Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics and Trade-offs/Synergies of Water Yield, Soil Conservation, and Carbon Storage Ecosystem Services in the Beiluo River Basin from 1970 to 20... by ZHANG Yujie, ZHANG Xiaoping, SUN Weinan, GENG Wenliang, AN Zefeng, CHEN Qingwei

“…［Objective］ This study aimed to investigate the spatiotemporal changes and trade-offs/synergies of ecosystem services within the Beiluo River basin to provide a scientific foundation for rational resource allocation and sustainable development. ［Methods］ Utilizing multi-source data and models, such as InVEST and CSLE, to quantitatively assess and analyze the spatiotemporal variations and trade-offs/synergies of three key ecosystem services-water yield, soil conservation, and carbon storage-across different periods. …”
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Postharvest Application of <i>Myo</i>-Inositol Extends the Shelf-Life of Banana Fruit by Delaying Ethylene Biosynthesis and Improving Antioxidant Activity by Lingyu Hu, Yi Li, Kun Zhou, Kaili Shi, Yi Niu, Feng Qu, Shenglin Zhang, Weidi He, Yuanli Wu

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Noninvasive and cost‐effective trapping method for monitoring sensitive mammal populations by Stephanie E. Trapp, Elizabeth A. Flaherty

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Nexuses of critical minerals recovery from e-waste by Abdel Mohsen O. Mohamed

“… Critical minerals (CMs) are essential for the development and function of renewable energy technologies, such as solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries, and for utilization in other industrial sectors, such as high-tech., automotive, information technology, aerospace, and defense. …”
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Research Progress on Structural Identification and Biological Activity of Chinese Jujube Polysaccharides by ZHANG Tingting, JIA Shan, MA Huan, FENG Bo, WANG Bini, MENG Yonghong, YANG Xingbin, LU Yalong

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Nutritional Value, Ethnopharmacology, Chemistry, and Biological Activities of Species of the Genus <i>Cnidoscolus</i>: An Updated Review by Joice Barbosa do Nascimento, José Jonas Ferreira Viturino, Maria Alice Macêdo Ribeiro, José Galberto Martins da Costa

“…Additionally, certain species like <i>C. aconitifolius</i> have shown potential for human consumption, with leaves being eaten raw or cooked, while <i>C. quercifolius</i> demonstrates nutritional value in its seeds, which can be utilized in the development of functional foods. However, further studies are needed to focus on the isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds found in these species, as well as deeper investigations into the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying their biological activities and assessments of the safety of long-term consumption in both humans and animals. …”
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Technical stakeholders' perspective of solar photovoltaic system failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana by Jacob Junior Owusu, Edmund C. Okoroigwe, Chigbo A. Mgbemene, Gabriel Takyi, Onyemaechi Valentine Ekechukwu

“…Alternative electricity-generation fossil-fuel sources are prohibitive. Solar energy photovoltaic systems have great potential in bridging the energy gap in electricity off-grid locations in sub-Saharan Africa and contribute to the region’s energy portfolio at utility and/or domestic levels. …”
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Characterization of Landsat-8 and Landsat-9 Reflectivity and NDVI Continuity Based on Google Earth Engine by Qing Zhang, Difeng Wang, Dongyang Fu, Fang Gong, Xianqiang He, Yiqi Wang

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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Phoxinus lagowskii by Han Zheng, Peng Xie, Xiaoyu Zheng, Xufa Ma, Kaijian Wei, Rui Han

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Near telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Camellia pitardii by Zhiyuan Lv, Jiao Wang, Ling Zhou, Shihui Zou, Lijiao Ai

“…The availability of C. pitardii near T2T genome will provide a foundation for identifying key genes related to stress resistance, flowering time regulation, and flower color formation, and promotes the breeding, utilization and conservation of the germplasm resources.…”
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Towards a Digital Transformation Hyper-Framework: The Essential Design Principles and Components of the Initial Prototype by Ana Perisic, Branko Perisic

