Effects of air pollution on the development and progression of digestive diseases: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by Haonan Zhao, Xiaojie Zheng, Guo Lin, Xiaomin Wang, Huiyuan Lu, Pengpeng Xie, Siqi Jia, Yiyang Shang, Yan Wang, Pengchu Bai, Xuan Zhang, Ning Tang, Xingshun Qi

“…Abstract Air pollution, especially particulate matter (PM), is one of the most common risk factors for global burden of disease. However, its effect on the risk of digestive diseases is unclear. …”
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Strategic Resource Extraction and Recycling from Waste: A Pathway to Sustainable Resource Conservation by Inna Pitak, Anastasiia Sholokhova, Arūnas Baltušnikas, Rita Kriūkienė

“…By demonstrating a scalable model for waste valorization, this research aligns with global goals for sustainable development, resource efficiency, and ecological balance.…”
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Microscopic Photosensitization: A New Tool to Investigate the Role of Mitochondria in Cell Death by May-Ghee Lum, Tetsuhiro Minamikawa, Phillip Nagley

“…Only at the highest level of irradiation (global for all mitochondria in one cell) were signs of necrosis evident (judged by uptake of propidium iodide). …”
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A Critical and Progressive Review on Maternal and Child Health Policies in India by Prity Kumari, Anand Kumar Chaudhary

“…Although India outperformed the global average in terms of maternal mortality reduction between 1990 and 2016, we still have a long way to go to catch up with large economies such as Brazil (44), China (27) and Japan (5). …”
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Expanding Network Analysis Tools in Psychological Networks: Minimal Spanning Trees, Participation Coefficients, and Motif Analysis Applied to a Network of 26 Psychological Attribut... by Srebrenka Letina, Tessa F. Blanken, Marie K. Deserno, Denny Borsboom

“…The analysis of psychological networks in previous research has been limited to the inspection of centrality measures and the quantification of specific global network features. The main idea of this paper is that a psychological network entails more potentially useful and interesting information that can be reaped by other methods widely used in network science. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation and Abrupt Change Analysis of Temperature from 1960 to 2012 in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China by Yanyu Yin, Hui Liu, Xiangsheng Yi, Weidong Liu

“…The abrupt change time for winter temperature was in the late 1970s, while it was in the late 1980s and early 1990s for spring, autumn, and annual temperature. (4) Macroscopic effects of global and regional climate warming and human activities were probably responsible for the temperature changes. …”
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The Assessment of the Green Development of the Tobacco Industry Using a Multicriteria Method by Giedrė Lapinskiene, Martynas Blazaitis, Dainora Gedvilaite, Neringa Slavinskaite

“…The entire industry should collaborate in seeking global green development by gradually investing in the improvement of green criteria.   …”
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MCL Plays an Anti-Inflammatory Role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Induced Immune Response by Inhibiting NF-κB and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Qingwen Zhang, Xinru Jiang, Weigang He, Kailin Wei, Jinxia Sun, Xiangyang Qin, Yuejuan Zheng, Xin Jiang

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a significant menace to global health as it induces granulomatous lung lesions and systemic inflammatory responses during active tuberculosis (TB). …”
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Ups and downs of expatriate health sciences students: towards an understanding of experiences, needs, and suggested recommendations in an Emirati university by Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Ramadan Ezat Awad, Huda M. Nassir, Shahd Tarek Mostafa, Batool Ghiath Oujan, Basem Ali Mohamed, Loai A. H. Abumukheimar, Mini Sara Abraham, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Muna Al-tamimi, Richard Mottershead, Jacqueline Maria Dias, Muhammad Arsyad Subu, Mohannad Eid AbuRuz

“…Second, cultural differences among expatriate students raise personal, social, and academic challenges, including pedagogical issues concerning teaching and learning styles and effectiveness. Third, given the global importance of internationalization, expatriates’ experiences should be considered an issue of customer satisfaction.MethodA descriptive, qualitative, narrative study using indirect Colaizzi content analysis of 23 expatriate students’ reflections on their experiences and suggested recommendations.ResultsThe consistent themes cited by participants concerning their experiences centered on dormitory-study life balance, socialization and support networks, and navigating financial challenges. …”
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Análisis de las relaciones eco-geomorfológicas y edáficas a lo largo de un transecto en un sector de alta montaña del Parque Nacional Sierra de las Nieves by Juan F. Martínez-Murillo, Mario Menjíbar-Romero, David Carruana-Herrera, Paloma Hueso-González

