Statistical Distribution of Urban Area Reveals a Converging Trend of Global Urban Land Expansion by Shengjie Hu, Zhenlei Yang, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Zipeng Wang, Haoying Han, Yoshihide Wada, Thomas Cherico Wanger, Ling Li

“…Abstract Urban land expansion is a major driver of many environmental and societal changes that challenge human well‐being and sustainable development, but its evolutionary process and dynamics are neither clear nor well‐integrated into urban science quantitatively. We analyzed the global urban extent data based on nighttime lights to examine the statistical distribution of urban land area at the global scale, and in 13 regions and countries over 29 years. …”
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HWOA-TTA: A New Hybrid Metaheuristic Algorithm for Global Optimization and Engineering Design Applications by Huda Y. Najm, Elaf Sulaiman Khaleel, Eman T. Hamed, Huda I. Ahmed

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Germless Borders: A Review of “The Health of Newcomers: Immigration, Health Policy, and the Case for Global Solidarity” by Beatríz Eugenía Mafla Satizábal

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Exposed! The Public Life of Carboniferous Fossils in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, Ireland by Eamon Doyle

Subjects: “…burren and cliffs of moher unesco global geopark…”
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Climate Change Hotspots Identification in China through the CMIP5 Global Climate Model Ensemble by Huanghe Gu, Zhongbo Yu, Jigan Wang, Qin Ju, Chuanguo Yang, Chuanhao Fan

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Connectedness and spillovers between African and global Islamic equities: implications for portfolio hedging and investment strategies by Andrew Phiri, Izunna Anyikwa

“…Thus, we examine the spillover and connectedness effects between conventional African and global Islamic equities using the time-varying parameter (TVP-VAR) connectedness approach applied to daily time series spanning 16/05/2013 to 28/02/2024. …”
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A Multi-Faceted Analysis of Enablers and Barriers of Industrialised Building: Global Insights for the Australian Context by Sahar Soltani, Behzad Abbasnejad, Ning Gu, Rongrong Yu, Duncan Maxwell

“…Drawing on a systematic review of 171 peer-reviewed articles (1998–2024), we examine how the interplay between micro-level decision-making, meso-level organisational routines, and macro-level institutional arrangements shapes global IB adoption patterns, with implications for the Australian context where limited research exists. …”
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The Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation of Animals within the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark, Spain by Iván Cortijo, Teodoro Palacios, Sören Jensen, José María Barrera

“…In addition, Villuercas-Ibores-Jara is the only UNESCO Global Geopark with Cloudina, the first described and best-known of the pioneering organisms in the acquisition of skeletons.  …”
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Extreme Low‐Latitude Total Electron Content Enhancement and Global Positioning System Scintillation at Dawn by Sebastijan Mrak, Joshua Semeter, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Anthea J. Coster

“…Abstract We report on an extreme ionospheric plasma density enhancement and Global Positioning System (GPS) scintillation at dawn, observed within the expanding equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA). …”
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Local and global stability analysis of HIV/AIDS by using a nonstandard finite difference scheme by Amjid Hussain Morani, Maha Mohammed Saeed, Muhammad Aslam, Atif Mehmoud, Ali Shokri, Herbert Mukalazi

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Mexican Pointy Boots and the Tribal Scene: Global Appropriations of Local Cultural Practices in the Virtual Age by Helena Simonett, César Burgos Dávila

Subjects: “…hybridity; transnational/subcultural identity; mass communication; global technological and economic development; social media networks; virtual ethnography…”
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THE ROLE OF NATIONAL SOCIAL STATES FOR PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF SOCIAL VALUES IN THE CONTEXT OF NEOLIBERAL GLOBAL ORDER by Domeniko Kvartuč, Valentino Kuzelj

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Global Stability of Switched HIV/AIDS Models with Drug Treatment Involving Caputo-Fractional Derivatives by Xiying Wang, Wenfeng Wang, Yuanxiao Li

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Ethnogenèse du New Age andin : à la recherche de l’Inca global by Antoinette Molinié

“…In this manner, the world-wide popularization of a tradition is not introduced through some theoretical debate on the way cultures tend to dissolve in globalization, but through the analysis of ethnographic data.…”
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The Paradox of a Global USA, byBruce Mazlish, Nayan Chanda & Kenneth Weisbrode by Joseph Michael Gratale

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Energy Transition in Azerbaijan: Advantages of System Value Analysis and Strategic Role of the Global Climate Actors by Atiye Beyhan Akay, Sanem Özer, Senem Atvur

“…Additionally, it fulfills Azerbaijan's commitments to global climate initiatives.…”
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Evaluation of Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation Project Daily Precipitation Estimates over the Chinese Mainland by Zhuoqi Chen, Yaxin Qin, Yan Shen, Shupeng Zhang

“…Two versions of Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) products (GSMaP-V4 and GSMaP-V5) are validated both in a single grid scale and in contiguous China by comparing to gauge-based rainfall analysis dataset. …”
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Research of the Global Space Work Characteristic of Linear Delta Robot Versus Rotational Delta Robot by Yu Jin, Hu Bo, Liu Junhao, Liu Fuqiang

“…The closed-loop vector equation is taken to solve the inverse kinematics of Delta robots， and vector expression of Jacobian matrix is deduced， the global stiffness index and the global dexterity index is established. …”
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Burden of NASH related liver cancer from 1990 to 2021 at the global, regional, and national levels by Shuang Li, Shuang Li, Shuangjiang Li, Linjing Guan, Mingjuan Li, Jiahui Zhao, Min Wu, Qiuyun Li, Hui Li, Guoqing Ouyang, Guangdong Pan, Guangdong Pan

“…This study presents a comprehensive analysis of NRLC burden at the global, regional, and national levels, further categorized by age, sex, and sociodemographic index (SDI).MethodData on NRLC from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) study 2021 were downloaded at global, regional, and national levels. …”
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Accuracy of Global Geospace Simulations: Influence of Solar Wind Monitor Location and Solar Wind Driving by Q. Al Shidi, T. I. Pulkkinen, D. Welling, G. Toth

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