Heavy metals in canned eggplant in Tehran, Iran: a health risk assessment study using Monte Carlo simulation by Nader Akbari, Ramin Aslani, Parisa Sadighara, Najmeh Yazdanfar, Mahmood Yousefi

“…The health risk assessment shows that for both age groups, the target hazard quotient (THQ) values were less than one, and values of incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) were below E−4. …”
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Predictors of Academic and Fieldwork Performance in Occupational Therapy Students: A Systematic Review by Yun Wang, Lai-Ha Chung, Chao-Yi Cheng, Wei-Jiun Wang, Li-Chin Chang, Yu-Ming Huang, Sheng-Yuan Tso, Yu-Lin Chen, Ching-Yi Wu

“…This systematic review explores predictors of academic and fieldwork success in OT students, which provide opportunities to identify early the learning difficulties of students and assist educators to target modifiable predictors so they can provide high-quality education.…”
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Preliminary Comparison of Ammonia- and Natural Gas-Fueled Micro-Gas Turbine Systems in Heat-Driven CHP for a Small Residential Community by Mateusz Proniewicz, Karolina Petela, Christine Mounaïm-Rousselle, Mirko R. Bothien, Andrea Gruber, Yong Fan, Minhyeok Lee, Andrzej Szlęk

“…Future research should target validating ammonia combustion and emission profiles across the turbine load range, and updating the thermodynamic model with a recuperator and SCR accounting for realistic pressure losses.…”
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YOLO-RDM: Innovative Detection Methods for Eggplants and Stems in Complex Natural Environment by Qin Liu, Zhibin Zhou, Lu Xiong, Meilian Lu, Jingwen Ouyang

“…Next, the DD-Head structure reparameterization detection head module is integrated, effectively merging deep and shallow information while retaining small-scale target feature information to improve detection accuracy. …”
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Text-guided RGB-P grasp generation by Van Duc Vu, Van Thiep Nguyen, Nam Hai Pham, Dinh-Cuong Hoang, Phan Xuan Tan

“…This combination of data allows our model to accurately infer and capture target objects based on natural language descriptions, overcoming the limitations of vision-only approaches. …”
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Protective effects of curcumin/magnesium oxide nanoparticles on ketamine-induced neurotoxicity in the mouse hippocampus by Mahsa Salehirad, A. Wallace Hayes, Majid Motaghinejad, Mina Gholami

“…Background and purpose: Nanotechnology can improve drug delivery by enhancing cell selectivity, releasing at specific target sites, and improving bioavailability while reducing adverse events and potential treatment costs. …”
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD LIPIDS OF MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH THE COMPENSATED HYPOTHYROIDISM WHICH RESULTS FROM AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS by Yu. A. Malyshenko, O. D. Rymar, M. V. Ivanova, L. V. Shcherbakova, S. F. Zhinchyk

“…Upon reaching euthyrosis against the background of hormone replacement therapy with thyroid hormones do not reach the target total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoproteins cholesterol (LDL-C): 5.81 ± 1.14, 3.67 ± 1.06 respectively.We obtain lower high-density lipoproteins cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in women with drug euthyroidism compared with the control group. …”
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Phytogenic synthesis and antimicrobial activity of ZnO nano bow ties (ZnO NBTs): An experimental and computational study by Manju Manuel, M. Gomathy, Manikantan Pappuswamy, Krishna Bisetty, Suvardhan Kanchi

“…The obtained XRD, SEM, and DLS results suggested an average longitudinal length of ∼372 nm with a maximum lateral width of ∼64 nm and a Bow Tie shape. …”
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The Impact of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) on Students' Psychological Well‐Being in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Shahima Jabin

“…Nevertheless, the results do highlight unique areas that institutions of higher learning can target to cope with these psychological factors to enhance students' online learning experiences.…”
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Attitudes and Practices of the Use of Third-Generation Cephalosporins among Medical Doctors Practicing in Cameroon by Elisabeth Zeuko’o Menkem, Astride Labo Nanfah, Tiku Takang, Lesley Ryan Awah, Kenneth Awah Achua, Stanley Ekane Akume, Fabrice Fekam Boyom

“…Conclusion. There is average knowledge on 3GC among MD, with ceftriaxone being the most widely known and prescribed. …”
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A Retrospective, Observational, EMR-Based Real-World Evidence Study to Assess the Incidence of Pedal Edema in Essential Hypertensive Patients on Amlodipine or Cilnidipine by Jamshed Dalal, J. P. Sawhney, P. B. Jayagopal, P. K. Hazra, Mohammed Yunus Khan, Kumar Gaurav, Colette Pinto, Amey Mane, Sachin Rao, Madhur Jain

