The Impact of Private Standards on Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance and Rural Workers’ Motivation in Developing Countries: A Study of Mango Farms in Pakistan by Honglei Tang, Zeeshan Rasool, Ahmad Imran Khan, Anum Afzal Khan, Mohsin Ali Khan, Ghulam Ahmad Azaz

“…The key dimensions of the codes involved in agrofood trade are food safety, traceability, worker welfare, and environmental consideration, issues which are all connected with CSR. …”
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Smart Frequency Control of a Multicarrier Microgrid in the Presence of V2G Electric Vehicles by Seyed Ali Seyed Beheshti Fini, Seyed Mohammad Shariatmadar, Vahid Amir

“…In recent years, renewable resources have widely been used to provide necessary energy due to the increasing fossil fuel prices, environmental pollution concerns, and the necessity to meet the growth in energy demands. …”
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Health promotion and tobacco control: a transatlantic perspective between Brazil and Portugal by Francisco Lucas de Lima Fontes, Ermelinda do Carmo Valente Caldeira

“… Health promotion, a concept based on the Ottawa Charter, recognizes that health is influenced by economic, social and environmental factors, as well as individual practices. …”
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Awareness of Contraindications Among Cancer Patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mansour Almuqbil, Rama Abdulhamid Mohammed Alobaid, Amouna Abdulrahim Mazal Alhamad, Noor Hussam Eddin, Nora Al Yahya, Walaa F. Alsanie, Abdulhakeem S. Alamri, Majid Alhomrani, Amal F. Alshammary, Rafiulla Gilkaramenthi, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq

“…Multinomial regression analysis was employed to identify the predictors of awareness of contraindicated medications, foods, and other environmental factors. Results Nationality, co-morbidities, and cancer duration were significant predictors of awareness regarding contraindicated drugs. …”
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Welfare and research: automatic cognitive testing in social groups in macaques in the laboratory by Christophe Jouy, Nicolas Souedet, Didier Thenadey, Philippe Hantraye, Romina Aron Badin

“…In our experience, stereotypic behavior that can appear in primates housed individually or in small social groups, is absent in the presence of tactile screens, suggesting they represent a source of environmental enrichment for primates housed in the laboratory setting.…”
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Prevalence of Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasite among Dogs in Suryabinayak, Nepal by Punya Ram Sukupayo, Semsal Tamang

“…This study highlights the severe environmental contamination shed by dogs, causing a higher risk of zoonotic transmission. …”
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Modulated Light Elicitation and Associated Physiological and Molecular Processes in Phenolic Compounds Production in <i>Ocimum basilicum</i> L. Microgreens by Gabriel-Ciprian Teliban, Naomi-Eunicia Pavăl, Gabriela Mihalache, Marian Burducea, Vasile Stoleru, Andrei Lobiuc

“…Microgreens represent a valuable source of health-promoting compounds and also a research avenue, since such organisms have a very high plasticity related to environmental cues, allowing biotechnological development with low costs. …”
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Pharmaceutical Humanities and Narrative Pharmacy: An Emerging New Concept in Pharmacy by Mita Banerjee, Thomas Efferth

“…In this context, we discuss aspects related to traditional herbal medicine, fair access and benefit sharing of indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants, post-traumatic stress syndrome, the opioid crisis, stress myocardiopathy (broken heart syndrome), and global environmental pollution with microplastics. We also explore possibilities for a narrative turn in pharmacy. …”
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Renewable Energy in Sudan: Current Status and Future Prospects by Ihab Jabbar Al‐Rikabi, Adil A. M. Omara, Mohamed Ali Abuelnour, Abuelnuor A. A. Abuelnuor, Ahmed Elbashir Mohamed, Najib Aminu Ismail

“…ABSTRACT Sudan relies heavily on refined petroleum products for electricity generation, excluding hydropower, contributing to environmental degradation through petroleum combustion. …”
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Effect of Blade Number on Internal Flow and Performance Characteristics in Low-Head Cross-Flow Turbines by Ephrem Yohannes Assefa, Asfafaw Haileselassie Tesfay

“…Cross-flow turbines are widely used in microhydropower systems because of their cost-effectiveness, environmental sustainability, adaptability, and robust design. …”
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Effects of Particulate Matter Exhaust on Functional Parameters of Organ Systems and Reactive Oxygen Species: A Cross-Sectional Study by Manjula Shivanagappa, SS Malini, Thanmayi Mahadeshwara Prasad, D. R. Mahadeshwara Prasad

