Survey on the presence of floating microplastics, trace metals and metalloids in seawater from Southern Italy to the United States of America by Elisabetta Morici, Gaetano Cammilleri, Sergio Scirè, Francesco Paolo Bonomo, Luigi Tranchina, Francesca Terracina, Paola Galluzzo, Vincenzo Ferrantelli, Vincenzo Paolo Monteverde, Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo, Sergio Davì, Mariano Licciardi, Salvatore Dara

“…Here, we emphasize the need for sustainable environmental management actions and policies in a global context to monitoring the growing problem of pollutants in our oceans.…”
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The Clock Drawing Task reveals executive dysfunction in the dialysis population – an underrecognized and underestimated problem by Piotr Olejnik, Aleksandra Golenia, Oliwia Maciejewska, Ewa Wojtaszek, Paweł Żebrowski, Jolanta Małyszko

“…Aim of the study The study aimed to assess the prevalence of executive function impairment among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing dialysis, with no subjective cognitive problems and with normal global cognition on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). …”
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Discrete epidemic models by Fred Brauer, Zhilan Feng, Carlos Castillo-Chávez

“…However, the expansionof the theory via the inclusion of refined epidemiologicalclassifications or through the incorporation of categories that areessential for the evaluation of intervention strategies, in thecontext of ongoing epidemic outbreaks, did not materialize. It wasthe global threat posed by SARS in $2003$ that caused theoreticiansto expand the Kermack-McKendrick single-outbreak framework. …”
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Variation characteristics and influencing mechanisms of CO2 flux from grassland ecosystem in the Central Tianshan Mountains, China by Kun Zhang, Yu Wang, Ali Mamtimin, Yongqiang Liu

“…The intensification of carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes in grassland ecosystems due to global climate change makes the achievement of carbon neutrality goals more challenging, particularly in arid regions with sensitive climates and fragile ecological environments. …”
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Nutritional Assessment of individuals interned in a general hospital by Carla de Oliveira Barbosa Rosa, Bárbara Pereira da Silva, Karla Pereira Balbino, Sônia Machado Rocha Ribeiro, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Heloísa Helena Firmino

“…Concerning the subjective global assessment of nutritional status, the majority presented eutrophy (92.2%). …”
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Tres décadas de difusión de la fecundidad dentro de uniones libres en Colombia: el probable fin del gradiente socioeconómico en el proceso de formación de familia by Dannyra Tatiana Mendoza Cuello, Mario Andres Estrada Lopez, Joice Melo Vieira

“…También se demuestra que las uniones libres pasaron a tener una mayor participación en la Tasa Global de Fecundidad (TGF) en comparación con los matrimonios, siendo ellas responsables del 57,5 % de la fecundidad global colombiana, es decir, un 39,4 puntos porcentuales mayor que la participación de las mujeres casadas en la TGF en el año más reciente. …”
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Large-Scale Cross-Cultural Tourism Analytics: Integrating Transformer-Based Text Mining and Network Analysis by Dian Puteri Ramadhani, Andry Alamsyah, Mochamad Yudha Febrianta, Muhammad Nadhif Fajriananda, Mahira Shafiya Nada, Fathiyyah Hasanah

“…The growth of the tourism industry in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, establishes the region as a leading global tourism destination. Numerous studies have explored tourist behavior within specific regions. …”
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Hydrological drivers of flooding in Niamey (Niger): the role of the Sirba River by Idi Souley Tangam, Roland Yonaba, Boubacar Ibrahim, Mahaman Moustapha Adamou, Harouna Karambiri

“…These findings are crucial for improving flood prevention and further refine urban flood management strategies in Niamey and other cities globally, affected by fluvial floods.…”
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Chronological Analysis of Climate Change and an Overview of Nuclear Energy by Nergin Günay, Sevilay Hacıyakupoğlu

“…The greatest threat to humanity on a global scale in the twenty-first century is climate change. …”
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Pharmacological regression of atherosclerotic plaque in patients with type 2 diabetes by Loredana Bucciarelli, Daniele Andreini, Giulio Stefanini, Roberta Maria Fiorina, Marco Francone, Federica Catapano, Maria Elena Lunati, Edoardo Conte, Davide Marchetti, Paolo Fiorina

“…Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries continues to be one of the major global health burdens and acute coronary syndrome is responsible annually for at least 30 % of all deaths globally. …”
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Thermal limits to stoloniferous leaves and root growth in Paspalum notatum, a south American native grass by Áurea Rodrigues Cordeiro, Alexandre Aparecido Duarte, Ana Paula de Faria, José Pires de Lemos Filho, Marcel Giovanni Costa França

