Uncovering the drivers, impacts, and urgent solutions to soil erosion in the Ethiopian Highlands: a global perspective on local challenges by Degfie Teku, Tarekegn Derbib

“…Soil erosion in the Ethiopian Highlands is a critical environmental challenge, driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors such as deforestation, overgrazing, unsustainable agricultural practices, and climatic variability. …”
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Time-Series Image-Based Automated Monitoring Framework for Visible Facilities: Focusing on Installation and Retention Period by Seonjun Yoon, Hyunsoo Kim

“…In the construction industry, ensuring the proper installation, retention, and dismantling of temporary structures, such as jack supports, is critical to maintaining safety and project timelines. …”
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Severe Acute Pulmonary Toxicity Associated with Brentuximab in a Patient with Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma by Yasmin Sabet, Saul Ramirez, Elizabeth Rosell Cespedes, Marimer Rensoli Velasquez, Mateo Porres-Muñoz, Sumit Gaur, Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Mateo Porres-Aguilar

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Healthcare Employee Well-Being and Work-Related Stress Factors: Evaluating the Mediating Influence of Perceived Organisational Support by S. K. Sindu Bharathi, S. Sujatha

“…This points to the significance of healthcare organisations' responsiveness and support in enhancing the well-being of their employees and implies that these factors are critical in lowering stress and turnover rates in work settings. …”
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Targeted Sanctions: a Tool of Foreign Policy, Unfair Competition or Global Social Engineering? by L. L. Fituni

“…The article is devoted to a critical analysis of some common approaches to the study of the problems of «targeted» sanctions in the theory and practice of international relations and the use of sanctions as a means of achieving geostrategic objectives, including such ambitious ones as social constructivism and social engineering on national, regional and global scales. …”
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Pesticide Residues and Associated Public Health Risks in Vegetables from Irrigated Farms Adjacent to Rift Valley Lake Ziway, Ethiopia by Asrat Fekadu Demsie, Girma Tilahun Yimer, Solomon Sorsa Sota

“…The carcinogenic health risk (CHR) showed that heptachlor epoxide in adults and children and only heptachlor in children had CHR > acceptable limit (10−4) for tomato and onion. Therefore, it is critical to raise awareness among stakeholders while simultaneously implementing sound monitoring policy actions to protect the ecosystem and the health of the population in the study area and beyond.…”
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Developing a DEM and Elucidating through SWAT to Conserve Soil in Kulfo Watershed of Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia by Melkamu Teshome Ayana, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh, Abera Ermias Koshuma, Aschalew Cherie Workneh, Belete Meketew Ali, Tarun Kumar Lohani

“…Scenarios were developed to assess the effectiveness of watershed management interventions provided at the watershed and critical subwatershed level. The model genuinely replicated the observed discharge and sediment with an overall performance of 0.75 as measured by NSE. …”
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Erythema nodosum as the initial presentation of leprosy in a 15-year-old boy: a case report on Ethiopia’s persistent elimination challenges by Kedir Negesso Tukeni, Tadele Molla Aga, Elias Ababulgu Abadiko, Idosa Taso Mamo, Tamirat Godebo Woyimo, Eyob Tarekegn Biru, Abdo Kedir Abafogi, Esayas Kebede Gudina

“…The case describes the critical role of early recognition and multidisciplinary management in leprosy, particularly in endemic areas. …”
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Financial and economic consequences of the war for Ukraine by Olena Lytvyn

“…Future significant research must be focused on rebuilding a critical infrastructure damaged by the hostilities and enabled a comprehensive reconstruction in Ukraine. …”
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Improving reading competence in aphasia with combined aerobic exercise and phono-motor treatment: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. by Olga Boukrina, Elizabeth B Madden, Brian M Sandroff, Xiangqin Cui, Abubakar Yamin, Yekyung Kong, William W Graves

