Analysis of Natural Aging Behavior of Asphalt Binder in Cold and Arid Region by Shanglin Song, Meichen Liang, Fujin Hou, Honggang Gao, Yufeng Bi, Haixing Zhang, Meng Guo

“…With extremely bad climate and poor geographical environment in cold and arid region, the deterioration and failure of road materials are serious. …”
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An Empirical Study on the Agglomeration Characteristics of China’s Construction Industry Based on Spatial Autocorrelation and Spatiotemporal Transition by Likun Zhao, Junsen Tian, Yanqi Liu, Rui Liu

“…The spatiotemporal agglomeration of industries is the most prominent geographical feature of economic activities. Based on the analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution of China’s construction industry agglomeration, this paper analyzes the characteristics and evolution trend of the spatiotemporal agglomeration of construction industry in 31 provinces and cities of China from 2010 to 2019 by using Moran’s index and the spatiotemporal transition measurement model. …”
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Characterization of Various Honey Samples from Different Regions of Morocco Using Physicochemical Parameters, Minerals Content, Antioxidant Properties, and Honey-Specific Protein P... by Badiaa Lyoussi, Meryem Bakour, Redouan El-Haskoury, Hamada Imtara, Christophe Hano, Katarína Bíliková

“…In this work, we evaluated the good quality, authenticity, and content in bioactive molecules of twenty-two Moroccan honey from different botanical origins and geographical areas. For that, the following analyses were determined: the content in total protein and especially the major royal jelly protein (apalbumin 1), the analysis of total acidity, free acidity, lactonic acidity, pH, ash, Pfund, electrical conductivity, and moisture. …”
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Determining the Climate Classes and Producing GIS-Based Climate Boundary Maps of Bartın Province by Hülya Keskin Çıtıroğlu, Deniz Arca

“…Additionally, climate types were determined using the Thornthwaite, Trewartha, Erinç, De Martonne, Köppen, and Trewartha climate classification methods. Then, Geographic Information System (GIS)-based climate boundary maps were produced by applying the Kriging interpolation method to the data associated with the location.…”
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Possible Factors Influencing the Seroprevalence of Dengue among Residents of the Forest Fringe Areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Juraina Abd-Jamil, Romano Ngui, Syahrul Nellis, Rosmadi Fauzi, Ai Lian Yvonne Lim, Karuthan Chinna, Chee-Sieng Khor, Sazaly AbuBakar

“…The present study suggested that both demographic and geographical factors contributed to the increasing risk of contracting dengue among the OA living at the forest fringe areas of Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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Mitogenomic Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal New Insights into the Taxonomy and Evolution of Parnassiinae Swallowtail Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) by Lu Song, Xiaoxiao Chen, Xiushan Li, Raul Narciso C. Guedes, Youssef Dewer, Suqin Shang, Jingjiang Zhou

“…This study presents the first sequencing and annotation of the complete mitogenome for <i>Parnassius stubbendorfii</i> from two geographically distinct populations in Gansu Province, China. …”
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Sharks in Macaronesia and Cabo Verde: species richness, conservation status and anthropogenic pressures by Jaquelino Varela, Jaquelino Varela, Catarina Pereira Santos, Catarina Pereira Santos, Catarina Pereira Santos, Emanuel Nunes, Emanuel Nunes, Vasco Pissarra, Vasco Pissarra, Stiven Pires, Bárbara P. Ribeiro, Bárbara P. Ribeiro, Eduarda Vieira, Eduarda Vieira, Tiago Repolho, Tiago Repolho, Nuno Queiroz, Nuno Queiroz, Rui Freitas, Rui Rosa, Rui Rosa, Rui Rosa

“…We also found that: i) Azores share more species with the Canary Islands than Madeira (despite the greater geographical proximity with the latter), and ii) there are no oviparous species in the Cabo Verde archipelago, contrary to the Canary Islands (5), the Azores (4), and Madeira (3). …”
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Frequency of Genital Involvement in Women with Oral Lichen Planus in Southern Iran by M. Davarmanesh, A. Samsami Dehaghani, Z. Deilami, A. Monabbati, L. Dastgheib

“…Multicenter cohort studies on women of different geographical regions or ethnicities who have genital lichen planus alone or in combination with other common sites are encouraged.…”
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The Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Sustainable Development Strategy of Huizhou’s Traditional Villages in the Xin’an River Basin by Wei Wang, Anqi Liu, Xiaoxiao Xu

“…By incorporating an optimal parameters-based geographical detector model, this study further explored the driving mechanisms behind spatial differentiation. …”
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Anesthesiologists’ Preferences regarding Visitor Presence during Placement of Neuraxial Labor Analgesia by Sangeeta Kumaraswami, Suryanarayana Pothula, Mario Anthony Inchiosa, Keshar Paul Kubal, Micah Alexander Burns

