Impact of synthetic insecticides on the life table parameters of Trichogramma chilonis under laboratory conditions by Muhammad Salim, Arsalan Arif, Muhammad Ayaz, Ahmad Ur Rahman Saljoqi, Ayhan Gökçe, Haroon Khan, Shahid Sattar, Bashir Ahmad, Shah Alam Khan

“…The results revealed that all the tested insecticides had subsequent negative effects on T. chilonis performance. …”
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Peatland Hydro-Climatological Parameters Variability in Response to 2019–2022 Climate Anomalies in the OKI Regency by Muhammad Irfan, Mokhamad Yusup Nur Khakim, Wijaya Mardiansyah, Netty Kurniawati, Awaluddin, Albertus Sulaiman, Iskhaq Iskandar, Rujito Agus Suwignyo, Hyunyoung Yang, Eunho Choi

“…The findings of this study provide valuable in-sights for all stakeholders involved in efforts to mitigate the impact of natural disasters on peatlands.…”
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Performance of some civil engineering structures on Odukpani clay shale, Southeastern Nigeria by Abidemi Olujide Ilori, Anthony Michael George, Ini Christopher Umoh, Ediomo O. Eyakndue, Ubong Udoette Ukpekpe

“…Results indicate the near the surface horizon which serves as the foundation for highway pavement is composed of soil materials that are highly permeable, dispersive, collapsible, easily eroded as indicated by low Slake Durability Index with values between 6.9 and 51.42%; properties which are all dependent on changes in water content. Whereas at depth, the same soil sequence but stable as permeability to water is very low, hence the stability of bridge foundations in them.…”
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Postanesthetic Cold Sensibility Test as an Indicator for the Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis of Mandibular Molars by Mohamed El Sayed, Kamis Gaballah

“…To anesthetize the affected molars, all patients received a single carpule of 2% lidocaine with 1 : 100000 epinephrine using a standardized inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) technique. …”
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Foxp3 Expression in Liver Correlates with the Degree but Not the Cause of Inflammation by Matthaios Speletas, Nikoletta Argentou, Georgios Germanidis, Themistoclis Vasiliadis, Konstantinos Mantzoukis, Kalliopi Patsiaoura, Pavlos Nikolaidis, Vaios Karanikas, Konstantinos Ritis, Anastasios E. Germenis

“…Significant increase of Foxp3 was observed in all disease groups compared to controls, which was positively correlated with the intensity of inflammation. …”
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Newer Generation of Scooters: Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin and Dibenzofuran and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Reductions by Hung-Hong Chen, Yun-Hwei Shen, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Jau-Huai Lu, Lin-Chi Wang, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Chia-Fon Lee, Sheng-Lun Lin

“…It could be 99.7% reduced to 3.55 mg by replacing all scooters with Tier 6. Consequently, the improvement of electronic fuel injection and onboard diagnostics systems from a carburetor without feedback control not only reduced the regulated pollutants but effectively reduced PCDD/F emissions.…”
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Clinical Evidence in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea with Oral Appliances: A Systematic Review by Andrea Rossi, Antonino Lo Giudice, Camilla Di Pardo, Alberto Teodoro Valentini, Francesca Marradi, Nicola Vanacore, Cristina Grippaudo

“…The aim of this systematic review covering this important issue for public health is twofold: updating and summarizing the best available scientific evidence by selecting RCTs of quality only, and identifying the therapeutic pathways that can be transferred to the current clinical practice. Methods. All the abstracts which were published before February 18, 2019, have been identified in three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane). …”
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A Fatal Case of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis from Recreational Waters by Edward Hamaty, Saif Faiek, Minesh Nandi, David Stidd, Manish Trivedi, Hari Kandukuri

“…Unfortunately, despite all the aggressive intervention by the multidisciplinary team, the patient did not survive. …”
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Assessment of levels of navigation systems of medical organizations from the position of lean production by A. A. Kurmangulov, Yu. S. Reshetnikova, N. S. Brynza

“…The subject of the study was all the internal and external navigation elements of the MO. …”
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Application of Spectral Computed Tomography Single-energy Technique to Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease by Pengfei WU, Chuanbing WANG

