DIFUZIA PUTERII DE LA ACTORII STATALI LA CEI NON-STATALI by Octavian-Alexandru-Ștefan BROȘTEANU

“…The diffusion of power in world politics has brought a lot of changes, regarding the importance of non-state actors on the global stage. It is a new phenomenon, amplified by the spread of the Internet and the technological revolution, and has in the foreground that states are losing control of certain aspects of everyday life, their place being taken by non-state organizations. …”
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Effects of NDVI/Meteorological Elements on Actual Evapotranspiration in Loess Plateau over Last 20 Years by HAN Yuping, XU Dan, HUANG Huiping, JIA Dongdong, PEI Duo, ZHANG Junfeng

“…Given that the Grain for Green Program significantly enhances the vegetation coverage in the Loess Plateau and that global warming keeps worsening,studying the spatio-temporal distribution law of the evapotranspiration (ET) in the Loess Plateau and the combined influences of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and meteorological elements on the ET can guide the comprehensive management of the water resources in the plateau.Spatial regression analysis,Morlet wavelet analysis,and principal component analysis are performed to examine the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of the ET in the Loess Plateau during the three periods of the whole year,the growing season,and the non-growing season over 2001—2020 and the combined influences of NDVI and meteorological elements with MOD16A2 ET,MOD13Q1 NDVI,and meteorological data.The results support the following conclusions:① ET increases significantly in all the three periods,with the growth rate for the whole year higher than that for the growing season and much higher than that for the non-growing season.The three periods all have a first main cycle of 14 a.ET decreases from southeast to northwest both in the whole year and the growing season,and the ET in the non-growing season is lower than that in the whole year and that in the growing season.The higher value is in the west and the south,and the spatial distribution of the interannual variation of ET is consistent with that of ET.② NDVI also increases significantly in all the three periods,and the spatial distribution of its value is consistent with that of ET.Precipitation increases remarkably in the whole year and in the growing season,with no marked growth in the non-growing season.No obvious increase trends in temperature and wind speed are observed in the three statistics periods.The spatial distribution laws of precipitation and temperature are largely consistent with that of ET.③ The contribution of each influencing factor to the change in ET varies with the period.Specifically,the first principal factors in the growing season,the non-growing season,and the whole year are respectively wind speed,temperature,and NDVI,NDVI,precipitation,and temperature,and NDVI and precipitation.…”
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Utilization of Waste Glass Powder and Glass Composite Fillers in Asphalt Pavements by Jayvant Choudhary, Brind Kumar, Ankit Gupta

“…Finally, the economic and environmental analysis was done by comparing their material cost and global warming potential (GWP). GL and GP mixes exhibited better resistance against rutting, fatigue, and low temperature cracking at lower optimum asphalt content than SD mixes. …”
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Involvement of transposable elements in neurogenesis by R. N. Mustafin, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…Therefore, transposons, through their own processed transcripts, take an active part in the epigenetic regulation of differentiation of neurons. The global regulatory role of transposons in the human brain is due to the emergence of protein-coding genes in evolution by their exonization, duplication and domestication. …”
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Wild Edible Plant Nutritional Contribution and Consumer Perception in Ethiopia by Haile Tesfaye Duguma

“…Wild edible plants (WEPs) are one of the alternative sources of healthy and nutritious food, and they are crucially important in supporting the global food basket in all parts of the world in general and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular. …”
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New Record of Different Yeast Isolates from Patients with Ear Infections Using DNA Sequencing in Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq by Mohammad Mohsien Alrufae, Zuhair Hameed Abboud, Ban Mousa Hassan

“…Objectives: The present study aims to establish a database of fungal species causing ear canal, infections, characterize their genetics, and compare them with standard isolates documented in the National Center for Biotechnology Information global sites. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 samples were collected from patients with ear infections at Al-Sadder Medical City in Al-Najaf Province, and incubated at 37°C for 1–2 days for visible. …”
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Analysis of Age Appropriate Measles Immunisation among the Eligible Children in India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of National Family Health Survey–5 by Avijit Debnath, Niranjan Roy, Dipankar Roy, Munmi Sarma, Dipanjan Roy, Kinnor Das, Deepmala Deb

“…Background: Measles continues to pose a significant health threat to children in India, contributing significantly to the global burden of measles-related fatalities. Moreover, a considerable number of children did not even receive their first dose of the measles vaccine, and those who did generally did not receive it at the recommended age. …”
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Corrigendum to “Cardiovascular disease outcomes among established cigar users 40 years and older: Findings from the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study, Waves... by Eva Sharma, Zhiqun Tang, Kristin Lauten, Marushka L. Silveira, Cristine D. Delnevo, Kathryn C. Edwards, Daniela Marshall, Diann E. Gaalema, Izabella Zandberg, Bria Graham-Glover, Derick L. Rivers, Omoye E. Imoisili, Kirstie Neal, Raymond Niaura, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Andrew Hyland, K. Michael Cummings

