The History of the Brazilian Sardine (<i>Sardinella brasiliensis</i>) Between Two Fishery Collapses: An Ecosystem Modeling Approach to Study Its Life Cycle by Rafael Schroeder, Angélica Petermann, Alberto Teodorico Correia

“…This study evaluates the trophic relationships of the main species exploited by this fishery and the importance of its biomass for the southeast–south Brazil marine ecosystem (22° S–34° S). …”
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Current scenario of emerging pollutants in farmlands and water reservoirs: Prospects and challenges by Muhammad Fahad Sardar, Fazila Younas, Hongna Li, Jawad Ali, Pengcheng Zhu, Xiaona Yu, Zhaojie Cui, Weihua Guo

“…The increasing application of treated wastewater or biosolids as irrigation water or soil conditioners, mainly when derived from untreated sewage sludge, can introduce pharmaceuticals and MPs into the farmlands, merging these pollutants within the soil medium. …”
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Native Italian poultry products: the factors influencing consumer perceptions by Eleonora Erika Cappone, Valeria Zambotto, Jatziri Mota-Gutierrez, Dominga Soglia, Giulia Maria Daniele, Marta Cianciabella, Andrea Pieroni, Renata Soukand, Mauro Penasa, Arianna Buccioni, Margherita Marzoni, Nicolaia Iaffaldano, Cesare Castellini, Silvia Cerolini, Claudio Forte, Achille Schiavone

“…Age, willingness to pay, the perceived productivity of native breeds, and chicken meat and egg preferences in terms of the rearing system were the main predicting factors influencing the importance consumers placed on the geographical proximity and the perceived quality traits of poultry products from native breeds. …”
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Features of the biomorphological and geographic structure of segetal floras in a number of regions in Russia by O. G. Baranova, A. S. Tretyakova, N. N. Luneva, A. A. Zverev, P. V. Kondratkov, T. A. Terekhina, G. R. Khasanova, S. M. Yamalov, M. V. Lebedeva, N. A. Bagrikova

“…For the most part, indigenous plants represented widespread species (Holarctic and Eurasian), mainly plurizonal ones. At the same time, the composition of geographic elements in segetal floras retained the features of their locations. …”
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Conductive polymers and derivatives as recognition element for electrochemical sensing of food and drug additives: A brief perspective by Hassan O. Shoyiga, Omolola E. Fayemi

“…Conducting polymers (CPs) are a distinct category of polymeric materials characterised by conjugated main chains that display adjustable electrical and optical properties. …”
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Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of the First Imported Mpox Virus Clade Ib Variant in China by Yin Song, Yong Yan, Jingyu Xu, Shencong Lv, Ganglin Ren, Yamei Zhou, Wanchen Song, Rui Ge, Peihua Xu, Guoying Zhu, Zhongwen Chen

“…This recent outbreak of MPXV mainly emerged in several European and American countries and subsequently spread to over 100 countries and regions worldwide. …”
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Studying the Fixing Rate of GPS PPP Ambiguity Resolution Under Different Geomagnetic Storm Intensities by Xiaomin Luo, Zhuang Chen, Shengfeng Gu, Neng Yue, Tao Yue

“…The mechanism of PPP‐ARP decrease under geomagnetic storms is mainly due to the cycle slips and even loss of lock of GNSS signals caused by the storms induced ionospheric disturbances and scintillations. …”
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Preliminary Study the Effect of Galbanic Acid on the Efficacy of Radiation Therapy on O26 Tumor Cells Implanted In Balb-C Mice by Morteza Rezaei kahkha, Shokouhozaman Soleymanifard, mehrdad iranshahi, samaneh soudmand salarabadi, elham tavakkoli, amir fotovati, Najme rezaei dovom

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Galbanic acid on C26 tumor radiation sensitivity and The main challenge of this study is to deliver the drug to the tumor cells due to the hydrophobicity of Galbanic acid.Material and Methods: 28 inbred male Balb/C mice were injected subcutaneously with 500,000 C26 cells into the right flank. …”
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A Generalized Phase-Shift PWM Extension for Improved Natural and Active Balancing of Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverters by Georgios Kampitsis, Efstratios I. Batzelis, Antonis Kolokasis, Elison Matioli, Bikash C. Pal

“…The emergence of wide bandgap power devices has brought the attention back to the flying capacitor (FC) multilevel inverters with a large number of stages, in an effort to increase the power density by minimizing the passive components. The main challenge that such systems face, particularly the ones based on high-frequency Gallium-Nitride devices and small-value ceramic capacitors, relate to the stringent requirements for precise and fast capacitor balancing. …”
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Optical and Radiative Properties of Aerosols over Two Locations in the North-West Part of India during Premonsoon Season by Yogesh Kant, Atinderpal Singh, Debashis Mitra, Darshan Singh, P. Srikanth, A. S. Madhusudanacharyulu, Y. N. V. Krishna Murthy

