Research on the impact of climate change on green and low-carbon development in agriculture by Jie Cai, Pan Zheng, Yiwei Xie, Zhimin Du, Xiaojing Li

“…The western region is primarily affected by abnormal precipitation.3) The inhibitory effect of accumulated temperature on GLDA in China has been alleviated by agricultural technological advancements; however, their influence on precipitation anomalies is restricted. …”
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Dependence on Humidity and Aerosol Composition of the Gas-particle Partitioning of Weakly and Moderately Polar VOCs by Jeonghyeon Ahn, Guiying Rao, Eric P. Vejerano

“…However, at a similar RH level, polarity affects the mass fraction of the VOCs that sorbed onto the aerosol particles.…”
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Mechanical and Durability Performance of High-Strength Concrete with Waste Tyre Steel Fibres by Daudi Salezi Augustino, Richard Ocharo Onchiri, Charles Kabubo, Christopher Kanali

“…The increase in fibre length and content affected both the durability properties and the flowability of the concrete, and as for length (60 mm) and 1% content, concrete had a slump of 77.8% lesser compared to the control mix. …”
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The Influence of Depression and Anxiety on Neurological Disability in Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Vitalie Văcăraș, Veronica Văcăraș, Cristina Nistor, Daniela Văcăraș, Adrian Nicolae Opre, Petronela Blaga, Dafin F. Mureșanu

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), affecting mostly young-aged people. As a chronic incurable disease, in most cases, it can lead to progressive neurological impairment and severe disability. …”
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Evaluation of common COL2A1 gene variants in Iranian patients suspected with Stickler syndrome type I by Fatemeh Abolhasani, Hossein Abdali, Mohammad Kazemi, Bijan Movahedian Attar, Fatemeh Derakhshandeh, Majid Hosseinzadeh

“…Molecular analysis which conducted to screen the COL2A1 gene of patients, identified two different variants, including a novel nonsense variant, (c.1030C>T), consistent with dominantly inherited Stickler syndrome type I, also synonymous mutation (c.213C>T) affecting in exon 2, which have been reported in database. …”
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miR-124-3p Combined with ANGPTL2 Has High Diagnostic Values for Obese and Nonobese Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Hongmei Dai, Fangting Liu, Jianshu Lu, Yan Yang, Pingping Liu

“…Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder that affects 5–20% of women of reproductive age. Interestingly, serum miR-124-3p and ANGPTL2 are differentially expressed in PCOS patients. …”
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LncRNA LOXL1-AS1 Promotes the Proliferation and Metastasis of Medulloblastoma by Activating the PI3K/AKT Pathway by Ran Gao, Rui Zhang, Cuicui Zhang, Yingwu Liang, Weining Tang

“…Western blot analysis further revealed that knockdown of LOXL1-AS1 decreased the phosphorylated levels of PI3K and AKT without affecting their total protein levels. These results suggest that LncRNA LOXL1-AS1 promoted the proliferation and metastasis of medulloblastoma by activating the PI3K-AKT pathway, providing evidence that knockdown of LncRNA LOXL1-AS1 might be a potential therapeutic strategy against medulloblastoma.…”
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The Types of Religious Identity of Chechen Students by М. Т. Khaskhanova, M. V. Vereshchagina

“…However, scientific publications cover mainly sociological aspects of the problem, and its psychological component remains insufficiently investigated, which largely determines the social behaviour of a person and affects the process of his or her socialisation. In view of the interest shown by the scientific community in Arab-Muslim culture, appropriate psychological research should be carried out in Muslim-dominated regions. …”
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Efficiency of functioning of the staff development system at the enterprise by Мykola Dziamulych

“…Based on this, it was determined that the practical implementation of programs to improve professional competence can directly affect the efficiency of the enterprise's production activities…”
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Functional Analysis of Genes Encoding Juvenile Hormone Receptor <i>Met</i> and Transcription Factor <i>Kr-h1</i> in the Reproductive Capacity of <i>Coccinella septempunctata</i> Ma... by Ying Cheng, Yuhang Zhou, Cao Li

