Effectiveness of workplace health promotion programs for industrial workers: a systematic review by Sasha Javanmardi, Ludwig Rappelt, Sascha Zangenberg, Lars Heinke, Christian Baumgart, Daniel Niederer, Jürgen Freiwald

“…Quality assessment was performed using a modified Downs and Black Checklist. Results Of the 25,555 studies initially identified, 39 were included. …”
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Racial discrimination among women seeking breast cancer care by Lauren J. Oshry, Ruth I. Lederman, Haley Gagnon, Tsion Fikre, Daniel A. Gundersen, Anna C. Revette, Ashley Odai-Afotey, Olga Kantor, Dawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Nancy L. Keating, Rachel A. Freedman, Naomi Y. Ko

“…We aimed to understand how women with stage I-III breast cancer faced discrimination in health care and everyday settings through the Everyday Discrimination Scale, cross-sectional survey. 296 women, 178 (60%) Non-Hispanic White (NHW), 76 (26%) Non-Hispanic Black (NHB), and 42 (14%) Hispanic participated. …”
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Proclamation of the All-Russian Empire – the Beginning of the Way to the Great Power Status by V. A. Artamonov

“…The demarcation of the borders of 1714 threw Russia back several hundred kilometers from the Black Sea region. In 1719, the Russian military force was squeezed out of Central Europe – from Mecklenburg. …”
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Quantification of Escherichia coli Transfer from Plastic Mulch to Field-grown Tomatoes and Bell Peppers by Autumn R. Burnett, Faith Critzer, Timothy Coolong

“…The objective of this study was to obtain bacterial transfer rates from a nonpathogenic Escherichia coli GFP inoculated on plastic mulch (black and white) to fruit (tomatoes and peppers) that contact the ground by being dropped (at heights of 30, 60, or 120 cm) or by drooping (contact times of 1 h or 24 h) in the field during the summer season in Georgia, USA. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Relative Performance Analysis of Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline Grid-Tied PV Systems by Asfand Yar, Muhammad Yousaf Arshad, Faran Asghar, Waseem Amjad, Furqan Asghar, Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain, Gwi Hyun Lee, Faisal Mahmood

“…In this research study, the design and performance evaluation of grid-tied photovoltaic systems has been carried out through experimentation, HelioScope simulation, and black-box machine learning methods for data-driven artificial intelligence system performance assessment and validation. …”
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Combining extraction and cultivation methods for soil seed bank analysis increases number of captured species and their similarity to above-ground vegetation by Petr Plohák, Hana Švehláková, Barbara Stalmachová, Miroslava Goňo, Tomáš Dvorský

“…For our research, a post-mining area in the region of the Upper Silesian Black Coal Basin was selected, whose relief and ecosystems are strongly disturbed by underground mining and are currently also affected by ongoing climate change.MethodData collection for our research took place in the territory of two waterlogged subsidence basins in the Karvina region, Czech Republic. …”
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Laboratory analysis to determine the accurate characteristics of urban food waste by A. Charkhestani, D. Yousefi Kebria

“…In ultimate analysis, statistical investigation of the laboratory results showed that Walkley and black, Kjeldahl, and dry ashing/ion chromatography methods had more accuracy compared to determination by elemental analyzer which puts direct impact on extracted chemical equation. …”
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Community Perception on Trypanosomosis, Parasitological, and Entomological Studies in Two Selected Districts of South Omo Zone, Ethiopia by Solomon Mekuria, Tesfu K. Mekonnen, Nigatu Kebede

“…The prevalence of trypanosomosis was significantly higher in poor body condition (OR = 2.1, P < 0.05) and in black coat color (OR = 13.5, P < 0.05) animals. T. congolense and T. vivax were circulating in the area. …”
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Phase-transition-induced Collapse of Proto-compact Stars and Its Implication for Supernova Explosions by Xu-Run Huang, Shuai Zha, Ming-chung Chu, Evan P. O’Connor, Lie-Wen Chen

“…A small portion (∼0.04%−1%) of the released binding energy Δ E _B transforms into the diagnostic explosion energy E _exp,diag , which saturates at  ∼6 × 10 ^51 erg near the black hole formation. Note that our E _exp,diag represents an upper limit of the final explosion energies in realistic supernova simulations. …”
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Bearing Defect Detection with Unsupervised Neural Networks by Jianqiao Xu, Zhaolu Zuo, Danchao Wu, Bing Li, Xiaoni Li, Deyi Kong

“…Bearings always suffer from surface defects, such as scratches, black spots, and pits. Those surface defects have great effects on the quality and service life of bearings. …”
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Chronic Inflammatory Arthropathy Preceding Acute Systemic Manifestations of Sarcoidosis: A Possible Overlap of Idiopathic Juvenile Arthritis and Sarcoidosis by Matheus Campello Vieira, Priscilla Gomes Tosta, Fernanda Morello Nicole, Lucas Enock V. Roberto, Júlia Guasti P. Vianna, Paulo de Coelho Castro, Rafael Burgomeister Lourenço, Erica Vieira Serrano, Valéria Valim, Weverton Machado Luchi

