Audit Partner Characteristics and Their Impacts on Audit Quality: Evidence from around the World by Lingting Jiang, Janean Rundo, Linna Shi, Nan Zhou

“…Consequently, significant research efforts have been devoted to investigating the impact of audit partner characteristics on audit outcomes in these jurisdictions. …”
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Application of single-cell sequencing technology to the study of embryonic developmental toxicity of emerging contaminants: Progress and perspectives by Weizhao CAO, Yunhui ZHANG

“…Future research should focus on optimizing data analysis methods, integrating multi-omics sequencing data, and exploring the use of human organoid models in toxicological studies. Such efforts will contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the toxicity mechanisms and long-term health impacts of emerging pollutants, providing a theoretical basis for their stringent regulation and control.…”
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Rice breeding for higher crop productivity (a review) by G. L. Zelensky, O. V. Zelenskaya

“…The main global trends in the breeding of rice cultivars and hybrids are higher plant productivity, adaptability to cultivation conditions, quality of products, and resistance to environmental stressors, including diseases.Efforts of leading breeding centers in the Philippines and China to further increase the rice yield are associated with a change in the plant morphotype: shorter plants with erectoid leaves and large panicles with a high number of grains.The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has developed rice cultivars that under favorable conditions in the tropical zone produce a grain yield of up to 10–11 t/ha, with Kecon = 0.5. …”
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Case Finding and Medical Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes among Different Ethnic Minority Groups: The HELIUS Study by Marieke B. Snijder, Charles Agyemang, Ron J. Peters, Karien Stronks, Joanna K. Ujcic-Voortman, Irene G. M. van Valkengoed

“…Importantly, despite higher awareness and treatment among ethnic minorities, glycemic control was low, suggesting a need for increased efforts to improve the effectiveness of treatment in these groups.…”
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Tigers, Terrain, and Human Settlement Influence the Occupancy of Leopards (Panthera pardus) in Southwestern Tarai, Nepal by Laxmi Raj Joshi, Rabin Bahadur K. C., Madhu Chetri, Morten Odden, Olivier Devineau, Ajay Karki, Bhagawan Raj Dahal, Naresh Subedi

“…At a time when Nepal has achieved its tiger conservation targets, efforts are required to maintain adequate prey biomass to minimize fatal encounters between tigers and leopards and displacement of leopards peripheral to the settlement area, where villagers might kill them in retaliation of livestock killing. …”
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Considerations for Use of Ultrashort Wave Therapy in Management of COVID-19 Patients by Pengming YU, Alice Y M JONES, E-Liisa LAAKSO

“…In China, where the virus was first identified and where to date the greatest numbers of infected people are located, significant efforts are being made to address the public health threat posed by the disease, and to identify methods to treat the disease. …”
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The role of blood donation on wheels in the blood collection chain operational logistics during the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic by Suchet Sachdev, Nippun Prinja, Sangeeta Kumari, Lakhvinder Singh, Divjot Singh Lamba, Hari Krishan Dhawan, Ratti Ram Sharma

“…CONCLUSION: The blood donation on wheels compliments the public outreach efforts of the BCAs, both in terms of the organization of the outdoor blood donation drives and the blood donations obtained thereof.…”
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mRNA vaccines in the context of cancer treatment: from concept to application by Qiang Fu, Xiaoming Zhao, Jinxia Hu, Yang Jiao, Yunfei Yan, Xuchen Pan, Xin Wang, Fei Jiao

“…To pave the way for a more promising future in cancer treatments, a deeper understanding of immunological mechanisms, an increasing number of high-quality clinical trials, and a well-established manufacturing platform are crucial. Collaborative efforts between scientists, clinicians, and industry engineers are essential to achieving these goals.…”
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Redefining Law Enforcement: Policy Innovations for Gender Equality in South African Law Enforcement by Nthabiseng Tlali, Dee Khosa, Jacob Mofokeng

“…Despite the existing efforts to address these disparities, women in policing continue to face significant challenges, including systemic gender bias, limited opportunities for career advancement, and inadequate support structures. …”
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Climate change-driven shifts in the global distribution of tomato and potato crops and their associated bacterial pathogens by Muhammad Hubab, Niloufar Lorestani, Rogayah Akram Mheisin Al-Awabdeh, Farzin Shabani

