Broiler farming and antibiotic use through an agency theory lens. A case study from West Bengal, India. by Mathew Hennessey, Indranil Samanta, Guillaume Fournié, Matthew Quaife, Meenakshi Gautham, Haidaruliman Paleja, Kumaravel Papaiyan, Ripan Biswas, Pablo Alarcon

“…Agency theory focuses on the informational asymmetry and opportunism between service providers and seekers and the subsequent agency cost needed to avoid aberrant outcomes. …”
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Mechanism Analysis of Organic Matter Enrichment of Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian Shale in the Upper Yangtze Area: Taking Jiaoye-1 Well in the Jiaoshiba Block as an Example by Xiaoxue Liu, Zhenxue Jiang, Kun Zhang, Yan Song, Lin Jiang, Shu Jiang, Qixiang Xuan, Ming Wen, Yizhou Huang, Xin Wang, Tianlin Liu, Xuelian Xie

“…At the same time, the weaker water sealing could lead to a decrease in the reduction of the lower layer of the water, and the gradual cessation of volcanic activity no longer affected the climate, causing the destruction of sedimentary organic matter by oxidation.…”
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Prevalence of “weak B” phenotypes and their evaluation and differentiation in healthy blood donor population in Eastern India by Sudipta Sekhar Das, Sourav Mukherjee, Sourav Chowdhury

“…Any sample showing blood group discrepancy or weaker agglutination was subjected to further immunohematological investigations. …”
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Hypermethylation at 45S rDNA promoter in cancers. by Trang Thi Quynh Tran, Trang Hien Do, Tung The Pham, Phương Thi Thu Luu, Oanh Minh Pham, Uyen Quynh Nguyen, Linh Dieu Vuong, Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Tuan Van Mai, Son Van Ho, Than Thi Nguyen, Lan Thi Thuong Vo

“…However, an increase in the heterochromatin state through rDNA hypermethylation can be a protective mechanism teetering on the brink of a threshold where cancer cells rarely successfully proliferate. …”
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Multiple ligands simultaneous molecular docking and dynamics approach to study the synergetic inhibitory of curcumin analogs on ErbB4 tyrosine phosphorylation by La Ode Aman, Netty Ino Ischak, Teti Sutriyati Tuloli, Arfan Arfan, Aiyi Asnawi

“…The FMM-AC01 and FMM-AC02 complexes exhibited slightly weaker binding affinities compared to FMM-5-FU. In combination with FMM, AC01 and AC02 occupied the ErbB4 activation loop, whereas 5-FU was outside the activation loop. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone: an application of Health Belief Model constructs by Simon Ssentongo, Alex Muhereza, Morie Mustapha, Ruth Gemi, Dennis Cherian, Rebecca Waugh, Benjamin Crookston, Cougar Hall, Mary Linehan, Hayden Borg, Joshua West

“…Conversely, low vaccine uptake was linked to diminished perceived threats (OR = 0.540; p < .001), fewer perceived benefits (OR = 0.762; p < .001), weaker perceived behavior control (OR = 0.429; p < .001), and heightened perceptions of barriers (OR = 2.001; p < .001). …”
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Effects of urban sprawl due to migration on spatiotemporal land use-land cover change: a case study of Bartın in Türkiye by Gökhan Şen

“…Factors such as challenging urban living conditions, insecure environments because of the increase in temporary foreign asylum seekers, and retirees returning to their hometowns are believed to have contributed to this population growth.…”
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Healthy body as a normative model in the perceptions of student youth by N. L. Antonova, S. B. Abramova, V. R. Lopatina

“…Highly appreciating satisfaction with their body, the younger generation strives for a normative model of a healthy body, which gives a sense of comfort to its wearer and allows the realisation of a wide range of needs and interests. …”
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Septoriablotch epidemic process on spring wheat varieties by E. Yu. Toropova, O. A. Kazakova, V. V. Piskarev

“…Transmission of P. nodorumwith the seeds of varieties was the most active (7.6 %) in Novosibirsk Region and somewhat weaker in Omsk Region (5.7 %). The most favorable phytosanitary situation was in Kurgan Region, where  varieties transmitted P. nodorumto a low degree (2.1 %), below the threshold.…”
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FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE NATIONAL LABOR MARKET IN CONDITIONS OF MILITARY THREAT AND INTERNAL POPULATION DISPLACEMENT by Liudmyla Akimova, Gаlina Urchik

“…In this paper, we prove that the main problems of job seekers in the current conditions are unsatisfactory remuneration, a reduction in the scope of labour application, and age discrimination in the labour market. …”
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Image Enhancement of Cross-Border E-Commerce Logistics Video Surveillance Based on Partial Differential Equations by Xiaosheng Yu, Peili Wu

