Enhanced interannual variability of the terrestrial carbon sink in China under high emissions by Han Wu, Li Zhang, Honglin He, Xiaoli Ren, Mengyu Zhang, Dingjin Chu, Yuanhao Zheng

“…Here, we analyzed the IAV of China’s terrestrial net ecosystem productivity (NEP _IAV ) and investigated the potential impacts of climate change under various scenarios during the 21st century using the outputs from nine Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 models. …”
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Capturing spatiotemporal variation in salt marsh belowground biomass, a key resilience metric, through geoinformatics by Kyle D. Runion, Deepak R. Mishra, Merryl Alber, Mark A. Lever, Jessica L. O'Connell

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A Mechanism-Centred Approach to Evaluating Complex Aid Interventions: The Case of Accompanying Measures to Budget Support by Johannes Schmitt, Franziska Krisch

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An aquaria set‐up for long‐term, multiple‐stressor research in marine organisms by Cristina Gutiérrez‐Zárate, Alfredo Veiga, Andrea Gori, Fabián Gerpe, Leo Domínguez, Alberto Rodríguez, Noelia Arias, Marta Álvarez, Rubén Acerbi, Lucía Vázquez, Juancho Movilla, Marta M. Varela, Rodrigo Alba‐Salgueiro, Joaquín Valencia‐Vila, Covadonga Orejas

“…To prove the efficacy of the set‐up, we provide an assessment over a nine‐month experiment on a deep‐sea coral species, combining values from current in situ and IPCC AR5 RCP 8.5 scenarios for the aforementioned parameters. …”
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Climate emergency and vocational education and training. Topic of scientific interest: A systematic review of the literature by M.ª de Fátima Poza Vilches, Susana Ripoll Martín, Mª Teresa Pozo Llorente

“…Climate change, the main challenge of the 21st century, demands urgent educational responses and cultural changes. …”
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Bark water affects the isotopic composition of xylem water in tropical rainforest trees by Adriana Vega Grau, John Herbohn, Susanne Schmidt, Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell

“…Here, we examined the variation in the isotopic composition of water in inner bark and xylem at the diel scale and assessed how this varied in relation to traits and water use strategies on nine tree species in a tropical rainforest at the end of the dry season. …”
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On the lookout for a potential antagonist against Cryptostroma corticale—an insight through in vitro dual culture studies by Rebekka Schlößer, Rebekka Schlößer, Rebekka Schlößer, Steffen Bien, Johanna Bußkamp, Gitta Jutta Langer, Ewald Johannes Langer

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Exploring grid sensitivity in an ice sheet model: A case study of the Amery Ice Shelf by Qian-Xi Wang, Teng Li, Xiao Cheng, Chen Zhao, Lei Zheng, Qi Liang

“…The dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet are key factors affecting global climate change. To project future sea level changes, ice sheet models are developed based on a discrete grid system, which profoundly impacts the accuracy of numerical simulations. …”
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Socio-economic assessment of drought impacts in Lesotho: implications for early action by Relebohile Agnes Mojaki, Makoala Vitalis Marake, Evan Easton-Calabria, Joalane Rethabile Marunye, Erin Coughlan de Perez

“…Purpose – Lesotho is one of the most vulnerable countries to effects of climate change with resultant recurrent drought. Drought and dry spells have become a common feature that causes crop failure which subsequently causes food insecurity for agrarian communities. …”
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Relationship between Soft Skills and Academic Outcomes in Higher Education: Evidence from Undergraduate Management Students by Ashot G. Mirzoyan, Irina P. Suslova, Angelina V. Govorova

“…In order to bridge the gap between approaches to assessment within academic disciplines and approaches common among employers, recommendations are proposed for making changes to the formats of assessment tools and changes in the structure of the template of working disciplines.…”
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A Novel Hybrid Model for the Evaluation of Industry 4.0 Technologies’ Applicability in Logistics Centers by Smiljka Miškić, Snežana Tadić, Željko Stević, Mladen Krstić, Violeta Roso

“…The goal of this research is to analyze the applicability of nine key I4.0 technologies in logistics centers (LC). …”
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The effects of adding a six-month Pilates exercise program to three months of traditional community-based pulmonary rehabilitation in individuals with COPD: A prospective cohort st... by Marisela Barbosa, Cristina A. de Melo, Rui Torres

“…Changes in muscle strength (knee extension and handgrip) were comparable between groups (*p*\>0.05), but exercise-induced fatigue and balance were significantly superior in the intervention group at the six- and nine-month follow-ups (*p*\<0.05)…”
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Risk Factors for Shoulder Injuries in Water Polo: a Cohort Study by Félix Croteau, David Paradelo, David Pearsall, Shawn Robbins

“… # Study Design Descriptive cohort study # Methods Thirty-nine international-level players participated (19 males). …”
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Clinical Evaluation of Short (6 mm) and Longer Implants Placed Side by Side in Posterior Partially Edentulous Area: A 3-Year Observational Study by Masahiro Shimogishi, Sawako Kawakami, Noriko Tachikawa

“…Materials and Methods. Nine patients received atone 6 mm implant and one standard-length (8 mm length or longer) implants in a total of 10 partially edentulous areas. …”
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A modeling of budget optimization for the strategic plan of universities by different faculties: a case study in Allameh Tabataba'i University by Hassan Rashidi, Morteza Khorsandi, Fatemeh Shams

“…Purpose: Iranian universities have undergone many changes in recent years, which have led to more attention being paid to innovative development and changes in the main function of universities. …”
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Digital interventions for self-management of prediabetes: A scoping review. by Melanie Stowell, Rosie Dobson, Katie Garner, Mirza Baig, Norma Nehren, Robyn Whittaker

“…<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-nine studies were included, of which nine were randomised controlled trials. …”
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The Study on the Development of International Commercial Terms Rules by Qingrui Guo

“…In this paper, the author reviews the development process of Incoterms, compares the development and changes of different versions of Incoterms, and conduct a focused research on the main characteristics and changes of Incoterms® 2010 and Incoterms® 2020 as well as the application strategies of Incoterms 2020, so as to explore the new characteristics of international trade practices since the 21st century. …”
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Patterns of economically safe restructuring of Russian industry by I. V. Matskulyak, N. V. Sanin

“…The main results are reduced to the definition of nine patterns of economically safe restructuring with the justification of each of them and the specification of their essence. …”
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The Comparison of Nailfold Capillaroscopy between Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Healthy Controls: Correlation with Laboratory and Clinical Parameters by Seyed-Reza Raeeskarami, Navid Namazi, Raheleh Assari, Seyed-Reza Najafizadeh, Zohreh Hassannejad, Vahid Ziaee

“…The aims of the present study were to investigate the prevalence of nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) changes in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE), find out patterns of these changes, and correlate findings with clinical and laboratory parameters. …”
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Large-Scale Neuronal Network Dysfunction in Diabetic Retinopathy by Xin Huang, Yan Tong, Chen-Xing Qi, Han-Dong Dan, Qin-Qin Deng, Yin Shen

“…ICA was applied to extract the nine RSNs. Then, two-sample t-tests were conducted to investigate different intranetwork FCs within nine RSNs between the two groups. …”
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