Effects of NDVI/Meteorological Elements on Actual Evapotranspiration in Loess Plateau over Last 20 Years by HAN Yuping, XU Dan, HUANG Huiping, JIA Dongdong, PEI Duo, ZHANG Junfeng

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Understanding North Korea: Rimjin-gang Citizen Journalists Out to Cure the “Sick Man of Asia”? by Suzy Kim

“…Not only does it claim to be "the first magazine about North Korea written by North Koreans" (The Nation), but it is also touted as "the first publication to create a channel for two-way communication between the divided Korean people," as exemplified by the title "Rimjin-gang" - the name of the river that flows across the De-Militarized Zone dividing the north and south.This article is an attempt to engage in a critical conversation about how we know what we know about North Korea, reflecting upon the historical and structural conditions that configure the way North Korea is known and understood by those outside North Korea.…”
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Factors Associated with Women’s Chronic Disease Management: Associations of Healthcare Frustrations, Physician Support, and Self-Care Needs by Matthew Lee Smith, Marcia G. Ory, SangNam Ahn, Toni P. Miles

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Highly selective generation of singlet oxygen via peroxymonosulfate activation by Mn–N supported biochar by Huan Wu, Fangfang Ji, Bin Zhou, Shikun Gao, Zhe Zhang

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“Local versus Nonlocal” Enterprise Linkages of Global Cities: A Comparison between Beijing and Shanghai, China by Jiayi Lu, Dongqi Sun, Jiali Yu, Jiaming Li, Fangqu Niu

“…There is a large economic development gap between Beijing and its hinterland, Hebei Province, while Shanghai has formed a highly integrated region with its hinterland, the Yangtze River Delta. According to the Outline of Collaborative Development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province, enterprise linkages between Beijing and Hebei should be strengthened in order to narrow the economic gap between the center and the hinterland. …”
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Establishment of Regional Regulations For Coastal Area Rehabilitation As An Environmental Restoration Effort In Buru District by Popy Tuhulele, Arman Anwar, Armelia Febriyanti Waas

“…Environmental pollution and destruction not only occurs in mining areas but also land, river flows, bays, coasts and seas which are the final estuaries of mining remains. …”
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Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Seismic Response of Immersed Tunnel in Horizontally Layered Site under Obliquely Incident SV Waves by Xiaojie Zhou, Qinghua Liang, Yueyu Zhang, Zhongxian Liu, Ying He

“…The proposed model was then applied to investigate the nonlinear seismic response of an immersed tunnel in the Haihe River subjected to seismic waves of oblique incidence. …”
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Applicability Analysis of Two Comprehensive Drought Meteorological Indexes in Corn Growth Period of Liaoning Province by CAO Yongqiang, ZHAO Zimeng, ZHANG Dan, REN Bo

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Analysis of potential landslides and local wisdom approaches in dealing with them in the Naga Traditional Village Area, Tasikmalaya Regency by Marlyono Setio Galih, Mustofa Romy Faisal, Wahyu Firdaus Dede, Arini Chaerunnisa, Danawijaya Indra

“…Then the traditional wisdom or local wisdom of the community in dealing with landslides is by making terraces which is called entep stone or umpak stone , with stones obtained from the Ciwulan River next to the village. Apart from that, the community also continues to protect the land cover on the hill by making it a prohibited forest (Leuweung Larangan) and a forest entrustment (Leuweung Titipan) , so that its use can be well controlled, and maintain the strength of the soil.…”
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PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG POPULATIONS OF THE RED VOLE MYODES (= CLETHRIONOMYS) RUTILUS PALLAS, 1779 IN THE NORTHERN PRIOKHOTYE AND KOLYMA REGIONS by V. V. Pereverzeva, A. A. Primak, E. A. Dubinin

“…Genetic analysis allowed the different levels of differentiation among red vole populations from the basins of Kolyma and Yama rivers and the suburbs of Magadan city to be determined. …”
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Impact of Nitrogen Fertilizer Applications on Surface Water Nitrate Levels within a Kenyan Tea Plantation by J. K. Maghanga, J. L. Kituyi, P. O. Kisinyo, W. K. Ng’etich

