Cloud to surface lightning activity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the context of marine infrastructure safety by J. Silverman, Y. Yair, C. Price, M. Asfur

“…Lightning protection systems are designed to withstand currents <200 kA; however, the theoretical limit of lightning intensity is 2–3 times higher. Lightning bolts with peak currents (PCs) greater than 100 kA, also known as Lightning Superbolts (LSBs) occur predominantly over the oceans, including the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. …”
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Peat Characterization and Uptake of Nickel (II) and Cobalt (II) in a Saprist Peat Column by E.S. Asapo, C.A. Coles

“…The metal sorption capacity of the saprist peat increased with decreasing flow rate and overall the sorption capacity of Ni 2+ was two times greater than the sorption capacity of Co 2+ . …”
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Machine learning-enhanced high-resolution exposure assessment of ultrafine particles by Yudie Jianyao, Hongyong Yuan, Guofeng Su, Jing Wang, Wenguo Weng, Xiaole Zhang

“…Abstract Ultrafine particles (UFPs) under 100 nm pose significant health risks inadequately addressed by traditional mass-based metrics. …”
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Simulation and techno-economic analysis of energy cane pyrolysis for bio-oil production using Aspen Plus by Thomas Rafael de Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Luz Lisboa

“…The bio-oil price was 2.1 times higher than the international, suggesting either the employment of catalytic pyrolysis or energy integration to increase the bio-oil yield or to improve its quality.…”
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The Parkinson’s Disease Composite Scale Is Adequately Responsive to Acute Levodopa Challenge by Dávid Pintér, Pablo Martinez-Martin, József Janszky, Norbert Kovács

“…The Parkinson’s Disease Composite Scale (PDCS) is a recently developed easy-to-use tool enabling a timely but comprehensive assessment of Parkinson’s disease (PD)-related symptoms. …”
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A Comparative Study on the Thermal Conductivity of Concrete with Coal Bottom Ash under Different Drying Conditions by In-Hwan Yang, Jihun Park, Kyoung-Chul Kim, Sung-Won Yoo

“…Crushed sand in the concrete mixtures was replaced by CBA with replacement ratios of 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% by volume. In addition, cement in the concrete mixture was substituted by fly ash with replacement ratios of 20 and 40% by volume. …”
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DYNAMICS OF DETECTED FIRE FACTORS IN CLOSED COMPARTMENT: COMPUTER SIMULATION by V. V. Nevdakh

“…Fires with different t 2 –power low heat release rates have been modeled. Fires which growth times to reach 1055 kW were 100 s and 500 s have been considered as fast and slow fires respectively. …”
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Villa d’époque romaine et habitat médiéval à Mont-Saint-Jean (Sarthe) : bilan des recherches 2008-2020 by Florian Sarreste, Paul-André Besombes, Phaedra Bouvet, Chloé Genies, Étienne Jaffrot, Florian Jedrusiak, Thomas Jubeau, Anthony Ledauphin, Annaïg Le Martret, Christophe Loiseau, Hugo Meunier, Aurore Noël, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Boris Robin

“…This hypothesis implies the reuse, at the time of the settlement foundation, of timbers that were already 100 to 300 years old. …”
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Microelectrothermoforming (μETF): one-step versatile 3D shaping of flexible microelectronics for enhanced neural interfaces by Dong Hyeon Lee, Younghoon Park, Yoon Seo, Hannah Noh, Hyunbeen Jeong, Jongmo Seo, Min-Ho Seo, Kyungsik Eom, Joonsoo Jeong

“…The benefits of 3D MEA are evaluated in retinal stimulation through numerical simulations and ex vivo experiments, confirming a threshold lowered by 1.7 times and spatial resolution enhanced by 2.2 times.…”
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Case of surgical treatment of ascending aorta and aortic arch aneurysm in a patient with unclassified connective tissue disease by B.M. Todurov, A.Y. Shkandala, O.V. Zelenchuk, M.F. Rotar, N.S. Gnoyanko

“…Prevalence of thoracic aortic aneurysms is steadily increasing and is now about 10.4 per 100,000 population per year. The risk of sudden death is extremely high. …”
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Nitrogen Fertilizer and Growth Regulator Impacts on Tuber Deformity, Rot, and Yield for Russet Potatoes by Mark S. Reiter, Steven L. Rideout, Joshua H. Freeman

“…The objective of this study was to test impacts of N rate (0, 67, 134, 201, and 268 kg N ha−1), N application timing (100% applied with planter, 2-way split (30% with planter and 70% band applied approximately 30 days after planting at dragoff), and three-way split (30% with planter, 50% band applied prior to drag-off, and 20% band applied at first sight of bloom)), and additions of the growth regulator maleic hydrazide (MH-30). …”
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Seroprevalence of Leptospira spp. antibodies in humans and livestock at various human-animal interfaces in Jordan by Zuhair Bani Ismail, Lea Widemann, Yasmin Daradkeh, Omar Al-Omari, Alaa Fahmawi, Mais Lakaideh, Belal Sha’fout, Haia Mellhem, Leen Al-Bayari, Saad Al-Omari, Hani Talafha, Zaidoun Hijazeen, Bilal Al-Omari, Jean DeMarco, William B. Karesh, Ehab A. Abu-Basha

