ADDRESSING DESERTIFICATION TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE PEACE BETWEEN FARMERS AND HERDSMEN IN NIGERIA by Sani Sani Ibrahim

“… Desertification is the reflection of the environmental problem facing Nigeria today, it is estimated that the country is losing about 350,000 hectares to desertification annually, affecting almost the northern part of the country.Series of government efforts were made to address the issue but due to the gap between policy and implementation, the situation keep advancing to southwards at the rate of 1.5 km per year.Thus, desertification is a growing ecological problem, causing economic losses, threatening national unity, as well undermining the country’s national security. …”
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The potential for justice through tourism by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

“…Justice tourism takes many forms and is facilitated by a number of means and stakeholders, but at its core it is focused on ensuring tourism delivers more sociologically and ecologically benign forms of tourism development which create better futures for all stakeholders, but particularly the hosting communities. …”
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Retour au terrain ! by Bernard Davasse, Dominique Henry, Jean-François Rodriguez

“…Having taken into account the criticism directed at the “integrated perspective” adopted by Vidalian geographers, it has now become a heuristic way of understanding an environment considered as a socio-ecological territorial complex and of defining action in this domain. …”
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Coastal environmental changes in Ninh Thuan Province, South-Central Vietnam. by Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veettil, Siham Acharki, Vikram Puri, Vanna Teck

“…Vietnam's coastal regions are highly vulnerable to natural hazards and human-induced changes, posing significant challenges to their ecological and socio-economic systems. The country's mangrove vegetation spans its entire coastline and has been depleted for decades in many regions. …”
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Influence of Drought Stress and Rehydration on Moisture and Photosynthetic Physiological Changes in Three Epilithic Moss Species in Areas of Karst Rocky Desertification by Chunlei Cong, Tianlei Liu, Xianqiang Zhang

“…The drought resistance mechanism of typical mosses in the karst area was studied, and the water and photosynthetic physiological adaptation of mosses to karst environmental change was analyzed in this paper, which provided the basis for the restoration and control of karst rocky desertification ecological environment. Three superior plants in the rocky desertification area of Guizhou province were selected; they are, respectively, Erythrodontium julaceum (Schwaegr.) …”
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Rapid Analysis of Seven Polyamines in Nephotettix cincticeps by Using Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry by Mingwen Zhang, Yunqiang Zhao, Zongwen Wang, Jintian Cheng

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Rainfall Infiltration under Various Building Layouts Using Concrete Microseepage Wells by Xiaolan Liu, Shunqun Li, Yunfeng Bai

“…Low-impact development measures are a kind of ecological technology system that can easily realize urban rainwater collection and utilization to alleviate the contradiction between flooding/water logging disasters and water shortages. …”
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Digital Humanities and Distributed Cognition: From a Lack of Theory to its Visual Augmentation by Florian Windhager, Eva Mayr

“…Notwithstanding the value of confrontational discussions, we argue for the benefits of understanding the strengths and limitations of instruments on both sides---and for working toward future synergies and ecologies of the humanities' tools and minds. In this regard, we show how visualization-based DH tools might might play a major role in closing the comprehensibility gap of traditional theories in the arts and humanities.…”
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Evaluation of Malt Barley (Hordeum distichon L.) Varieties for Yield and Agronomic Traits in South Gondar, Ethiopia by Tiringo Yilak Alemayehu, A. Momina

“…A variety of Holker could be recommended in the study areas and other similar agro-ecologies. Farmers lost a lot of quintals of yield by lack of new technologies, by addressing more adapted improved production technology increased average yield.…”
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Unraveling key factors enhancing female entrepreneurial performance in China: a pls-sem and fsqca analysis by Yangjie Huang, Yue Yuan, Shijia Yu, Yunlei Shou, Jing Wang

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Research on Food Security Risk Assessment and Early Warning in China Based on BP Neural Network Model by Yuke Hou, Xin Liang

