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 co-occurrence of MPs and pharmaceuticals leads to prolonged environmental presence and gradual bioaccumulation in organisms over time, contributing to persistent contamination and long-lasting effects on ecosystems. …”
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Preliminary efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for children aged 1.5–8 years with PTSD: a multiple baseline experimental design (N = 19) by Carlijn de Roos, Julia Offermans, Samantha Bouwmeester, Ramón Lindauer, Frederike Scheper

“…There was no dropout (0%) and no adverse events were reported.Conclusions: The findings provide preliminary evidence of the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of six sessions of EMDR therapy for reducing paediatric PTSD and comorbidity in young children aged 1.5–8 years and, at the same time, decreasing parenting stress. Further trials are warranted.Trial Registration: International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (before National Trial Register, trial search/who/int: identifier: NL8426, EMDR for young children with PTSD).…”
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Emulsifying Properties of Dietary Fiber from Different Sources by Yao WANG, Xue ZHAO, Hao WU, Xinglian XU

“…The results of storage stability suggested that with the extension of storage time, oat bran dietary fiber emulsion and citrus fiber emulsion showed obvious oil-water layered, and the emulsification ability was lower than that of other groups. …”
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Research of temperature deformations of selflubricating tapered bearings of low-consumption rotor units by N. A. Raykovskiy, V. L. Yusha, A. V. Tretyakov, V. A. Zakharov, K. I. Kuznetsov

“…The use of self-lubricating bearing units of conical shape implemented according to the «rotaprint» lubrication scheme is promising in oil-free small-sized turbine units to provide a given resource. At the same time, an important issue, especially for microturbines, is to ensure the required temperature regimes and permissible temperature deformations. …”
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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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Development of biodegradable magnesium alloy stents with coating by Lorenza Petrini, Wei Wu, Dario Gastaldi, Lina Altomare, Silvia Farè, Francesco Migliavacca, Ali Gökhan Demir, Barbara Previtali, Maurizio Vedani

“…Biodegradable stents are attracting the attention of many researchers in biomedical and materials research fields since they can absolve their specific function for the expected period of time and then gradually disappear. This feature allows avoiding the risk of long-term complications such as restenosis or mechanical instability of the device when the vessel grows in size in pediatric patients. …”
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Extensive Use of Interventional Therapies Improves Survival in Unresectable or Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Ricarda Seidensticker, Max Seidensticker, Kathleen Doegen, Konrad Mohnike, Kerstin Schütte, Patrick Stübs, Erika Kettner, Maciej Pech, Holger Amthauer, Jens Ricke

“…Median survival was 33.1 months from time of diagnosis and 16.0 months from first therapy. …”
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Current state of ichthyofauna and use of aquatic bioresources in the Khrystoforivske Reservoir (Bokovenka River, Dnipro basin) by D. Kobyakov, О. Khristov, R. Novitskyi, O. Bozhko

“…Originality. For the first time, data on the species composition, quantitative parameters of nearshore and pelagic fish communities, distribution and state of the ichthyofauna of the Khrystoforivske Reservoir were analyzed, and the stock and volumes for extraction of aquatic bioresources were calculated. …”
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Efficient recovery of Ce(III) ions from acidic solutions using oxalic acid crosslinked chitosan by Tabtila Okta Rinila, Soon Kong Yong, Waheeba Ahmed Al-Amrani, Agustono Wibowo, Nurul Filzah Ghazali, Murat Yılmaz, Faiz Bukhari Mohd Suah, Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah

“…The settings comprised a solution pH of 4, a CHOA dosage of 0.01 g, a steadiness time of 30 min, and a temperature of 300 K. Kinetic and isotherm analyses specified that the Ce(III) ions adsorption onto CHOA is most accurately designated by the pseudo-second-order and Freundlich models. …”
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Validation of Difficult Airway Physiological Score (DAPS) in Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department by Shahan Waheed, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Ahmed Raheem, Asad Iqbal Mian

“…The variables in the score were age, gender, time of intubation, vitals and vomiting at presentation, pH <7.3, fever, physician’s anticipation for patient decline, and agitation. …”
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Fructose Consumption in Pregnancy and Associations with Maternal and Offspring Hepatic and Whole-Body Adiposity in Rodents: A Scoping Review by Grace Zhao, Sarah Chondon, Clint Gray, Sheridan Gentili, Meagan Stanley, Timothy RH Regnault

