The Impact of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Carbon Components and Understory Vegetation in Moso Bamboo Forests by Zhoubin Huang, Xiaotong Liu, Haoyu Chu, Hao Jia, Xianxian He, Canying Wang, Bing Zhang, Chuanxia Pan, Sufan Liu, Shaohui Fan, Wenhui Su

“…Nitrogen reshaped the community structure, notably affecting dominant species such as <i>Viola davidii</i> and <i>Rubus buergeri.…”
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DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS by Noorlaile Jasman, Siti Nur Farhana, Kamarul Zaman Saleh, Norrafizah Jaafar, Zanariah Zaini, Manimaran Krishnan Kaundan, Albeny Joslyn Panting

“…Respondents in this study must be 13 years of age or older from the selected households and live in non-institutionalized living quarters (LQ) units in Malaysia, regardless of citizenship. A pretested and structured Self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) was used. …”
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Perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices of bamboo by indigenous communities in Northeast India by Rebecca Lalawmpuii Sailo, Biplov Chandra Sarkar, Khulakpam Apshahana, Aman Dabral, Ayang Jilen, Adela D. Marak, Gopal Shukla, C.P. Suresh, Sumit Chakravarthy

“…Conducted between March 2021 and February 2022, the research employed a multistage random sampling method, selecting 10 respondents from each of 10 villages. Data were gathered through in-depth personal interviews with a semi-structured questionnaire to evaluate the socioeconomic status and perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices of bamboo among indigenous communities. …”
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Sustainable Agritourism Development in Romania’s North-West Mountain Region: A TOPSIS-Based Evaluation of Strategic Priorities by Alina Emilia Maria Gherdan, Ramona Vasilica Bacter, Ramona Ciolac, Tiberiu Iancu, Cristina Maria Maerescu, Monica Angelica Dodu, Aurelia Ioana Chereji, Vasile Grigore Herman, Alexandra Ungureanu, Denis Paul Bacter

“…Furthermore, the study contributes to academic research by offering a structured, replicable approach to evaluating rural tourism development. …”
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Heterojunction Derived Efficient Charge Separation for High Sensitivity Self‐Powered Flexible Photodetectors toward Real‐Time Heart Rate Monitoring by Nan Ding, Ge Zhu, Xiaotao Zhang, Wen Xu, Hailong Liu, Yanan Ji, Yuanzheng Chen, Bin Dong

“…Meanwhile, the high hole mobility and suitable energy band structure of p‐type SnS QDs are doped into spiro‐OMeTAD HTL, which can improve the hole extraction, and balance electron and hole mobilities. …”
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Six Sigma Approach to Developing a Microgrid Station for Research and Teaching by Gabriel Nasser Doyle de Doile, Miguel Castilla, Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Jaume Miret

“…The results show that a well-structured roadmap, such as IDDOV, promotes a culture of continuous improvement for the microgrid research bed, encouraging feedback from users and stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement. …”
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Diversified Cropping Modulates Microbial Communities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Enhancing Soil Nutrients by Zhongyan Wang, Huaqiang Xuan, Bei Liu, Hongfeng Zhang, Tongyan Zheng, Yunxia Liu, Luping Dai, Yi Xie, Xianchao Shang, Li Zhang, Long Yang, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Ling Yuan, Xin Hou

“…Therefore, we conducted a quantitative bibliometric analysis of observed data between 2014 and 2024 to identify current research hotspots and future research trends in intercropping and crop rotation. …”
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Current state of research about acupuncture for the treatment of COVID-19: A scoping review by Chen Chen, Jie Zhan, Hao Wen, Xiaojing Wei, Lu Ding, Chenyang Tao, Cui Li, Peiming Zhang, Yuyuan Tang, Jingchun Zeng, Liming Lu

“…The dates of publication, language of publication, methodological characteristics and the key findings were analyzed separately. The data are presented as bar graphs, structured tables and figures. …”
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Genome-Wide Analysis of GRETCHEN HAGEN3 Genes and Characterization of IAA-Amido Synthetase Gene <i>CsGH3.1</i> in Rhizome Proliferation in <i>Cymbidium sinense</i> ‘Qijianbaimo’... by Sisi Jia, Cuiling Liu, Chushu Liao, Ruizhen Zeng, Li Xie, Qian Wei, Zhisheng Zhang

“…Gene structure analysis showed that <i>CsGH3s</i> contain one to four exons, and their promoter regions feature auxin and jasmonic acid response elements. …”
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New insights into the indigenous knowledge of the uses of the common stinging nettle (Urtica massaica Mildbr.) in Rwanda by J. Nduwamungu, M. A. Ugirabe, J. Mahoro, M. C. Dusingize, M. Kabarungi, E. Irimaso, E. Maniraho, C. Mugemangango, C. Ruhimbana, J. M. V. Senyanzobe, C. Mugunga, P. Munyandamutsa, P. Nsabimana

“…It was conducted in eleven administrative districts in September 2021. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to conduct in-depth interviews with 124 respondents who were chosen using the snowball sampling technique from locations where the stinging nettle grows or has been domesticated. …”
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Impacts of habitat modification on the dynamics of waterbird diversity in Guangzhou Haizhu National Wetland Park by Zhouhan Chen, Xiaoshan Fang, Shangjiangfeng Lin, Xuefei Zhang, Dongmei Yu, Yuanzhihong Liu, Xiqing Liu, Huijian Hu

