Early-stage investigators’ experiences with an National Institutes of Health Pilot Award Program by Cyleste C. Collins, Jacqueline Dolata, Elodie Nonguierma, Mona Shediac-Rizkallah, Ashwini R. Sehgal, J. Daryl Thornton

“… Abstract Background: Academic-community research partnerships focusing on addressing the social determinants of health and reducing health disparities have grown substantially in the last three decades. Early-stage investigators (ESIs), however, are less likely to receive grant funding from organizations like the National Institutes of Health, and we know little about the facilitators and barriers they face on their career journeys or the best ways to support them and their community research partnerships. …”
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Establishment of the first marine mollusk cell line from scallop (Chlamys farreri) trochophore by Zhenkui Qin, Aichang Ji, Meng Yan, Danwen Liu, Xixi Li, Xiaoli Hu, Zhifeng Zhang

“…Cell lines are indispensable tools in biological studies. Decades of attempts have failed to establish a cell line in marine mollusks, which contribute to 70 % of the mariculture production in China. …”
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The influence of land surface temperature on Ghana’s climate variability and implications for sustainable development by Collins Oduro, Kenny Thiam Choy Lim Kam Sian, Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan, Hassen Babaousmail, Brian Odhiambo Ayugi, Yanjuan Wu, Tatenda Dalu, Naicheng Wu

“…Specifically, higher LST leads to decreased precipitation and increased NST, contributing to the increasing trend of NST over the last two decades. The insights are vital for developing targeted adaptation strategies, including integrated land and water management, sustainable agriculture, and effective interventions, directly supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 13 (Climate Action) and SDG 15 (Life on Land). …”
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A Modified Newmark Methodology for Permanent Deformation Analysis of Rock-Fill Dams by Hongjun Li, Hong Zhong, Zuwen Yan, Jianming Zhao

“…Newmark sliding block approach has been extensively studied by many researchers in the past decades. Significant progress has been made to alleviate its deficiencies and overcome its simplifying assumptions, but some aspects such as the cyclic shear strength and time history vertical acceleration in the Newmark sliding displacement analysis are seldom considered strictly. …”
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Variability of thermal and precipitation conditions in the area north-eastern Lublin region in the aspect of atmospheric drought risk in the period from 1971 TO 2020 by Barbara Skowera, Alicja Baranowska, Jozefína POKRÝVKOVÁ

“…An increase in the risk of atmospheric drought in the north-eastern Lublin region was found based on the calculated thermal-precipitation aridity index A, while intensification of this phenomenon occurred in the last two decades, particularly during summer and slightly less so in autumn. …”
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Comparative Analysis In The Treatment Of Myocardial Infarcted Patients In The Tertiary Care Hospital Of Peshawar Against American Heart Association (ASA) Treatment Guidelines by Sher Afghan Khan, Qadeer Nawaz, Sameer Ahmad, Zainab Khattak, Sana Khan, Attiya Munir

“…The practicing doctors administered the drugs that were correct almost half decade ago but now new guidelines have overtaken them which leads to improved patients morbidity and decreased mortality. …”
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Turkish suicide patterns: Longitudinal analysis of suicide trends in Turkiye (2000 -2022) by Ayhan Tabur, Feruza Turan Sonmez

“…The most notable increase in female suicide rates occurred in the last decade, with a 45% rise from 2012 to 2021, peaking at 3.65/100,000 in 2021. …”
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France and The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Dilemma without Solution by E. V. Ermakova

“…The question of amending the Constitution of France is facing fierce debate and remains unresolved for nearly a decade. The political problem is the impact of the application of the Charter, by the fact that at all times promoting one language at the expense of others become a catalyst for powerful and very dangerous social and political processes.…”
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Mapping species of greatest conservation need and solar energy potential in the arid Southwest for future sustainable development by Kylee Fleckenstein, Adam Stein, Heather L. Bateman, Fabio De Albuquerque

“…Several distinct species have garnered special attention as human population growth, habitat alteration, and climate change have accelerated in recent decades (i.e., LeConte’s Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei), Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei), Sonoran Desert Tortoise (Gopherus morafkai), Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), and the Southwestern population of the Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia). …”
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Psychological impacts of "screen time" and "green time" for children and adolescents: A systematic scoping review. by Tassia K Oswald, Alice R Rumbold, Sophie G E Kedzior, Vivienne M Moore

