Visualization of Multivariate Time-Series Characteristics of Ground Loss Caused by Shield Tunneling by Zhu Wen, Xiaoli Rong, Fei Gao, Zhen Wang, Dong An

“…Ground loss due to earth pressure balance shield tunneling eventually leads to a surface settlement which can be an issue of great concern. …”
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Xeroderma Pigmentosum: Man Deprived of His Right to Light by Subhash Mareddy, Jithendra Reddy, Subhas Babu, Preethi Balan

“…Estimated incidences vary from 1 in 20,000 in Japan to 1 in 250,000 in the USA, and approximately 2.3 per million live births in Western Europe. Diagnosis is made clinically by the presence of unusual sunburns or lentiginosis or onset of cancers at an early age. …”
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Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands by Marie Spohn, Sumanta Bagchi, Jonathan D. Bakker, Elizabeth T. Borer, Clinton Carbutt, Jane A. Catford, Christopher R. Dickman, Nico Eisenhauer, Anu Eskelinen, Nicole Hagenah, Yann Hautier, Sally E. Koerner, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Lauri Laanisto, Ylva Lekberg, Jason P. Martina, Holly Martinson, Meelis Pärtel, Pablo L. Peri, Anita C. Risch, Nicholas G. Smith, Carly Stevens, G. F. Ciska Veen, Risto Virtanen, Laura Yahdjian, Alyssa L. Young, Hillary S. Young, Eric W. Seabloom

“…Abstract Grasslands cover approximately a third of the Earth’s land surface and account for about a third of terrestrial carbon storage. …”
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A Method to Determine Moment Magnitudes of Large Earthquakes Based on the Long‐Period Coda by Xinyu Jiang, Xiaodong Song

“…The method removes or reduces the effects of geometric spreading, focal mechanism, source rupture process, and the actual Earth structure, making it advantageous for estimating the magnitudes of large earthquakes. …”
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Glycerol Enhances the Antifungal Activity of Dairy Propionibacteria by Helena Lind, Anders Broberg, Karin Jacobsson, Hans Jonsson, Johan Schnürer

“…In a dual culture assay, the degree of inhibition of the molds was strongly enhanced by an increase in glycerol concentrations, while the yeast was less affected. In broth cultures, decreased pH in glycerol medium was probably responsible for the complete inhibition of the indicator fungi. …”
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Odpowiedzialność człowieka za przyrodę w perspektywie kryzysu ekologicznego by Aleksandra Kuzior

“…The article takes up the issues connected to the ecological crisis, causes of which refer to uncontrolled scientifically-technical development, predatory administration of the natural sources of Earth and disrespect of the nature, following from the anthropocentric axiology, the analysis of the Stockholm’s Declaration, the Declaration from Rio and the declaration from Johannesburg, as documents forming the idea of the sustainable development, active that care and respect of nature and preventing degratation of natural environment make a basis of the agricultural and social development and the only rational way to get out of the ecological crisis without radical reduction the quality of human’s life. …”
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Introducing Ce ions and oxygen vacancies into VO2 nanostructures with high specific surface area for efficient aqueous Zn-ion storage by Mingying Bao, Zhengchunyu Zhang, Xuguang An, Baojuan Xi, Shenglin Xiong

“…The structural modification and prospect of enhancing its conductivity by doping with rare-earth metals and introducing oxygen vacancies may aid in improving the stability of AZIBs in the future.…”
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Enhancing detection of STEC in the meat industry: insights into virulence of priority STEC by Mai-Lan Tran, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach

“…Introduction of espK, espV markers on 868 stx+/eae+ beef enrichment broths reduced the number of presumptive positive results by 31%, compared to the ISO/TS 13136:2012 reference method. …”
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Estudio geomorfológico de Chamical (Provincia de La Rioja, Argentina) como base para el análisis de riesgos naturales by Carina Seitz, Facundo Scordo, Paula Andrea Zapperi

“…La utilización de imágenes de Google Earth fue de gran utilidad debido a su resolución espacial (hasta 2,5 m). …”
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Testing the reliability of global surface temperature reconstructions of the Last Glacial Cycle with pseudo-proxy experiments by J.-P. Baudouin, N. Weitzel, M. May, L. Jonkers, A. M. Dolman, K. Rehfeld, K. Rehfeld

