Improvement in Explicit Prediction of Water Quality Using Wavelet-Based LSSVR and M5pRT by Rashmi Bhardwaj, Aashima Bangia

“…Change in the pH levels of the drinkable water has majorly raised concern towards diverse health issues like heart problems, infant mortality rates, pigmentation of skin, and cholera outbreaks. …”
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Why Does Pnemococcus Kill? by Yves Bergeron, Michel G Bergeron

“…This paper reviews the major bacterial virulence factors and pathogenesis steps that characterize fatal pneumococcal pneumonia, with a focus on the inflammation that was observed from the initial infection to death in an experimental murine pneumonia model. …”
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Estimating the Climate-Controlled Soil Parameters and the Distorted Mound Shape for Analysis of Stiffened Rafts on Expansive Soils by Mohamed H. Abu-Ali, Basuony El-Garhy, Ahmed Boraey, Wael S. Al-Rashed, Hassan Abdel-Daiem

“…The results of the parametric study are used in a regression analysis to develop an equation for estimating the edge moisture variation distance, which is considered a major barrier to using existing design methods of stiffened rafts as a function of the climate-controlled soil parameters and the aspect ratio of the raft. …”
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Identifying RBBP7 as a Promising Diagnostic Biomarker for BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy by Yicun Wang, Yuxuan Wang, Di Zhang, Hao Zhang, Wei Wang, Xiaopeng Hu

“…BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) remains a major infectious complication due to powerful immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients, and its histologic appearance can mimic rejection, leading to diagnostic and treatment dilemmas thus molecular diagnostic methods would be beneficial. …”
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Prevention of Foodborne Listeriosis by JM Farber, J Harwig, A Carter

“…The organism is very widespread in the environment and can be found in a wide variety of foods. At least four major outbreaks definitively linked to the consumption of food containing L monocytogenes have occurred. …”
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Study on clinically manifested reproductive health problems of dairy cows managed under intensive and semi-intensive production systems in Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia by Amene Fekadu, Yifat Denbarga, Tesfaye Belay, Desie Sheferaw, Fufa Abunna, Kebede Amenu, Rahmeto Abebe, Mesele Abera, Berhanu Mekibib

“…Retained fetal membrane, abortion, uterine infections, anestrous and repeat breeding are the major reproductive disorders encountered followed by dystocia, milk fever and prolapses of the vagina and/or uterus. …”
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Characteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food security. by Michel Dione, Guy Ilboudo, Abdoul Aziz Ouedraogo, Sidonie Aristide Ima, Brice Ouedraogo, Theodore Knight-Jones, Assèta Kagambèga, Robyn Alders

“…While men consider high disease burden, lack of finance, and poor chicken housing as the major constraints, women prioritized the lack of adequate chicken housing, lack of feeds and limited access to veterinary services. …”
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Sociability of patrol police officers as a key professionally important competence: an empirical study by О. О. Yevdokimova, Y. S. Ponomarenko

“…The obtained facts show that the police officers of the first group have some difficulties in the implementation of friendly behavior, and the police officers of the second group have the sociability formed as a major component of their professional activities. …”
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Petroleum Hydrocarbons Contamination Profile of Ochani Stream in Ejamah Ebubu, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria by Akuro Adoki

“…The results show that a major crude oil spillage occurred at Ejamah Ebubu, Rivers State, Nigeria approximately 30 years ago. …”
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Collection, Collation, and Comparison of 3D Coronal CME Reconstructions by C. Kay, E. Palmerio

“…Abstract Predicting the impacts of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is a major focus of current space weather forecasting efforts. …”
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State tax policy in Ukraine: historical and legal aspect (based on the example of the XX century) by G. L. Gufman

“…The attention has been focused on the fact that post-war years of the government budget was subordinated to the solution of the major task to mitigation of consequences of war and restoration of the destroyed economy of the country. …”
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Examining the Impacts of House Prices on Self-Rated Health of Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Subjective Well-Being by Min Wang, Zixuan Tan, Ruying Chen, Xuefang Zhuang

“…A mediation model, utilizing data from China’s 2018 Labor Dynamics Survey, was employed to examine the impact pathway of house prices, subjective well-being, and self-rated health, while investigating the differences between young-old and old-old groups. The major findings are as follows: (1) House prices negatively affected self-rated health among the older adults. (2) The subjective well-being of older adults mediated the pathway through which house prices affected their self-rated health. (3) For old-old adults, higher house prices were more strongly linked to an increased likelihood of reporting good, very good, or excellent health. …”
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Inferred Industrial and Agricultural Activities Impact on Groundwater Quality of Skhira Coastal Phreatic Aquifer in Southeast of Tunisia (Mediterranean Region) by Samira Melki, Amina Mabrouk El Asmi, Moncef Gueddari

“…For that, 20 water well samples covering the phreatic aquifer were analyzed for physical and chemical parameters, major cations and anions, nutrient elements, fluorine, and some trace metal elements. …”
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Could the Inflation Reduction Act Maximum Fair Price Hurt Patients? by Anne M. Sydor, Esteban Rivera, Robert Popovian

“…The resulting morbidity and mortality could include up to an additional 145 000 major cardiovascular events and up to 97 000 more deaths. …”
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Impact of Extracellular Matrix-Related Genes on the Tumor Microenvironment and Prognostic Indicators in Esophageal Cancer: A Comprehensive Analytical Study by Yinghong Wu, Wenjie Hu, Zhihong Jia, Qiying Zhu, Jinghui Xu, Liang Peng, Renjie Wang

“…Esophageal cancer is a major global health challenge with a poor prognosis. …”
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Influence of fertilizer types and placement methods on the yield of white yam Dioscorea rotundata by Tajudeen Akinrinola, Peter Babajide

“…Purpose: Yam cultivation in soils of low fertility has been a major cause of yield decline in Nigeria. The inadequacies associated with either inorganic or organic fertilizer in the aspects of crop growth and productivity necessitated the introduction of organomineral fertilizers. …”
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A robust multi-objective multi-priodic planning approach to the problem of locating the allocation of organ transplant centers under conditions of uncertainty by Elham Nejati, Mahdi Yousefi Nejad Attari, Asgar Hajibadali

“…Purpose: One of the most vital subcategories of the health care system is organ transplantation, and since organ transplant centers deal directly with surgical operations and, as a result, human lives, the importance of this issue has received more attention. One of the major differences between the organ transplant supply chain and other supply chains is the possibility of corruption of related products. …”
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Occurrence of sarcopenia in elderly patients with coronary heart disease and its association with short-term prognosis by Hongfang Li, Fangfang Ma, Yite Li, Hongying Li, Jiancheng Huang

“…The sarcopenia group had higher rates of unconventional medical visits and major adverse cardiac and cerebral events compared with the non-sarcopenia group, with p < 0.05. …”
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Drivers of HIV self-test kit among Tanzanian men aged 15–49: findings from the 2022 TDHS-MIS cross-sectional study by Mbwiga Sote Aloni

“…Abstract Introduction The introduction of the HIV self-test kit in the early 2000s was a major breakthrough in combating HIV. This study determines the social demographic and sexual behaviour driving the use of HIV self-test kits. …”
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Health system interventions and responses to anti-microbial resistance: A scoping review of evidence from 15 African countries. by Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, Clement Kamil Abdallah

“…Drawing on Muka and colleague's 24 step approach for scoping reviews, two major public health databases (PubMed and Global Health) were searched for articles in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines resulting in 4,783 records. …”
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