Salvage decision-making based on carbon following an eastern spruce budworm outbreak by Lisa N. Scott, Sean M. Smith, John S. Gunn, John S. Gunn, Marek Petrik, Mark J. Ducey, Thomas S. Buchholz, Thomas S. Buchholz, Ethan P. Belair

“…We found overall that salvaging less volume is recommended to avoid major swings in carbon budgets and that discounting carbon values to apply weight to near or long-term sequestration greatly affects whether salvaging is preferred. …”
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Ideas and perspectives: Land–ocean connectivity through groundwater by D. L. Arévalo-Martínez, D. L. Arévalo-Martínez, D. L. Arévalo-Martínez, A. Haroon, H. W. Bange, E. Erkul, M. Jegen, N. Moosdorf, N. Moosdorf, J. Schneider von Deimling, C. Berndt, M. E. Böttcher, M. E. Böttcher, M. E. Böttcher, J. Hoffmann, J. Hoffmann, V. Liebetrau, U. Mallast, G. Massmann, G. Massmann, A. Micallef, A. Micallef, H. A. Michael, H. A. Michael, H. Paasche, W. Rabbel, I. Santos, J. Scholten, K. Schwalenberg, B. Szymczycha, A. T. Thomas, J. J. Virtasalo, H. Waska, B. A. Weymer

“…The flow of terrestrial groundwater across the coastal transition zone and the extent of freshened groundwater below the present-day seafloor are receiving increased attention in marine and coastal sciences because they likely represent a significant yet highly uncertain component of (bio)geochemical budgets and because of<span id="page648"/> the emerging interest in the potential use of offshore freshened groundwater as a resource. …”
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 Restoration and coral adaptation delay, but do not prevent, climate-driven reef framework erosion of an inshore site in the Florida Keys by Alice E. Webb, Ian C. Enochs, Ruben van Hooidonk, René M. van Westen, Nicole Besemer, Graham Kolodziej, T. Shay Viehman, Derek P. Manzello

“…To address this, we developed a modelling approach, based on carbonate budgets, that ties species-specific responses to site-specific global change using the latest generation of climate models projections (CMIP6). …”
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Composition of the sinking particle flux in a hot spot of dinitrogen fixation revealed through polyacrylamide gel traps by Fatima-Ezzahra Ababou, Frédéric A. C. Le Moigne, Frédéric A. C. Le Moigne, Véronique Cornet-Barthaux, Vincent Taillandier, Sophie Bonnet

“…Fecal aggregates were the most abundant at both stations and all depths and dominated the flux (average of 56 ± 28% of the POC flux), followed by zooplankton carcasses (24 ± 19%), cylindrical fecal pellets (15 ± 14%) and mixed aggregates (5 ± 4%), whereas phytodetrital aggregates contributed less (&lt;1%). Since N isotope budgets show that export is mainly supported by diazotrophy at these stations, these results suggest that the diazotroph-derived N has been efficiently transferred to the foodweb up to zooplankton and fecal pellets before being exported, pleading for an indirect export of diazotrophy. …”
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Impact of Microsetella norvegica on carbon flux attenuation and as a secondary producer during the polar night in the subarctic Porsangerfjord by Benjamin Paul Mooney, Benjamin Paul Mooney, Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen, Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen, Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen, Maria Fredrika Norrbin

“…Currently small copepods such as M. norvegica are not included in carbon budgets or large-scale modelling, but considering their potentially high abundance they may represent an important but overlooked pathway in both the carbon cycle and trophic level interactions.…”
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Evaluating the impact of projected CO2, temperature, and rainfall change on groundwater resources in a rice–wheat dominated cropping region of northwestern India by Satyendra Kumar, Viveka Nand, Bhaskar Narjary, Pavan Kumar Harode, Adlul Islam, R. K. Yadav, S. K. Kamra

