Zoning Prediction and Mapping of Three-Dimensional Forest Soil Organic Carbon: A Case Study of Subtropical Forests in Southern China by Yingying Li, Zhongrui Zhang, Zhengyong Zhao, Dongxiao Sun, Hangyong Zhu, Geng Zhang, Xianliang Zhu, Xiaogang Ding

“…In conclusion, delineating relatively homogeneous regions via simple methods can improve prediction accuracy when undertaking soil predictions over large areas, especially with complex forest landscapes. …”
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Thermodynamic Insights into Sustainable Aviation Fuel Synthesis via CO/CO₂ Hydrogenation by Bin Liang, Qing Zhu, Zibing Wang, Xiaoyu Fan, Xiao Yu, Yu Cui, Chenxi Zhang, Fei Wei

“…However, current hydrocarbon products synthesized through CO/CO₂ often focus on various catalytic paths with high selectivity and high conversion rates rather than the synthesis of SAFs with complex components. This study undertakes a thermodynamic investigation into the direct or indirect synthesis of SAFs from CO/CO₂ hydrogenation. …”
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Impacto de un servicio de telecuidados en el paciente psiquiátrico al alta de unidad de hospitalización breve (UHB) by Sofía Martínez Villar

“…For the data analysis, the homogeneity of the groups will be eveluated, to then undertake a descriptive study of two cohorts, and then an analytical study for comparison. …”
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The Effect of Renewable Energy Consumption on Sustainable Economic Development: Evidence from Emerging and Developing Economies by Mun Mun Ahmed, Koji Shimada

“…Other countries can undertake subsidy, low interest loan and market development to facilitate the renewable energy investments.…”
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Transitions for older people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge others, and their family carers: a merged protocol for two rapid scoping reviews of evidence by J. Vseteckova, J. Jordan, E. Tilley, M. Larkin, S. Ryan, L. M. Wallace

“…To address this evidence gap, our main objective is to undertake two rapid scoping reviews that will collectively focus on the health and social care needs, experiences, service interventions and resources of older people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge others, and their family carers. …”
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Who Pays the Corporate Tax? Insights from the Literature and Evidence for Canadian Provinces by Kenneth J. McKenzie, Ergete Ferede

“…We also use some new results from a companion technical paper, which undertakes one of the few empirical investigations of the issue using Canadian data, to discuss the implications of increases in corporate taxes for wages in Canadian provinces. …”
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Daily stress, and mental health of professional degree graduate students in Chinese traditional medicine universities: the mediating role of learning career adaptation by Ling Li, Mingling Zhu, Anling Yao, Jialu Yang, Lili Yang

“…Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the relationship between them. we undertake analyses using structural equation modeling to construct the latent variable path model of daily stress, learning career adaptation on mental health. …”
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Higher Education for Convicts Provided in Foreign Correctional Institutions with the Help of Distance Learning Technologies by OL’GA YU. EL’CHANINOVA

“…Research objectives: to systematize empirical data on penitentiary systems of foreign countries, models and forms of distance learning of convicts undertaking higher education programs; to identify sources of funding and incentives for convicts to receive higher education in places of deprivation of liberty; to analyze problems of implementing higher education programs in penitentiary institutions of foreign countries. …”
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Health Impacts of Perchlorate and Pesticide Exposure: Protocol for Community-Engaged Research to Evaluate Environmental Toxicants in a US Border Community by Robert Trotter II, Julie Baldwin, Charles Loren Buck, Mark Remiker, Amanda Aguirre, Trudie Milner, Emma Torres, Frank Arthur von Hippel

“…The purpose of these efforts is to address community-generated environmental health hazards identified through ongoing coalitions among NAU, and local health care and research institutions. ObjectiveWe are undertaking joint community/university efforts to examine human exposures to perchlorate and agricultural pesticides. …”
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Framing rehabilitation through health policy and systems research: priorities for strengthening rehabilitation by Alarcos Cieza, Aku Kwamie, Qhayiya Magaqa, Nino Paichadze, Carla Sabariego, Karl Blanchet, Nukhba Zia, Abdulgafoor M. Bachani, Abdul Ghaffar, Bente Mikkelsen

“…Conclusions Strengthening health systems to meet the increasing need for rehabilitation will require undertaking more HPSR to inform the integration of rehabilitation into health systems globally. …”
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Getting Out of the Classroom and Into Nature: A Systematic Review of Nature-Specific Outdoor Learning on School Children's Learning and Development by Jeff Mann, Tonia Gray, Son Truong, Son Truong, Eric Brymer, Rowena Passy, Susanna Ho, Pasi Sahlberg, Kumara Ward, Peter Bentsen, Peter Bentsen, Christina Curry, Rachel Cowper