“…These findings underscore the importance of region-specific agricultural planning and pathogen management strategies to mitigate the risks posed by climate change. Future efforts should focus on vulnerable areas to prevent significant economic losses and ensure food security.…”
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Estimating the potential health effects of cleaner air in the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: a study in Malmö, Sweden by Ebba Malmqvist, Emilie Stroh, Erin Flanagan, Christina Isaxon, Pontus Roldin, Anna Oudin

“…Conclusion The findings illustrate the potential for enhanced health in Malmö due to improved air quality. Efforts to combat air pollution and implement long-term strategies, such as those targeting urban mobility and commuting patterns, are essential for the health and well-being of both local and global populations.…”
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Innovative Framework for Historical Architectural Recognition in China: Integrating Swin Transformer and Global Channel–Spatial Attention Mechanism by Jiade Wu, Yang Ying, Yigao Tan, Zhuliang Liu

“…It contributes to the formulation of precise restoration strategies and provides a scientific basis for governments and cultural heritage institutions to develop region-specific policies for conservation efforts.…”
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Sustainability Reporting and Assurance: A New Challenge for the Audit Profession in Europe by Darko DACHEVSKI, Barry ACKERS

“…To narrow this familiarity gap, the study proposes collaborative efforts involving academia and professional audit associations to deliver training on sustainability reporting and assurance concepts and practices. …”
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The Archive of University Science as the Core of Research Education in Russia: the Motivational Potential of Social Software by I. O. Shchedrina, B. I. Pruzhinin, T. G. Shchedrina

“…At the same time, the presence of a social dimension in the software gives cultural and historical meaning to the sequence of students’ efforts, which opens up additional opportunities for motivating their activity through an appeal to the cultural and historical status of the scientific activity within which this knowledge was firstly created. …”
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Preserving Rice Fields and Domestic Rice Adequacy: A Case Study in Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Indonesia by Bondansari, Widiatmaka, Machfud, Khursatul Munibah, Wiwin Ambarwulan

“…In the long term, this phenomenon will threaten efforts to fulfill the adequacy of rice and increase the potential for a food crisis. …”
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Towards a Low-Cost Mobile Subcutaneous Vein Detection Solution Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Simon Juric, Vojko Flis, Matjaz Debevc, Andreas Holzinger, Borut Zalik

“…The goal of the third objective was to identify and evaluate (using the IEEE Xplore database) the research efforts in the field of low-cost near-infrared imaging in general, as a basis for the conceptual model of the upcoming prototype. …”
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Towards the design for a new Bible translation in Sesotho by T. J. Makutoane, J. A. Naudé

“…Bible translators have focused their efforts on preparing a clear, natural and accurate written/printed text, with the expectation that audiences will understand the message if it is in their own language. …”
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ViPar: High-Level Design Space Exploration for Parallel Video Processing Architectures by Karim M. A. Ali, Rabie Ben Atitallah, Abdessamad Ait El Cadi, Nizar Fakhfakh, Jean-Luc Dekeyser

“…Hence, high-level synthesis (HLS) tools emerged in order to reduce that gap by shifting the design efforts to higher abstraction levels. In this paper, we present ViPar as a tool for exploring different video processing architectures at higher design level. …”
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Effective field theory approach to lepton number violating decays K±→ π∓l±l±: short-distance contribution by Yi Liao, Xiao-Dong Ma, Hao-Lin Wang

“…Abstract This is the first paper of our systematic efforts on lepton number violating (LNV) hadronic decays in the effective field theory approach. …”
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OIE and FAO join forces to counter ASF by N. V. Lebedev, A. S. Igolkin, K. N. Gruzdev

“…A similar group was established in Asia in April 2019 to counter rapid spread of the disease in the Asia-Pacific region, where more than 60% of the world’s pig population is concentrated, and a new permanent ASF expert group for the Americas is being considered. The many-year efforts resulted in the establishment of the FAO/OIE/GF-TADs platform as a progressive mechanism to combat such transboundary disease as African swine fever.…”
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