Measurement and Analysis of PM10 and PM2.5 from Chimneys of Coal-fired Power Plants Using a Light Scattering Method by Dongho Shin, Younghun Kim, Kee-Jung Hong, Gunhee Lee, Inyong Park, Hak-Joon Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Bangwoo Han, Jungho Hwang

“…All six stacks showed bimodal distribution, and the count median diameters of each mode were 0.5 µm and 1.1 µm. Additionally, data were compared using the gravimetric measurement method; it was found that the relative accuracies for the measured PM10 amounts were within 20% and that the values obtained using the measuring instrument proposed in this study were reliable. …”
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Laparoscopic and open surgery with D3-lymphadenectomy in patients with left-sided colon cancer: clinical and pathological parallels by P. V. Tsarkov, I. V. Reshetov, I. A. Tulina, A. Yu. Kravchenko, D. N. Fedorov, A. V. Leontyev

“…The second group included patients after laparoscopic surgery. Results. Each group consisted of 54 patients. There were no significant differences in terms of age, gender, body mass index, tumor location, and tumor stage between the two groups. …”
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Evaluation of quality of life of patients after rectal surgery by V. I. Pomazkin

“…Cronbach’s coefficient was higher than 0,7, and quotient of interclass correlation – over 0,8 for each scale. Reproducibility data by test-retest method demonstrated stability of obtained results. …”
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Relationship between deadwood structural diversity and carbon stock along environmental and disturbance gradients in Tropical dry forests by Masanja Sarafina N., Shirima Deo D., Zahabu Eliakimu M.

“…An agglomerative hierarchical clustering analysis was used to identify species communities, followed by indicator species analysis which was done to determine the species significantly associated with each community. Species richness, evenness and Shannon-Wiener diversity index were calculated to determine deadwood species diversity in both ecosystems. …”
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Crafting the Path: Robust Query Rewriting for Information Retrieval by Ingeol Baek, Jimin Lee, Joonho Yang, Hwanhee Lee

“…Crafting The Path involves a three-step process that crafts query-related information necessary for finding the passages to be searched in each step. Specifically, the Crafting The Path begins with Query Concept Comprehension, proceeds to Query Type Identification, and finally conducts Expected Answer Extraction. …”
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Long term adult visual plasticity after the developmental critical period in genetically determined peripheral visual loss by Otília C. d’Almeida, Joana M. Sampaio, Sónia Ferreira, Eduardo D. Silva, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…We performed a case-control study with one-to-one matching and used an artificial scotoma approach which carefully simulated the defective visual field of each RP patient on a normal-sighted control. We used as outcomes population receptive field measures to probe long-term plasticity using fMRI retinotopy. …”
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Interaction effect of inoculum type and dosage in the fermentation process on the quality of soy milk waste (SMW) for animal feed by Nining Haryuni, Niswatin Hasanah, Harliana Harliana, Hilarius Yosef Sikone

“…The first factor was the type of inoculum (Saccharomyces cerevisae and Rhizopus sp.) and the second factor was the inoculum dose (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20%). Each treatment was repeated 4 times. The results of statistical analysis showed that the type factor, dosage factor of the inoculum, and the interaction between the two factors had a very significant (p<0.01) effect on the quality of color, aroma, sugar concentration and alcohol concentration of SMW. …”
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A new definition and three categories for classifying ecosystems by Jaime Gómez-Márquez

“…The simplest definition of ecosystem refers to a specific community of organisms that interact with each other and with their environment. However, this definition says nothing about the open character of ecosystems, about the hierarchy among species and processes, or about their capacity to evolve as a whole throughout the history of life on this planet. …”
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Vitamin C <i>in-vivo</i> Effect on Liver Enzymes and Some Endogenous Antioxidants in Paracetamol-Induced Model of Liver Toxicity on Wistar Rats by E.G. Moke, K.K. Anachuna, P.O. Onyilo, M. Emosivbe

“…The rats were grouped into four groups of five animals each; groups 1 and 2 were control (positive and negative), while group 3 and 4 received vitamin C 500 mg/kg and silymarin 100 mg/kg respectively. …”
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Human Settlements Interactions and Deforestation in Gambari Forest Reserve located in Oluyole Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, Nigeria by E.O. Toyinbo, R.A. Fasasi, C.F. Agbor, C.O. Fakorede

“…Community leaders and randomly selected community dwellers in each of the selected settlements were sampled for group discussion to obtain information on population and services of the forest that attract them to the reserve. …”
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Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on the Growth of NH-Ae 47-4 Variety of Okra by Molik A Zainab, Eluwa C Vincent, Oluwatobi S Ayodele, Gayus Y Lakwannum, Olorunmaiye S Kehinde

