Assessing the long-term impact of climate change on olive crops and olive fly in Andalusia, Spain, through climate indices and return period analysis by M. Gratsea, K.V. Varotsos, J. López-Nevado, S. López-Feria, C. Giannakopoulos

“…Three threshold-based temperature related indices (SPR32, SU36, SU40) as well as mean temperature and precipitation related climatic indices (SPRTX, WINRR) have been calculated, revealing increasing changes in the near and distant future and pointing out the challenges faced by the olive sector due to climate change; a robust increase of the threshold-based indices are found in central and northern Andalusia, mainly in the provinces of Seville, Cordoba and Jaen. Although the changes of the precipitation-related index are less pronounced for the near future, robust decreases are projected for the distant future period under a high emission scenario. …”
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Population Size Estimation of People Who Use Illicit Drugs and Alcohol in Iran (2015-2016) by Azam Rastegari, Mohammad Reza Baneshi, Ahmad Hajebi, Alireza Noroozi, Mohammad Karamouzian, Mostafa Shokoohi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Toktam Khojasteh Bojnourdi, Naser Nasiri, Saiedeh Haji Maghsoudi, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Hamid Sharifi

“…Moreover, alcohol use was more prevalent among participants between 18 and 30 years old (5164 per 100 000 population).Conclusion  Although opium continues to be the most prevalent illicit drug in Iran, the patterns of illicit drug use are heterogeneous among different age groups, genders, and provinces. Age-gender specific and culturally appropriate interventions are warranted to meet the needs of people in different subgroups.…”
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BBD optimized antioxidants of Crotalaria candicans and its nanoconjugates, exert potent in vivo anti-biofilm effects against MRSA by Ramya M. Subramani, Robert Lotha, Bhanuvalli R. Shamprasad, Sriram Sridharan, Ravichandran Natesan, Saisubramanian Nagarajan, Arvind Sivasubramanian

“…Abstract Crotalaria genus is extensively dispersed in tropical and subtropical provinces, and it is found to harbor antioxidant flavonoids. …”
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Computerization of the Work of General Practitioners: Mixed Methods Survey of Final-Year Medical Students in Ireland by Charlotte Blease, Anna Kharko, Michael Bernstein, Colin Bradley, Muiris Houston, Ian Walsh, Kenneth D Mandl

“…The survey was administered at 4 out of 7 medical schools in Ireland across each of the 4 provinces in the country. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and nonparametric tests. …”
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Association between antibiotic resistance and increasing ambient temperature in China: An ecological study with nationwide panel dataResearch in context by Weibin Li, Chaojie Liu, Hung Chak Ho, Lin Shi, Yingchao Zeng, Xinyi Yang, Qixian Huang, Yi Pei, Cunrui Huang, Lianping Yang

“…Methods: Data were obtained from the China Antimicrobial Surveillance Network (CHINET), monitoring the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) in 28 provinces/regions over the period from 2005 to 2019. …”
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Psychological impact of COVID-19 among health-care workers in Nepal: An analytical cross-sectional study by Krishna Subedi, Kamlesh Prasad Yadav, Rajan Sharma, Bishal Mani Poudel, Aashma Sapkota, Shristi Chapagain

“…Subjects and Methods: All the HWs including doctors, nurses, and allied health-care professional from 7 provinces were selected using convenience sampling technique. …”
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Governance Structure of Rural Homestead Transfer in China: Government and/or Market? by Yongchao Zhang, André Torre, Marianne Ehrlich

“…Our article draws on the practices and experiences gained in three areas in rural China (<i>Jinzhai</i>, <i>Yiwu</i>, and <i>Jiangning</i> in the Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu Provinces, China). Based on the empirical cases and information produced from the villages and households survey, we developed an analytical framework of transaction cost. …”
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Mediating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between academic self-efficacy and depression symptoms among nursing students participating in blended learning by Bayu Fandhi Achmad, Akbar Satria Fitriawan, Dedi Kurniawan, Hsing-Mei Chen

“…Settings: Ten universities across five provinces and two major Indonesian islands. Participants: A total of 534 undergraduate nursing students with a mean age of 20.30 years (standard deviation, ±1.36 years). …”
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Garlic Origin Traceability and Identification Based on Fusion of Multi-Source Heterogeneous Spectral Information by Hao Han, Ruyi Sha, Jing Dai, Zhenzhen Wang, Jianwei Mao, Min Cai

“…In this study, purple-skinned garlic samples were collected from five regions in China: Yunnan, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu Provinces. Mid-infrared spectroscopy and ultraviolet spectroscopy were utilized to analyze the components of garlic cells. …”
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Exploring effective implementation pathways to become an excellent chief financial officer in public hospital: a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) from China by Hongzhi Wang, Junjun Li, Xin Xiang

“…Subsequently, interviews were conducted with 32 hospital CFOs from 14 provinces throughout September 2021 to May 2022. We scored the performance of 32 hospital CFOs in various aspects of competency and used the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to explore the competency configurations of excellent CFOs. …”
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Across-sectional study on knowledge, attitude and practice of food safety related population by Weitong WANG, Xuxi CHEN, He WANG, Jun WANG, Lishi ZHANG

