A Comparative Spatiotemporal Analysis for Long-Term Trends of Hydrometeorological Variables in Maritsa River Basin by Mehmet Seren Korkmaz, Kevser Merkür Başkesen, Ertuğrul Sunan

“…These analyses are necessary to understand climate change impacts, taking precautions for natural disasters, plan agricultural activities, and develop water management strategies. …”
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UEF-HOCUrdu: Unified Embeddings Ensemble Framework for Hate and Offensive Text Classification in Urdu by Kifayat Ullah, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Usman Ghani Khan, Faten S. Alamri, Amjad Rehman Khan

“…This study sought to create a model that not only achieves a high classification accuracy but also overcome key challenges inherent in natural language processing, namely, high dimensionality, sparsity, overfitting, OOV words and dialectal variations. …”
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SINO-NIGERIA RELATIONS AND GLOBAL OIL POLITICS, 1999-2023: ASYMMETRICAL OR SYMMETRICAL? by RUTH O. OGUNNOWO, SAMUEL S. OJO

“…This paper examines Sino-Nigerian relations within the context of global politics, focusing on China's primary interest in securing access to Nigeria's natural resources to sustain its expanding economy. …”
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Apuntes sobre el envejecimiento del sistema estomatognático. Revisión de la literatura by Rogelio Cabo García, Ileana Bárbara Grau León, Adriana Margarita Lorenzo Uribazo

“…El envejecimiento es un proceso natural de duración variable, homogéneo para cada especie. …”
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Variation of Sandalwood (Santalum album Linn.) Based on Morphology of Leaves and Flowers at Petir Village, Rongkop, Gunungkidul by Ridla Arifriana, Sapto Indrioko, Atus Syahbudin

“…This plant is indigenous in East Nusa Tenggara but it has a natural regenaration in some areas of Gunungkidul Yogyakarta, including in Petir Village, Rongkop, Gunungkidul. …”
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Hear it here: Built environments predict ratings and descriptions of ambiguous sounds. by Brandon J Forys, Emily Qi, Rebecca M Todd, Alan Kingstone

“…In this study, we examine whether listening to a series of ambiguously valenced sounds in an older, darker building leads these sounds to be rated as less pleasant-and described using more negatively valenced language-compared to listening to these sounds in a newer building with more natural light. In a between-subjects design, undergraduate participants at an older building or a newer building (nOld = 46, nNew = 46; nFemale = 71, nMale = 18, MAge = 21.18, RangeAge = 17-38) listened to ten sounds that had previously been rated as ambiguous in valence, then rated these sounds on a bipolar valence scale before being asked to describe, in writing, how they felt about each sound. …”
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Bioactive Compounds in Herbal Bitter Drinks and Effects on selected Hepatic Biomarkers in Albino Wister Rats in Lagos, Nigeria by A.B. Ojekale, O. Lawal, M.O. Lasisi, C.A. Bamgbose, F.A. Dosu

“… Recently in Nigeria, the use of natural products described as herbal bitter drinks presumed to cure all except death has been on the increase. …”
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Application of International Telecommunication Union Recommendation L.1480 on measuring the greenhouse gas emission effects to a use case for photovoltaic power generation equipmen... by François Bélorgey, Jérôme Fournier, Nathalie Labidurie Omnes

“…Moreover, adding other categories of environmental impact (biodiversity, scarcity of natural resources (metals, water), waste and pollution, radiative effect, etc) would improve the exhaustiveness of environmental effects measurement.…”
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Insect Abundance and Its Structure Trophic Level on Different Level of Teak-Based Agroforestry Development at Nglanggeran Village, Gunungkidul District, Yogyakarta by Ananto Triyogo, Priyono Suryanto, Siti Muslimah Widyastuti, Aldino Dwi Baresi, Isnaini Fauziah Zughro

“…Furthermore, the variety of vegetation in early and middle agroforestry could increase the variety of insects functioning as either pest (trophic 2) or natural predators (trophic 3).…”
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General characteristics of departmental lawmaking activity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine by V. V. Korniienko

“…The study found that the concept of “law formation” is broader and more key compared to the concepts of “lawmaking”, “departmental lawmaking” and “departmental lawmaking” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and it should be based on natural law approach to legal understanding, namely three fundamental provisions: 1) commonalities and differences between law and legislation, i.e. legislation can exist outside its most common form (law) in the form of a measure of freedom and equality, which is reflected in the principles of law, subjective rights, legal relations, customs, and more; 2) the concepts of civil society and the rule of law, according to which priority is given to civil society itself, i.e. the community of independent, equal and free persons who are citizens of a particular state; 3) the principle of separation of powers. …”
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Evaluation of land use compatibility in rural areas in terms of the desirability of location Case study: Binalood County by Maryam Ghasemi, Amin Faal Jalali

