Multiscale Granger dependencies in the precipitation network of the island of Sicily by Vera Pecorino, Alessandro Pluchino, Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, Andrea Rapisarda, Andrea Rapisarda, Kateřina Hlaváčková-Schindler

“…The island of Sicily has been displaying unusual rainfall behavior and unexpected extreme precipitation events in recent decades. …”
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Structural, elastic, electronic, magnetic and thermal properties of X3FeO4 (X = mg, ca and Sr) materials by Mohammed El Amine Monir, Abdelkarim Bendoukha Reguig, M. A. Ghebouli, K. Bouferrache, Faisal Katib Alanazi, M. Fatmi, H. Bouandas

“…Furthermore, the magnetic moments of the studied compounds are calculated in order to claim their half-metallicity behavior. The p-d hybridization between the 3d-Fe and 2p-O states generates weak magnetic moments in the non-magnetic X and O sites, and decreases the Fe atomic moment relative to its free space charge of 4 µB. …”
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A sustainable and green method for controlling acidic corrosion on mild steel using leaves of Araucaria heterophylla by Vanshika Singh, Sudesh Kumar, Ashish Sihmar, Hariom Dahiya, Jyoti Rani, Suresh Kumar, Gholamreza Abdi, Maryam Abbasi Tarighat

“…Abstract There are several studies that announce the inhibitory behavior of this sort of substance to strengthen the shield of metals, which is one of the positive benefits of green inhibitors. …”
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WATER QUALITY FOR IRRIGATION: HISTORICAL AND CURRENT SITUATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER by Maria Luján Masseroni, Carolina Manuela Aumassanne, Paolo Daniel Sartor, Carlos Damian Zamora, Dardo Roy Fontanella

“…The annual and inter annual behavior of the parameters in this period was analyzed regarding the monthly average values of the historical series that belong to the Ente Provincial del Río Colorado (Government of La Pampa). …”
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Influence of Infill Wall Configuration on Failure Modes of RC Frames by Xiaojie Zhou, Xiaoyuan Kou, Quanmin Peng, Jintao Cui

“…An improper configuration of masonry infill walls in RC frame may lead to short column effect on the columns, which is harmful to the seismic behavior of the structure. In this study, a bare frame and two single-story, single-bay RC frames, partially infilled with masonry, were tested under cyclic loading. …”
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Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining in Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and the Metaverse: A Systematic Literature Review, Content Analysis, and Bibliometric Analysis by Georgios Lampropoulos, Georgios Evangelidis

“…The real-time identification, tracking, monitoring, analysis, and visualization of multimodal learning data of students’ behavior, emotions, cognitive and affective states and the overall learning and teaching processes emerged as a significant benefit that contributes greatly to the realization of adaptive and personalized learning. …”
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Energy evolution characteristics and failure mechanism of coal confined by CFRP jackets subjected to different loading rates by Qingwen Li, Mengjiao Xu, Wenxia Li, Chuangchuang Pan, Mengmeng Yu

“…Therefore, studying the energy dissipation and failure behavior of CFRP confined coal samples subjected to different loading rates is crucial for reducing the risk of accidents caused by coal pillar instability.…”
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Clinically probable RBD is an early predictor of malignant non-motor Parkinson’s disease phenotypes by Alfonso Enrique Martinez-Nunez, Hunter Hutchinson, Patricia Coutinho, Filipe Pereira Sarmento, Venkat Srikar Lavu, Qingqi Yuan, Jagan Mohan Reddy Dwarampudi, Aysegul Gunduz, Gregory M. Pontone, Michael S. Okun, Joshua K. Wong

“…Abstract Non-motor symptoms (NMS) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) significantly impact quality of life, especially in later stages. REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) affects approximately 42% of all PD patients and frequently precedes motor PD symptoms. …”
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Self-Related Health, Physical Activity and Complaints in Swedish High School Students by Marie Alricsson, Bodil J. Landstad, Ulla Romild, Suzanne Werner

“…A questionnaire was completed at school and included questions about self-related health, physical activity behavior, type of physical activity/sport, intensity, duration, possible injuries or complaints, and absence from physical training at school, during the last 3 months. …”
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Investigation of Chitosan-Based Hydrogels and Polycaprolactone-Based Electrospun Fibers as Wound Dressing Materials Based on Mechanical, Physical, and Chemical Characterization by Barkin Aydin, Nihat Arol, Nimet Burak, Aybala Usta, Muhammet Ceylan

