Hair Mercury Levels Detection in Fishermen from Sicily (Italy) by ICP-MS Method after Microwave-Assisted Digestion by Giuseppe Giangrosso, Gaetano Cammilleri, Andrea Macaluso, Antonio Vella, Nicolantonio D’Orazio, Stefania Graci, Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico, Fabio Galvano, Margherita Giangrosso, Vincenzo Ferrantelli

“…The results of this study indicate a greater risk of exposure to mercury in Sicilian fishermen, in comparison to the control population, due to the high consumption of fish and the close relationship with sources of exposure (ports, dumps, etc.).…”
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Emission Estimation and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Passenger Ships Using Multi-Source Data: A Case from Zhoushan (China) by Xubiao Xu, Xingyu Liu, Lin Feng, Wei Yim Yap, Hongxiang Feng

“…The emissions were predominantly concentrated during daytime hours, with the routes between Zhoushan Island and Daishan, Daishan and Shengsi, and Zhoushan Island and Liuheng Island accounting for most of the emissions. Furthermore, intra-port waterways were identified as the primary emission areas for short-distance passenger ships. …”
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Experimental Results of Novel DoA Estimation Algorithms for Compact Reconfigurable Antennas by Henna Paaso, Aki Hakkarainen, Nikhil Gulati, Damiano Patron, Kapil R. Dandekar, Mikko Valkama, Aarne Mämmelä

“…In this paper, we present an adjacent pattern power ratio (APPR) algorithm for two-port composite right/left-handed (CRLH) reconfigurable leaky-wave antennas (LWAs). …”
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Graphene-Based Full-Duplex Antenna for Future Generation Communication in THz Frequency Range by Avez Syed, Mansour H. Almalki

“…The antenna provides a 10 dB impedance bandwidth of 6.06% (1.76 − 1.87 THz). The input ports of the proposed design are isolated from each other by −25 dB. …”
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Efficient Solution Algorithms for Resource Planning and Scheduling in Seasonal Reservation Systems by Uğur Eliiyi

“…The problem is especially important for systems involving appointments/reservations, such as hotel or seat reservations in tourism, operation and treatment reservations in healthcare systems, or port logistics operations. Methodology: The optimization problem studied involves concurrent decisions of scheduling and dynamic capacity determination, with an objective of maximizing the net return gained from the served appointments. …”
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AIRPORT AS A FACTOR SHAPING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY IN A CHANGING REALITY by Marzena PIOTROWSKA-TRYBULL, Jarosław KOZUBA, Stanisław SIRKO

“…A total of 1,200 surveys were conducted among residents of communes, and 10 interviews were conducted with representatives of local governments and the port. To analyse the collected data and present the results, Statistica v.13.3 and R/RStudio software were used.…”
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Development Of Ship Archive Information System In XYZ Company With Scrum Methodology by Vika Insanittaqwa, M. Ihsan Alfani Putera, M. Fathurrahman Shidiq

“…XYZ Company, a shipping agency in Balikpapan, handles the management of documents related to ships docking or sailing from the port. Currently, the document management process relies on manual, paper-based procedures, lacking a digital system to integrate all administrative processes. …”
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ACCESS CONTROL IN A LOCAL NETWORK USING THE BASIC CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK DEVICES by S. N. Petrov, D. V. Ahramenko, S. M Goroshko, T. A. Pulko

“…The attack was repeated after activation and configuration IP-MAC-Port Binding, as well as authentication of users based on IEEE 802.1 X standard (MACBased 802.1 X). …”
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Method development and application for the analysis of chiral organic marker species in ice cores by J. Schäfer, A. Beschnitt, F. Burgay, F. Burgay, T. Singer, T. Singer, T. Singer, M. Schwikowski, M. Schwikowski, M. Schwikowski, T. Hoffmann

“…The method combines a reversed-phase column in the first dimension and a chiral column in the second dimension in a simple instrumental setup with only one additional six-port valve. This novel method was successfully applied to selected ice-core samples from the Belukha Glacier in the Siberian Altai spread over the period 1870–1970 CE. …”
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Bio-deterioration of sweet potato (<i>ipomoea batatas lam</i>) in storage, inoculation-induced quality changes, and control by modified atmosphere by Oyeyipo Olutimilehin Olaitan

