Biodiversity reporting: Comparing listed entities in the United Kingdom and South Africa by Dino Da Mata, Timothy Lai, Dusan Ecim, Warren Maroun, Dannielle Cerbone

“…Findings/results: Results indicate that South African organisations demonstrate a higher level of visibility in their biodiversity reporting when compared to their UK counterparts. The primary reason for this is because of a higher biodiversity ranking and hosting more biodiversity hotspots, which impact South African organisations. …”
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Insight into unusual complex thermodynamical behaviour of citric acid and ethanolamine solution by Reshma Karunakaran, Rajagopal Shanmugasundaram

“…Its respective inter and intramolecular ‘hydrogen’ atoms remain the key reason for this effect. Results of rheometry, Raman, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1HNMR), photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of this fluid confirmed this phenomena, collectively. …”
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The First Infant Bloodstream Infection Caused by Pantoea dispersa in China: A Case Report and Literature Review by Yu W, Sun Z, Wang M, Li Z, Zhang C, Sun Y, Wang S

“…With the advancement in mass spectrometry and gene sequencing technologies, human infections caused by Pantoea have increasingly been recognized, raising concerns regarding its pathogenicity and nosocomial transmission that clinicians must address. …”
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Sports, Environment and Climate Change: the Carbon Footprint of Sports Facilities Based on Energy Consumption in Turkey by Ahmet Atalay, Sevdagül Demir

“…In this research where Ardahan is considered within the scope of case study, the results of carbon footprint from sports facilities can be attributed to 2 main reasons. The first one is climate conditions. The second one is the increase in participation in amateur and professional events and organisations held in sports facilities and the intensive use of sports facilities throughout the 12 months. …”
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Effect of Fiber Angles on Hybrid Double-Tube Concrete Columns under Monotonic Axial Compression by Bing Zhang, Yu-Jun Qi, Tao Huang, Qian-Biao Zhang, Yu Hu, Xia-Min Hu

“…For hybrid DTCCs with a ±45° or ±60° FRP tube, the model yields reasonable accurate predictions for the peak axial load but underestimates the ultimate axial strain consistently.…”
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Possible ways to increase the efficiency of the institution of power lustration in Ukraine by V. B. Pchelin

“…Such approaches to the purification of power, being ineffective, contradict a number of standards recognized by the world community. Ways to increase the efficiency of the institution of power lustration in Ukraine have been determined. …”
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Preoperative chemotherapy usage experience for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by A. N. Polyakov, D. A. Granov, Yu. I. Patyutko, I. A. Pokataev, A. A. Polikarpov, T. I. Kagacheva, I. S. Bazin, A. Sh. Umirzokov, D. Yu. Frantsev, V. N. Zhuikov, D. V. Podluzhny

“…In two cases, regional chemotherapy was supplemented with systemic therapy.Results. …”
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Cardiovascular reactivity and prediction of the high blood pressure in the community. by Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Liliana J Espinosa Chang, Juan José Apollinaire Pennini, Milagros L León Regal, María Felicia Casanova González

“…<strong>Background:</strong> The development of strategies to reduce the prevalence of high blood pressure is an important challenge for all countries, populations, and governments. For this reason, the search of method in the prediction of the high blood pressure is an appropriate way, and a very important objective to get. …”
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Dynamic Coupling Analysis of Vehicle-Bridge System for Long-Span Suspension Bridge Based on Backpropagation Neural Network Method by Zuolong Luo, Xiaobo Zheng, Haoyun Yuan, Xirong Niu

“…It is shown through a numerical example that, compared with FEM, the proposed method is much more economical to achieve reasonable accuracy when dealing with the dynamic coupling problem of the vehicle-bridge system. …”
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A Reliable Medium for Monitoring Atmospheric Deposition near Emission Sources by Using Snow from Agricultural Areas by Jiayang Liu, Zaijin Sun, Wenkai Lei, Jingwen Xu, Qian Sun, Zhicheng Shen, Yixuan Lyu, Huading Shi, Ying Zhou, Lan Zhang, Zefeng Wu, Yuepeng Pan

