Prehistoric foragers and farmers in South-east Asia: Renewed investigations at Niah Cave, Sarawak by Barker, G, Barton, H, Beavitt, P, Bird, M, Daly, P, Doherty, C, Gilbertson, D, Hunt, C, Krigbaum, J, Lewis, H, Manser, J, McClaren, S, Paz, V, Piper, P, Pyatt, B, Rabett, R, Reynolds, T, Rose, J, Rushworth, G, Stephens, M

“…The paper describes the initial results from renewed investigations at Niah Cave in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, famous for the discovery in 1958 of the c. 40,000–year old ‘Deep Skull’. The archaeological sequences from the West Mouth and the other entrances of the cave complex investigated by Tom and Barbara Harrisson and other researchers have potential implications for three major debates regarding the prehistory of south-east Asia: the timing of initial settlement by anatomically modern humans; the means by which they subsisted in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene; and the timing, nature, and causation of the transition from foraging to farming. …”

Crowd estimation in images by Pui, Chin See

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Essays on development economics by Wang, Wen

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Investigating the influence of 3D mechanotransduction on porcine adipose-derived stem cells in a hydrogel system for cultivated meat by Seah, Jasmine Si Han

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Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon by Schmidt, Morgan J., Goldberg, Samuel L., Heckenberger, Michael, Fausto, Carlos, Franchetto, Bruna, Watling, Jennifer, Lima, Helena, Moraes, Bruno, Dorshow, Wetherbee B., Toney, Joshua, Kuikuro, Yamalui, Waura, Kumessi, Kuikuro, Huke, Kuikuro, Taku Wate, Kuikuro, Takumã, Kuikuro, Yahila, Kuikuro, Afukaka, Teixeira, Wenceslau, Rocha, Bruna, Honorato, Vinicius, Tavares, Hugo, Magalhães, Marcos, Barbosa, Carlos Augusto, da Fonseca, João Aires, Mendes, Kelton, Alleoni, Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú, Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Neves, Eduardo, Perron, J. Taylor

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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…The global proportion of DALYs due to YLDs likewise increased from 33·8% (27·4-40·3) to 41·1% (33·9-48·1) from 2022 to 2050, demonstrating an important shift in overall disease burden towards morbidity and away from premature death. …”

Detection of florfenicol resistance in opportunistic Acinetobacter spp. infections in rural Thailand by Tan, Bernice Siu Yan, Mohan, Lalit, Watthanaworawit, Wanitda, Ngamprasertchai, Thundon, Nosten, Francois H., Ling, Clare, Bifani, Pablo

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Serological prevalence of leptospiral infection in domestic animals in West Malaysia by Bahaman, A. R., Ibrahim, A. L., Adam, H.

“…A majority of the large (semi-intensive) cattle and buffalo farms demonstrated a high prevalence of leptospiral infection. …”
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Design and Evaluation of a Precision Irrigation Tool’s Human–Machine Interaction to Bring Water- and Energy-Efficient Irrigation to Resource-Constrained Farmers by Van de Zande, Georgia D., Grant, Fiona, Sheline, Carolyn, Amrose, Susan, Costello, Jeffery, Ghodgaonkar, Aditya, Winter V, Amos G.

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Evaluating the socio-environmental impacts of monoculture cashew expansion in the Northern Western Ghats, India by Anushka Rege

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Brewers’ spent grains as potential novel functional food ingredients for food security by Tan, Yong Xing

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Management, Technology, and Economic Growth in Smart and Sustainable Cities / by Ruiz-Vanoye, Jorge A., 1975-, editor 656366, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

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Effectiveness of encapsulated plant growth-promoting bacteria, Acinetobacter sp. and organic supplements on the growth and nutrient contents enhancement in chilli plant by Othman, Nur Maizatul, Hajad, Siti Solemah, Shamsuddin, Aida Soraya, Ali Tan, Kee Zuan, Saiman, Mohd Faris, Hamid, Nur’Amira

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Extreme rainfall and landslides as a response to human-induced climate change: a case study at Baixada Santista, Brazil, 2020 by Couto de Souza, D, Crespo, NM, Vieira da Silva, D, Harada, LM, Parrode de Godoy, RM, Domingues, LM, Luiz, R, Bortolozo, CA, Metodiev, D, Magalhaes de Andrade, MR, Hartley, A, Cesario de Abreu, R, Li, S, Lott, F, Sparrow, S

The effects of 2,4-D, BAP, and sucrose concentrations in the callus induction of white (Clitoria ternatea var. Albiflora) and blue butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) by Tengku Nurul Amira Aqma Tengku Zakaria, Hui, Shi Tan, Zurina Hassan, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Bee, Lynn Chew

“…The highest friable callus fresh weight from the white butterfly pea explants (0.064 ± 0.010 g) was achieved in treatments of 0.40 mg/L 2,4-D and 0.50 mg/L BAP. In contrast, the highest fresh weight of friable callus for the blue variety (0.025 ± 0.016 g) was induced in 0.25 mg/L of 2,4-D. …”
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Nature-based solutions for flood risk reduction : a probabilistic modeling framework by Lallemant, David, Hamel, Perrine, Balbi, Mariano, Lim, Tian Ning, Schmitt, Rafael, Win, Shelly

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Virulence gene profiles and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella Brancaster from chicken by Khoo, Evie, Roslee, Roseliza, Zakaria, Zunita, Ahmad, Nur Indah

“…Surveillance data from Malaysian poultry farms indicated an increase in its presence over the years. …”
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