“…The biodeterioration of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) was investigated at Port Harcourt, south southern Nigeria. Aspergillus niger, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizopus stolonifer, Botryodiplodia theobroma and Penicillium sp. were found to be associated with deteriorating sweet potato tubers and used for inoculation of fresh sweet potato samples. …”
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Theoretical Investigation of Terahertz Spoof Surface-Plasmon-Polariton Devices Based on Ring Resonators by Can Liu, Shenghao Gu, Mingming Sun, Ya Liu, Ying Zhang, Jiaguang Han

“…The add–drop multiplexers based on the asymmetric ring resonator enable selective surface wave outputs at different ports by rotating the ring resonator. The devices designed in this study offer valuable insights for the development of on-chip terahertz components.…”
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Gold Nanorod-Coated Hydrogel Brush Valves in Macroporous Silicon Membranes for NIR-Driven Localized Chemical Modulation by Nafis Mustakim, Youngsik Song, Sang-Woo Seo

“…A two-dimensional array of microfluidic ports with remote-controlled valve actuation is of great interest for applications involving localized chemical stimulation. …”
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Lymphedema in Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome: Is It Possible to Normalize? by Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Angela Río, Paloma Domingo Garcia, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy

“…A 24-year-old female patient reported that her family had observed edema in her right leg and port wine stains from birth. For ten years, they consulted with different specialists in the region but the prognosis did not change and no specific treatment was found. …”
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A two-person collaborative repositioning approach for high peritoneal dialysis catheter migration: case reports and literature review by F. Zhuangyan Yao, S. Yanqing Li, T. Liping Zhai

“…Consequently, all catheters were successfully repositioned to the pelvic area and remained stable throughout the follow-up period. Conclusions This re-port preliminarily demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of two-person collaborative repositioning approach in elderly patients with PD catheter displacement. …”
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Practical Noise Model of an Active Electronically Scanning Array by Jian Mi, Kan Wang, Zhao Li, Hongbing Sun

“…The noise characteristics are critical to the system signal-to-noise ratio, thus modeling of the antenna array noise is useful. In this paper, a two-port noise model of an active electronically scanning array is presented, which is more practical than the model in previous publications. …”
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DECISORES, INFORMAÇÃO E CONHECIMENTO: RELAÇÕES OBSERVADAS SOB A PERSPECTIVA DA COGNIÇÃO HUMANA by Mônica Erichsen Nassif

“…Decisores de organizações de grande e pequeno portes têm sido investigados ao longo de 20 anos, através de teses e dissertações, sob a perspectiva da cognição situada. …”
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Preparations of the Shipping Company “Żegluga Polska SA” for the Second World War by Jordan Siemianowski

“…Important preparations also included securing the port by state authorities.…”
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MÉTODO E NATUREZA HUMANA NAS PRIMEIRAS ORAÇÕES DE VICO: UMA PERSPECTIVA DE PLURALIDADE METODOLÓGICA by Marcelo Lopes Rosa

“…Dessa maneira, sua proposta de um método de estudos, claramente oposto àquele de Port Royal, será o ápice do desenvolvimento de uma reprodução sintética ou artificial de uma ordem natural, que ao longo das primeiras orações foi desdobrado a partir da compreensão de uma natureza racional consoante ao seu entendimento sobre as etapas do desenvolvimento da mente humana e o compromisso ético e político do sábio. …”
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Wavelength Tuning Free Transceiver Module in OLT Downstream Multicasting 4λ × 10 Gb/s TWDM-PON System by M. S. Salleh, A. S. M. Supa’at, S. M. Idrus, S. Yaakob, Z. M. Yusof

“…This module has been designed to support high speed L2 aggregation and routing in the physical layer PON system by using multicasting cross-gain modulation (XGM) to route packet from any PON port to multiple PON links. Meanwhile, the fixed wavelength optical line terminal (OLT) transmitter with wavelength tuning free features has been designed to integrate with the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and passive arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). …”
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Analysis of Heat Transfer in Berman Flow of Nanofluids with Navier Slip, Viscous Dissipation, and Convective Cooling by O. D. Makinde, S. Khamis, M. S. Tshehla, O. Franks

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