“… El Parque Nacional Sierra de las Nieves se sitúa en un espacio geográfico hotspot del cambio global. Este espacio presenta una gran variedad de paisajes eco-geomorfológicos, siendo el menos estudiado el situado por encima de 1.600 m.s.n.m., con rasgos bioclimáticos de alta montaña y uso humano prolongado. …”
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Ferroptosis in thyroid cancer: mechanisms, current status, and treatment by Wenzhi Tian, Wenzhi Tian, Xi Su, Chenchen Hu, Dong Chen, Peng Li

“…In recent years, there has been a marked global increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer, garnering substantial scientific interest. …”
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Effect of Hepatitis E Virus on the Male Reproductive System: A Review of Current Evidence by Ahmed A. Kotb, Mohamed A. El-Mokhtar, Ibrahim M. Sayed

“…Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is a globally widespread pathogen that causes acute hepatitis infection. …”
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Sustained and Efficient Delivery of Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor by the Adeno-associated Virus for the Treatment of Corneal Neovascularization: An Outlook for Its Clinica... by Mengzhen Xie, Lixiang Wang, Yingping Deng, Ke Ma, Hongbo Yin, Xiaolan Zhang, Xingye Xiang, Jing Tang

“…Corneal diseases represent 5.1% of all eye defects and are the fourth leading cause of blindness globally. Corneal neovascularization can arise from all conditions of chronic irritation or hypoxia, which disrupts the immune-privileged state of the healthy cornea, increases the risk of rejection after keratoplasty, and leads to opacity. …”
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Genomic insights into ecological adaptation of oaks revealed by phylogenomic analysis of multiple species by Tian-Rui Wang, Xin Ning, Si-Si Zheng, Yu Li, Zi-Jia Lu, Hong-Hu Meng, Bin-Jie Ge, Gregor Kozlowski, Meng-Xiao Yan, Yi-Gang Song

“…Understanding the ecological adaptation of tree species can not only reveal the evolutionary potential but also benefit biodiversity conservation under global climate change. Quercus is a keystone genus in Northern Hemisphere forests, and its wide distribution in diverse ecosystems and long evolutionary history make it an ideal model for studying the genomic basis of ecological adaptations. …”
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A Review on the Thermal Modeling Method for Molten Salt Receivers of Concentrating Solar Power Tower Plants by Xinyi Li, Fengwu Bai

“…Concentrating solar power (CSP) tower plants using molten salt as the heat transfer fluid are currently the predominant technology used globally, and have experienced rapid development in recent years. …”
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A Nonlinear Hybrid Algorithm for Retrieving Land Surface Temperatures From Chinese Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite Thermal Infrared Data by Yichao Li, Hang Zhao, Kun Li, Jian Zeng, Qiongqiong Lan, Qijin Han, You Wu, Yonggang Qian

“…The Chinese Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite (DQ-1) is equipped with the wide swath imager (WSI), which includes three thermal infrared bands capable of providing global LST retrieval. This article introduces a nonlinear hybrid algorithm that combines the split-window (SW) algorithm and the temperature and emissivity separation (TES) algorithm, and the accuracies of the three algorithms, including hybrid, SW and TES algorithm are analyzed. …”
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A sustainable method of desalination using stacked layer filtration and magnetism by Mohan Venkata Sai Krishna Vellampalli, Prasanna Kuchelar

“…A hybrid combination, such as magnetism and stacked layer filtration, could help address the global water crisis, with continuous testing and development establishing its suitability for various countries and applications.…”
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Pigeon racing in South Africa: Exploring the socio-economic nature and extent of this 'unknown sport' by Cecilia MOSTERT, Ronnie DONALDSON

“…This research addresses the paucity of academic exploration into pigeon racing, a globally recognized sport with limited scholarly attention. …”
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Negacionismo climático e desinformação online: uma revisão de escopo by Rose Marie Santini, Carlos Eduardo Barros

“…Esforços de síntese de evidências vêm apontando para o avanço das formas organizadas de desinformação e negação do conhecimento científico sobre a mudança climática global. Em vários países do mundo, há um forte debate sobre a difusão dessas narrativas no ambiente online e seus impactos políticos, sociais e econômicos. …”
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Monitoring the surface temperature and studying the land use relationship with surface temperature using OLI and TM image sensors (Case study: Meshginshahr city) by musa abedin, Ehsan Ghale, nazfar aghazadeh, maryam mohamadzadeh sheshegaran

“…Earth surface temperature is an important indicator in the study of equilibrium energy models on the ground at the regional and global scale. Due to the limitation of meteorological stations, remote sensing can be a good alternative to earth surface temperature estimation. …”
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