North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates by Stephen H. Vickers, Timothy D. Meehan, Nicole L. Michel, Aldina M. A. Franco, James J. Gilroy

“…For migratory species, colonisation of new areas can require novel migratory programmes that facilitate navigation between independently-shifting seasonal ranges. Therefore, in some cases range-shifts may be limited by the capacity for novel migratory programmes to be transferred between generations, which can be genetically and socially mediated. …”
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Development and evaluation of punching mechanism for de-seeding of ber fruit by Bharath Kumar Komatineni, B. Manjula, Sanwal Singh Meena, V. Kavan Kumar, Utkarsh Dwivedi, Akuleti Saikumar, Seelam Jaya Krishna, Sumit Kumar Vishwakarma

“…Abstract Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana L.) commonly known as Indian jujube, is an underutilized seasonal fruit rich in nutrients and consumed directly. …”
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Determination of aflatoxin existence in mixed feed, wheat flour and bulgur samples by Halis Oğuz, Ferhan Nizamlıoğlu, İffet Dinç, Kamil Üney, Hasan Aydın

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> A total of 570 samples including 150 mixed feed, 210 wheat flour and 210 bulgur samples were collected from Konya, Karaman and Mersin provinces from May 2005 to August 2006 in different seasons. The samples were analyzed by Thin Layer Chromatography-Scanner methods.…”
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Fitting of Soil-Water Characteristic Curves (SWCC) of Bukit Mewah, Malaysia soil using field monitoring dataset. by Faris Shazani Suhaizan, Aizat Mohd Taib, Mohd Raihan Taha, Dayang Zulaika Abang Hasbollah, Aniza Ibrahim, Mohd Firdaus Md Dan, Alfrendo Satyanaga

“…Rainfall-induced landslides are a frequent geohazard for tropical regions with prevalent residual soils and year-round rainy seasons. The water infiltration into unsaturated soil can be analyzed using the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) and permeability function which can be used to monitor and predict incoming landslides, showing the necessity of selecting the appropriate model parameter while fitting the SWCC model. …”
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Climate Variability and Adaptation Strategies in a Pastoralist Area of the Eastern Bale Zone: The Case of Sawena District, Ethiopia by Mesfin Bekele Gebbisa, Zsuzsanna Bacsi

“…The descriptive results indicated that pastoralist households have adopted various adaptation strategies: 45.1% participate in seasonal livestock migration, 26.3% rely on productive safety net programs, 19% pursue livelihood diversification, and 9.7% engage in agroforestry. …”
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Cold Front Identification Using the DETR Model with Satellite Cloud Imagery by Yujing Qin, Qian Liu, Chuhan Lu

“…It was found that over the past 18 years, the frequency of cold fronts displays distinct seasonal patterns, with the highest occurrences observed during winter, particularly along the mid-latitude storm tracks extending from the east coast of East Asia to the Northwest Pacific. …”
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Analysis of Microbial load and Litter Characterisation of Araromi Beach Sand, Ondo State, Nigeria by O. S. Odewumi, M. M. Quist

“…Araromi beach falls under the Moderately Dirty category with Clean Coast Index values of 8.52 and 6.81 in the dry and wet seasons respectively. Overall, the results of this study shows that Araromi beach is still in an underdeveloped state with the host community the key contributors to the amount of waste found on the beach. …”
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The influence of meteorological factors on the technical performance of football teams during matches by Yonghan Zhong, Shaoliang Zhang, Qing Yi, Miguel Ángel Gómez Ruano

“…Technical match statistics were collected for five seasons (2016/2017–2020/2021). Thirty-one technical actions and events were categorized into three groups (goal scoring, offense, and defence). …”
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Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Identification of the Genera of Equine Strongyles in Horses and Donkeys in and Around Bishoftu, Ethiopia by Asnakew Mulaw Berihun, Feyisa Bizu, Moges Maru, Seid Kassaw

“…They should focus on improving housing, increasing welfare awareness, implementing seasonal deworming, and enhancing the feeding practices of equines.…”
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Projected changes in climate extremes over Tanzania by Philbert Modest Luhunga

“…Further, projections reveal that in future climate conditions, heavy, very heavy and exceptionally heavy rainfall events would dominate over regions along coast, central regions, northwestern parts and southwestern and northeastern highland.The number of consecutive wet days (CWDs) are likely to increase across large areas of Tanzania and more rapidily over coastal regions than that in other regions for all seasons. However, many regions in Tanzania are likely to experience an unchanged to decreasing number of consecutive dry days (CDDs). …”
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A Method for Measuring Strawberry Leaf Area Based on Three-Dimensional Point Cloud Instance Segmentation by Zhipeng Li, Shusheng Wang, Yuanping Su, Dongyun Yu

“…With effective protective covering and microclimate control, greenhouse crops offer significant advantages, such as high yield and quality, remaining unaffected by seasonal variations and meeting the demand for diverse agricultural products. …”
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The Effect of Therapeutic Blockades of Dust Particles-Induced Ca2+ Signaling and Proinflammatory Cytokine IL-8 in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Ju Hee Yoon, Sung Hwan Jeong, Jeong Hee Hong

