Toxicity of antimony in housefly after whole-life-cycle exposure: Changes in growth, development, redox homeostasis, mitochondrial function, and fecundity by Yuming Zhang, Jinghua Lv, Xiaoli Sun, Yiwen Zhang, Menghua Shao, Bingbing Shi, Yajie Zhang, Jihai Gu, Chenchen Zhao, Fengsong Liu

“…A range of Sb concentrations, including moderate contamination (0.07 mM), heavy contamination (0.7 mM), and extreme contamination (7 and 70 mM), were conducted in the study. …”
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Methanotroph-methylotroph lipid adaptations to changing environmental conditions by Nora Richter, Laura Villanueva, Laura Villanueva, Ellen C. Hopmans, Nicole J. Bale, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Darci Rush

“…To assess whether the lipid response is similar in methanotrophs adapted to extreme environmental conditions, we also characterize the BHP composition and respiratory quinones of a psychrotolerant methanotroph, Methylovulum psychrotolerans, isolated from an Arctic freshwater lake and grown under different temperatures. …”
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Explainable AutoML models for predicting the strength of high-performance concrete using Optuna, SHAP and ensemble learning by Muhammad Salman Khan, Tianbo Peng, Tianbo Peng, Muhammad Adeel Khan, Asad Khan, Mahmood Ahmad, Mahmood Ahmad, Kamran Aziz, Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri, N. S. Abd EL-Gawaad

“…For tensile strength, it achieved a 99.41% improvement in MAE and a 96.67% reduction in RMSE, along with increases in R2. …”
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Characterizing wind, wave, and Stokes drift interactions in the upper ocean during Typhoon Doksuri using the COAWST model by Yaoyao Han, Changsheng Zuo, Zhizu Wang, Yucui Wang, Chengchen Tao, Xu Zhang, Juncheng Zuo

“…The COAWST model provides a more accurate simulation of typhoon wind speeds compared to ERA5 reanalysis data and the WRF model, and it offers a more precise representation of significant wave heights (Hs) than ERA5 reanalysis data and the SWAN model. …”
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Intensity of Nematode Infection in Children Aged 3 to 5 Years Living in Mukuru Kwa Njenga Slum Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya by Lynda Allan, Fiona N. Mbai, Dorcas S. Yole, Moses Owino

“…The point prevalence of nematode infection among the 98 children in the 1st sampling was 25.5% with a mean infection intensity of 5424 epg, whereas among the 74 children sampled in 2nd sampling, 47.3% had nematode infection with a mean infection intensity of 12384 epg. …”
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Estimation of evaporation in Andalusian reservoirs: Proposal of an index for the assessment and classification of dams by Santiago García-López, Marcia Salazar-Rojas, Mercedes Vélez-Nicolás, Jorge. M.G.P. Isidoro, Verónica Ruiz-Ortiz

“…Study region: This study focuses on Andalusia (Southern Spain), a mediterranean region of 87,270 km2. Andalusia experiences significant water stress, making effective water management crucial. …”
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Advanced statistical analysis of air quality and its health impacts in India: Quantifying significance by detangling weather-driven effects by Akshansha Chauhan, Guggilla Pavan Sai, Chin-Yu Hsu

“…Air quality has emerged as a significant concern due to its direct impact on human health. …”
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The analysis of structural fatigue under cyclic temperature loads by I. Yu. Lesnyak, Z. N. Sokolovskiy, S. V. Gavrilenko

“…A problem has been identified related to deformations of aircraft structures operating in the extreme north and orbital objects in near-earth orbits under conditions of cyclic alternating temperature loads. …”
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Association of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide with cognitive function and depression in elderly people with type 2 diabetes. by Insa Feinkohl, Naveed Sattar, Paul Welsh, Rebecca M Reynolds, Ian J Deary, Mark W J Strachan, Jackie F Price, Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study-ET2DS Investigators

“…The ventricular N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a marker of CHF, suggesting potential as a marker for cognitive impairment and/or depression. …”
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Effect of potassium‐waterglass composition on strength development and leaching behavior of geopolymers in different curing conditions by Umberto C. C. S. Siciliano, Ana C. C. Trindade, Flávio de Andrade Silva

