Predicting emergency department visits for non-traumatic dental-related conditions among Medicaid beneficiaries by Sung Eun Choi, Rindala Fayyad, Daniel Nolte, Christine Riedy, Sharon-Lise Normand

“…Individual-level variables, such as age, race/ethnicity, and musculoskeletal complications, and area-level variables, such as racial/ethnic composition, indices of food access, and proportion of US-citizenship, explained a significant proportion of the variation in dental-related ED use. …”
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Amalgamation and Optimization of FAEE Biodiesel Fuel from Croton macrostachyus hochst. ex Delile Seed oil Utilizing Solid Calcium Oxide-Chicken Eggshell Squander as a Heterogeneous... by Yigrem Solomon, Ermias Girma, Ancha Venkata Ramayya

“…The FTIR spectrum confirms the composition and functional groups of synthesized biodiesel under optimum reaction conditions. …”
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Adsorption of heavy metals onto food wastes: a review by Wilfrida Nyairo, Joel B. Njewa, Victor O. Shikuku

“…However, regardless of these encouraging results attained, the use of food waste-based adsorbents has limitations such as variation in the composition and the structure. This leads to inconsistencies in adsorption efficiencies, regenerations and reuse, and reduced removal capacities. …”
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Mixed-Species Flock Diversity and Habitat Density Are Associated with Antipredator Behavior in Songbirds by Eric K. Frazier, Zaharia A. Selman, Charles A. Price, Monica Papeş, Todd M. Freeberg

“…Titmice avoided feeders more when hawk models were presented at sites with greater vegetation density. …”
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Brake rigging dynamic simulation under braking on a track section with irregularities (the case of a passenger car) by I. A. Yaitskov, V. V. Kosarevskii

“…The work objectives include the development of a “rigging brakeblock -wheel working surface” contact module in a full-scale computer model of a passenger car in the “Universal Mechanism” software package; and a computer simulation of the braking operating mode from 50 to 32 km/h considering vertical and horizontal track rail irregularities for determining the mechanism of variation of the longitudinal acceleration of the brakeblock and its angular acceleration. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics reveal high turnover and contrasting assembly processes in fungal communities across contiguous habitats of tropical forests by Chieh-Ping Lin, Yu-Fei Lin, Yu-Ching Liu, Mei-Yeh Jade Lu, Huei-Mien Ke, Isheng Jason Tsai

“…Abstract Background The variation in fungal community composition within a single habitat space has been extensively studied in forest ecosystems. …”
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The effects of perfluoroalkyl substance pollution on microbial community and key metabolic pathways in the Pearl River Estuary by Wei Lin, Junlin Zhao, Xingqi Wu, Jiakun Jiang, Chunyang Zhou, Jiating Zheng, Cheng Zhang, Ying Guo, Li Wang, How Yong Ng, Song Li, Shengrui Wang

“…Furthermore, PFAS concentrations significantly affected microbial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling, predominantly through indirect alterations in characteristic genus composition. Importantly, noteworthy variations in impacts were observed between perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) and perfluorinated sulfonic acids (PFSAs), which might contingent upon C–F bond dissociation energies. …”
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Environmental preferences of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) for egg-laying on a fringing reef pocket beach, Mayotte Island by Sophie Morisseau, Sophie Morisseau, Matthieu Jeanson, Matthieu Jeanson, Sarah Charroux, Sarah Charroux, Yann Mercky, Charles Le Bozec, Michel Charpentier, Lucas Le Gall, Cyrielle Delvenne, Marc Girondot, Elliott Sucré, Elliott Sucré, Damien Chevallier

“…This preference seems to be linked more to elevation, where black sand is mainly found at the top of the beach, rather than an intentional choice based on sand composition. No significant egg-laying site-related variables were found to explain the variations in nest depth. …”
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Predicting CO₂ and H₂ Solubility in Pure Water and Various Aqueous Systems: Implication for CO₂–EOR, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Natural Hydr... by Promise O. Longe, David Kwaku Danso, Gideon Gyamfi, Jyun Syung Tsau, Mubarak M. Alhajeri, Mojdeh Rasoulzadeh, Xiaoli Li, Reza Ghahfarokhi Barati

“…Importantly, the proposed models can reproduce abrupt variations in phase composition during phase transitions and account for the influence of different ions on CO₂ solubility. …”
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Solar irradiance measurements by Greg Kopp

“…It summarizes the many total- and spectral-irradiance measurements available and the measured solar variabilities on timescales from minutes to solar cycles and discusses extrapolations via models to longer timescales. Measurement composites and reference spectra are reviewed. …”
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Exploring high-performance environmental barrier coatings for rare earth silicates: A combined approach of first principles calculations and machine learning by Yun Fan, Yuelei Bai, Zhiyao Lu, Zhaoxu Sun, Yuchen Liu, Simiao Sha, Yiran Li, Bin Liu

