Mobilisation of Generation Capacity for the German Electricity Market by Jonas Egerer, Veronika Grimm, Lukas M. Lang, Ulrike Pfefferer, Christian Sölch

“…Abstract The energy crisis is forcing Germany and other EU countries to reconsider and, if necessary, adjust energy policy decisions. …”
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Experiences of engineering thermodynamics students during online learning: Lessons for post-pandemic by Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim, Sogo Mayokun Abolarin, Temi Olatunji Scott, Johnson Ayodele Opateye, Maxwell Emmanuel Uduafemhe, Obafemi Oyelakin Olatunji

“…The study identified various constraints that affected the students' learning experience due to the online learning format, including connectivity issues, time management, inadequate university support, limited understanding of online learning platforms, and high cost of data. …”
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Evaluación de la vulnerabilidad ante eventos climáticos extremos en La Paz, Baja California Sur, México by Thalía Turrén Cruz, Laura Benegas, Isabel Gutiérrez Montes, Christian Brenes

“…La Paz presenta una vulnerabilidad media y es necesario fortalecer las capacidades de la comunidad priorizando el trabajo comunidad-gobierno no sólo para hacer frente a este tipo de eventos sino para mejorar también la calidad de vida.…”
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Optimizing Laser Capture Microdissection Protocol for Isolating Zone-Specific Cell Populations from Mandibular Condylar Cartilage by Aisha M. Basudan, Yanqi Yang

“…MCC and FCC (femoral condylar cartilage) specimens were harvested from 5-week-old Sprague–Dawley male rats. Formalin-fixed and frozen unfixed tissue sections were prepared and compared histologically. …”
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Cosmetic Outcome Assessment following Breast-Conserving Therapy: A Comparison between BCCT.core Software and Panel Evaluation by Max Hendrik Haloua, Nicole Marianna Alexandra Krekel, Gerrit Johannes Albertus Jacobs, Barbara Zonderhuis, Mark-Bram Bouman, Marlon Eugène Buncamper, Franciscus Bernardus Niessen, Henri Adolf Hubert Winters, Caroline Terwee, Sybren Meijer, Monique Petrousjka van den Tol

“…The analysis of subgroups formed from different combinations of the panel members still showed substantial agreement with the BCCT.core software (range 0.64–0.69), independent of personal background. …”
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Teleologia i teologia. Nowożytne przemiany w rozumieniucelowości natury ludzkiej na przykładzie Kajetana i Lutra by Andrzej Persidok

“…The ultimate goal of his nature is the supernatural goal, which is reflected in his “natural desire to see God” – the hidden driving force of his entire activity. This conviction, shared by both patristic and medieval theology, at the dawn of modernity undergoes profound transformation, and in time it becomes lost. …”
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A twenty years contribution to Cienfuegos´ health care by Pedro Sánchez Frenes, María de Jesús Sánchez Bouza

“…La provincia cuenta con un sólido Programa de sangre y hemoderivados, que forma parte del Sistema Provincial Salud establecido desde 1962. …”
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Calculation of the Coseismic Landslide Volume Using DEMs: An Example from the Yingxiu Area, Wenchuan, Sichuan, China by Xiaoli Chen, Yijian Chuan, Yankun Wei

“…The volume of coseismic landslides calculated by the proposed method may represent a minimum value compared to that from the existing empirical V-A formulas. Considering that it is difficult to quantify the coseismic landslide volume throughout in a broad region, this method can be applied to the preliminary stage of characterizing coseismic landslides quantitatively for some key localities of the affected area of major earthquakes.…”
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Ruées vers l’or au Sahara : l’orpaillage dans le désert du Ténéré et le massif de l’Aïr (Niger) by Emmanuel Grégoire, Laurent Gagnol

“…Gold fever spread amongst Niger’s people and foreigners seeking fortune. The present article retraces this quest for gold by describing the main gold panning sites and their operators. …”
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Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) — A Treatment Modality of Neuropathic Ulcers in Leprosy Patients: An Interventional Study by Tejinder Kaur, Sahibpreet Kaur, Gurkim Kaur

