An analysis of McMurdo Dry Valleys’ lotic habitats within Antarctica’s protected area network and addressing gaps in biodiversity protection by Anna Wright, Cassandra Brooks, Michael Gooseff, Adrian Howkins, Stephen Chignell

“…The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV), Antarctica’s largest ice-free region, hosts unique terrestrial ecosystems, with biodiversity concentrated in the aquatic environments and surrounding soils. Despite being a scientific hub, the creation of the MDV Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) made significant steps toward protecting the environment from degradation from human usage. …”
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Identifying the Risky SNP of Osteoporosis with ID3-PEP Decision Tree Algorithm by Jincai Yang, Huichao Gu, Xingpeng Jiang, Qingyang Huang, Xiaohua Hu, Xianjun Shen

“…In the past 20 years, much progress has been made on the genetic analysis of osteoporosis. …”
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German Policy Towards Muslim Communities by L. R. Sadykova

“…The past two-three decades can be characterized by the period of global migration and sharp jump of migratory streams is connected with globalization and with the economic factor, generating labor movement behind resources from Third World countries to the countries with deficiency of labor. …”
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Living biobank: Standardization of organoid construction and challenges by Ruixin Yang, Yao Qi, Xiaoyan Zhang, Hengjun Gao, Yingyan Yu, Yuanyuan Ji

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ARRT Development for the Upcoming Human Exploration Missions by S. Hu, S. Monadjemi, J. E. Barzilla, E. Semones

“…An operational software Acute Radiation Risks Tool (ARRT) was developed to directly use measurements from onboard dosimeters to project organ doses during times of increased radiation exposure, so that any possible ARS risks of the astronauts can be modeled and monitored in real time using a data stream at the astronaut location. To enable ARRT to handle variant scenarios of any possible ESPEs in an automatic manner for mission operation, two data sets were employed in developing its modules, one involving historical solar protons recorded over the past four decades and the other using the real‐time telemetry readings of dosimeters onboard International Space Station (ISS). …”
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The concept and current state of legal regulation on staffing of the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine by K. Yu. Sverdlin

“…Over the past few years, important positive results have already been achieved on this path, but a number of problems remain unresolved, slowing down the reform process and the achievement of its goals. …”
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Editorial by Christian Gütl

“… Looking back on the past year, we have further increased our visibility and taken steps to fully comply with the Diamond Open Content Standard and align our journal with the KOALA requirements. …”
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Prospects on Time-Domain Diffuse Optical Tomography Based on Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting for Small Animal Imaging by Yves Bérubé-Lauzière, Matteo Crotti, Simon Boucher, Seyedrohollah Ettehadi, Julien Pichette, Ivan Rech

“…This paper discusses instrumentation based on multiview parallel high temporal resolution (<50 ps) time-domain (TD) measurements for diffuse optical tomography (DOT) and a prospective view on the steps to undertake as regards such instrumentation to make TD-DOT a viable technology for small animal molecular imaging. …”
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THE ROLE OF DIET DURING HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN COPD PATIENTS: LITERATURE REVIEW by Rita Citarella, Adriano Brenca, Myriam Palomba, Maria Guarnaccia, Giuseppina Gargiulo, Diodato Ferrante, Jessica Marano, Aniello Lanzuise, Serena Pannetta

“…Materials and methods: For this scope, a review process was conducted following these five steps: 1) identification of the research problem, 2) literature research, 3) data evaluation, 4) data analysis and 5) presentation of the synthesis of the results. …”
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Translation and assessment of encultured meaning of the Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in Din&eacute; bizaad (Navajo) using community-based participatory actio... by Tapati Dutta, Jon Agley, Camille Keith, Gregory Zimet

“…The translation that emerged from this process likely differed from what would have emerged from a direct translation without community input. Next steps for the tool should include quantitative reliability and validity analyses. …”
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An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods by Madson de Godoi Pereira, Lourdes Cardoso de Souza Neta, Maurício Paulo Ferreira Fontes, Adriana Nascimento Souza, Thaionara Carvalho Matos, Raquel de Lima Sachdev, Arnaud Victor dos Santos, Marluce Oliveira da Guarda Souza, Marta Valéria Almeida Santana de Andrade, Gabriela Marinho Maciel Paulo, Joselito Nardy Ribeiro, Araceli Verónica Flores Nardy Ribeiro

“…Problems related to the final disposal of enriched vermicompost (after treatment steps) are often found, in spite of some successful destinations such as organic fertilizer. …”
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Ocean equity: from assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance by Nathan J. Bennett, Nathan J. Bennett, Nathan J. Bennett, Nathan J. Bennett, Veronica Relano, Katina Roumbedakis, Katina Roumbedakis, Katina Roumbedakis, Jessica Blythe, Mark Andrachuk, Joachim Claudet, Neil Dawson, David Gill, Natali Lazzari, Natali Lazzari, Natali Lazzari, Shauna L. Mahajan, Ella-Kari Muhl, Maraja Riechers, Mia Strand, Sebastian Villasante

“…Following these steps could contribute to a change in how oceans are governed. …”
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Explaining the effective variables in measuring intellectual capital and providing the optimal model by hatef mollazadeh jebdreghi, mahdi zeinali, ali akbar nonahal, ahmad mohamadi

“…Finally, after going through the research steps, a comprehensive model of intellectual capital was presented in three dimensions of human capital, structural capital, and relational capital.In relation to the factors related to corporate governance, there are factors related to intellectual capital, managerial ownership, institutional investors, independence of the board of directors, corporate ownership, and board of directors' compensation. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Solanum lycopersicum L. (Tomato) Pomace on Growth Performance and some Blood Indices of Broiler Chickens by Meta-Analysis Method by Zahra Sahragard, seyyed javad Hosseini-vashan, Hossein Naeemipour Younesi, Seyyed Homayon Farhangfar

“…Tomato pomace is a byproduct that produce in the tomato paste production. …”
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Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…While the FDA believes there may be methodologically compelling reasons to utilize PCTs, they have demonstrated a lack of judgment necessary to balance the gains against their inherent losses, requiring the public to step in. …”
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Synthèse croisée by Sian Sullivan, Michèle Baussant, Lindsey Dodd, Olivette Otele, Irène Dos Santos

“…The project ‘Disrupted Histories, Recovered Pasts’ forming the focus of this Special Issue has researched biographical experiences that have undergone a rupture as a result of brutal political, social and/or economic changes, linked especially with war, colonization/decolonization, migration and exile. …”
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Cross-case synthesis by Sian Sullivan, Michèle Baussant, Lindsey Dodd, Olivette Otele, Irène Dos Santos

“…The project ‘Disrupted Histories, Recovered Pasts’ forming the focus of this Special Issue has researched biographical experiences that have undergone a rupture as a result of brutal political, social and/or economic changes, linked especially with war, colonization/decolonization, migration and exile. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Much of the moral force behind advance directives is the respect for patient autonomy, which has been a focus of researchers over the past several years.[33] Because psychiatric episodes severely limit the ability of a patient to make well-informed treatment decisions in a crisis, PADs are a way to protect the patient from paternalistic interventions. …”
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