Decomposition of Intensity and Sustainable Use Countermeasures for the Energy Resources of the Northwestern Five Provinces of China Using the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI)... by Zhenxu Zhang, Junsong Jia, Chenglin Zhong, Chengfang Lu, Min Ju

“…Results show that the total energy intensity in the five northwestern provinces decreased from 2.389 tons/10⁴ Chinese yuan (CNY) in 2000 to 0.92 tons/10⁴ CNY in 2021. The main influencing factors for the decline in energy intensity are the industrial energy intensity followed by the industrial structure and the energy structure. …”
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Identification of sources of resistance against Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination in maize cultivars using molecular and kernel screening assay by Seuri Losieki Mollel, Liberatus Dominick Lyimo, Rashid Suleiman

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Development of Commercial Aerospace Information Industry in China by Wanzhuo Ma, Xing Zhong, Keyan Dong, Yanwei Fu, Renshun Pan, Shengnan Xu, Longyang Pan, Zhengang Lu, Zhi Liu, Huilin Jiang, Jiubin Tan

“…Based on the development status of China's commercial aerospace information industry and focusing on space application, this study summarizes the main architecture and development trends of China's commercial aerospace information industry. …”
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Metabolomic Analysis Revealed the Differences in Metabolites Between Three Different Sugarcane Stems and Leaves by Hongbo Lou, Linyan Xie, Xianhong Wang, Xianli Li, Lilian He, Fusheng Li

“…<b>Background:</b> Sugarcane is an important sugar crop. Sugarcane stems are mainly used for sugar extraction, while leaves can only be burned as waste. …”
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Improved YOLOv8 Algorithm was Used to Segment Cucumber Seedlings Under Complex Artificial Light Conditions by Duokuo Zhang, Na Li, Mingfu Zhao, Kun Xu

“…The convolution kernels of different sizes are employed to capture features at multiple scales in the image, thereby processing target and background information more effectively. …”
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The Timing of Global Floods and Its Association With Climate and Topography by Paula Torre Zaffaroni, Germán Baldi, Marcos Texeira, Carlos M. Di Bella, Esteban G. Jobbágy

“…We explored the dominance of different flooding timings across five main Köppen‐Geiger climates and seven topography classes derived from modeled water table depths (i.e., hydro‐topography) to contribute top‐down insight about the most salient, cross‐regional flooding patterns and their likely large‐scale drivers. …”
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Geometric Modeling of Disc Furrow Profile by Petro Yablonskyi, Ivan Rogovskii, Gennadii Virchenko, Kinga Borek, Mykola Volokha, Olga Golova

“…The provision of sufficient quantities of food products for the population of our planet is currently an urgent global problem. One of the main approaches to successfully solving these critical issues is to improve agriculture and its technical tools, particularly tillage discs. …”
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A Snapshot of Microbial Succession and Volatile Component Dynamics of Marselan Wine in Xinjiang During Spontaneous Fermentation by Qingquan Fu, Fangfang Wang, Tiantian Tang, Zimen Liu, Lilin Wang, Qingling Wang, Xuewei Shi, Bin Wang

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The Influences of Selected Factors on Bending Moment Capacity of Case Furniture Joints by Wengang Hu, Yuan Zhao, Wei Xu, Yuanqiang Liu

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Electrochemical dissolution behavior of IC21 nickel-based single crystal alloy under electrochemical machining conditions by LI Shun, LIU Weidong, ZHAO Yonghua, YUE Xiaoming

“…Electrochemical machining has become the main method for processing such complex structures due to its advantages， such as no tool loss， high material removal rate， and no cutting stress and thermal effect. …”
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Experiences and practices of people categorised as being ‘at risk’ based on age during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in the UK and Germany by Susannah Mayhew, Stephanie Drössler, Katharina Wabnitz

“…Negotiating identities is an inevitable process accompanying sense-making of (new) risks. …”
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THE ATTITUDE OF STUDENT YOUTH TO FAMILY VALUES (CASE STUDY OF THE SVERDLOVSK REGION) by Yu. R. Vishnevsky, M. V. Yachmeneva

“…Analysis of marriage and family attitudes of student youth was carried out on the basis of monitoring materials “Student 1995–2016: The dynamics of socio-cultural development of students of the Middle Urals”. The main method of collecting information was the questionnaire. …”
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A cyber physical sustainable smart city framework toward society 5.0: Explainable AI for enhanced SDGs monitoring by Ali H. Hassan, Elsadig Musa Ahmed, Jamal M. Hussien, Riza bin Sulaiman, Mansoor Abdulhak, Hasan Kahtan

“…The framework targets three main pillars of SDGs from a technical perspective: global society, economy, and environment. …”
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Estimation of natural reproduction efficiency of semi-anadromous and river fish species in inland water bodies of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia by A. S. Abdusamadov, E. A. Akhmaev, A. A. Latunov, T. A. Abdusamadov, A. K. Butaeva, S. A. Guseinova

“…The main environmental factors determining the productivity of fish juveniles in the study area in the long-term have been identified. …”
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Grapevine inflorescence segmentation and flower estimation based on Computer Vision techniques for early yield assessment by Germano Moreira, Filipe Neves dos Santos, Mário Cunha

“…The number of inflorescences and flowers per vine is one of the main components and their assessment serves as an early predictor, which can explain up to 85-90% of yield variability. …”
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Labor contract and transaction costs in the context of the formation of a favorable institutional environment of the firm by Yu.V. Ushchapovsky, E.O. Kulak

“…It is substantiated that in the process of information search, transaction costs for information collection and processing, as well as losses from opportunistic behavior, dominate; during the negotiation process, opportunistic behavior tends to be maximally manifested; at the stage of concluding labor contracts, intra-firm organizational relations become the object of primary interest. …”
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The development of bionic trends in agricultural mechanics by L. F. Babitskiy, V. Y. Moskalevich, I. V. Sobolevsky

“…The study of movement paws of the siberian zokor and marmot helped to determine the kinematics of the blades of the working bodies of milling cutter for processing the reclamation of sodic soils. The analysis of the principle of the movement of earthworm and structure of the main elements of its body design developed of the flexible harrows, the teeth of which are formed by the setae of the worm. …”
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The interaction mechanism between piperine and myofibrillar protein was investigated using multi-spectral analysis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations by Chuan Liu, Huijuan Xu, Xin Luo, Ping Wang, Yirui Wu, Wenyu Yang, Ya Tu

“…Piper longum L. is one of the commonly used spices in its processing, and piperine (PIP) is one of its main alkaloid components. …”
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The application of artificial intelligence algorithms for testing the correlation between the state of oral health and adolescent behavior concerning oral health by Gajić Milica, Lalić Maja, Kalevski Katarina, Lazić Emira, Pavlović Maja, Ivanović Mirjana, Milić Jasmina, Matijević Dušanka, Vojinović Jovan

“…There are numerous risk factors that may endanger the oral health of adolescents as the influence of parents reduces, while the influence of the environment and peers increases. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to determine the behavior of adolescents concerning oral health, using a new statistical method – artificial intelligence algorithms. …”
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Exploration of Ozokerite Deposits on the Territory of Austrian Galicia: Short Historical Survey by Volodymyr Klapchuk, Igor Makaruk, Oleksandr Novosiolov, Lesia Polyova

“…The historiography of the issue has been considered as well as the main scientists, who devoted their works to mineral description and forecasted ozokerite deposits on Galicia territory, have been highlighted. …”
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