“…The fertilizers were weighed and applied at 5g, 10g and 15g and were replicated three times and each having a control. Vegetative growth parameters taken include, shoot fresh weight (g), dry weight (g), plant height (cm), leaf number, stem girth (cm), leaf area (cm2). …”
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Diversity of potamodromous fishes in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin by Thiago Nascimento da Silva Campos, Hasley Rodrigo Pereira, Phâmela Bernardes Perônico, Carine Cavalcante Chamon, Philip Teles Soares, Fernando Mayer Pelicice

“…The migratory status of each species was assigned based on the most recent literature on fish diversity in the Tocantins-Araguaia and Amazon basins. …”
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Eye-tracking dataset of endoscopist-AI teaming during colonoscopy: Retrospective and real-time acquisition by Yan Zhu, Rui-Jie Yang, Pei-Yao Fu, Zhen Zhang, Yi-Zhe Zhang, Quan-Lin Li, Shuo Wang, Ping-Hong Zhou

“…Eye-tracking data collection is considered a promising approach to uncovering how endoscopists and AI interact and influence each other during colonoscopy procedures. A common limitation of existing studies is their reliance on retrospective video clips, which fail to capture the dynamic demands of real-time colonoscopy, where endoscopists must simultaneously navigate the colonoscope and identify lesions on the screen. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-OBJECTIVE PRODUCTION PLANNING MODEL FOR A SAWMILL by SEGUN ABIODUN ALONGE, CHRISTOPHER OSITA ANYAECHE

“…Three independent pre-emptive goal priority structures, GP1, GP2, and GP3, were considered with each prioritizing the objectives differently. The goal programming model was tested for its utility using data gathered from the mill to the three-goal priority structures. …”
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Rancher Perceptions of the Coyote in Florida by Raoul K. Boughton, Bethany Wright, Martin B . Main

“…Coyotes have rapidly taken advantage of these environmental shifts and expanded into new areas, now including all 67 counties in Florida and even Key Largo. Each year more people in Florida catch a glimpse of a coyote crossing a road or running across open fields, or notice coyote scat along a hiking trail–and farmers and ranchers are seeing signs of coyotes on their farms.  …”
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Enhancing motivation, physical activity, and motor skills through a sport management program based on the sport education model by Dennys Christovel Dese, Cahyo Wibowo

“…The sample consists of 120 students aged 8-9 years, divided into two groups, each comprising 60 students. Data were collected using a sports motivation questionnaire, the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children, and a motor skills instrument measuring balance, locomotor, and manipulative movements.  …”
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Optimization of Sample Size, Data Points, and Data Augmentation Stride in Vibration Signal Analysis for Deep Learning-Based Fault Diagnosis of Rotating Machines by Fasikaw Kibrete, Dereje Engida Woldemichael, Hailu Shimels Gebremedhen

“…However, the accuracy and reliability of these models in fault diagnosis tasks can be significantly influenced by critical input parameters, such as the sample size, the number of data points within each sample, and the augmentation stride in vibration signal analysis. …”
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Evaluation of some properties of elastomeric dental impression materials after disinfection by Jawad Mohammed Mikaeel, Mustafa Kamil Namuq

“…Materials and methods: Three dental impression materials were used in this study, Vinyl polysiloxane, Polyether and Vinyl polyether siloxane that were disinfected with sodium hypochlorite, Dettol and Cavex Impresafe by using two techniques, spraying and immersion methods for each. Results: The results of this study showed a significant difference of the dimensions between immediate and 48 hours after disinfection P<0.05 with the maximum change (1.5%) appeared with vinyl polysiloxane material when immersed in sodium hypochlorite for 10 minutes and stored for 48 hours, but this change was acceptable by the ADA. …”
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Pathogenicity and Detection of Phytohormone (Gibberellic Acid and Indole Acetic Acid) Produced by Fusarium spp. that Causes Twisted Disease in Shallot by Ayu Lestiyani, Arif Wibowo, Siti Subandiyah

“…Molecular identification using NF2 and NF4 successfully identified one isolate of Fusarium oxysporum, three isolates of F. acutatum, and three isolates of F. solani. Each of these species produces different symptoms. …”
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DIMETHYL N-CYANODITHIOIMINOCARBONATE AND TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE METAL HALIDE COMPLEXES: MOLECULAR CRYSTAL ELUCIDATION by MOUHAMADOU BIRAME DIOP, MODOU SARR, LIBASSE DIOP, ALLEN G. OLIVER, DAVID HUGHES

“…CrCl2(OPPh3)2 (3) obtaining undergone redox processes, oxidizing [CH3C(O)CH2PPh3]+ to form PPh3PO, and reducing Cr from CrVI to CrII. In the structure, each molecule is linked to height neighbors through H-bonds affording a 3D network. …”
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