Experimental Study on Frost-Heaving Force Development of Tibetan Clay Subjected to One-Directional Freezing in an Open System by Pengfei He, Meng Xiong, Yanhu Mu, Jianhua Dong, Xinlei Na

“…Frost heave of soils involves complex coupled interactions among moisture, heat, and stress, which can cause serious damage to cold regions engineering. In this paper, a series of one-directional freezing experiments were implemented for the Tibetan clay with rigid restraint in an open system. …”
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Ploidy levels influence cold tolerance of Cyclocarya paliurus: insight into the roles of WRKY genes by Zanpei Zhang, Qianxing Mao, Yueying Gu, Xulan Shang, Yanmeng Huang, Shengzuo Fang

“…Cyclocarya paliurus, a diclinous and versatile tree species originally in subtropical regions, has been introduced and cultivated in the warm temperate zone of China to meet the increasing market demand for its leaf yield. …”
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Strengthening the Personnel Potential of Authorities in Ukraine As a Guarantee of Sustainable Development of Society by Yana Kachan, Mariia Masyk, Natalya Balashova, Denys Krasivskiy, Andrii Ivanov

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Mathematical modeling of service life of cables polymer insulation by D. A. Polyakov, M. A. Kholmov, D. I. Plotnikov, K. I. Nikitin, U. V. Polyakova

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Assessing Groundwater Connection/Disconnection to Waterholes Along the Balonne River and in the Barwon–Darling River System in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, for Waterh... by Harald Hofmann, Jonathan Marshall

“…While most semi-arid, ephemeral river systems are disconnected from regional groundwater and losing in most parts there may be some sections that can be connected to localised groundwater or parafluvial areas. …”
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Consolidating Medical Education in Sudan During War by Mohamed H. Taha, Nazik E. Husain, Wail Nuri Osman Mukhtar, Mohamed Elhassan Abdalla

“…Engaging the Sudanese diaspora through virtual collaborations, mentorship programs, and faculty exchanges enhance educational experiences. Stable regions as educational hubs ensure uninterrupted academic progress for students from conflict-affected areas. …”
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What’s happening in the kitchen? The influence of nutritional knowledge, attitudes and, practices (KAP), and kitchen characteristics on women’s dietary quality in Ethiopia by Temesgen Awoke Yalew, Masresha Tessema, Edward Lahiff

“…Method A population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted from August to September 2022 in five regions and two city administrations in Ethiopia. …”
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Drought resistance of introgressive spring common wheat lines with genetic material of tall wheatgrass by L. Ya. Plotnikova, A. T. Sagendykova, S. P. Kuzmina

“…An analysis of the ecological plasticity of standard cultivars adapted to the regional conditions showed that cv. ‘Pamyati Azieva’ corresponded to the extensive type, and cvs. …”
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Development and validation of a tool to measure telehealth educational environment (THEEM) by Marium Arif, Madiha Sajjad, Rehan Ahmed Khan, Hafiz Rabbi ul Ehsan

“…Abstract Background Telehealth is gaining importance in improving healthcare access and outcomes, particularly in underserved regions. Despite its potential, healthcare providers in developing countries struggle to effectively utilize telehealth tools, highlighting the need for structured training. …”
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Maintien du potentiel adaptatif chez les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale by Doyle McKey, Marianne Elias, Benoît Pujol, Anne Duputié, Marc Delêtre, Delphine Renard

“…By highly selective incorporation of volunteer plants – via processes that combine both natural and artificial selection – Amerindian cultivators are able to maintain simultaneously genetic diversity and agronomic performance of their manioc populations, combining sexual reproduction and clonal propagation in a way that reaps the benefits of each mode of reproduction while minimizing their respective disadvantages. In regions where manioc has been introduced since the “discovery” of America by Europeans, the technical knowledge of Amerindian cultivators about the use of products of manioc’s sexual reproduction has not been introduced along with the plant. …”
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Floral Calendar of Honeybee Plants in Kellem and West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia by Ofijan Tesfaye, Etenesh Mekonnen

