Specific Determinants of Stunting Toddlers in Lampung Province: Spatial Data Analysis by Prayudhy Yushananta, Azhari Muslim, Yenni Rusli

“…The study aims to identify specific determinants of stunting among toddlers between districts in Lampung Province. With an ecological design, the study uses aggregate data from the Indonesian Nutrition Status Study Report 2022 and Welfare Statistics of Lampung Province 2022. …”
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Leveraging IoT and industry 4.0 for enhanced environmental safety by Javad Pourqasem, Duško Tešić, Eisa Abdolmaleki

“…IoT additionally stretches out its ability to ecological issues notwithstanding the computerization industry by utilizing industry 4.0. …”
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Population-level shape variation and otolith asymmetry in Diplodus annularis by Spani Federica, Kroha Silvio, Scacco Umberto, Di Giulio Andrea, Scalici Massimiliano

“…Otoliths, in particular, respond to various environmental factors including temperature, salinity, and food availability, making them valuable indicators of ecological conditions. This study applies geometric morphometrics (GMM) to analyze the otolith shape of Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758) from two distinct populations located in the Gulf of Asinara (Porto Torres, Sardinia) and the northern Adriatic Sea (Le Tegnue). …”
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Peace Education through Agroecology and Organic Farming by Fabio Caporali

“…All sectors of human activity, including agriculture, can potentially contribute to building a cultural barrier to a mounting wave of wars. The ecological approach to agriculture through the ecosystem concept is suitable for unveiling the power of cooperation in developing symbiotic relationships between and among agroecosystem components for attaining a balance of ecosystem services (supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural). …”
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BioVars - A bioclimatic dataset for Europe based on a large regional climate ensemble for periods in 1971–2098 by Anne Reichmuth, Oldrich Rakovec, Friedrich Boeing, Sebastian Müller, Luis Samaniego, Andreas Marx, Hanna Komischke, Andreas Schmidt, Daniel Doktor

“…Abstract Ongoing ecological research is concerned with analysing climate-induced changes in species distribution. …”
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Harnessing Insect Chemosensory and Mechanosensory Receptors Involved in Feeding for Precision Pest Management by Tingwei Mi, Chengwang Sheng, Cassidy Kylene Lee, Peter Nguyen, Yali V. Zhang

“…By interfering with these essential behaviors, we can effectively control pest populations while minimizing environmental impacts and promoting ecological balance.…”
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Presence of organochlorines in water and oysters Crassostrea sp. in Cananeia-SP by Cláudia Simões Reigada, Luiz Carlos Luchini, Edison Barbieri

“…Being a place of great ecological importance in the ecosystem, the Cananeia estuarine lagoon complex presents several aquatic environments subject to contamination by human activities. …”
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Optimized Distribution of Beijing Population Based on CA-MAS by Haoguang Liang, Zhong Wang

“…In recent years rapid expansion of populations, disruption of ecological environments, and power shortages to areas of high population density in undeveloped areas have appeared in major cities in China. …”
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Growth-rate distributions of gut microbiota time series by E. Brigatti, S. Azaele

“…Abstract Logarithmic growth-rates are fundamental observables for describing ecological systems and the characterization of their distributions with analytical techniques can greatly improve their comprehension. …”
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Improvement of the Early-Age Compressive Strength, Water Permeability, and Sulfuric Acid Resistance of Scoria-Based Mortars/Concrete Using Limestone Filler by Aref Al-Swaidani, Andraos Soud, Amina Hammami

“…Despite the economic, ecological, and technical benefits of its adding, it is often associated with shortcomings such as the need of moist-curing for longer time and a lower early strength. …”
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Becoming a Caregiver: The Role of the Environment in the Process of Children Becoming Responsible for Others by Carolina Remorini

“…To gain an insight into how children develop sophisticated and ecologically relevant skills to become autonomous and responsible for the care of others within the context of environmental interdependence, we present and analyze a cultural practice that is salient to the identity and way of life in rural communities of the Andean region in South America: becoming a shepherd. …”
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Modeling co-infection of Ixodes tick-borne pathogens by Yijun Lou, Li Liu, Daozhou Gao

