Editorial: ticks & tick-borne parasites and diseases by Ala E. Tabor, Ala Tabor

“…The 17 articles of this themed Special Issue highlight the current research trends associated with newly discovered tick species, concepts of tick evolution, new vaccinology approaches, factors affecting disease transmission, and factors affecting tick ecology and tick-borne disease epidemiology. …”
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La morale minimale à l’école by Ruwen Ogien

“…But, the legitimacy of a compulsory moral education, which the ambition would insert pupils into a “good” or “happy” life, or to pass a certain view of good, or some“values” on to them would be as questionable as education program of a particular religion.…”
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Application of quality control circle activities to improve the implementation rate of prevention on deep venous thrombosis in patients undergoing urological surgery (提高泌尿外科手术患者深静脉... by QIU Deyuan (仇德媛), DUAN Junfang (段俊芳), LI Ping (栗平), QIN Xiaocui (秦晓翠), WANG Huihui (王惠惠), ZHANG Yingying (张莹莹), CHEN Menghan (陈孟涵)

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Effects of COVID-19 on pea farmers, a case study in the department of Nariño, Colombia by Housseman Steven Ramos-Zambrano, Marcela Elizabeth Riascos-Delgado, Jeisson Rodríguez-Valenzuela, Alcira María Delgado-Sánchez, Álvaro Mauricio Cadena-Pastrana

“…Nevertheless, small-scale farmers exhibited remarkable resilience and adaptability, allowing them to persist in growing and selling their pea harvest. …”
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L-glutaminase synthesis by Klebsiella pneumoniae (AS KP 23) isolated from clinical strain, and its efficacy against human hepatocellular and breast cancer cell lines by Lina J. Abdel-Hafez, Eman Y. T. Elariny, Asmaa E. Ibrahim, Mahmoud E. F. Abdel-Haliem

“…Recently, the role of glutamine metabolism in cancer has been explored in many studies. Therefore, it provides a scientific relationship for targeting glutamine metabolism for cancer treatment. …”
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某电厂循环水管沟的基坑支护设计 by 陈晶

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Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined with Intravitreal Antivascular Growth Factor Agents in Treatment of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Systematic Review and Meta... by Su Xiaojuan, Li Xiaodong, Fu Zhongmei, Ye Hejiang

“…Our results provide promising evidence that anti-VEGF therapy combined with CHM may be more beneficial to patients than anti-VEGF therapy alone. …”
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Future anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood: generational time perspective and life satisfaction as mediators by Małgorzata Szcześniak, Celina Timoszyk-Tomczak, Julia Łoś, Monika Grzeczka

“…The aim of our study was to verify how anxiety about the future relates to the motives for deferred parenthood and how this relationship is mediated by generational time perspective and life satisfaction.MethodsA total of 203 Polish adults between 18 and 40 years of age participated in the study. All of them were of reproductive age but did not yet have children. …”
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Des vitrines sur le roman : les couvertures de Madame Bovary et Salammbô by Bruna Donatelli

“…These two figures of the literary imagination incite book cover artists and iconographers to make fundamentally different choices, even if some common features of these heroines’ personality (their instable and dreamy nature), outline analogies in the iconic transposition process when one wants to remodel them according to the dominant canon in the cultural context of the time.…”
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Patterns of diversity in biomedical coauthorships: An analysis across authors' ethnicity, gender, age, and expertise. by Apratim Mishra, Haejin Lee, Sullam Jeoung, Vetle I Torvik, Jana Diesner

“…Here, we explore how different diversity indices-ethnicity, gender, academic age, and topical expertise-interact and thereby influence scientific impact. Leveraging nearly 900,000 biomedical journal articles from PubMed, published in major journals between 1991 and 2014, we investigate the nuanced relationships among these diversity indices and their collective influence on research outcomes. …”
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Provident garbage collection algorithm for SSD storage system by Xuezhen TU, Zhenjiang Huang, Zhengguang CHEN

