Spatiotemporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 gene dimorphism in Ghana by Abraham Y. Kpirikai, Belinda A. Ofosu, Josie N. A. Okai, Victor Kornu, Abdul Rashid Kassim, Esther Donkor, Frederica Malm, Osumanu Ahmed, Mona-Liza E. Sakyi, Samirah Saiid, Albert Yao Kudakpo, Charles Mensah, Francis Dzabeng, Collins Morang’a, Gordon A. Awandare, Yaw Aniweh, Lucas N. Amenga-Etego

“…No significant difference in allele prevalence was observed between the high malaria season (wet) and low malaria season (dry). However, a statistically significant difference in the temporal prevalence of pure alleles (F & C) between two time points was observed. …”
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<i>ACE</i> I/D Genotype and Risk of Non-Contact Injury in Moroccan Elite Athletes: A Pilot Study by El Mokhtar El Ouali, Jihan Kartibou, Juan Del Coso, Rashmi Supriya, Ismail Laher, Zineb El Kettani, Hassan Ghazal, Najib Al Idrissi, Ayoub Saeidi, Abdelhalem Mesfioui, Hassane Zouhal

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> The distribution of the <i>ACE</i> I/D genotypes was similar in elite cycling and field hockey athletes with or without non-contact injury during the season. These results indicate that there is no significant association between the <i>ACE</i> I/D polymorphism and the susceptibility to non-contact injury in these athletes. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of rainfall and temperature variability and trends for a mixed crop-livestock production system: its implications for developing adaptation strategies by Sintayehu Alemayehu, Daniel Olago, Opere Alfred, Tadesse Terefe Zeleke, Sintayehu W. Dejene

“…Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze the seasonal spatiotemporal climate variability in the Borena zone of Ethiopia and its effects on agriculture and livestock production. …”
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Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to PM2.5 and associated health risk in community-dwelling elderly residents in Fuzhou city, 2021: a cross-sectional study by Shuling KANG, Xin LIN, Kan LIN, Baoying LIU, Chuancheng WU, Jianjun XIANG, Jingwen CHEN, Quan ZHOU

“…Three-day continuous sampling of PM2.5 was performed by using a personal particulate sampler, a constant-temperature, constant-flow particulate sampler in the living room, and an automatic outdoor particulate sampler within 2 km of the participants' homes during the winter season for 140 participants and during the summer season for 107 participants in 2021. …”
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Influence of window design and environmental variables on the window opening behavior of occupants and energy consumption in residential buildings by Sivapriya Chelliah, Subbaiyan Gnanasambandam, Srinivas Tadepalli

“…Studies about window opening and closing behaviour focused mainly on environmental variables (indoor temperature and air quality, climatic factors) and contextual parameters (season, time of the day). This paper investigates the influence of factors related to window design and environmental variables on the frequency of opening and closing the windows and the duration of windows in the open position. …”
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La difficile gestion globale de l’eau en Camargue (France) : le Contrat de delta by Alain Dervieux

“…Being the main reason for the introduction of important volumes of fresh water from the River Rhone into the Camargue during the dry season, a ressource, which in turn, is made available for other human activities: nature conservation, tourism, breeding, hunting and fishing. …”
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Evaluation of Diversity of Newly Bred Czech Sweet Cherry Cultivars in Extensive Plantations by Jiří Sedlák, Boris Krška, Liliia Pavliuk, Jana Čmejlová, František Paprštein, Jitka Blažková

“…The cultivar ‘Früheste der Mark’ was used as the earliest cultivar of the sweet cherry season. The results presented in this study demonstrate the high diversity of the analyzed sweet cherry germplasm. …”
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CSTN: A cross-region crop mapping method integrating self-training and contrastive domain adaptation by Shuwen Peng, Liqiang Zhang, Rongchang Xie, Ying Qu

“…Moreover, CSTN also enables early-season crop classification for pre-harvest decision-making applications. …”
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Measurement of remaining storage, rate of siltation, and rate of erosion of the Ahmadu Bello University Farm Lake drainage Basin in Zaria by A Baba, M Akaegbobi, K Schoeneich

“…Thereafter calculated rate of siltation between years 1966 and 2009 as 6,600 m3/y, rate of erosion in the drainage basin during the same period as 0.559 mm/y, and safe yield during 176 days of hydrological dry season as non existing, because after deduction of losses to evaporation calculated as 194,560 m3/y and deduction of 272,700 m3 of environmental reserve - minimum necessary to preserve aquatic wildlife, there is no active storage left. …”
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Effects of Biochar and Compost Application on Soil Properties and on the Growth and Yield of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) by Temesgen Kebede, Dargie Tsegay Berhe, Yohannes Zergaw

“…When 2021 is compared with the 2020 growing season in terms of hot pepper yield, the treatments 4 CPB, 10 CPC, and 7 CPC_CPB increased the yield by 4.61, 1.62, and 1.55%, respectively. …”
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Exploring El Nino effects on agricultural area using Landsat images analysis: A case study in Bondowoso Regency, Indonesia by Hasbi Mubarak Suud, Dwi Erwin Kusbianto