“…Our results show that <i>Met</i> and <i>Kr-h1</i> have important roles in regulating reproduction by directly affecting testes development in males and egg production in females.…”
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Strain rate dependence of dynamic recrystallization and texture evolution in hot compressed Mg-Gd-Er-Zr alloy by Ning Ding, Wenbo Du, Shubo Li, Ke Liu, Xian Du, Zijian Yu

“…Hot deformation with high strain rate has been paid more attention due to its high efficiency and low cost, however, the strain rate dependent dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and texture evolution in hot deformation process, which affect the formability of metals, are lack of study. …”
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Evaluation of the Accumulation Conditions and Favorable Areas of Shale Gas in the Upper Palaeozoic Marine-Continental Transitional Facies in the Daning-Jixian Area, Ordos Basin by Xu Zeng, Wei Wang, Qian Cao, Shangwen Zhou, Guodong Dong, Aiming Wang, Zhixin Chen, Hua Mei

“…The primary controlling factors affecting shale gas reservoirs in this area are the abundance of organic matter, thermal maturity, shale thickness, and quartz content. …”
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Effects of a Distributed Form of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Clinical Application: The Keys Treatment Protocol by Sarah dos Anjos, Mary Bowman, David Morris

“…Participants wore a restraint mitt on the less-affected UE during waking hours and used an adapted transfer package. …”
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Response of Malt Barley (Hordeum Distichum L) Varieties to Different Row Spacing under Contrasted Environments of North Gondar, Ethiopia by Amare Assefa Bogale, Ketema Niguse, Awoke Wasae, Shegaw Habitu

“…The result sowed that days to 50% heading, days to 90% physiological maturity, plant height, spike length, and number of kernels per spike were significantly (p<0.01) affected by the main effect of location and varieties. …”
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Estimating BMI distributions by age and sex for local authorities in England: a small area estimation study by Peter Scarborough, Ben Amies-Cull, Linda Cobiac, Jane Wolstenholme

“…Validation showed close concordance with previous estimates by local area and demographic groups.Conclusion This work updated previous estimates of the distribution of BMI in England and contributes considerable additional detail to our understanding of the local epidemiology of overweight and obesity. Raised BMI now affects the vast majority of demographic groups by age, sex and area in England, regardless of geography or deprivation.…”
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Effects of Trigger Point Dry Needling on Strength Measurements and Activation Levels of the Gluteus Medius: A Quasi-Experimental Randomized Control Study by Eric Schneider, Elizabeth S. Moore, Rob Stanborough, Emily Slaven

“… # Purpose To investigate whether the application of trigger point dry needling (TDN) to latent trigger points within the gluteus medius musculature affected strength measurements and muscle activation levels immediately following intervention…”
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Flow-induced fiber orientation in gas-powered projectile-assisted injection molded parts by Zhang Wei, Wu Jun-wei, Kuang Tang-Qing, Liu He-Sheng

“…The results also showed that gas injection delay time was the main factor affecting the fiber orientation states within the G-PAIM part, and a shorter gas injection delay time could remarkably induce more ordered fiber orientation along the melt direction. …”
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Pilot study: Initial investigation suggests differences in EMT-associated gene expression in breast tumor regions by Kylie L. King, Hamed Abdollahi, Zoe Dinkel, Alannah Akins, Homayoun Valafar, Heather Dunn

“…Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype and disproportionately affects African American women. The development of breast cancer is highly associated with interactions between tumor cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM), and recent research suggests that cellular components of the ECM vary between racial groups. …”
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The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources by Alessandro Mancuso

“…Any attempt of “reconstruction” of the form, meaning and context the ka’ulayawaa festivals, and of their place in the Wayùu “socio-cosmology” must take in account not only the convergences and the divergences in the descriptions present in the ethnographic documentation available, but also, and above all, the continuous processes of change that have affected the Wayùu, at least in the last five centuries and, with an accelerated pace, in the last hundred years, and to which their sociocultural forms dynamically adapted. …”
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Methods to address functional unblinding of raters in CNS trials by Steven D. Targum, William P. Horan, Vicki G. Davis, Alan Breier, Stephen K. Brannan

“…Abstract Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) associated with the unique properties of a pharmaceutical product may functionally unblind clinician ratings, obscure true medication effects, and affect confidence about clinical trial results. Central nervous system studies are particularly susceptible to functional unblinding because they rely on relatively subjective symptom assessments. …”
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