Timber Inventory: a primer for landowners by John Dooner, Michael G Andreu

“…The authors explain the process of timber cruising from initial tree-level measurements to the final total stand-level estimates and various methods for conducting the cruise. …”
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Sandpiper optimization with hybrid deep learning model for blockchain-assisted intrusion detection in iot environment by Mimouna Abdullah Alkhonaini, Manal Abdullah Alohali, Mohammed Aljebreen, Majdy M. Eltahir, Meshari H. Alanazi, Ayman Yafoz, Raed Alsini, Alaa O. Khadidos

“…The experimental validation of the SPOHDL-ID method portrayed a superior accuracy value of 99.59 % and 99.54 % over recent techniques under the ToN-IoT and CICIDS-2017 datasets.…”
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Gastrointestinal transit time of radiopaque ingested foreign bodies in children: experience of two paediatric tertiary centres by Chen Xiang Ang, Win Kai Mun, Marion Margaret Aw, Diana Lin, Shu-Ling Chong, Lin Yin Ong, Shireen Anne Nah

“…Coins were the most common ingested FB, followed by toys. High-risk FB (magnets or batteries) formed 9% of cases (n=33). …”
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Wound Myiasis Caused by Sarcophaga (Liopygia) Argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): Additional Evidences of the Morphological Identification Dilemma and Molecul... by Annunziata Giangaspero, Marianna Marangi, Antonio Balotta, Claudio Venturelli, Krzysztof Szpila, Antonella Di Palma

“…Until results of reliable comparative studies of larvae of all three species will be available, the use of molecular tools is crucial, to avoid misleading or incomplete identification, and in particular when a myiasis becomes a legal issue.…”
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First aid guidelines for Burns: Educational approach & Adaptation

“…Burn injuries are among the most debilitating of all injuries, and even today are a burning public health concern across the world. …”
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Multiobjective Programming Strategy of Small- and Medium-Sized Microenterprise Credit Based on Random Factors by Zhuoran Fan, Jilong Xu, Yuchen Li

“…Then, we use three kinds of Poisson random numbers to carry out numerical simulation on the total price and tax of enterprises in different industries under the influence of COVID-19.…”
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Longterm temporal analysis of vegetation cover and soil use on Ilha de Mosqueiro, Belém, Pará, Amazonian Brazil by Larissa de Carvalho Lima, Alberto Bentes Brasil Neto, Cassio Rafael Costa dos Santos, Aline Nascimento Braga, Suany Couto Teixeira Nunes

“…There was a continuous reduction of the dense vegetation class between 1984 and 2008; this accounted for 67.8% of the total area the Ilha de Mosqueiro in 1984, and 31% in 2008. …”
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Registered COVID deaths in South Africa during the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic by T A Moultrie, R Dorrington, D Bradshaw, P Groenewald

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Elevating Student Voice and Levelling Traditional Power Hierarchies Through Open Textbook Co-Creation: What Do Students Say? by Bianca Masuku, Glenda Cox, Michelle Willmers

“…This paper focuses on the experiences of students as co-creators in open textbook initiatives at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing on interviews with 11 open textbook collaborators, this paper utilises Nancy Fraser’s social justice framework to explore students’ perspectives on injustices, challenges of collaboration and co-creation, and power dynamics in student–staff partnerships. …”
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Burkitt's Lymphoma in a Pregnant Woman: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Carlos Zagalo, Francesca Pierdomenico, José Cabeçadas, Pedro David Santos

“…Pregnancy and tumorogenesis share some important events such as immunologic tolerance, angiogenesis, and editing the host immune response. …”
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Identifikasi Pengaruh Pandemi Covid-19 terhadap Perilaku Pengguna Twitter dengan Pendekatan Social Network Analysis by Diana Purwitasari, Apriantoni Apriantoni, Agus Budi Raharjo

“…At the same time, the representation of discussion topics was extracted using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation method to obtain dominant topics which each active user discusses. …”
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Controle microbiológico de formas farmacêuticas líquidas adaptadas em um hospital pediátrico de Manaus by Felipe Mota Tashiro, Adriana da Silva Carvalho, Igor Rafael dos Santos Magalhães, Karen Regina Carim da Costa Magalhães