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Time series segmentation for recognition of epileptiform patterns recorded via microelectrode arrays in vitro. by Gabriel Galeote-Checa, Gabriella Panuccio, Angel Canal-Alonso, Bernabe Linares-Barranco, Teresa Serrano-Gotarredona

“…Epilepsy is a prevalent neurological disorder that affects approximately 1% of the global population. Approximately 30-40% of patients respond poorly to antiepileptic medications, leading to a significant negative impact on their quality of life. …”
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Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Current Landscape by Dzintra Atstāja

“…This analysis highlights the complexities of managing energy markets amidst global and regional challenges, emphasizing the importance of well-designed public interventions to secure long-term benefits. …”
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SMM for Promoting Healthy Eating: Bibliometric Analysis

“…The object of the study consists of scientific publications from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, as they provide the broadest understanding of global trends. The article presents the results of an empirical analysis of the dynamics of publication activity and key terms related to the research topic. …”
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Boosting biogas production through innovative data-driven modeling and optimization methods at NJWTP by Jingsong Duan, Guohua Cao, Guoqing Ma, Bayram Yazdani

“…This method’s success is attributed to its robust optimization algorithm, which efficiently navigates a diverse search space to locate the global optimum without necessitating input variable pre-processing. …”
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Barriers to uptake of harm reduction techniques for GBMSM who use drugs in night-clubs and sex-on-premises venues in London and the Southeast: a mixed-methods, qualitative study by Stephen Naulls, K. Oniti, J. Eccles, J. M. Stone

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Carbon utilization and storage through rehabilitation of groundwater wells by Vivek V. Patil, Gabriella Basso, Steven Catania, Christopher Catania, Timothy Ostapuk, Robert Vince

“…Abstract According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations (UN), rise in atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO $${_2}$$ 2 ) due to anthropogenic factors is considered as the primary driver for global climate change. With almost every major corporation around the world working towards their “net-zero goals”, it is becoming increasingly important to have more technologies that can help reduce carbon footprint. …”
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Otsu’s Image Segmentation Algorithm with Memory-Based Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm by Ruishuai Chai

“…A genetic algorithm is a kind of search algorithm with high adaptive, fast operation speed, and good global space finding ability, and it will have a good effect when applied to the threshold finding of the OTSU algorithm. …”
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A Cross-sectional Survey to Assess the Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease among College Students by K. Jafar Ali, Hansaram Suthar

“…Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally which claim an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. …”
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Introducing the spectral characteristics index: A novel method for clustering solar radiation fluctuations from a plant-ecophysiological perspective by Amila Nuwan Siriwardana, Atsushi Kume

“…Significant differences in DF, global solar irradiance (GSI), and CWRs were observed across clusters (p < 0.0001, F > 27).Given the challenges in obtaining comprehensive spectral data in certain regions, machine learning models replicated SCI clustering using easily accessible environmental variables (DF, GSI, variability, airmass, and vapor pressure). …”
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Using Facebook to tell stories of premature ageing and sexual and reproductive healthcare across the life course for women with cerebral palsy in the UK and USA by Julie Taylor, Sonali Shah, C Bradbury-Jones

“…Objective To enhance understanding of the bodily and lifestyle effects of ageing with cerebral palsy (CP) for women, with a particular focus on experiences with sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) services in the UK and North America.Design A qualitative study underpinned by feminist disability theory and drawing on digital ethnographies to capture health and healthcare experiences for women with CP.Setting A global community of 140 women with CP, who are members of the closed international Facebook group, Women Ageing with Cerebral Palsy (WACP).Participants Forty-five members of WACP who were based in the UK and North America. …”
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Resilience and sustainability in the activities of a higher education institution by S. O. Serbenyuk

“…Additionally, the scheme of correlations between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the basic spheres of global society and the differences between the interrelated concepts of “sustainable development” and “sustainability” are investigated. …”
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High immunoproteasome and low constitutive proteasome subunit levels correlate with sensitivity to bortezomib-containing chemotherapy: update from the Children’s Oncology Group AAL... by Margot S. F. Roeten, Johan van Meerloo, Suzanne N. van Dijk, Zinia Kwidama, Gaye Jenkins, David T. Teachey, Meenakshi Devidas, Mignon L. Loh, Gertjan J. L. Kaspers, Sonja Zweegman, Gerrit Jansen, Terzah M. Horton, Jacqueline Cloos

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