FRAGSTATS: A Free Tool for Quantifying and Evaluating Spatial Patterns by Benxin Chen, Basil V. Iannone III

“…Land managers managers seeking to plan effectively for future land use that preserves biodiversity and the valuable services provided by natural ecosystems must understand land cover change and its environmental impacts. …”
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“3D Cladistics”: a new perspective for phylogenetic analyses and a tool for citizen science by Márcia Venâncio, Carlos Antunes, Dimítri de Araújo Costa

“…This kind of visual communication is important to capture the attention of the general public, being an appealing way of communicating, allowing to improve science literacy. In the future, the 3D interactive graphics based on the cladistic analysis of the characters can be applied in museums, books, websites, and beyond.…”
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Pierwsze wyznanie Synostwa Bożego przez Jezusa (Łk 2, 41–52) by Stanisław Witkowski

“…It turns out that faith in the mystery of Jesus is not given to man once and for all. …”
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The Broken Generational Contract in Europe: Generous transfers to the elderly population, low investments in children by Bernhard Hammer, Tanja Istenič, Lili Vargha

“…The results indicate that in most of the analysed countries the human capital investments in children are far too low to finance the generous transfers to the elderly population in the future.…”
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Holizm pedagogiczny i praktyki edukacyjne by Aleksander A. Połonnikow

“…The creative position of future teachers is interpreted as one of the mechanisms ensuring overcoming the uniformity of the current education. …”
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Machine learning suggests climate and seasonal definitions should change under global warming by Milton Speer, Lance Leslie

“…Improvements in climate models are expected to more accurately predict future phases of climate drivers. Because global warming is not uniform across the Earth’s surface, the revised definitions of climate will vary by region. …”
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Can Maternal Colostrum Be Replaced by Commercial Products for Feeding Newborn Calves? by Klibs N. Galvao

“… Colostrum management and feeding are critical for calf health, calves’ future productive life, and farm profitability. Current recommendations state that a calf needs to ingest at least 150–200 g of immunoglobulin G within two hours of birth, but when colostrum quality is poor or unavailable, colostrum replacer may be a suitable alternative. …”
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'I Can't Meet That Deadline': Implications of New Truck Driver Hours of Service Regulations for Florida Agriculture by Richard Beilock

“…Federal Government established regulations limiting the number of hours that truck drivers could drive and be on duty. These are known as Hours of Service Regulations (HOSR). …”
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A review of quorum-sensing and its role in mediating interkingdom interactions in the ocean by Megan Coolahan, Kristen E. Whalen

“…Here, we present a dynamic portrayal of the impact of quorum sensing signals beyond bacterial communication, laying the groundwork for future investigations on their roles in shaping marine ecosystem structure and function.…”
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Plac zabaw jako miejsce dla dzieci vs. miejsce dzieci by Jolanta Zwiernik

“…The emancipatory discourse makes use of the educational advantages offered by adventure playgrounds and by creating the conditions to increase the participation of children in the life of their community now and in the future makes them children’s place. …”
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High Step-Up DC–DC Converter With Low Switch Voltage Stress, Continuous Input Current, and ZVS Operation by Maryam Hajilou, Hosein Farzanehfard, Hani Vahedi

“…The proposed converter benefits from several advanced features including high voltage gain at low duty cycle, low switch voltage stress, low sum of diodes voltage stress, switching at ZVS condition for switches, low ripple continuous input current, and common ground between the input and load. …”
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Barotrauma and Successful Release of Fish Caught in Deep Water by Elizabeth A. Staugler, Holly Abeels, Angela Collins, Shelly Krueger, Kai Lorenzen

“…Throwing back your unwanted catch is good practice because healthy released fish can live to grow and reproduce, which benefits the fish population and the future of fisheries. But deepwater fish can have trouble getting back where they came from without a little assist from the angler. …”
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Yoḥannǝs IV and the Patriarchate of Alexandria: Obtaining Four Coptic Bishops while Ceding Nothing on Jerusalem Issue (1876–1882) by Stéphane Ancel

“…It therefore suggests the need, in the future, to rethink the place to be given to the 1881 agreement in the history of relations between Copts and Ethiopians and its influence on subsequent events. …”
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The use of empirical data in communal discernment and decision-making processes in the Dutch Reformed Church by L. Bosman

“…Discernment processes then provide frameworks wherein God’s call and preferred future for the church as well as its identity can be discovered. …”
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Primary health care strengthening through the lens of healthcare system thinking by Ramprakash Kaswa, Klaus von Pressentin

“…Primary care providers must be equipped with tools and resources to effectively fulfil their duties, such as clinical governance, leadership and capacity building. …”
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Major data gaps and recommendations in monitoring regulations of activities in EU marine protected areas by Juliette Aminian-Biquet, Jennifer Sletten, Timothé Vincent, Margherita Pieraccini, Betty Queffelec, Anastasiya Laznya, Natașa Vaidianu, Joachim Claudet, Juliette Young, Barbara Horta e Costa

“…We provide recommendations for future initiatives to improve the collection and standardization for environmental policies.…”
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Understanding public views on electric vehicle charging: A thematic analysis by Colin Ashby, David Weir, Peter Fussey

“…Strong interest and positive sentiment exists around charging technologies and public infrastructure deployment, indicating hope for the future of EV adoption and public deployment meeting demand. …”
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Issues at the Rural-Urban Fringe: Methods to Sustain Agricultural Land -- Use-Value Assessment by Rodney L. Clouser

“…Many states use more than one technique in an attempt to prevent land from converting from agricultural to non-agricultural use. Future fact sheets will explicitly address techniques of Agricultural Zoning, Agricultural Districts, Fee Simple Purchase and Purchase of Development Rights, Transfer of Development Rights, Clustering of Development, and Conservation Easements. …”
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Burial customs and the pollution of death in ancient Rome: procedures and paradoxes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Contamination through contact with the dead was thought to affect interpersonal relationships, interfere with official duties and prevent contact with the gods. However, considerations of hygiene relating to possible physical contamination also played a role. …”
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Application of emerging technologies for gut microbiome research by Wit Thun Kwa, Saishreyas Sundarajoo, Kai Yee Toh, Jonathan Lee

“…Microbiome is associated with a wide range of diseases. The gut microbiome is also a dynamic reflection of health status, which can be modified, thus representing great potential to exploit the mechanisms that influence human physiology. …”
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