A Review of Effluent Water Quality Standards for Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plants: International Comparison and Recommendations for Domestic Standard Improvements by Soeun Kang, Yujin Go, Suyeon Kim, Dayeon Lee, Bonyoung Koo, Sokhee P. Jung

“…Advanced technologies, inspired by Germany’s combined heat and power (CHP) systems and Japan’s biogas utilization methods, should be introduced. Ultimately, active governmental policy and financial support are crucial for developing and commercializing microbial electrochemical systems (MES) that convert wastewater directly into energy. …”
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Contemporary Patterns of Care for Low-Grade Glioma in Australia and New Zealand by Meghana Maddula, Nicholas McNamee, Hui K. Gan, Laveniya Satgunaseelan, Eng-Siew Koh, Catherine H. Han, Subotheni Thavaneswaran

“…Conclusions: This study describes current management practices for LGGs in Australia and New Zealand, showing ongoing variation and a cautious approach to integrating IDH inhibitors. …”
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Masked and Noise-Masked Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Using SegFormer and Shared Encoder Framework by K. Hemalatha, P. R. Vishnu Vardhan, Alfred Dharmaraj Aravindraj, S. Hari Hara Sudhan

“…Evaluation on Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS2020) challenge dataset demonstrates that MNMS outperforms conventional convolutional neural network (CNN) based methods, achieving superior accuracy and Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) scores. …”
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Key performance indicators in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): protocol for a systematic review by Sean M Bagshaw, Eddy Fan, Gurmeet Singh, Oleksa Rewa, Janice Y Kung, Manuel Tisminetzky, Roman Nepomuceno, Ken Kuljit Singh Parhar

“…There remains a significant practice variation in its application. This systematic review will assess the evidence for key performance indicators (KPIs) in ECMO.Methods and analysis We will search Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and the Cochrane Library including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and databases from the National Information Center of Health Services Research and Health Care Technology, for studies involving KPIs in ECMO. …”
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Burden of diseases attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Saeid Safiri, Jessica A. Grieger, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Asra Fazlollahi, Mark J. M. Sullman, Nahid Karamzad, Fikrettin Sahin, Kuljit Singh, Gary S. Collins, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

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Jump around: Selecting Markov Chain Monte Carlo parameters and diagnostics for improved food web model quality and ecosystem representation by Gemma Gerber, Ursula M. Scharler

“…The extent of data variability eventually integrated into an ensemble depends on how well the LIM-MCMC algorithm samples the solution space. …”
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A fusion analytic framework for investigating functional brain connectivity differences using resting-state fMRI by Yeseul Jeon, Jeong-Jae Kim, SuMin Yu, Junggu Choi, Sanghoon Han, Sanghoon Han

“…Nonetheless, interconnections among ROIs provide essential insights into brain activity and exhibit unique characteristics across groups.MethodsTo address these challenges, we propose an interpretable fusion analytic framework to identify and understand ROI connectivity differences between two groups, revealing their distinctive features. …”
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Metrological studies of the characteristics of multilayer surface coatings using synchrotron radiation by A. S. Sigov, O. A. Minaeva, S. I. Anevsky, A. M. Lebedev, R. V. Minaev

“…The main research were carried out at electron storage rings «Siberia-1» (Kurchatov Institute) and MLS (PTB, Berlin) with low electron energy, in a wide wavelength range, including visible range, AUV, VU, EUV and to exclude the X-ray radiation influence. The methods of the radiometers, photodiodes, filters and multilayer mirrors characteristics measurements are based on the synchrotron  radiation  absolute spectral characteristics and accelerated electrons number variation. …”
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Performance measures of the medical priority dispatch system in an urban basic life support system by Vittorio Nicoletta, Maxime Robitaille-Fortin, Valérie Bélanger, Éric Mercier, Jessica Harrisson

“…Additionally, we examined variations across chief complaints to identify high overtriage and undertriage medical conditions. …”
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Value-based healthcare in Latin America: a survey of 70 healthcare provider organisations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico by Pedro Ramos, Marcia Makdisse, Daniel Malheiro, Marcelo Katz, Luisa Novoa, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Jose Henrique Germann Ferreira, Sidney Klajner

