Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women in Ghana: Prevalence and Predictors by Samuel H. Nyarko

“…Unintended pregnancy is seen as the key concept for better understanding the fertility and the unmet need for family planning of populations. It is seen as a major challenge among women in many developing countries including Ghana. …”
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Impacts of Land Cover and Greenness Change on Soil Loss and Erosion Risk in Damota Area Districts, Southern Ethiopia by Mamush Masha, Teshome Yirgu, Mulugeta Debele

“…The RUSLE modeling was applied using satellite imageries, ASTER GDEM, rainfall, and soil data to estimate total annual soil loss for a 100 km2 hilly and highly populated area in Ethiopia. Soil loss decreased in the Damota districts from 21 to 13 million tons from 2000 to 2020. …”
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Towards a Conceptual Model of Users’ Expectations of an Autonomous In-Vehicle Multimodal Experience by Ecem Berfin Ince, Kyungjoo Cha, Junghyun Cho

“…With this knowledge, a conceptual model of the users’ in-vehicle multimodal experience was proposed with a two-dimensional spectrum, which populates four different layers: sustained, distinct, concurrent, and coherent. …”
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Thematic Review of Endocrine Disruptors and Their Role in Shaping Pubertal Timing by And Demir, Adem Aydin, Atilla Büyükgebiz

“…For instance, BPA is linked to earlier puberty in girls but delayed onset in boys, while other EDCs show mixed effects across populations. These discrepancies often arise from challenges in study design, such as the difficulty in establishing reliable control groups, accurately measuring exposures, and accounting for confounding factors like socioeconomic status, diet, and obesity. …”
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Lack of Smoking Prevalence Data for Indigenous Peoples Worldwide Contributes to Epidemiological Invisibility by Marewa Glover

“…Countries with indigenous populations were identified, and online searches were conducted to determine reporting of smoking prevalence among Indigenous Peoples, national average smoking prevalence by gender, and commitment to the FCTC and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). …”
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Therapeutic Potential of 5-HT2C Receptor Ligands by Nanna H. Jensen, Thomas I. Cremers, Florence Sotty

“…In addition, their expression in specific neuronal populations in the hypothalamus would be critical for their role in the regulation of feeding behavior. …”
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Assessment of flood risk under Polder-Type flood control measure using improved projection pursuit model by Li Gao, Yuqin Gao, Yunping Liu, Ming Wu

“…Spatially, the high and highest-risk areas are mainly distributed in the urban areas, concentrated in densely populated and economically developed areas. Compared with the natural stream (without the PFCM), the high and highest risk areas decreased 0.06, 0.04, and 0.58 km2 for 50 %, 30 %, and 3 % frequency flood scales, respectively. …”
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Mortality, Work and Migration. A Consideration of Age-specific Mortality from Tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901 by Alice Reid, Eilidh Garrett

“… This paper provides an examination into some of the most enduring debates regarding tuberculosis mortality during the nineteenth century: those related to gender, geographic and temporal variations. We use populations reconstructed from individual census and civil register data for the period 1861 to 1901, comparing a growing urban area with a declining rural area, both with around 20,000 inhabitants in 1861. …”
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SOSYAL MEDYA MECRALARINDA KİMLİĞİN SANALLAŞMASI (Bireysel ve Toplumsal Gerçeklikten, Sosyal Medyanın Sanallığına: Bireysel ve Kolektif Kimliklerin Anlamsal ve İşlevsel Değişimi)... by Saniye Vatandaş

“…Kimlik, günümüzün dünyasının en popüler terimlerinden birisidir. Psişik ve toplumsal bilimlerin önemli konu başlıklarından birisidir. …”
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Native Centric Ethics Constraining Illegal Migration in Nigeria by Osebor Ikechukwu Monday, Alumona Nicholas Onyemechi, Uchena Chukwuka Obed

“… The fact that young people from Nigeria and Asia make up the largest populations of illegal immigrants overseas is no longer news. …”
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Enhancing Awareness of Physical Activity Guidelines among Saudi College Students: The 150 Minutes Program by Mohammed Alshehri