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Reliability Analysis of Hybrid Laser INS Under Multi-Mode Failure Conditions by Bo Zhang, Changhua Hu, Xinhe Wang, Jianqing Wang, Jianxun Zhang, Qing Dong, Xuan Liu, Feng Zhang

“…Additionally, uncertainty analysis via Sobol sequence sampling (N2 = 10,000) examines the impact of mean design parameter variations on failure probability for ZL107 and SiCp/Al aluminum matrix composite frames. …”
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Evaluation of Internal Adaptation of Different CAD/CAM Endocrown Materials: A Comparative Microcomputed Tomography Study by Wala Saad, Abdul Rahman Saleh, Manal Almaslamani

“…Methods: Standardized endocrown restorations were fabricated for mandibular first molar models. A total of seventy-five restorations were evenly allocated into five groups (n = 15 each): Group I (Cerec Blocks), Group II (Lava Ultimate), Group III (PICN Vita Enamic), Group IV (Celtra Duo), and Group V (Cerec Tessera). …”
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Microstructural, Mechanical and Fresh-State Performance of BOF Steel Slag in Alkali-Activated Binders: Experimental Characterization and Parametric Mix Design Method by Lucas B. R. Araújo, Daniel L. L. Targino, Lucas F. A. L. Babadopulos, Heloina N. Costa, Antonio E. B. Cabral, Juceline B. S. Bastos

“…A parametric investigation was performed on the mix design parameters, sweeping the (i) alkali content from 6% to 10%, (ii) silica modulus (SiO₂/Na₂O) from 0.75 to 1.75, and (iii) ash-to-slag ratios in the proportions of 75:25 and 50:50, using parametric intervals retrieved from the literature. These variations were analyzed using response surface methodology (RSM) to develop a mechanical model of the compressive strength of the hardened paste. …”
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Habitat quality, configuration and context effects on roe deer fecundity across a forested landscape mosaic. by Valentina Zini, Kristin Wäber, Paul M Dolman

“…We related female roe deer Capreolus capreolus fecundity and body mass to habitat composition and landscape context, separately for adults and yearlings, using multi-model inference (MMI) applied to a large sample of individuals (yearlings: fecundity = 202, body mass = 395; adults: fecundity = 908, body mass = 1669) culled during 2002-2015 from an extensive (195 km2) heterogeneous forest landscape. …”
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Heritability and tissue specificity of expression quantitative trait loci. by Enrico Petretto, Jonathan Mangion, Nicholas J Dickens, Stuart A Cook, Mande K Kumaran, Han Lu, Judith Fischer, Henrike Maatz, Vladimir Kren, Michal Pravenec, Norbert Hubner, Timothy J Aitman

“…Variation in gene expression is heritable and has been mapped to the genome in humans and model organisms as expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs). …”
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Effects of harvest season and altitude on the traceability of Fenghuang Dancong tea: Based on stable isotopes and machine learning by Wenwen Liu, Jie Zhao, Wan Wei, Shuilian Liang, Lu Xiao, Manqin Fu, Xu Wang, Yan Chen

“…We explored the effects of harvest season, altitude, meteorological factors, and tea variety on stable isotope compositions. The results revealed significant differences in stable isotope ratios among tea samples from different seasons and altitudes, with the influence of harvest season on isotope variations being greater than that of altitude. …”
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Examining the social distributions in neighbourhood black carbon and ultrafine particles in Montreal and Toronto, Canada by Emmanuelle Batisse, Marshall Lloyd, Alicia Cavanaugh, Arman Ganji, Junshi Xu, Marianne Hatzopoulou, Jill Baumgartner, Scott Weichenthal

“…Final exposure surfaces were generated by integrating predictions from land-use regression models and deep convolutional neural network models. …”
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Cutaneous inflammation alters nociceptor electrophysiology in guinea pigs but not rats by Laiche Djouhri, Ahmed Eliwa, Alghalya Al-Emadi, Yehia Y. Hussein, Hissa Al-Suwaidi, Al-Jouhara Albaloshi, Ayman Mustafa, Mohammed Seed Ahmed

“…Given that rats and guinea pigs are distinct species with notable differences in genetic composition and physiology, we hypothesized that cutaneous inflammation would have different effects on the electrophysiological properties of nociceptive DRG neurons in rats—the predominant rodent model for pain research. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigation of the axial performance of GFRP-strengthened concrete columns incorporating red mud and quarry dust as sustainable cement and fine aggrega... by Pradeep Thangavel, Jabar Abdul Bari, Divesh Ranjan Kumar, Warit Wipulanusat, Jeung-Hwan Doh

“…FEM analysis results closely matched experimental results, validating the numerical model. This study highlights the potential of RM, QD, and GFRP wrapping as sustainable materials.…”
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