Comprehensive Study of the Sand Spit Evolution at Tidal Inlets in the Central Coast of Vietnam by Nguyen Quang Duc Anh, Hitoshi Tanaka, Ho Sy Tam, Nguyen Xuan Tinh, Tran Thanh Tung, Nguyen Trung Viet

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Evaluating Skill of the Keetch–Byram Drought Index, Vapour Pressure Deficit and Water Potential for Determining Bushfire Potential in Jamaica by Candice Charlton, Tannecia Stephenson, Michael A. Taylor, Jayaka Campbell

“…All indices had a statistically significant relationship on both monthly and 1 month lag time scales for NINO3 and TNA-NINO3 large-scale climate indices. …”
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Risk assessment of acquiring listeriosis from consumption of chicken offal in Selangor, Malaysia by Kuan, Chee Hao, Goh, Sur Guat, Loo, Yuet Ying, Chang, Wei San, Lye, Ying Ling, Puspanadan, Soopna, Mohd Shahril, Najwa, Tang, John Yew Huat, Mahyudin, Nor Ainy, Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki, Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu, Radu, Son

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Humanizing the Physician-Patient Relationship by Gyan Moorthy

“…That guidance, which permits physicians to accept certain gifts by certain patients under certain circumstances, namely, when it will not influence their medical judgment or cause hardship to the gift-giver, is vague and incomplete – indeed, it’s all of 200 words.[1] Other physician professional organizations have little to add.[2] A few academics and opinion columnists have studied or reflected on the psychology of gift-giving and -receiving and recommended everything from categorical rejection of patient gifts[3] to erring on the side of accepting them, provided they are of modest value, and the motivation behind them can be discerned.[4] However, insufficient attention has been paid to the when and where of those gifts or the significance of clinic-, hospital- or other systems-level ethical safeguards. …”
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Impoundment effects in the population of Auchenipterus osteomystax (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a Neotropical reservoir case by Elcio Barili, Rosemara Fugi, Gisele Caroline Novakowski, Angelo Antonio Agostinho

“…The diet variation between the two periods, which had a time lag of three years between them, was much less pronounced in the natural environment, where the resource availability is essentially regulated by seasonality. Thus, our hypothesis was accepted; that is, the interannual variations in the diet of A. osteomystax are more relevant in an artificial environment than in a natural one. …”
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Convection-Permitting Future Climate Simulations for Bulgaria under the RCP8.5 Scenario by Rilka Valcheva, Ivan Popov, Nikola Gerganov

“…A positive projected change in the wet-hour intensity is expected in all seasons (13.86% in spring, MAM, 17.48% in summer, JJA, 1.97% in fall, SON, and 17.43% in winter, DJF) and in the heavy precipitation in the spring (13.14%) and winter (31.19%) in the kilometer-scale experiment. …”
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Biologia de Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai H., D. & K., 1913 (Diptera: Culicidae) en la costa Pacífica de Colombia: II. Fluctuación de la población adulta Biologia do Anopheles (Kert... by Rodrigo Astaiza V., César Murillo B., Paulina Fajardo O.

“…Very low biting activity was noted indoors at night and none at all outdoors during the day. The stage of ovarian development of females collected during the peaks of activity revealed two different mosquito populations: one group consisting almost entirely of young individuals seeking a blood meal at sunset and a second group containing almost all older individuals, seeking it at dawn. …”
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Invasion by Ligustrum lucidum (Oleaceae) in NW Argentina: early stage characteristics in different habitat types by Roxana Aragón, Martha Groom

“…Currently biological invasions are considered one of the world’s most serious conservation problems. …”
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New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi by Pınar Özlem Aytaçlar

“…In this paper, four new honorific inscriptions from Aizanoi are presented. All of the inscriptions have been found in Çavdarhisar during the excavation seasons of 2021 and 2022 and excluding n. 2, the stones are rectangular bomos-type statue bases. …”
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Latitudes and land use: Global biome shifts in vegetation persistence across three decades by Jane Southworth, Sadie J. Ryan, Hannah V. Herrero, Reza Khatami, Erin L. Bunting, Mehedy Hassan, Carly S. Muir, Peter Waylen

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Assessing Variability and Trends of Rainfall and Temperature for the District of Musanze in Rwanda by Anthony Twahirwa, Christopher Oludhe, Philip Omondi, Gaspard Rwanyiziri, Joseph Sebaziga Ndakize

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Espermatogénesis y ciclo anual reproductivo del capaz, Pimelodus grosskopfii (pisces: Pimelodidae), en el alto río Magdalena, Colombia by Cala Plutarco

“…The testes of P. grosskopfii undergo distinct morphological changes, which are of cyclic and seasonal nature. Four stages of spermatogenesis can broadly be recognized: I: formation of spermatogonia and beginning of maturing, II: formation of spermatocytes, spermatides and spermatzoa, III: completely mature and viable spermatozoa fill the sperm ducts or completed spermatogenesis, IV: spent testis or period of involution. …”
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A review on mycotoxins in food and feed: Malaysia case study by Afsah Hejri, Leili, Selamat, Jinap, Hajeb, Parvaneh, Radu, Son, Shakibazadeh, Shahram

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A global survey of aerosol-liquid water cloud overlap based on four years of CALIPSO-CALIOP data by A. Devasthale, M. A. Thomas

“…Globally, the frequency is highest during the JJA months in the AAO case, while for the SAO case, it is highest in the SON months. The seasonal mean overlap frequency can regionally exceed 20% in the AAO case and 10% in the SAO case. …”
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Geography and Development 10nd Year - No. 29 - Winter 2013 Received : 17/8/2011 Accepted : 17/7/2012 PP : 6 - 9 Spatial Modeling of Annual Precipitation in Iran Dr. Hossein Asa...

“…Circumstances of every one of these characters could determine the precipitation spatial patterns. …”
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Morfodinámica de playas del sudeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires (1983 a 2004) Morphodynamics of beaches of the southeast of Buenos Aires (1983 at 2004) by Germán R. Bertola

“…The conclusions sustain the idea of four interaction processes: 1) seasonal cycles, 2) storms and flood effects, 3) human impact, 4) presence of sand ridges that modify the angle of incidence of the waves producing local effects. …”
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Sensorless PV Power Forecasting in Grid-Connected Buildings through Deep Learning by Junseo Son, Yongtae Park, Junu Lee, Hyogon Kim

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Vulnérabilité des ptéridophytes au changement climatique et implications pour leur conservation au Togo (Afrique de l’Ouest) by Komla Elikplim Abotsi, Kouami Kokou, Germinal Rouhan, Vincent Deblauwe

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Waterhole use and diel activity pattern of ocelots in Calakmul rainforest, Mexico by Sandoval-Serés, ME, Sánchez-Pinzón, K, Reyna-Hurtado, R

“…In the Calakmul region, all waterholes are crucial, and we particularly emphasize the conservation of the most important waterholes for ocelots, especially the ones close to the road.…”

Notes on the zoogeography of the Atlantic sea turtles of the genus Lepidochelys by Archie Carr

“…The sea turtle Lepidochelys kempi has an extensive range in coastal waters of the United States, and in parts of Florida is abundant as a seasonal resident. All known populations are sexually immature, and the breeding area of the species is not known. …”
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