La molteplicità e la crisi by Stefania Consigliere, Cristina Zavaroni

“…Managed in a way that both conceals and naturalizes postcolonial geopolitical violence, current migratory flows bring the anthropological field in our backyards, facing us with unprecedented forms of crisis both among migrants and among operators. …”
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A novel approach to sustainable water treatment utilising Cocos nucifera and Luffa acutangula by Ganesan Ramachandran, Latha Asaithambi, Partheeban Pachaivannan, G. Venkatesan

“…Therefore, the primary goal of the study is to eliminate TDS utilising the new Cocos nucifera and Luffa acutangula natural filtering technique. The parameters analyzed such as pH, turbidity, hardness, calcium, chloride, sulphate, TDS, TSS, iron, and copper and SEM and FTIR examination were performed. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation and Hydrogen Production of TiO2/Carbon Fiber Composite Using Bast as a Carbon Fiber Source by Guomei Tang, Asim Abas, Shanpeng Wang

“…TiO2/carbon fiber composite is achieved by loading TiO2 nanoparticles on biomass carbon fiber, which originates from the carbonized natural bast. The carbonized process and the loading amount of TiO2 are researched in detail. …”
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Reconciling Homeostatic and Use-Dependent Plasticity in the Context of Somatosensory Deprivation by John J. Orczyk, Preston E. Garraghty

“…In vitro research is also needed but should better conform to conditions that might occur naturally in vivo.…”
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An Approximate Analytical Method of the Nonlinear Vibroacoustic Coupling System by Qizheng Zhou, Deshi Wang, Yongyong Zhu

“…The results show that the excitation at the frequency close to the natural frequency of the oscillator can produce a significant response of the third-harmonic generation which determines the vibroacoustic characteristics of the plate.…”
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Antinociceptive, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antipyretic Activity of Mangrove Plants: A Mini Review by J. A. Shilpi, M. E. Islam, M. Billah, K. M. D. Islam, F. Sabrin, S. J. Uddin, L. Nahar, S. D. Sarker

“…While 19 reports were on the biological activity of the crude extracts, 10 reports identified the active compound(s) of various chemical classes of natural products including terpenes, steroids, and flavonoids. …”
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ISLAMIC ECONOMIC LAW ON MUSYARAKAH AND MURABAHAH: IMPACTS ON ISLAMIC BANKING GROWTH by Adinda Dian Pramita, Khusnul Fikriyah, Sri Abidah Suryaningsih

“…This method allows researchers to understand the natural context of the phenomenon under study through data collection from various relevant literature, such as official reports from Bank Indonesia, the Financial Services Authority, and Islamic economic literature. …”
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Mechanical Transformation of Compounds Leading to Physical, Chemical, and Biological Changes in Pharmaceutical Substances by A. V. Syroeshkin, E. V. Uspenskaya, T. V. Pleteneva, M. A. Morozova, I. A. Zlatskiy, A. M. Koldina, M. V. Nikiforova

“…Substances dissolved in heavy water were more active than solutes in natural water. Differential IR spectroscopy confirmed the modification of substituents in the sample of lactose monohydrate, demonstrating physicochemical changes during mechanical intervention. …”
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Time-Varying Wind Load Identification Based on Minimum-Variance Unbiased Estimation by Huili Xue, Kun Lin, Yin Luo, Hongjun Liu

“…In order to study the stability of the proposed method, the effects of the errors in crucial factors such as natural frequency and damping ratio are discussed through detailed parametric analysis. …”
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Integration of Bayesian Networks with GIS for Dynamic Avalanche Hazard Assessment: NSDI Perspective by Ipek Yilmaz, Derya Ozturk

“…Natural hazard assessments are core to risk definition and early warning systems and play a fundamental role in the prevention of major damages. …”
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Vibration Reduction Design of Marine Planetary Herringbone Gear Transmission Based on Phase Tuning Theory by Zhao Tianyu, Zou Haoran, Wang Sanmin, Li Zhibin

“…Based on the corresponding relationship between the vibration mode caused by time-varying meshing stiffness excitation and the natural vibration mode of the transmission system, and by reasonable design of basic parameters of planetary herringbone gear transmission, a phase tuning vibration reduction design method is proposed to suppress the torsional vibration of the system. …”
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Modulating lipid metabolism improves tumor immunotherapy by Yi Zhang, Yu Ping, Qiuqing Fan

“…Currently, the metabolism of lipids, such as fatty acids, phospholipids, and cholesterol, has been reported to affect the tumor microenvironment by regulating immune cells, including T cells, natural killer cells, and macrophages. These metabolic changes can impair the efficacy of immunotherapy, resulting in tumor progression. …”
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Novel Nanomaterials Enable Biomimetic Models of the Tumor Microenvironment by Marshall Hunter Joyce, Shane Allen, Laura Suggs, Amy Brock

“…Here, we review the various approaches by which the tumor cell microenvironment has been engineered using natural and synthetic gels. We describe new studies that rely on the unique temporal and spatial control afforded by nanomaterials to produce culture platforms that mimic dynamic changes in tumor matrix mechanics. …”
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A Novel Approach with Comparative Computational Simulation of Analytical Solutions of Fractional Order Volterra Type Integral Equations by Javed Iqbal, Khurram Shabbir, Liliana Guran, Homan Emadifer

“…And then, by using the proposed method we solve a class of integral equations, especially fractional order Volterra type integro-partial-differential equations occurring in different fields of natural and social sciences. For this, we first turn to some prelude concepts and different types of equations especially integral equations of different kinds from the literature. …”
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Progress on Waveguide-Integrated Graphene Optoelectronics by Jiaqi Wang, Zhenzhou Cheng, Xuejin Li

“…However, due to the atomic layer thickness, light-matter interactions in the monolayer graphene are naturally weak when the light is normally incident to the material. …”
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Virtual Screening as a Technique for PPAR Modulator Discovery by Stephanie N. Lewis, Josep Bassaganya-Riera, David R. Bevan

“…Our long-term goal is to devise computational approaches for testing the PPARγ-binding activity of extensive naturally occurring compound libraries prior to testing agonist activity using ligand-binding and reporter assays. …”
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Density-functional theory formulated in terms of functional integrals by Gérald Faussurier

“…In particular, the Kohn and Sham equations are proven to appear naturally by performing a saddle-point evaluation of a specific functional integral. …”
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Free Vibration of Rectangular Plates with Porosity Distributions under Complex Boundary Constraints by Yuan Du, Siyu Wang, Liping Sun, Yanhe Shan

“…Finally, the coefficients in the Fourier series which determine natural frequencies and modal shape are derived by means of the Rayleigh–Ritz method. …”
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Prolonged visual perceptual changes induced by short-term dyadic training: The roles of confidence and autistic traits in social learning by Bin Zhan, Yujie Chen, Rui Wang, Yi Jiang

“…Summary: As social creatures, we are naturally swayed by the opinions of others, which largely shape our attitudes and preferences. …”
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Customs services and ways to improve their quality in the context of digitalisation by I. Yu. Sofiyannikova

“…The observed mechanism of rendering state customs services, as well as improving their quality, naturally affect the entire service sector and the development of the country’s economy as a whole. …”
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