Sustainability and livestock: a doable combination by Antonella Chiariotti

“… Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present while ensuring future generations can meet their own needs (European Commission). Rapid urbanization, increased purchasing power, and dietary change drive demand for richer diets and animal-origin proteins, leaving more than 868 million undernourished citizens worldwide and 850 million living in developing countries. …”
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The longitudinal association between multiple cardiometabolic diseases, socioeconomic status, and depressive symptoms in China by Dan Guo, Yanshang Wang, Yanan Zhao, Ruoxi Ding, Yanan Luo, Wanwei Dai, Ping He

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Identification and expression analysis of the ZF-HD gene family in castor by XU Xingyuan, HUANG Fenglan, ZHANG Chunlan, ZHU Mengyang, CUI Zhiyu, LIU Peng

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Ideas of Multipolarity in the Conceptual Frame of the Soviet Diplomacy during the Final Phases of the Great Patriotic war (1943–1945) by I. E. Magadeev

“…The author substantiates these insights by drawing upon both published and archival source materials, including the diaries and records maintained by officials within the Soviet Foreign Office, as well as documents emanating from the "Litvinov commission."While the diplomatic theories formulated by Litvinov and Maisky during the years 1943–1945 have been subject to analysis by Russian and international scholars, the majority of extant scholarship has traditionally focused on the content and nuances of their perspectives on specific international "questions." …”
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Higher stability of oat, barley and wheat accessions in their 1000 grain weight is not associated with a smaller grain size by V. I. Polonsky, A. V. Sumina, S. A. Gerasimov, A. A. Kolichenko

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Spicy food intake and overweight/obesity in rural Southwest China: findings from a cross-sectional study by Huali Xiong, Huali Xiong, Peng Zhao, Fengxun Ma, Dayi Tang, Daiqiang Liu

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Grounds and conditions for the application of preventive measures during the pre-trial investigation of corruption criminal offenses by V. V. Romaniuk, R. I. Login

“…The specified scientific search was carried out taking into account the specifics of the mechanism of commission and, accordingly, investigation of the selected category of criminal offenses. …”
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Colors of Macroalgae: Distinguishing <italic>Ulva Prolifera</italic> and <italic>Sargassum Horneri</italic> Using Sentinel-2 L2A Images by Chi Feng, Yin Xing, Minjing Wang

“…In this article, a novelty method named commission internationale de l'&#x00E9;clairage (CIE) color space of macroalgae (CIE-M) was developed to distinguish <italic>Ulva prolifera</italic> and <italic>Sargassum horneri</italic> using Sentinel-2 L2A data. …”
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The Consequences of Mining Damage and their Impact on the Natural Environment – a Case Study of Trzebinia by Krzysztof Cygańczuk, Jacek Roguski

“…The land surface movement system belongs to the group of products of the Copernicus program, which involves monitoring the land surface, and its implementation was commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA). …”
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Short-term seismic precursor anomalies in hydrogen concentration at fault gas stations along the Northern Margin Fault of the Yanqing Basin of Beijing, China by Mingbo Yang, Guiping Liu, Yuxuan Chen, Peixue Hua, Leyin Hu, Zhiguo Wang, Shanshan Wang, Xiaoru Sun, Yonggang Zhou, Haichun Zhang, Gang Feng, Xiang Gao, Yuqi Zhang

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Healthcare Workers’ SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Four Hospital Outbreaks during Delta Variant Prevalence in Sydney, Australia by Danielle Hutchinson, Mohana Kunasekaran, Haley Stone, Xin Chen, Ashley Quigley, Aye Moa, C. Raina MacIntyre

“…Concurrent PPE guidelines, set by the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), restricted the use of respirators. …”
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Early attainment of 20-hydroxyecdysone threshold shapes mosquito sexual dimorphism in developmental timing by Meichun Zhang, Han Wen, Qiang Sun, Dongjing Zhang, Yongjun Li, Andrew Xi, Xiaoying Zheng, Yu Wu, Jun Cao, Jeremy Bouyer, Zhiyong Xi

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Scale effects of physically based TOPKAPI model in reservoir inflow flood forecasting for ungauged basins by Yihua Sheng, Zhijia Li, Zhiyu Liu, Yalei Han, Jie Wang, Junfu Gong, Ning Xu

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A New Algorithm for Extracting Winter Wheat Planting Area Based on Ownership Parcel Vector Data and Medium-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Huaming Xie, Qianjiao Wu, Ting Zhang, Zhende Teng, Hao Huang, Ying Shu, Shaoru Feng, Jing Lou

“…The experimental results show that the new algorithm can effectively extract winter wheat planting area, eliminate the problem of salt-and-pepper noise, and obtain high-precision classification results (kappa = 0.9279, overall accuracy = 96.41%, user’s accuracy = 99.16%, producer’s accuracy = 93.39%, commission errors = 0.84%, and omission errors = 6.61%) when the size of ownership parcels matches the spatial resolution of remote sensing images.…”
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Evaluation of the digital diabetes prevention programme pilot: uncontrolled mixed-methods study protocol by William Henley, Elizabeth Murray, Kerry Daff, Anthi Lavida, Jenny Irwin, Jonathan Valabhji

“…National Health Service England (NHSE) is exploring the potential of a digital diabetes prevention programme (DDPP) and has commissioned a pilot with embedded evaluation.Methods and analysis This study aims to determine whether, and if so, how, should NHSE implement a national DDPP, using a mixed-methods pretest and post-test design, underpinned by two theoretical frameworks: the Coventry, Aberdeen and London - Refined (CALO-RE) taxonomy of behavioural change techniques for the digital interventions and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) for implementation processes. …”
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Forensic tactics: a review of the formation history and current trends by O. P. Shaituro

“…It is noted that forensic tactics in the modern interpretation is considered as part of criminology, as a system of scientific provisions and recommendations for the organization and planning of pre-trial and judicial investigation, which are developed on the basis of determining the optimal course of action examination of evidence and establishment of circumstances that contributed to the commission of the crime. However, such views of scientists on the essence of forensic tactics have not always existed. …”
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War and criminal law policy of Ukraine: challenges and responses by Yu. V. Orlov, N. O. Pribytkova

“…The empirical basis of the study is made up of the materials of 225 court verdicts for the commission of criminal offenses provided for by Articles 111, 111-1, 111-2, 114-2, 436-2, 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, as well as the results of expert assessments and surveys of 92 employees of pre-trial investigation bodies of the National of the police, 35 employees of the prosecutor’s office, 30 investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions. …”
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Subseasonal forecasts of heat waves in West African cities by C. G. Ngoungue Langue, C. G. Ngoungue Langue, C. Lavaysse, C. Lavaysse, C. Flamant

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Construction and characterization of an infectious cDNA clone of turtle grass virus X from a naturally infected Thalassia testudinum plant by Luis Alvarado-Marchena, Bradley T. Furman, Mya Breitbart

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ENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING IN UKRAINE: PERSPECTIVES AND RISKS by Liudmyla Gudz

“…The Council of Europe and the Venice Commission have formulated principles and standards for the use of information and communication technologies in electoral processes, which include security, transparency, and respect for fundamental human rights. …”
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