Numerical Evaluation and Management Suggestions for Heavy Metal Pollution Risks in a Sludge Landfill: A Case Study from Fuyong Landfill, Shenzhen, China by Muyun Sun, Kaiyuan He, Shi Shu

“…The transport parameters not only influence the simulated time for heavy metal pollutants to break through the silt layer and cause underground environmental pollution but also affect the extent to which the heavy metal pollutants in pore water exceed the guidelines. …”
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Rapid Discrimination of Cheese Products Based on Probabilistic Neural Network and Raman Spectroscopy by Zheng-Yong Zhang

“…The experimental results show that the spectrum contains abundant molecular vibration information of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and other components, and the Raman spectral data collection time of a single sample is only 100 s. Due to the high spectral similarity between samples, it is impossible to identify them with naked eyes. …”
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A Lightweight Person Detector for Surveillance Footage Based on YOLOv8n by Qicheng Wang, Guoqiang Feng, Zongzhe Li

“…To enable person detection tasks in surveillance footage to be deployed on edge devices and their efficient performance in resource-constrained environments in real-time, a lightweight person detection model based on YOLOv8n was proposed. …”
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Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes in Women ≥40 Years of Age: A Retrospective Study About 421 Cases in Mahdia by Soumaya Kraiem, Leila Souilem, Dhekra Toumi, Haifa Bouchahda

“…STUDY DESIGN: Among 9962 women who delivered in Mahdia’s hospital between January 2015 and December 2016, 421 women (4.22%) were 40 years old or older at the time of delivery. Our retrospective study included 421 pregnant women aged more than 40 years and 421 controls aged 18-39, stratified to parity. …”
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Mathematical Development and Evaluation of Forecasting Models for Accuracy of Inflation in Developing Countries: A Case of Vietnam by Nhu-Ty Nguyen, Thanh-Tuyen Tran

“…This is a complex problem requiring a large investment of time and wisdom to attain positive results. Thus, appropriate tools for forecasting inflation variables are crucial significant for policy making. …”
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Surgical treatment of paraphimosis in dogs: 4 cases by Nuriza Zamirbekova, Kurtulus Parlak, Iremsu Satici, Hilmican Ergin, Sena Yazici, Ebrar Merve Eris, Melek Yildiz, Fahrettin Alkan

“…The surgical wound healing time was recorded as one week in the second and third cases. …”
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Effects of Thermal Radiation and Variable Porosity on Unsteady Magnetoconvective Heat-Mass Transport Past a Vertical Perforated Sheet by Md. Abu Bkar PK, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Md. Mosharof Hossain, Dipayan Mondal

“…This study interprets the effects of radiative and variable porosity on a time-dependent MHD-free convective heat-mass transfer past a vertical porous sheet. …”
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Average Achievable Rate Maximization for RIS-Assisted UAV Communication Systems by Yuandong Liu, Jianbo Ji, Juan Yang

“…In order to maximize the average achievable rate of the ground user, this paper studies a design of joint RIS phase shift, UAV time slot power allocation and UAV trajectory in the considered systems. …”
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Conquest of Cyprus by the Turks: Divergence of the Early Modern Period and Establishment of Status Quo in the Mediterranean by Emrah NAKİ

“…However, in the summer of 1570 after the Ottomans had commenced their siege of Cyprus, which was under the domination of Venice, this time it was the Venetians who came up with the proposal of an alliance. …”
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Formation Mechanism of Preferential Flow Paths and Seepage Characteristics of a Novel Growable Pile for Heap Leaching of Rare Earth by Wei Ju, Jianhua Yang, Zemin Wang, Chi Yao, Xiaobo Zhang

“…This creates trouble for vegetation restoration carried out timely on the top of the pile. In order to solve this trouble, a novel pile structure into which leaching liquid is laterally injected is proposed for heap leaching of rare earth. …”
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The Constitution as an Object of Political Analysis by Vasily K. Belozerov

“…These circumstances indicate that the constitution is a crucial subject for political science analysis. At the same time, the constitution is an accessible and open document; as a result, there is a risk of its superficial perception due to ignoring several circumstances. …”
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Alternating current servo motor and programmable logic controller coupled with a pipe cutting machine based on human-machine interface using dandelion optimizer algorithm - attenti... by Santosh Prabhakar Agnihotri, Mandar Padmakar Joshi

