Optimization of Physicochemical Parameters during the Electrocoagulation Cadmium Elimination by Abdelaaziz Aityoub, Abdesselam Abouelfida, Abdelaziz Benyaich, Abderrahmane Romane, Mohamed Elmeray, Rachid Idouhli, Yassine Koumya, Mohyeddine Khadiri

“…The increased use of fertilizers from phosphates in agriculture generates water pollution by heavy metals contained in these phosphates at levels higher than the standards. …”
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Effects of sliding techniques on lower limb biomechanics and muscle synergy during curling delivery: a focus on joint kinetics and muscle coordination by Lijun Hua, Yulong Zhu, Gengchao Bi, Ming Zhu, Yuzi Diao

“…BackgroundDifferent curling delivery techniques, such as full-foot contact (FFC), outward-toed full-foot contact (OTFFC), and toe contact (TC), impose distinct biomechanical demands and neuromuscular control challenges on the sliding leg. …”
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Bridging inflammation and venous thrombosis: the NLRP3 inflammasome connection by Jian Wu, Jian Wu, Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Wei Shao, Wei Shao, Jianwen Mo

“…In recent years, research has increasingly focused on the role of the NLRP3 inflammasome in venous thromboembolism (VTE). …”
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“You're Building Trust, You're Building Rapport”: Contributions from Implementers of Health-Focused Community Engagement by Autumn Tamlyn, Sarah Barnes, Yewon Na, Hope White, Matthew Spence, Benjamin Linas, Mari-Lynn Drainoni

“…The current study aims to address this gap by understanding the experiences, beliefs, values, and assessments of health-focused CE staff. …”
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Prevalence of Narcotics-Induced Poisoning in Children under 18 Years of Age Referring to the Al-e-Jalil Educational and Therapeutic Center, Aq Qala, Golestan Province (2020-2022) by Mohsen Yekrang, Mahsa Besharat, Sima Besharat, Javad Enayat, Khadije Amjadi

“…However, there is strong evidence of increased opium use among young people and some evidence of increased methadone use.…”
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Acute Oak Decline-Associated Bacteria: An Emerging Worldwide Threat to Forests by Alessandro Bene, Marzia Vergine, Giambattista Carluccio, Letizia Portaccio, Angelo Giovanni Delle Donne, Luigi De Bellis, Andrea Luvisi

“…The potential involvement of xylophagous insects is also being studied, particularly <i>Agrilus biguttatus</i>, which, although, frequently associated with the disease, has not been conclusively demonstrated to act as an active vector of the bacteria. Currently, disease management requires integrated approaches, including monitoring and other forestry strategies to increase forest resilience. …”
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Silver–Titania Nanocomposites for Photothermal Applications by Leonardo Bottacin, Roberto Zambon, Francesca Tajoli, Veronica Zani, Roberto Pilot, Naida El Habra, Silvia Gross, Raffaella Signorini

“…The rise of photothermal therapy for cancer treatment has increased the demand for high-resolution nanothermometric techniques capable of non-contact intracellular temperature measurement and modification. …”
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Accretion of the degenerate Fermi gas onto a Reissner-Nordström black hole by Ping Li, Jiang-he Yang, Siwei Xu

“…The expressions for the particle current density, the stress energy-momentum tensor, and three accretion rates are derived. …”
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Towards Sustainable Building Materials: An Experimental Investigation into the Effect of Recycled Construction Waste Aggregate on the Properties of High-Performance Concrete by Radoslav Gandel, Jan Jerabek, Andrea Peknikova, Libor Topolář, Oldrich Sucharda

“…Initially, the properties of concrete containing both the natural and recycled aggregate types were characterized. …”
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Dietary Erucic Acid Induces Fat Accumulation, Hepatic Oxidative Damage, and Abnormal Lipid Metabolism in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Dingfei Ma, Qiangwei Li, Yuanyuan Xie, Youqin Kong, Zhili Ding, Jinyun Ye, Chenglong Wu, Yan Liu

“…The EA groups had lower values of total superoxide dismutase, total antioxidant capacity, catalase, and higher activities of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase, as dietary EA levels increased. Feeding fish with diets containing EA (20 and 27 g/kg diet) significantly increased the malondialdehyde content. …”
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Tactile contribution extends beyond exteroception during spatially guided finger movements by Maria Evangelia Vlachou, Juliette Legros, Cécile Sellin, Dany Paleressompoulle, Francesco Massi, Martin Simoneau, Laurence Mouchnino, Jean Blouin

