Assessment of mechanical properties and durability of compressed mud bricks stabilized with stone dust, wheat straw, and cement by Yaqin Chen, Muhammad Saqib, Khan Shahzada, Mohammad Aizaz, Akhtar Gul

“…This work bridges traditional mud brick composition with modern engineering insight by providing a scalable, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, application to disaster-prone and rapidly urbanizing areas worldwide.…”
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Countries' progress towards Global Health Security (GHS) increased health systems resilience during the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic: A difference-in-difference study... by Tyler Y Headley, Sooyoung Kim, Yesim Tozan

“…Coefficient sizes for overall GHSI scores were smaller compared to several GHSI sub-components, including countries' environmental risks (coef: 4.28; 95% CI: 2.56-5.99) and emergency preparedness and response planning (coef: 1.82; 95% CI: 0.54-3.11). …”
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Toxicological Effects of Commonly Used Mosquito Coil Smoke on Liver and Lung Function in Rats by Hadiza Abubakar, Yahuza Gimba Muhammed, Alhassan Muhammad Wudil, Dayyabu Shehu, Murtala Yaú

“…However, the continuous application of mosquito coils has prompted significant apprehensions concerning environmental and health implications. This research aims to evaluate the potential hepatic and pulmonary toxicities associated with the inhalation of mosquito coil smoke in rat subjects over both sub-chronic and chronic durations. …”
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Estrutura, processo, função e forma no setor agrário do noroeste do Rio Grande do Sul by Sidnei Luís Bohn Gass, Roberto Verdum, Jussara Mantelli

“…To make this study possible, we took the European settlement process in Rio Grande do Sul, the migratory flux, deforestation, agriculture activities as well as degradation and the environmental conscience in these times acquired as a basis. …”
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A multigene phylogeny toward a new phylogenetic classification of Leotiomycetes by Peter R. Johnston, Luis Quijada, Christopher A. Smith, Hans-Otto Baral, Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Christiane Baschien, Kadri Pärtel, Wen-Ying Zhuang, Danny Haelewaters, Duckchul Park, Steffen Carl, Francesc López-Giráldez, Zheng Wang, Jeffrey P. Townsend

“…These fungi are commonly detected in cultures from diseased tissue and from environmental DNA extracts. The identification of specimens from such character-poor samples increasingly relies on DNA sequencing. …”
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Assessing Groundwater Connection/Disconnection to Waterholes Along the Balonne River and in the Barwon–Darling River System in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, for Waterh... by Harald Hofmann, Jonathan Marshall

“…This study assesses groundwater connectivity to waterholes in a part of the Murray-Darling Basin, one of the largest watersheds in the world, using environmental tracers radon and stable isotopes. Approximately 100 samples were collected from 27 waterholes along the Narran, Calgoa, Barwon and Darling rivers, as well as 8 groundwater bore samples. …”
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A descriptive study of fatal drownings among children and adolescents in the United States, with a focus on retention pond deaths, 2004-2020. by Saroj Bista, Nichole L Michaels

“…Greater efforts are needed to address this common hazard and environmental and policy strategies should be implemented to prevent future deaths.…”
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A fault tolerant CSA in QCA technology for IoT devices by Saeid Seyedi, Hatam Abdoli

“…However, QCA circuits are inherently prone to faults due to variations in manufacturing processes and due to the influence of environmental factors. These faults degrade the performance of a QCA circuit considerably. …”
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16S rRNA Sequencing and Metabolomics to Analyze Correlation Between Fecal Flora and Metabolites of Squabs and Parent Pigeons by Xiaobin Li, Shengchen Zheng, Haiying Li, Jiajia Liu, Fan Yang, Xiaoyu Zhao, Yafei Liang

“…Functional gene abundance was highest in the metabolism, genetic information processing, and environmental information processing pathways. (4) An LC-MS/MS analysis in cationic mode identified 218 metabolites, with 139 upregulated and 79 downregulated in the squabs relative to the parents. …”
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An association study of polymorphisms in the P2RX7 gene in an Iranian population with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus by Homa Noori, Majid Rajabian, Mahdi Majidpour, Mahboobeh Sabeti Akbar-Abad, Ramin Saravani

“…Abstract Objective Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) showed a broad etiology that both environmental and genetic factors play a role in its predisposition. …”
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Comparative Study on Two Types of Nonpillar Mining Techniques by Roof Cutting and by Filling Artificial Materials by Enze Zhen, Yubing Gao, Yajun Wang, Siming Wang

