Analysis of the impact of climate change on the woody plants vegetation in the Botanical Garden of the Ukrainian National Forestry University by Nelia Lukianchuk, Levko Bliusyuk, Nadia Bliusyuk, Nataliіa Kendzora, Liliіa Koliada

“…When assessing the adaptive capacity of plants, the introduction of phenological observations has found wide application, providing a more in-depth study of the biological characteristics and ecological properties of plant organisms. The purpose of our paper was to study the influence of weather and climate changes on the timing of the phenophase of the growing season of ornamental woody plants. …”
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Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Soil CH4 and N2O Fluxes in Typical Broad-leaved Forests in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China by JIA Qinqi, XU Fei, CHEN Bingjiang, LU Yanran, CHEN Lihan, HU Jiahao, GUO Na, FANG Shuangxi

“…Correlation analysis revealed that the CH4 absorption flux and N2O emission flux under the two treatments were significantly positively correlated with soil organic carbon content and soil temperature, respectively (p<0.05). …”
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Norepinephrine titration in patients with sepsis-induced encephalopathy: cerebral pulsatility index compared to mean arterial pressure guided protocol: randomized controlled trial by Mai Salah Salem, Motaz Amr Abosabaa, Mohamed Samir Abd El Ghafar, Hala Mohey EI-Deen Mohamed EI-Gendy, Salah El-din Ibrahim Alsherif

“…The primary outcome was intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and the secondary outcomes were; MAP that was measured invasively and values were recorded; daily in the morning, at the end of NE infusion and the end of ICU stay, duration of ICU stay, cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, norepinephrine titration and Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score at discharge. …”
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The revival of spiritual practices: factors influencing the “seeking deities and offering prayers” behavior of China’s Generation Z on social media in an atheistic context by Jing Wang, Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, Xiaohui Wan, Qirui Yu, Qiqi Ye

“…Social media offers these young individuals broader opportunities for connection, community formation, and identity construction, as well as various possibilities for organizing their social lives. Consequently, on one hand, they turn to online religious avenues, seeking understanding from others through shared experiences, thereby obtaining emotional solace and comfort. …”
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Multivariate Statistical Analysis Reveals the Heterogeneity of Lacustrine Tight Oil Accumulation in the Middle Permian Jimusar Sag, Junggar Basin, NW China by Yuce Wang, Jian Cao, Keyu Tao, Xiuwei Gao, Erting Li, Chunhua Shi

“…This heterogeneity, however, is hard to investigate by conventional geological and (organic) geochemical tools and thus is critical and challenging to study. …”
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Application of the DEB-TKTD model with multi-omics data: Prediction of life history traits of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) under different salinities by Hanzun Zhang, Shipeng Dong, Hongwei Shan, Chao Yang, Fang Wang

“…Saline-alkaline aquaculture plays a crucial role in the ecological restoration of saline soils, yet high water salinity can significantly restrict the growth of cultured organisms. The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is typically farmed in freshwater, to evaluate the effects of salinity stress on these crabs, this study conducted laboratory aquaculture experiments at salinities of ≤ 0.5 (freshwater), 6, 12, and 18 ‰. …”
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A structured review and analysis of the researches conducted in the field of productivity changes in units with undesirable output using the Malmquist Luenberger productivity index by Mohammad Alimoradi, Seyed Mohammad Ali Khatami Firouzabadi, Maghsoud Amiri, Iman Raeesi Vanani

“…Purpose: Evaluation of performance and productivity and the process of its changes over time is considered essential in the process of improvement in organizations, production, industrial and service units. …”
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Geochemical signatures and nanomechanical properties of echinoid tests from nearshore habitats of Florida: environmental and physiological controls on echinoid biomineralization by Przemysław Gorzelak, Luis Torres Jr., Dorota Kołbuk, Tobias B. Grun, Michał Kowalewski

“…The mechanisms that regulate minor and trace element biomineralization in the echinoid skeleton can be primarily controlled biologically (i.e., by the organism and its vital effects) or by extrinsic environmental factors. …”
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Efficient virtual machine placement in cloud computing environment using BSO-ANN based hybrid technique by Pradeep Singh Rawat, Sachin Gaur, Varun Barthwal, Punti Gupta, Debjani Ghosh, Deepak Gupta, Joel JP C. Rodrigues

“…This manuscript contributes to the ongoing research in cloud resource management, offering a practical approach for cloud service providers and organizations to better utilize their resources and enhance the overall quality of cloud-based services. © 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. …”
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Appropriate nitrogen application under ridge-furrow plastic film mulching planting optimizes spring maize growth characteristics by improving soil quality in the Loess Plateau of C... by Fan Zhang, Mengru Chen, Yingying Xing, Xiukang Wang