“…By 2022, significant changes in habitat structure had occurred, making it an important site for waterbird aggregation. …”
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Supply Chain Management in Renewable Energy Projects from a Life Cycle Perspective: A Review by María E. Raygoza-Limón, J. Heriberto Orduño-Osuna, Gabriel Trujillo-Hernández, Miguel E. Bravo-Zanoguera, José Alejandro Amezquita Garcia, Luis Roberto Ramírez-Hernández, Wendy Flores-Fuentes, Joel Antúnez-García, Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico

“…The analysis provides a structured, systematized, and data-driven evaluation, highlighting the relevance of circular economy principles, advanced recycling technologies, and digital innovations to enhance sustainability, traceability, and resilience in renewable energy supply chains. …”
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Predicting present and future habitats using LiDAR to integrate research and monitoring with landscape analyses by David A. MacLean, Thomas Baglole, Maurane Bourgouin, Billie Chiasson, Jiban C. Deb, Maitane Erdozain, Remus J. James, Lauren Negrazis, Louka Tousignant, Phil Wiebe, Greg Adams, Joseph R. Bennett, Erik J.S. Emilson, Nicole J. Fenton, Graham J. Forbes, Michelle A. Gray, Karen A. Kidd, Andrew McCartney, Gaetan Moreau, Kevin B. Porter, Osvaldo Valeria, Lisa A. Venier

“…LiDAR-based enhanced forest inventory provided forest structure variables that improved bird habitat models and spatial predictions of bird habitat, metrics explaining bryophyte composition and richness, and variability in beetle abundance and richness. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of first contact physiotherapy for musculoskeletal disorders in primary care: the FRONTIER, mixed method realist evaluation by Nicola E Walsh, Alice Berry, Serena Halls, Rachel Thomas, Hannah Stott, Cathy Liddiard, Zoe Anchors, Fiona Cramp, Margaret E Cupples, Peter Williams, Heather Gage, Dan Jackson, Paula Kersten, Dave Foster, Justin Jagosh

“…An additional total cost was calculated, which also included inpatient events (planned surgery due to musculoskeletal condition). Data were available on 348 complete data sets at all time points for total costs. …”
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Climate Change Risk, Performance, and Value Added in Agricultural Sector by Ramin Amani, Zanko Ghorbani, Zana Mozaffari

“…The study period spans from 2010 to 2020, and the quantile regression method is employed on panel data to conduct the analysis. Methodology The general definition of quantile regression states that if the linear regression model is assumed as the following equation, we have: yi=ˊxiβτ+uτi.  0<τ<1                                                                                 (1) Quantτ(yi|xi)=xiβτ                                                                                  (2) Equation (2) shows the τth conditional quantile function of the y distribution under the condition of random variables x in which the following condition holds: Quantτ(uτi|xi)=0                                                                                              (3) In the quantile regression structure, the effect of observable features on the conditional distribution is estimated through the process of minimizing the absolute value of the error element. …”
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63Fe–63Mn: A Possible Strong Urca Pair and Its Potential Astrophysical Impact by Hao Huang, Kuoang Li, Zhong Liu, Xiaodong Tang, Peng Shuai, Zach Meisel

“…To investigate the cooling effect of this Urca pair on the thermal evolution of neutron star crusts, we performed simulations on neutron star structure and evolution under various spin-parity assignment scenarios. …”
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Bridging the gap: Awareness and barriers to antenatal care among pregnant women in a tertiary health-care facility; single center study by Ritu Khatuja, Priya Singh, Sonal Prasad, Natasha Tyagi, Shweta Soorauthiya, Nisha Mishra, Vedanshi Verma

“…Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted over 6 months among PW. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, dietary habits, and ANC awareness were collected through structured interviews. …”
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Visible–near‐infrared wavelength‐selective photodetection and imaging based on floating‐gate phototransistors by Bo Wang, Ningning Zhang, Jie You, Xin Wu, Yichi Zhang, Tian Miao, Yang Liu, Zuimin Jiang, Zhenyang Zhong, Hao Sun, Hui Guo, Huiyong Hu, Liming Wang, Zhangming Zhu

“…These methods inevitably bring about the problems of complex structure and low integration. Therefore, it is necessary to realize the wavelength extraction function at the device level. …”
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Detection of Semidetached Eclipsing Binaries from TESS by Xu Ding, KaiFan Ji, QiYuan Cheng, ZhiMing Song, JinLiang Wang, XueFen Tian, ChuanJun Wang

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ImproviNg Tic services in EnglaND: a multi-method study to explore existing healthcare service provision for children and young people with tics and Tourette syndrome by Tara Murphy, Joseph Kilgariff, Kareem Khan, Louise Thomson, Charlotte L Hall, Emma McNally, Sophie S Hall, Nikita R Rattu, Nadya James, Alexia Jeayes, Suzanne Rimmer, Madeleine Jane Groom

“…First, two freedom of information (FOI) requests were sent to Integrated Care Boards (FOI1) and service providers (FOI2) to gather data on referral and assessment processes, and treatments offered. …”
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