“…A predictive based proactive garbage collection algorithm was proposed.Firstly,the data was separated according to different heat factors,then the upper and lower predictions were performed on the number of different types of page allocation requests (PAR) that would be reached in the future.While satisfying the page allocation request lower prediction,the PAR upper prediction requirement was maximally satisfied,the WA problem was optimized,and invalid effective data migration was reduced,thereby maximizing the garbage collection utility.A mathematical model was defined for this problem,and an algorithm for obtaining the approximate optimal solution was given.The applicable scenario of the model was analyzed.The practical results show that the algorithm can obtain the maximum benefit and can significantly improve the performance of SSD and reduce the cost.…”
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Mechanistic insights into Y-Box binding protein-1 mediated regulation of lipid metabolism and oxidative stress in NAFLD via INHBE/TNF-β pathway by Zhi Ren, Rui Wang, Jun Wei, Zhenzeng Ma, Xiquan Ke

“…These findings provide valuable insights into novel therapeutic strategies for managing NAFLD. …”
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A Study of Determining Factors Influencing the Intention of Cryptocurrency Investors Using UTAUT 2 Approach by Ladia Puspanegara, Jono M. Munandar, Bagus Sartono

“…This study aims to identify the factors that influence consumer behavior in adopting cryptocurrency technology, utilizing the unified theory of acceptance and use of Technology (UTAUT 2) model as the theoretical framework. …”
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A Criticism on the Book "Folklore Culture" by Fereshteh Aliani, Moharram Rezayati

“…The most important results of this research are shortcomings such as not addressing the research background of the issues raised, generalization in some cases, purely descriptive approach, lack of organized connection between theory and other parts of the book, etc., as well as finding the advantages and innovative aspects of this book. …”
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From DNA to sustainability: the genomics approach in livestock production by Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez

“…In this sense, genomic selection uses information from many genetic markers or single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in conjunction with measurements (phenotypes) of essential traits in livestock to improve selection accuracy, reduce the generation intervals, and increase genetic gains since the observation can be read and estimated with a DNA sequencing before the population express the character even before the animal is born. Therefore, genomic selection has generated significant buzz as it has the potential to revolutionize livestock production globally, allowing farmers to be more productive using fewer resources (feed, water) to fill the rapidly changing climates and human needs. …”
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Porous-elastic system with boundary dissipation of fractional derivative type by Oliveira Wilson, Cordeiro Sebastião, Raposo Carlos, Campelo Anderson

“…We use the semigroup theory. The existence and uniqueness of the solution are obtained by applying the well-known Lumer-Phillips Theorem. …”
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Numerical Analyses of Static Characteristics of Liquid Annular Seals Based on 2D LBM-LES Model by Zhenjie Zhang, Lulu Zhai, Jia Guo, Zuchao Zhu, Guoyou Chen

“…The comparisons show that the maximum deviation in leakage prediction of the calculating model based on 2D LBM is 4%, and this calculating model will effectively improve the leakage prediction accuracy of the seals compared with the FVM and theoretical method.…”
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H∞-Based Pinning Synchronization of General Complex Dynamical Networks with Coupling Delays by Bowen Du, Dianfu Ma

“…A simulation example is included to validate the theoretical results.…”
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Glia detect and transiently protect against dendrite substructure disruption in C. elegans by Katherine C. Varandas, Brianna M. Hodges, Lauren Lubeck, Amelia Farinas, Yupu Liang, Yun Lu, Shai Shaham

“…Here we show that glia monitor the integrity of dendrite substructures and transiently protect them against perturbations. We demonstrate that disruption of C. elegans sensory neuron dendrite cilia elicits acute glial responses, including increased accumulation of glia-derived extracellular matrix around cilia, changes in gene expression, and alteration of secreted protein repertoire. …”
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Realising benefits in public IT projects: A multiple case study by Knut Kjetil Holgeid, Magne Jørgensen, Gro Holst Volden, Helene Berg

“…Abstract Information Technology (IT) investments in the public sector are large, and it is essential that they lead to benefits for the organisations themselves and wider society. While there is evidence suggesting a positive connection between the existence of benefits management practices and the realisation of benefits, less is known about how to implement such practices effectively. …”
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