“…With an increase in single-level energy, the CT value, noise, SNR, and CNR of all images decreased, and each index was the highest at 40 keV. …”
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The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Functional Impairments Caused by Ischemic Stroke by Emily R. Rosario, Stephanie E. Kaplan, Sepehr Khonsari, Garrett Vazquez, Niyant Solanki, Melanie Lane, Hiriam Brownell, Sheila S. Rosenberg

“…Using a within-subject design a baseline for current functional abilities was established over a 3-month period for all subjects (n=7). Each subject then received two 4-week periods of HBOT for a total of 40 90-minute treatments over a 12-week period. …”
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Promising source material for winter triticale breeding under the conditions of the Middle Urals by G. N. Potapova, N. L. Zobnina, A. V. Bezgodov, M. S. Ivanova

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The Effect of Aggregate-Forming Minerals on Thermodynamic Parameters Using Surface Free Energy Concept and Its Relationship with the Moisture Susceptibility of Asphalt Mixtures by Gholam Hossein Hamedi, Mohammad Reza Esmaeeli, Vahid Najafi Moghaddam Gilani, Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

“…ITST results showed that samples constructed with aggregates of mine 7 and 8 (with high CaO mineral content) experienced a higher TSR than other mixtures in all freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles. Results of the SFE method showed that aggregates with more calcareous properties had a smaller acidic component and a larger basic component. …”
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Formulation and Effectiveness of Herbal Hair Dye from Ethanol Extract of Banyan Bark (Ficus benjamina L) by Dewi Safitri, Siti Aisyah Tanjung, Enny Fitriani, Cut Fatimah

“…The banyan plant (Ficus benjamina Linn.) is one of the plants that has benefit as a traditional medicine. Almost all parts of the plant have efficacy as a source of medicine and furniture or decoration. …”
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Comparing the Rates of Further Resection After Intraoperative MRI Visualisation of Residual Tumour Between Brain Tumour Subtypes: A 17-Year Single-Centre Experience by Daniel Madani, R. Dineth Fonseka, Sihyong Jake Kim, Patrick Tang, Krishna Muralidharan, Nicholas Chang, Johnny Wong

“…METHODS: A retrospective cohort study identified all intracranial tumour operations performed in the 1.5 T iMRI machine of a single centre (2007–2023). …”
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Attraction points: A new sampling design method to quantify common finches’ population by Lorenzo Marazuela Pinela, Ángel Julián Martín Fernández, Pablo-Luis López-Espí

“…Due to the fact that these methodologies do not use unbiased statistical estimators, the accurate estimation of bird densities or obtaining measures of abundance is often based on indirect counts, such as, detection probability versus distance, or assumptions, such as the homogeneous distribution of all individuals, which are then correlated with bird density. …”
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Complex multivariate model predictions for coral diversity with climatic change by Tim R. McClanahan, Maxwell K. Azali, Nyawira A. Muthiga, Sean N. Porter, Michael H. Schleyer, Mireille M. M. Guillaume

“…We examined the predictions for numbers of coral taxa using all variables and compared them to models based on variables commonly used to predict climate change and human influences (eight and nine variables). …”
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Evaluation Frequency of Human Papillomavirus and Its Related Genotypes in Women of the General Population Living in 11 Provinces of Iran by Somayeh Hassani, Proshat Sadat Nadji, Anita Mohseni, Marjan Rahnamaye Farzami, Siamak Mirab Samiee, Makan Sadr, Seyed Alireza Nadji

“…Persistent infection with one of the most high-risk genotypes of human papillomavirus causes all cases of cervical cancer and a significant proportion of other genital cancers. …”
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Low-density Lipoproteins and Degrees of Cardiovascular Risk in Adults over 40 Years of Age: Case-control Study by Abel Pérez Pavón, Francisco Sánchez Hernández, Karla Doriam Gámez Ávalos, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…Its incidence and prevalence has increased over the last decade and accounts for a third of all deaths. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> determine the association of LDL-C and degrees of cardiovascular risk in adults over 40 years of age in the Family Medicine Unit #43 of the Mexican Social Security Institute. …”
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Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…It is emphasized that in Article 28 of the draft law, the last category of female workers is not given attention at all, which is not correct, since they also need special protection. …”
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