Assessing the influence of the modifiable areal unit problem on Bayesian disease mapping in Queensland, Australia. by Farzana Jahan, Shovanur Haque, James Hogg, Aiden Price, Conor Hassan, Wala Areed, Helen Thompson, Jessica Cameron, Susanna M Cramb

“…While the impact of the MAUP has been examined previously, typically these studies have focused on well-populated areas. Understanding how the MAUP behaves when data are sparse is particularly important for countries with less populated areas, such as Australia. …”
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Environment as a Potential Key Determinant of the Continued Increase of Prostate Cancer Incidence in Martinique by Dominique Belpomme, Philippe Irigaray

“…However, Caribbean populations that are genetically close to that of Martinique have generally much lower incidence of prostate cancer. …”
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Hierarchical image classification using transfer learning to improve deep learning model performance for amazon parrots by Jung-Il Kim, Jong-Won Baek, Chang-Bae Kim

“…The outcomes of this study may facilitate the monitoring of wild populations and the global trade of Amazon parrots for conservation purposes.…”
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Agrarian Reform in the Middle East (1945-1965) by Behçet Kemal YEŞİLBURSA

“…At the beginning of the 1950s, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen and Saudi Arabia were sparsely populated, and had large areas of agriculturally undeveloped land. …”
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The first data from non-commercial monitoring of the occurrence and range of river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis, in selected rivers in northern Poland by Kuczyński Tomasz

“…Human impact on fish populations extends beyond mere exploitation. Rivers and streams, essential conduits for these fish migrations, have undergone substantial anthropogenic modifications driven by navigation, hydropower generation, and water regulation imperatives. …”
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Individual‐based simulations of genome evolution with ancestry: The GenomeAdmixR R package by Thijs Janzen, Fernando Diaz

“…Abstract Hybridization between populations or species results in a mosaic of the two parental genomes. …”
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Measuring self-reliance and wellbeing among forcibly displaced women enrolled in a gender-focused economic empowerment program: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial i... by Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff, Adriana Monar, Diany Castellar, Neetu Mahi, Arturo Harker Roa

“…For forcibly displaced populations in Colombia, and especially for women, gender-based violence (GBV) poses a threat during transit and in their new homes where xenophobia, lack of accessible and adequate services, limited safe economic opportunities, and lack of information on access to services, further increase risk. …”
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An eastern Congolian endemic, or widespread but secretive? New data on the recently described Afrixalus lacustris (Anura, Hyperoliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Tadeáš Nečas, Gabriel Badjedjea, Janis Czurda, Václav Gvoždík

“…Previously, because of its similarity, it had been understood to represent eastern populations of the unrelated A. laevis, which is known mainly from Cameroon. …”
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Utilisation du bois dans les pêcheries côtières du Cameroun by Hyacinthe Angoni, Alphonse Pouokam Tatchim, Bernard Aloys Nkonmeneck, Elie Nguekam

“…Kribi is situated in the Cameroon coastal zone, in the Southern Region and in the Ocean administrative department.The coastal border in the South Cameroon is characterized by a mangrove vegetation which is part of the Rio Ntem mangrove zone.Fishing activities constitutes the main income generating activity for the populations. For the conservation and the transformation of the fish, drying is widely practiced in the region. …”
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Empowering marginalized communities through the digital transformation course by Pelin Yüksel-Arslan, Claudia Plant, Fares Kayali

“…The project also emphasizes the effects of digital transformation on marginalized populations, especially forced migrants and individuals with special needs. …”
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Hydric conflict and territorial defense: Women in the Peasant Movement of Santiago del Estero, Argentina by Mariela Pena

“…In the face of these processes, environmental resistances have been articulated by vulnerable peasant-indigenous populations, who oppose this productivist paradigm by advancing sustainable development ethics. …”
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Covariation Between Microbiome Composition and Host Transcriptome in the Gut of Wild Drosophila melanogaster: A Re‐Analysis by Frances Llanwarne, Adam J. Dobson

“…ABSTRACT Gut microbiota are fundamental for healthy animal function, but the evidence that host function can be predicted from microbiota taxonomy remains equivocal, and natural populations remain understudied compared to laboratory animals. …”
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Graines d'histoire by Claire Newton, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Sarah Ivorra, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Claire Tito de Morais, Sandrine Picq, Margareta Tengberg, Jean-Christophe Pintaud

“…For that purpose, the morphological diversity of the date palm was studied through seed shape analysis, using the Elliptic Fourier Transforms (EFT) method.The biological material used comprises seeds of uncultivated Phoenix individuals from isolated Oman populations, cultivated date palm varieties, and other related Phoenix species. …”
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Survival Copula Entropy and Dependence in Bivariate Distributions by S.M. Sunoj, N. Unnikrishnan Nair

“… In the present work we propose survival copula entropy as an alternative to Shannon entropy, cumulative residual entropy and copula entropy measures in computing the uncertainty in bivariate populations. We examine the relationships between the various measures. …”
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Dogwood Anthracnose: A Threat to Flowering Dogwood by Eric Holzmueller, Shibu Jose, Alan Long

“…FOR-127, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Eric Holzmueller, Shibu Jose, and Alan Long, describes this non-native disease threatening flowering dogwood populations in the eastern United States, signs of the disease, what you can do about it, and references. …”
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Leptomastix dactylopii Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): parasitoid of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) by Salman Al-Shami, Jawwad Qureshi

“…This beneficial insect is known for providing significant reductions in mealybug populations in Florida and other locations. It is also intended to provide knowledge about this parasitoid to a wide range of interested audiences including growers, Extension agents, researchers, students, laypersons, and other stakeholders. …”
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Dogwood Anthracnose: A Threat to Flowering Dogwood by Eric Holzmueller, Shibu Jose, Alan Long

“…FOR-127, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Eric Holzmueller, Shibu Jose, and Alan Long, describes this non-native disease threatening flowering dogwood populations in the eastern United States, signs of the disease, what you can do about it, and references. …”
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Florida’s Marine Sponges by John Stevely, Don Sweat

“…SGEF-169, a 4-page fact sheet by John Stevely and Don Sweat, describes why study and management of sponge populations remains essential to the health of Florida’s coastal waters and discusses their potential pharmaceutical value, harvesting practices, their history, biology, and other interesting facts. …”
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Florida’s Marine Sponges by John Stevely, Don Sweat

“…SGEF-169, a 4-page fact sheet by John Stevely and Don Sweat, describes why study and management of sponge populations remains essential to the health of Florida’s coastal waters and discusses their potential pharmaceutical value, harvesting practices, their history, biology, and other interesting facts. …”
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Yémen : le Sud sur la voie de la sécession ? by Franck Mermier

“…Since Yemen's internal war of 1994, the growing resentment of the populations of the South towards the power stronghold of Sanaa has been aggravated by a severe economic crisis, a galloping inflation and a high rate of unemployment. …”
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