The effects of meteorological drought on oak forest dieback in Ilam province by shamsallah Asgari, tayeb razi, Mohamadreza Jafari, Ali Akbar noroozi

“…By combining the oak forest drying layer with the output layers derived from drought zoning, visual indicators were created, and statistical analysis was conducted for three 5-year time series. The results demonstrate a correlation coefficient of 96.6% and an explanation coefficient of R2 = 0.985 for the 2002-2006 time series, a correlation coefficient of 95.4% and an explanation coefficient of R2 = 0.980 for the 2007-2011 time series, and a correlation coefficient of 98.8% and an explanation coefficient of R2 = 0.995 for the 2012-2016 time series. …”
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Cross-sectional online survey of the impact of new tobacco health warnings in Colombia by Sally Adams, Arturo Clavijo, Ricardo Tamayo, Olivia Maynard

“…Objectives This study aimed to explore the impact of a new set of six pictorial warnings introduced in 2018.Design and setting Using a cross-sectional design, we examined awareness of the new warnings among Colombian smokers across two time points of data collection.Participants Adult smokers (≥18 years of age), defined as having smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoking at least one cigarette per week participated at time 1, prior to the introduction of the new health warnings in Colombia in 2018 (n=1985, 72% male), and at time 2, 12 months post introduction (n=1572, 69% male).Primary outcomes At each time, we examined smokers’ responses to warnings on packs (negative affect, thinking about warning messages and cognitive elaboration), attitudes toward smoking (perceived likelihood and severity of harm, self-efficacy, response efficacy and quit intentions), knowledge of the health risks of smoking and responses to the new warnings (negative affect, believability, thinking about the harms, reactance and perceived message effectiveness).Results Awareness of the warnings was low, with only 59% of smokers reporting having seen them at time 2. …”
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Evaluation of Bias in the Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter with Method 202 by Yu-Mei Huang, Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Chih-Wei Lin, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Chih-Chieh Chen

“…Additionally, we constructed a forced ventilation chamber to decrease the drying time of the sampled CPM’s organic fraction. The results revealed that our homemade condensate-diverting impinger could neither eliminate nor reduce the artifacts produced by SO2, as the SO2 had already oxidized by the time it passed through the Graham condenser and interacted with water. …”
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Sedentary behavior and physical activity on exercise capacity in adult patients with congenital heart disease by Masahiro Matsui, Keisei Kosaki, Naoto Kawamatsu, Yoshihiro Nozaki, Tomoko Machino-Otsuka, Yoshio Nakata, Seiji Maeda, Tomoko Ishizu

“…Conclusion: These findings suggest that reducing SB time and increasing PA time are associated with improved exercise capacity in adult patients with CHD.…”
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Peak Occurrence of Retinal Detachment following Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis with Internal Validation by Rabea Kassem, Yoel Greenwald, Asaf Achiron, Idan Hecht, Vitaly Man, Liron Ben haim, Amir Bukelman

“…Introduction. Timing of retinal detachment (RD) following cataract surgery is of importance for both diagnostic and prognostic factors. …”
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Treatment Effect of a Vascular-Disrupting Agent Dynamically Monitored by DWI: An Animal Experimental Study by Danping Huang, Ruimeng Yang, Yong Zou, Hongmei Lin, Xiangdong Xu, Xinhua Wei, Hanzheng Chang, Liqiong Wu, Wenshuang Ding, Wenjie Tang, Xinqing Jiang

“…Tumor volume and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the entire tumor and solid component of the tumor at every time point were measured. Two randomly chosen rabbits from each group were sacrificed for H&E staining and CD34 immunohistochemical assessments at each time point. …”
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Impact of Blended Learning Use On Agricultural Entrepreneurship Development by B. P Siriwardena, L. M Abeywickrama, A. L Sandika, N. P Vidanapathirana

“…Keywords: agriculture, blended learning, entrepreneurship development, time management, undergraduate entrepreneurs…”
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Application of and research on 5G mobile nursing stations in clinical settings by Chunrong Li, Lichan Li, Jiexia Li, Rui Huang, Jianying Qin, Lirong Chen, Fujia Qin

“…This study compared the time taken by nurses in both scenarios to verify oral medicine dispensing and intravenous (IV) infusions against medical orders, as well as the time taken by nurses to input vital signs and complete nursing documentation. …”
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Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Admissions in the United States by Peter J. Mallow, Michael Mercado, Michael Topmiller

“…The objectives of this study were twofold: (1) to compare the Cincinnati region to the United States in length of time to obtain treatment and planned medication-assisted therapy for the treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD); and (2) to assess racial disparities within the Cincinnati region in wait time and type of treatment. …”
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Optimization of the catalytic ozonation process using copper oxide nanoparticles for the removal of benzene from aqueous solutions by L. Mohammadi, E. Bazrafshan, M. Noroozifar, A.R. Ansari-Moghaddama, A.R. Khazaei Feizabad, A.H. Mahvi

