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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Vilma Geni Slomski, Agnes Aparecida de Brito, Valmor Slomski, Ana Lucia Fontes de Vasconcelos, Leonardo Fabris Lugoboni, Joshua Onome Imoniana
Summary: This study examines the compliance of management practices implemented in a third sector entity based on governance guidelines established by Brazilian organizations. The results show that the entity has high compliance in the normative and organizational aspects, but low compliance in the commercial aspect. The study highlights the importance of establishing an institutionalized compliance structure for organizations that rely on resources.
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Hematology
Hagop M. Kantarjian, Mary Alma Welch, Elias Jabbour
Summary: This article analyzes the risks and benefits of established treatment practices for BCR::ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in chronic myeloid leukaemia and suggests that lower doses of TKIs can achieve similar treatment efficacy with less toxicity, better treatment compliance, and reduced cost of care. It also highlights that changing TKIs might not be necessary for patients who do not have an early molecular response, particularly for second-generation TKIs. The availability of generic TKIs would provide an effective, safe, and affordable therapy for the majority of chronic myeloid leukaemia patients. Any TKI costing more than $30,000-40,000 per year should be evaluated in relation to alternative modalities.
LANCET HAEMATOLOGY
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Katrine Soma, Benson Obwanga, Charles Mbauni Kanyuguto
Summary: Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya, is expanding in size and complexity due to migration from rural areas. A new fish value-chain has been established to supply affordable and accessible fish, aiming to address the challenges of zero hunger and sustainable cities and communities. The contributions of community leaders are crucial for the success of the project in building resilient rural-urban food systems.
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Engineering, Industrial
Geraldo Cardoso de Oliveira Neto, Henrricco Nieves Pujol Tucci, Moacir Godinho Filho, Wagner Cezar Lucato, Jose Manuel Ferreira Correia
Summary: The pandemic required companies to adapt quickly, with OH&S activities playing a key role, yet there is a lack of research on how practices impact performance. Findings show that COVID-19 practices are related to safety and health performance, while emergency assistance is strongly associated with managerial actions.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kinan Salim, Mustafa Disli, Adam Ng, Ginanjar Dewandaru, Malik Abdulrahman Nkoba
Summary: This study examines the impact of corporate environmental performance (CEP) and corporate social performance (CSP) on the stability of the banking industry. The research finds that CEP is negatively related to bank stability, but the impact is not significant for small banks, large banks, and banks in countries with low environmental scores. Furthermore, CSP does not appear to have a significant relationship with bank stability, except for the aspect of financial product safety. The results are robust to various econometric specifications and have important policy implications for investors, bankers, and regulators.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Raja Imran Hussain, Manuela Brandl, Bea Maas, Dominik Rabl, Ronnie Walcher, Bernhard Krautzer, Martin H. Entling, Dietmar Moser, Thomas Frank
Summary: The study found that newly established grasslands are more beneficial for pollinators compared to old grasslands, while the impact on predators is less clear. Pollinators quickly utilize the floral resources in new grasslands, while predators react slower, indicating that short-term measures are not sufficient to sustainably conserve farmland biodiversity.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Haoyu Liu, Paul Patras, Douglas J. J. Leith
Summary: In this paper, we conduct an in-depth measurement study on the data privacy practices of proprietary variants of Android OS produced by Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, and Realme. We find that these OEMs make excessive use of hardware identifiers such as serial numbers and IMEI, failing to adhere to best privacy practices. Hardware identifiers are also linked to the user's real identity. Furthermore, all OEMs collect the list of installed apps and analytics/telemetry data, raising significant privacy concerns.
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Agronomy
Shan Jiang, Li-Mei He, Wei He, Hui-Yuan Zhao, Xian-Ming Yang, Xue-Qing Yang, Kong-Ming Wu
Summary: Our laboratory experiments demonstrated the feasibility of using X-ray radiation for sterile insect technology (SIT) to control Spodoptera frugiperda in the field. X-ray irradiation had no significant effect on pupal eclosion, but females were more sensitive than males in terms of reproductive parameters. A sub-sterilizing dose of 250 Gy resulted in a high parental sterility rate and a continuous decrease in F-1 and F-2 generations.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Engineering, Industrial
Mageed Ghaleb, Sharareh Taghipour
Summary: This paper proposes a methodology to quantify and measure the impacts of maintenance practices on sustainability performance and implements it in a sustainability dashboard as a simple sustainability score calculator. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the methodology and suggest its value as a tool for practitioners and academics to understand the impacts of maintenance practices on an asset's sustainability score.
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY
(2022)
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Acoustics
Pierric Mora
Summary: This article discusses the dynamic response of laterally unbounded, horizontally layered plates subjected to dynamic sources, considering both frequency-space domain and time domain approaches for modal superposition. An alternative method in the wavenumber domain is also explored. Challenges with Fourier inversion into the space-domain are addressed by considering the asymptotic, static behavior of the integrands. The response is effectively separated into near and far fields, providing advantages in dealing with anisotropy and slowly propagating waves.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Aleksandra H. Opinc, Joanna S. Makowska
Summary: This article summarizes the latest research on the association between idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and malignancy, the understanding of its pathogenesis. It analyzes the potential risk and protective factors for developing cancer-associated myositis (CAM), and proposes management recommendations and a new cancer screening scheme.
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Neurosciences
Jian-Guo Li, Benjamin E. Blass, Domenico Pratico
Summary: This study assessed the effect of targeting VPS35 after the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and memory impairments. The findings showed that treatment with the drug TPT-172 prevented learning and memory decline in AD mice, reduced the levels of amyloid-beta peptides and phosphorylated tau, increased post-synaptic protein levels, and decreased astrocyte activation. These results demonstrate that pharmacologic stabilization of the retromer recognition core is beneficial even after the establishment of the AD-like pathological phenotype.
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2023)
Review
Immunology
Cornelia S. Link-Rachner, Katja Sockel, Catharina Schuetz
Summary: This review summarizes the recent advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of GvHD, clinical trials, and newly approved agents, with a special focus on skin involvement.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
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Food Science & Technology
Sadi Taha, Tareq M. Osaili, Mohit Vij, Anu Vij, Eslam Alhogaraty, Ghassan AL-Utaibi, Ahmad Albloush, Abdelrahim Nassoura, Om Prakash Bohra, Sultan Altaher
Summary: The study assessed communication, employee involvement, commitment, training perception, and hygiene practices of food handlers in Dubai, UAE, and found that employee commitment and training perception positively affect hygiene practices.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shixin Ye, Jean Lehmann
Summary: This study investigates the origin of genetic code degeneracy and the role of the ribosome in this process. The results show that residue A1493 in the ribosome plays a significant role in the stability of the base pair, which is crucial for the establishment of degeneracy. The study also provides evidence for the relationship between G530 in the decoding center and tRNA selection based on evolutionary models.
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
(2022)