IMPACT OF DIESEL FUEL GENERATORS ON SOIL HEAVY METALS by SEUN OYELAMI, OYETUNJI BABATUNDE OKEDERE, KEHINDE ADENIKE OYEWOLE, KAZEEM OLAWALE RABIU, OGUNTOLA JELIL ALAMU, MUTIU DUNMOYE SULAIMON, SAHEED OLUSANJO LAWAL

“…This study investigated the concentration of heavy metals Iron (Fe), Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Zinc (Zn), Manganese (Mn) and Lead (Pb) in the soil around the power plant obtained at the old power plant, new power plant and a far-away point from the plants which served as the control. In each location, two samples were obtained top layer and bottom layer of soil. …”
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Can physical and psychological factors predict pain recurrence or an exacerbation of persistent non-specific low back pain? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Deborah Falla, Michael Mansfield, Janet Deane, Kanya Wongwitwichote, Cho Wai Geoffrey Yu

“…Comprehensive literature searches will be conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, APA PsycInfo, PubMed, CINAHL Plus, Web of Science, Scopus and ZETOC, spanning from each database’s inception through to January 2025. …”
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Eco-toxicological effects of pesticide residues on soil biological sentinels by E.I. Atuanya, T Onuoha, E Morka

“…The effective and lethal concentration (EC50) and (LC50) for each of the pesticides were observed to decrease with increase in the time of exposure and the effects of the two pesticides on both nitrite oxidations by Nitrobacter sp. and ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas sp. were similar. …”
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Coproducing healthcare service improvement for people with common mental health disorders including psychotic experiences: a study protocol of a multiperspective qualitative study by Alexandros Georgiadis, Robbie Duschinsky, Jesus Perez, Peter B Jones, Debra Russo, Clare Knight, Emma Soneson, Mary Dixon-Woods

“…Our sample will include (1) approximately 15 service users who will be receiving therapy or will have completed therapy at the time of recruitment, (2) approximately 15 service users who initiated treatment but withdrew, (3) approximately 15 therapists each with at least 4-month experience in a step-3 IAPT setting and (4) three IAPT managers. …”
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Treating Facial Scars using Polydioxanone Threads by Mohammad Khaled Hamolaila, Mazen Zenati, Asaad Shehada

“…The patient and observer scar assessment scale was used to evaluate the scars from the observer's and patient's perspectives at three-time points for each patient. The observer assessment included the following variables: vascularity, pigmentation, thickness, pliability, surface area, and homogeneity. …”
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Psychometric validation of the continuum beliefs of mental illness scale (CB-MIS) and its associations with stigma by Lina-Jolien Peter, Thomas McLaren, Samuel Tomczyk, Holger Muehlan, Silke Schmidt, Georg Schomerus

“…Results The scale comprises three subscales with three items, and one optional vignette-based item each, rated on a 5-point Likert scale. It showed very good factorial and discriminant validity, associations with stigma were moderately negative. …”
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Quantum complexity phase transitions in monitored random circuits by Ryotaro Suzuki, Jonas Haferkamp, Jens Eisert, Philippe Faist

“…In this work, we investigate the dynamics of the quantum state complexity in monitored random circuits, where $n$ qubits evolve according to a random unitary circuit and are individually measured with a fixed probability at each time step. We find that the evolution of the exact quantum state complexity undergoes a phase transition when changing the measurement rate. …”
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The microbiome of Total Suspended Particles and its influence on the respiratory microbiome of healthy office workers by Giulia Solazzo, Sabrina Rovelli, Simona Iodice, Matthew Chung, Michael Frimpong, Valentina Bollati, Luca Ferrari, Elodie Ghedin

“…Biological and environmental samples were collected over three collection periods lasting three weeks each, between May and July 2022 at the University of Milan and the University of Insubria Como. …”
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Biomonitoring potential of trace metal accumulation and bioavailability in coral skeletons and reef sediments of Persian Gulf: A comparative study by Seyed Hassan Mousavi, Mehdi Gholamalifard, Seyed Mahmoud Ghasempouri

“…In first step, coral samples washed, sun-dried, sliced into 1-cm slabs, X-rayed to reveal annual growth bands, and powder was prepared from each growth band. Then freeze-dried sediments and coral powder were ground, sieved (63 μm), digested (using United States Environmental Protection Agency - Method 3050b) and filtered (Whatman No. 42). …”
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Tolerability and efficacy of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease treatment in elderly patients by Kyota Shinfuku, Hiromichi Hara, Keitaro Okuda, Hanae Miyagawa, Naoki Takasaka, Takeo Ishikawa, Jun Araya