“…However, the impact of excess fructose intake during this time on maternal, fetal, and offspring hepatic and whole-body adiposity, is not well defined. …”
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Assessment of vulnerability to fluvial floods: Case of municipalities of the Gidra River Basin, Slovakia by Matej Vojtek, Soheyl Moradi

“…We have calculated a fluvial flood vulnerability index (FFVI) related to the year 2021 for twelve municipalities, which fall into the Gidra River Basin and whose urban area is completely or partially located in the basin, and at the same time a watercourse, belonging to the Gidra River Basin, flows through the municipality. …”
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Analisis Sentimen pada Opini Pengguna Maskapai Penerbangan Menggunakan Hybrid Cuckoo Search by Nanang Fakhrur Rozi, Fandi Arianto, Dian Puspita Hapsari

“…Abstract The high demands of airplanes usage are influenced by the increasing levels of people's mobility who want to trip from one city to another in a short time. However, not all airlines company could provide satisfactory services for the consumers. …”
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Heterogeneity in Fluorescence-Stained Sperm Membrane Patterns and Their Dynamic Changes Towards Fertilization in Mice by Momoka Hirai, Satoshi Kishigami

“…Pre-stained sperm exhibited an increased number of HM and M patterns over time, whereas the number of HMT-stained sperm decreased. …”
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Autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis: From disease bystanders to pathogenic players by Aurélien Chepy, Aurore Collet, David Launay, Sylvain Dubucquoi, Vincent Sobanski

“…Secondly, we emphasize the necessity for novel quantitative techniques to track Aab levels over time by gathering data regarding the timing of Aab occurrence relative to SSc symptoms and the relationships between Aab concentrations and disease severity. …”
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Toxicity evaluation of herbicides used in sugarcane crops to Zebrafish (Danio rerio) by Gabrielli Aparecida Sanches Tesolin, Marina Menezes Marson, Claudio Martín Jonsson, António José Arsénia Nogueira, Daniel Andrade de Siqueira Franco, Sydnei Dionísio Batista de Almeida, Marcus Barifouse Matallo, Monica Accaui Marcondes de Moura

“…In nature, organisms are constantly exposed to more than one toxic agent, and although the phenomenon of chemical interactions are known for some time, there are few previous studies that emphasize observation of the effects resulting from exposure to two or more substances. …”
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Aroma profiling of long shelf-life yoghurt from milk with varying acidity: Insights from sensory evaluation and instrumental analysis by Jia Wang, Dongjie Zhang, Jie Li, Tingting Zou, Rong Wen, Yaqiong Hou, Huanlu Song, Hongliang Li, Hairan Ma, Jiao Shi

“…In this study, the aroma components of long shelf-life yoghurt produced from milk with varying acidity levels were identified using the Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE) coupled with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography−olfactometry−mass spectrometry technology (GC × GC-O-MS) for the first time. A total of 16 and 12 aroma-active compounds were characterized in long shelf-life yoghurt and milk, respectively, through qualitative analysis. …”
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The Performance of Irrigation Schemes in Sudan Affected by Climate Variability and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam by Shamseddin M. Ahmed, Khalid G. Biro Turk, Hassan Ali Dinar

“…This study used datasets derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), specifically the enhanced vegetation index (EVI) and crop water use efficiency (CWUE), alongside climate time-series data obtained from the Climate Research Unit, to evaluate the performance of irrigation schemes in Sudan affected by climate variability and the construction and filling of the GERD. …”
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Dissolution of Different Reservoir Rocks by Organic Acids in Laboratory Simulations: Implications for the Effect of Alteration on Deep Reservoirs by Jian Chen, Jie Xu, Susu Wang, Zhenyu Sun, Zhong Li, Wanglu Jia, Ping’an Peng

“…Although temperature plays an insignificant role in laboratory simulations, it influences both the generation and destruction processes of organic acids in deep reservoirs on geologic time scales and, thus, warrants further attention. …”
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Mitigation of Mycotoxin Content by a Single-Screw Extruder in Triticale (<i>x Triticosecale</i> Wittmack) by Breda Jakovac-Strajn, Janja Babič, Lato Pezo, Vojislav Banjac, Radmilo Čolović, Jovana Kos, Jelena Miljanić, Elizabet Janić Hajnal

“…The temperature at the end plate of the extruder ranged between 97.6 and 141 °C, the absolute pressure was from 0.10 to 0.42 MPa, the mean retention time of material in the barrel was between 16 and 35 s, and the specific energy consumption was from 91.5 to 186.6 Wh/kg. …”
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