Prevalence of schistosomiasis and associated risk factors among residents of Ndikinimeki district, Central Cameroon Region by Mr Bienvenu Balifeli, Ms Laurelle Djieukap Njieyap, Dr Alvine Christelle Kegne Fokam, Mr Fru Chi Tchampo, Pr Chinyere Ukaga, Dr Herman Parfait Awono Parfait, Pr Jeannette Tombi

“…Discussion: The lack of drinking water in this locality pushes people to use surface water for their domestic activities. This would contribute to an infestation risk. …”
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Fabrication of high-quality microlens arrays on fused silica based on combined rapid evaporative ablation and precision melting polishing of CO2 lasers by Zixiao Zhang, Hongqin Lei, Jian Cheng, Qiang Zhao, Xinxin He, Linjie Zhao, Mingjun Chen, Jinghe Wang

“…The second step is to precisely polish and shape the flat-topped MPAs into the dome-topped MLAs with good surface roughness (Sa) by low-energy density CO2 lasers. …”
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Fast Warming Over the Mongolian Plateau a Catalyst for Extreme Rainfall Over North China by Jun Gu, Chun Zhao, Mingyue Xu, Yuanyuan Ma, Zhiyuan Hu, Chen Jin, Jianping Guo, Tao Geng, Wenju Cai

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The effectiveness analysis of traditional and new landscape indexes in indicating flood risk of watersheds from the perspective of source-sink landscapes: A case study of Changsha,... by Lingxuan Zhang, Sheng Jiao, Jie Lu

“…The modified index demonstrated average correlation coefficients of 0.87 and 0.53 with surface runoff and high-risk flood areas, compared to 0.69 and 0.25 for traditional indexes, highlighting its superior effectiveness in indicating flood risk. …”
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Trema Orientalis (L.) extract and evaluation of their antibacterial activity by Richa Das, Pradeep Kumar, Amit Kumar Singh, Shreni Agrawal, Salim Albukhaty, Indrani Bhattacharya, Kavindra Nath Tiwari, Sunil Kumar Mishra, Amit Kumar Tripathi, Faizah A. AlMalki, Azalldeen Kazal Alzubaidi, Wasan J. Al-Kaabi, Vishnu D. Rajput, Zaidon T. Al-aqbi

“…The investigation using atomic force microscopy (AFM) measured the average roughness, maximum height, and valley depth of AgNPs. …”
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Mechanical response behavior, constitutive modeling and microstructural evolution of a 7003-T6 Al alloy rolled plate under high-speed impact loading by Pengcheng Guo, Sawei Qiu, Tuo Ye, Xiao Liu, Biwu Zhu, Yuanzhi Wu, Luoxing Li

“…The correlation coefficient R and average relative error AARE are 97.45 % and 1.51 %, respectively. …”
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Maternal transfer and sex-differences in brain bioaccumulation for Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) exposed to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances by Kenneth N. Kikanme, Adcharee Karnjanapiboonwong, Rameshkumar Angappan, Nicole M. Dennis, Farzana Hossain, Jamie G. Suski, Christopher J. Salice, Todd A. Anderson

“…Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are highly persistent chemicals commonly found in surface protectants, and class B aqueous film forming foams (AFFF), and many other consumer and industrial products. …”
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Monitoring and warning system and deformation rate threshold determining method for open-pit mine slopes by Liu HAN, Xiangchen CHEN, Dan WANG, Jisen SHU, GERSON S V Tovele

“…Taking gravity landslides as the research object, based on the characteristics of the cumulative displacement time curve, they are classified into three types: gradual, sudden, and stable; According to the shape of the sliding surface, it can be divided into two categories: circular sliding and planar sliding. …”
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POSSIBILITIES OF DIAGNOSIS OF RADIATION INJURIES AND REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS AFTER COMBINED TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT TUMORS OF THE BREAST by A. V. Kondakov, M. E. Borodina, O. V. Andrianov, N. I. Rozhkova

“…This method allows to visualize the state of the heat balance on the surface of the skin and evaluate the impact of means of rehabilitation of the thermal regime of post-operative area. …”
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Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles using Extract of Cynodon dactylon and Assessment of their Biological Activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli by Henry Uzoma Anuforo, Toochukwu Ekwutosi Ogbulie, Angela Chika Udebuani, Ethelbert Uchechukwu Ezeji

“…Dynamic light scatering (DLS) analysis of the ZnONPs showed that its average size was 35.34±1.64 nm, and the polydispersity index was 0.6335. …”
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Appropriate seeding rate facilitates the simultaneous enhancement of population yield and lodging resistance in direct-seeded rice by Dongsheng Gai, Yuxin Wang, Haipeng Li, Boting Shi, Yong Liu, Qiang Zhang, Yanqiu Geng, Dongming Ji, Liying Guo, Xiwen Shao