“…We describe a case of a 40-year-old black patient referred to our service for evaluation of nephrolithiasis and persistent elevation of plasma creatinine. …”
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Advanced Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Estimating the Remaining Life of EV Batteries—A Review by Daniel H. de la Iglesia, Carlos Chinchilla Corbacho, Jorge Zakour Dib, Vidal Alonso-Secades, Alfonso J. López Rivero

“…Conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines and using a novel adaptation of the Downs and Black (D&B) scale, this study evaluates 89 research papers and provides insights into the evolving landscape of RUL estimation. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Differentiation of Guignardia mangiferae from “Tahiti” Acid Lime by Ester Wickert, Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos, Luciano Takeshi Kishi, Andressa de Souza, Antonio de Goes

“…G. mangiferae is genetically related and sometimes confused with G. citricarpa which causes Citrus Black Spot (CBS). “Tahiti” acid lime is one of the few species that means to be resistant to this disease because it does not present symptoms. …”
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Mortality trends during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban district hospital in South Africa: A retrospective comparative analysis by O Hirachund, C Pennefather, M Naidoo

“…Waves 1, 2 and 3 yielded case fatality rates of 14.5%, 27.6% and 6.3%, respectively, and crude fatality rates of 16.7%, 33.0% and 12.2%, respectively. Black Africans were less likely to die during the third wave (odds ratio (OR) 0.54; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.31 ‐ 0.94). …”
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Morphometric, histometric and histomorphological investigation of the effects of different ratios safflower (chartamus tinctorius l.) oil supplements on glandula uropygialis in jap... by İsmail Demircioğlu, Bestami Yılmaz, Kürşat Filikçi, Gülşah Güngören, Faruk Bozkaya

“…Routine tissue processing was performed for histometric examination, then the tissues were stained with Haematoxylin-Eosin and Sudan Black.<p> <b>Results:</b> The results indicated that safflower oil supplementatio had a significant effect on papillary length, left lobe length, glandular weight, relative glandular weight, glycogen region thickness(p<0.05) and right lobe length with (p<0.01). …”
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Comparing the efficacy of live vs. video instructional demonstrations in dental education: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rawan N. AlKahtani, Banna M. Alnufaiy, Refal S. Albaijan, Sarah M. Alnafaiy, Farah M. Elfakhri, Suha M. Aljudaibi

“…The quality of included studies was assessed using the modified Downs and Black quality assessment tool. Results A total of 3686 studies were identified, of which 2222 studies remained following duplicate removal. …”
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How Does PM2.5 Impact the Urban Vertical Temperature Structure? A Case Study in Nanjing by Hao Wu, Yang Cao, Tijian Wang, Jiawei You, Tingting Yang, Yawei Qu, Shuqi Yan, Huadong Yang, Xiyu Mu, Libo Gao, Congwu Huang

“…The urban heat island intensity has been reduced by 0.1–0.4 K due to the presence of PM2.5 in Nanjing. Due to the black carbon component’s warming effect on the top of the boundary layer, the impact of PM2.5 on the urban heat island intensity profile drops quickly at the 0.75–1.25 km. …”
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Optimized gene transduction in human lung organoids: A high-efficiency method for advanced research applications by Jasmin Khateeb, Jady Liang, Yuchong Li, Thenuka Thanabalasingam, Julie Khang, Mirjana Jerkic, Giovanna Pellecchia, Bhooma Thiruv, Ya-Wen Chen, Ori Rotstein, Arthur S. Slutsky, Haibo Zhang

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Green synthesis of iron nanoparticles to promote seed germination of Zea mays under salinity condition by Hiba Fouad Abdulfatah, May Fahmi Abdulrahman, Enas Fahd Naji

“…The synthesis of Fe NPs was confirmed by a significant color change from yellow to black. Then Fe NP production is confirmed by a UV–Visible peak at 301 nm. …”
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Effects of Dietary Protein to Lipid Ratio and Insect Meal on Growth Performance, Feed Utilization, and the Gut Microbiome of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) by Rebecca Lawson, Yubing Chen, Junyu Zhang, Marcia A. Chiasson, Jennifer Ellis, Dominique Bureau, Richard D. Moccia, David Huyben

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth performance, nutrient utilization, and gut microbiome of lake whitefish fed varying protein:lipid ratios with and without the inclusion of insect meal from black soldier fly (BSF). In total, 450 lake whitefish (301 ± 10 g) were fed one of five diets with differing protein-to-lipid ratios (high-protein 54%, low-protein 48%, high-lipid 18%, or low-lipid 12%), and an additional commercial control rainbow trout diet (Bluewater commercial control [BCC]). …”
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