“…This study aim was to investigate how HPOs in five Latin American countries are implementing VBHC.Design Mixed-methods research was conducted using online questionnaire, semistructured interviews based on selected elements of the value agenda (from December 2018 to June 2020), analyses of aggregated data and documents. …”
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AI-derived CT biomarker score for robust COVID-19 mortality prediction across multiple waves and regions using machine learning by Kristof De Smet, Dieter De Smet, Peter De Jaeger, Jannes Dewitte, Geert Antoine Martens, Nico Buls, Johan De Mey

“…Various machine learning methods were trained and compared for diagnostic performance after data preprocessing and feature selection. …”
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Unveiling geological complexity in the Serra Dourada Granite using self-organizing maps and hierarchical clustering: Insights for REE prospecting in the Goiás Tin Province, Brasíli... by Guilherme Ferreira da Silva, Marcos Vinícius Ferreira, Lucy Takehara Chemale, Igor Vasconcelos Santana, Nilson Francisquini Botelho

“…This methodology enabled us to identify distinct geological units with greater accuracy and resolution than traditional methods such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA). …”
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Unseen threats: A systematic review and meta-analysis of pharmaceutical bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems by Karthikeyan SUBRAMANIAN, Anandhi SELVARAJ, Shanthi PERIYASAMY, Karthikeyan THANDAPANI, Arbind K. CHOUDHARY

“…Additionally, the study sought to evaluate associated ecological risks and provide actionable recommendations for environmental policy and monitoring. Material and Methods. Following PRISMA 2020 guidelines, a comprehensive literature search was conducted across PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. …”
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Comparative Effects of Macroalgal Extracts on Tomato Plant Growth and Fruit Quality by Damiano Spagnuolo, Domenico Prisa, Anupam Kundu, Maria Grazia De Michele, Valentino Russo, Giuseppa Genovese

“…These findings underscore the importance of algal species and extraction methods in tailoring biofertilisers for target fruit qualities. …”
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Mixed effects analysis of factors associated with health insurance coverage among women in sub-Saharan Africa. by Hubert Amu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Robert Kokou Dowou, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Kwaku Kissah-Korsah

“…Given that there is a paucity of empirical literature at the sub-regional level, we examined the prevalence and factors associated with health insurance coverage among women in in sub-Saharan Africa.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We analysed cross-sectional data of 307,611 reproductive-aged women from the most recent demographic and health surveys of 24 sub-Saharan African countries. …”
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What's on the menu? Examining native apex‐ and invasive meso‐predator diets to understand impacts on ecosystems by Rachel T. Mason, Anthony R. Rendall, Robin D. Sinclair, Angela J. L. Pestell, Euan G. Ritchie

“…Our findings suggest that ongoing conservation management of dingoes, red foxes and feral cats must consider the variation in diets, impacts on prey and ecological roles of these different predator species, and avoid indiscriminate lethal control methods. …”
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Evaluating Soil Degradation in Agricultural Soil with Ground-Penetrating Radar: A Systematic Review of Applications and Challenges by Filipe Adão, Luís Pádua, Joaquim J. Sousa

“…Conventional soil monitoring techniques often rely on invasive sampling methods, which can be labor-intensive, disruptive, and limited in spatial coverage. …”
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Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Grażyna Franek, Marzena Bieniak, Aleksandra Cieślik

“…The aim of the study was to determine the quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis. Material and Methods. The study involved 100 patients with multiple sclerosis, associated in support groups operating in the Silesian voivodeship. …”
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Evaluation of Risk Factors and a Gene Panel as a Tool for Unexplained Infertility Diagnosis by Next-Generation Sequencing by Eglė Jašinskienė, Ieva Sniečkutė, Ignas Galminas, Lukas Žemaitis, Mantas Simutis, Marija Čaplinskienė

“…Our study aimed to characterize and identify risk and genetic factors associated with unexplained infertility. <i>Materials and methods:</i> A cohort of patients with unexplained infertility was comprehensively screened for risk factors and genetic variations using a targeted gene panel (10 couples with unexplained infertility (UI) and 36 fertile couples). 108 articles were selected (58 on female infertility and 50 on male infertility) presenting genes that may be associated with unexplained infertility. …”
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Increasing Solar cell Efficiency using Quantum Dot Sensitization by Parashar Komal, Bobba Phaneendra babu, Samyuktha Penta, Fallah Mohammed Hussein, Chauhan Sanjay Singh, Verma Vikas, Rathour Abhinav, Gupta Manish

“…These results highlight the significance of adaptive control methods in the management of renewable-based microgrids, providing valuable insights for improving their stability, dependability, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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