Perspectives for Surrogate Safety Studies in East-European Countries by Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkūnienė, Aliaksei Laureshyn

“…The fatality numbers are decreasing, though the improvements for the vulnerable road users are less impressive compared to other road user categories. …”
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Radiological Assessment of Coal Fly Ash from Polish Power and Cogeneration Plants: Implications for Energy Waste Management by Krzysztof Isajenko, Barbara Piotrowska, Mirosław Szyłak-Szydłowski, Magdalena Reizer, Katarzyna Maciejewska, Małgorzata Kwestarz

“…It was also found that the frequency of exceeding the annual effective dose limits (IAEDs) showed an increasing trend with the increasing installed capacity of the facility. …”
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MICROVESICLES AND THROMBOSIS IN OBSTETRIC-GYNECOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS by A. Aharon, B. Brenner

“…They are present in the blood circulation under normal physiological conditions, and their levels increase in a wide range of disease states. MVs contain proteins, growth and apoptotic factors, DNA fragments, microRNAs as well as messenger RNAs (mRNAs); therefore, they may function as regulators in cell-cell communication and mediators of cell signaling during multiple biological processes. …”
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Pediatric Brain Tumor Risk Associated with Head Computed Tomography: Systematic Literature Review by Dilara R. Kuznetsova, Diana A. Gabdullina, Alina F. Makhmudova, Elena V. Bochkina, Elizaveta O. Platonova, Bogdan O. Zhirnov, Elnara E. Akhmetgareeva, Liliya S. Atangulova, Ruslan S. Shein, Kristina I. Rakhimova, Vlastilin V. Pakalnis, Elza R. Ganieva

“…However, some population groups may be at increased risk. Thus, children are more susceptible to radiation cancer than adults and lifelong attributive risk (LAR) can be more than 10 times higher for an infant than for a middle-aged adult. …”
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Evaluating Policy Shifts on Perceived Greenspace Quality: Applying Regression Discontinuity During the COVID-19 Reopening Period by Chensong Lin, Chenjie Jia, Baisen Wang, Shuhao Kang, Hongyu Chen, Di Li, Longfeng Wu

“…However, the impact of changing containment policies on residents’ perceived greenspace quality remains insufficiently explored. …”
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Recognizing the Conceptual Model of Re-creating the Central Core of Cities based on Local Community Culture with Meta-Synthesis Method by Maryam Hematian Dehkordi, Afsoon Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Iravani

“…Following developments in the technological, economic, and social fields, as well as the movement of population and activities, the central core of cities has faced a decrease in physical, economic, and social quality, and this process has reduced the dynamics of neighborhoods and created problematic urban contexts. …”
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Impact of adding wheat and poultry by-product meal to the diet on broiler carcass traits, production performance, and physical pellet quality by Omid Ahmadauli, Mohsen Daneshyar, Sina Payvastegan, Amir Attar, Gholamreza Najafi, Mohammad Reza Abdollahi

“…In contrast, diets containing 20 % wheat showed an increase in PDI by adding 2 % and 4 % PBM. …”
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Improvement of the perovskite photodiodes performance via advanced interface engineering with polymer dielectric by Andrey P. Morozov, Lev O. Luchnikov, Sergey Yu. Yurchuk, Artur R. Ishteev, Pavel A. Gostishchev, Sergey I. Didenko, Nikita S. Saratovsky, Dmitry O. Balakirev, Ivan V. Dyadishchev, Andrey A. Romanov, Ekaterina A. Ilicheva, Anton A. Vasilev, Sergey S. Kozlov, Dmitry S. Muratov, Yuriy N. Luponosov, Danila S. Saranin

“…For P(VDF-TrFE) containing devices, we increased the specific detectivity from 1011 to ~1012 Jones, expanded the linear dynamic range up to 100 dB, and reduced the equivalent noise power to 10−13 W·Hz−1/2. …”
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Battery Cathode with Vertically Aligned Microstructure Fabricated by Directional Ice Templating by Guanting Li, Jin Su, Chun Huang

“…The DIT cathode breaks the trade‐off between high energy densities and fast discharging, exhibiting higher areal capacities (12 mAh cm−2) than the SC electrode (7.0 mAh cm−2) at a discharge current density of 1.4 mA cm−2, and maintains higher capacities at 9.8 mAh cm−2 and 186 mAh g−1 than 2.1 mAh cm−2 and 64 mAh g−1 for SC when the current is increased to 5.7 mA cm−2.…”
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Empirical lessons regarding contraception in a protracted refugee setting: A descriptive study from Maela camp on the Thai-Myanmar border 1996 - 2015. by Somjet Srikanok, Daniel M Parker, Amber L Parker, Tracey Lee, Aung Myat Min, Pranee Ontuwong, Saw Oo Tan, Supachai Sirinonthachai, Rose McGready

