THE ROLE OF OPEN SCIENCE AND GEOINFORMATICS IN ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN AFRICA: A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AND AN ACTION PLAN

The Role of Open Science and Geoinformatics in Advancing Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: A Strategic Framework and an Action Plan

Open Science (OS) encourages research accessibility, openness, reusability and reproducibility, which are all vital for the growth of the scientific community worldwide.Open data, in general, and remote sensing/geospatial data, in particular, offer significant economic and societal benefits that can be of great contribution to achieving the African

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Insect resistance responses of ten Aster varieties to damage by Tephritis angustipennis in the three rivers source region of China

Abstract Aster varieties are widely used for medicinal purposes, landscaping, and ecological restoration, but their growth and reproduction are significantly threatened by the seed predator Tephritis angustipennis (Diptera: Tephritidae).The cultivation of pest-resistant varieties offers an effective, economical, and eco-friendly approach to managin

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A non-unified viscoplastic constitutive model based on irreversible thermodynamics and creep-fatigue life prediction for Type 316 stainless

In this work, to describe the cycle behavior considering fatigue-creep interaction, a non-unified viscoplastic constitutive model for 316 stainless steel is derived within the irreversible thermodynamic framework.The internal variables considering kinematic and isotropic hardening properties are selected to construct the evolution equation of visco

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An East Meets West Approach to the Understanding of Emotion Dysregulation in Depression: From Perspective to Scientific Evidence

Depression, an emotion regulation disorder, is a prevalent mental illness in the world.Meanwhile, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been increasingly regarded as a promising and Olorun Activ Leggings effective alternative therapy approach for patients with depression.Despite many years of research on depression, the current understanding of th

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