck

“…Going back (shortly) to the roots of western literacy and now little-known meditative mind-body techniques, it emphasizes the once healing value of reading with an embodied mind. …”
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The World's Evangelical Alliance and the Spanish Civil War by F Hale

“… British Christians reacted variously to the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and crossed verbal swords in the campaign for the hearts and minds of the public over this heated issue at a time when many people believed that Western civilisation and the future of Christianity in Europe were hanging in the balance. …”
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Electroacupuncture regulates ferroptosis to improve postoperative cognitive dysfunction in mice through mediating GRX1/GSK-3β/Nrf2 axis by Xiaqing Zhang, Afen Zhang, Rui Li, Mingna Jiao, Rou Wen, Rongzhi Zheng

“…HE staining was used to examine cell arrangement and cell morphology in hippocampus of mice. RT-qPCR, western blot and IHC were employed to detect abundance of genes and proteins. …”
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Landscape architecture education and democracy by Zydi Teqja, Albert Karaj

“…Until the mid- seventies several new landscape architecture programs started in Western Europe. From the mid-seventies to the end of the eighties existing programs increased their number of staff members and students. …”
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