“…Leptospira spp. antibodies were detected only in sheep and goats at both sampling times, with no cases found in camels or cattle. …”
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The walnut tree as a source of progesterone for reproductive control in goats by P. Chemineau, A.L. Lainé, D. Gennetay, C. Porte, D. Chesneau, C. Laclie, G. Goudet, M. Meunier, M. Delmas, M.L. Greil, P. Liere, A. Pianos, A. Bernard, E. Dirlewanger, J.A. Delgadillo, M. Keller

“…We found a very high concentration of P4, specifically in the leaves of the three most common French varieties (∼100 mg/kg of DM) but not in flowers, fruits, septa, husk, oil or cake. …”
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Dietary ambon lumut banana stem extract Musa cavendishii var. dwarf Paxton as an immunostimulant for white spot disease prevention in Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Afriani Ramadhan, Sri Nuryati, Nur Bambang Priyoutomo, Alimuddin Alimuddin

“…Feeding was conducted for 29 days of maintenance (four times a day). The results showed that the immune responses (average total hemocyte count: 45.15×106 cells/mL, phenoloxidase activity 1.03±0.08 OD, respiratory burst 0.95±0.04 OD, phagocytic activity 94.33±1.53%, growth (specific growth rate: 7.79±0.06%/day, feed ratio conversion was 52±0.01), and survival of treatment C (survival rate 100%) were higher compared with the treatment K+ (total hemocyte count: 3.83×106 cells/mL, phenoloxidase activity 0.04±0.01 OD, respiratory burst 0.18±0.06 OD,  phagocytic activity 5.67±0.58%, specific growth rate: 2.61±0.08%/day, feed conversion ratio 2.11±0.02, survival rate: 50%). …”
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Multispecies probiotics applications through feed addition on cultured tilapia to prevent streptococcosis by Nurin Dalilah Ayu Destianingrum, Munti Yuhana, Angela Mariana Lusiastuti

“…ABSTRACT   Streptococcosis is one of the diseases that often arise and can cause death by 100% in tilapia fish farming. This study aimed to determine the most optimal probiotics combination of cells Bacillus cereus P22, Bacillus subtillis ND2 and Staphylococcus lentus L1k through the feed for streptococcosis prevention. …”
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Evaluation of single and multispecies probiotic applications for the prevention of Motile Aeromonads Septicaemia in gourami, Osphronemus gourami by Agista Tsani Untsa, Widanarni Widanarni, Sukenda Sukenda, Usamah Afiff, Munti Yuhana

“…The in vivo assay, consisted of five treatments and five replicates, namely: negative control (K-); positive control (K+); (B) fish fed with  supplementation of 1% (v/w) probiotic Bacillus NP5 RifR cells and challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila RifR; (L) fish fed with supplemention of probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum CipR 1% (v/w); challenged with A. hydrophila RifR; (BL) fish fed with mixture supplementation of Bacillus NP5 RifR 0.5% (v/w)+L. plantarum CipR 0.5%; infected with A. hydrophila RifR. Fish (29.57 ± 1.00 g) were reared in a 45 L volume aquaria with a rearing density of 10 fish/m3 for 50 days, with   feeding trial three times a day. …”
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Effects of Controlling the AZO Thin Film's Optical Band Gap on AZO/MEH-PPV Devices with Buffer Layer by Jaehyoung Park, Ki-Chang Jung, Ari Lee, Hyojung Bae, Daehwa Mun, Jun-Seok Ha, Young-Bu Mun, E. M. Han, Hang-Ju Ko

“…The effects of AZO optical band gap were assessed by testing the I–V characteristics of devices with structures of glass/ITO/AZO/MEH-PPV/Ag under AM1.5 illumination (100 mW/cm2). Efficiency was improved about 30 times by decreasing the AZO optical band gap, except in devices deposited without oxygen. …”
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Assessment of Hair Aluminum, Lead, and Mercury in a Sample of Autistic Egyptian Children: Environmental Risk Factors of Heavy Metals in Autism by Farida El Baz Mohamed, Eman Ahmed Zaky, Adel Bassuoni El-Sayed, Reham Mohammed Elhossieny, Sally Soliman Zahra, Waleed Salah Eldin, Walaa Yousef Youssef, Rania Abdelmgeed Khaled, Azza Mohamed Youssef

“…Environmental exposure to these toxic heavy metals, at key times in development, may play a causal role in autism.…”
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A novel inverse method for Advanced monitoring of lubrication conditions in sliding bearings through adaptive genetic algorithm by Zhenpeng Wu, Bowen Dong, Liangyi Nie, Adnan Kefal

“…The lubrication states of the experimental sliding bearing under loads of 100 N, 200 N, 300 N, and 400 N were successfully predicted, highlighting the method’s reliability in real-world applications. …”
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Utility of [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Scan in Inflammatory Myopathies: Case Report and Literature Review by Juan Pablo Rivas-de Noriega, Javier Andrés Galnares-Olalde, Javier Zúñiga-Varga, Juan Pablo Herrera-Félix, Marco Antonio Alegría-Loyola, Alonso Turrent-Carriles

“…Incidence ranges from 7.98/million/year and prevalence at 14/100,000. The utility of [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan is increasing for the complementary diagnosis of myopathies. …”
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