“…By proposing a gradient transformation function, the edges and textures with relatively small gradient values are enhanced to make the original weaker texture details clearer. In order to better adjust the brightness and contrast of the image, combined with histogram equalization, we propose an inverse equalization transformation. …”
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Partial High Pressure Homogenisation of Milk in Relation to Full-Stream Homogenisation by Katarzyna Ambroziak, Katarzyna Kiełczewska, Dorota Mickiewicz, Aneta Dąbrowska

“…Partial high pressure homogenisation had a weaker effect on reducing rennet coagulation time and heat stability of milk than the process performed with the full-stream method. …”
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Characterization of Residential Woodsmoke PM2.5 in the Adirondacks of New York by George Allen, Lisa Rector

“…Subsequent tests showed that fresh 2-cycle small engine exhaust produces a somewhat weaker response than woodsmoke in the DC in terms of the concentration per unit of PM.…”
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Coupons and state tobacco policy context as predictors of tobacco use among those reporting e-cigarette use in the U.S.: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Heal... by J.H. Kingsbury, H.L. Kimmel, M.J. Parks, M.R. Creamer, C. Blanco, W.M. Compton

“…Coupon receipt predicted tobacco use in states with an e-cigarette tax (AOR = 2.39; 1.22, 4.68) and with stronger tobacco policy contexts (AOR = 1.80; 1.07, 3.02), but not in states without an e-cigarette tax (AOR = 1.29; 0.83, 1.99) or with weaker tobacco policy contexts (AOR = 1.33; 0.78, 2.24). …”
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The Relationship between Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Parameters and Coronary Artery Disease Severity by Khadije Mohammadi, Mohammad Masoomi, Mahsa Akrami, Shirin Habibi Khorasani, Mina Moridi, Sara Saidi

“…GLS had the strongest correlation with CAD severity, and diastolic strain rates had a weaker correlation with CAD severity.…”
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Adoções tardias by Francisco Vítor Macedo Pereira, Simone Domingues Ferreira de Oliveira

“…Concebem-se essas considerações e reflexões críticas sobre a adoção tardia e a cultura da adoção no Brasil com base na bibliografia indicada – Azambuja (2003), Baranoski (2016), Levinzon (2004), Maldonato (2001), Maux e Dutra (2010), Silva (2009), Webber (1999, 2010) entre outros/as – e nos enunciados de documentos e dispositivos legais, como a Constituição Federal de 1988, a Lei de Adoção (nº 13.509/2017) e o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (Lei nº 8069/1990). …”
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Financial and non–financial factors in companies’ adaptation process towards sustainability and sustainable business models by Magdalena Zioło, Elżbieta Szaruga, Anna Spoz

“…It can be emphasized there are statistical differences between entities with relatively good financial conditions and those with relatively weaker financial conditions in the context of such values as gender employment gap, total population living in households considering that they suffer from noise, greenhouse gas emission, Corruption Perceptions Index. …”
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Evidence of Inflammatory Network Disruption in Chronic Venous Disease: An Analysis of Circulating Cytokines and Chemokines by Oscar Fraile-Martinez, Cielo García-Montero, Ana María Gomez-Lahoz, Felipe Sainz, Julia Bujan, Silvestra Barrena-Blázquez, Laura López-González, Raul Díaz-Pedrero, Melchor Álvarez-Mon, Natalio García-Honduvilla, Miguel A. Saez, Jorge Monserrat, Miguel A. Ortega

“…In contrast, CVD patients showed fewer, weaker, and distinct correlations, with new associations such as IFN-γ with IL-1β and IL-23, suggesting a disrupted inflammatory profile. …”
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Coffee, including caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis by Paul Roderick, Peter Clive Hayes, Julie Parkes, Ryan Buchanan, Oliver John Kennedy, Jonathan Andrew Fallowfield

“…The inverse association was weaker for cohorts (RR 0.71, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.77), which were generally of higher quality than case–control studies (RR 0.53, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.69). …”
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Phenotypic Characterization, Evaluation, and Classification of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Accessions in Ethiopia by Berhanu Bilate Daemo, Derbew Belew Yohannes, Tewodros Mulualem Beyene, Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew

“…The high variable characteristics were the shape of the central leaflet, petiole color, leaf retention, branching habit, the color of the stem epidermis, the color of the stem exterior, the external color of the storage root, and the color of the root pulp towards frequency distribution analysis. The Shannon–Weaver diversity index ranged from 0.24 to 1.47, with an overall mean of 0.84. …”
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