Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream. by Rubarema, Paul

“…There has been an increasing contamination of surface water sources due to poor methods of waste disposal around Mbarara city and Uganda at large. …”
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Generosity and Solidarity -A Biblical Contribution and Perspective in Response to Poverty in Africa. by Rugyendo, Medard

“…Thus this is a bible- based article on two cultural values that could contribute towards reducing poverty but with other sources beyond the holy bible. …”
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A Feasibility Study for Clinical Implementation of hypo fractionated SBRT Program at a Clinic in an LMIC Using Locally Designed Lung Phantom by Abigail N.M. Quaye, MPhil, Eric C.D.K. Addison, PhD, Ernest Osei, PhD, Afua A. Yorke, PhD

“…The near maximum (D2%), mean, V5, V10, V15, and V20 values were used as the dose metrics to evaluate the dose to the lung. …”
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The Acoustic Index User's Guide: A practical manual for defining, generating and understanding current and future acoustic indices by Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Brad Duthie, Carlos Abrahams, Matyáš Adam, Ross J. Barnett, Amy Beeston, Jennifer Darby, Benedict Dell, Nick Gardner, Amandine Gasc, Becky Heath, Nia Howells, Magnus Janson, Maria‐Viktoria Kyoseva, Thomas Luypaert, Oliver C. Metcalf, Anna E. Nousek‐McGregor, Frederica Poznansky, Samuel R. P.‐J. Ross, Sarab Sethi, Siobhan Smyth, Emily Waddell, Jérémy S. P. Froidevaux

“…Currently, the specifics of each index's background, methodology and the soundscape patterns they are designed to summarise, are spread across multiple sources. Critically, details of index calculation are sometimes scarce, making it challenging for users to understand how index values are generated. …”
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Fires and volcanic activity: History of fire in the Mexico basin during late Pleistocene based on carbonized material records in the Chalco lake by Rodrigo Martínez-Abarca, Socorro Lozano-García, Beatriz Ortega-Guerrero, Margarita Caballero-Miranda

“…Fires before and after the TTH were frequent, local and intense in comparison with fires reconstructed before or after the PTF and PTS events. CHAR values were lower during the more widespread PTF event, than for the local TTH event, although the highest CHAR values were recorded for the most distant, regional, and intense PTS event. …”
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Environmental Contamination and Mining Impact: Physico-Chemical and Biological Characterization of Propolis as an Indicator of Pollution in the Roșia Montană Area, Romania by Mirel Glevitzky, Roxana Bostan, Mihaela Laura Vică, Gabriela-Alina Dumitrel, Mihai-Teopent Corcheş, Maria Popa, Ioana Glevitzky, Horea-Vladi Matei

“…It starts by analyzing the sources of pollution and its effects on soil, vegetation, water, and wildlife (propolis produced by honey bees living in natural environments). …”
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Alanine transferase test results and exploration of threshold adjustment strategies for blood donors in Shenzhen, China by ZHENG Xin, XUE Yuanye, WANG Haobiao, WU Litiao, LI Ran, DANG Yingnan, CHEN Tingting, XU Xiaoxuan, ZENG Xuezhen, ZENG Jinfeng

“…The 95th percentile of ALT values was calculated as 61.4 U/L (male: 67.8 U/L, female: 39.3 U/L) for blood donors and 58.1 U/L (male: 63.7 U/L, female: 51.2 U/L) for the general population. …”
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Elimination of nickel ions in a packed column using clamshell waste as an adsorbent by S. Baskar, K. R. Aswin Sidhaarth, L. Mangaleshwaran, Sivarama Krishna Lakkaboyana, Herri Trilaksana, Reddi Mohan Naidu Kalla, Jaewoong Lee, Leonard I. Atanase, Mohsin Kazi, Seepana Praveenkumar

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Long-term interleukin-6 levels and subsequent risk of coronary heart disease: two new prospective studies and a systematic review. by John Danesh, Stephen Kaptoge, Andrea G Mann, Nadeem Sarwar, Angela Wood, Sara B Angleman, Frances Wensley, Julian P T Higgins, Lucy Lennon, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Ann Rumley, Peter H Whincup, Gordon D O Lowe, Vilmundur Gudnason

“…The year-to-year variability of IL-6 values within individuals was relatively high (regression dilution ratios of 0.41, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.28-0.53, over 4 y, and 0.35, 95% CI 0.23-0.48, over 12 y). …”
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Analysis of definition «social responsibility» and its intergrated interpretation in pharmacy by N. О. Tkachenko