“…Connecting children with natural spaces has been shown to benefit their physical and mental health; however, the utility of nature-specific outdoor environments as a setting for curricular and non-curricular learning has yet to be clearly established. Our aim was to undertake a narrative synthesis of international evidence of nature-specific outdoor learning and its benefits for personal and social development, wellbeing and academic progress.MethodsThis systematic review searched publications between 2000 and 2020 in nine academic databases for evidence of socio-emotional and academic benefits of nature-specific outdoor learning in school-aged educational settings, using concise search criteria registered with PROSPERO. …”
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Developing a Comprehensive List of Criteria to Evaluate the Characteristics and Quality of eHealth Smartphone Apps: Systematic Review by Janette Ribaut, Annette DeVito Dabbs, Fabienne Dobbels, Alexandra Teynor, Elisabeth Veronica Mess, Theresa Hoffmann, Sabina De Geest

“…We will use a Delphi consensus-building process and develop a user manual to prepare for this undertaking. Trial RegistrationPROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42021227064; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?…”
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Multielemental analysis of oils and animal fat by using deep eutectic solvents assisted by an aerosol phase extraction procedure by Ana Torres, Ismael Romero, Raquel Sánchez, Ana Beltrán, Gabriela Guillena, José-Luis Todolí

“…A hydrophilic deep eutectic solvent (DES) consisting of choline chloride and ethylene glycol (1:2 mass ratio) has been selected as the extracting solvent. Prior to undertaking the experiments, the extraction method has been evaluated in terms of precision under suitable conditions. …”
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Web-Based Technologies to Support Carers of People Living With Dementia: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Clare Wilding, Debra Morgan, Jennene Greenhill, David Perkins, Megan E O'Connell, Michael Bauer, Jane Farmer, Catherine Morley, Irene Blackberry

“…Web-based technologies were used as intervention strategies to support carers and facilitate the process of undertaking the study. ConclusionsThe Verily Connect trial enabled the testing and further development of a web-based approach to increasing support for carers of people living with dementia across a diverse rural landscape in Australia. …”
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Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography help identify breast cancer therapeutics–related cardiac dysfunction by Wei Liu, Wei Li, Hairu Li, Ziyao Li, Peng Zhao, Zihong Guo, Cong Liu, Litao Sun, Zhenzhen Wang

“…Methods A total of 67 consecutive patients with invasive ductal breast carcinoma who will undertake neoadjuvant chemotherapy were enrolled and grouped according to their different chemotherapy regimens based on their biopsy results. …”
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An international breeding project using a wild potato relative Solanum commersonii resulted in two new frost-tolerant native potato cultivars for the Andes and the Altiplano by Jesus H. Arcos-Pineda, Alfonso H. del Rio, Alfonso H. del Rio, John B. Bamberg, Sandra E. Vega-Semorile, Jiwan P. Palta, Alberto Salas, Rene Gomez, William Roca, David Ellis

“…The Andes and Altiplano are often affected by frost, which causes significant reduction in yield; creating varieties with superior resilience is a critical undertaking. The goal was to transfer outstanding non-acclimated cold tolerance and acclimation capacity found in wild potato species Solanum commersonii (cmm). …”
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Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation associated with aerobic exercise on the functional and physical capacity of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fractio... by Vanessa Christina Costa da Silva, Fernando Zanela da Silva Arêas, Antônio Luiz Ribeiro Boechat Lopes, Fernando Fonseca de Almeida e Val, Allyson Guimarães da Costa, Joana Colares Correa dos Santos, João Marcos Bemfica Barbosa Ferreira, Guilherme Peixoto Tinoco Arêas

“…The experimental group will undertake 25–30 min aerobic exercise training associated with tDCS, for 4 weeks. …”
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Serial image interpretation tasks improve accuracy and increase confidence in Level 1 echocardiography reporting: a pilot study by Richard Fisher, Amal Zayan, Jennifer Gosling, Joao Ramos, Mahmoud Nasr, David Garry, Alexandros Papachristidis, Francisca Caetano, Philip Hopkins

“…Conclusions Healthcare professionals undertaking remote training with recorded lectures, followed by multiple reporting tasks were capable of interpreting focused echocardiograms. …”
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Knowledge, perceptions, and exposure to bats in communities living around bat roosts in Bundibugyo district, Uganda: implications for viral haemorrhagic fever prevention and contro... by Lesley Rose Ninsiima, Luke Nyakarahuka, Steven Kisaka, Collins GK. Atuheire, Lawrence Mugisha, Terence Odoch, Javier Sánchez Romano, Jörn Klein, Siobhan M. Mor, Clovice Kankya

“…Conclusion Communities living around bat roosts frequently come into contact with bats, yet there is inadequate awareness regarding the behaviors that can lead to the transmission of bat- borne diseases to humans. It is essential to undertake educational initiatives and preventive measures to minimise the risks of bat-related infections. …”
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A torch that must be kept lit up by Jorge Luis Bécquer Águila

“…The fact of being a reference in Latin America is a challenge, and to face it we need to identify evidences regarding the pathogenesis, to carry out more preventive actions, to exchange opinions regarding the progress of the Program in our country, to undertake strategies in the search for greater effectiveness, and assimilate experiences that make us grow a little more in the direction of success.…”
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