Stabilization of Problematic Silty Sands Using Microsilica and Lime by Ali Ghorbani, Hadi Hasanzadehshooiili, Masoud Karimi, Younes Daghigh, Jurgis Medzvieckas

“…Then, these amounts are considered as the optimal amounts, which are used in the road construction projects. Also, the results obtained from scanning the samples using electron microscope illustrated that the Microsilica causes to form crystalline micro-structures in the soil which is the main cause for increasing the strength of stabilized samples.…”
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Bringing AI participation down to scale by David Moats, Chandrima Ganguly

“…OpenAI, the developer of the popular LLM ChatGPT, funded 10 teams to design procedures for democratic participation in generative AI. While these 10 projects included an impressive array of novel participatory techniques, we noted how similar they were at their core: they all solicited principles from representative samples and used different mathematical procedures for aggregating them. …”
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Harmonics Monitoring Survey on LED Lamps by Abdelrahman Ahmed Akila, Kamelia Youssef, Ibrahim Yassin

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Growth and yield of lodgepole pine stands disturbed by mountain pine beetle in the Lower Foothills of Alberta by W. Richard Dempster, Sharon Meredith

“…Changes in the structure and dynamics of lodgepole pine stands following the 2006 outbreak of mountain pine beetle in western Alberta were investigated by monitoring attacked permanent sample plots over the following decade and projecting future stand development with locally validated growth models. …”
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Characteristics of soft tissues at the apex of the deformity in patients with kyphoscoliosis with underlying type 1 neurofibromatosis by E. N. Shchurova, E. N. Gorbach, G. N. Filimonova, S. O. Ryabykh, E. N. Ochirova

“…Skin and muscle biopsy samples were collected intraoperatively in the projection of the apex of the deformity curve and were subsequently analyzed by light and scanning electron microscopy.Results. …”
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Attention to young university students studying Pedagogy-Psychology in post-COVID-19 times by Midiel Marcos Mendoza, Miguel Angel Amaró Garrido, José Norberto del Valle Marín, Sandra Juliet Brito Padilla, Mislayvis Pérez Echemendía

“…Theoretical and empirical methods were applied: a psychological test and academic and extension actions in the context of the “Smile” Project of attention to vulnerable communities. Results: the circumstances caused by COVID-19 influenced the behavior and mental health of the sampled students: anxiety disorders were observed due to prolonged interruption of studies compared to in-person forms of the teaching-learning process, academic indices decreased, and Safety and motivation for the study were affected, among other manifestations, so actions related to the “Smile” project and psychotherapy were applied in association with academic and extension activities. …”
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Multivariate Analysis of the Flavor and Quality Characteristics of Traditional Fermented Sausages from Different Regions of China by HU Yingying, LIU Yue, Cheng Huilin, Huang Dewei, Bayinbate Bayierta, ZHANG Lang, XU Baocai

“…The findings revealed significant differences in the water contents, water activity, pH, L*, a*, and b* values of fermented sausage samples in different regions. The results from electronic tongue confirmed that the SZ and CD samples exhibited significantly higher umami, richness, and saltiness when compared with the other samples. …”
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Bioresource collection of cell lines and primary tumors of the National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of Russia by S. V. Timofeeva, S. Yu. Filippova, A. O. Sitkovskaya, N. V. Gnennaya, I. V. Mezhevova, T. V. Shamova, L. M. Vashchenko, V. E. Kolesnikov, I. A. Novikova, O. I. Kit

“…On the basis of the collected samples, a significant number of projects in the field of biomedicine were carried out, the results of which are described in this article.…”
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Online stakeholder engagement to bridge the science-policy interface for marine pollution research: adaptation & evaluation of the focused conversation method and ORID framework by Kathrin Kopke, Sonya Agnew, Orla-Peach Power

“…The approach involved applying an ORID Framework (Objective, Reflective, Interpretive, and Decisional) implemented in six online workshops (2 per project) to engage scientists, policy experts, decision makers, research funding agencies and industry representation with focus on underwater noise (JONAS), microplastics analyses of seawater samples (ANDROMEDA), and evidenced based science communication on microplastic pollution (RESPONSE). …”
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CHURCHES AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN NIGERIA_THROUGH THE LENS OF IBESIKPO ASUTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, AKWA IBOM by Balogun Michael Adelakun, Iduemre Ochuko

“…It investigated the specific community projects undertaken by the churches in the past nine years in the area; also determined the source of income/finance for developmental project in the area; examined the type of members/worshippers in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area churches; and assessed churches challenges in carrying-out community development projects in the Area. …”
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Using chemometrics to identify water quality in Daya Bay, China by Jun-De Dong, Mei-Lin Wu1, You-Shao Wang1, Cui-Ci Sun, Haili Wang, Zhi-Ping Lou

“…This research was supported by the project of knowledge innovation program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. …”
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A Microsimulation Model for Sustainability and Detailed Adequacy Analysis of the Retirement Pension System by Jaime Villanueva-García, Ignacio Moral-Arce, Luis Javier García Villalba

