Water Chemical Characteristics and Irrigation Suitability of Surface Water in Areas Around Yuelu Mountain in Xiangjiang River Basin by Zhong Qiao, Xiao Xiong, Zhang Cicheng, Zhang Xinping, Li Jiajie, Wang Dizhou, Yu Zhengliang, Liu Na

“…[Methods] The study was conducted in the area around Yuelu Mountain. Water samples of precipitation, mountainous creek water, and Xiangjiang River water were collected from December 2020 to November 2021. …”
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3D Reconstruction and Deformation Detection of Rescue Shaft Based on RGB-D Camera by Hairong Gu, Bokai Liu, Lishun Sun, Mostak Ahamed, Jia Luo

“…This framework enhances the precision and efficiency of rescue operations, offering a robust tool for real-time decision-making in mining emergencies.…”
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Impact of Tumor Size on Prolactinoma Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes: A Study of a Tunisian Cohort by Mouna Elleuch, Hamdi Frikha, Fatma Loukil, Khouloud Boujelben, Dhouha Ben Salah, Nabila Mejdoub Rekik

“…<b>Results:</b> The mean age of our patients was 38.3 ± 14.2 years. The sample comprised 51 women (66.2%) and 26 men (33.7%). …”
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Development and validation of the climate change-related reproductive concerns scale (CCRCS) by Matteo Innocenti, Gabriele Santarelli, Chiara Comerci, Niccolò Carluccio, Enrico Anzaghi, Chiara Cadeddu

“…Introduction: As global concerns about climate change intensify, emerging research reveals a link between climate change anxiety and individuals' decisions regarding parenthood. More people are choosing not to have children due to worries about their carbon footprint or the future implications of climate change on their offspring. …”
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Raman spectral band imaging for the diagnostics and classification of canine and feline cutaneous tumors by Mindaugas Tamošiūnas, Martynas Maciulevičius, Romans Maļiks, Diāna Dupļevska, Daira Viškere, Ilze Matīse-van Houtana, Roberts Kadiķis, Blaž Cugmas, Renaldas Raišutis

“…Initially, Raman spectral bands (with specificity to certain molecular structures and functional groups) were identified in formalin-fixed samples of mast cell tumors and soft tissue sarcomas, obtained through routine veterinary biopsy submissions. …”
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Assessing Senior High School Students’ Critical Thinking Skills on Global Warming in Samarinda by Muliati Syam, Shelly Efwinda, Dinda Ar-Rizalah Pujie Rahmayana Putri, Habibah Habibah, Abdul Hakim, Puardmi Damayanti

“…The population in this study was all grade X high school students in Samarinda City, and a sample of 5 schools with details of 3 public and two private high schools totaled 274 students. …”
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Developing an experimental model of early knee osteoarthritis after medial meniscus posterior root release: an in vivo study by Lika Dzidzishvili, Irene Isabel López‐Torres, Carlos Carnero Guerrero, Emilio Calvo

“…Such considerations may have a positive impact on clinical decision‐making and subsequent patient‐reported clinical outcomes. …”
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Lithological mapping and spectroscopic studies of carbonatite and clinopyroxenite from Hogenakkal carbonatite complex, India by Saraah Imran, Sourav Bhattacharjee, Ajanta Goswami, Aniket Chakrabarty

“…Petrography, Raman spectroscopy of minerals, and spectroradiometric measurements of rock samples support the interpretations derived from Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree, and Random Forest algorithms, thereby aiding in the identification of lithological variations and potential clinopyroxenite occurrences. …”
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Conditional Random Field-Based Incremental Auto Scaling Algorithm to Enhance Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Computing by George Fernandez, Arunkumar Gopu, S. P. Abirami, B. Misha Chandar, T. Poongodi, B. Arunkumar

“…The evaluation of the CRF-IASA is done with a help of the following sample workflows: A Cybershake 1000, Montage 1000, LIGO 1000 and Epigenome 997. …”
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Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Downstream effects on maternal and infant health (CUPiD): a protocol for a birth cohort pilot study by Mark C Walker, Darine El-Chaâr, Daniel J Corsi, Malia S Q Murphy, Ruth Rennicks White, Serine Ramlawi, Alysha L J Dingwall-Harvey, Laura M Gaudet, Amy McGee, Amanda DeGrace, Christina Cantin

