Genetic Basis for Variation of Metalloproteinase-Associated Biochemical Activity in Venom of the Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus) by Ruben K. Dagda, Sardar Gasanov, Ysidro De La OIII, Eppie D. Rael, Carl S. Lieb

“…To address this question, we PCR-amplified and compared the genomic DNA nucleotide sequences that code for the mature metalloproteinase domain of fourteen Mojave rattlesnakes captured from different geographical locations across the southwest region of the United States. …”
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Predicting Flight Trajectory in Convective Weather through Boosted Spatiotemporal Deep Learning Ensemble by Xi Zhu, Ke Zhang, Zhuxi Zhang, Lifei Tan

“…Instead of conventionally representing trajectory data in a geographic coordinate system, we design a relative coordinate system for gaining new trajectory features which tangibly reflect trajectory’s relations with planned route and convective weather. …”
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Modern methods of studying of human gastro-intestinal microflora by Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Lyashenko, O. S. Shifrin, A. A. Sheptulin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Its qualitative and quantitative pattern can vary under effect of environmental factors, in relation to age, gender and climatic geographical conditions. New data on relation of disorders of microflora with diseases of cardio-vascular system, disorders of metabolism, autoimmune and allergic diseases have appeared. …”
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Trade on the North Eastern Bank of the Lagos Lagoon: A Focus on Ejinrin Lagoon Market, 1851–1939 by Oladipo O. Olubomehin

“…It is an attempt to analyze and document the history of commercial activities in this geographical zone of the Lagos (Ijebu) Lagoon. The study relied largely on documentary evidence got from the National Archives, Ibadan and extensive oral evidence collected from those who, at one time or the other, had attended the market. …”
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Towards Fostering Education of Future Health Workers: Exploring the Understanding of Work with People with Disabilities through Collage Method by Rūta Girdzijauskienė, Liudmila Rupšiene, Milda Ratkevičienė

“…When considering their future professional work with people with disabilities, students paid attention to the geographical (local), social and political contexts. …”
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Morphological and Pathogenic Variability among Macrophomina phaseolina Isolates Associated with Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Wilczek from Pakistan by Umer Iqbal, Tariq Mukhtar

“…Regardless of their geographic origins, significant differences were detected among 65 isolates in their radial growth, sclerotial size, and weight as well as in pathogenicity. …”
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Gastronomic Souvenirs as Travel Souvenirs: A Case Study in Curitiba, Brazil by Graziela Scalise Horodyski, Franciele Cristina Manosso, Camila Bizinelli, José Manoel Gândara

“…Among the many kinds of souvenirs offered around the world, food and beverages stand out for being goods charged with meanings linked to the geographic and touristic space, bearing attributes capable of generating sensations and extending the experience of the trip. …”
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À chacun sa biodiversité by Chantal Aspe, Didier Genin

“…Territory delimitations and zoning illustrate these discrepancies: divisions of the total area on the basis of specific species or ecosystem protection problematic, or accordance with national or international directives in matter of environmental protection, on the one hand; geographic, historical, cultural and economical criterions, and a generalized concern of seeking functional complementarities of differentiated resources areas uses, on the other hand. …”
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Evaluation of Spatial Planning in Urban Areas of Kohgiluyeh and Bouyer Ahmad Province by Techniques; Development Combination Index and Mauritius by Abdall hassan Shivaey, Asghar Zaraby

“…The first step in designing effective programs that are consistent with realities and attaining transcending goals is to develop balanced, proportionate and balanced knowledge and knowledge of the capacities and capacities of each geographic region. Hence, the recognition of the status quo of the regions is inevitable. …”
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Appennino: A GIS Tool for Analyzing Wildlife Habitat Use by Marco Ferretti, Marco Foi, Gisella Paci, Walter Tosi, Marco Bagliacca

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Analysis of the Distribution of Forest Management Areas by the Forest Environmental Tax in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan by Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

“…Forest management approaches vary according to the needs of individual municipalities with unique geographic conditions and local social contexts. Accordingly, there are two types of subsidies: a unified national subsidy and a prefecture-level subsidy, mainly from forest environmental taxes. …”
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Les aires marines protégées du Sud-Ouest malgache by Francis Veriza, Laurent Couderchet

“…The observation of socio-spatial transformations takes the form of an ethno-geographic immersive study and interviews over time that reveal the establishment of protected marine areas as being an ontological disruption. …”
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Formation mechanism of tourists’ pro-environmental behavior in plateau ecotourism destination by Lulu Wang, Hu Yu, Bin Zhou

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Romanesque polychrome wood sculptures in Italy: towards a Corpus and a comparative analysis of the data from art-historical and technical studies by Grazia Maria Fachechi, Susanna Bracci

“…The aim is to collect data concerning the historical-artistic and technical-material aspects, with particular attention to polychromy, and to create a digital database, to verify if, between the 11th and the third quarter of the 13th century, existed a “typical behaviors" by the masters of lumber operating in a specific geographical area. This will help to establish the relationship, which was certainly created, between the nature of pigments, iconography, and symbolism of colors.…”
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On the analysis of the strategic role of intermediate development in the recreation of urban decadent (worn out) districts (fabrics) (case study: metropolis of Tabriz, district 8) by gholamreza jaliz, Karim hoseinzadeh, hosein nazmfar

“…This kind of research is known as descriptive-analytical. the methodology of this research is based on quantitative-spatial approaches. the research method used in this study is a combination of documentary-library methods. in the analytical section, considering the indicators and requirements of infill development in the form of 16 target indicators, the case study and feasibility of infill development in Tabriz 8th district have been discussed. in the current study, to investigate and analyze the strategic role of infill development in regeneration of the urban texture worn of the historical-cultural axis of the metropolitan city of Tabriz, utilizing the geographical information system (GIS) software and Overlapping Functional Analysis, type of weighted overlay and FAHP is done. …”
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‘In-Betweenness’ Declared and Confirmed: Zoë Wicomb’s October in the Untightened Grip of Ethnic and National Identification by Bartnik Ryszard

“…Therefore, the author’s interest in adaptable identities might be discussed apropos of skin color, but also in terms of oscillating between different geographical, cultural locations. In light of the above, a perspective accommodated here examines Wicomb’s thematization and confirmation of transitional experiences elaborated on a story of two females as becoming autonomous coloureds as well as mutable/unfixed/migrating characters. …”
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Foreign workers in the labour force: Provincial retention after transition to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes by Yuqian Lu, Feng Hou

“…This article examines the geographic retention of permanent residents who previously worked in Canada on work permits for work purposes and became landed immigrants (hereafter referred to as former work permit holders) from 2011 to 2020. …”
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Provision of information by local governments using the Internet: case studies in Japan by Yoshio Arai

“…This paper discusses the relationship between geographic conditions and local government policy for the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), via case studies of official websites operated by local governments in Japan. …”
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Crisis of the EU Eastern Policy by I. V. Bolgova

“…As a result, we see the EU's intention to narrow the geographical and qualitative field of its activities on the eastern directionwith saving the shell of the EaP for nominal functioning. …”
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War Through an Interdisciplinary Lens. Book Review of ‘An Inquiry into the Applied Theory of War’ by Andrey A. Kokoshin by V. A. Zolotarev

“…The reviewer also commends the author’s observations on new trends in modern warfare, including an increase in number and geographical scope of local military conflicts, a worldwide growth in military expenditures, and an explosive progress in advanced military technologies. …”
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