Comparative analysis of fuel wood consumption of improved mud stove and three stone fire stove: a case study by Junejo, Awais, Kumar, Sanjay, Harijan, Khanji, Jeguirim, Mejdi

“…The ICS can also reduce 0.258 tonnes of CO$_{2}$ emissions per ICS user annually. Stove performance index shows that ICS uses 6% less fuel as compared to TCS. …”
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Floristic Diversity and Distribution Pattern of Plant Communities along Altitudinal Gradient in Sangla Valley, Northwest Himalaya by Pankaj Sharma, J. C. Rana, Usha Devi, S. S. Randhawa, Rajesh Kumar

“…Tree and shrub’s density ranged from 205 to 600 and from 105 to 1030 individual per hectare, respectively, whereas herbs ranged from 22.08 to 78.95 individual/m2. …”
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Exploring the economic and environmental benefits of Colombo wetlands in urban planning with nature-based solutions by Chethika Gunasiri Wadumestrige Dona, Geetha Mohan, Kensuke Fukushi, Nadeera Dissanayaka

“…Additionally, the unit value of the CWC for flood control purposes is approximately USD 72.08 per square meter. The findings of this study provide crucial insights for a wide range of stakeholders, including urban planners, hydrologists, engineers, decision-makers, environmentalists, and the public. …”
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IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF WORK ON CULVERT UNDERPASS BOX STRUCTURES USING THE LEAN SIX SIGMA METHOD by Rian Darmawan, Budi Susetyo

“…In addition, the analysis using Lean Six Sigma in Box Culvert work resulted in a DPMO value of 6058 per one million or equivalent to 4.133 sigma with a yield of 99.39%, thus requiring evaluation through the the DMAIC method Define – Measure – Analyze – Improvement – Control) to reduce defects and improve quality. …”
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CAMELLIA HOAANA (THEACEAE, SECTION CORALLINA), A NEW SPECIES FROM BU GIA MAP NATIONAL PARK IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM by Shi-Xiong Yang, Dinh Thap Kieu, Trong Hung Le, Huu Thang Khuong

“…Capsule subglobose, sparsely pubescent, furfuraceous. Seeds 1–2 per locule, semiglobose or globose, densely brown villous. …”
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Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide in Several Aged Hydrotalcites and Calcined Hydrotalcites: Influence of Microwave Irradiation during the Ageing Step on Their Basic Properties by Olga Bergadà, Pilar Salagre, Yolanda Cesteros, Francisco Medina, Jesús E. Sueiras

“…However, after calcination, high-area mixed oxides obtained from hydrotalcites aged by refluxing under microwave irradiation exhibited a higher basicity per square metre than those obtained from hydrotalcites aged under more drastic conditions. …”
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Enhancing cybersecurity incident response: AI-driven optimization for strengthened advanced persistent threat detection by Gauhar Ali, Sajid Shah, Mohammed ElAffendi

“…The generation of large amounts of alerts with huge rates of false positives per unit of time and the time-consuming manual expert engagement in the post-alert decision phase. …”
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Taxonomic and Functional Dynamics of Bacterial Communities During Drift Seaweed Vermicomposting by Manuel Aira, Ana Gómez-Roel, Jorge Domínguez

“…Vermicomposting changed the composition of the bacterial communities, as indicated by the low proportion of bacterial taxa common to the bacterial communities in the raw seaweed and vermicompost (21 to 56 ASVs from more than 900 ASVs per sample type). The observed increase in taxonomic diversity (32% mean increase across sampling times) also affected the functionality of the bacterial communities present in the vermicompost. …”
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Wine, beer and Chinese Baijiu in relation to cardiovascular health: the impact of moderate drinking by Qiao Kang, Jinyuan Sun, Bowen Wang, Baoguo Sun

“…Excessive alcohol consumption (≥15 drinks per week) causes chronic diseases and multiple other health conditions. …”
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Leveraging Partial Labels for Cervical Lesion Classification via a Multilabel Approach by Margaret Dy Manalo, Kota Aoki, Shuqiong Wu, Mariko Shindo, Yutaka Ueda, Yasushi Yagi

“…This refined dataset is then fed to a Vision Transformer, which performs per-class feature extraction and incorporates a part selection module that emphasizes critical areas within the cervigram, while integrating inter-class information within both early and late stages of the model. …”
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Path Planning Algorithm for Manipulators in Complex Scenes Based on Improved RRT* by Xiqing Zhang, Pengyu Wang, Yongrui Guo, Qianqian Han, Kuoran Zhang