“…Technological developments in recent decades have increased young people's engagement with screen-based technologies (screen time), and a reduction in young people's contact with nature (green time) has been observed concurrently. …”
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ConciliaMed: an interactive mobile and web tool to reconcile chronic medications of patients undergoing elective surgery by Bernardo Santos-Ramos, Eva Rocío Alfaro-Lara, María Dolores Santos-Rubio, Pablo Ciudad-Gutiérrez, Paloma Suárez-Casillas, Ana Belén Guisado-Gil

“…Objective The last decade has seen exponential growth in electronic health tools. …”
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INFLUENCE OF BEAM HEIGHT-COLUMN WIDTH RATIO ON SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF RC MOMENT RESISTING FRAMES by A. Khalili, F. Nateghi Alahi

“…Analysis of frequent and repetitive failures in strong earthquakes in recent decades of reinforced concrete structures shows that the strong beam-weak column failure mode typically leads to severe damage in these structures. …”
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The Use of Voice Control in 3D Medical Data Visualization Implementation, Legal, and Ethical Issues by Miklos Vincze, Bela Molnar, Miklos Kozlovszky

“…Whether it is our smartphones, with voice assistants that make it easier to access functions, or IoT (Internet of Things) devices that let us control certain areas of our home with voice commands using sensors and different communication networks, or even medical robots that can be controlled by a doctor with voice instructions. Over the last decade, systems using voice control have made great progress, both in terms of accuracy of voice processing and usability. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Climate Extremes in Sub-Saharan Africa and Potential Impact of Oceanic Teleconnections by Lormido Ernesto Zita, Flávio Justino, Carlos Gurjão, James Adamu, Manuel Talacuece

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region vulnerable to extreme weather events due to its low level of adaptive capacity. In recent decades, SSA has been punctuated by more intense climatic phenomena that severely affect its population. …”
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Effectiveness of the Federal ‘Clean Air’ Project to Improve Air Quality in the Most Polluted Russian Cities by Roman V. Gordeev, Anton I. Pyzhev, Ekaterina A. Syrtsova

“…This phenomenon is particularly evident in many large Russian cities, where historically a powerful industry has developed. In recent decades, the Russian government has acknowledged environmental remediation as a pivotal priority for the National Development Goals. …”
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Are lateralized and bold fish optimistic or pessimistic? by F. Berlinghieri, G. Rizzuto, L. Kruizinga, B. Riedstra, TGG. Groothuis, C. Brown

“…The concept of the cognitive judgement bias has its origins in human psychology but has been applied to animals over the past 2 decades. In this study we were interested in determining if laterality and personality traits, which are known to influence learning style, might also be correlated with a cognitive bias in the three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). …”
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Geomagnetically Induced Current Model in New Zealand Across Multiple Disturbances: Validation and Extension to Non‐Monitored Transformers by D. H. Mac Manus, C. J. Rodger, M. Ingham, M. A. Clilverd, M. Dalzell, T. Divett, G. S. Richardson, T. Petersen

“…For some transformers the GIC observations span nearly 2 decades, while for others only a few years. GICs can vary wildly between transformers, particularly due to differences in the electrical network characteristics, transformer properties, and ground conductivity. …”
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Hydrological and Meteorological Drought Monitoring and Trend Analysis in Abbay River Basin, Ethiopia by Kassa Abera Tareke, Admasu Gebeyehu Awoke

“…Except for Bahir Dar and Gondar, a severe drought occurs at least once a decade in all stations considered in this study. In general, the SPI, RDI, and SDI results indicated that the study area was exposed to the most prolonged severe and extreme drought from 1981 to 1991. …”
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Verbal Violence in the Press: A Case Study of Persian Newspapers by Mohammad RasekhMahand, Mojtaba AlizadeSahraii, Raheleh Izadifar, Roghayyeh salimiyan

“…The importance of this study is that, it reveals the changes in using violence in Persian according to a natural and real corpus of popular newspapers published in Persian, and also shows its relationship with the important social and political changes of each decade. This way, a cognitive pattern of Persian based on the development of violence change in this language and its representation in Persian newspapers will be achieved. …”
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Government Support and Local Residents’ Behavior in E-waste Management: Evidence from Thailand by Peeranart Kiddee, Somsiri Decharat, Suttiporn Bunmak

“…Despite longer lifespans for electronic appliances than they did a decade ago, revisions to the draft waste electrical and electronic equipment Act are underway, aiming to incorporate stakeholder involvement and the extended producer responsibility principle. …”
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