Perceived Effectiveness and Sustainability of Face Masks Among German Citizens During the 2nd Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Cross-Sectional Study by Maren Theresa Christin Fendt, Walter Leal Filho, Jelena Barbir, Juliane Boenecke

“…Both the ongoing pandemic and the rising environmental pollution eventually pose a threat to human health. Yet, it is unclear whether mask users are conscious of this, and which factors influence their choice of face masks. …”
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Automatic Welding of Corrugated Steel Webs on Composite Box Girder with Corrugated Steel Webs by Yunfei Wu, Yingbo Zhu, Xiaoyong Chen, Shui Wan

“…With the advancement of technology, automation in construction has gained great popularity in both the industrial and academic worlds to date, since it not only can improve construction efficiency and alleviate the request for intensive labor but also can improve construction quality by reducing human error. The composite box girder with corrugated steel webs (CBGCSW), a new type of composite bridge, has become popular and attracted considerable attention in the world. …”
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Quality of Cattle Meat and Its Compositional Constituents by Umer Seid Geletu, Munera Ahmednur Usmael, Yesihak Yusuf Mummed, Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim

“…Meat is the most valuable livestock product since it is one of the main sources of protein for human consumption. Meat quality can be evaluated according to the following parameters: pH, amount of lactic acid, volatile fatty acids, bounded water, solubility of proteins, color, and tenderness. …”
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Transfer learning for non-image data in clinical research: A scoping review. by Andreas Ebbehoj, Mette Østergaard Thunbo, Ole Emil Andersen, Michala Vilstrup Glindtvad, Adam Hulman

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We systematically searched medical databases (PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL) for peer-reviewed clinical studies that used transfer learning on human non-image data. We included 83 studies in the review. …”
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APIE ILGĄJĮ HERMENEUTIKOS KELIĄ by Tomas Kačerauskas

“…It is 1) the unit of meaning and sound, 2) recognition of the self, 3) the horizon of understanding during the reading, 4) ontology, 5) has no progress and no errors, 6) it is a model of hermeneutics, 7) it includes the tragedy of the human being. Key words: hermeneutics, philosophical poetics, aesthetic, semantic, subject. …”
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Digital Media Hotspot Mining Algorithm Implementation with Complex Systems in the Mobile Internet Environment by Yufeng Jia, Sang-Bing Tsai

“…Especially for individuals, enterprises, and institutions with a large amount of information, it is an almost impossible task to integrate and analyze Internet information with great difficulty just by human resources. Internet hot events mining and analysis technology can effectively solve the above problems by alleviating information overload, integrating redundant information, and refining core information. …”
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Tracking metal pollution from illegal gold mining: a health risk assessment in Edfu, Egypt by Kholoud M. AbdelMaksoud, Wael M. Al-Metwaly, Heba M. R. Hathout

“…The study aimed to assess the concentrations of carcinogenic agents and determine the potential human health risks associated with these agents in soil and fish samples collected within the city boundaries. …”
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Automatic Aortic Valve Extraction Using Deep Learning with Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac CT Images by Soichiro Inomata, Takaaki Yoshimura, Minghui Tang, Shota Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Sugimori

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Digital technology and the expansion of outdoor experience in outdoor activities by Hajo Schuurman

“…Results This research shows that digital technologies can enhance and replace traditional outdoor functions, expanding human capabilities. By responsibly integrating digital tools, we can enrich nature experiences and create new possibilities for outdoor activities. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria Isolated from Marine and Freshwater Fish in Tanzania by Esther Marijani

“…These results suggest that the presence of these bacteria might cause a health risk/hazard to human beings and may cause disease to susceptible individuals, especially immune-compromised consumers.…”
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Computational Analysis on Numerical Simulation of Internal Flow Physics for Pump as Turbine in Renewable Small Hydro Energy Generation by Du Jianguo, Daniel Adu, Emmanuel Acheaw, Shakir Hafeez, Eric Ofosu Antw