“…Among the studied factors, the maximum and the minimum contributions were made by the dose of nanoparticles (83%) and the reaction time (~73%). The software predicted that use of 0.13 g of the catalyst at pH of 12 and ozonation time of 5 min would lead to a removal efficiency of 68.4%. …”
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Accident Management System Based on Vehicular Network for an Intelligent Transportation System in Urban Environments by Yusor Rafid Bahar Al-Mayouf, Omar Adil Mahdi, Namar A. Taha, Nor Fadzilah Abdullah, Suleman Khan, Muhammad Alam

“…This system ensures the possibility of real-time communication among vehicles, ambulances, hospitals, roadside units, and central servers. …”
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Effects of Stewing Modes on Physicochemical Quality and Formation of Flavour Compounds of Chinese Dagu Chicken Soup by Haining Guan, Xiaojun Xu, Chunmei Feng, Yanli Tian, Dengyong Liu, Xiaoqin Diao

“…This study aimed to evaluate the influences of stewing modes, including high fire short time (HFST, 100°C/1 h), medium-high fire mid-length time (MFMT, 98°C/2 h), medium fire long time (MFLT, 90°C/3 h), and low fire ultra-length time (LFUT, 83°C/4 h) processing, on physicochemical parameters and flavour compound profile of Chinese Dagu chicken soup. …”
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Potential improvement in spatial accessibility of methadone treatment with integration into other outpatient substance use disorder treatment programs, New York City, 2024. by Marcus A Bachhuber, Chinazo O Cunningham, Ashly E Jordan

“…We estimated one-way public transit travel time and compared travel times using population weighted paired t-tests.…”
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Retrospective review of dosing trends in botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia in a long-term cohort by Gabrielle French, J. Douglas Bosch, Derrick R. Randall

“…The majority of subjects had decreasing doses over time with a small subgroup having slowly increasing doses. …”
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An Efficient Herbal Approach for Treating Fungal Infection in Cervical Cancer Patients by Developing and Optimizing a Vaginal Suppository by Mohammed Ghazwani, Umme Hani, Riyaz Ali M. Osmani, Mohamed Rahamathulla, M. Yasmin Begum, Shadma Wahab, D. V. Gowda, Akhila Akkihebbal Ravikumar, Honnavalli Yogish kumar, Hissana Ather, Afrasim Moin

“…Combinations of PEG 1500 (10%–40%), PEG 6000 (40%–60%), and Poloxamer 407 (5%–30%) were entered as factors, and the responses evaluated were hardness, deformation time, and % drug release. In addition, the formulation was also evaluated for visual examination, weight variation, pH determination, drug content, hardness test, disintegration time, melting zone, deformation time, in vitro drug release, antifungal activity, and stability tests. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Mechanical Behavior of Water-Saturated Coal by Muhammad Ali, Enyuan Wang, Zhonghui Li, Haishan Jia, Dexing Li, Izhar Mithal Jiskani, Barkat Ullah

“…In terms of coal’s stability and failure, soaking time and water content play a significant role in geotechnical engineering practice. …”
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A Parallel Approach to Generate Sports Highlights from Match Videos Using Artificial Intelligence by Arjun Sivaraman, Tarun Kannuchamy, Anmol Anand, Shivam Dheer, Devansh Mishra, Narayanan Prasanth, S. P. Raja

“…However, this process can become time-consuming too, in case of longer match videos, as the computation times of the AI models become inefficient. …”
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Research on water and fertilizer irrigation system of tea plantation by Xuetao Jia, Ying Huang, Yanhua Wang, Daozong Sun

“…Result showed that both time delay and congestion of network increased as the network scale varied from 5, 10, and 15 to 20 nodes. …”
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Bilevel Optimization of Regular Bus-Subway-Shared Bicycle Cooperative Operation considering Dual Uncertainties by Yunqiang Xue, Tong He, Tao Li, Hongzhi Guan, Yang Qiu

“…According to the optimization results, passenger waiting time, passenger transfer time, and passenger on board time are effectively reduced by 6.81%, 18.29%, and 23.92%. …”
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The role of climate change in the movement of climatic seasons in Iran by mahnaz Aziz Ebrahim, Mohammad Saligheh, Mohammad hossein Nassrzadeh, Bohlol Alijani

“…The designated times were tested using the Rayman model. The results of comparing the seasons in the two time series indicated that in all stations, changes in climatic seasons occurred from Insignificant to significant. …”
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