Potential Impacts of Future Climate Changes on Crop Productivity of Cereals and Legumes in Tamil Nadu, India: A Mid-Century Time Slice Approach by Vellingiri Geethalakshmi, Ramasamy Gowtham, Radhakrishnan Gopinath, Shanmugavel Priyanka, Marimuthu Rajavel, Kandasamy Senthilraja, Manickam Dhasarathan, Raj Rengalakshmi, Kulanthaivel Bhuvaneswari

“…The adverse effects of climate change on cereal and legume crop productivity entail the potential adaptation options to ensure food security.…”
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The COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported food insecurity among women in Burkina Faso: evidence from the performance monitoring for action (PMA) COVID-19 survey data by Ortis Yankey, Marcellinus Essah, Prince M. Amegbor

“…Burkina Faso, a country with pre-existing vulnerabilities in food security, experienced considerable challenges during this period. …”
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Multispectral Inversion of Starch Content in Rice Grains from Yingjiang County Based on Feature Band Selection Algorithms by Xiaotong Su, Zhifang Zhao, Min Zeng, Fei Zhao, Ziyang Li, Yu Zheng

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Factors influencing minimum acceptable diet (MAD) intake among children aged 6–23 months in remote mid-Himalayan region of Sudurpaschim, Nepal by Basant Kumar Dhami, Dhirendra Nath, Rajendra Lamichhane

“…The results indicate an urgent need to increase maternal knowledge of complementary feeding, address socioeconomic disparities, and promote household food security to improve complementary feeding practices.…”
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Association between Mediterranean diet and metabolic health status among adults was not mediated through serum adropin levels by Maryam Shafiei, Donya Poursalehi, Sobhan Mohammadi, Farnaz Shahdadian, Zahra Hajhashemy, Parisa Rouhani, Elahe Mokhtari, Parvane Saneei

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Evaluation of Nutritional and Antinutritional Properties of African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms.) Seeds by Taofeek T. Adegboyega, Michael T. Abberton, AbdelAziz H. AbdelGadir, Mahamadi Dianda, Busie Maziya-Dixon, Olaniyi A. Oyatomi, Sam Ofodile, Olubukola O. Babalola

“…It is suggested to have the potential to significantly boost food security in sub-Saharan Africa due to its considerable nutritional qualities but still yet underutilized. …”
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AI augmented edge and fog computing for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) by Deepika Rajagopal, Pradeep Kumar Thimma Subramanian

“…It has been noted how the use of modern technologies, such as narrow band-IoT (NB-IoT) for wider coverage and Blockchain technology for security, is transforming IoHT. The last part of the review focuses on the future challenges posed by advanced technologies and services. …”
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Development of the algal pigment-based salinity transfer function for lakes on the Tibetan Plateau and evaluation of the quantitative reconstruction by Xinyao Sun, Qi Lin, Chenliang Du, Shixin Huang, Ke Zhang, Ji Shen

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Permanent aquifer storage loss from long-term groundwater withdrawal: A case study of subsidence in Bandung (Indonesia) by Michelle Rygus, Marco Bianchi, Alessandro Novellino, Ekbal Hussain, Ahmad Taufiq, Steven Reinaldo Rusli, Dwi Sarah, Claudia Meisina

“…Our study is one of the first examples of using satellite data with geomechanical models to constrain groundwater extraction rates and emphasises the importance of remote sensing data in groundwater resource management, and the irreversible impact of unsustainable groundwater extraction, which has implications for long term water security. New Hydrological Insights for the Region: The study found that continued industrial groundwater extraction has resulted in permanent aquifer storage loss, with significant implications for long-term water security. …”
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Multi‐objective multiperiod stable environmental economic power dispatch considering probabilistic wind and solar PV generation by Aamir Ali, Sumbal Aslam, Sohrab Mirsaeidi, Noor Hussain Mugheri, Riaz Hussain Memon, Ghulam Abbas, Hammad Alnuman

