How does agricultural insurance influence grain production scale? An income-mediated perspective by Dainan Hou, Xin Wang, Xin Wang

“…IntroductionAgricultural insurance has become a vital instrument in risk diversification, loss compensation, and farmer support, with China emerging as the largest agricultural insurance market globally by premium volume. However, the extent to which agricultural insurance influences grain production scale and the underlying mechanisms remain insufficiently explored.MethodsDifferentiating itself from previous studies, this paper conducts a rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis of how agricultural insurance affects grain planting scale. …”
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A Modular and Scalable Approach to Hybrid Battery and Converter Integration for Full-Electric Waterborne Transport by Ramon Lopez-Erauskin, Argiñe Alacano, Aitor Lizeaga, Giuseppe Guidi, Olve Mo, Amaia Lopez-de-Heredia, Mikel Alzuri

“…This approach offers a promising solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime industry, aligning with global sustainability goals.…”
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Modified SWAT Model for Agricultural Watershed in Karst Area of Southwest China by Junfeng Dai, Linyan Pan, Yan Deng, Zupeng Wan, Rui Xia

“…The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model is extensively used globally for hydrological and water quality assessments but encounters challenges in karst regions due to their complex surface and groundwater hydrological environments. …”
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Neuroprotective Effects of Myrtle Berry By-Product Extracts on 6-OHDA-Induced Cytotoxicity in PC12 Cells by Debora Dessì, Giacomo Fais, Paolo Follesa, Giorgia Sarais

“…The rising global focus on healthy lifestyles and environmental sustainability has prompted interest in repurposing plant-based by-products for health benefits. …”
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Mechanistic relationship between obesity-induced inflammation triggering endothelial dysfunction and the initiation of atherosclerosis development by Richard L. Jayaraj, Elhadi H Aburawi

“…Excessive accumulation of fat that impairs metabolic processes is a key feature of obesity. Globally, more than 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese, and the number of people affected by obesity is increasing. …”
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Factors of Socio-Economic Development of Partially Recognized and Unrecognized Republics of the Caucasus by A. G. Shelomentsev, K. S. Goncharova

“…A database developed for this study uses a set of indicators of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2007 to 2019 as a formalized universal and balanced system of global determinants. We found that differences in the achieved UN SDGs indicators can be accounted for by the variety of each state's initially socio-economic situation (the effect of a differentiated base). …”
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Layout of the First-Mining Working Face in the Protected Seam for Pressure Relief by Peak Stress Shift by Xiao-Xu Gao, Guo-Jin Chai, Guang-An Zhu

“…The results show that the global stress on the first-mining working face in the protected seams is lowest at L = 60 m. …”
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Document-level relation extraction via dual attention fusion and dynamic asymmetric loss by Xiaoyao Ding, Dongyan Ding, Gang Zhou, Jicang Lu, Taojie Zhu

“…However, previous research typically performed reasoning on heterogeneous graphs and set a global threshold for multiple relations classification, regardless of interaction reasoning information among multiple relations and positive–negative samples imbalance on databases. …”
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Selection of appropriate probiotic yeasts for use in dairy products: a narrative review by Sanaz Kazemi, Aziz Homayouni-Rad, Hossien Samadi Kafil, Vahideh Sarabi-aghdam, Payam Zeynolabedini, Bahareh pour Agha, Sevda Allah Madadi

“…Traditionally, research on probiotics has primarily focused on lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria; however, there is a growing global interest in incorporating yeast as a probiotic supplement. …”
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Surveillance of pathogenic Leptospira among rodents and small mammals in enzootic areas of plague in Pasuruan Indonesia by Siti Amanah Febriani, Kurnia Ritma Dhanti, Kurniawan Kurniawan, Ristiyanto Ristiyanto, Arief Junaedi, Caecilia Hapsari Ceriapuri Sukowati, Farida Dwi Handayani