“…Our results, substantiating the previous studies, showed acceleration in the formation of granulation tissue and rapid reduction of ulcer volume after three weekly sessions of PRP treatment. …”
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A Systematic Analysis and Experimental Verification of Joint Pricing and Inventory Strategies in Competitive Newsvendor Environments by Mengmeng Shi, Yue Liu, Shaohui Wu

“…The experimental results show that about <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>50</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> of the joint pricing and inventory decisions were consistent with the predictions of the equilibrium model. …”
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Remark on the boundedness of the Cauchy singular integral operator on variable Lebesgue spaces with radial oscillating weights by Alexei Yu. Karlovich

“…Samko have proved a sufficient condition for the boundedness of the Cauchy singular integral operator on variable Lebesgue spaces with radial oscillating weights over Carleson curves. This condition is formulated in terms of Matuszewska-Orlicz indices of weights. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Shading Effect on the Characteristics of a Large-Scale Grid-Connected PV Power Plant in Northwest China by Yunlin Sun, Siming Chen, Liying Xie, Ruijiang Hong, Hui Shen

“…A series of experiments is also conducted on-site to evaluate and compare the impacts of different typical shading forms. Finally, some feasible solutions are proposed to avoid or reduce the shading effect of PV system during operation in such region.…”
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Comparative Analysis of the Views of Rodney Stark and Bryan Wilson in the Context of Secularisation Paradigms by Büşra Kutluay Çelik

“…In the final analysis, this paper claims that despite the decline in the influence of traditional religious institutions due to secularisation, religious practices have persisted in different forms or structures.…”
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IMPROVING THE BUSINESS TRAJECTORY AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN SOUTH AFRICA by L WENTZEL, John SMALLWOOD, Fidelise EMUZE

“…However, the preliminary findings that form the nexus of this paper are based on the reviewed literature, and a pilot study that was conducted among a purposive sample of construction SMEs - Grades 1 to 5 on the cidb register. …”
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Fighting against COVID-19 requires wearing a face mask by not some but all by Hakan Yilmazkuday

“…This paper investigates the effects of wearing a face mask on fighting against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The formal analysis is achieved by using a difference-in-difference design, where U.S. county-level data on changes in COVID-19 cases or deaths are regressed on lagged changes in social interaction of people measured by Google mobility. …”
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CRAT downregulation promotes ovarian cancer progression by facilitating mitochondrial metabolism through decreasing the acetylation of PGC-1α by Zhen Zhang, Shuhua Zhao, Xiaohui Lv, Yan Gao, Qian Guo, Yanjie Ren, Yuanyuan He, Yihua Jin, Hong Yang, Shujuan Liu, Xiaohong Zhang

“…Downregulation of CRAT was significantly associated with shorter survival time for patients with OC. Forced expression of CRAT suppressed OC growth and metastasis by inducing cell cycle arrest and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). …”
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A panoptic view of the South African wealth tax by Asheer Jaywant Ram

“…The tax experts indicate any associations between the themes of the panopticon and the traits of the wealth tax. Forty aggregated responses are subjected to correspondence analysis. …”
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The Comprehensive overview of the recent advancements in self-healing asphalt utilizing nano-technology by Wondimagegne Mamo Mengistu, Abera Ambaye, Anwar Beshir Mohammed, Nefisa Abdulkadir, Wubeshet Gebru

“…These healing chemicals are released when a crack forms and work to fix the damage, essentially by restoring its integrity. …”
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Classification and Analysis of College Students’ Skills Using Hybrid AI Models by Huili Tang, Yanhong Wei

“…One of the areas where the diversity of human beings is mostly paid attention to is called the learning process, since different forms of responses could be observed. For example, each student perceives, assimilates, and uniquely processes the information when being transmitted to him, which confirms the inherited diversity. …”
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