Evolving Roles for International Social Work in Addressing Climate Change by Julie L. Nagoshi, Vijayan K. Pillai, Mashooq A. Salehin

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China’s Global Leaderchip: a Look from the United States by E. S. Alexeenkova

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Monitoring and Modeling Terrestrial Ecosystems’ Response to Climate Change 2016 by Dong Jiang, Gang Liu, Yongping Wei

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Russia in a Changing World: the Continuity of the Priorities and New Opportunities by V. V. Putin

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Cyclic AMP stimulates platelet-derived growth factor B chain mRNA expression in murine macrophage cell lines by Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Susan VanStedum

“…Prior to treatment, macrophages do not express interleukin-1β, but do express low levels of tumour necrosis factor α and platelet-derived growth factor B chain mRNAs. After culture with cAMP-inducers, including PGE2, dibutyryl cAMP and forskolin, PDGF B chain mRNA is induced. …”
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New Occurrence of Seifertite and Stishovite in Chang’E‐5 Regolith by Runlian Pang, Jing Yang, Wei Du, Aicheng Zhang, Shirong Liu, Rui Li

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The Effects of Climate Change in the Insurance Sector: A Case of Turkey by Tuğçe Torusdağ, Mustafa Tepeci, İsmail Metin

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A Study on the Changes of Urban System Pattern in Markazi Province by Alireza Sayyafzadeh, Mohammad Mireh, Morteza Nodeh Farahani

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The relationship of food, water intake and esthetic changes during pregnancy by Priscila Couto Menna, Diogo Thimoteo da Cunha, Cezar Henrique de Azevedo

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Precision Security: Integrating Video Surveillance with Surrounding Environment Changes by Wenfeng Wang, Xi Chen, Guiwei Zhang, Jing Qian, Peng Wei, Boqian Wu, Hongwei Zheng

“…Video surveillance plays a vital role in maintaining the social security although, until now, large uncertainty still exists in danger understanding and recognition, which can be partly attributed to intractable environment changes in the backgrounds. This article presents a brain-inspired computing of attention value of surrounding environment changes (EC) with a processes-based cognition model by introducing a ratio value λ of EC-implications within considered periods. …”
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Wheat Futures Prices Prediction in China: A Hybrid Approach by Yunpeng Sun, Jin Guo, Shan Shan, Yousaf Ali Khan

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Macerals of Shengli Lignite in Inner Mongolia of China and Their Combustion Reactivity by Ying Yue Teng, Yu Zhe Liu, Quan Sheng Liu, Chang Qing Li

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Precipitation Regime and Temporal Changes in the Central Danubian Lowland Region by Dana Halmova, Pavla Pekarova, Juraj Olbrimek, Pavol Miklanek, Jan Pekar

“…Consequently we identify changes in the distribution of annual maximum daily precipitation for Hurbanovo during different periods for winter-spring and summer-autumn seasons using histograms, empirical exceedance curves, and frequency curves of daily precipitation. …”
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Histological changes of endocervical polypoid lesions in women at reproductive age by Muna Zuhair Al-Hamdany, Mustafa Salah Fadhil

“…Abstract Background: Endocervical polyps (ECP) are fragile benign protrusions commonly affecting 2%–5% of women during the reproductive age. Aim: This study aimed to identify the histopathological changes of clinically identified endocervical polypoid lesions during the reproductive age to detect any premalignant or malignant transformation if present. …”
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Nitrogen and Phosphorus Changes in Soil and Soil Water after Cultivation by Mark Watkins, Hayley Castlehouse, Murray Hannah, David M. Nash

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Prevalence and associated factors of adult overweight and obesity in Southwestern China by Xiao-Qiang Zhang, Hua-An Du, Chuan Huang, Jian-Xiong Liu, Yong-Mei Hu, Ya Liu, Xiao-Bo Huang

“…BackgroundData on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Southwestern China were limited. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of overweight/obesity and their associated factors in this area.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from 2013 to 2014 in Chengdu and Chongqing, two megacities in Southwestern China. …”
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Statistical Prediction of the South China Sea Surface Height Anomaly by Caixia Shao, Weimin Zhang, Chunjian Sun, Xinmin Chai, Zhimin Wang

“…Based on the simple ocean data assimilation (SODA) data, this study analyzes and forecasts the monthly sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) averaged over South China Sea (SCS). The approach to perform the analysis is a time series decomposition method, which decomposes monthly SSHAs in SCS to the following three parts: interannual, seasonal, and residual terms. …”
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Changes in the intestinal microbiota induced by the postnatal environment and their association with hypertension by Patrizia Dardi, Camille Perella Coutinho, Sarah de Oliveira, Simone Aparecida Teixeira, Renaide Rodrigues Ferreira Gacek, Eduardo Purgatto, Marco Aurélio Ramirez Vinolo, Marcelo Nicolás Muscará, Luciana Venturini Rossoni

“…Our data suggest that the postnatal environment is pivotal to promoting gut microbiota compositional changes and contributes to hypertension development.…”
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Secondary Structure Changes in a Calcium Binding Protein: Centrin by Belinda Pastrana-Rios, Zuleika Medina, Wanda Ocana

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Experimental application of gliders communication system in South China Sea by Shuyang Jia, Shuyang Jia, Shuyang Jia, Baoheng Liu, Baoheng Liu, Sichen Zou, Xiaochuan Zhang, Xiaochuan Zhang, Xiaochuan Zhang

“…The glider consists of three cabins connected in sequence and is capable of diving to a depth of over 1,000 m. Two acoustic transducers are fixed separately at the bow and stern of the underwater glider to ensure that the energy transmission range and angle remain consistent to the surface wave energy glider even if the glider’s attitude changes. …”
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