“…<p>Reconstructions of past variations in the global mean surface temperature (GMST) are used to characterise the Earth system response to perturbations and to validate Earth system simulations. …”
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Dites 33. Les huit incipit allemands de Bouvard et Pécuchet (1) by Loïc Windels

“…De l’incipit source, l’incipit cible hérite ainsi son importance stratégique, mais il y ajoute les enjeux propres à son activité, puisque c’est encore par lui que s’inaugure cette diglossie ambiguë où la voix du traducteur continue – dans le discours « autoritaire » – de faire entendre sa petite musique, sa façon bien à lui de parler la langue d’un auteur, et d’un auteur qu’il introduit non seulement dans une langue, mais parmi les livres écrits en cette langue, voire parmi ceux qui, comme lui, y furent depuis versés. …”
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Artificial-Intelligence-Based Investigation on Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Changes in Response to Population Growth in South Punjab, Pakistan by Tanweer Abbas, Muhammad Shoaib, Raffaele Albano, Muhammad Azhar Inam Baig, Irfan Ali, Hafiz Umar Farid, Muhammad Usman Ali

“…LULC maps (2003, 2013, and 2023) were prepared and validated using Google Earth Engine. Future predictions for 2033 were generated using the MOLUSCE model in QGIS. …”
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Convoluted ν-Signals on 114Cd Isotope from Astrophysical and Laboratory Neutrino Sources by Vaitsa Tsakstara

“…Towards this purpose, the required folded cross section comes out of simulation techniques by employing several low, and intermediate-energy neutrino distributions of the astrophysical ν-sources, like the solar, supernova, and Earth neutrinos, as well as the laboratory neutrinos, the reactor neutrinos, the pion-muon stopped neutrinos, and the β-beam neutrinos.…”
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The Effects of Sandstorms on the Climate of Northwestern China by Tiantian Hu, Di Wu, Yaohui Li, Chenghai Wang

“…The results show that dust aerosols in sandstorms can change the radiation heating rate of the atmosphere, heating the air in the middle and low troposphere and cooling Earth’s surface. The climate effects of continuous and intense sandstorms in April in NWC can reach downstream areas such as Southeast and Northeast China and can persist for months. …”
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From the ethology of animals to the human ecology by Zbigniew Łepko

“…Lorenz recommended mobilizing efforts to create an ecological ethos for those surviving on Earth. Today it isn’t possible to predict the future of Homo sapiens on our planet, however, it is our duty to prepare for our struggle to survive. …”
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Integrated Workflow of Geomechanics, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Reservoir Simulation for Production Estimation of a Shale Gas Reservoir by Taeyeob Lee, Daein Jeong, Youngseok So, Daejin Park, Munseok Baek, Jonggeun Choe

“…Rather than manipulating values of hydraulic fracturing such as fracture geometry and transmissibility, the workflow tries to update model parameters to derive reliable hydraulic fracturing results. A mechanical earth model (MEM) is built from seismic attribute and drilling and diagnostic fracture injection test results. …”
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Baird-Pattinson Aetiological Classification and Phases of Delay Contributing to Stillbirths in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital by Jacob Olumuyiwa Awoleke, Abiodun Idowu Adanikin

“…A three-year retrospective case-control study of stillbirths at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital. Results. …”
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Lethal Effects of Aspergillus niger against Mosquitoes Vector of Filaria, Malaria, and Dengue: A Liquid Mycoadulticide by Gavendra Singh, Soam Prakash

“…The culture filtrates released from the A. niger ATCC 66566 were grown in Czapek dox broth (CDB) then filtered with flash chromatograph and were used for the bioassay after a growth of thirty days. …”
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Site selection of equipment and military equipment based on natural factors Case Study: Oman Sea Shores by mohamda poodineh, morteza esmailnejad, sohrab qaedi, Mohammad Ali Shirazi kharazi

“…For this purpose, the most important variables affecting the location of military activities are selected, and then the data of the weather stations of the region for a period of 30 years to create climate databases and layers of features of the earth's surface including slope, tilt, topography, etc., for The formation of natural databases was selected and organized in the GIS environment. …”
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Assessing the Place of Christo-Peace in Transforming the Life of Nigerian Christians by Kelechi Johnmary Ani

“…It recommends the advancement of peace-based preaching, increased prayers for the advancement of prophetic gifts that are needed for Christian understanding of time and the management of the culture of corruption in the Nigerian Christian churches as paths to Christo-peace by Christians, bearing in mind that there are multiple crises undermining the reality of peace on earth.…”
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