“…Leptospirosis is a globally significant yet often overlooked zoonotic infection. …”
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Species identification for Indian seafood markets: A machine learning approach with a fish datasetMendeley Data by Priyanka Paygude, Namita Shinde, Amol Dhumane, Geeta S. Navale, Prashant Chavan, Atul Kathole, Vijaykumar Bidve

“…The Indian sea fish market is a dynamic and significant sector, contributing to both the domestic economy and the global seafood trade. This fish dataset is specifically curated for machine learning applications in the Indian seafood industry. …”
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Cryoglobulinaemia in Egyptian Patients with Extrahepatic Cutaneous Manifestations of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Doaa Salah Hegab, Mohammed Abd El Rahman Sweilam

“…Background. Hepatitis C is a global major health problem with extremely variable extrahepatic manifestations. …”
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Emerging trends in cervical cancer incidence among younger Taiwanese generations: an urban–rural comparison by Ya-Xuan Wu, Yi-Chu Chen, Jing-Rong Jhuang, Chun-Ju Chiang, Wen-Chung Lee

“…Background Despite global declines in cervical cancer incidence, certain regions observe unexpected rising trends among younger generations.Methods This study uses the age–period–cohort model to examine long-term incidence trends of invasive cervical cancer in Taiwan. …”
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Preconceptional brain structure and future conception: a prospective brain MRI study among 321 women by Merel W. de Vries, Eline M. P. Poels, Gennady V. Roshchupkin, Ryan L. Muetzel, Milan Zarchev, Astrid M. Kamperman, Henning Tiemeier, Meike W. Vernooij, Steven A. Kushner

“…Logistic regression was used to examine associations between global brain parameters and conception, adjusting for age, intracranial volume, BMI, prior STD diagnosis, ethnicity, education, household income, smoking, and alcohol use. …”
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CMB Map Restoration by J. Bobin, J.-L. Starck, F. Sureau, J. Fadili

“…We further show that the same filtering technique can effectively perform foreground contamination reduction thus providing a globally cleaner CMB map. Numerical results on simulated Planck data are provided.…”
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Near‐surface permafrost extent and active layer thickness characterized by reanalysis/assimilation data by Zequn Liu, Donglin Guo, Wei Hua, Yihui Chen

“…Abstract Whilst permafrost change is widely concerned in the context of global warming, lack of observations becomes one of major limitations for conducting large‐scale and long‐term permafrost change research. …”
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Risk Assessment of Renewable Energy Power Systems via Graph Multi-Attention Networks by BAI Yunpeng, ZHANG Zhiyan, XU Cai, GUO Chuangxin, LIU Zhuping, ZHU Wenhao

“…The accelerating global energy transition and rapid expansion of renewable energy sources，presents both opportunities and challenges. …”
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TRENDS IN CHILD MARRIAGE IN AKURE METROPOLIS, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA by Justina Olufunke, Gbemisola Hannah ADEOBA

“… Child-marriage is a global problem that cuts across countries, religions, and ethnicities. …”
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Constructing the biomolecular networks associated with diabetic nephropathy and dissecting the effects of biomolecule variation underlying pathogenesis by Zi-Han Wang, Qi Dong, Qian Yan, Wan-Rong Yu, Dan-Dan Zhang, Ran Yi

“…Complication of DN (CDN) ranks as the second leading cause of end-stage renal disease globally. To address this, understanding the genetic regulation underlying DN is crucial for personalized treatment strategies. …”
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A Survey on the Understanding and Viewpoints of Renewable Energy among South African School Students by Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim, Sogo Mayokun Abolarin, Temiloluwa Olatunji Scott, Chidebe Stanley Anyanwu

“…Furthermore, 86% of the students agreed that conventional energy sources would likely still be relied upon by a significant portion of the global population to meet daily energy needs. Therefore, the government must take swift action to address these issues, by promoting the deployment of renewable energy sources in schools. …”
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