Highly Amplified Broadband Ultrasound in Antiresonant Hollow Core Fibers by Ricardo E. da Silva, David John Webb, Cristiano Monteiro de Barros Cordeiro, Marcos Antonio Ruggieri Franco

“…High‐frequency broadband ultrasound in nested antiresonant hollow core fibers (NANFs) is investigated for the first time. NANFs have remarkable features enabling high‐resolution microscale optoacoustic imaging sensors and neurostimulators. …”
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Potentiometric Sensor for Gadolinium(III) Ion Based on Zirconium(IV) Tungstophosphate as an Electroactive Material by Harish K. Sharma, Nadeem Sharma

“…The electrode can be used in the pH range 4.0-10.0 for 10-1 M and 3.0-7.0 for 10-2 M concentration of target ion. …”
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Examining Women's Perceptions of Privacy According to Generations and Birth Preferences by Rukiye Demir

“…The population of the study consisted of women who applied to gynecology outpatient clinics between these dates, and the sample consisted of 300 women (n= 100 for each generation) in BP (Baby Boomer), X and Y generations. …”
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GR management as an ESG transformation driver: Evidence from Russian companies by Victoria V. Savelieva, Anna S. Veselova

“…The data set of the study is represented by data from 86 largest Russian companies from the RAEX TOP-100 ESG Ranking as of December, 2023. The top tier companies demonstrate better financial performance and tend to single out GR as a separate function (division). …”
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USE OF RAPID METHODS FOR TESTING MEAT, VISCERA AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS by A. V. Tyunev, M. V. Alekseyeva

“…All the used rapid methods have demonstrated high accuracy and specificity, they allow to shorten test time, and their results were confirmed by classical microbiological tests. 100 positive confirmed results were obtained from testing beef samples (10.8% of the total number of tests performed). 53 positive results were obtained in rapid test (confirmed by classical test), which makes 20.37% of the total number of tests performed. 56 positive confirmed results were obtained from testing cattle viscera using classical tests (12.6%). 13 samples tested positive using rapid test (13%). …”
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SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE AND PIN DIODE DETECTORS IN OPTICAL RECEIVERS by ELECHI PROMISE, ORIKE SUNNY, MINAH-EEBA WINNER, EZINNE IKPO CHIKERENMA

“…There was an improvement in the quality factor, the quality of signal with a low noise value and the extended transmission or propagation time was reduced. …”
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The Estimation of German Football League (Bundesliga) Team Ranking via Artificial Neural Network Model by Faruk Kılıç, Hasan Aka, Serkan İbiş, Zait Burak Aktuğ

“…This study was conducted to estimate the places of teams in league ranking by the analysis of the time intervals of the scored and conceded goals in football using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Co-Al-Zn Layered Double Hydroxide/Hydrochar Composite for Simultaneous Removal of Cationic and Anionic Dyes by Najma Memon, Urooj Kanwal, Abdullah Memon, Safia Sanam Memon, Saima Qayoom Memon

“…Decontamination of organic dyes from wastewater requires efficient and compatible materials that must be able to remove dyes with different charges at the same time. In this study, composites of layered double hydroxide (LDH) and hydrochar (HC) were prepared and tested for use as general-purpose sorbents for the simultaneous removal of cationic and anionic dyes (i.e., methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO), and reactive yellow (RY)). …”
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A Study on the Production Process Control of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim Seed Kernel Oil without Trans-Fatty Acids by Zhongyi Yin, Shiyong Yao, Lixia Guo, Xuxu Zheng

“…The roasting temperature and duration for Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim seed (ZS) should be properly controlled at 100°C for six hours or 150°C for two hours. ZS, which has a moisture content of 18%, was pressed four times (two hours) at less than 60°C, and ZSKO was obtained by collection through centrifuge separation. …”
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The influence of nutrition on the formation and modification of human immunity by Zuzanna Chęcińska-Maciejewska, Andrzej Ciborek, Ewelina Książek, Hanna Krauss

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Sample Aging Profoundly Reduces Monocyte Responses in Human Whole Blood Cultures by H. W. Grievink, M. Moerland