“…The diurnal pattern of BC is mainly controlled by boundary layer dynamics and local anthropogenic activities over both the stations. …”
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Injectable Hierarchical Bioactive Hydrogels with Fibroblast Growth Factor 21/Edaravone/Caffeic Acid Asynchronous Delivery for Treating Parkinson's Disease by Junpeng Xu, Peng Dai, Chen Zhang, Na Dong, Caiyan Li, Chonghui Tang, Zhihao Jin, Shih‐Ho Lin, Luyang Ye, Tianmiao Sun, Yukai Jin, Fenzan Wu, Lihua Luo, Ping Wu, Shengcun Li, Xiaokun Li, Shan‐hui Hsu, Dawei Jiang, Zhouguang Wang

“…The hydrogel with caffeic acid‐grafted polymer main chain is crosslinked using a micellar nanocrosslinker, with sufficient modulus (≈167 Pa), antioxidant activity (> 50%), injectability (30‐gauge syringe needle), and shape‐adaptability. …”
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DNA vaccines as promising immuno-therapeutics against cancer: a new insight by Alireza Shariati, Arya Khezrpour, Fatemeh Shariati, Hamed Afkhami, Hamed Afkhami, Hamed Afkhami, Aref Yarahmadi, Sajad Alavimanesh, Sajad Alavimanesh, Sina Kamrani, Mohammad Hossein Modarressi, Pouria Khani

“…They can induce a systemic immune response effective on both the primary tumor and metastases. The main disadvantage of DNA vaccines is their poor immunogenicity. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2003 by Denis E O’donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road

“…Moreover, morbidity and mortality from COPD continue to rise and the economic burden is enormous. The main goal of the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) Evidence-Based Guidelines is to optimize early diagnosis, prevention and management of COPD in Canada. …”
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The molecular prognostic scoring system for normal karyotype myelodysplastic syndromes by Wei Wang, Yudi Zhang, Wenli Yang, Xiaozhen Liu, Lingxu Jiang, Wei Lang, Yingwan Luo, Xinping Zhou, Lu Wang, Li Ye, Ying Xu, Liya Ma, Hongyan Tong

“…The C-index was used as the main evaluation metric to assess the model’s performance. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Visual Dysfunction in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Patients by Wei-Kang Bi, Jin-Lin Wang, Xu-Dong Zhou, Ze-Kun Li, Wen-Wen Jiang, Shao-Bin Zhang, Yong Zou, Ming-Jun Bi, Qin Li

“…Some patients in the three groups had visual dysfunction. The main ocular symptoms were local pain, eye movement disorder, and visual field defect. …”
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Prediction and unsupervised clustering of fertility intention among migrant workers based on machine learning: a cross-sectional survey from Henan, China by Xinghong Guo, Mingze Ma, Yiyang Chen, Zhaoyang Fang, Jingru Liu, Shuming Yan, Yifei Feng, Xinya Cheng, Jian Wu, Beizhu Ye

“…Regardless of the group, economic and age factors are the main reasons for participants not having a family plan in the near future. …”
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Management of rare and undiagnosed diseases: insights from researchers and healthcare professionals in Türkiye by Sinem Durmus, Emrah Yucesan, Sinem Aktug, Begum Utz, Ahmet Okay Caglayan, Ahmet Okay Caglayan, Pinar Gencpinar, Cagatay Günay, Yavuz Oktay, Ravza Nur Yildirim, Ayca Yigit, Ugur Ozbek

“…This study provides a detailed survey analysis that sheds light on the challenges that researchers and healthcare professionals face in diagnosing, treating, managing and conducting research on RD.MethodsWe developed a national online survey with three RD stakeholder groups (Researchers, Healthcare professionals and researcher-healthcare professionals) to identify the main challenges and needs in Türkiye for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up processes of rare and undiagnosed diseases.ResultsThe survey was completed by 363 participants, revealing that participants face key challenges such as the need to refer patients to specialized centers, financial burdens, limited access to necessary tests, inadequate support for rare disease research and a lack of interdisciplinary collaboration. …”
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How do age and sex influence pain threshold and tolerance among Santal tribal people living in West Bengal, India? by Arpita Santra, Subrata Kumar Roy, Monali Goswami, Diptendu Chatterjee

“…Results of two-way ANOVA revealed significant main effects of age and sex on every pain threshold and tolerance level assessed in this study, indicating that older individuals had lower pain threshold and tolerance levels than younger ones. …”
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Computational thinking in STEM education: current state-of-the-art and future research directions by Rasikh Tariq, Bertha Maria Aponte Babines, Jesus Ramirez, Inés Alvarez-Icaza, Fawad Naseer

“…The knowledge society exists mainly due to advancing technology and the exponential development of professionals’ capabilities. …”
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Cardiovascular Profile and Cardiovascular Imaging After Bariatric Surgery: A Narrative Review by Mihaela Toader, Liliana Gheorghe, Costin Chirica, Ionuț-Alexandru Ghicu, Sabina-Ioana Chirica, Andreea Isabela Mazga, Danisia Haba, Mădălina Maxim, Ancuța Andreea Miler, Daniela Crișu, Mihai Ștefan Cristian Haba, Daniel Vasile Timofte

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Up until now, behavioral interventions and pharmacological therapies were the main approach available for the management of obesity. …”
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