“…The study confirms a mechanism of the ecological fitness paradox, the establishment of B. microti which has weak fitness (basic reproduction number less than one). …”
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Assessment of runoff composition and residence time using stable isotopes and hydrochemical characteristics in Urumqi River Basin, northwest China by Siqi Wu, Fang Feng, Shuang Jin, Zhongqin Li, Michael A. Urban, Qiaohua Huang, Qiannian Shi

“…Study region: The Urumqi River, nourished by glaciers in arid regions of northwest China, plays a crucial role in the economic, ecological, and social development of the region. Study focus: Water resource management in arid regions is a perennial concern, compounded by the complex interplay of factors such as global warming and glacial response dynamics. …”
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Lethal Male Combat of <i>Anastatus japonicus</i> (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), an Egg Parasitoid of Lepidopterous and Hemipterous Pests by Muhammad Yasir Ali, Gonzalo A. Avila, Zheng-Yu Luo, Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Khalid Ali Khan, Jin-Ping Zhang, Feng Zhang

“…A number of biological and ecological factors are deducted that likely contribute to the evolution of male aggressive behavior in <i>A. japonicus</i>.…”
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Climate Legal Mobilization Under the New Aarhus Regulation by Mario Pagano

“…However, this contribution holds that the internal review mechanism is being used strategically by environmental NGOs with the intention to contest - even before the EU judiciary - not only EU administrative acts, but also broader policy arrangements, representing the legal infrastructure of the EU ecological transition. In this regard, the Aarhus internal review mechanism can now be considered a real scientific dispute settlement forum, where NGOs and EU institutions can confront each other and disagree on the way scientific evidence is taken into account in the EU policymaking. …”
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Improving Carbon Mitigation Potential through Grassland Ecosystem Restoration under Climatic Change in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau by Lin Huang, Xinliang Xu, Quanqin Shao, Jiyuan Liu

“…Then we estimated its potential of climate mitigation benefits to address the question of whether ecological restoration could be effective in reversing the decline of ecosystem carbon mitigation service. …”
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Recycling of Waste Streams of the Biotechnological Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) Production by Haloferax mediterranei on Whey by Martin Koller

“…The presented study provides strategies to combine the reduction of costs for biomediated PHA production with minimizing ecological risks by recycling precarious waste streams. …”
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Uncertainty in soil gas permeability measurements by Lingxia Feng, Lingxia Feng, Junguo Hu, Junguo Hu, Junguo Hu, Junjie Jiang

“…This leads to a better evaluation of soil aeration conditions, which, in turn, serves environmental, agricultural, and ecological research.…”
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Integrating malaria vaccine and CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive: a comprehensive strategy for accelerated malaria eradication by Israel Charles Abraham, John Ehi Aboje, Bonaventure Michael Ukoaka, Kehinde Tom-Ayegunle, Maryam Amjad, Anas Abdulkader, Chinonyelum Emmanuel Agbo, Oluwatosin Ayokunle Akinruli, Taiwo Rebecca Akisanmi, Emmanuel Oyedeji Oyetola, Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori, Nicholas Aderinto

“…Challenges such as regulatory hurdles, community acceptance, ecological impacts, and sustainable funding are examined, alongside strategies for implementation within existing malaria control programmes. …”
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Antioomycete Nanoformulation for Biocontrol of English Walnut Crown and Root Rot Caused by <i>Phytophthora cinnamomi</i> by Aldo Salinas, Iván Montenegro, Yusser Olguín, Natalia Riquelme, Diyanira Castillo-Novales, Alejandra Larach, Laureano Alvarado, Guillermo Bravo, Alejandro Madrid, Juan E. Álvaro, Ximena Besoain

“…This research is the first to study the use of nanoemulsions from native Chilean plants to control <i>P. cinnamomi</i>, showing potential to reduce the use of synthetic fungicides, contributing to safer and more ecological phytosanitary management.…”
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