“…Through implementation on the MATLAB platform, the proposed DOA-APCNN approach demonstrates a noteworthy 30% reduction in computation time compared to existing methods such as Heap-based optimizer (HBO), Cuckoo Search Algorithm (CSA), and Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA). …”
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COVID-19 preguntas frecuentes para servicios de comida: preguntas generales y salud de los empleados by Natalie Seymour, Mary Yavelak, Candice Christian, Ben Chapman, Michelle Danyluk

“…¿Qué tal si ya usó todos sus días de enfermedad (sick time)? This is the Spanish-language version of FSHN20-16/FS339: COVID-19 FAQ for Food Service: General Questions and Employee Health. …”
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A Rationale for Pollutograph Evaluation in Ungauged Areas, Using Daily Rainfall Patterns: Case Studies of the Apulian Region in Southern Italy by Angela Gorgoglione, Andrea Gioia, Vito Iacobellis, Alberto Ferruccio Piccinni, Ezio Ranieri

“…The quantity SWMM parameters were evaluated starting from the drainage network and catchments characteristics, while the quality parameters were obtained from results of a monitoring campaign conducted for quality model calibration and validation with reference to the pollutograph’s shape and the peak-time. The research yields a procedure useful to evaluate the first flush phenomenon in ungauged sites and, in particular, it provides interesting information for designing efficient and sustainable drainage systems for first flush treatment and diffuse pollution treatment.…”
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Vestium i Ruthenium na tle historii chemii by Halina Lichocka

“…In this context, it turns out that Jędrzej Śniadecki was the first researcher who tried to prove the existence of the sixth platinum metal. Time showed that Śniadecki was right. The confirmation of this was the subsequent separation of the metallic ruthenium by Karl Ernst Claus. …”
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Effect of Paraquat on Tilapia Fingerlings under laboratory condition by D.K. Nkeeh, N.A. Jamabo

“…Mortality was measured at different time intervals of 10hr, 12hr, 16hr, 20hr, 46hr and 52hr for the range finding test, using different concentrations of paraquat (120mg/l, 60mgl, 30mg/l and 15mg/l). …”
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MENTAL STRESS AMONG CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION SITE AGENTS AND FOREMEN IN THE NELSON MANDELA BAY METROPOLE by Erich HAYDAM, John SMALLWOOD

“…The salient findings include: using unreliable and old tools, using dirty toilet facilites, and working on an untidy site are the most significant physical stressors; limited time spent with loved ones, tight deadlines, inadequate reward system, and work-life imbalance are the most significant organisational stressors; headaches, tense muscles, and smoking cigarettes are the most significant behavioural activities and physical sensations experienced;tired, weak and no energy, restless and on edge, and irritable are  the most significant sensations of stress; feeling sad or down, restlessness, and decrease / increase in appetite are the most significant symptoms of depression. …”
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OVERVIEW STUDY OF MOBILE NETWORK TRAFFIC FOR BTS STATIONS by Hoang Van Thuc*, Pham Van Ngoc, Doan Thi Thanh Thao, Vu Chien Thang, Pham Thanh Nam, Mac Thi Phuong

“…The authors used the Google Colab environment to analyze network time statistics to determine traffic in each area. …”
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Efficient sex hormone biosensors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells to evaluate human aromatase activity and inhibition by Jie Wu, Matthias Bureik, Mario Andrea Marchisio

“…Abstract Yeast sex-hormone whole-cell biosensors are analytical tools characterized by long-time storage and low production cost. We engineered compact β-estradiol biosensors in S. cerevisiae cells by leveraging short (20-nt long) operators bound by the fusion protein LexA-ER-VP64—where ER is the human estrogen receptor and VP64 a strong viral activation domain. …”
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Effects of IL-6 and TNF-α Cytokines on Cell Proliferation in Androgen Dependent/Independent Prostate Cancer Cell Lines by Serhad Onat, Feray Köçkar, Sümeyye Aydoğan Türkoğlu

“…According to our results, IL-6 cytokine caused a high increase in proliferation in androgen-dependent LNCaP cells, while androgen-independent PC-3 cells showed different proliferative effects in time and dose-dependent manner. TNF-α cytokine had a negative effect on the proliferation of androgen-dependent LNCaP cells, while it increased the proliferation level of androgen-independent PC-3 cells. …”
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