Assessing groundwater quality and suitability in Qatar: Strategic insights for sustainable water management and environmental protection by Sarra Aloui, Adel Zghibi, Annamaria Mazzoni, Ahmad S. Abushaikha, Adel Elomri

“…The IWQI indicated high to very high irrigation suitability over 3611 km2 (31.1%), concentrated in the north-central region. These findings highlight the critical importance of groundwater quality indicators for effective monitoring and underscore the need for integrated groundwater management strategies. …”
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Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains by Abdulbaki Coban, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Carsten Kemena

“…Abstract Background Protein evolution is central to molecular adaptation and largely characterized by modular rearrangements of domains, the evolutionary and structural building blocks of proteins. …”
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Jeux de trompe-l’œil dans une cité déchue : La Nouvelle-Orléans de George Washington Cable dans Old Creole Days by Valérie CROISILLE

“…The issue of misused identity and sham, that is central in several stories of the collection, is related to the question of look – the look of the writer at his city and its inhabitants, the look of the characters at themselves and others, the frequent voyeuristic tendency of the protagonists and narrators. …”
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Experiences of Emergency Surgical Treatment for a COVID-19 Patient with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury at a Regional Trauma Center: A Case Report by Jung-Ho Yun

“…A blood transfusion was prepared, and a central venous catheter was secured. The initial COVID-19 test administered upon presentation to the emergency room had a positive result, and a confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was administered. …”
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Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adolescents from a Doctor's Office by Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Elikana Kiplagat Chirchir, Maylín Isabel Alonso Martínez, Héctor Pérez Assef

“…The variables studied were: age, sex, personal and family history of diabetes mellitus, weight, height, waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure, presence of central obesity and waist/height ratio, consumption of fruits and vegetables, and physical activity. …”
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Dynamics of perceived threat and media exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic by Talia Morstead, Nancy L. Sin, Anita DeLongis

“…Given the increasing centrality and integration of media technology in daily life, examining how media exposure contributed to individuals' experiences coping with the threat of COVID-19 is crucial. …”
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Intraoperative Tracheal Obstruction Management among Patients with Anterior Mediastinal Masses by H. Kafrouni, Joelle Saroufim, Myriam Abdel Massih

“…Patients suffering from undiagnosed obstruction of the central airways: the trachea and main stem bronchi are at increased risk for perioperative and postoperative complications, especially if general anesthesia is performed. …”
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Increasing extreme hourly precipitation risk for New York City after Hurricane Ida by Carolien Mossel, Spencer A. Hill, Nihar R. Samal, James F. Booth, Naresh Devineni

“…It was catastrophic because the maximum hourly precipitation intensity, recorded as 3.47 inches (88.1 mm) per hour at Central Park, was unprecedentedly high for the NYC region. …”
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Factors Affecting Presentation Delay to the Hospital Among Breast Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Analysis by Kajal Nehra, Jisa George T, Geeta Bhardwaj, Rajesh Pasricha

“…These patients were attending the oncology Outpatient Department (OPD) of tertiary care center in Central India, where female breast cancer patients receive treatment and follow-up care. …”
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La Habana en Juan de los muertos (2011): ciudad, cine de género y crítica sociopolítica by Rafael Menéndez Fernandez, Begoña Gutiérrez San Miguel

“… La película Juan de los muertos (2011) utiliza la ciudad de La Habana como un elemento central de la trama de ficción. Desde un enfoque de parodia desenfadada, la ciudad aporta a la acción su paisaje descarnado, hipnótico, anclado en un tiempo pasado, que da cobijo a personajes supervivientes en un entorno urbano hostil. …”
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Assessing Africa's child survival gains and prospects for attaining SDG target on child mortality. by Sunday A Adedini, Seun Stephen Anjorin, Jacob Wale Mobolaji, Elvis Anyaehiechukwu Okolie, Sanni Yaya

“…Our results from Local indicator of spatial autocorrelation (LISA) cluster maps show that 7 countries (mainly in West/Central Africa) formed the high-high clusters (hotspots for U5M) and may not achieve the SDG target 3.2 unless urgent and appropriate investments are deployed. …”
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A propaganda document in support of the 19th century Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi: Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir al-Fulānī’s “Letter on the appearance of the twelfth caliph” (Risāla fī ẓuhūr al-khalī... by Mauro Nobili

