Efficiency comparison of natural coagulants (Cactus pads and Moringa seeds) for treating textile wastewater (in the case of Kombolcha textile industry) by Getahun Demeke Worku, Shimeles Nigussie Abate

“…The ideal parameters were pH 4, 5 g/l of coagulant, 40 min of mixing time, 2 min of fast mixing at 100 rpm, 40 min of gradual mixing at 40 rpm, and 30 min of settling time. …”
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Predicting the Viscosity of Petroleum Emulsions Using Gene Expression Programming (GEP) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) by Abubakar A. Umar, Ismail M. Saaid, Aliyu A. Sulaimon, Rashidah M. Pilus

“…The most significant factor that affects emulsion viscosity is the aging time, with the emulsion becoming more viscous over time. …”
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A Modified Newmark Methodology for Permanent Deformation Analysis of Rock-Fill Dams by Hongjun Li, Hong Zhong, Zuwen Yan, Jianming Zhao

“…Significant progress has been made to alleviate its deficiencies and overcome its simplifying assumptions, but some aspects such as the cyclic shear strength and time history vertical acceleration in the Newmark sliding displacement analysis are seldom considered strictly. …”
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Climate Projections and Pacific Lamprey Conservation: Evidence That Larvae in Natural Conditions May Be Resilient to Climate Warming by Timothy A. Whitesel, Paul M. Sankovich

“…Detection probabilities ranged from 0.83 to 1.00 and were similar for each area and for all survey periods. …”
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Dengue Virus NS1 Protein as a Diagnostic Marker: Commercially Available ELISA and Comparison to qRT-PCR and Serological Diagnostic Assays Currently Used by the State of Florida by Jason H. Ambrose, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Azliyati Azizan

“…Compared to qRT-PCR, the NS1 assay had a sensitivity of 64.3%, specificity 100%, PPV of 100%, and NPV of 58.3%. Conclusions. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance Profile of E. coli Isolates from Lettuce, Poultry Manure, Irrigation Water, and Soil in Kumasi, Ghana by Abigail Abena Anokyewaa Appau, Linda Aurelia Ofori

“…Geometric means for lettuce, irrigation water, and soil ranged from 2.0 × 105 to 1.67 × 107 MPN/100 ml while that of manure ranged from 2.0 × 105 to 1.31 × 107 MPN/100 ml. …”
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Repurposing of Drugs for Antibacterial Activities on Selected ESKAPE Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Bridget Kamurai, Molly Mombeshora, Stanley Mukanganyama

“…However, de novo synthesis of antibiotics is expensive and time-consuming since the development of a new drug has to go through several clinical trials. …”
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Isopods in the Bioremediation of Invasive Seaweeds? First Experience with the Seaweed <i>Rugulopteryx okamurae</i> Mass Dumped on Beaches by Daniel Patón, José Carlos García-Gómez

“…Three batches were fed with 100 g of mulch of <i>Quercus pyrenaica</i> leaves (control) and three with a diet composed of 100 g of mulch of algae (treatment). …”
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Hazard assessment for a pharmaceutical mixture detected in the upper Tennessee River using Daphnia magna by D. Wolfe, M. Schorr, M. Hanson, C.H. Nelson, S.M. Richards

“…The endpoints of mortality, time to first brood, size, and fecundity were the assessed.  …”
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Brucella abortus Strain RB51 Vaccine: Immune Response after Calfhood Vaccination and Field Investigation in Italian Cattle Population by Manuela Tittarelli, Barbara Bonfini, Fabrizio De Massis, Armando Giovannini, Mauro Di Ventura, Donatella Nannini, Vincenzo Caporale

“…Only at days 13 and 14 pv the RB51-CFT showed 100% sensitivity (credibility interval (CI) 76.2%–100%). …”
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Modification of activated carbon prepared from black liquor with the copper ion and its application to adsorption phenol by Amir Mohammadpour, Ahmad Hallajisani, Mohammad Azadfallah, Yahya Hamzeh