“…Essentially no bias was found in the responses; there was statistical uniformity regardless of procedures done per week, years in practice, professional certification, geographic region (rural, urban, or suburban), or academic, private, or government responders. …”
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Thermal Hydraulic Analysis Using GIS on Application of HTR to Thermal Recovery of Heavy Oil Reservoirs by Yangping Zhou, Fu Li, Zhiwei Zhou, Yuanle Ma

“…The paper outlines the problems of conventional steam injection and addresses the advantages of superheated steam injection by HTR from the aspects of technology, economy, and environment. A Geographic Information System (GIS) embedded with a thermal hydraulic analysis function is designed and developed to analyze the strategy, which can make the analysis work more practical and credible. …”
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Semiotic insights on the socio-cultural influence of the San Sebastian Church architectural facade, Lumban, Laguna, Philippines by Ronald Allan S. delos Reyes, Jomel Paulo G. Ebron, Jhona N. Gamez, Christie C. Amores, Ma Rovilla C. Sudaprasert

“…This might seem remarkable as the country is placed geographically at the most eastern flank of the SouthEast Asian region facing the center of the Far Eastern dominions. …”
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Novel bacteriophages targeting wheat phyllosphere bacteria carry DNA modifications and single-strand breaks by Peter Erdmann Dougherty, Maja Schmidt Pedersen, Laura Milena Forero-Junco, Alexander Byth Carstens, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Leise Riber, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

“…We find close hits to the Erwinia jumbo-phage Kaldavass in a wide variety of plant, food, and wastewater metagenomes including a near-perfect hit from a Spanish spinach sample, illustrating how interconnected geographically distant phages can be.…”
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Evaluation of land ecological security and driving factors in the Lower Yellow River Flood Plain based on quality, structure and function by Ge Zhai, Peng Ren, Ruihai Zhang, Bei Wang, Maoxin Zhang, Tingting He, Jinliang Zhang

“…Using the Optimal Parameter Geographic Detector (OPGD) model, we analyzed agricultural, industrial, and socio-economic factors as potential LES drivers. …”
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A Quality Control Method Based on an Improved Random Forest Algorithm for Surface Air Temperature Observations by Xiaoling Ye, Xing Yang, Xiong Xiong, Yunpei Shen, Man Hao, Rong Gu

“…Thus, the method is able to effectively reduce the effects of geographical factors on spatial quality control.…”
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Uncovering Diversity within the Glomeromycota: Novel Clades, Family Distributions, and Land Use Sensitivity by Camille S. Delavaux, Alexis Aellen, Sidney L. Stürmer, Silmar Primieri, Ursel M. E. Schütte, Devin M. Drown, Robert J. Ramos, Thomas W. Crowther, James D. Bever

“…Using a recently developed pipeline for phylogenetic placement of eDNA, we find evidence for three putative novel clades within the Glomeromycota, sister to Entrophosporaceae, Glomeraceae, and Archaeosporaceae, with evidence for geographic structuring. We further find that taxa in the Diversisporaceae, Glomeraceae, and Entrophosporaceae relatively high families are overrepresented and more diverse in temperate samples. …”
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Global scientific performance and research trends of the interrelation between climate change and economic growth by Lobonț Oana-Ramona, Varadi Ana-Elena, Vătavu Sorana, Tao Ran, Moldovan Nicoleta Claudia

“…Notably, our findings evidence the geographical distribution of research on this topic, which is more prominent in non-EU countries despite the European Union’s recent policy focus on sustainability. …”
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The spatiotemporal response of land-use carbon emissions to climate change by Shenjie Yang, Lanjiao Wen, Anlu Zhang

“…Using China as a case study, this study measures climate change by using temperature anomalies (TA) and precipitation anomalies (PA). A geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) model is used to explore the spatiotemporal response of LUCEs to TA and PA across 30 provinces from 2000 to 2020. …”
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RECREATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL ZONING OF TERRITORIES WITH TECHNOGENIC IMPACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION by Zharas G. BERDENOV, Aigul YEGINBAYEVA, Nurlybek ZINABDIN, Aidana BEKETOVA, Gulshara MENDYBAYEVA, Aizhan ASSYLBEKOVA, Hakan ÖNAL

“…By meticulously analyzing these factors and juxtaposing them with the geographical distribution of recreational facilities, the authors propose the innovative concept of a recreational and functional zone. …”
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Women Are More Susceptible to Caries but Individuals Born with Clefts Are Not by Aditi Jindal, Michelle McMeans, Somnya Narayanan, Erin K. Rose, Shilpa Jain, Mary L. Marazita, Renato Menezes, Ariadne Letra, Flavia M. Carvalho, Carla A. Brandon, Judith M. Resick, Juan C. Mereb, Fernando A. Poletta, Jorge S. Lopez-Camelo, Eduardo E. Castilla, Iêda M. Orioli, Alexandre R. Vieira

“…DMFT/dmft scores were obtained, and caries experience rates were compared among the three groups in each geographic area. Individuals born with clefts did not present higher caries experience in comparison to their unaffected relatives or unrelated unaffected controls. …”
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