“…HIGHLIGHTS Quantified crop water budgeting components and their effect on groundwater levels in response to elevated CO2 concentration.; Rice irrigation requirement (IR) would decrease slightly while wheat IR significantly increased in future periods both in elevated CO2 and constant CO2 concentration scenarios.; Groundwater level is projected to decline less in elevated CO2 than in constant CO2 concentration scenario…”
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Biogenic silica cycling in the Skagerrak by Timo Spiegel, Andrew W. Dale, Nina Lenz, Mark Schmidt, Stefan Sommer, Habeeb Thanveer Kalapurakkal, Anna Przibilla, Sebastian Lindhorst, Klaus Wallmann

“…A fraction of particulate biogenic silica (bSi) formed in surface waters sinks to the seabed, where it either dissolves and returns to the water column or is permanently buried. Global silica budgets are still poorly constrained since data on benthic bSi cycling are lacking, especially on continental margins. …”
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Associations Between Local Health Department Expenditures on Foundational Capabilities and PHAB Accreditation Standards Scores by Oluwatosin O. Dada, Betty Bekemeier, Abraham Flaxman, Abraham Flaxman, A. B. de Castro

“…LHDs that allocated FC budgets more evenly across FC programs were found to be more likely to have higher scores.ConclusionsInvestment in FC could improve LHD performance scores in PHAB accreditation standards and support LHDs' capability for improving community health outcomes. …”
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Improving Performance in Complex Surroundings: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Two Hospital Strategies in the Netherlands by Erik Wackers, Simone Dulmen, Bart Berden, Jan Kremer, Niek Stadhouders, Patrick Jeurissen

“…We identified six main mechanisms that impacted these outcomes: (1) Quality-improvement projects spur change and commitment; (2) increased coordination between hospital and primary care leads to substitution of care; (3) insufficient use of data and support hinder quality improvement; (4) scaling down hospital facilities is required to convert volume reductions to cost savings; (5) shared savings through global budgets lead to shared efforts between payer and hospital; and (6) financial security for physicians facilitates shift towards quality-driven care.Conclusion  This integrated analysis of mixed data sources demonstrated that the institution-wide nature of the strategies has induced a shift from a focus on production towards quality of care. …”
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Out-of-pocket payment and patients’ treatment choice for assisted reproductive technology by household income: a conjoint analysis using an online social research panel in Japan by Eri Maeda, Seung Chik Jwa, Yukiyo Kumazawa, Kazuki Saito, Arisa Iba, Ayako Yanagisawa‑Sugita, Akira Kuwahara, Hidekazu Saito, Yukihiro Terada, Takashi Fukuda, Osamu Ishihara, Yasuki Kobayashi

“…At the time of this survey, Japan provided partial reimbursement for ART treatment only for those in low- or middle-income classes due to limited governmental budgets. However, the optimal level of financial support by income class remains unclear. …”
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Using of Remote Sensing-Based Auxiliary Variables for Soil Moisture Scaling and Mapping by Zebin Zhao, Rui Jin, Jian Kang, Chunfeng Ma, Weizhen Wang

“…Soil moisture is one of the core hydrological and climate variables that crucially influences water and energy budgets. The spatial resolution of available soil moisture products is generally coarser than 25 km, which limits their hydro-meteorological and eco-hydrological applications and the management of water resources at watershed and agricultural scales. …”
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Longer thaw seasons increase nitrogen availability for leaching during fall in tundra soils by Claire C Treat, Wilfred M Wollheim, Ruth K Varner, William B Bowden

“…Large N leaching during the fall will affect N cycling in low-lying areas and streams and may alter terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem nitrogen budgets in the arctic.…”
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Active involvement of people with lived experience of suicide in suicide research: a Delphi consensus study by Karolina Krysinska, Ingrid Ozols, Anna Ross, Karl Andriessen, Michelle Banfield, Martina McGrath, Bronwen Edwards, Jacinta Hawgood, Kairi Kõlves, Victoria Ross, Jane Pirkis

“…However, panels also disagreed on specific statements regarding representativeness and diversity, managing expectations, time and budgeting, training, and self-disclosure. Conclusions This study identified consensus recommendations on active involvement of people with lived experience of suicide in suicide research, including co-production. …”
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Use of Unoccupied Aerial Systems to Characterize Woody Vegetation across Silvopastoral Systems in Ecuador by Juan Pablo Iñamagua-Uyaguari, David R. Green, Nuala Fitton, Pamela Sangoluisa, Jonathan Torres, Pete Smith