“…The algorithm generates multiple candidate points per iteration, selecting a sampling point probabilistically based on heuristic values, thereby optimizing sampling efficiency and reducing unnecessary nodes. …”
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The determination of digestibility of ammonia treated wheat straw and its effect on growth performance of beef cattle by Behiç Coşkun, Suphi Deniz, Ali Ayar, Ramazan Kadak, Fazıl Deligözoğlu

“…<p> About five tones wheat straw stack treated with 40 g aqueous ammonia contains 25 % NH3 per kg straw for 30 days after covering the stack with plastic sheet.…”
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Prenatal Mouth Movements: Can We Identify Co-Ordinated Fetal Mouth and LIP Actions Necessary for Feeding? by Nadja Reissland, Claire Mason, Benoist Schaal, Karen Lincoln

“…Although there is some research on sucking per se, we know very little about prenatal preparatory movements for sucking, namely, the ability to co-ordinate opening the mouth widely and then pursing the lips as if around a teat or nipple in utero. …”
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The Role of the United Nations Security Council in the Protection of Cultural Heritage by Bagher Beidaghi, Peyman Bolouri, Malek Zolghader

“…Paying attention to the Security Council’s performance with regard to cultural heritage can be effective since the Security Council, as the main pillar of the UN, has the primary duty of maintaining international peace and security and its decisions are binding for the UN members as per the UN Charter. To this end, this paper, by adopting a descriptive and analytical approach, tries to examine and explain the procedures of the United Nations Security Council for the protection of cultural heritage. …”
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Assessing The Causes of Poor Performance in Geography At Advanced Level in Secondary Schools in Ntungamo District: A Case Study of Rubaare Sub-County. by Nyesiga, Joram

“…Conclusions and recommendations were made per the study findings in chapter four.…”
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Biological characterization of novel Escherichia coli O157:H7 phages and their bacteriostatic effects in milk and pork by Qinghai Ren, Qinghai Ren, Qinghai Ren, Zhiwei Wang, Yichen Ge, Yucui Huang, Wei Zhang, Chunxue Liu, Yubao Li, Shengliang Cao

“…Notably, vB_EcoP_SD2 displayed a latent period of 10 min, a burst period of 80 min, and a burst volume of 80 PFU per cell, while vB_EcoP_SD6 had a burst volume of 10 PFU per cell. …”
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Epidemiology of hereditary eye disease in the populations of Russian Federation by V.V. Kadyshev, E.K. Ginter, S.I. Kutsev, Zh.G. Oganezova, R.A. Zinchenko

“…The mean prevalence of isolated hereditary eye disease was 1:2,272 (or 44.01 per 100,000). When assessing patterns of nosological spectrum and prevalence of isolated hereditary eye disease in each population/ethnic group using principal component analysis, 2 clusters were isolated. …”
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Effectiveness of a tailored forest package of interventions, including topical repellents, in reducing malaria incidence in Myanmar by Kyawt Mon Win, John E. Gimnig, Nay Yi Yi Linn, Feliciano Monti, Nu Nu Khin, William A. Hawley, Jimee Hwang, Ryan E. Wiegand, Ersin Topcuoglu, Alexander Moran, Khin Lin, Hsu Thadar, Aye Aye Myint, Kyaw Myint Tun

“…Results A decrease in mean monthly incidence was observed in the intervention villages from 6.0 (95% CI 4.9–7.1) to 3.7 (95% CI 2.4–4.9) cases per 1000 people at risk before and after the interventions. …”
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The Improvement of Protein Retention through a Higher Utilization of Carbohydrate in the Diet with Chromium for Common Carp Cyprinus carpio Linn. by I. Mokoginta, F. Hapsyari, M. Agus Suprayudi

“…Ikan mas berbobot 5,31 ± 0,02 gram per ekor dipelihara dalam akuarium (50x40x35 cm) dengan kepadatan 20 ekor. …”
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Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in People Living With HIV Attending Centre of Excellence in HIV Care at a Tertiary Level Teaching Hospital in North... by Ragini Ram, Anuradha Subramanian MD, MSc, FRCP, Rajeshwari K. MD, PhD, FRCPCH

“…Using the nonalcoholic fatty liver disease score, 2 subjects had scores corresponding to F0-F2 stage of fibrosis (as per METAVIR score) while the rest (3 out of 5) had indeterminate values. …”
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