“…The authors encourage experimentation with different configurations of these nanofiber and hydrogel stackings to observe their mechanical behavior under real-life conditions in future studies.…”
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Climate change heterogeneity: A new quantitative approach. by María Dolores Gadea Rivas, Jesús Gonzalo

“…In the two cases, the warming process accelerates (non-linear behavior) over time and is asymmetrically amplified. …”
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Automatic monitoring of treated water released from wastewater treatment plants using model-based clustering with density estimation by Sheik Faritha Begum, K Lokeshwaran

“…In this research, the plant’s behavior over 527 days are under consideration. Model-based density clustering algorithm discovers 3 clusters, with half lying in size range of 14–89 and a maximum size of 352. …”
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Genetic markers for the resistance of honey bee to Varroa destructor by M. D. Kaskinova, L. R. Gaifullina, E. S. Saltykova, A. V. Poskryakov, A. G. Nikolenko

“…The first part discusses the basic mechanisms of bee resistance (Varroa sensitive hygienic behavior and grooming) and methods for their assessment. …”
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Evaluation and Immunolocalization of BMP4 and FGF8 in Odontogenic Cyst and Tumors by Neeti Swarup, Meghanand T. Nayak, Zoya Chowdhary, Monica Mehendiratta, Shikha Khatana, Su Jung Choi, Chandarani Sagolsem

“…Thus, any discrepancies in their standard behavior and activity would lead to serious abnormalities including odontogenic cyst and tumors. …”
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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

“…At increasing RH levels, both VOCs partitioning onto in/organic aerosol particles exhibited similar behavior (exponential) consistent to those observed for 1,2-dichlorobenzene, therefore, insensitive to the polarity. …”
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Social mechanisms for countering corruption in the digital society’s youth environment by M. V. Kibakin, G. G. Korablev

“…The characteristic of sociological research conducted by the authors has been given and also the results of ranking and of determining the weight characteristics of such anti-corruption mechanisms have been outlined, as: the inevitability of responsibility for corruption offenses, publicity and openness of activities of state bodies and bodies of local self-government, implementation of the principles of “legality” and “recognition, maintenance and protection of fundamental human and civil rights and freedoms in Russia”, the integrated use of political, organizational, awareness-raising, socio-economic, legal, special and other measures, priority application of measures to prevent corruption, creating attitudes among the population not to accept corrupt actions as a way to solve their problems, forming a legal consciousness among young people that rejects corruption as an acceptable form of behavior and acceptable social practice for achieving success in life, cooperation between the state and civil society institutions, international organizations and individuals, development of digital technologies and virtual services in the system of corruption prevention, training and training of personnel in the field of theory and practice of corruption prevention, creation of public councils under the authorities with the participation of representatives of civil society, public opinion leaders, scientists, artists to develop measures to prevent corruption. …”
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Daily Performance of Adolescents with Executive Function Deficits: An Empirical Study Using a Complex-Cooking Task by Yael Fogel, Sara Rosenblum, Renana Hirsh, Mathilde Chevignard, Naomi Josman

“…Participants were 41 adolescents (aged 10–14 years) with normal intellectual function and executive function deficit profiles based on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) parent reports and self-reports (BRIEF-SR) and the WebNeuro and 40 controls with typical development matched by age and gender. …”
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Applications of unmanned vehicle systems for multi-spatial scale monitoring and management of aquatic ecosystems: A review by Xingzhen Liu, Long Ho, Stijn Bruneel, Peter Goethals

“…Our findings reveal a 12-fold increase in UVS applications in aquatic research during this period, with 60–70 % focusing on habitat monitoring and animal behavior research, and less than 10 % addressing algal blooms and eutrophication. …”
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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

“…In this work, the DRX behavior and texture evolution of Mg-8Gd-1Er-0.5Zr alloy hot compressed with strain rates of 0.1 s−1, 1 s−1, 10 s−1 and 50 s−1 are studied, and the corresponding dominant mechanisms for DRX and texture weakening are discussed. …”
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Premature Mortality from Colorectal Cancer by Ronaldo Valdés Villafranca, Suleidy Pérez García, Ángel Ernesto Ramos Cordero, Suniel Pérez García, Rubén Valdés Villafranca, Elvis Hernández

“…There is a lack of knowledge of the premature mortality behavior from this cause in the Pinar del Río province in the last five years. …”
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