“…Realizou-se os testes de contagem do número total de microrganismos mesófilos e da presença de microrganismos patogênicos. …”
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Sexualité et régime de normativité à l’âge confessionnel by Jean-Pascal Gay

“…It results on the one hand from the typically confessional increase in normative pressure on bodies and consciences, but also on the other hand from a change in the locus of normativity. The transition towards a regime of intense individual religious performances certainly contributed to the growing anxiety over sex as a moral issue. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Pasteurella multocida and Mannheimia haemolytica from Pneumonic Small Ruminants and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility in Haramaya District, Eastern Et... by Mohammed Abdulkadir, Taju Nigussie, Isayas Asefa Kebede

“…The cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2022 to April 2023 in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia, to isolate and identify Pasteurella multocida and Mannheimia haemolytica and estimate their prevalence, associated risk factors, and antimicrobial sensitivity of isolates in small ruminants using a purposive sampling method. A total of 384 samples (156 nasal swabs from clinic cases and 228 lung swabs from abattoir cases) were collected. …”
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A Beginner's Guide to Water Management—Water Clarity by Florida LAKEWATCH, Mark Hoyer

“…Anyone interested in the subject can benefit from reading this basic introduction. Topics range from how we measure water clarity, what affects it, the relationship between water clarity and biological productivity, and techniques used for managing water clarity in lakes. …”
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Occupational burn-out, fatigue and stress in professional rescuers: a cross-sectional study in Kazakhstan by Denis Vinnikov, Zhangir Tulekov, Gulnara Kapanova, Zhanna Romanova, Ilya Krugovykh, Sundetgali Kalmakhanov, Aliya Ualiyeva, Kaini Baigonova, Damet Ongarbaeva

“…Objectives To find predictors of burn-out in a cohort of rescuers.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Republican Rescue Squad (N=105) and Republican Mudslide Rescue Service under the Ministry of Emergency Situations (N=480) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Participants In total, we included 268 (80% men, median age 38 (IQR 22) years) rescuers from both organisations.Primary and secondary outcome measures We offered a questionnaire to rescuers, which included Maslach Burnout Inventory, quantifying emotional exhaustion (EX), cynicism (CY) and professional efficacy (PE) along with fatigue, stress and health-related quality of life (HRQL) tools.Results Lower scores of HRQL (Physical Component Score (PCS) beta −0.04 (95% CI −0.06 to −0.02); Mental Component Score beta −0.03 (95% CI −0.05 to −0.01)), higher fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score beta 0.03 (95% CI 0.03 to 0.04)) and stress (Perceived Stress Score-10 beta 0.04 (95% CI 0.02 to 0.06)) independently predicted greater EX. …”
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Application of Concentration-Area fractal modeling and artificial neural network to identify Cu, Zn±Pb geochemical anomalies in Hashtjin area, NW of Iran by Ali Imamalipour, Hamed Ebrahimi, Amir reza Abdollahpur

“…Fractal/multifractal models are powerful tools that have been widely used to detect geochemical anomalies. …”
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Antagonism of Some Aquatic Hyphomycetes against Plant Pathogenic Fungi by S. C. Sati, P. Arya

“…Tetrachaetum elegans showed antagonistic activity against Colletotrichum falcatum, Fusarium oxysporum, Pyricularia oryzae, Sclerotium sclerotiorum, and Tilletia indicaHeliscus lugdunensis showed antagonism against only two plant pathogenic fungi, Rhizoctonia solani and Colletotrichum falcatum.Tetracladium breve, T. marchalianum, and T. nainitalense showed no response towards tested plant pathogenic fungi.…”
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Emergent Management of Intracardiac Thrombosis during Liver Transplantation by Caroline Protin, Dmitri Bezinover, Zakiyah Kadry, Thomas Verbeek

“…Intraoperative thromboembolism is a well-documented complication associated with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) but its identification and intraoperative treatment are still an emerging topic in anesthesia. Intracardiac thrombus during OLT is associated with a high mortality rate. …”
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Adjacent Joint Restriction Differentially Influences Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability and Agreement of Goniometric Measurements by Brendan L. Pinto, Tatjana Stankovic, David M. Frost, Tyson A. C. Beach

“…Reporting variance components that are used to calculate the ICC and SEM can improve interpretation and may improve between-study comparisons, towards developing a conceptual framework to guide goniometric measurement technique…”
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