“…This trial represents one of the first large-scale interventions targeting post-stroke reading impairments and provides critical insights into the potential of combining AET with cognitive rehabilitation to improve language recovery in aphasia.…”
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The role of ESRP1 in solid tumor development through the regulation of CD44 splicing and EMT processes by Lili Wang, Min Zhang, Lei Ke Zhao, Xiaohan Yuan, Houyu Zhao, Yanting Liu, Yinghua Ji, Ping Lu

“…Therefore, given ESRP1’s critical role in cancer development, it is gradually becoming a potential biomarker and therapeutic target. …”
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Islamic Movement In Malaysia: History And Tradition by Ahmad Nabil Amir, Tasnim Abdul Rahman

“…The movement brought forth critical values and ideals of Islam that espoused for progressive and rational spirit and reconstruction of ijtihad and dynamic activism, based on inclusive moral and ethical norms and standards. …”
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«Islamic Socialism» in Pakistan: Evolution, Implementation and Legacy in Domestic and Foreign Policy by G. G. Makarevich

“…The article examines the phenomenon of "Islamic socialism" in Pakistan and its impact on the nation's current domestic and foreign policies. Employing critical theory, the author delves into an analysis of the political class's objectives and how the environmental context influenced the political process, offering insights into the perceptions held by higher echelons. …”
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Association between exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability in vulnerable and susceptible individuals by Yong Whi Jeong, Hayon Michelle Choi, Youhyun Park, Yongjin Lee, Ji Ye Jung, Dae Ryong Kang

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Psychological analysis of extreme situations in the professional activity of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine by O. V. Timchenko

“…The author has distinguished the following types of extreme situations: transitive; ongoing; with the element of uncertainty; those that need readiness for extreme actions; those that simultaneously include unexpectedness and lack of time; with the receipt of false information; dominant state; critical situations. The stress-factors affecting the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in extreme situations of professional activity have been provided. …”
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Crack Risk Evaluation of Submerged Concrete Tunnel during Hardening Phase by G. M. Ji, T. Kanstad, Ø. Bjøntegaard

“…Especially for large massive structures, for example, concrete submerged tunnel, the reliable crack risk evaluation at the hardening phase is critical to the successful design. Mineral additives such as silica fume (SF), blast furnace slag (BFS), and fly ash (FA) have been used extensively in production of high-performance concrete in the last decades. …”
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Current Trends in Biomaterial Utilization for Cardiopulmonary System Regeneration by Adegbenro Omotuyi John Fakoya, David Adeiza Otohinoyi, Joshua Yusuf

“…The surge in the incidence and prevalence of cardiopulmonary diseases has reached a critical state for a top-notch response as it currently tops the mortality table. …”
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Bibliometric Analysis of Global Pediatric Research on Cow‘s Milk Protein Allergy by Lin X, Chen Y, Lin W

“…Current palliative measures, such as specialized formula milk, offer temporary relief but are costly and fail to address the underlying issue. Thus, there is a critical need to better understand CMPA and explore new treatment options.Methods: This study employed bibliometric methods to analyze global pediatric CMPA research and identify future directions for the first time. …”
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Bird diversity in different vegetation types in the Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala by Sofia Aguilar-Jocol, Michelle Bustamante-Castillo, Marco Tax

“…Our findings argue that protecting and restoring seminatural patches, even modestly sized patches, can be critical for safeguarding biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes and highlight the importance of landscape-level conservation, which enables connectivity between habitat patches to support species with different ecological requirements.…”
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Antioxidant and Neuroproliferative Effects of THL-3-PTD5 Peptide Derived from Hydramacin-1 Antimicrobial Peptide by Ping-Chien Lee, Ching-Chun Lin, Hui-Hsuan Hsu, Feng-Di T. Lung

“…Results showed that THL-3 exhibited the strongest antioxidant activity (EC50 of 22.5 μM) in ABTS-radical scavenging assays, with amino acid residues Cys5, Pro6, Leu7, Lys9, and Lys10 playing critical roles in its activity. Upon conjugation with the cell-penetrating PTD5 peptide to form THL-3-PTD5, it exhibited a significant dose-dependent neuroproliferative effect, increasing the viability of SH-SY5Y cells by 118% at 100 μM. …”
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