The impact of fuel incentive and improved cook stove on firewood collection in refugees camps in Tanzania: A quasi-experimental research design by Tukae Mbegalo

“…The demand for solid fuel (firewood) placed an economic burden on the daily procurement of fuel for cooking by forcibly displaced people. The context rendered the distribution of free improved cook stoves (ICS) unsuccessful. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of the Paleogene lacustrine source rocks within the Bodong Sag, Bohai Bay Basin using kinetics-based petroleum system modeling by Xinyu Yan, Zhenliang Wang, Deying Wang, Feilong Wang, Rongtao Chen, Kuaile Zhang, Xiangnan Yin

“…The third member of the Dongying Formation (E 3 d 3 ) contains mixed Type II 1 and II 2 organic matter, with moderate potential. …”
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Component regulation and high-entropy engineering for enhanced antioxidant and high-temperature mechanical properties of protective films by Shan Wang, Rui Zhang, Mengya Yuan, Xinlei Gu, Tao Zhou, Mao Wen, Kan Zhang

“…It is found that the unique HEN-Al film exhibits excellent oxidation resistance and high-temperature hardness, attributed to the uniform distribution of Al atoms in the robust high-entropy structure, which creates conditions for forming a dense and continuous Al2O3 barrier layer, effectively hindering the diffusion of oxygen into the film interior. …”
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Impact of Dental Treatment Simulation App on Anxiety of Pediatric Dental Patients: An Observational Study by S. K. Mahboob Rahaman, Niladri Maiti, Sonali Harish, Mahantesh Achanur, Michael S. Pramanik, Adnan Ahmed

“…Materials and Methods: Forty children, aged 4–8 years and with no prior dental experience, were randomly assigned to either the control group (group I) or the dental app group (group II). …”
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Recul des glaciers et appréhension des changements climatiques par les acteurs touristiques locaux. Le cas de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc dans les Alpes françaises by Christophe Clivaz, Alexandre Savioz

“…Les changements climatiques impactent fortement l’activité touristique dans les Alpes. Dans ce contexte, comment ces changements sont-ils appréhendés par les acteurs touristiques au niveau local ? …”
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Rocket launches threaten global biodiversity conservation by Lee Ping Ang, Fanhao Kong, Enrique Hernández-Rodríguez, Qiuyu Liu, Carlos Cerrejόn, Mariano J. Feldman, Lei Shu, Li-Xin Ye, Lei Gao, Lee Ling Ang, Xiangbo Yin

“…In particular, threatened terrestrial species in Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests are more vulnerable to these risks compared to species in other biomes. …”
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How Much Time Should Be Waited and What Are the Main Findings to Evaluate the Hepatocellular Carcinoma Response to Regorafenib? A Real-Life Experience by Gustavo Hideki Kawanami, Leopoldo Katsuda, Thiara Barcelos Rocha, Fabio da Silva Yamashiro, Leonardo Pelafsky, Xingshun Qi, Fernando Gomes Romeiro

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Les conditions d’exercice du travail des cadres de premier niveau : une étude de cas by François Bolduc, Geneviève Baril-Gingras

“…The study proceeded by observations of 12 managers’ work activity, in the form of work chronicles, and by interviews based on these observations. …”
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Intoxicaciones agudas por medicamentos consumidos con fines de abuso by Jurek Guirola Fuentes, Liudmila Pérez Barly, Yamilet García González, Alina Díaz Machado, Odalys Gobín Puerto

“…La combinación de medicamentos más alcohol fue la forma de consumo más empleada (292 consultas; 50,5 %). …”
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The moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between parents and children and academic participation, considering the mediating variable of learning adaptation among... by meysam karamipour, samaneh mataji, rezvaneh kazem nezhad, maryam esfandyari

