Smallholder farmers’ knowledge on management of Cinchona in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Bezawit Mekonnen, Landry Cizungu, Julio Alegre, Haben Blondeel, Emiel De Lombaerde, Hans Verbeeck, Luc Duchateau, Eddie Schrevens, Kris Verheyen, Pascal Boeckx, Pieter De Frenne

“…Our results provide information on current cultivation of Cinchona in the DRC, which may become more important given the rising resistance of the malaria parasite against other medicines.…”
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Trends in spinal implant utilization and pricing by Gabrielle Lucia Dykhouse, Rachel A. Bratescu, Osama N. Kashlan, McGrath Lynn Jr., Roger Härtl, Galal A. Elsayed

“…Interbody fusion device materials witnessed decline in the use of PEEK and allograft, with metals becoming the preferred material. Level of Evidence: III…”
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Health and economic impact of caregiving on informal caregivers of people with chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. by Ephraim Kisangala, Etheldreda Leinyuy Mbivnjo, Edward J D Webb, Barbara Barrett, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Eve Namisango, Margaret Heslin

“…Health care systems should consider how to better support caregivers in terms of their own physical and mental wellbeing. …”
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Low-carbon development vector in circular economy by I. S. Belik, N. L. Nikulina

“…Within the framework of the Industry 4.0 concept, transition from a linear economy model to a circular economy model aimed at energy saving, regenerative green production, circulation, and consumption is becoming increasingly relevant. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the low-carbon development model consistency with the goals and objectives of circular economy (hereinafter referred to as CE) for subsequent development of a green growth strategy. …”
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Extracting chemical food safety hazards from the scientific literature automatically using large language models by Neris Özen, Wenjuan Mu, Esther D. van Asselt, Leonieke M. van den Bulk

“…The number of scientific articles published in the domain of food safety has consistently been increasing over the last few decades. It has therefore become unfeasible for food safety experts to read all relevant literature related to food safety and the occurrence of hazards in the food chain. …”
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Zionism and Academic Hegemony: The Intersection of Power, Knowledge, and Suppression in the United States Universities by Mehmet Rakipoğlu

“…Universities meant to be pillars of free thought and critical inquiry, increasingly become arenas where dissent is suppressed and ideological conformity is imposed. …”
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Sustainable Leaching of Cu, Ni, and Au from Waste Printed Circuit Boards Using Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents by Sara Saffaj, Diego Mantovani, Georgios Kolliopoulos

“…Electronic waste (e-waste) is becoming a serious problem that impacts the environment due to its fast-growing volume. …”
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The politics of digital sovereignty and the European Union’s legislation: navigating crises by Gábor Hulkó, János Kálmán, András Lapsánszky

“…In recent years, the resistance of member states to the strengthening of the European Union and its ambition to extend the powers of nation states has become a dominant political element, especially in the countries of the Central and Eastern European region. …”
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Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) with Some Associated Risk Factors among Children Aged 1 to 5 Years in Rural Maharashtra – A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study by Raghavendra NR. Swamy, Priyanka N Akahade, P Abhinaya, Arvindkumar Waghmare, Satish V Gujalwar

“…It is estimated that 50,000 preschool children become blind every year owing to VAD, and many of them will eventually die because of increased susceptibility to infections. …”
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Application of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol for randomised controlled trials by Wenjie Liu, Wenyao Cui, Xinrong Chen, Dan Duan, Maojun Chen

“…Introduction Breast cancer has become a common tumour that threatens women’s physical and mental health. …”
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The Dynamics of Succession of Vegetation in the Post-Shifting Cultivation Area in Central Kalimantan by Ardiatma Maulana, Priyono Suryanto, Widiyatno Widiyatno, Eny Faridah, Bambang Suwignyo

“…However, the high rate of forest degradation in Indonesia led this country become one of the most largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. …”
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Multiscale Investigations of Overtopping Erosion in Reinforced Tailings Dam Induced by Mud-Water Mixture Overflow by Meibao Chen, Xiaofei Jing, Xiaohua Liu, Xuewei Huang, Wen Nie

“…This investigation conclusively showed that the red mud concentration for flooding over the dam slope had a nonlinear trend of first becoming larger, subsequently decreasing with the time going on in the process of tailing dam overtopping; the maximum red mud concentration achieved 19.0%. …”
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Operational Strategy for Low-Carbon Supply Chain under Asymmetric Information of Fairness Concerns by Guangxing Wei, Xu Zhang, Xinghong Qin, Binta Bary

“…Carbon emission reduction has become a common hot topic around the world. Although the previous literature has proven that the asymmetric information and fairness concerns would influence the operational strategy for low-carbon supply chain, it hardly touched the asymmetric information of fairness concerns, which contradicted practical observations and experimental evidence. …”
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Rise of netholicism: A comprehensive review of internet addiction among today’s youth by Yogesh Kumar, Om P. Dhakar

“…The rise of internet addiction among today’s youth, termed “netholicism,” has become a pressing concern in the digital era. …”
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African Activism Through Pugwash by Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

“… The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs grew from the Russell-Einstein Manifesto initiative in 1955 to become an amorphously structured transnational movement of natural and social scientists with a primary focus on the dangers of nuclear weapons. …”
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La Paille, un matériau pour transmettre by Volker Ehrlich, Édouard Vermès

“…Considering that the building sector has become today’s most energy-consuming industry, producing about three quarters of all industrial waste, architects have thus adopted a key role in the social transition towards a sustainable way of life. …”
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Exploiting question-answer framework with multi-GRU to detect adverse drug reaction on social media by Jiao-huang Luo, Ai-hua Yang

“…Therefore, the post-marketing detection of ADRs in a timely and accurate manner becomes imperative. Adding to the complexity, a multitude of tweets harbor concealed information about adverse drug reactions, creating difficulties due to their concise, sporadic, and noisy content. …”
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Peningkatan Keterampilan Menulis Teks Cerita Pendek dengan Menggunakan Adobe Flash (Improving Short Story Text Writing Skills Using Adobe Flash) by Wikanengsih Wikanengsih, Puspita Ningrum

“…Based on the results and discussion, it is concluded that the discovery learning method assisted by Adobe Flash can improve the ability to write short stories and can increase learning motivation. Students become challenged in solving the problems given by the teacher.…”
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The Potential Use of the CRISPR-Cas System for HIV-1 Gene Therapy by Gabriela De Nardi Sanches-da-Silva, Luiza Fonseca Sales Medeiros, Fabio Mitsuo Lima

“…Despite advances in pharmacological treatment, it is still difficult to eliminate latent reservoirs, becoming one of the main obstacles for viral eradication. …”
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Social Risk Early Warning of Environmental Damage of Large-Scale Construction Projects in China Based on Network Governance and LSTM Model by Junmin Fang, Dechun Huang, Jingrong Xu

“…Experiments show that the long short-term memory neural network model is effective and feasible for predicting the social risk trend of environmental damage of large-scale construction projects. …”
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