Essential Oils of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants as Botanical Biocide for Management of Coconut Eriophyid Mite (Aceria guerreronis Keifer) by Susmita Patnaik, Kadambini Rout, Sasmita Pal, Prasanna Kumar Panda, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, Satyabrata Sahoo

“…The essential oils and the herbal extracts were prepared in two different formulations and were used both in laboratory and field conditions to assess the efficiency of the formulations against the coconut mite infestation. …”
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Gastro-intestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis by Saurabh Kedia, Anuj Chhaparia, Pramod Garg

“…Refractory cases require nutritional support in the form of enteral nutrition and/or home parenteral nutrition. …”
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Excavating the Modern Self: Haggard’s Egyptological Romances by Nolwenn CORRIOU

“…By establishing genealogical links between ancient Egypt and modern Britain through the literary form of archaeological fiction, Haggard constructs a palimpsestic vision of individual and collective history that can be read both in psychoanalytical and in imperial terms. …”
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A Point Cloud-Based Feature Recognition and Path Planning Method by Changhong Chen, Shaofeng Wang, Shunzhou Huang

“…Furthermore, a detection path planning method was put forward to search the shortest robot’s detection path based on the above acquired features by visual recognition and positioning technology. …”
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Explainable machine learning framework for cataracts recognition using visual features by Xiao Wu, Lingxi Hu, Zunjie Xiao, Xiaoqing Zhang, Risa Higashita, Jiang Liu

“…In contrast, visual features extracted from original AS-OCT images and their transform forms (e.g., AS-OCT-based histograms) have good explanations but have not been fully exploited. …”
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Lounging Men, Standing Women: Pose and Posture in the Aesthetic Interior by Richard W. Hayes

“…My focus is on E. W. Godwin, foremost architect of Aestheticism, who is known for the artists’ houses and studios he designed in London in the 1870s and 1880s. …”
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"Estas cousas Señora filha vos peço e encomemdo": A imagem de consorte na família real portuguesa a partir das instruções de D. Manuel para D. Beatriz (1504-1538) by João Eusébio Silva

“…Manuel I na afirmação do seu poder: a utilização dos símbolos e das imagens em tomo da família real como forma de afirmação política e social da coroa. Seguindo esta linha de pensamento havia o monarca Português escrito as suas Instrucções para a sua filha que agora casava, documento ímpar na análise do modelo de consorte régia no século XVI, para lá daquele que nos é dado pela cronística e pelos tratadístas. …”
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Les significations majeures du mot « éthique » dans les journaux québécois by Alain Létourneau

“…The author questions the spaces of communication, which are susceptible to guide a citizen in forming his/her opinion. The approach privileges a contextual content analysis, which links quantitative elements (statistics on frequency ; annual fluctuations) and qualitative elements (the construction of categories on the basis of a pre-analysis).…”
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A potential VEGF-driven hypothesis of calvarial centripetal proliferation in cerebral proliferative angiopathy by Shigeta Miyake, Timo Krings, Tze Phei Kee, Thierry A. G. M. Huisman

“…Calvarial thickening displayed centripetal proliferation with trabecular formation extending from the inner table. This study identified Calvarial centripetal proliferation in a significant proportion of patients with CPA. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and use of the Mediterranean diet in practice among dietitians in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study by Salma Abu-Qiyas, Hadia Radwan, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Mohamad Alameddine, Mariam Muayyad, Farah Naja

“…Practicing dietitians (n = 220) completed a 44-item web-based questionnaire, verified for face, content and construct validity, as well as internal and parallel form reliability. Total scores were computed as sum of items for knowledge and attitudes. …”
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Essence of the monitoring system for managing project life cycle at an instrument-making holding by P. A. Zhurina, O. V. Tyagunova

