Local Food Systems under a Global Influence: How Should We Holistically Assess Evolving Food Systems? by Michael Rapinski, Richard Raymond, Damien Davy, Jean-Philippe Bedell, Thora Herrmann, Priscilla Duboz

“…This approach enables the collection of data that facilitate the assessment of factors influencing diet from both the researchers’ point of view (i.e., etic perspective) and that of local populations (i.e., emic perspective). …”
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Errors in stereoscopic retrievals of cloud top height for single-layer clouds by J. Loveridge, J. Loveridge, L. Di Girolamo

“…<p>Multi-angle stereoscopic methods are a promising means for retrieving high-resolution cloud volumes and their temporal evolution. Stereoscopic retrievals assume that light emerges from localized points on a surface. …”
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The idea of a welfare state in the aspect of state-legal monism and pluralism by S. V. Biryukov, A. E. Evstratov

“…The social model, the framework of which determines the position of the state in relation to society, is, on the one hand, the result of the evolution of a complex of factors specific to each country, and on the other, the result of a conscious choice. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN MODERN CONDITIONS by I.V. Boyko, O.P. Bukhanchenko, V.M. Havryliev, V.V. Bondarenko

“… The replacing of world civilization and Ukrainian society in particular played a significant role in the evolution of medical education in Ukraine. The system of higher education simultaneously affects the development of the future generation of doctors and is a remarkable social institution. …”
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Urban agriculture as an evolved sustainable urban livelihood: evidence from Kampala city, Uganda by Japheth Kwiringira, Elizabeth W. Perry Mohling, Akugizibwe Mathias, Paulino Ariho, James Mugisha, Henry Zakumumpa, Joseph Rujumba, Innocent Kamara Tumwebaze

“…Previous studies looked at urban agriculture at a point in time as an urban livelihood for the urban poor that struggle with eking out a living, without the current dynamism, which attracts the non-poor into the practice. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Seepage and Deformation in Excavation of a Deep Foundation Pit under Water-Rich Fractured Intrusive Rock by Changfeng Yuan, Zhenhui Hu, Zhen Zhu, Zijin Yuan, Yanxiang Fan, Hui Guan, Liang Li

“…The simulation results show the characteristics of seepage path evolution, seepage aggregation areas and points, and the effect of seepage on the deformation of a deep foundation pit during the whole construction of this deep foundation pit. …”
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Myxosporeans of the genus Kudoa (localization in the fish body, the form of spores and ways of their entry into the environment and into new hosts) by V. M. Yurakhno

“…The purpose of the research is to study the localization of myxosporeans of the genus Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 in body fish and possible ways for them to master organs and tissues in the process of evolution, the form of spores associated with localization, as well as the ways of their release into the environment and getting into new hosts.Materials and methods. …”
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Deep Learning and Methods Based on Large Language Models Applied to Stellar Light Curve Classification by Yu-Yang Li, Yu Bai, Cunshi Wang, Mengwei Qu, Ziteng Lu, Roberto Soria, Jifeng Liu

“…Light curves serve as a valuable source of information on stellar formation and evolution. With the rapid advancement of machine learning techniques, they can be effectively processed to extract astronomical patterns and information. …”
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Dopa-responsive dystonia by Đurić Gordana, Svetel Marina, Džoljić Eleonora, Kostić Vladimir

“…In the patients from the family DRD-1 new hetaerazygote point mutation 520G→A in 4-m exson gene GCH-I was revealed. …”
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Enfoque semántico contrastivo francés-español del léxico del transporte y de la gestión en el ámbito turístico by Mercedes Eurrutia Cavero

“…We will also consider the implications these semantic operations have from the pragmatic translation point of view and its possible lexicographic implications from a French-Spanish contrastive approach. …”
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Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Climate Change: Why the European Union Should Take Them Seriously by Chiara Tea Antoniazzi

“…The Article then points to a number of peculiarities of the EU legal framework and EU climate policy to conclude that, notwith-standing potentially significant enforcement obstacles, the EU legal order could be readier than others to recognise extraterritorial human rights obligations when EU institutions act (or not) in the area of climate change.…”
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Analysis of spatio-temporal fungal growth dynamics under different environmental conditions by Liselotte De Ligne, Guillermo Vidal-Diez de Ulzurrun, Jan M. Baetens, Jan Van den Bulcke, Joris Van Acker, Bernard De Baets

