Huawei y Foxconn: casos pioneros de la nueva internacionalización China y su impacto regional en México by Jorge Carrillo Viveros, Jordy Micheli Thirión

“…Aunque México no fue su destino inicial, ambas firmas tienen operaciones en el país como parte de sus estrategias de expansión global marcadas desde etapas tempranas de internacionalización. …”
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Integrative physiological, biochemical, and proteomic analysis of the leaves of two cotton genotypes under heat stress. by Asia Perveen, Sheheryar Sheheryar, Fiaz Ahmad, Ghazala Mustafa, Arlindo Alencar Moura, Francisco A P Campos, Gilberto B Domont, Umar Nishan, Riaz Ullah, Mohamed A Ibrahim, Fábio C S Nogueira, Mohibullah Shah

“…Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), a crucial global fibre and oil seed crop faces diverse biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation by Paolo Gerli, Fabio Neves da Rocha, Luca Mora

“…Recent evidence confirms that many GDIs developed in response to the global health crisis are now facing financial issues that threaten their survival. …”
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The macroeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the costs and outcomes. by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ernestina Coast, Samantha R Lattof, Cheri Poss, Brittany Moore

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Given the highly charged political nature of abortion around the global and the preponderance of rhetoric that can cloud reality in policy dialogues, it is imperative that social science researchers build the evidence base on the macroeconomic outcomes of abortion services and regulations.…”
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Entrepreneurial Behaviour and the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South-West, Nigeria by Nafiu Badiru

“…   In recent times, the performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has generated increased interest because of their crucial contribution to the national and global economies. Against this back drop, this study empirically investigated the impact of entrepreneurial behaviour on the performance of SMEs in South-West, Nigeria. …”
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A Decision-Making Approach for Ranking Tertiary Institutions’ Service Quality Using Fuzzy MCDM and Extended HiEdQUAL Model by Olufunke Oladipupo, Taiwo Amoo, Olawande Daramola

“…These factors are very important in facilitating global development of a country and determining the world ranking of an institution. …”
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How Can the Protection of Important Agricultural Heritage Sites Contribute to the Green Development of Agriculture: Evidence from China by Li Mo, Song Chen, Shenwei Wan, Lei Zhou, Shiyuan Wang

“…The protection of agricultural heritage sites has become a global human responsibility and consensus. However, the potential effect of agricultural heritage sites on the green development of agriculture has currently been ignored. …”
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Conflict-induced displacement in Pakistan: a sociological study of lived experiences of involuntary migration among Afghan immigrants by Kashif Iqbal, Sheng Hongcheng, Hu Liang

“…Abstract The involuntary migration of Afghans has emerged as a pressing global concern, presenting a complex interplay of social, legal, and economic challenges. …”
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Quantitative Attribution of Runoff and Sediment Changes in the East River Basin and Impact on Erosion and Siltation of River Channel by LI Huadong, ZENG Jiali, PAN Yifei, ZHANG Li, LAI Zhigang

“…Under the disturbance of global warming and intensive human activities,runoff and sediment in the river basin have changed significantly,thus causing enormous ecological and environmental pressure in rivers,estuaries and coastal waters.Taking East River basin as the research object,this paper analyzes the temporal characteristics of runoff and sediment by M-K test and Pettitt test,quantitatively separates the impact of climate change and human activities on runoff and sediment in the river basin by the double mass curve method and modified SWAT model,and evaluates its effect on erosion and siltation of downstream river channel.Results show that:①SWAT model was suitable for the daily and monthly runoff and sediment simulations in the East River basin,with poor simulation for runoff and sediment with daily average discharges higher than 1 500 m³/s;②The change point of runoff and sediment was 1973 and 1988 respectively.Therefore,the baseline period for runoff was 1967—1973 and sediment was 1967—1988,while impact period was 2009—2016;③The impact of human activities on water and sediment changes in the basin is significant.Contribution of climate change and human activities for runoff in 2009—2016 was about 57% and 43% respectively.Climate change and population growth were the main contribution factors for annual runoff reduction.While human activities,especially dam construction,contributed over 90% of sediment.Population growth,soil and water conservation project,and dam construction in basin were the major factors for annual sediment reduction;④Affected by sand mining in river channel,after the baseline period,the impact of human activities,especially dam construction on the middle and lower channel was firstly decreased and then increased.During the impact period,the contribution of dam construction to the erosion and siltation of middle and lower river channel was 25.8%,which was not the main factor for the evolution of the middle and lower river channel.…”
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Evolution of Dry/Wet Climate in Xichang from 1961 to 2016 by XIAO Xiwen, ZHANG Yunlu, LIU Chunhong, WANG Yuefeng

“…Regional climate analysis can optimize and supplement global climate research,and it is of vital significance for predicting regional climate changes and extreme weather.Based on the daily temperature and precipitation data from 1961 to 2016 in Xichang city,this paper systematically reveals the characteristics of temperature,precipitation,and dry and wet climate changes at annual and inter-annual scales by using the cumulative anomaly method,nonparametric trend analysis of time series (innovative trend analysis (ITA) method and ITA-change boxes (ITA-CB) method) and standardized precipitation evaporation index (SPEI).The results show that:① The distribution characteristics of annual temperature and precipitation in Xichang are similar,with the maximum value of both appearing in July.Moreover,the minimum temperature and precipitation appear in January and February,respectively.The average inter-annual and inter-decadal temperatures increase obviously,and the average inter-decadal precipitation improves slowly.② For the past 56 years,Xichang has witnessed apparent dry and wet climate changes.SPEI has dropped in a fluctuating tendency.In addition,it is negatively correlated with temperature (p&lt;0.05) but positively correlated with precipitation (p&lt;0.01).As temperature increases significantly,the drought degree has become more and more serious since 2003,and the negative value of SPEI accounts for 78.6%.The proportion of drought to extreme drought has increased to 28.6% in 2010.③ The average annual precipitation increases in low-value regions but decreases in high-value regions.The average annual temperature rises both in low-value regions and high-value regions and basically maintains an increasing tendency in median regions.SPEI increases in low-value regions but decreases in median and high-value regions.The research results can provide a reference for Xichang in dealing with climate change and formulating disaster prevention and mitigation plans.…”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Awareness among Diabetic vs. Non-Diabetic Patients about the Association between Diabetes and Oral Health by Jaswinder Kaur, Gurleen Kaur Pruthi, Harsimran Singh Kapoor, Vishwas Narang, Akaljot Kaur, Aakash Gupta