“…The study contributes valuable insights to the evolving landscape of physical activity interventions within college populations, emphasizing the need for targeted programs, and collaborations with student organizations to ensure sustained impact and scalability.…”
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The Hematopoietic Niche in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms by Annette H. Schmitt-Graeff, Roland Nitschke, Robert Zeiser

“…The characterization of the cellular and molecular networks operating in the HSC niche has opened new perspectives for the understanding of the bidirectional cross-talk between HSCs and stromal cell populations in normal and malignant conditions. A structural and functional remodeling of the niche may contribute to the development of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). …”
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Cell-specific functions of androgen receptor in skeletal muscles by Hiroshi Sakai, Yuuki Imai

“…We focus on three specific cell populations expressing AR within skeletal muscles: skeletal muscle cells, responsible for muscle contraction; satellite cells, which are essential stem cells contributing to the growth and regeneration of skeletal muscles; and mesenchymal progenitors, situated in interstitial areas and playing a crucial role in muscle homeostasis. …”
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Urine metabolomic profiles of autism and autistic traits-A twin study. by Abishek Arora, Francesca Mastropasqua, Sven Bölte, Kristiina Tammimies

“…The utility of urine biomarkers in autism, therefore, remains unclear, with mixed findings from different study populations.…”
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Tourisme, imaginaires et identités : inverser le point de vue by Bernard Debarbieux

“…La plupart des publications qui traitent des rapports entre tourisme et identités collectives des populations locales mettent l’accent sur les influences du premier sur les secondes, que ces influences soient jugées délétères ou stimulantes. …”
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From the Criminalization of Substances to the “War on Drugs” Policy: A Century of Prohibitionism in Brazil by José Guilherme Magalhães e Silva, Luís Felipe Zilli, Letícia Godinho de Souza

“…A systematic analysis of national and international legislation reveals that the prohibitionist enterprise was successful in Brazil due to two factors: i) as an ideational set, it was integrated into structuring discursive fields of Brazilian political culture, dialoguing with the stigmatization of marginalized populations and criminalization of their practices; and ii) as an ordering principle of public policy, it has demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptability, incorporating elements of alternative models into its framework without compromising its fundamental structures. …”
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Entre désir de nature et peur de l’abandon : quelles attentes paysagères après l’arasement des barrages hydroélectriques de la Sélune ? by Marie-Anne Germaine, Ludovic Drapier, Laurent Lespez, Marie-Jo Menozzi, Olivier Thomas

“…Since dismantling such structures results in the generation of new landscapes and raises the question of choices for the development of the dewatered areas, it seems necessary to take into consideration the expectations of local populations.…”
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Drones outperform dogs for hazing bears: a comparison of carnivore aversive conditioning tools by Wesley M. Sarmento

“…Resolving and preventing conflict is essential for conserving carnivore populations. Here I conducted a six-year study of the efficacy of non-lethal hazing tools to deter grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) away from people on the prairies of North-Central Montana. …”
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Dissecting the sterility phenotype in gene edited Drosophila suzukii pgSIT males by Avery D. Witherbee, Stephanie Gamez

“…Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been used successfully to control many agricultural pests, but the use of irradiation, sex sorting, and the requirement to scale these insects make it costly to implement. pgSIT (precision guided Sterile Insect Technique) is a novel and efficient way to generate sterile males through genetic engineering and overcomes the drawbacks of traditional SIT. pgSIT has been implemented in multiple Dipteran insects, including D. suzukii, and has been shown to suppress wild insect populations. To further characterize sterile pgSIT males, we evaluated their fertility capacity, lack of mature sperm, and ability to induce a mating refractory period in D. suzukii wildtype females. …”
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The geographical digital divide in broadband access and governmental policies in Japan: three case studies by Yoshio Arai, Sae Naganuma

“…Another effective means of extending broadband has been the pressure exerted by local governments (under the national policy scheme) on private cable television companies to bring their services to even the least populated regions. Finally, in those areas where private digital network services are unprofitable, the establishment of a publicly funded cable business (using a budget-transfer scheme, for example) may be an effective option for extending broadband services. …”
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