“…The study further identifies that increased H2O/K2O ratios prolong setting times and delay the geopolymerization peaks, while a higher K2O/Al2O3 ratio enhances the geopolymerization process. …”
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Machine learning assisted radiomics in predicting postoperative occurrence of deep venous thrombosis in patients with gastric cancer by Yuan Zeng, Yuhao Chen, Dandan Zhu, Jun Xu, Xiangting Zhang, Huiya Ying, Xian Song, Ruoru Zhou, Yixiao Wang, Fujun Yu

“…Results LASSO analysis identified 10 variables, based on which four ML models were established, which were then incorporated with the clinical characteristics to predict lower extremity DVT occurrence in the training set. Among these models, RF and NB demonstrated the highest predictive performance, achieving an AUC of 0.928, while SVM and XGBoost achieved a slightly lower AUC of 0.915 and 0.869, respectively. …”
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Contributions to Architectural and Urban Resilience Through Vulnerability Assessment: The Case of Mozambique Island’s World Heritage by Susana Milão, Telma Ribeiro, Mariana Correia, Isabel Clara Neves, Joaquim Flores, Olga Alvarez

“…Mozambique Island, a UNESCO World Heritage property, faces significant challenges due to climate change and extreme weather events. …”
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High-Coercivity Ferrimagnet Co₂FeO₂BO₃: XMCD Insights into Charge-Ordering and Cation Distribution by Mikhail S. Platunov

“…Additionally, the research explicitly revealed that the strong magnetic anisotropy is a result of the significant unquenched orbital magnetic moment of Co, a feature that is also present in the related compound Co₃O₂BO₃. …”
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Mt or not Mt: Temporal variation in detection probability in spatial capture-recapture and occupancy models by Sollmann, Rahel

“…But this study shows that it can be safely ignored under a range of conditions when analyzing SCR or occupancy data. …”
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Diffusion of CO2 in Magnesite under High Pressure and High Temperature from Molecular Dynamics Simulations by Lei Liu, Longxing Yang, Chunqiang Zhuang, Guangshu Yang, Li Yi, Hong Liu, Fengxia Sun, Xiaoyu Gu, Hanyu Wang

“…CO2 transports in the Earth’s interior play a crucial role in understanding the deep carbon cycle and the global climate changes. …”
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The Impact of Fireworks on Selected Ambient Particulate Metal Concentrations Associated with the Independence Day Holiday by Danielle Rocco, Esther Morales, Tyler Deflin, Jason Truong, Jaebin Ju, Daniel B. Curtis

“…Fireworks are often used in celebrations and are a known transient source of extreme particulate air pollution, and the particles produced by fireworks are known to contain potentially harmful heavy metals. …”
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Grafiti: exposición de la religiosidad de las pandillas de San Luis Potosí by Jaime Bernal Boyzo

“…De esta manera, bajo este manto protector divino que encuentran en ambas imágenes católicas, la venta de drogas y el robo a transeúntes y viviendas, que son algunas de las actividades ilícitas de estos pandilleros, se vuelven acciones de reclamo y justicia que arremeten en contra de una sociedad injusta que los condena a vivir en una extrema miseria y gran pobreza. …”
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Spatial analysis of hyperspectral images for detecting adulteration levels in bon-sorkh (Allium jesdianum L.) seeds: Application of voting classifiers by Golshid Fathi, Seyed Ahmad Mireei, Mehrnoosh Jafari, Morteza Sadeghi, Hassan Karimmojeni, Majid Nazeri

“…Bon-sorkh (Allium jesdianum L.) is a flowering plant with various reported beneficial properties. …”
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Improvement of Citrus Yield Prediction Using UAV Multispectral Images and the CPSO Algorithm by Wenhao Xu, Xiaogang Liu, Jianhua Dong, Jiaqiao Tan, Xulei Wang, Xinle Wang, Lifeng Wu

“…Achieving timely and non-destructive assessments of crop yields is a key challenge in the agricultural field, as it is important for optimizing field management measures and improving crop productivity. …”
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Analysis of spatio-temporal fungal growth dynamics under different environmental conditions by Liselotte De Ligne, Guillermo Vidal-Diez de Ulzurrun, Jan M. Baetens, Jan Van den Bulcke, Joris Van Acker, Bernard De Baets

“…Abstract Traditionally, fungal growth dynamics were assessed manually, limiting the research to a few environmental conditions and/or fungal species. …”
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