Matching and positivity beyond minimal coupling in effective theories of photons and gravitons by Edoardo Alviani, Adam Falkowski

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Optimizing stewardship of the land? by Sarah Marquis

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Advanced Real-Time Indoor Tracking Based on the Viterbi Algorithm and Semantic Data by Jens Trogh, David Plets, Luc Martens, Wout Joseph

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The Hazard Content of Cadmium, Lead, and Other Trace Elements in Some Medicinal Herbs and Their Water Infusions by Fuad A. Ababneh

“…54 samples belonging to 23 herbal species (15 individuals and 8 mixtures) were analyzed for their contents of heavy metals in the raw materials and in their water infusions. …”
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Regional Odontodysplasia with Generalised Enamel Defect by A. M. Al-Mullahi, K. J. Toumba

“…The crown of 55 was broken down with only the root remaining below the gingival level. 54 has a yellowish brown discolouration with rough irregular surface. …”
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Eye Donation: Awareness, Knowledge, Willingness, and Barriers among Paramedical and Allied Health Science Students at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India by Aimanfatima Kacheri, Rekha Mudhol, Sanjeev Chougule, Rhema Reny, Sagarika Kamath, Rajesh Kamath

“…However, other aspects assessed had much lower awareness rates; when the eyes are donated (53.3%), optimal time period for retrieval of tissue/organ (54%), ideal part transplanted (54%), age limit not restricting donation (67%), donation by donors using spectacles (48%), confidentiality of the donor and recipient (54%), hospital having the facility of an eye bank (63%). 49 percent of the respondents were willing to pledge themselves as eye donors, and a majority of the unwilling respondents reported that familial opposition was the reason for their hesitation. …”
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Citrus fruit farmers’ adaptation capacities to climate variability in Ngora district, Eastern Uganda by Simon Peter, Achuu, Sarah, Nachuha, Joweria, Nakizito, Henry Musoke, Semakula, Hosea Enos, Opedes

“…These variations contributed to a drop in orange fruit yields from 90% in 2015 to below 54% in 2016. Overall, 94.8% of citrus farmers were aware of the term climate variability and they associated it to variation in rainfall amounts and distribution, rise in surface temperature and occurrence of droughts; 73.3% of the farmers had positive attitude towards climate variability adaptation especially in instances where it directly affected their livelihoods. …”
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Underwater laser communication with sloped pulse modulation in turbid water by Taewoong Kang, Kiman Kim, Serim Kim, Donghun Lee

“…The bit error rate of a 5.4 × 10 −6 by 450-nm blue laser diode in turbid water with 1.4 Nephelometric Turbidity Unit was below the forward error correction limit. …”
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GLOBALIZATION AND POVERTY: EVIDENCE FOR LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY by Philip Ifeakachukwu Nwosa, Temitope Adebisi Adeoye

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Noise amplification and ill-convergence of Richardson-Lucy deconvolution by Yiming Liu, Spozmai Panezai, Yutong Wang, Sjoerd Stallinga

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Liquefaction Mitigation Using Lateral Confinement Technique by W. R. Azzam, A. K. Nazir

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Optimal Paths on Urban Networks Using Travelling Times Prevision by Alfredo Cutolo, Carmine De Nicola, Rosanna Manzo, Luigi Rarità

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Del barrio a la fábrica : El proceso de repolitización fabril en la Argentina reciente by Paula Varela

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Corneal Backscatter Analysis by In Vivo Confocal Microscopy: Fellow Eye Comparison of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction and Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK by Alper Agca, Engin Bilge Ozgurhan, Yusuf Yildirim, Kadir Ilker Cankaya, Nimet Burcu Guleryuz, Zeynep Alkin, Abdullah Ozkaya, Ahmet Demirok, Omer Faruk Yilmaz

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Effects of CdS Buffer Layers on Photoluminescence Properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells by A. Le Donne, S. Marchionna, P. Garattini, R. A. Mereu, M. Acciarri, S. Binetti

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Performance of NUA45 bean variety between two generations for seeds grown under farmer management at Rupike Irrigation Scheme in Masvingo, Zimbabwe by Chakare Benhura, Farai Mapanda, Albert Machisvo, D Mavhiri, Tinashe Chirambadare

“…Concentrations of zinc (2.75-4.45mg/kg) and iron (70.85-104.5 mg/kg) in the soils were below expected levels of 100 mg/kg and 150 mg/kg respectively.  …”
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Quality of Life and Events in the First Year of Life. Results from the Prospective Copenhagen Birth Cohort 1959?61 by Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

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A Descriptive Study of Some of the Dento-Gingival Components of Esthetics of Patients at a Tertiary Care-center in the Eastern Part of Nepal by Arati Sharma

“…Relative GZL of LI was below the reference line. The central incisor width/height ratio obtained was >80% that means a squarer tooth.…”
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Clinicoradiological Profile of Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis Cases among Young Adult and Elderly People in a Teaching Hospital of Madhya Pradesh, India by Saurabh Kumar Singh, Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari

“…Most common clinical feature in non-LLFTB was cough (69%) followed by fever (65%), chest pain (54.7%), and weight loss (54.4%). Chest X-ray showed predominance of right side (60.9%) in cases of LLFTB. …”
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Serum 25(OH)D Level and Parathyroid Hormone in Chinese Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study in Guiyang Urban Community from Southeast of China by Zhang Qiao, Shi Li-xing, Peng Nian-chun, Xu Shu-jing, Zhang Miao, Li Hong, Zhuang Hui-jun, Gong Ming-xian, Zhang Song, Wang Rui, Hu Ying, Zhang Jing-lu, Chen Shuang

“…The mean serum PTH level was (32.1 ± 13.7) pg/mL and the lowest level among participants aged 40–50 years (30.8 ng/mL). Serum 25(OH)D was below 50 nmol/liter in 52.3%, below 75 nmol/liter in 84.6%, and above 75 nmol/liter in 15.4% of the respondents. …”
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