“…A comparative study was conducted in each group to examine tolerability, efficacy, and ADRs. …”
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The case for development of a core outcome set (COS) and supplemental reporting guidelines for influenza vaccine challenge trial research in swine by Sheila Keay, Famke Alberts, Annette M. O’Connor, Robert Friendship, Terri O’Sullivan, Zvonimir Poljak

“…Clinical heterogeneity and reporting issues complicate and limit what can be learned cumulatively from research and both represent two types of avoidable research waste. Here, we illustrate each concern using data collected tangentially during the systematic review and propose two corrective strategies, both of which have broad applicability across veterinary intervention research; (i) develop a Core Outcome Set (COS) to reduce unnecessary clinical heterogeneity in future research and (ii) encourage funders and journal editors to require submitted research protocols and manuscripts adhere to established reporting guidelines. …”
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Development of a respiratory virus risk model with environmental data based on interpretable machine learning methods by Shuting Shi, Haowen Lin, Leiming Jiang, Zhiqi Zeng, ChuiXu Lin, Pei Li, Yinghua Li, Zifeng Yang

“…The model integrated binary classification outcomes for each virus category and incorporated air quality and meteorological data to enhance its accuracy. …”
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USING E-LEARNING TO PREVENT INFORMATIONAL STRESS OF EMPLOYEES WORKING REMOTELY by Oleksandra Pinchuk, Nataliia I. Pinchuk, Olena I. Bondarchuk, Valentyna V. Balakhtar, Kateryna S. Pavlenok

“…The stages of the program implementation are characterized and the most appropriate e-learning tools at each of these stages are indicated. According to the results of the approbation of the program, it was established that the e-learning program can be useful in the distance postgraduate education of specialists. …”
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Investigating the Association between Healthy Eating Index and Early Childhood Caries in Iranian Preschool Children: A Case-Control Study by Maryam Mehrabkhani, Taraneh Movahhed, Mohsen Nematy, Melika Hoseinzadeh, Homeira Mohammadi

“…It is noteworthy to mention that, with each unit increase in HEI score, the odds of ECC decreased by 0.04 (P=0.01, OR=0.04). …”
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HSTCN-NuSVC: A Homogeneous Stacked Deep Ensemble Learner for Classifying Human Actions Using Smartphones by Sarmela Raja Sekaran, Ying Han Pang, Ooi Shih Yin, Lim Zheng You

“…In this model, multiple enhanced TCN networks with diverse architectures are organised parallelly to capture hierarchical spatial-temporal patterns from raw inertial signals. Each base model (i.e., TCN) incorporates dilations and residual connections to preserve longer effective histories, allowing the model to retain longer-term dependencies. …”
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Determination of the levels of some selected metals in ocimum lamiifolium in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Eyob Yishak, Teferi Tademe Dadebo

“…The sampling technique used to carry out the analysis was purposive for the community in the selected area use the plant widely to treat different diseases. In addition, for each of three kebeles, selected from Duguna Fango District, three sites were selected to homogenize the samples. …”
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Commentary on "Preliminary Species Hypotheses" in Entomological Taxonomy: A Global Data and FAIR Infrastructure Perspective by Sharif Islam

“…Borrowing from software and open-source practices, I explore the idea of managing PSH with an infrastructure that treats each taxonomic update as a versioned "commit", which can be tracked, refined and integrated over time. …”
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Implementation of Fuzzy Logic in the Monitoring and Controlling System for Temperature and pH of Fry Aquarium Water Betta Fish Based on the Internet of Things by Rico Wahyudi, Aulia Ullah, Hilman Zarory, Ahmad Faizal

“…The system also succeeded in reducing the mortality rate of Betta fish fry, as proven in comparative tests between aquariums without system implementation and aquariums with system implementation. In this trial, each aquarium was filled with 30 betta fish fry. …”
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Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission and Energy Saving Obtained by Renovation of Building Envelope of Existing Residential Buildings by Rui Chen, Xiaoping Feng, Chengjing Li, Huapeng Chen

“…First, we used energy consumption simulation software (BESI) to individually analyze the energy performance of each scheme. Then, setting the static payback period as the evaluation index, we applied the orthogonal test method to determine the economic efficiency of different combinations of schemes. …”
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Pembentukan Perda Berbasis Syari’ah dalam Bingkai Negara Hukum Pancasila by Thomas Febria, Dendi Kurniawan

“…Then based on conceptual (theoretical), the concept of asymmetric decentralization, it is possible for the Government to implement different autonomy for several regions in Indonesia which allows the development of the unique potential of each region. …”
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