Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Dioxins by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Long-term exposure to dioxins can harm immune system, nervous system, endocrine system, and reproductive functions. This 7-page fact sheet discusses the sources, emission trends, and impacts of dioxins as well as the ways to minimize exposure to dioxins. …”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Dioxins by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Long-term exposure to dioxins can harm immune system, nervous system, endocrine system, and reproductive functions. This 7-page fact sheet discusses the sources, emission trends, and impacts of dioxins as well as the ways to minimize exposure to dioxins. …”
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Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Success of IT Outsourcing by فرج‌اله رهنورد, جلیل خاوندکار

“…By outsourcing, organizations can focus on core functions, decrease their operational costs and technology risk, and to use external sources to achieve the organizational objectives. …”
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Stilpón z Megár medzi sokratikou a helenizmom by Jaroslav Cepko

“… Ancient sources depict the so-called Megarian school in two seemingly contrasting ways: on the one hand, as eristic and dialectic, and on the other, as a continuation of the Socratic ethical orientation in philosophy. …”
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IRRADIATION EFFECT ON PEROXIDATION INDEX ON OKARABASED SOYBEAN FLOUR by Ana Paula Nunes

“…We conclude that this product with excellent nutritional attributes about the commercial flour, we must apply a different methodology to detect any radiation damage on lipid compounds.…”
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Construction and Preliminary Application of the Carbon-based Spatial Governance Performance Evaluation System ——Taking Zhejiang Province as an Example by Lin Qu, Ganlin Xia, Cunkuan Bao

“…Variations in spatial governance result in differences in the scale, intensity and efficiency of social and economic activities, as well as energy and resource consumption and carbon emissions across diverse functional spaces. …”
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Place and Role of Large-Scale Farms in Polish Agriculture by Mirkowska Zofia, Ziętara Wojciech

“…Changes in the structure of farms and their areas will be presented against the background of selected European Union (EU) countries. The following EU-15 countries were selected: Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, France, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. …”
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Bioactive components derived from bovine milk by Katarina Lisak Jakopović, Irena Barukčić, Rajka Božanić

“…In recent years, functional foods and bioactive components in foods have drawn a lot of attention as well as interest of food scientists, nutritionists, health professionals, and consumers. …”
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Improving the efficiency of the company’s activities while optimizing auxiliary business processes by yu M. Tsygalov, A. I. Yashchenko

“…The relevance of the topic is determined by the need to develop solutions that provide additional economic benefits to organizations interested in this.The object of the article was to select the activity of private economic organizations from the sphere of transport services, and its subject was their resource base as a reserve for increasing the efficiency of work.Methods of econometric and statistical analysis and modeling, theoretical formulation of promising development directions was used as tools.The results of the article showed the importance of improving operational efficiency to achieve the final financial result of a commercial organization. …”
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Tree growth is better explained by absorptive fine root traits than by transport fine root traits by Anvar Sanaei, Fons van der Plas, Hongmei Chen, Sophie Davids, Susanne Eckhardt, Justus Hennecke, Anja Kahl, Yasmin Möller, Ronny Richter, Jana Schütze, Christian Wirth, Alexandra Weigelt

“…Abstract Although the interest in root traits has increased in recent years, we still have limited knowledge of (i) whether functionally different fine roots—absorptive versus transport roots—have similar trait coordination and (ii) how they help to explain plant performance, such as growth. …”
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Three-Dimensional Porous Artemia Cyst Shell Biochar-Supported Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Removal of Chromium from Wastewater by Yu Gao, Ying Liu, Xu Zhao, Xinchao Liu, Qina Sun, Tifeng Jiao

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Review of the Book: Vér, Márton. Old Uyghur Documents Concerning the Postal System of the Mongol Empire by Mustakimov I.A.

“…Márton Vér’s book dedicated to the study and publication of documentary sources related to the functioning of the postal service of the Mongol Empire. …”
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Ashbya gossypii as a versatile platform to produce sabinene from agro-industrial wastes by Gloria Muñoz-Fernández, Javier-Fernando Montero-Bullón, José Luis Martínez, Rubén M. Buey, Alberto Jiménez

“…Conclusions Engineered A. gossypii strains serve as a suitable platform for assessing plant terpene synthase functionality and substrate selectivity in vivo, which are crucial to understand monoterpene bioproduction. …”
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Advancing wind energy potential estimation through multidistribution wind speed analysis in coastal Pakistan by Ghulam Abbas, Arshad Ali, Zohaib Mushtaq, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Seada Hussen, Habib Hamam

“…The assessment of wind energy potential is critical to the optimization of resource application and improvement of technologies. …”
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Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals candidate gene for flowering time QTL HvHeading in barley by Nazanin P. Afsharyan, Jens Léon, Ali Ahmad Naz, Agim Ballvora

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Unveiling the complex double-edged sword role of exosomes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Xueyan Huang, Yuedi Tang

“…Exosomes are small membrane vesicles at the nanoscale that transport physiologically active compounds from their source cell and have a crucial function in signal transmission and intercellular message exchange. …”
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Face Recognition Door Security System and Contactless Bell by Rini Irnayanti, Elfizon Elfizon

“…Face recognition uses OpenCV based on an open source library to recognize faces in realtime using the Python programming language.  …”
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Online activity time management – dilemmas and challenges by Barbara Liliana Pabian, Arnold Grzegorz Pabian

“…Material and methods The article is of a theoretical and discussion nature, therefore non-reactive methods were selected for research. It was a desk research method, consisting in the analysis of secondary sources and the analysis of the content of written and oral messages disseminated via the media. …”
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Antioxidant activities and inhibitory effects of free and bound polyphenols from date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seeds on starch digestive enzymes by Sameera Sirisena, Ken Ng, Said Ajlouni

“…Bound polyphenol fraction, with strong α-glucosidase inhibition and weak α-amylase inhibition, was suggested as a significant source of functional food ingredients with anti-hyperglycaemic properties.…”
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The Temporal Aspect of Precedence by Roza A. Volkova

“…Therefore, one should take into account the time frame for the functioning of these units, since they are included in the ideology of an era and invariably reflect it. …”
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