“…Transformation of social values and priorities requires a change in management practices, ensuring the integration of principles, methods and SR instruments in the activity of pharmaceutical companies. …”
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A retrospective study using machine learning to develop predictive model to identify rotavirus-associated acute gastroenteritis in children by Sourav Paul, Minhazur Rahman, Anutee Dolley, Kasturi Saikia, Chongtham Shyamsunder Singh, Arifullah Mohammed, Ghazala Muteeb, Rosy Sarmah, Nima D. Namsa

“…Feature selection using ANOVA F test is carried out to find the feature importance values and finally obtain the reduced feature subset. …”
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A general spectral bandpass adjustment function (SBAF) for harmonizing landsat-sentinel over inland and coastal waters by Thainara M.A. Lima, Vitor S. Martins, Rejane S. Paulino, Cassia B. Caballero, Daniel A. Maciel, Claudia Giardino

“…Due to water's inherently low reflectance values, small differences in the relative spectral responses (RSR) between the two sensors can result in significant discrepancies in water reflectance retrievals. …”
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Load-Bearing Capacity of Klein’s Ceiling Under Fire Conditions by Katarzyna Rzeszut, Bartosz Gościński

“…In addition, this article presents an original method for determining the temperature profiles of individual elements of Klein’s ceilings, based on numerical methods, to determine their reduced values of material properties. The temperature profiles included in this study take into account both different construction variants of Klein’s ceilings and different ways of finishing the lower surface of these ceilings. …”
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Aortic stiffness after living kidney donation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kevin D Burns, Rosendo A Rodriguez, Mohsen Agharazii, Ann Bugeja, Edward G Clark, Kylie McNeill

“…Yearly changes in cf-PWV postnephrectomy were similar to age-adjusted reference values in healthy normotensive individuals (p=0.76).Conclusions Aortic stiffness increases independent of BP 1 year after kidney donation, but the long-term effects seem minimal. …”
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Long-term management effects on depth gradients of 13C, 15N and C/N ratio in agricultural soils by Laura E. Skadell, Florian Schneider, Sara L. Bauke, Wulf Amelung, Axel Don

“…Mineral fertilisation reduced the δ15N values in topsoil (−0.12 ‰), while the application of FYM increased them (+0.53 ‰), indicating different N sources. …”
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An Analysis of the Barriers of Rational Education on Habermas's Perspective based on the Theory of Communicative Action by Akram LotfiZadeh, Reza Ali Nowrozi, Reza Mohammadi Chaboki

“…In this regard, firstly, data collection and sampling from reliable sources have been done, and then qualitative data analysis has been done to achieve the research objectives. …”
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Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of serovar Choleraesuis in a Salmonella outbreak in central-western Albania by Liljana Lufo, Gjena Dura, Andon Çuko, Luigj Turmalaj

“…Three isolates were observed to display MAR index values >0.2 indicating high-risk contaminated sources with frequent use of antibiotics. …”
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Identification of fecal microbes as potential biomarkers for early diagnosis of fatty liver disease in cattle by Haoming Sun, Tingjun Liu, Xuyang Song, Sadiq. M. S. Shah, Qin Zhang, Kerong Shi

“…In this study, faeces-sourced microorganisms and microbial proteins were identified and testified as novel biomarkers for the early diagnosis of fatty liver disease in cattle. …”
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Reconstructing medieval diets through the integration of stable isotope and proteomic analyses from two European burial sites by A. Pedergnana, J. Grossmann, R. Turck, A. Goujon, F. Rühli, S. Wilkin, P. Eppenberger, C. Lehn

“…Proteomic analyses revealed dietary proteins from animal and plant sources, including peptides unique to the Fabaceae and Pentapetalae families. …”
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Biocolorants extracted from native Cerrado fruits applied in biodegradable packaging: A sustainable and natural alternative by Jaqueline Ferreira Silva, Carmen Torres Guedes, Eloize da Silva Alves, Suelen Siqueira dos Santos, Grasiele Scaramal Madrona, Diogo Francisco Rossoni, Mônica Regina da Silva Scapim

“…Fruits from the Cerrado biome are rich sources of bioactive compounds, including antioxidants and antimicrobials, making them valuable for human health, functional foods, and active packaging development. …”
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