“…El Nino, which hit Indonesia in 2023, poses severe food security threats due to the high dry season with no rainfall and minimal cloud cover and can trigger serious drought problems if it happen for a long time. …”
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Age-Related Changes of the Ocular Surface: A Hospital Setting-Based Retrospective Study by Laura Ottobelli, Paolo Fogagnolo, Marta Guerini, Luca Rossetti

“…No significant difference in season distribution was shown. Dry eye disease (DED) represented 58% of OSD; its prevalence increased with age until 80 years old and suddenly decreased thereafter. …”
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STUDI PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI LOKAL TERKAIT INTERAKSI DESA-KOTA by ASEP HARIYANTO, HISTA YUGANDHINI

“…The economic impact of the implementation of the LED in the Airguci centers, namely the local communities to help increase revenue and reduction in unemployment has not yet arrived when the harvest season. …”
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ESTIMACIÓN DE LA CUBIERTA DE NIEVE EN EL NORTE DE LA PROVINCIA DEL NEUQUÉN by Marisa Cogliati, Damian Groch, Florencia Finessi

“…The results indicate differences in the estimation of the snowfall area related to season and the spatial resolution of data.…”
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Ontogenetic features of <I>Saposhnikovia divaricate</I> (Turcz.) Schischk. introduced into the environments of the Cis-Baikal Region by E. G. Khudonogova, S. V. Polovinkina

“…Its plants in the first year of their life pass through the stages of the pregenerative period and proceed into the winter season in a virginal state. About 6% of the plants enter the generative state in the second year of life, and all the rest do it in the third year. …”
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Irrigation Schedule of Rice Based on CROPWAT Model in Southern Central Yunnan by DUAN Qicai, WANG Shupeng, ZHANG Lei, LUO Yingpei, QI Na

“…This study is conducted to further review the rationality of the standard for rice irrigation quotas in Jianshui of southern central Yunnan.On the basis of the observation data of Jianshui Meteorological Station from 1958 to 2013 and the rice-season test results of irrigation test sites in Jianshui from 2016 to 2018,the crop and soil parameters in the CROPWAT model are calibrated,and the processes of water in the rice soaking stage and irrigation amount in the prime field stage are simulated.With frequency arrangement results of irrigation amount in the whole growth stage,the rice irrigation schedule is drafted by the typical-year method.The results indicate that under the irrigation probability (P) of P=50%,P=75%,and P=90%,the irrigation quota of Jianshui rice in the whole growth stage is 510.1,591.1,and 651.2 mm,respectively,including the quota for the rice soaking stage of 185.3,209.2,and 213.9 mm,as well as the quota for the prime field stage of 324.8,381.9,and 437.3 mm,respectively.The irrigation frequency in the prime field stage is 8,9,and 10 times,respectively,and the irrigation quota is between 20.3 to 46.7 mm.The standard for rice irrigation quotas in Jianshui of southern central Yunnan is between 240.0 to 255.0 mm in the rice soaking stage,and under the conditions of P=50%,P=75%,and P=90%,the rice irrigation quota in the prime field stage is 427.5~435.0,487.5~502.5,540.0~562.5 mm,respectively.The current standard for rice irrigation quotas is basically reasonable,but from the viewpoint of water conservation and protection,there is still some water-saving space for rice irrigation.…”
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H3N2 Virus as Causative Agent of ARDS Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support by Adriano Peris, Giovanni Zagli, Pasquale Bernardo, Massimo Bonacchi, Morena Cozzolino, Lucia Perretta, Alberta Azzi, Giovanni Cianchi

“…Pandemic influenza virus A(H1N1) 2009 was associated with a higher risk of viral pneumonia in comparison with seasonal influenza viruses. The influenza season 2011-2012 was characterized by the prevalent circulation of influenza A(H3N2) viruses. …”
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Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan by Fasiha Safdar, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Muhammad Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain Adil

“…This study may be helpful for an agricultural country like Pakistan which is heavily dependent on monsoon rainfalls for assessing the impacts of changing monsoon season and to adapt towards changing climate.…”
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Effect of Environmental Factors on Germination and Emergence of Invasive Rumex confertus in Central Europe by Jeremi Kołodziejek, Jacek Patykowski

“…The seeds of R. confertus undergo a seasonal dormancy cycle with deep dormancy in winter and early spring and a low level of dormancy in early autumn. …”
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Impacts of Urbanization on Extreme Regional Precipitation Events by Wei Wu, Lei Ren, Yingjian Wei, Mengjing Guo

“…In addition, the former exhibits periodic alternation with a dominant frequency of 21 years during the flood season, and both the fluctuation amplitude and maximum value of the periodic variation increase with time. (3) The urbanization in the study area has a significant impact on Rx1h and Rx2h precipitations, but little impact on the intensity of long-duration precipitation. …”
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