“…For example a surgeon fluent in local languages is correlated with increased uptake of tubal ligation in females. These data indicate that funding directed toward contraceptives in this refugee setting led to increases in contraceptives use. …”
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Combined CNN-BiLSTM-Att tourism flow prediction based on VMD-MWPE decomposition reconstruction by Maomao Luo, Danhong Chen, Xinxing Hou, Kang Luo, Tao Wang

“…To further improve the accuracy of scenic passenger flow prediction, the current study proposed a data preprocessing approach that combines variational modal decomposition (VMD) with multiscale weighted permutation entropy (MWPE). …”
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Impact of Thermal Power Plant Waste Products on Corrosion Dynamics of Pipeline Carbon Steel Alloy in Soil Aqueous Solutions by Camila Porporatti Rosso, Eduardo Ceretta Moreira, Matheus Henrique Baesso, André Gündel, Alexandre Ferreira Galio

“…The results elucidate DBS's impact on soil corrosion and suggest methods to mitigate corrosion in industrial and environmental contexts. This study enhances the understanding of buried pipeline corrosion mechanisms and presents a new use of thermal power plant waste for corrosion protection.…”
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Trends in prevalence and patterns of use of a heated tobacco product (IQOS™) in Japan: A three-year repeated cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved w... by Steve Roulet, Karina Fischer, Pierpaolo Magnani, Bertram Zwisele, Nathalie Camille, Suzana AlMoosawi, Marius Sieverding, Martha Bajec, Nelly Mainy

“…Across Y1-Y3, exclusive use of only one type of TNP (Y1-Y3: 82.3%, 75.0%, and 70.4%) decreased, while dual use of two types of TNPs (Y1-Y3: 14.3%, 17.2%, and 16.7%) increased, and poly-TNP use (Y1-Y3: 2.1%, 6.1%, and 10.0%) increased markedly. …”
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Nitrofurans for External Use (Review) by A. V. Beliatskaya, I. M. Kashlikova, А. O. Elagina, I. I. Krasnyuk (jr.), I. I. Krasnyuk, O. I. Stepanova

“…Aspects of the use of nitrofurans for external use (nitrofural, furazolidone and furazidin) are described in the article. Review of current research that is dedicated to development of drugs containing nitrofuran derivatives has been carried out. …”
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Electrolyte Performance of Noni Fruit Extracts (Morinda Citrifolia L.) for C-Zn Batteries by Said Ali Akbar, Dilla Armelianda, Muttakin Muttakin

“…Then, the use of fermented electrolytes causes an increase in voltage and current due to decreased pH. …”
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Straightforward method for preparing a user-customizable DNA marker by improved overlap extension polymerase chain reaction by ZHANG Yuanyuan, YAN Yan, JIN Yulan, DONG Weiren, ZHOU Jiyong

“…The number of small fragments of DNA decreased and the number of large fragments of DNA increased gradually with the increased number of PCR cycles. …”
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Influence of calcium carbonate reinforcement on mechanical properties and sustainability of hdpe-recycled plastic composites for industrial applications by Yassin Ahmed, Mohammed Ahmad

“…Samples containing a higher content of recycled plastic showed an increase in ductility and impact resistance, with sample A8 surpassing all others. …”
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Bleomycin: A worthy alternative by Gursev Sandlas, Paras Kothari, Parag Karkera, Abhaya Gupta

“…Context : Lymphangiomas are developmental anomalies presenting mainly in the first two years of life. …”
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Shifting of Distribution and Changing of Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria from Bile of Patients with Acute Cholangitis by Hao Y, Li L, Du W, Lu J

“…Yuqi Hao,1 Lianxin Li,2 Wenting Du,1 Jinshuai Lu1 1Department of General Internal Medicine, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Endoscopy Center, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jinshuai Lu, Department of General Internal Medicine, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China, Email lujinshuai@xjrmyy.comBackground: Gram-negative bacteria are the predominant pathogens responsible for biliary infections; however, the prevalence of Gram-positive bacteria is currently increasing. Investigating the bacterial spectrum and evolving antibiotic resistance patterns of Gram-positive bacteria is crucial for optimizing the management of acute cholangitis, particularly in the context of the global rise in antibiotic resistance.Methods: This retrospective analysis focused on Gram-positive bacteria isolated from the bile of patients undergoing biliary drainage with acute cholangitis at our hospital from January 1, 2018, to March 31, 2024. …”
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Meta-analysis on the effects of chemical stressors on freshwater ecosystem functions by Alexander Feckler, Ralf Schulz, Ralf B. Schäfer

“…Conclusions Our analyses demonstrate the potential to derive chemical stress–ecosystem function relationships from currently available data, which already reveal adverse effects on specific ecosystem functions. …”
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