“…Our results show that blockades of PLC or TRPM2 reduced both of PM10-mediated Ca2+ signal and IL-8 expression, suggesting that treatment with these blockades should be considered for potential therapeutic trials in pulmonary epithelium for inflammation caused by environmental events such as seasonal dust storm.…”
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Techniques of Ozone Monitoring in a Mountain Forest Region: Passive and Continuous Sampling, Vertical and Canopy Profiles by Giacomo Gerosa, Cristina Mazzali, Antonio Ballarin-Denti

“…In the framework of a 5-year research project aimed at ozone risk assessment on forests, both continuous analysers and passive samplers were employed during the summer seasons (1994�1998) in different sites of a wide mountain region (80 x 40 km2) on the southern slope of the European Alps. …”
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Spatiotemporal Exploration and Hazard Mapping of Tropical Cyclones along the Coastline of China by Shaobo Zhong, Chaolin Wang, Zhichen Yu, Yongsheng Yang, Quanyi Huang

“…Results show that (1) the number of TCs is getting more frequent from April to August and less frequent from August to October with the peak occurring in August almost every year; (2) the mean of the sizes of the annual temporal clusters during 1949–2014 is 52.5 (days), the standard deviation is 17.0 (days), and the average starting point is the 210.5th day; (3) the spatial clusters are located in two areas: the boundary of Guangxi and Guangdong provinces and the boundary of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces; and (4) the within-strata variance is less than the between-strata variance, which implies the locational and seasonal factors are the potential determinants of the heterogeneity of the TCs. …”
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Qualitative study of patients experiences and perceptions of stepping down asthma medication in primary care across England by Chloe I Bloom, Adam Lewis, Jack Middleton

“…Most stepping down that had occurred was related to seasonal changes in asthma control. Four overarching themes from the interviews were identified, (1) experiences of living with asthma and needing inhalers, (2) insufficient education regarding preventer inhalers, (3) stepping down is agreeable and possible and (4) current asthma care is suboptimal.Conclusion Patients with stable asthma were able to self-manage their asthma well. …”
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Calibration of Swarm Plasma Densities Overestimation Using Neural Networks by Artem Smirnov, Yuri Shprits, Hermann Lühr, Alessio Pignalberi, Chao Xiong

“…This overestimation intensifies during low solar activity and shows strong seasonal dependence. During solstices, the crests are more pronounced in the local winter hemispheres, while during equinoxes the crests are weaker and exhibit hemispheric symmetry. …”
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Characteristics of Runoff Variation of Heishui River Basin in the Upper Reach of Minjiang River in Changing Environment by WANG Ning, WANG Wensheng, YU Siyi

“…This paper systematically analyzed the variation characteristics of runoff in the Heishui River Basin,the first tributary on the right bank upstream of Minjiang River,in a changing environment.The variation characteristics of runoff series were studied by using an improved heuristic segmentation algorithm,Mann-Kendall trend test,R/S analysis and wavelet analysis with the runoff data of Shaba hydrological station from 1960 to 2015.The results show the followings:① The abrupt change of annual runoff occurred in 1995.② The annual runoff showed a significant decrease trend with a decreasing rate of 0.32 m³/(s·a) in the past 56 years and may keep the decrease trend in the future.During 1960—1995,the annual runoff showed an insignificant decrease trend with a decreasing rate of 0.12 m³/(s·a),and the period of 1996—2015 witnessed an insignificant increase trend with an increasing rate of 0.80 m³/(s·a).③ Under the influence of environmental changes,the average annual runoff before the change point was larger than that after the point,whereas the inter-annual variation was smaller before the abrupt change.The intra-annual distribution form showed a double-peak curve before 1995 and a single-peak curve after 1995.The intra-annual variation range of runoff was significantly different before and after the change point,which could reduce flood control pressure in the basin but was not conducive to the utilization of water resources in non-flood seasons.④Annual runoff had multi-time-scale variation characteristics.During 1960—2015,the annual runoff had noticeable periods of 6 years,16 years and 28 years.Periods of 7 years and 16 years were found for 1960—1995 and 2 years and 5 years for 1996—2015.…”
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Effect of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties and Variable Rates of Potassium Fertilizer on Yield and Yield-Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia by Gobeze Loha, Merkineh Silas, Gifole Gidago

“…To evaluate common bean varieties at various K rates, a field experiment was carried out during the 2019/20 cropping seasons at the Areka Agricultural Research Center Experimental Field in Southern Ethiopia. …”
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Performance of Three Reanalysis Precipitation Datasets over the Qinling-Daba Mountains, Eastern Fringe of Tibetan Plateau, China by Gefei Wang, Xiaowen Zhang, Shiqiang Zhang

“…Three popular reanalysis precipitation datasets, including ERA-Interim Reanalysis of European Centre for Medium Forecasts (ERA-Interim), Japanese 55-year Reanalysis (JRA-55), and National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research Reanalysis-1 (NCEP/NCAR-1) were evaluated against rain gauge data over the Qinling-Daba Mountains from 2000 to 2014 on monthly, seasonal, and annual scales. Different statistical measures based on the Correlation Coefficient (CC), relative BIAS (BIAS), Root-Mean-Square Error (RMSE), and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) were adopted to determine the performance of the above reanalysis datasets. …”
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Regional Comparison of Nitrogen Export to Japanese Forest Streams by Hideaki Shibata, Koichiro Kuraji, Hiroto Toda, Kaichiro Sasa

“…Regional differences in the atmospheric N deposition and seasonality of precipitation and high discharge are principal controls on the concentrations and variations of nitrates in stream water in forested watersheds of Japan.…”
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