“…S135 also diminished the average diameter, volume, and surface area of the root system, exacerbating root lodging and yield losses.DiscussionTherefore, the seeding rate S105 represents the optimal choice for simultaneously enhancing high yield and lodging resistance in direct-seeded rice, offering a theoretical basis for rational plant density management in direct-seeded rice cultivation.…”
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supDQN: Supervised Rewarding Strategy Driven Deep Q-Network for sEMG Signal Decontamination by Ashutosh Jena, Naveen Gehlot, Rajesh Kumar, Ankit Vijayvargiya, Mahipal Bukya

“…It applies one of three filters to decontaminate a 1 sec long surface electromyography signal, which is dynamically contaminated. …”
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Water–saving irrigation combined with N–loaded clinoptilolite enhances nutrient yield, and water productivity by improving rice root characteristics: A combined PCA–SEM analysis... by Yang Sun, Qi Wu, Daocai Chi, Hongyang Chen, Suyun Zhu, Qingliang Liu

“…N–loaded clinoptilolite under IAWD increased root surface area by 12.6 %, average root diameter by 14.2 %, and root volume by 13.8 %. …”
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Watershed scale soil moisture estimation model using machine learning and remote sensing in a data-scarce context by Marcelo Bueno, Carlos Baca García, Nilton Montoya, Pedro Rau, Hildo Loayza

“…However, coarser temporal aggregations (7 to 10 days) yielded an average 0.98 correlation coefficient, regardless of saturation conditions. …”
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Commercial chip-based tunneling magnetoresistance sensor for green-synthesized magnetic nanoparticles assay by Pinaka Elda Swastika, Harlina Ardiyanti, Zurnansyah, Deska Lismawenning Puspitarum, Nurul Imani Istiqomah, Nur Aji Wibowo, Edi Suharyadi

“…All sample have a face-centered cubic inverse spinel structure with average grain size of 10.3 nm, 9.2 nm and 6.1 nm for Fe3O4, CoFe2O4 and MnFe2O4, respectively. …”
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Determination of Active Pharmaceutical Substances Dissolution Rate by Laser Light Diffraction Method by E. V. Uspenskaya, I. V. Kazymova, T. V. Pleteneva, T. E. Elizarova, A. V. Syroeshkin

“…Precision was estimated based on the results of 18 measurements, the coefficient of variation was 8 %, the relative error of average 4 %. Linearity was determined (correlation coefficient R = 0.992). …”
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Accuracy of individual mandibular motion records using intraoral scanner for fixed implant- supported prosthesis designs: a comparative study by Bundhit Jirajariyavej, Panchanit Ounvorawong, Suchaya Pornprasertsuk-Damrongsri, Porntida Visuttiwattanakorn, Salisa Sriyarun, Pobploy Petchmedyai

“…CAD/CAM advancements, including virtual articulators, enable dynamic occlusion analysis using either average-value settings or individualized mandibular movement data, depending on the system used. …”
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Synthesis and Antibacterial Evaluation of Silver-Coated Magnetic Iron Oxide/Activated Carbon Nanoparticles Derived from <i>Hibiscus esculentus</i> by Müslüm Güneş, Erdal Ertaş, Seyhmus Tumur, Parvin Zulfugarova, Fidan Nuriyeva, Taras Kavetskyy, Yuliia Kukhazh, Pavlo Grozdov, Ondrej Šauša, Oleh Smutok, Dashgin Ganbarov, Arnold Kiv

“…Activated carbon (AC) derived from <i>Hibiscus esculentus</i> (HE) fruit was coated onto the nanoparticle surfaces to fabricate MIONPs/HEAC nanocomposites. To augment their antimicrobial properties, silver ions were chemically reduced and deposited onto the MIONPs/HEAC surface, yielding MIONPs/HEAC@Ag nanocomposites. …”
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Improved Pacific Decadal Oscillation Prediction by an Optimizing Model Combined Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory and Multiple Modal Decomposition by Hang Yu, Junbo Lei, Pengfei Lin, Tao Zhang, Hailong Liu, Huilin Lai, Lindong Lai, Bowen Zhao, Bo Wu

“…The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), as the dominant mode of decadal sea surface temperature variability in the North Pacific, exhibits both interannual and decadal fluctuations that significantly influence global climate. …”
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Phytoplankton as CO₂ Sinks: Redirecting the Carbon Cycle by Basilio Zafrilla, Laura Matarredona, María-José Bonete, Guillermo Zafrilla, Julia Esclapez

“…Based on a review of the available literature, an average production rate of 17 g/m²·day has been proposed for phytoplankton cultivation in horizontal PBRs. …”
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