“…Participants will provide demographic and socioeconomic data, report their cannabis use patterns, and provide biological samples. Biological samples include maternal and infant urine and blood, breastmilk/chestmilk, cord blood, cord tissue, placenta and meconium. …”
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Limited Impact of Drone Transport of Blood on Platelet Activation by Nico Callewaert, Inge Pareyn, Tessa Acke, Brian Desplinter, Kyana Van de Pitte, Joke Van Vooren, Mathieu De Meyer, Ellen Seeldraeyers, Frank Peeters, Simon F De Meyer, Karen Vanhoorelbeke, Claudia Tersteeg

“…The rapid transportation of blood samples and blood products using drones has high potential in the medical sector. …”
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Performance in Multi-Joint Force-Plate Assessments in Male and Female CrossFit^® Athletes by James R. Jowsey, G. Gregory Haff, Paul Comfort, Nicholas Joel Ripley

“…The descriptive data presented could be used by CrossFit^® coaches to assess and compare the current performance of their own athletes in a battery of tests examining CMJ, CMR-J and IMTP, while also facilitating decisions upon prescription within training and competition.…”
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The Emergence of Responsible Auditors in the Context of Cognitive Dissonance: Applying Grounded Theory to Expectation Convergence by Saeid Samimi

“…Hence, the standard's tone must be changed to increase social interest, help make decisions, and provide information to anticipate coming events and the standard must be formulated based on the environmental conditions and stakeholders' expectations. …”
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SNUH methylation classifier for CNS tumors by Kwanghoon Lee, Jaemin Jeon, Jin Woo Park, Suwan Yu, Jae-Kyung Won, Kwangsoo Kim, Chul-Kee Park, Sung-Hye Park

“…When applied to 193 unknown SNUH methylation data samples, SNUH-MC notably improved diagnosis compared to DKFZ-MC v11b4. …”
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Noncommunicable diseases: a silent epidemic in occupied palestine: results from the world health organization STEPS survey 2022 by Salwa Massad, Mervett Isbeih, Marwa Owess, Heba Fouad, Khalid Abu Saman, Sally Issawi, Shannon Barkley, Nancy Falah, Stefan Savin, Patricia Rarau, Richard Peeperkorn

“…A three-stage stratified cluster sampling method was used to randomly select a sample of 5,775 adults from 525 enumeration areas, comprising 3,135 individuals from the West Bank and 2,640 from the Gaza Strip. …”
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Correlates associated with health insurance on cervical cancer screening in Tanzania: a comparison between the insured and uninsured women using demographic and health survey 2022 by Malale Tungu, Pankras Luoga, Amani Anaeli, Tumaini Nyamhanga

“…The study analyzed the information from a total sample of 15,254 women. In the analysis, all data were weighted using individual women sample weight to account for complex sampling design and non-response rate. …”
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Fostering an Inclusive Academic Workforce: Assessing the Impact of Age, Ethnic and Educational Diversity on Employee Performance by Padam Bahadur Lama, Prem Bahadur Budhathoki, Hari Prasad Ojha

“…The findings of this research can contribute to enhancing the current literature and create a benchmark for academic institutions, policymakers, and other key stakeholders to endorse informed decisions for promoting an inclusive workforce.…”
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What do women want in pharmacy-based HIV prevention services during pregnancy? Developing attributes and levels for a discrete choice experiment in Western Kenya by Melissa Latigo Mugambi, Annabell Dollah, Rosebel Ouda, Nancy Oyugi, Ben O. Odhiambo, Mary M. Marwa, Judith Nyakina, John Kinuthia, Bryan J. Weiner, Grace John-Stewart, Ruanne Vanessa Barnabas, Brett Hauber

“…We conducted debriefing meetings and analyzed these reports to identify and refine the essential attributes that would influence decisions to access HIV prevention services from a pharmacy during pregnancy. …”
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Method selection affects the estimates of residency and site fidelity in bottlenose dolphins: testing sensitivity and performance of different methods using mark-resight data by Israel Huesca-Domínguez, Eduardo Morteo, Luis Gerardo Abarca-Arenas, Brian C. Balmer, Tara M. Cox, Christian A. Delfín-Alfonso, Isabel C. Hernández-Candelario

“…Our results contribute to the ongoing discussion on methodological implications for the interpretation of ecological patterns, facilitating a nuanced understanding of population dynamics, aiding scientists, and conservation agencies in making informed decisions for bottlenose dolphin populations worldwide.…”
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Length–Weight Relationship and Spatiotemporal Distribution Pattern of Three Schizothoracinae Fishes Along the Nujiang River in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China by Mingdian Liu, Weitong Xu, Fengyue Zhu, Xinbin Duan, Shaoping Liu, Daqing Chen

“…The study of the growth and distribution patterns of schizothoracinae fishes can support guiding policy decisions about the conservation of aquatic species and ecological habitats in the QTP. …”
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