“…The evolution of the mycelial area and the number of tips over time resulted in typical sigmoidal growth curves. …”
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Sociocultural Dynamics of Perception of Italian Brands in Russia by R. D. Akinina, A. S. Gonashvili, N. P. Kirsanova

“…This article analyzes the specifics of the perception of Italian brands in Russia. The starting point in the paper is the understanding that the evolution of Italian culture and the image of Italy itself has led to the perception of this phenomenon through the prism of both its numerous attributes and Italian brands in particular. …”
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Modeling of Two Low-amplitude Radially Pulsating δ Scuti Stars: KIC 12602250 and KIC 5768203 by Shuguo Ma, A-Li Luo, Peng Wei, Chenglong Lv, Ming Yang, Fang Zuo, Yingzhen Cui, Shuo Li, Gang Meng, Wen Hou, Yuji He, Yinbi Li, Zhongyang Liu, Xiao-Xiao Ma, Jun-Chao Liang, Fei Dang, Daoye Yang, Ali Esamdin, Hao Zeng, Cai-Xia Qu

“…Additionally, we thoroughly investigated the temporal evolution characteristics of pulsation periods and amplitudes. …”
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Epilepsia"Petit Mal" aspectos clínicos, eletrencefalográficos e evolutivos by Paulo Pinto Pupo, Olavo Pazzanese, Rosa Helena Longo

“…In the past few years somewhat new yet often differing points of view have been affirmed refering to Petit Mal epilepsy, with regard to its clinical, eletrencephalographic and evolutive aspects. …”
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Research on Seepage and Phase Change Characteristics During Multi-Cycle Injection–Production in Oil Reservoir-Based Underground Gas Storage by Yong Tang, Zhitao Tang, Jiazheng Qin, Youwei He, Yulong Luo, Minmao Cheng, Ziyan Wang

“…Meanwhile, the gas storage capacity increased by 13.44 percentage points, and the displacement efficiency improved by 10.62 percentage points. …”
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Unraveling dynamic transcriptomic changes in sheep's lactating mammary gland following Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide exposure by R. Pelayo, B. Gutiérrez-Gil, H. Marina, P.A.S. Fonseca, M. Alonso-García, J.J. Arranz, A. Suárez-Vega

“…Temporal RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) provide a valuable approach to evaluate the evolution of the host defensive molecular mechanisms triggered by mastitis caused by external agents or events. …”
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Gradient-Enhanced Kriging-Based Parallel Efficient Global Optimization Algorithm and Its Application in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization by Hang Fu, Qingyu Wang, Takuji Nakashima, Asahi Kawasaki, Chenguang Lai, Keigo Shimizu, Rahul Bale, Makoto Tsubokura

“…However, conventional parallel EGO algorithm based on ordinary kriging (OK) model faces limitations when applied to complex, nonlinear, and high-dimensional engineering optimization problems, as OK model relies only on sample point locations, restricting the available training information. …”
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Dynamique de la filière du lait de chamelle au Niger: Opportunités et défis pour un développement durable by Maman Sanoussi LAWALI MAMAN, Christian CORNIAUX, Mahamadou ALI, Véronique ALARY, Maman Laouali ADAMOU IBRAHIM, Hamani MARICHATOU

“…Un total de 137 acteurs clés dont 88 éleveurs, 28 collecteurs du lait et 21 points de vente ont été enquêtés. Entre 2011 et 2024, le nombre de collecteurs est passé de 1 à 56 et celui des points de vente de 1 à 32 au cours de la même période, traduisant une structuration progressive de la filière. …”
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Metamorphic conditions and petrogenesis of the Qori complex metapelites using thermodynamic phase diagrams by Abdolnaser Fazlnia, Mirmohammad Miri, Adel Saki

“…The main purpose of the present paper is to investigate the metamorphic evolution of Qori complex metapelites using the phase diagram calculations. …”
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