“…Background: From the day of industrial revolution and urbanization, exposure to diesel exhaust particles has become an environmental and occupational health concern as they contain a variety of nanoparticles which interfere with cellular function. …”
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The Ghosts of Old Volcanoes, a Geoheritage Trail Concept for Eastern Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand by Ilmars Gravis, Karoly Nemeth, Chris Twemlow, Boglarka Nemeth

“…We identify the eastern Coromandel, including Kuaotunu Peninsula, as an area for potential research and identification of sites with high geological, environmental, and cultural values. A geotrail has the potential to tell the story of formation of rhyolitic caldera walls enclosing translucent azure waters framed by white silica sands. …”
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Cross-sectional seroprevalence study of bovine herpesvirus 1, bovine respiratory syncytial virus, and parainfluenza virus 3 in cattle from Villavicencio, Colombia by Catalina Ballesteros González, Karen Briñez, Julio César Tobón, Danny Wilson Sanjuanelo Corredor, Fernando Vicosa Bauermann, Blanca Lisseth Guzmán Barragán

“…An epidemiological survey collected information on animal characteristics, management practices, health, and environmental factors. Seroprevalence rates for each disease were determined, and a bivariate analysis was performed using a contingency table with odds ratios and Pearson’s Chi-square test. …”
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The Potency of Essential Oils in Combating Stored-Product Pests: From Nature to Nemesis by Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, Nikoleta Eleftheriadou, Constantin S. Filintas, Maria C. Boukouvala, Demeter Lorentha S. Gidari, Anna Skourti, Dionysios Ntinokas, Marta Ferrati, Eleonora Spinozzi, Riccardo Petrelli, Filippo Maggi

“…Mortality rates were monitored over several days under controlled environmental conditions. The findings demonstrated that <i>C. reticulata</i> and <i>I. verum</i> EOs had elevated insecticidal effects, especially against larval stages, resulting in 100% mortality in several species. …”
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Research on Seepage Field and Slope Stability Considering Heterogeneous Characteristics of Waste Piles: A Less Costly Way to Reduce High Leachate Levels and Avoid Accidents by Serges Mendomo Meye, Guowei Li, Zhenzhong Shen, Lei Gan, Liqun Xu

“…Due to the characteristics of high heap and large volume, the complex layers of waste, high-water level of leachate, environmental pollution, and slope instability are easily produced. …”
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Peripheral nerve injury induces dystonia-like movements and dysregulation in the energy metabolism: A multi-omics descriptive study in Thap1+/− mice by Colette Reinhold, Susanne Knorr, Rhonda L. McFleder, Lisa Harder-Rauschenberger, Tom Gräfenhan, Andreas Schlosser, Michael Sendtner, Jens Volkmann, Chi Wang Ip

“…The incomplete penetrance of DYT-THAP1 dystonia, estimated at 40 to 60 %, suggests that an environmental trigger may be required for the manifestation of the disease in genetically predisposed individuals. …”
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Sleep Promotion among Critically Ill Patients: Earplugs/Eye Mask versus Ocean Sound—A Randomized Controlled Trial Study by Abhilasha Chaudhary, Vinay Kumari, Neetu Neetu

“…Poor sleep quality is common in the intensive care unit (ICU), where several factors including environmental factors contribute to sleep deprivation. …”
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Emergency Planning Zones Estimation for Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 Nuclear Power Plants using Gaussian Puff Model by Sümer Şahin, Muhammad Ali

“…The analysis work has been carried out using U.S.NRC computer code RASCAL 4.2. The assumed environmental radioactive releases provide the sound theoretical and practical bases for the estimation of emergency planning zones covering most expected scenario of severe accident and most recent multiunit Fukushima Accident. …”
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The Influence of Coffee Husk Ash as a Filler on the Performance of Bituminous Concrete Mix by Amare Tilahun Tessema, Getachew Asefa Alene, Natnael Melsew Wolelaw

“…Overall, using coffee husk ash as a filler in hot mix asphalt concrete helps to solve a significant agricultural waste disposal issue while also being environmentally friendly.…”
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Bismuth-Remaining Cupellation Fire Assay Preconcentration Combined with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for the Simultaneous Determination of Ultratrace Au, Pt, Pd, Ru... by Wenshan Ni, Xiangju Mao, Mingxing Yao, Qiliang Sun, Xiaorui Guo, Hongli Zhang, Lu Liu

“…Moreover, the toxicity of Bi was exceptionally low compared to toxic nickel oxide and lead oxide in nickel sulfide/lead fire assay; thus Bi-FA was a green environmental analysis method. The mineral composition and decomposition character of chromite, black shale, and polymetallic ore were investigated, and pretreatment procedures were optimized for such special samples. …”
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