“…The changes in systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from baseline and proportion of patients achieving target BP goals were assessed. Results. In amlodipine and cilnidipine groups, mean changes in SBP and DBP from baseline to end of the study period were 28.4 and 15.1 mmHg and 24.3 and 13.5 mmHg, respectively (p value <0.05). …”
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Blue Carbon Potential of Mangrove Ecosystems and Its Management to Promote Climate Change Mitigation in Indonesia by Rahman, Frijona F Lokollo, Mintje Wawo, Ardan Ceanturi, Yona A Lewerissa, Mahriyana Hulopi, Luluk D Handayani, Muhammad Isnan Zuhri, Hefni Effendi, Yusli Wardiatno

“…This research calculated the carbon stock using the global average of mangrove carbon stock. The results showed that the total blue carbon stored in mangrove ecosystems reached 3,267.87 Megaton Carbon (MtC). …”
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a tincture derived from the fruit of Pimpinella anisum L. (anise tincture) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl) by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Vasileios Bampidis, Giovanna Azimonti, Maria de Lourdes Bastos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Secundino López Puente, Francesca Marcon, Baltasar Mayo, Alena Pechová, Mariana Petkova, Fernando Ramos, Yolanda Sanz, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Ruud Woutersen, Paul Brantom, Andrew Chesson, Johannes Westendorf, Paola Manini, Fabiola Pizzo, Birgit Dusemund

“…The product contained on average 0.0414% polyphenols (of which 0.0144% were flavonoids), 0.0009% anisaldehyde, 0.0003% anethole. …”
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Pulse-Driven MEMS NO₂ Sensors Based on Hierarchical In₂O₃ Nanostructures for Sensitive and Ultra-Low Power Detection by Haixia Mei, Fuyun Zhang, Tingting Zhou, Tong Zhang

“…It is worth mentioning that the average power consumption of the sensor is as low as 0.075 mW which is one three-hundredth of that in the DC heating mode. …”
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Breaking Spatial Constraints: A Dimensional Perspective-Based Analysis of the Eco-Efficiency of Cultivated Land Use and Its Spatial Association Network by Xingjia Wang, Dongyan Wang

“…In this study, we considered the Changchun Metropolitan Area and a representative urban–rural transition area as the target regions and customized new ECLU evaluation systems for different scales. …”
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Scaling-up the delivery of dog vaccination campaigns against rabies in Tanzania. by Maganga Sambo, Elaine A Ferguson, Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Joel Changalucha, Sarah Cleaveland, Kennedy Lushasi, Geofrey Joseph Mchau, Alphoncina Nanai, Hezron Nonga, Rachel Steenson, Paul Cd Johnson, Katie Hampson

“…An increasing number of countries are committing to meet the global target to eliminate human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Filipino Version of Harris-Hip Score Among Patients with Osteoarthritis and Hip Fractures by Diovince Tan, Byron Angeles, Carmelo Braganza, Carlo Fernandez

“…Pretesting revealed that the translated questionnaire was culturally relevant, easily understood, and applicable to the target population. Field testing further validated its reliability and clinical usability. …”
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Automated Pneumothorax Segmentation with a Spatial Prior Contrast Adapter by Yiming Jia, Essam A. Rashed

“…Compared with standard nnUNet, SPCA-enhanced nnUNet achieves an average Dice coefficient of 0.81, which indicates an improvement of standard nnUNet by 15%. …”
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Experimental Demonstration of Coherent Combining With Tip/Tilt Control Based on Adaptive Space-to-Fiber Laser Beam Coupling by Feng Li, Chao Geng, Guan Huang, Yan Yang, Xinyang Li, Qi Qiu

“…Compared with the normal target-in-the-loop SPGD method with just a single cost function, the tip&#x002F;tilt control here is independent of the phase-locking control and parallel for each cell of the AFOC array. …”
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Study of high-resolution analysis of Rayleigh waves on the basis of the Choi–Williams distribution by Min Xiang, Min Xiang, Xuhui Zhang, Xuhui Zhang, Yuxuan Wei, Xiaoyong Yao, Xiaoyong Yao

“…When this method is applied to the detection of geological anomalies in engineering investigations, it can accurately reflect the spatial distribution position of the detection target and has a relatively high lateral resolution.…”
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