“…The statistical population of the current study included parents and students of girls' schools in the first secondary school in Nowshahr, with a number of 2000 students and 2000 parents, of which 384 were selected as a statistical sample using a random cluster method for students, and also 384 were selected by simple random method for parents; based on Cochran's formula. Data collection tools include parent-child relationship questionnaires (Barenzova and Oson, 1982), learning compatibility (Linbin, 2008), self-efficacy (Zhang, 2010), and academic participation (Scafley, 2002). …”
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Policy‐Maker of Last Resort? Drivers of Discretion at the European Central Bank by Shawn Donnelly

“…The article examines discretion in macroeconomic policy instruments, capital requirements for banks, including choices that have industrial policy (targeted sectoral) effects, the design of the digital euro, and ECB efforts to force the migration of UK-based financial services to the EU.…”
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Flux of the professional standards: Objectivity, advocacy journalism and paradigm repair by Kulić Milica

“…Journalists seem to be expected not to be objective but engaged, fueling ideological frameworks and refraining from questioning their own policies, thus reinforcing the fortress of ideological extremism where media and their owners sit. …”
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Stosunek klientów do internetowych zakupów żywności by Piotr Cyrek

“…Odniesiono się ponadto do destymulant realizacji zaopatrzenia przez gospodarstwa domowe z wykorzystaniem form internetowych, uzupełniających kanały tradycyjne. …”
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Learning the simplicity of scattering amplitudes by Clifford Cheung, Aurélien Dersy, Matthew D. Schwartz

“…Starting from lengthy input expressions, our networks can generate the Parke-Taylor formula for five-point gluon scattering, as well as new compact expressions for five-point amplitudes involving scalars and gravitons. …”
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Potencial Terapêutico da Vortioxetina: Respostas Cardíacas ao Estresse Crônico Moderado Imprevisível em um Modelo de Rato by Ozlem Ozmen, Serife Tasan, Gulin Ozdamar Unal

“…Os grupos VOR e controle não foram expostos ao estresse. Amostras de coração foram examinadas histopatologicamente e imuno-histoquimicamente. …”
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An examination of the enhanced photocatalytic performance of PEO coatings applied on Mg alloys: A review by Arash Fattah-alhosseini, Stevan Stojadinović, Razieh Chaharmahali, Andrey Gnedenkov

“…Of the various strategies for securing nanoparticles to a substrate, photocatalytic coatings have emerged as a promising solution to overcome the common limitations associated with powdered forms. Coatings produced through PEO have attracted considerable interest as versatile surface treatments. …”
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Volatile Organic Compounds for the Prediction of Lung Cancer by Using Ensembled Machine Learning Model and Feature Selection by Divya Khanna, Arun Kumar, Shahid Ahmad Bhat

“…With 90% accuracy on a validation dataset, the random forest model predicts pleural fluid volatile organic compounds efficiently. …”
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Known Unknowns and Unknown Knowns: What we know about the cannabis and the Hashish trade in Afghanistan by James Bradford, David Mansfield

“…During the 1960s, the growing demand from Western nations for Afghan hashish helped forge key global trafficking networks, as well as significant changes to the cultivation of cannabis and production of hashish. …”
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Vibration Response Prediction of Plate with Particle Dampers Using Cosimulation Method by Dongqiang Wang, Chengjun Wu

“…Finally frequency response functions (FRFs) of the plate without and with particle dampers are predicted to study characteristics of the particle damping plates under forced vibration. Meanwhile, an experimental verification is performed. …”
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Visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared spectra as an input variable for digital mapping of soil organic carbon by Vahid Khosravi, Asa Gholizadeh, Radka Kodešová, Prince Chapman Agyeman, Mohammadmehdi Saberioon, Luboš Borůvka

“…Accordingly, two SOC modeling approaches were used in three agricultural sites in Czech Republic: i) machine learning (ML) including partial least squares regression (PLSR), cubist, random forest (RF), and support vector regression (SVR), and ii) regression kriging (RK) by the combination of ordinary kriging (OK) and PLSR (PLSR-K), cubist (cubist-K), RF (RF-K), and SVR (SVR-K). …”
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