“…EEG source analyses revealed smaller current in the source-localized somatosensory cortex during sensory conflict when the finger directly touched the surface. …”
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A Sheep Behavior Recognition Approach Based on Improved FESS-YOLOv8n Neural Network by Xiuru Guo, Chunyue Ma, Chen Wang, Xiaochen Cui, Guangdi Xu, Ruimin Wang, Yuqi Liu, Bo Sun, Zhijun Wang, Xuchao Guo

“…However, as the scale of farming expands, traditional behavior detection methods based on manual observation and those that employ contact-based devices face challenges, including poor real-time performance and unstable accuracy, making them difficult to meet the current demands. …”
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Seawater Corrosion Resistance of Cold Spray Al₂O₃ - Al - xY Coating on Q295B Surface of Building by YANG Lei, ZHU Fu - li, ZHANG Hao, BAI Bo

“…After soaking the coating with Y content of 0.2% for 700 h, a higher anode polarization rate was obtained and the lowest corrosion current density reached. The corrosion products of Al2O3&#x00A0;- Al -&#x00A0;xY coating contained Al and Al2O3. …”
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Simultaneous Separation of Runoff Pathways and Storage Times via Coupled Electrical Conductivity Mass Balance and Nonlinear Storage‐Discharge Relationship: Theory and Application T... by Weifei Yang, Changlai Xiao, Xiujuan Liang, Zhang Fang, Dianwu Song

“…The added consideration of the impacts of passive storage and water‐rock interaction significantly increases the reproducibility of streamflow EC and also leads to more similar baseflow and old water separation, which in fact have significant differences due to distinct components they contain. …”
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Numerical Responses of <i>Xylocoris flavipes</i> (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) on a Diet of <i>Liposcelis decolor</i> (Pearman) (Psocodea: Liposcelididae) by Augustine Bosomtwe, George Opit, Carla Goad, Kristopher Giles, Brad Kard

“…Insect predators can suppress prey populations through increased progeny production. The present study investigated the numerical responses of adult♀ <i>Xylocoris flavipes</i> (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) on a diet of <i>Liposcelis decolor</i> (Pearman) (Psocodea: Liposcelididae). …”
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Transition From Scenario-Based to Outcome-Based Engineering in SE4AI by Niloofar Shadab, Alejandro Salado, Tyler Cody, Peter Beling

“…As intelligent systems become increasingly integrated into our daily lives, it has become evident that there is a mismatch between traditional systems engineering (SE) practices and the nature of intelligent systems. …”
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Microstructure and electrochemical corrosion behaviour of API 5L X90 pipeline steel in a simulated soil environment by Mahdi Yeganeh, Mostafa Eskandari, Hasan Mousavi

“…As a result of corrosion products forming on the active sites and rendering them inactive, the charge transfer resistance increased by approximately 1.5 times. Potentiodynamic polarization tests indicated an absence of passivation, accompanied by a decrease in corrosion current density and a shift in corrosion potential toward the cathodic direction during immersion. …”
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Electrolytic Plasma Nitriding of Medium-Carbon Steel 45 for Performance Enhancement by Zarina Satbayeva, Almasbek Maulit, Nurlybek Ispulov, Daryn Baizhan, Bauyrzhan Rakhadilov, Rinat Kusainov

“…This article analyzes the effect of electrolytic plasma nitriding on the performance of medium-carbon steel 45 under increased mechanical loads and in aggressive environments. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…This paper describes the current transplant system’s use of subjective evaluation criteria, particularly psychosocial support and compliance. …”
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Joint response of coal permeability and wettability to changes in organic matter induced by oxidation treatment by Baoxin ZHANG, Xuehai FU, Fanhua Bill ZENG, Ze DENG, Zhaobiao YANG, Junqiang KANG, Chaochao DUAN

“…The results show that the permeability under varying effective stress increases after oxidation, and the average change in the initial permeability (stress-free conditions, k0) and contact angle (θ) is 65.8% and −40.9%, respectively. …”
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