“…This corpus, composed of documents related to the internal administration of the state as well as its relations with other contemporary political entities, is the result of the extensive spread of literacy in Arabic in the territories controlled by the Ḥamdallāhi central authority and its effort to establish itself as a legitimate regional power in West Africa. …”
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Understanding the Impact of the Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) Gene on Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Study by Saranya Velmurugan, Rashmi Pauline, Gurudeva Chandrashekar, Langeswaran Kulanthaivel, Gowtham Kumar Subbaraj

“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a prevalent and incurable condition affecting the central retina and posing a significant risk to vision, particularly in individuals over the age of 60. …”
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Thymus ad astra, or spaceflight-induced thymic involution by Wataru Muramatsu, Wataru Muramatsu, Maria Maryanovich, Maria Maryanovich, Maria Maryanovich, Taishin Akiyama, Taishin Akiyama, George S. Karagiannis, George S. Karagiannis, George S. Karagiannis, George S. Karagiannis, George S. Karagiannis, George S. Karagiannis

“…Focusing on the thymus as a central hub of immune vulnerability underscores its pivotal role in spaceflight-induced health risks. …”
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RISK RANKING OF OPEN-END INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA by Ivana Srdarević, Ivan Kristek

“…Risk management is a process that entails risk analysis and planning. Risk analysis is a central part of the mentioned process that consists of identification, risk measurement, and assessment of options. …”
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Characterizing the deformation, failure, and water-conducting fractures evolution of shallow weakly cemented overburden under coal mining by Zhenhua Li, Yandong Zhang, Xuefeng Gao, Xuefeng Gao, Dan Ma, Dan Ma, Limin Fan, Guodong Li, Xiaolei Li, Min He, Zheng Cheng

“…Understanding the collapse mechanisms of shallow, multi-layered, weakly cemented overburden is key to safe and efficient coal mining in central and western China. Hence, we conducted a meter-scale similar physical model experiment using high-resolution digital speckle technology to replicate the deformation and failure patterns of shallowly buried, weakly cemented overburden under mining activities, and to determine the initiation, development, and stability of water-conducting fractures. …”
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La laicidad en Jujuy a la luz de las reformas constitucionales, la realidad eclesiástica y los contextos políticos (1893-1955) by Adriana Kindgard

“…Además de referir a los contextos políticos en los que esas reformas se inscribieron, se trazan los lineamientos centrales de la realidad eclesiástica de la provincia norteña a lo largo de las décadas consideradas. …”
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Construction of a Multi-level Blue-Green Infrastructure Network in a Riverside City: A Case Study of Shaoxing by Meizi Zhou, Yong He, Zhi Qiu

“…The findings indicated that (a) from 2012 to 2022, the number of ecological sources and corridors diminished, alterations in blue corridors occurred, and water body structures degraded; (b) the BGI network is predominantly distributed in the central and southern regions of the study area, with canals serving as crucial blue corridors; and (c) the multi-level BGI network underscores the critical role of waterways in densely populated urban areas. …”
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Effect and factors associated with reactivation after intravitreal conbercept or aflibercept in retinopathy of prematurity by Chunling Huang, Weikang Zou, Wenbei Ma, Jiali Li, Yichen Bai, Rong Wu, Qiqi Li, Qi Fang, Wenna Chen, Xiaohe Lu, Songfu Feng

“…The interval between injection and reactivation was significantly longer in the aflibercept group than in the conbercept group (15.50 ± 4.05 vs. 5.36 ± 0.50 weeks) (P < 0.001). The central retinal arteriolar equivalent (CRAE) of aggressive ROP was larger than that of type 1 prethreshold and threshold ROP before anti-VEGF therapy (P < 0.05). …”
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Effect of Ward Noise Reduction Technology Combined with Music Therapy on Negative Emotions in Inpatients Undergoing Gastric Cancer Radiotherapy: A Retrospective Study by Fengyun Zhao, Zhen Sun, Wenbo Niu

“…Methods and materials: This study retrospectively analysed the clinical data of 108 patients with gastric cancer who received radiotherapy in the oncology department of JiaoZhou Central Hospital from March 2021 to March 2022, and excluded eight patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria. …”
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