“…Armed with a meta-modeling layer, the incremental development of hybrid architecture instances focuses on meta-models and their transformations into functional, interpretable environments. The applicability aspects of the formulated hypothesis are verified throughout the architecture, meta-configuration, and handling of information resources as the essential segments of the initial version of the proposed evolution prototype. …”
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Helicopter EMS: Research Endpoints and Potential Benefits by Stephen H. Thomas, Annette O. Arthur

“…Patients, EMS systems, and healthcare regions benefit from Helicopter EMS (HEMS) utilization. This article discusses these benefits in terms of specific endpoints utilized in research projects. …”
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Agro-Ecology in the Context of Sustainable Development: Upgrading Index System of Sustainable Development Goals by E. A. Yarnykh, M. D. Simonova

“…They include international classification worked out by the Eurostat in collaboration with the UN European Commission and OESR and by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) in the field of nature protection, nature preservation and using land resources. The authors in view of complex analytical and informational approach put forward indices connected with registration and statistical description of the role of agriculture and rural territories in bio-diversity preservation, greenhouse gas emissions caused by agricultural production and rural territories functioning, ecological services and raw material utilization for bio-fuel output. …”
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Enzymes from Fishery and Aquaculture Waste: Research Trends in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Circular Bio-Economy by Zied Khiari

“…In the era of the blue bio-economy, which promotes the sustainable utilization and exploitation of marine resources for economic growth and development, the fisheries and aquaculture industries still face huge sustainability issues. …”
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An automated platform for simultaneous, longitudinal analysis of engineered neuromuscular tissues for applications in neurotoxin potency testing by Jacob W. Fleming, Molly C. McCloskey, Kevin Gray, David R. Nash, Vincent Leung, Christos Michas, Shawn M. Luttrell, Christopher Cavanaugh, Julie Mathieu, Shawn Mcguire, Mark Bothwell, David L. Mack, Nicholas A. Geisse, Alec S.T. Smith

“…Engineered models have emerged as alternatives for studying NMJ functionality in response to genetic and/or pharmacological challenge. …”
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Mechanical and electrical properties of a polymer electrolyte based on zinc oxide for enhancement of Li-ion battery performance by Peng Zhang

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RANCANG BANGUN MINI LAB FLUIDA SEBAGAI OBJEK PENGAMBILAN DATA UNTUK KEPERLUAN PENELITIAN DI UNIVERSITAS MERCUBUANA KERANGGAN by Aji Gunawan

“…Kata kunci : Lab fluida, perpipaan, pengujian Abstract The fluid lab is functioned as a place for retrieving data in order to learn the process and leading research of fluid. …”
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Advances in Stem Cell Therapy for Huntington’s Disease: A Comprehensive Literature Review by Siddharth Shah, Hadeel M. Mansour, Brandon Lucke-Wold

“…Recent research indicates that NSCs have been the most often utilized stem cell type for treating HD. NSCs have been generated and extracted from a variety of sources, including HD patients’ somatic cells and the brain itself. …”
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Smart building energy management with renewables and storage systems using a modified weighted mean of vectors algorithm by Mohamed Ebeed, Sabreen hassan, Salah Kamel, Loai Nasrat, Ali Wagdy Mohamed, Abdel-Raheem Youssef

“…The EM problem tackled involves optimizing the scheduling of multiple energy sources, including diesel generators, PV units, and batteries, within a smart building context. …”
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A Two-Stream Deep Learning Framework for Robust Coral Reef Health Classification: Insights and Interpretability by Arslan Abdul Ghaffar, Gyu Sang Choi

“…We created a specialized dataset of 20,000 images by combining five public datasets, applying a class fusion process to ensure consistent class definitions across diverse data sources. Our methodology addresses challenges such as underwater variation and class imbalance through tailored data augmentation, multi-scale feature analysis, temporal modeling, and weighted loss functions. …”
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