“…Detailed information on the effect of “sample aging” (the time span between blood collection and experimental start) on the experimental outcome is not readily available in the public domain. …”
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Residual Capability of Alkali Binding by Hydrated Pozzolanic Cements in Long-Service Concrete Structures by Mario Berra, Teresa Mangialardi, Antonio Evangelista Paolini

“…An experimental procedure was developed and applied to cement pastes made with two different pozzolanic cements (CEM IV/B (P) and CEM IV/B (V)) in order to ascertain the existence of a residual capability of alkali binding by long-term hydrated pozzolanic cements and, at the same time, to evaluate the alkali retention capability and the concentration of OH− ions in the pore solution of such cementitious matrices. …”
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Bael Tree Leaves as a Natural Adsorbent for the Removal of Zinc(II) Ions from Industrial Effluents by P. Senthil Kumar, K. Kirthika, K. Sathish Kumar

“…The percentage removal of Zn(II) ions was evaluated under varying experimental conditions, i.e. adsorbent dosage, initial metal ion concentration and contact time. To this effect, batch adsorption experiments were undertaken employing 2 g of 40–50 mesh bael tree leaves as an adsorbent in 100 mℓ of synthetic wastewater containing ca. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 mg/ℓ of Zn(II) ions. …”
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Enhanced Adsorptive Removal of Chromium (VI) from Aqueous Solution on Using Aged Refuse: Resource Recovery and Environmental Applications by B. Manimekalai, S. Sivanesan, P. Senthil Kumar

“…The researchers conducted the batch adsorption study to validate the influence exerted by different sorts of adsorption parameters like contact time (10-100 min), initial concentration of the pollutant (50 mg·L-1 to 250 mg·L-1), pH (1-7), and the dosage of the adsorbent (0.5 g·L-1-3.0 g·L-1). …”
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Amino- and thiol-modified microporous silicalite-1 and mesoporous MCM-48 materials as potential effective adsorbents for Pb(II) in polluted aquatic systems by Abeer A Malhis, Sharif H Arar, Manar K Fayyad, Hamdallah A Hodali

“…The adsorption of Pb(II) ions into these modified silicates was investigated in aqueous solutions with optimized pH at 5.5 where adsorption influencing factors including contact time, adsorbent dose and metal ion initial concentration were studied. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Membranes of Poly(L-co-DL-lactic acid) with Poly(caprolactone triol) and Study In Vivo by Marcia Adriana Tomaz Duarte, Adriana Cristina Motta, Eliana Aparecida de Rezende Duek

“…Based on the results of in vitro studies, PLDLA/PCL-T blends of 100/0 and 90/10 were implanted in subcutaneous tissue of Wistar rats for 1, 3, 7, 15, and 60 days to evaluate their biocompatibility. …”
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Eco-innovation: the profile of Poland in comparison to the European Union by Z. Ostraszewska, A. Tylec

“…With the Eco-IS score equal to 59 the level of eco-innovativeness of the Polish economy is much below the EU average (Eco-IS = 100) – in 2017 Poland obtained 26th place out of 28 European Union countries. …”
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Experimental Study on the Evolution of Fracture Aperture of Single-Fracture Granite during Liquid Nitrogen Cold Shock Cycling by Haiping Niu, Weidong Yu

“…Under two or more soaking cycles, the fracture aperture first increases and then decreases with increasing temperature; (3) when the initial temperature of fractured granite is 100°C, the fracture aperture is not significantly changed by repeated cold soaking cycles. …”
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IoT Security: Botnet Detection Using Self-Organizing Feature Map and Machine Learning by Susanto, Deris Stiawan, Budi Santoso, Alex Onesimus Sidabutar, M. Agus Syamsul Arifin, Mohd Yazid Idris, Rahmat Budiarto

“…Results show that the Decision Tree algorithm achieved the highest accuracy rate of 97.24%, with a sensitivity of 0.9523, specificity of 0.9932, and a fast execution time of 100.66 seconds. The use of SOFM successfully reduced memory consumption from 3.08 GB to 923MB. …”
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Investigating the impacts of connected vehicle technology on the flow of trucks at the busiest Canada-U.S. border crossings by Hanna Maoh, Sidra Anis

“…Also, average time delay at the Windsor crossing under extended delay conditions spanning over a course of 8 h at this crossing is reduced by 30 % (i.e., delay dropped from 5 h to 3.5 h) when V2I technology is utilized.…”
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