“…Season 1 had the highest pollen yields, ranging from 11051.8 ± 56.4 g (midlands) to 878.3 ± 18.3 g (lowlands), while season 4 ranged from 16.8 ± 6.3 g (midlands) to 15.6 ± 7.4 g (lowlands) and had the lowest pollen yield. In both regions, February, March, July, and August are the months when pollen is not brought into the hive and could be used as starvation periods. …”
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Revealing the differences in bicycle theft and motorcycle theft: spatial patterns and contributing factors by Lin Liu, Heng Liu, Dongping Long, Xinhua Huang

“…Bicycle theft hotspots predominantly cluster in the urban core of ZG city, while motorcycle theft hotspots are primarily concentrated in the suburban regions. (2) At the community level, car parks, Internet cafes, and subway stations have a significant positive impact on bicycle theft, while bus stops and shops have a significant positive impact on motorcycle theft. …”
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Muscle selection and dosing in patients undergoing treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA for lower limb spasticity in real-world practice by Richard D. Zorowitz, Jorge Jacinto, Stephen Ashford, Mathieu Beneteau, Pascal Maisonobe, Christian Hannes, Alberto Esquenazi

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Future Climate Change Shifts the Ranges of Major Encroaching Woody Plant Species in the Southern Great Plains, USA by Jia Yang, Rodney Will, Lu Zhai, Chris Zou

“…Our study methodology is applicable to other regions and continents with WPE issues, including Africa, South America, and Australia.…”
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Location-specific heterogeneity in landslide resilience index: A household-based comparative study in Rangamati Hill District, Bangladesh by Raihan Riaz, Neegar Sultana, Raihan Riaz

“…The results provide a comprehensive framework for policymakers and academics to build a resilient society against landslides, which may be adopted in comparable regional settings. The findings also contribute to achieving the fourth priority action of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030), which seeks to enhance society’s resilience.…”
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Characterization and Identification of Coal and Carbonaceous Shale Using Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy by En Yang, Shirong Ge, Shibo Wang

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) and Gauss radial basis kernel principal component analysis (GRB-KPCA) were employed to extract principal components (PCs) of continuum removed (CR) spectra of the training samples in eight selected wavelength regions which are related to the main mineral and organic compositions. …”
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Surfacing and diving behavior associated with thermal physiology in oceanic habitats of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the western north Pacific Ocean by Yoshinori Aoki, Takashi Kitagawa, Hidetada Kiyofuji

“…We aimed to examine how the thermal physiology of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, SKJ) can explain the differences in their vertical behavior, focusing on surfacing and diving, among various thermal environments during their northward migration in the western North Pacific.MethodsWe analyzed archival tag data collected during 2012–2015, with individual time series (Fork length: 38–49 cm, N = 38) of swimming depth, water temperature, and peritoneal body temperature during northward migration from subtropical areas to temperate regions around Japan. We quantified surfacing and diving behavior as an index of vertical behavior and estimated the whole-body heat transfer coefficient (λ) during the cooling and warming phases associated with diving using body and water temperature records as indicators of thermal physiology.ResultsIn the southern mixed layer areas, SKJ were widely distributed at a depth layer <200 m, whereas they were restricted to the surface in the strong thermocline areas in the north. …”
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Relationship between in ovo feeding and eggshell temperature of breeder eggs during incubation by Maxwell Ansong Okai, Maxwell Ansong Okai, Francis Kruenti, Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Kokou Tona, Lin Hai

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Impacts on Indian Agriculture Due To Stratospheric Aerosol Intervention Using Agroclimatic Indices by Nina Grant, Alan Robock, Lili Xia, Jyoti Singh, Brendan Clark

“…ARISE‐SAI‐1.5 largely preserves monsoon rainfall, improving yields for rainfed rice in most regions. Even without the use of SAI, adaptation strategies such as adjusting planting dates could offer partial relief under SSP2‐4.5 if it is feasible to adjust established rice‐wheat cropping systems.…”
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Alternative futures of food consumption in Tehran metropolis by Farshid Azizkhani, Mohammad Rahim Eivazi, Majid mokhtarianpour, Muhammad Reza Esmaili Givi

“…Geographical studies on food categorized in five scales; global and transnational, national and regional, urban, rural and agricultural, domestic scales of food consumption and the individual as a consumer. …”
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