Efficient recovery of Ce(III) ions from acidic solutions using oxalic acid crosslinked chitosan by Tabtila Okta Rinila, Soon Kong Yong, Waheeba Ahmed Al-Amrani, Agustono Wibowo, Nurul Filzah Ghazali, Murat Yılmaz, Faiz Bukhari Mohd Suah, Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah

“…The results indicate that the inclusion of oxalic acid as a cross-linking agent improved the adsorption and stability of chitosan under acidic conditions. Furthermore, it was noted that the CHOA comprised carboxylic groups, which function as functional groups for the Ce(III) ion adsorption. …”
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A daily rhythm of cell proliferation in a songbird brain by Vladimira Hodova, Valentina Maresova, Rebecca Radic, Lubica Kubikova

“…This study may have implications for understanding the mechanisms underlying the daily regulation of brain cell proliferation in different species.…”
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Effect of Exogenous Melatonin Treatment on Quality and Antioxidant Capacity of Fresh-cut Purple Cabbage by Jing ZHANG, Yuxin LIU, Chenchen WU, Changhong LIU, Lei ZHENG

“…To investigate the effect of melatonin treatment on maintaining the freshness of fresh-cut purple cabbage, purple cabbage was used as the subject and stored it under conditions of 4 ℃ and 85% RH for 12 d. Melatonin was used to treat fresh-cut purple cabbage at concentrations of 0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mmol/L. …”
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Assessment of Management Factors Influencing Vaccination Against Cholera in the Health District of Katana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Irène Ntererwa-Nsimire, Leonid M Irenge, Paulin B Mutombo, Eric M Mafuta, Jean-Luc Gala, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe

“…Cholera vaccine for children under 2 years was available in all the 5 health areas investigated, only 2 out of 5 health areas had enough vaccine stockpiles. …”
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Genomic insights and comparative analysis of Colletotrichum species associated with anthracnose fruit rot and crown rot of strawberry in North Carolina by Tika B. Adhikari, Norman Muzhinji, Ashley N. Philbrick, Frank J. Louws, Frank J. Louws

“…To explore the genetic composition and underlying factors of fungal virulence and pathogenicity, we sequenced the genomes of seven isolates of Colletotrichum spp.: three from the C. acutatum and four from the C. gloeosporioides. …”
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Anaerobic metabolism promotes breast cancer survival via Histone-3 Lysine-18 lactylation mediating PPARD axis by Ying Xu, Weiwei Meng, Yingqi Dai, Lin Xu, Ning Ding, Jinqing Zhang, Xuewei Zhuang

“…Our study demonstrated that changes in H3K18la in BC and its downstream transcription factor PPARD support cell survival under anaerobic glycolysis conditions. PPARD accelerated cancer proliferation by promoting the transcription and phosphorylation of AKT. …”
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Genetic parameters for lifetime productivity in Holstein and Brown Swiss dairy cows in Honduras by Karen Alessa Copas-Medina, Manuel Valladares-Rodas, Juan José Baeza-Rodríguez, José Candelario Segura-Correa, Juan Magaña-Monforte

“…Materials and methods. Cattle were raised under tropical conditions and intensive management. …”
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Integrated Management of Spot Blotch Disease of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem by Deepak Kumar, Ramji Singh, Durga Prasad, Ajay Tomar

“…Field investigations were carried out from December to April for two consecutive crop seasons, 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 for the evaluation of fungitoxicants, botanicals, bio-agents, and micronutrients against spot blotch of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under the field conditions. The wheat genotypes were inoculated with an aqueous solution of the pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana, which contained approximately 105 conidia ml-1. …”
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Various Specialties of Medical Practice (Literature Review and Expert Council Resolution) by V. T. Ivashkin, V. V. Fomin, O. N. Tkacheva, O. S. Medvedev, E. A. Poluektova, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. R. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, A. Yu. Baranovsky, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, K. V. Ivashkin, I. L. Kliaritskaia, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammaev, R. V. Maslennikov, R. G. Myazin, M. V. Perekalina, A. V. Povtoreyko, A. I. Ulyanin, M. V. Fadeeva, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin

“…These goals can be achieved within the framework of Federal programs under the supervision of specialized reference centers of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.…”
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An AI-based approach to predict delivery outcome based on measurable factors of pregnant mothers. by Michael Owusu-Adjei, James Ben Hayfron-Acquah, Twum Frimpong, Abdul-Salaam Gaddafi

