Risk-averse estimates of effective properties in heterogeneous elasticity by Bleyer, Jeremy

“…In the context of elastic materials, we propose to use the CVaR on the elastic free energy to compute an optimistic estimate of the global stiffness for some confidence level $\alpha $. …”
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A comparative study on pesticide residue profiles in locally grown rice from conventional and sustainable agricultural methods by Indra Purnama, Farag M. Malhat, Anisa Mutamima, Fikratul Ihsan, Amalia

“…It not only contributes to current knowledge but also emphasizes the global necessity of safe agricultural practices to safeguard our food supply. …”
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Monitoring Total Water Storage Changes with GRACE Mission and GLDAS Model and Effect of Climatic Factors on These Changes: Case Study in Konya Basin by Emel Zeray Öztürk

“…Especially with the integration of satellite gravimetry and global hydrological models, these studies can be carried out relatively quickly and at low cost. …”
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Starting a just transition in the context of macro-economic policy by Pavićević Nina, Ćosić Milivoje, Đorđević Vladimir

“…In the modern environment there is undeniable evidence that climate change has a significant impact on economies at both regional and global levels. Also, there is increasing evidence that climate shocks and environmental risks have important implications for the financial stability of countries. …”
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Climate change impact on the energy performance of an air handling unit with two-stage heat recovery by Dimchev Ivan, Terziev Angel, Ivanov Martin, Vassilev Momchil

“…Two factors - increase in global temperature and increase in CO2 concentration. …”
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Research on autonomous navigation of mobile robots based on IA-DWA algorithm by Quanling He, Zongyan Wang, Kun Li, Yuting Zhang, Menglong Li

“…Abstract To improve the efficiency of mobile robot movement, this paper investigates the fusion of the A* algorithm with the Dynamic Window Approach (DWA) algorithm (IA-DWA) to quickly search for globally optimal collision-free paths and avoid unknown obstacles in time. …”
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Indigenous cultures in the era of globalisation by Nnamdi Tobechukwu Ekeanyanwu

“…The paper therefore concludes that cultural imperialism theory needs a re-examination in line with the contemporary realities of today’s world as a global village made possible by the advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs). …”
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Person Reidentification Model Based on Multiattention Modules and Multiscale Residuals by Yongyi Li, Shiqi Wang, Shuang Dong, Xueling Lv, Changzhi Lv, Di Fan

“…Thus, the global and local features are enhanced. The experimental results on Market-1501 dataset and DukeMTMC-reID dataset show that the indexes of the presented model, especially Rank-1 accuracy, reach 96.20% and 89.59%, respectively, which can be considered as a progress in Re-ID.…”
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A delayed HIV-1 model with virus waning term by Bing Li, Yuming Chen, Xuejuan Lu, Shengqiang Liu

“…The global dynamics when $R_0>1$ is complicated. We establish the local stability of the infected steady state and show that Hopf bifurcation can occur. …”
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Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon) invasion in subarctic Iceland: evidence from a long-term study by Pawel Wasowicz, Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir

“…The North American lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) has been widely introduced globally and is now considered invasive in several countries. …”
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Proverbs in Yorùbá Contemporary Songs by Oluwafunminiyi Mabawonku

“…This study reveals that the use of proverbs as indigenous tattoos has elevated both the language of the song artists to the status of living art of popular communication and their personalities to that of a mystic ‘massieur’ as there is the need to localize the global issues and globalized the local ones. Doing so would enhance and ensure continuity of the salient aspects of our culture especially the language, which now seems to have lost its potency and rhythm via the social constrictions. …”
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China’s innovation model- lessons and applicability in Africa by Oluwole Nurudeen Omonijo, Yunsheng Zhang

“…We used data spanning from 2010 to 2023 from the Global Innovation Index and the ordinary least squares (OLS) econometric technique as an analysis framework to examine the model and variables. …”
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Association Between Deforestation and the Incidence of Snakebites in South Korea by Seoheui Lee, Junyeong Lee, Kyung-Duk Min

“…Snakebites are a significant global health concern; despite various known risk factors, the role of environmental changes, such as deforestation, remains underexplored. …”
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A Case Series of Diverse Cardiac Abnormalities in Collegiate Athlete with COVID-19: Role for Multimodality Imaging by Vanessa-Rose G. Turpin, Kyle Goerl, Chen Hoe Chow, Carl J. Ade

“…Initial TTE revealed abnormal left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS), an identified “red-flag” for potential COVID-19 myocardial disease. …”
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Closing the gap in dementia research by community-based cohort studies in the Chinese populationResearch in context by Xiaowen Zhou, Zhenxu Xiao, Wanqing Wu, Yuntao Chen, Changzheng Yuan, Yue Leng, Yao Yao, Qianhua Zhao, Albert Hofman, Eric Brunner, Ding Ding

“…Summary: China accounts for 1/5 of the global population and China faces a particularly heavy dementia burden due to its rapidly ageing population. …”
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The role of PM2.5 exposure in lung cancer: mechanisms, genetic factors, and clinical implications by Chi-Yuan Chen, Kuo-Yen Huang, Chin-Chuan Chen, Ya-Hsuan Chang, Hsin-Jung Li, Tong-Hong Wang, Pan-Chyr Yang

“…Abstract Lung cancer is one of the most critical global health threats, as the second most common cancer and leading cause of cancer deaths globally. …”
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A near-complete genome assembly of Cinchona calisaya by Cailian Du, Yao Xiao, Jin Liu, Qiang He, Wei Li, Wenzhao Xie

“…Abstract Rubiaceae plants are globally widespread and possess significant economic and medicinal value. …”
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Black Swan Event and The Stock Market Volatility Response to Shocks in Developed, Emerging, Frontier and the BRIC Markets: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nayanjyoti Bhattacharjee, Anupam De

“…The findings of the study provide insights to the investors and the academics in understanding the behaviour of volatility globally during a Black Swan Event, and provides critical inputs in global portfolio decisions.…”
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Multi-Objective Optimization Scheduling of a Wind–Solar Energy Storage Microgrid Based on an Improved OGGWO Algorithm by Dong Mo, Qiuwen Li, Yan Sun, Yixin Zhuo, Fangming Deng

“…This method expands the search range while sacrificing only a small amount of search speed, contributing to obtaining the global optimal solution. Finally, the gradient direction is considered in the feature search process, allowing for a comprehensive understanding of the search space, which facilitates achieving the global optimum. …”
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COVID-19 and Economic Growth: Does Good Government Performance Pay Off? by Michael König, Adalbert Winkler

“…Finally, there is broad evidence supporting the view that a country’s exposure to the global economy influences its growth outlook relative to other countries.…”
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