“…For tropical developing countries, it is particularly important to understand the contribution of these systems to national carbon budgets. However, the costs associated with performing field measurements might limit the acquisition of this information. …”
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An Improved Satellite‐Based Evapotranspiration Procedure for China by Lei Huang, Yong Luo, Tammo Steenhuis, Qiuhong Tang, Wei Cheng, Wen Shi, Xin Xia, Dingchi Zhao, Zhouyi Liao

“…However, the surface energy budgets used in VISEA generally overpredict daily net radiation and related ET. …”
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Technopedagogical evaluation of a digital device for the continuing training of teachers in Morocco: Case of the e-takwine platform by Mazouak Abderrazzak, Mustapha Bassiri, Malika Tridane, Said Belaaouad

“…The Moroccan education system has undergone several reforms in recent years, thus concluded by the strategic vision, especially project 9 which has valued the continuing training of educational actors and framework law 51-17 in articles 34 and 35 which valued the continuous development of skills of teachers in Morocco, In this perspective the Ministry of National Education has reserved significant budgets to operationalize the continuing training of teachers on the one hand and it is committed to a Moroccan-American partnership within the framework of the Millennium project Challenge Account-Morocco.By committing to the establishment-challenge project, the ministry has set up a set of priorities, in particular the operationalization of the digital strategy for schools declared by decree 2.20.474, thus benefiting from the contribution of digital and while trying to overcome some constraints related to face-to-face training, a new regime that is continuous online training is implemented, it is the e-takwine platform.In addition, given the interest that evaluation represents for maintaining and improving the quality of a digital training device, we opted in this research, by evaluating the technopedagogical modality of e-takwine reserved at the start of the continuing training of novice teachers in Morocco and then developed for the training of all second cycle teachers from the start of the 2021-2022 school year.The sampling of our research is represented by 362 professors from the region of Fés –Meknes belonging to two different teaching cycles, and who followed their training for three months in six training modules in a more or less assiduous manner, Similarly, to conduct our survey, we administered two online questionnaires to participating teachers, in order to judge the functionality and ergonomics of the platform being researched.Finally, confirming to us that despite the satisfaction of the majority of participants with respect to the functional quality and the contribution of the device, some difficulties were noted at the levels: technical (compatibility, accessibility), functional or even with regard to technological knowledge.…”
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What Lies Behind Successful Regulation? A Qualitative Evaluation of Pilot Implementation of Kenya’s Health Facility Inspection Reforms by Eric Tama, Irene Khayoni, Catherine Goodman, Dosila Ogira, Timothy Chege, Njeri Gitau, Francis Wafula

“…However, practical challenges with transport, route planning and budgets highlighted the critical nature of strong logistical management. …”
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Mechanistic links between underestimated CO2 fluxes and non-closure of the surface energy balance in a semi-arid sagebrush ecosystem by Zhongming Gao, Heping Liu, Justine E C Missik, Jingyu Yao, Maoyi Huang, Xingyuan Chen, Evan Arntzen, Douglas P Mcfarland

“…Given widespread observations in non-closure in the flux community, the processes identified here may bias CO _2 fluxes at many sites and cause upscaled regional and global budgets to be underestimated. More studies are needed to investigate how landscape heterogeneity influences CO _2 fluxes through the influence of associated large eddies on flux exchange.…”
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Classification of management tools in small business organizations for developing a sales funnel by E. R. Tolstova, L. V. Silakova

“…This study is aimed at selecting a set of services that can help the development of a small business characterized by low revenue volumes, and, as a result, small budgets for promotion, as well as a small number of staff. …”
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MODIS Evapotranspiration Downscaling Using a Deep Neural Network Trained Using Landsat 8 Reflectance and Temperature Data by Xianghong Che, Hankui K. Zhang, Qing Sun, Zutao Ouyang, Jiping Liu

“…The MODIS 8-day composite evapotranspiration (ET) product (MOD16A2) is widely used to study large-scale hydrological cycle and energy budgets. However, the MOD16A2 spatial resolution (500 m) is too coarse for local and regional water resource management in agricultural applications. …”
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