“…Background: Global prevalence of diabetes is rapidly increasing with an estimate to affect 593 million worldwide by 2035. …”
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Malicious code within model detection method based on model similarity by Degang WANG, Yi SUN, Chuanxin ZHOU, Qi GAO, Fan YANG

“…The privacy of user data in federated learning is mainly protected by exchanging model parameters instead of source data.However, federated learning still encounters many security challenges.Extensive research has been conducted to enhance model privacy and detect malicious model attacks.Nevertheless, the issue of risk-spreading through malicious code propagation during the frequent exchange of model data in the federated learning process has received limited attention.To address this issue, a method for detecting malicious code within models, based on model similarity, was proposed.By analyzing the iterative process of local and global models in federated learning, a model distance calculation method was introduced to quantify the similarity between models.Subsequently, the presence of a model carrying malicious code is detected based on the similarity between client models.Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed detection method.For a 178MB model containing 0.375MB embedded malicious code in a training set that is independent and identically distributed, the detection method achieves a true rate of 82.9% and a false positive rate of 1.8%.With 0.75MB of malicious code embedded in the model, the detection method achieves a true rate of 96.6% and a false positive rate of 0.38%.In the case of a non-independent and non-identically distributed training set, the accuracy of the detection method improves as the rate of malicious code embedding and the number of federated learning training rounds increase.Even when the malicious code is encrypted, the accuracy of the proposed detection method still achieves over 90%.In a multi-attacker scenario, the detection method maintains an accuracy of approximately 90% regardless of whether the number of attackers is known or unknown.…”
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Advancing eHealth in Society 5.0: A Fuzzy Logic and Blockchain-Enhanced Framework for Integrating IoMT, Edge, and Cloud With AI by Joy Dutta, Deepak Puthal

“…Utilizing XAI models such as LIME and SHAP, we provide both local and global explanations for AI predictions, enhancing transparency and trust in healthcare applications; counterfactual explanations offer actionable insights for patients to proactively manage health risks. …”
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Sangre y petróleo. Peligros y consecuencias de la dependencia del crudo de Michael Klare by Guillaume Fontaine

“…En cuatrocientas páginas, el autor vuelve sobre un tema que había abordado en Guerras por los recursos: el futuro escenario para el conflicto global (2003), pero con un análisis mucho más nítido de las implicaciones que trae para el mundo la dependencia de Estados Unidos hacia las importaciones de petróleo y gas natural. …”
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An Enhanced Slime Mould Algorithm and Its Application for Digital IIR Filter Design by Xiaodan Liang, Dong Wu, Yang Liu, Maowei He, Liling Sun

“…It can effectively obtain a promising global optimal solution. However, it still suffers some shortcomings such as the unstable convergence speed, the imprecise search accuracy, and incapability of identifying a local optimal solution when faced with complicated optimization problems. …”
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Epidemiological profile of animal bite victims attending anti-rabies clinic in a tertiary care hospital in eastern Rajasthan: An observational study by Ankit Raj, Shalini Singh, Dharmesh Sharma, Rajeev Yadav

“…Background: India has been classified by the World Health Organization as an endemic country with the highest incidence of rabies-related deaths globally. Therefore, any instance of a dog or wild animal bite is considered a potential exposure to rabies. …”
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Identifying Ocean Submesoscale Activity From Vertical Density Profiles Using Machine Learning by Leyu Yao, John R. Taylor, Dani C. Jones, Scott D. Bachman

“…The results of this paper show that the adapted PCM can be applied to data sets from different sources and provides a method to study submesoscale eddies using global data sets (e.g., CTD profiles collected from ships, gliders, and Argo floats).…”
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Faster onset of action with topical levocabastine than with oral cetirizine by Michel A. Drouin, William H. Yang, Frederick Horak

“…Overall therapeutic efficacy was found to be comparable in the two treatment groups over the 2-week study period with no significant intergroup differences in symptom severity or global therapeutic efficacy. Both drugs were well tolerated with no significant differences in the incidence or type of adverse reactions between the two groups. …”
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Development of creative abilities of primary school students by means of project-based technologies in foreign countries by Y. Petrytsa

“…In the context of global competition, the ability to think outside the box and work effectively in a team, acquired through the use of project-based technologies, plays a key role in preparing the younger generation for future professional challenges. …”
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Agroecología y cambio climático: ¿adaptación o transformación? by Miguel A. Altieri, Clara Nicholls

“… A pesar de que existe conciencia general y alarma sobre la emergencia planetaria que representa el cambio climático, las emisiones de carbono siguen incrementándose y no se vislumbran soluciones inmediatas y drásticas para frenar el calentamiento global.  Parte del problema es que se requiere un cambio revolucionario que va en contra del crecimiento económico y de la hegemonía política-económica que mantiene a todo costo el sistema capitalista imperante. …”
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