“…The model employs a mixed-projection method, integrating a macro approach—using economic and demographic aggregates from official sources such as the Spanish Statistics Office (INE) and Eurostat—with a micro approach based on the Continuous Sample of Working Lives (MCVL) dataset from Spanish Social Security. …”
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Data of the Insect Biome Atlas: a metabarcoding survey of the terrestrial arthropods of Sweden and Madagascar by A. Miraldo, J. Sundh, E. Iwaszkiewicz-Eggebrecht, M. Buczek, R. Goodsell, H. Johansson, B. L. Fisher, D. Raharinjanahary, E. T. Rajoelison, C. Ranaivo, C. Randrianandrasana, J.-J. Rafanomezantsoa, L. Manoharan, E. Granqvist, L. J. A. van Dijk, L. Alberg, D. Åhlén, M. Aspebo, S. Åström, A. Bellviken, P.-E. Bergman, S. Björklund, M. P. Björkman, J. Deng, L. Desborough, E. Dolff, A. Eliasson, H. Elmquist, H. Emanuelsson, R. Erixon, L. Fahlen, C. Frogner, P. Fürst, A. Grabs, H. Grudd, D. Guasconi, M. Gunnarsson, S. Häggqvist, A. Hed, E. Hörnström, H. Johansson, A. Jönsson, S. Kanerot, A. Karlsson, D. Karlsson, M. Klinth, T. Kraft, R. Lahti, M. Larsson, H. Lernefalk, Y. Lestander, L.-T. Lindholm, M. Lindholm, U. Ljung, K. Ljung, J. Lundberg, E. Lundin, M. Malmenius, D. Marquina, J. Martinelli, L. Mertz, J. Nilsson, A. Patchett, N. Persson, J. Persson, M. Prus-Frankowska, E. Regazzoni, K.-G. Rosander, M. Rydgård, C. Sandblom, J. Skord, T. Stålhandske, F. Svensson, S. Szpryngiel, K. Tajani, M. Tyboni, C. Ugarph, L. Vestermark, J. Vilhelmsson, N. Wahlgren, A. Wass, P. Wetterstrand, P. Łukasik, A. J. M. Tack, A. F. Andersson, T. Roslin, F. Ronquist

“…The field samples comprise 4,749 Malaise trap, 192 soil and 192 litter samples from Sweden and 2,566 Malaise trap and 190 litter samples from Madagascar. …”
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Invasive urodynamic investigations in the management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms: FUTURE, a superiority RCT and economic evaluation by Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, Christopher Chapple, Suzanne Breeman, David Cooper, Helen Bell-Gorrod, Preksha Kuppanda, Karen Guerrero, Simon Dixon, Nikki Cotterill, Karen Ward, Hashim Hashim, Ash Monga, Karen Brown, Marcus Drake, Andrew Gammie, Alyaa Mostafa, Rebecca Bruce, Victoria Bell, Christine Kennedy, Suzanne Evans, Graeme MacLennan, John Norrie

“…Management of the study The study was supervised by the project management group, which consisted of representatives from the study office and grant holders. …”
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CULTURE AS A CREATIVE BASE OF EDUCATION by C. Z. Goncharov

“…The paper denotes the vital need for the human-centered projects of education updates and develops the idea of the culture adequacy raised by Y. …”
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Stylistic Shifts in The Paintings of the Artist Muhammad Aref :Technical Analytical Study by Twana Yahya Khader, Qasim Hussain Saleh, Moaid Ismail Jarjis

“…It consists of the research community, the research sample, and the research methodology, which includes three samples. …”
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Experimental Study on the Creep Characteristics of Cemented Backfill in a Goaf under Water Pressure by JingYu Zhang, Huafeng Deng, GuoYong Duan, LiangPeng Wan, Zuosen Luo, Xushu Sun

“…Under the same water pressure, the creep strain and steady creep rate also increase with increasing axial stress. (2) The long-term strength of a backfill sample decreases with increasing water pressure and has a nonlinear relationship with water pressure. (3) The increase in water pressure exacerbates the damage of a backfill sample, which is manifested by the secondary crack propagation at the time of failure. …”
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Environmental Impact Generated by Anthropogenic Activities in the Pisba Páramo (tasco-boyacá) by Yurany Camacho Ardila, Leonel Antonio Vega Perez, Dalia Soraya Useche Villamizar

“…The matrices were determined, and water samples were taken from the collection points of the aqueducts and at points that presented mining activity, as well as soil samples; in total, six water samples and three soil samples were taken. …”
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Spanish cities as filming locations: analysis and spatial distribution by Agustín Gámir Orueta, Patricia Montecino Huedo, Sergio Reyes Corredera

“… The main objective of this article is to show the spatial distribution of Spanish cities according to the degree of their cinematographic projection. For this purpose, a sample consisting of 178 feature films was selected. …”
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Aesthetic chin lines in women: A visual guide for gender-sensitive orthognathic surgery planning by María G. Barrón Barrera, Emmanuel Guerrero Soto

“…Facial harmony is strongly influenced by the projection of the chin, particularly in the lower third of the face. …”
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