“…The ability of prepared adsorbents to remove phenol in aqueous medium was evaluated by examining the effects of parameters such as adsorbent amount, pH, solution concentration, contact time, temperature effect. Based on the results, it was found that AC/Cu shows the highest adsorption rate after coming in contact with phenol solution with a concentration of 100 ppm for one hour at an optimal pH of 8. …”
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Hydrogel as an alternative to agar for laboratory rearing of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae by Ana Paula Nascimento Silva, Camila Faria Chagas, Emanuel Lucas de Andrade Alves, Vinícius de Castro Carvalho, Khalid Haddi

“…Methods Initially, the effects of three concentrations of hydrogel (0.3, 0.6, and 0.9 g per 100 ml) and agar (1 g per 100 ml) on the ability of aphids to complete their life cycle were compared. …”
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Predictors of county-level diabetes-related mortality risks in Florida, USA: a retrospective ecological study by Nirmalendu Deb Nath, Agricola Odoi

“…Results There was a total 6,078 diabetes-related deaths in Florida during the study time period. County-level DRMR ranged from 9.6 to 75.6 per 100,000 persons. …”
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Anthropometric and Biochemical Profile of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease in a Predialysis Pediatric Interdisciplinary Program by Vanessa R. Silva, Cristina B. Soares, Juliana O. Magalhães, Isabella Peixoto de Barcelos, Debora C. Cerqueira, Ana Cristina Simões e Silva, Eduardo A. Oliveira

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Risk of recurrence and bleeding in patients with cancer‐associated venous thromboembolism treated with rivaroxaban: A nationwide cohort study by Mette Søgaard, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Flemming Skjøth, Jette Nordstrøm Kjældgaard, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen

“…Major bleeding occurred in 1.9% (5.3 events per 100 person‐years), in particular, in genitourinary cancer (4.5%) and lung cancer (4.2%). …”
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Can geopolymer mixture be a solution for utilizing waste glass and basic oxygen furnace slag as aggregates? by Manap Islambek, Galymzhankyzy Anel, Omarova Zhaniya, Ualiyev Dulat, Temirbekov Doszhan, Shon Chang-Seon, Zhang Dichuan, Kim Jong Ryeol

“…The research includes an experimental program in which geopolymer mixtures were prepared with different combinations of WGS and BOFS contents (0/100, 25/75, 50/50, 75/25, 100/0, respectively) alongside reference OPC samples containing only WGS or BOFS. …”
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Evaluation of the carrot gene pool for yield and quality indicators at Volgograd Experiment Station of VIR by V. E. Pryanishnikova, T. V. Khmelinskaya

“…For example, the sugar content ranged from 3.0 to 6.85%, ascorbic acid from 7.9 to 12.2 mg/100 g, and carotene from 9.5 to 17.9 mg/100 g. The tests revealed a considerable variability in main agronomic characters of the carrot accessions, especially when high-yielding cultivars were concerned: they were the most sensitive to cultivation in arid environments and suffered a decrease in marketability. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF THE LATENT PERIOD OF PRUNUS MONGOLICA MAXIM. AND P. PEDUNCULATA (PALL.) MAXIM. by K. G. Tkachenko

“…The laboratory  germination of seeds freed from endocarp was 100% for both  species. Germination of the seeds of the first species was extended  in time (100% sprouted in 60 days), while with the second species,  all seeds sprouted within 15-20 days. …”
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Development of a Deep Learning‐Assisted Mobile Application for the Identification of Nematodes Through Microscopic Images by Naseeb Singh, Ashish Kumar Singh, L. K. Dhruw, Simardeep Kaur, S. Hazarika, K. K. Mishra, V. K. Mishra, Laxmi Kant

“…The proposed CNN was found to be four times faster and five times lighter against a marginal (< 1.0%) decrease in accuracy when compared with the existing state‐of‐the‐art CNNs. …”
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Hepatoprotective Effects of Crude Stem Bark Extracts and Solvent Fractions of Cordia africana against Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Injury in Rats by Gudeta Duga Geresu, Shemsu Umer, Mahlet Arayaselassie, Genet Ashebir, Eyasu Makonnen

“…Administration of the standard drug, silymarin 100 mg/kg, extracts at doses of 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg and fractions at the dose of 400 mg/kg reversed the serum levels of all parameters to normal. …”
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