“…Methods In this survey, 18 802 food practitioners, food professionals and food supervisors were selected from 15 provinces/municipalities/autonomous regions by multi-stage stratified random sampling. …”
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Pollen preferences of stingless bees in the Amazon region and southern highlands of Ecuador by scanning electron microscopy and morphometry. by Joseline Sofía Ocaña-Cabrera, Jonathan Liria, Karla Vizuete, Cristina Cholota-Iza, Fernando Espinoza-Zurita, Claude Saegerman, Sarah Martin-Solano, Alexis Debut, Jorge Ron-Román

“…Thirty-six pot pollen samples were collected from three Ecuadorian provinces located in two climatically different zones. …”
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Spatiotemporal Pattern Identification and Driving Mechanism of Urban Shrinkage in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2020 by Wei Gao, Xinzheng Zhao, Jianwei Li, Dekang Zhang, Yang Rui, Tongsheng Li, Min Lei

“…The present study uses data from the fifth, sixth, and seventh national censuses and takes the administrative units of different levels in the Yellow River Basin as the object, considering 72 prefecture-level cities within the autonomous prefectures and 595 county-level administrative units in nine provinces (autonomous regions). The population shrinkage coefficient, night light index, bivariate spatial autocorrelation, geographic detectors, and other methods were used, with the final objective of exploring the spatial–temporal distribution pattern and impact mechanism of urban shrinkage from 2000 to 2020. …”
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Phytochemical Characterization of Chinese Bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc.) of 17 Cultivars and Their Antioxidant Properties by Xianan Zhang, Huizhong Huang, Qiaoli Zhang, Fangjuan Fan, Changjie Xu, Chongde Sun, Xian Li, Kunsong Chen

“…In order to fully understand the variations of fruit quality-related phytochemical composition in Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc.), mature fruit of 17 cultivars from Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces was used for the investigation of fruit quality attributes, including fruit color, soluble sugars, organic acids, total phenolics, flavonoids, antioxidant capacity, etc. …”
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Predicting Possible Distribution of Tea (<i>Camellia sinensis</i> L.) under Climate Change Scenarios Using MaxEnt Model in China by Yuncheng Zhao, Mingyue Zhao, Lei Zhang, Chunyi Wang, Yinlong Xu

“…The suitable area of tea would expand northwards and westwards, suggesting that additional new suitable habitats could be created for tea production with the future climate change, especially in Shandong, Henan, Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces. This research would provide vital scientific understanding for policy making on tea production, tea garden site chosen and adopyion of adaptation methods in the future.…”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns and Genetic Diversity of <i>Campylobacter</i> spp. Isolates from Patients with Diarrhea in South Korea by So Yeon Kim, Dongheui An, Hyemi Jeong, Jonghyun Kim

“…In total, 371 clinical isolates (361 <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> and 10 <i>Campylobacter coli</i>) were collected from patients with diarrhea in 106 medical institutions of six provinces during the seasonal peak (April–September 2022) in South Korea. …”
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Prediction of Potential Suitable Distribution Areas of <i>Quasipaa spinosa</i> in China Based on MaxEnt Optimization Model by Jinliang Hou, Jianguo Xiang, Deliang Li, Xinhua Liu

“…At present, high-suitability areas are mainly in the Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Anhui, and Sichuan provinces of China. In the future, the potential distribution area of <i>Q. spinosa</i> may gradually extend to the northwest and north. …”
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Public Response to General Election Dissemination on social media by the Indonesian General Election Commission by Akbar Paisal, Nurmandi Achmad, Purwaningsih Titin, Jubba Hasse, Irawan Bambang

“…The total number of research respondents reached 212 respondents from 24 provinces in Indonesia. Male respondents came to 144 people (64%), and the number of female respondents was 68 (32%). …”
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How Residents’ Quality of Life are Represented in Long-Term Care Policy: A Novel Method to Support Policy Analysis by Deanne Taylor, Janice Keefe

“…A pan-Canadian research team investigated federal and provincial policies’ influence on the QoL of older people living in residential LTC in four provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. …”
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Not a “Get Out of Jail Free Card”: Comparing the Legal Supervision of Persons Found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder and Convicted Offenders by Sandrine Martin, Yanick Charette, Chloé Leclerc, Michael C. Seto, Tonia L. Nicholls, Tonia L. Nicholls, Anne G. Crocker, Anne G. Crocker

“…This study compares Review Boards decisions regarding people found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (NCRMD) to criminal courts decisions regarding convicted offenders for similar offenses in Canada.MethodDetention, using logistic regression, and duration under detention and supervision, using Cox regression, were compared between a cohort of 1794 individuals found NCRMD in three Canadian provinces (Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia) between 2000 and 2005 followed until 2008 from the National Trajectory Project and a national sample of 3,20,919 Canadians convicted of criminal offense from Statistics Canada's Criminal Court Survey.ResultsIndividuals found NCRMD are 3.8 times (95% CI 3.4–4.3) more likely to be detained than convicted offenders as well as 4.8 times (95% CI 4.5–5.3) and 2.9 times (95% CI 2.6–3.1) less likely to be released from detention and supervision, respectively. …”
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