“…Prediction accuracy score of area under the curve obtained show Gradient Boosting classifier achieved 91% accuracy, Logistic Regression 93% and Random Forest 91%. …”
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Environmental Governance Challenges of Indigenous Forest Recognition: Climate Solution Ideal and Its Uneven Outcomes in Indonesia by Abdurrahman Abdullah, Micah R. Fisher, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide

“…While environmental justice movements should continue to advocate for Indigeneity and forest and land recognition, more attention should be given to their underlying strategies and the implications of doing so. …”
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Self-citation pattern among world's top 2 % of the scientists by Berun A. Abdalla, Ayman M. Mustafa, Fattah H. Fattah, Fahmi H. Kakamad, Sami S. Omar, Ameer M. Salih, Aso S. Muhialdeen, Jaafar Omer Ahmed, Rawa Bapir, Shvan H. Mohammed, Karokh K. Mohammed, Hiwa O. Baba, Sasan M. Ahmed, Shevan M. Mustafa, Kayhan A. Najar

“…Although self-citation is a common practice among scholars, its impact and significance remain under scrutiny within the academic community. The current study aimed to provide a detailed analysis and ranking of the top 2 % scientists on self-citation, ranked by Stanford University researchers. …”
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ACCESSING FINANCE FOR INNOVATIVE EU SMES – KEY DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES by Laura Vasilescu

“…SMEs are crucial for helping economies to restructure quickly in response to changing economic, social and market conditions, under the impact of international financial crisis. …”
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LEVEL OF PROCALCITONIN PLASMA AS AN EARLY SEPSIS BIOMARKER IN POLYTRAUMA PATIENTS IN DR HASAN SADIKIN GENERAL HOSPITAL BANDUNG by Ricky Wibowo, Hermawan Nagar Rasyid, Darmadji Ismono

“…Based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve showed the level of procalcitonin was given in the area under curve (AUC) 0.96 with Confidence Interval 0.923-1.00 (p < 0.05). …”
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Preschoolers' prosocial behavior in groups—Testing effects of dominance, popularity, and friendship by Anne Katerkamp, Lisa Horn

“…Our findings suggest that sharing and helping have similar as well as different antecedents and underlying motivations and depend on social relationships between the children. …”
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Reaching the Peripheral Regional Growth Centre by Jörgen Gren

“…Indeed, it seems as if infrastructure investments under the Structural Funds have actually been quite successful in reducing the gap between core and periphery. …”
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Applicability of a computer retinal model for scale-dependent investigation of legibility problems by Gábor Dömötör, András Horváth

“…Although the simulation is imperfect, the software can perform significantly more measurements than human experiments with higher uniformity and give reproducible legibility information about significantly more fonts in various circumstances.In addition to the two scaling methods used in the literature (x-height, font-height), the tests are also performed with two other self-developed scaling methods, which provide a fairer comparison in the case of non-standard character types.This paper contains the legibility measurement results for 22 fonts under various simulated scenarios. The derived font ranking aligns closely with findings from prior human-based studies, demonstrating the robustness and reliability of the proposed method. …”
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The relationship between weight-adjusted waist index and peripheral artery disease by Zhe Wu, Yang Liu, Bin Wang

“…Additionally, the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was used to evaluate the predictive ability of WWI for PAD.ResultsA total of 5,686 participants were included in the study, of whom 476 had PAD and 5,210 did not. …”
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Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid levels of D-lactate, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6, -8, and -17 in suspected nosocomial meningitis by Sibel Yorulmaz Goktas, Arzu Yılmaztepe Oral, Emel Yılmaz, Emin Halis Akalın, Furkan Guvenc, Guven Ozkaya, Hasan Kocaeli, Seref Dogan, Selcuk Yılmazlar, Haluk Barbaros Oral

“…In pleocytosis (without meningitis) CSF samples and in nosocomial meningitis CSF samples, the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was calculated for triple combination model of IL-6, IL-8 and D-lactate levels (AUC 0.801, P < 0.001) and double combination model of IL-6 and IL-8 (AUC 0.790, P < 0.001). …”
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AN APPRAISAL OF NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY THRUST FROM 1960-2023 by SUNNY MENE PIATE, EMMANUEL SUNDAY, BARILEDUM KIA

“…The utility of the Decision-making model is that it seeks to uncover the underlying motivations and values that push decision makers towards preference a certain course of action.  …”
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