“…To investigate the rationality of this method, 52 snow samples were collected from sites surrounding smelting plants in Anyang, an industrial region of North China. …”
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Multisensory Stimulation in Rehabilitation of Dementia: A Systematic Review by Andrea Calderone, Angela Marra, Rosaria De Luca, Desirèe Latella, Francesco Corallo, Angelo Quartarone, Francesco Tomaiuolo, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Dementia leads to cognitive decline, affecting memory, reasoning, and daily activities, often requiring full-time care. …”
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Evaluasi Layanan Kesehatan Aplikasi Depok Single Window Dengan Metode System Usability Scale dan Heuristic Evaluation by Amelinda Kusumaningtyas, Prihandoko Prihandoko

“…Masalah-masalah tersebut telah melanggar 8 dari 10 prinsip heuristik, yaitu Consistency and Standards, Visibility of System Status, User Control and Freedom, Aesthetic and Minimalist Design, Error Prevention, Recognize, Diagnose, and Recover from Errors, Recognition Rather Than Recall, dan Flexibility and Efficiency of Use. …”
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Willingness and Hesitancy to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in People with Multiple Sclerosis by D. Bučaitė, J. Valinčiūtė, D. Mickevičienė

“…In Lithuania, the specific reasons for vaccine hesitancy among people with MS have not been described. …”
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A new multi-grid bathymetric dataset of the Gulf of Naples (Italy) from complementary multi-beam echo sounders by F. Foglini, M. Rovere, R. Tonielli, G. Castellan, G. Castellan, M. Prampolini, M. Prampolini, F. Budillon, M. Cuffaro, G. Di Martino, V. Grande, S. Innangi, M. F. Loreto, L. Langone, F. Madricardo, A. Mercorella, P. Montagna, C. Palmiotto, C. Pellegrini, A. Petrizzo, L. Petracchini, A. Remia, M. Sacchi, D. Sanchez Galvez, A. N. Tassetti, F. Trincardi

“…This area is particularly vulnerable to abrupt changes driven by the dynamics of several volcanic complexes, active in the area, and by human-induced impacts reflecting the proximity to the highly populated and touristic coastal area of Naples and nearby famous islands. For these reasons, the seafloor of the area needs to be known and constantly monitored. …”
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Can Jurors Disregard Inadmissible Evidence? Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy to Test Interventions Derived from Cognitive and Social Psychological Theories by Pamela N. Sandberg, Tess M. S. Neal, Karey L. O’Hara

“…Across both studies, mock jurors who received the optimized intervention package returned significantly lower conviction rates than comparison conditions. …”
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Physiochemical performance of electrospun PLA-lignin and PVA-lignin by C C. Odili, O. P. Gbenebour, O A Olanrewaju, T O Badaru, S. O. Adeosun

“…This hampers their use in areas like carbon fiber production and tissue engineering, thus the reason for this study. Lignin was extracted from the plantain stem, and a lignin blend with PLA and PVA was made and electrospun into fibers. …”
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Long-term efficacy and safety of endoscopic surgery versus small bone window craniotomy for spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage: a meta-analysis and trial sequentia... by Chen Guo, Yang Bai, Xiaobin Zhang, Pinjing Zhang, Song Han, Di Fan

“…Therefore, prioritizing ES over SBWC for treating ICH appears to be a reasonable approach.…”
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Factors to affect inbred beet plants while developing material for linear selection by M. I. Fedorova, E. G. Kozar, S. A. Vetrova, V. A. Zayachkovskyi, V. A. Stepanov

“…The SI plants have more degenerating embryos than self-fertile ones, but seed vessel outgrowth in the seeds with abortive embryos makes them morphologically similar to fertile seeds. For that reason, when assessing inbred beet plants based on their self-incompatibility/self-fertility, one should consider the qualitative characteristics of the seeds. …”
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Crash/Near-Crash Analysis of Naturalistic Driving Data Using Association Rule Mining by Yansong Qu, Zhenlong Li, Qin Liu, Mengniu Pan, Zihao Zhang

“…The results demonstrate that C/NC events occur most frequently on straight and level road segments with no controlled intersections or traffic control devices when drivers are performing secondary tasks. Thus, the reasons for these crashes are carelessness and overconfidence. …”
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Unraveling drivers and patterns of species richness in coastal marine ecosystem under global warming: Insights from ecosystem connectivity by Xiangyan Yang, Jia Wo, Toniann Keiling, Yong Chen

“…We recommend utilizing finer temporal and spatial scales in ecosystem assessments and recognizing the NYB as a crucial sentinel for detecting regime shifts in the NES ecosystem.…”
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