Effect of P Application Rate and Rhizobium Inoculation on Nodulation, Growth, and Yield Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Mebrahtu Gebremariam, Teklay Tesfay

“…Rhizobium inoculation of the seed may substitute costly N-fertilizers and provide a useful way of achieving sustainable production. Hence, to supply an adequate rhizobial population in the rhizosphere, seed inoculation of chickpea with an effective and importunate rhizobial strain is essential in soils having no/feeble bacterial existence and has revealed optimistic effect on nodule number and mass, growth, yield, and its attributes over uninoculated ones. …”
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Overview of Solar Photovoltaic MPPT Methods: A State of the Art on Conventional and Artificial Intelligence Control Techniques by Debabrata Mazumdar, Chiranjit Sain, Pabitra Kumar Biswas, P. Sanjeevikumar, Baseem Khan

“…Researchers working on PV-based MPPT and those working in the sectors of renewable energy production and environmentally sustainable development would be very interested in the findings of this review study.…”
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miR-126 and miR-126*: New Players in Cancer by Jeannette Meister, Mirko H. H. Schmidt

“…Cancer progression is characterized by autarky in growth signals, insensitivity to growth-restrictive signals, evasion of apoptosis, a limitless potential to replicate, sustained angiogenesis, and tissue invasion, including metastasis. …”
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Water management for rice production: a key component of food security in East Africa by Denis Bwire, Hirotaka Saito, Roy C. Sidle, Moses Mugisha

“…Despite EA's enormous agricultural and crop potential, the region largely depends on rice imports (> 500,000 tons annually) from Asia due to rising gaps between production and consumption. Sustainable water management practices, including alternate wetting and drying (AWD), system of rice intensification (SRI), and drip irrigation are critical for paddy and upland rice production although practiced at micro-research levels with limited adoption of such technologies by smallholder farmers. …”
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SURVIVING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN NIGERIA: COPING STRATEGIES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) IN BENUE STATE, NORTHCENTRAL, NIGERIA by ISAAC OLAWALE ALBERT, JOEL ABAH

“…The study recommends skills development centres for IDP; actionable policies to end the crisis leading to displacement; and the need for all stakeholders to focus on sustainable development interventions, rather than just relief interventions. …”
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Hybrid Power Generation Supply Chain Financing and Purchasing Strategies with Option Hedging against Disruption by Guoshu Dong, Qing Xia, Bo Xu, Ziguang Dong

“…Environmental pollution has stimulated cleaner and sustainable energy (CSE) resource consumption which fuels low-carbon electric-power growth. …”
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Maternal mortality in Malawi, 1977–2012 by Bejoy Nambiar, Iqbal Anwar, Tim Colbourn, Sonia Lewycka, Chisale Mhango, Ann Phoya

“…Female literacy and education, family planning and poverty reduction could play more of a role if thresholds are passed in the coming years.Conclusions The decrease in MMR in Malawi is encouraging as it appears that recent efforts to control HIV and improve the health system are bearing fruit. Sustained efforts to prevent and treat maternal complications are required if Malawi is to attain the MDG 5 target and save the lives of more of its mothers in years to come.…”
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Barriers and facilitators for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in refugee contexts globally: A scoping review. by Veronika Tirado, Josephine Chu, Claudia Hanson, Anna Mia Ekström, Anna Kågesten

“…Twenty-two publications reported on young people in refugee camps or alternatives to camps (e.g. sustainable settlements), and eight referred to young refugees who had been resettled to a third country. …”
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The effectiveness of self-differentiation training on family process and marital intimacy in couples with marital conflict by Seyedeh Farzaneh Jafari, Kobra Kazemian Moghaddam, Maryam Gholamzadeh Jofreh

“…Similarly, significant improvements in marital intimacy were found between the pre-test and both the post-test and follow-up assessments (P<0.001). These sustained effects at follow-up indicate the long-lasting impact of self-differentiation training. …”
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BMI trajectories are associated with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis via aging-inflammation mediation by Haiyang Peng, Zhibo Zhao, Jianping Gong, Kun He

“…Aging-inflammation may represent a distinct mechanism of sustained obesity to NAFLD, independent of IR.…”
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THE ROLE OF US IN CHINA – TAIWAN CRISIS by EDGAR AGUBAMAH

“…The US has played many roles that are unfortunately sustaining the China-Taiwan crisis like serving as a covert Diplomatic back up, arms supplier, ambiguous strategic policy supporter, paying subtle government official visits, firm economic relations, strong science and technological ties, international organization membership support, and socio-cultural links-all on the side of Taiwan. …”
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Br-Li and stable isotopes to induce groundwater salinity in crystalline and detrital aquifers: Oriental Haouz Morocco by Mohmmed Elgettafi, Samia Rochdane, Abdenabi Elmandour, Juan M. Lorenzo, Mahjoub Himi, Albert Casas

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How is depth of anaesthesia assessed in experimental pigs? A scoping review. by Alessandro Mirra, Ekaterina Gamez Maidanskaia, Luís Pedro Carmo, Olivier Levionnois, Claudia Spadavecchia

“…We undertook a scoping review to investigate and summarize the evidence that sustains or contradicts the use of depth of anaesthesia indicators in this species.…”
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Understanding barriers to young people’s utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services in Asia-Pacific countries: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis by Daniel Mackay, Benjamin Gregory, Evi Germeni, Watcharakorn Riabroi

“…Introduction Based on the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services should be attained by 2030. …”
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The effects of wheat and yam flour diets on the toxicity of three botanical extracts to Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and the underlying biochemical mechanisms by Emmanuel A. Oyeniyi, Ayodeji P. Akinnuoye

“…This study demonstrates the valuable insights needed for the possible development of targeted and sustainable strategies for managing T. castaneum infesting wheat and yam flour.…”
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Spatial-Temporal Variation of Population Aging: A Case Study of China’s Liaoning Province by Dunyi Guan, Lei Lei, Zenglin Han

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An Alternative Model of Care for the Treatment of Adolescent Athletes with Extension-Based Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. by Mitchell Selhorst, Richard Rodenberg, Nick Padgett, Anastasia Fischer, Reno Ravindran, James MacDonald

“…Patients in the biomedical model who did not sustain a vertebral injury returned to sport sooner than the physical therapy first model (3.4 days versus 51 days), while those with a vertebral injury took longer in the current model (131 days versus 71 days). …”
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Long-Term Trends and Ecological Risks of Heavy Metal Accumulation in Cultivated Land of Songnen Plain, China by Zonglai Liu, Jinying Li, Yanan Chen, Fengjun Zhang, Wei Feng

“…Therefore, it is crucial to conduct risk assessments and issue early warnings about high levels of metal contamination for the sustained prosperity of agriculture. To assess the risks, identify the sources, quantify the amounts, and determine the extent of pollution from seven heavy metals, as well as to provide early warnings, 78 soil samples were collected from farmed lands in the Songnen Plain of Jilin Province. …”
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Measuring the performance of urban management on the quality of life of informal settlements in Miandoab City by farhad Judi, rahim Sarwar, Sayeda Sediqeh Hasani Mehr

“…The effectiveness of urban management plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of cities from various perspectives. …”
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Low-Load Blood-flow Restriction Training for Medial Tibial Stress-Syndrome in Athletes: A Case Series by Anders F. Brekke, Johanne Bjørklund, Rosa C. Holse, Christian Larsen, Mikkel H. Hjortshoej

“… # Results Five athletes experienced improvements in running performance (pain and/or distance) and self-reported function. One athlete sustained an injury unrelated to the LL-BFR training, and therefore the running post-test could not be completed. …”
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