“…Gob-side entry retaining is an environmentally friendly nonpillar mining technology with high efficiency and safety. …”
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Destruction investigation of foundry sand-liquid-glass cores under compression by Y. I. Gutko, V. V. Voytenko

“…However, increased requirements for the environmental friendliness of the foundry have led to a renewed interest in foundry sand cores based on inorganic binders including the sand‑liquid‑glass core‑making technology. …”
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Spartina alterniflora invasion significantly alters the assembly and structure of soil bacterial communities in the Yellow River Delta by Pengyuan Sun, Yuxin Wu, Pengcheng Zhu, Jingfeng Wang, Jingfeng Wang, Xiaona Yu, Weihua Guo

“…Plant species identity, as well as environmental factors, rather than soil depth, was found to play predominant roles in shaping the diversity and structure of wetland soil bacterial communities. …”
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Computational Methods for Information Processing from Natural Language Complaint Processes—A Systematic Review by J. C. Blandón Andrade, A. Castaño Toro, A. Morales Ríos, D. Orozco Ospina

“…The methods extract relevant information from complaints of the customers in natural language in various domains, such as government, medical, banks, e-commerce, public services, agriculture, customer service, environmental, and tourism, among others. This work contributes as support for the creation of new systems that can give companies a significant competitive advantage due to their ability to reduce the response time of the complaints as established by law.…”
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Dwarf shrub expansion and loss of lichens distinctly dominate multi-decadal changes in northern boreal understory plant communities by Tuija Maliniemi, Joonatan Lohi, Janne Alahuhta, Karoliina Huusko, Risto Virtanen

“…The consistency of the observed changes in different site types is indicative of corresponding changes occurring elsewhere in northern boreal forests with comparable environmental conditions and grazing pressure. Importantly, our results raise concerns about the local disappearance of lichens if the declining trend continues. …”
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TCF7L2 gene polymorphism in populations of f ive Siberian ethnic groups by L. E. Tabikhanova, L. P. Osipova, T. V. Churkina, E. N. Voronina, M. L. Filipenko

“…The goal of the present paper is to analyze the frequencies of functionally signif icant gene alleles in the metabolic prof iles of indigenous Siberian peoples to identify the gene pool resilience, evaluate the susceptibility of various ethnic groups to metabolic disorders under changing environmental conditions, and predict the epidemiological situation that may occur in the near future. …”
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Impact of Using Near Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction in Noah Land Surface Model of NOAA NCEP on Numerical Weather Predictions by Li Fang, Xiwu Zhan, Christopher R. Hain, Jicheng Liu

“…Green vegetation fraction (GVF) is one of the input parameters of the Noah land surface model (LSM) that is the land component of a number of operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) of NOAA. The Noah LSM in current NCEP operational NWP models has been using static multiyear averages of monthly GVF derived from satellite observations of NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) normalized difference vegetation index. …”
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Analysis of the Genomes and Adaptive Traits of <i>Skermanella cutis</i> sp. nov., a Human Skin Isolate, and the Type Strains <i>Skermanella rosea</i> and <i>Skermanella mucosa</i> by Yujin Choi, Munkhtsatsral Ganzorig, Kyoung Lee

“…TT6^T, isolated from human skin, with a focus on its metabolic and environmental adaptations. Genome sequencing and phylogenomic analyses revealed that the strain TT6^T is most closely related to <i>S. rosea</i> M1^T, with average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values of 94.14% (±0.5%) and 64.7%, respectively. …”
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Application of three statistical approaches to explore effects of dietary intake of multiple persistent organic pollutants on ER-positive breast cancer risk in the French E3N cohor... by Pauline Frenoy, Ismaïl Ahmed, Chloé Marques, Xuan Ren, Gianluca Severi, Vittorio Perduca, Francesca Romana Mancini

“…This study provides an illustrative example of the application of three distinct statistical methods in the context of highly correlated environmental exposures, discussing their potential relevance and limitations within this specific framework.…”
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Genetic Gain in Wheat Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency at Different Nitrogen Levels in an Irrigated Hot Environment by Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir, Elfadil Mohamed Elyayeb Elbashier, Mohamed Ahmed Salih Ibrahim, Abu Sefyan Ibrahim Saad, Osman Suliman Abdalla

“…Improved nitrogen use-efficient cultivars could be the most economically beneficial and environmentally friendly approach to reduce pollution associated with excessive N fertilization. …”
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