“…Energy contributes significantly in almost all aspects of human life as well as economic activities and plays a crucial role in the infrastructural development of a county to alleviate poverty. …”
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TEICHI and the Tools Paradox by Sebastian Pape, Christof Schöch, Lutz Wegner

“…Here, we focus on those tools which are suitable for textual scholars new to Digital Humanities and the TEI who would like to use the powerful encoding mechanisms provided by the TEI but have relatively little technical expertise. …”
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A new dimensionality reduction technique based on the Wavelet Transform for cancer classification by Lisardo Fernández, Mariano Pérez, Juan M. Orduña, José M. Alcaraz

“…Although the advent of methylation microarrays such as the HumanMethylation450 platform has greatly reduced the dimensionality of the problem from billions to 450K positions, this data size is still too large to be processed by machine learning algorithms for cancer prediction and classification. …”
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Legal and regulatory aspects of improving the sanctions policy of Ukraine by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…The UN Security Council sanctions have been identified as mainly economic restrictions and other coercive measures imposed for violations of major international human rights conventions and instruments. A comparative legal analysis of the sanctions policy of the United States of America and the European Union was carried out, on the basis of which it was concluded that the sanctions policy implemented by the European Union and the United States of America is fundamentally different. …”
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The Effect of Gamification in Flipped Classroom on the Critical Thinking of Female Child Trainer Students in Yazd Technical and Vocational College by Motahareh eslami, Yousef Mahdavinasab, Zohreh khoshneshin, Asiyeh Modarressi Saryazdi

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Bioactive Molecules, Ethnomedicinal Uses, Toxicology, and Pharmacology of <i>Peltophorum africanum</i> Sond (Fabaceae): Systematic Review by Nkoana I. Mongalo, Maropeng V. Raletsena

“…Plants have long been used to treat serious illnesses in both humans and animals. A significant underappreciated medicinal tree, <i>Peltophorum africanum</i> Sond is utilized by many different ethnic groups to cure a wide range of illnesses. …”
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Antiplasmodial, Antitrypanosomal, and Cytotoxic Effects of Anthonotha macrophylla, Annickia polycarpa, Tieghemella heckelii, and Antrocaryon micraster Extracts by Aboagye Kwarteng Dofuor, Emmanuel Kofi Kumatia, Jersley Didewurah Chirawurah, Frederick Ayertey

“…Malaria and trypanosomiasis are protozoan diseases which pose a devastating challenge to human health and productivity especially, in Africa where their respective vectors (female Anopheles mosquito and tsetse fly) abound. …”
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Service delivery approaches related to hearing aids in low- and middle-income countries or resource-limited settings: A systematic scoping review. by Lauren K Dillard, Carolina M Der, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, De Wet Swanepoel, Peter R Thorne, Bradley McPherson, Victor de Andrade, John Newall, Hubert D Ramos, Annette Kaspar, Carrie L Nieman, Jackie L Clark, Shelly Chadha

“…Innovative approaches for hearing aid service delivery can overcome many of the challenges related to access, including that of limited human resources trained to provide ear and hearing care. …”
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New Insights on Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles Using Plants Emphasizing the Use of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by Inese Kokina, Ilona Plaksenkova, Lauris Jankovskis, Marija Jermaļonoka, Renata Galek

“…Biological synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) using alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and other plants has several advantages such as lower costs, reduction of pollution, and improvement of the environment and human health. Often, biosynthesis is used to synthesize Ag, Au, and ZnO NPs. …”
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African based researchers' output on models for the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases and public health interventions: A scoping review. by Olatunji O Adetokunboh, Zinhle E Mthombothi, Emanuel M Dominic, Sylvie Djomba-Njankou, Juliet R C Pulliam

“…The publication authors were found to be predominantly affiliated with institutions based in South Africa and Kenya. Furthermore, human immunodeficiency virus, malaria, tuberculosis, and Ebola virus disease were found to be the most researched infectious diseases. …”
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