“…In tropical regions the cultivation of African grasses for animal forage is extensive and an ecophysiological alternative is to stimulate the use of native species especially in a scenario of global temperature change. The thermal limits to leaf and root growth in Paspalum notatum a South American native grass were evaluated. …”
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Nitrogen enrichment drives accelerative effect of soil heterogeneity on the flowering phenology of a dominant grass by Anna G. Krause, Ashley A. Wojciechowski, Sara G. Baer

“…These results advance our understanding of the relationship between plant phenology and global change drivers, which is important for understanding and predicting the timing of plant resource use and the provision of resources to higher trophic levels by plants under varying levels of resource availability.…”
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Recent Tectonic Deformation of the Lunar Farside Mare and South Pole–Aitken Basin by C. A. Nypaver, T. R. Watters, J. D. Clark

“…Our analysis provides the first globally complete perspective of recent lunar tectonics, and we show that lunar fault structures may be recently and potentially currently active within regions of interest for upcoming lunar missions.…”
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Applications and Challenges of High-Throughput Phenotyping of Crops at Ground and Aviation Scales by Longyue CHEN, Dandan DUAN, Weibing XU, Zuolin LI, Chong ZHAO, Yi JIANG, Yonggang GAO, Wenqing ZUO

“…As an emerging technical means, high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) of crops aims to quickly and accurately reveal the relationship between crop traits and genes as well as environment by analyzing a large amount of phenotypic data, thereby optimizing breeding efficiency and accuracy, and improving crop yield and quality, solving the problem of increased demand for food in the context of increasing global population and environmental deterioration. …”
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Analysis of Network Robustness in Weighted and Unweighted Approaches: A Case Study of the Air Transport Network in the Belt and Road Region by Lu Zhang, Yannan Zhao, Dongli Chen, Xinhuan Zhang

“…Aviation transport is one of the most important and critical infrastructures in today’s global economy. Failure in its proper operations can seriously impact regional economic development, which is why it is important to evaluate network robustness. …”
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Post-Pandemic Education: Falling or Preparing for a Jump? by V. V. Bolgova, M. A. Garanin, E. A. Krasnova, L. V. Khristoforova

“…The article provides an overview and analysis of the consequences of changes in the global educational space during the period of action of measures to counter the spread of the new COVID-19 coronavirus infection.The aim of the work was to understand the current state and identify possible trajectories of developmentof educational systems in the “post-pandemic” era. …”
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Optimal µPMU Placement Considering Node Importance and Multiple Deployed Monitoring Devices in Distribution Networks by Ruifeng Zhao, Jiangang Lu, Yizhe Chen, Yifan Gao, Kai Gan, Ming Li, Chengzhi Wei, Runhong Huang, Fan Xiao, Liang Che

“…However, the price and placement cost of micro phasor measurement units are high, so existing research mostly focuses on solving the problem of achieving global observability with the minimum number of micro phasor measurement units. …”
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Amorphous silica reduces N2O emissions from arable land at the field plot scale by Mathias Hoffmann, Oscar Rodrigo Monzon Diaz, Isabel Zentgraf, Wael Al-Hamwi, Maren Dubbert, Mathias Stein, Maire Holz, Jörg Schaller, Jörg Schaller

“…IntroductionIncreasing greenhouse gas emissions pose a strong threat due to accelerating global warming. N2O emissions are highly important in this regard as N2O is a very powerful greenhouse gas. …”
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IPO subscription dynamics: A comprehensive inquiry into the Indian stock market by Chetan Shetty, Vinish P., Sumera Aluru, Prakash Pinto, Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar

“…The Indian IPO market showcased resilience during the global stock market downturn in 2022, emerging as a notable bright spot in regions such as Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa. …”
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Activity Concentrations of Sr-90 and Cs-137 in Seawater and Sediment in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam by Trong-Ngo Nguyen, Quang-Thien Tran, Van-Phuc Nguyen, Nhu-Sieu Le, Son-Hai Phan, Xuan-Thang Le, Thi-Thu-Hang Vuong, Van-Phu Nguyen, Đinh-Tung Nguyen, Đinh-Khoa Tran, Minh-Đao Nguyen, Quang-Trung Phan, Thi-Mong-Tham Vo, Van-Thang Duong, Ngoc-Chung Le

“…These are somewhat low compared to the global ratios (1.6 and 1.8). Meanwhile, Cs-137/Sr-90 ratios in the sediment samples at the selected locations were 1.51, 2.06, and 1.88, respectively, which is equal to or greater than the corresponding value for global sedimentation according to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). …”
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