“…According to the influencing factors in food security, this paper uses the PCA method and the AHP method to construct a food security early warning index system that includes 4 secondary indicators and 13 tertiary indicators of total security, trade security, ecological security, and food security. There are four security levels of no warning, light warning, moderate warning, and heavy warning, and finally the comprehensive evaluation of food security from 2000 to 2019 and the specific early warning levels of various indicators are obtained. …”
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Cambios en la producción y consumo de viandas en Cuba by Norma Helen Juárez

“…Except for the potato (Solanum tuberosum Sw), the different varieties of viandas, are well adapted to the climatic conditions of the country, all of which are considered essential products both gastronomically and with respect to the nutrition of the Cuban people. Using a ethno-ecological perspective, we identify how people classifyand name the different meats, according to their properties, uses and manners of preparation. …”
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Research on Forest Carbon Sequestration Based on FSC Model and DeepAR Algorithm by Yin-di Xu

“…And the PSO-BP algorithm is used to determine the transition point for forest management in order to optimise the ecological value of the forest.…”
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Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Tropical Freshwater and Marine Microalgae by Thanh-Luu Pham

“…The presence of AgNPs in aquatic environments has posed toxic effects to aquatic organisms and ecological damage. In this study, two tropical microalgae species including the freshwater Scenedesmus sp. and the marine diatom Thalassiosira sp. were employed to examine the toxic effects of AgNPs. …”
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Cryptocurrencies Transit to a Carbon Neutral Environment: From Fintech to Greentech Through Clean Energy and Eco-Efficiency Policies by Dimitrios Koemtzopoulos, Georgia Zournatzidou, Konstantina Ragazou, Nikolaos Sariannidis

“…In contrast to the United Kingdom, which is frequently regarded as the world’s preeminent financial center, Chinese fintech enterprises appear to demonstrate a more fervent dedication to the improvement of their ecological transition. However, the results, ultimately, emphasize the transition of fintech to an alternative paradigm, namely greentech. …”
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Numerical Simulation Analysis of Slope Instability and Failure of Limestone Mine in Weibei by Kuiming Liu, Hui Li, Shihui Pang, Meng Mi, Jianping Chen, Kui Sun

“…Weibei area is the largest limestone resource area in Shaanxi Province, which is an important boundary to distinguish the climate difference between the south and the north of China, and also a significant ecological safety protection barrier in the northwest of China. …”
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Application of a nucleophilic substitution reaction for spectrofluorimetric quantification of ketamine in pharmaceutical and plasma matrices by Reem M. Alnemari, Maram H. Abduljabbar, Yusuf S. Althobaiti, Farooq M. Almutairi, Muneef M. Aldhafeeri, Atiah H. Almalki, Sherif Ramzy

“…Furthermore, the developed method was compared to the reported method, with the results indicating that the suggested method is more sensitive and ecologically benign.…”
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Towards the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Economic Growth Quality and Environmental Regulation: An Empirical Case Study of China by Huan Huang, Fan Wang, Yi Xiao, Jiaxin Kuang

“…Our conclusions are significant for promoting the integrated development of regional economy and ecological civilization, and provide a theoretical reference for other countries and regions to explore the relationship between ER and EGQ.…”
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Exploring Local People’s Perception of Ecosystem Services in Djoumouna Periurban Forest, Brazzaville, Congo by V. Kimpouni, J. D. D. Nzila, N. Watha-Ndoudy, M. I. Madzella-Mbiemo, S. Yallo Mouhamed, J.-P. Kampe

“…Finally, the study highlights the social and ecological value of periurban and urban forests in the daily lives of people and urban resilience.…”
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Natural Hybridization Between <i>Quercus crassipes</i> and <i>Q. crassifolia</i> (Fagaceae) Is a Key Process to Ensure the Biodiversity of Their Associated Lichen Community by Leticia Valencia-Cuevas, Jennie Melhado-Carboney, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez

“…We conclude that genetic differences between host oaks promoted significantly different lichen communities and that hybrids may act as ecological islands, accumulating lichen species from both parental species and their own novel species. …”
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