“…the analysis of land use utility matrix based on human and natural criteria in residential areas is the necessity and issues that planners in urban and rural areas in terms of access to communication network, central location, weather, noise and etc are a turning point for how optimal use is of resources. the aim of this study is to identify the level of user desirability in rural areas of Binaluod county. in this study, 14 user groups with 52 % of land use terms of central location, access to communication network, smell, facilities and equipment, slope, air, sound and vision were investigated. the present study is descriptive - analytical and data collection were collected in the field method by 48 local experts in eight villages. the results show that based on the four alternatives (4: Completely desirable and 1: totally undesirable) the bakery users with an average of 3/99 and the gymnasium with an average of 4 have made the highest compatibility in terms of the desirability of the location and land of the historic tank with /38 and the dilapidated housing with 3/40. …”
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Normative Provision of the Right to Liberty and Integrity of the Person in the Light of International and National Legislation by V. V. Ablamska

“…Taking into account scientific points of view, analysis of the relevant provisions of international and legal acts and national legislation, the author has clarified that the right to liberty and integrity of the person is a natural, inalienable and fundamental right of every human being. …”
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Percepción del proceso de envejecimiento en un grupo de adultos maduros en México by Adriana Zamora Patiño, Geraldine Aceves Rico, Brayan Emmanuel Jiménez Zavala, Ashley Guadalupe Hernández Montoya, Raúl Fernando Guerrero-Castañeda, Pedro Aguilar Machain

“…Conclusiones: Los adultos maduros construyen su percepción sobre el proceso de envejecimiento como un proceso vital natural y normal en las personas, que conlleva cambios en diversos niveles; sin embargo, resaltan los cambios físicos. …”
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The Influence of Resin Infiltration on the Shear Bond Strength of Orthodontic Brackets: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Sylwia Kiryk, Jan Kiryk, Jacek Matys, Maciej Dobrzyński

“…Strict inclusion criteria were applied of which the most important were resin infiltration pretreatment, studies conducted on natural teeth and SBS evaluation. This left 19 studies for final analysis. …”
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Effect of tree size attributes on fruit production and animal-mediated seed dispersal web in Melia azedarach L. (Chinaberry) in north-west Himalaya, India by Sukumaran Arun, Sasidharan Sarath, Khanduri Vinod Prasad, Suraj, Rawat Shweta, Chand Vaisakhy Prem

“…Insights into the relationships between tree species and their potential seed dispersers in a specific region are vital for determining spatial distribution and population dynamics that rely solely on natural regeneration. Several factors influence fruit production in trees, and the fluctuations in fruit output directly affects the population and diversity of frugivores in that area. …”
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A comparative analysis of the microstructural and physicochemical properties of alluvial and dune sands from northeast Algerian Sahara by Rafika Hachem, Nassima Meftah, Ahmed Bouaziz

“… This paper investigates the physical, chemical, and microstructural properties of two types of natural sand; alluvial sands and dune sand from the El-Oued region in the northeastern Algerian Sahara. …”
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How Reducing Fossil-Based Plastic Use Can Help the Overall Sustainability of Oyster Farming: The Case of the Gulf of La Spezia by Daniela Summa, Elena Tamisari, Mattia Lanzoni, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Elena Tamburini

“…However, the assessment must include the effects of degradation that traditional plastics can have in the marine environment, an aspect that potentially renders natural fibers more advantageous. The use of PP net packaging has demonstrated high efficacy in reducing impacts and provides a foundation for considering the need to combine sustainability and marketing with current legislation regarding food packaging.…”
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Water balance analysis of hydrological processes in cyclic irrigation: A case study of the Imbanuma irrigation area in Chiba, Japan by Fumi Okura, Asuka Kamei, Tasuku Kato

“…Water and lateral flow use efficiencies were also evaluated to examine the applicability of cyclic irrigation in preserving natural water bodies.New hydrological insights for the region: The relatively wet year (791 mm/period) of 2021 maintained higher lateral flow (1438 mm in the North block, 1363 mm in the South block) from paddy plots, with discharge processes primarily influenced by surface water levels. …”
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Agroecological mapping of livestock feed resources for sustain productivity and climate resilience in Benin (West Africa) by Marthe Montcho, Alassan S. Assani, Jean de Dieu Ainamon, André B. Aboh, Pascal A. Olounladé, Brice Sinsin

“…The survey in the eight AEZs of Benin revealed that maize residues are the main crop residues used in livestock feed (53.14%), followed by sorghum residues (8.41%), millet (5.91%), soya (8.1%) and rice (5). It also found that natural grazing areas are the main fodder resources used in Benin, with a dry matter contribution of 74% compared with 26% for crop residues. …”
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Study on the Seismic Performance of Small-Diameter Bolts Reinforced in Grottoes by Ningbo Peng, Bo Sun, Jizhong Huang, Yun Dong, Ye Zhu

“…Various diseases have appeared in the grottoes under the general influence of natural and artificial factors. Bolt support is a commonly employed method for grotto reinforcement and has been widely applied in many projects. …”
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