“…The main tasks adopted as monitoring-screening tools are the identification of key indicators; processing and aggregation of critically necessary information about specific project tasks; identification of external and internal risks; attractors that strongly influence the implementation of the project; issue of operational reports on the project; forecasting and decision-making, development of proposals to correct negative situations; ensuring the integration of the monitoring system in the information environment of the holding. …”
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The effect of ranger patrols on the sighting of large mammals by local herders in Northern Iran by Farid Salmanpour, Zahra Shakoori, Mahan Salmanpour, Mehdi Tizrouyan, Mehdi Kia, Rahman Eshaghi, Saeid Ghomi, Abolfazl Rahbarizadeh, Rahman Naeimaei, Mehdi Ghaderi

“…This study investigates the impact of ranger patrols on large mammal sightings in the Central Alborz Protected Area (CAPA), northern Iran, a crucial wildlife corridor with UNESCO-listed Hyrcanian forests and high-altitude grasslands. CAPA also supports livestock grazing in over 200 villages, making it a key area for studying human-wildlife interactions. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Corruption on Human Rights and Civil Liberties during COVID-19 in South Africa by Thinavhudzulo Mafumo, Mohammed X Ntshangase, Bernard N Rasila

“…Although countries such as South Africa have procurement policies and procedures on parliamentary actions, the COVID-19 pandemic forced those protocols to be not followed. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of corruption on human rights and civil liberties during Covid-19 in South Africa. …”
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Influence of Alkali Treatment and Maleated Polypropylene (MAPP) Compatibilizer on the Dry-Sliding Wear and Frictional Behavior of Borassus Fruit Fine Fiber (BFF)/Polypropylene (PP)... by Sumit Nijjar, P. Sudhakara, Shubham Sharma, Sanjeev Saini, Aklilu Teklemariam, V. Mariselvam, Satheesh Kumar Sampath, J. I. Song

“…The fracture mechanism of worn-out portions of BFF/PP composites was studied using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy to analyze various imperfections like debonding, splits, fiber cracks, and wreckage or fragments formation.…”
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Daily time series of 12 human thermal stress indices in Greece, aggregated at commune level (1998–2022)Zenodo by Georgios Charvalis, Michalis Koureas, Chloe Brimicombe, Chara Bogogiannidou, Fani Kalala, Varbara Mouchtouri, Christos Hadjichristodoulou

“…To facilitate geospatial analysis over the Greek communes, boundary data in shapefile format were obtained from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). …”
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Towards carbon neutrality & COP29 Baku / Azerbaijan - COP30 Belem / Brazil: Exploring the impacts of economic, environmental, social, and governance (ECON-ESG) factors on Clima... by Cem Işık, Serdar Ongan, Jiale Yan, Hasibul Islam

“…These results clearly show that analyses conducted only through the conventional form of ESG may be insufficient and inaccurate in analyzing the effects on the CPU. …”
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Relative Navigation in LEO by Carrier-Phase Differential GPS with Intersatellite Ranging Augmentation by Alfredo Renga, Michele Grassi, Urbano Tancredi

“…In this paper, an augmented CDGPS navigation filter is proposed for the formation of two satellites characterized by a short, varying baseline, relevant to next generation Synthetic Aperture Radar missions. …”
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PhD Programs as a Basic Tool of Human Capacity Building in Russian Science by E. V. Karavaeva, O. A. Kostenko, V. V. Malandin, I. A. Mosicheva

“…The article addresses the problem of staffing of the Russian science and examines the issues pertaining to the training of research and pedagogical personnel at the PhD-programs in the light of forthcoming transition to a new model of doctoral studies (Federal Law №517-FZ of December 30, 2020). …”
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Secure Satellite Downlink With Hybrid RIS and AI-Based Optimization by Mian Muhammad Kamal, Syed Zain Ul Abideen, Syed Sikandar Shah, Nabila Sehito, Salahuddin Khan, Bal S. Virdee, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Patrizia Livreri

“…In this paper, we explore a secure multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) satellite downlink communication system, enhanced by the integration of a hybrid reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). The study formulates a robust joint design for satellite and RIS beamforming, aimed at maximizing the secrecy rate of the overall system. …”
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As “pegadas avaliativas” de projetos de educação em ciências envolvendo cooperação: revisão da literatura (2000-2022) by Helena Isabel Caçador, Betina Silva Lopes, Rafael Galupa, Olga † Santos, Mariana R. P. Alves

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