“…The optimal crop growth, yield, hundred-grain weight, ET, WP, economic benefits, available phosphorus (AP), AK, organic matter (SOM), SUA, SPA, SCA, and SSA were observed at the N2 level. …”
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Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort) by Gilles Wandeler, Samuel Bosomprah, Cleophas Chimbetete, Belinda Varaidzo Chihota, Guy Muula, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Tinei Shamu, Ardele Mandiriri, Esau Banda

“…We plan to enrich the work through conducting in-depth assessments on the determinants of cardiovascular, liver and kidney end-organ disease outcomes yearly. Additionally, we seek to pilot NCD interventions using novel methodologies like the trials within cohorts. …”
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Assessment of in vitro skin permeation and accumulation of phenolic acids from honey and honey-based pharmaceutical formulations by Anna Nowak, Anna Muzykiewicz-Szymańska, Magdalena Perużyńska, Edyta Kucharska, Łukasz Kucharski, Karolina Jakubczyk, Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, Justyna Stefanowicz-Hajduk, Marek Droździk, Juraj Majtan

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PET Study of Sphingosine-1-phosphate Receptor 1 Expression in Response to S. aureus Infection by Hao Jiang, Jiwei Gu, Haiyang Zhao, Sumit Joshi, Joel S. Perlmutter, Robert J. Gropler, Robyn S. Klein, Tammie L. S. Benzinger, Zhude Tu

“…Our PET/CT study data also confirmed that infected mice have increased [18F]TZ4877 uptake in several organs comparing to that in normal control mice. Particularly, compared to control mice, a 39% increase of [18F]TZ4877 uptake was observed in the infected muscle of S. aureus mice, indicating that S1PR1 expression was directly involved in the inflammatory response to infection. …”
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Designing and modeling an intelligent system for managing the distribution and scheduling of farmed fish feed using the Arduino Uno microcontroller by Shayesteh Tabatabaei

“…Funding: This study has received no funding from any organizations.…”
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Response surface methodology for the design of malachite green dye removal by γ-Fe2O3 dispersed on reduced graphene oxide sheets by Liu Zhu, Anam Sana, Muhammad Tariq Qamar, Ali Bahadur, Guocong Liu, Mohammad Aslam, Ammar Zidan, İsmail Seçkin Çardaklı, Shahid Iqbal, Sajid Mahmood, Muhammad Saad, Khalid M. Alotaibi

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Antioxidant Effect of Beer Polyphenols and Their Bioavailability in Dental-Derived Stem Cells (D-dSCs) and Human Intestinal Epithelial Lines (Caco-2) Cells by Marina Di Domenico, Antonia Feola, Pasqualina Ambrosio, Federica Pinto, Giovanni Galasso, Armando Zarrelli, Giovanni Di Fabio, Marina Porcelli, Salvatore Scacco, Francesco Inchingolo, Lucio Quagliuolo, Andrea Ballini, Mariarosaria Boccellino

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Innovative Deep Learning Architecture for the Classification of Lung and Colon Cancer From Histopathology Images by Menatalla M. R. Said, Md. Sakib Bin Islam, Md. Shaheenur Islam Sumon, Semir Vranic, Rafif Mahmood Al Saady, Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Shona Pedersen

“…This study leveraged the LC25000 dataset, encompassing 25,000 images of lung and colon tissue, introducing an innovative approach by employing a self-organized operational neural network (Self-ONN) to accurately detect lung and colon cancer in histopathology images. …”
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The state of apoptosis factor system in mitochondria of skin and tumor cells in standard and stimulated growth of B16/F10 melanoma in female C57BL/6 mice by E. M. Frantsiyants, I. V. Neskubina, E. I. Surikova, A. I. Shikhlyarova, I. V. Kaplieva, L. A. Nemashkalova, L. K. Trepitaki

“…Mitochondria of melanoma cells and of the unchanged skin have a similar tendency to change the levels of apoptosis factors, which may indicate their functioning in the conditions of the mitochondrial network at the level of one organ. Mitochondria of tumor cells provide the anti‑apoptotic state of the tumor itself and of the skin not affected by the malignant process, probably due to the stress state of the skin.…”
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Intelligent measurement of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis x-ray coronal imaging parameters based on VB-Net neural network: a retrospective analysis of 2092 cases by Jinlong Liu, Haoran Zhang, Pei Dong, Danyang Su, Zhen Bai, Yuanbo Ma, Qiuju Miao, Shenyu Yang, Shuaikun Wang, Xiaopeng Yang

“…The uAI DR scoliosis analysis system with multi-resolution VB-Net convolution network architecture was used to measure CA, CBD, CV, RSH, T1 Tilt, PT, LLD, SS, AVT, and TS parameters. The results were organized and analyzed by using R Studio 4.2.3 software. …”
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Immanuel Wallerstein's Theory of the Capitalist World-System by Darius Žiemelis

“…CWS is an economic world based on capitalist production and division of labor, politically organized in the form of a union between sovereign and competing states. …”
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