“…Abstract The economic‐environmental power dispatch (EEPD) problem, a widely studied bi‐objective non‐linear optimization challenge in power systems, traditionally focuses on the economic dispatch of thermal generators without considering network security constraints. However, environmental sustainability necessitates reducing emissions and increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) into the electrical grid. …”
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Disrupted HIV care during COVID-19 pandemic associated with increased disabilities among people living with HIV in Belize by Tracy M. Quetzal, Wei-Cheng Lo, Ya-Wen Chiu, Hung-Yi Chiou

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Study on Strength Variation of Permeable Concrete Based on Differential Calorimetry Method and Multi-Index Test by Sanqiang Yang, Meng Guo, Shichao Duan, Na Liu, Haonan Wu, Erxia Du, Meichen Liang

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The U.S. Assistance to the MENA Arab Countries under the Trump Administration: The Logic of a Diff erentiated Approach by V. I. Bartenev

“…The assistance to Cairo and Amman is ringfenced and protected, while aid to other recipients, including security assistance and FMF grants, is prone to quite drastic cuts. …”
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Identification of individual-level clinical factors associated with increased risk of death during heatwaves: a time-stratified case-crossover study using national primary care rec... by Shakoor Hajat, Ross Thompson, Sari Kovats, Emer O’Connell, Helen Macintyre

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Occult hepatitis B virus infection: risk for a blood supply, but how about individuals’ health? by Michael X. Fu, Ahmed Elsharkawy, Brendan Healy, Celia Jackson, Daniel Bradshaw, Emma Watkins, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Jaisi Griffiths, James Neuberger, Kathryn Maguire, Monica Desai, Neil McDougall, Nicole Priddee, Stephen T. Barclay, Stuart Blackmore, Peter Simmonds, William L. Irving, Heli Harvala

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Financial Innovations and Financial Inclusion Among Commercial Banks in Uganda: Case Study Of Kabale District. by Mpirirwe, Christine

“…As more clients choose mobile banking, the report advises banking institutions to develop measures to improve security in the platform. The report also advises making these platforms straightforward and simple to use in order to attract more users to the business. …”
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The Contribution of Micro Finance Institutions on the Growth of Small and Medium Business : A Case Study of North Kigezi Diocese Sacco In Rukungiri Municipality. by Ainembabazi, Wensi

“…Findings from the study established that the requirements for accessing credit services from North Kigezi SACCO by small-scale enterprises include; collateral security, being an active member, Local Council letter, and having guarantor, among other requirements. …”
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Effective Facial Expression Recognition System Using Artificial Intelligence Technique by Imad S. Yousif, Tarik A. Rashid, Ahmed S. Shamsaldin, Sabat A. Abdulhameed, Abdulhady Abas Abdullah

“…Recognizing these facial expressions accurately is essential for a variety of applications — such as tools that use our faces to interact with computers (human-computer interaction, or HCI), security systems and emotionally intelligent artificial intelligence technologies. …”
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A multi-model feature fusion based transfer learning with heuristic search for copy-move video forgery detection by Hessa Alfraihi, Muhammad Swaileh A. Alzaidi, Hamed Alqahtani, Abdulbasit A. Darem, Ali M. Al-Sharafi, Ahmad A. Alzahrani, Menwa Alshammeri, Abdulwhab Alkharashi

“…If original content is not accessible, then the forgery recognition technique is employed in image security. In contrast, methods that depend on deep learning (DL) have exposed good performance and suggested outcomes. …”
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Population Shrinkage and Spatio-Temporal Changes in Cultivated Land Use Efficiency in China’s Agro-Pastoral Ecotone by Lu Chen, Ning Zhao, Zhixun Zhang, Yun Zhang, Wenjie Zuo, Youshuo Wang, Bin Wu, Monika Stanny, Yuheng Li, Guoming Du

“…Revealing the level of cultivated land use efficiency and its influencing factors in the northern agro-pastoral ecotone from the perspective of population contraction can provide a decision-making reference for ensuring national food security and promoting the implementation of rural revitalization strategies. …”
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