“…A study to monitor changes in surface water nitrate levels was carried out in ten rivers within a Kenyan tea plantation for three years. …”
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Conservation status of newly discovered subpopulations of two globally threatened tree species in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania by Henry J. Ndangalasi, Norbert J. Cordeiro

“…We did not find either species in intensive surveys of seven neighbouring unprotected forest fragments but we located a single G. macrosiphon beside a river close to one of the unprotected fragments. …”
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The overlooked impacts of freshwater scarcity on oceans as evidenced by the Mediterranean Sea by Diego Macias, Berny Bisselink, Cesar Carmona-Moreno, Jean-Noël Druon, Olaf Duteil, Elisa Garcia-Gorriz, Bruna Grizzetti, Jordi Guillen, Svetla Miladinova, Alberto Pistocchi, Chiara Piroddi, Luca Polimene, Natalia Serpetti, Adolf Stips, Ioannis Trichakis, Angel Udias, Olga Vigiak

“…This study reveals the consequences of decreased freshwater flow on marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea due to climate change and escalating water demands. A 41% reduction in river flow may result in a 10% decline in marine primary productivity and a 6% decrease in biomass of commercial fish and invertebrate species. …”
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Mapping Agricultural Frozen Soil on the Watershed Scale Using Remote Sensing Data by Jalal Khaldoune, Eric Van Bochove, Monique Bernier, Michel C. Nolin

“…This paper presents an empirical model for classifying frozen/unfrozen soils in the entire Bras d’Henri River watershed (167 km2) near Quebec City (Quebec, Canada). …”
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Exploring the dynamics of energy security and energy poverty in the Andean basin by Darío Xavier Zhiña, María Isabel Fárez-Plasencia, Alex Avilés-Añazco, Otilia Vanessa Cordero-Ahiman, Jorge Leonardo Vanegas, Alexandra Guanuchi-Quito

“…This study examines ES and EP in parishes in the Machángara River basin in Ecuador. The ES assessment used an index composed of four dimensions: energy accessibility, financial, environmental and housing factors, while EP was assessed using five established indices (10% Index, MIS, AFCP, 2M, M/2), providing a multidimensional perspective. …”
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Skillful subseasonal ensemble predictions of heat wave onsets through better representation of land surface uncertainties by Qiyu Zhang, Mu Mu, Guodong Sun

“…Via six strong and long-lasting HW events over the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (MLYR), HW onset ensemble forecast experiments were conducted with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. …”
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Service Quality (Servqual) Toward Rawa Bebek’s Rusunawa Residents in Dki Jakarta by Retnowati WD Tuti

“…Then UPRS, Occupants Rusunawa, and researchers preparing the proposed changes to policies regarding tariffs and elimination of fines rent-subsidized apartment, urban transport through Rusunawa, structuring River East Flood Canal as a tourist attraction water delivered to the Department of Housing and Area Settle- ment of Jakarta as the direct supervisor UPRS. …”
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Molecular Identification of Fungal Communities in a Soil Cultivated with Vegetables and Soil Suppressiveness to Rhizoctonia solani by Silvana Pompéia Val-Moraes, Eliamar Aparecida Nascimbem Pedrinho, Eliana Gertrudes Macedo Lemos, Lucia Maria Carareto-Alves

“…For this purpose, total DNA was extracted from bulk soils cultivated with tomato (STC), vegetables (SHC), and native forest (SMS) from three sites of the Taquara Branca river basin in Sumaré County, São Paulo State, Brazil. …”
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LOCALITY AND STEREOTYPICAL CONCEPTS AS PREDICTORS OF VOTING ATTITUDES AMONG PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ADULT NIGERIAN EMPLOYEES by CHRISTIAN OGBOGU UGOCHUKWU, JACOB IGO, CASMIR NNAEMEKA NWANKWO, BASSY JOHN-JIREH

“…Two hypotheses was formulated and tested, two hundred and six (206), (volunteered (62) and drawn (144)) participants using accidental and convenience sampling technique from eight states within four geo-political regions (East, South, West and North) of the country (Anambra, Abia, Cross River, Bayelsa, Ondo, Oyo. Kanu and Kaduna) participated in the study. …”
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Research on Slope Deformation Prediction Based on Fractional-Order Calculus Gray Model by Li Li, Yue Qiang, Shaohong Li, Zhongchao Yang

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