Water hyacinth conversion to biochar for soil nutrient enhancement in improving agricultural product by Yezbie Kassa, Agmas Amare, Tayachew Nega, Teferi Alem, Mohammed Gedefaw, Bilhate Chala, Bernhard Freyer, Beatriz Waldmann, Tarekegn Fentie, Tewodros Mulu, Taddesse Adgo, Gizachew Ayalew, Marelign Adugna, Dessie Tibebe

“…Soil amended with 2500 kg/ha WHBC (BC2) produced comparable Teff crop yields (fresh mass: 1191.67 ± 428.44 g, dry mass: 700.00 ± 248.34 g, grain yield: 95.00 ± 39.69 g) to those with mineral fertilizers and mixed amendments. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) revealed significant structural changes in WHBC, enhancing its pore structure and surface morphology. …”
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Preparation, characterization, and antibacterial application of cross-linked nanoparticles composite films by Yuxin Zhao, Guanglong Yao, Kaimian Li, Jianqiu Ye, Jian Chen, Jie Zhang

“…The structures of the films were examined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. …”
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Conformal and Flexible Antennas in Ultra-High Frequencies: Prospects and Challenges for Partial Discharge Diagnostics by M. A. Taher, Mohamadariff Othman, Hazlee Azil Illias, Tarik Abdul Latef, Tengku Faiz Tengku Mohmed Noor Izam, S. M. Kayser Azam, Muhammad Ubaid Ullah, Mohamed Alkhatib, Mousa I. Hussein

“…With the exponential increase in smart device usage across various domains, flexible and conformal antenna technologies have emerged as transformative solutions, enabling wireless systems in numerous smart applications. …”
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Unified Visual-Aware Representations for Data Analytics by Ladislav Peska, Ivana Sixtova, David Hoksza, David Bernhauer, Jakub Lokoc, Tomas Skopal

“…Specifically, we develop a semi-automated transfer learning pipeline for transformation of input arbitrary tabular data into visual representations. …”
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Advancing Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: The Role of AI - A Review by Dominka Rehan, Sven Solisch, Anna Blazhkova, Anna Susłow, Adam Szwed, Ewa Szczęsna

“…This review presents evidence that artificial intelligence is a key factor in transforming AD diagnostics into modern diagnostics that enable earlier detection and treatment of the disease which may consequently positively impact the quality of life of AD patients and their caregivers. …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Malachite Green Dye onto Coal-Associated Soil and Conditions Optimization by T. R. Sundararaman, A. Saravanan, P. Senthil Kumar, M. Millicent Mabel, R. V. Hemavathy, S. Karishma, S. Jeevanantham, R. Hemavathi, A. Ishwariya, S. Kowsalya

“…The adsorbent material was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) analyses. …”
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Expression of IGF-1R in oral submucous fibrosis and oral squamous cell carcinoma – An RT-PCR study by Vivek Nayyar, Vinay Hazarey, Sindhu M. Ganvir, Hemant J. Purohit, Reshma Talkal, Kiran Jot

“…Objectives: With the rising number of cases of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) undergoing malignant transformation into oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), it is needed to detect the changes at the earliest. …”
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HERA: a high-resolution pan-European hydrological reanalysis (1951–2020) by A. Tilloy, D. Paprotny, S. Grimaldi, G. Gomes, A. Bianchi, S. Lange, H. Beck, C. Mazzetti, L. Feyen

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A Historical Study of the Effects of the 1930 Earthquake on the Human Geography and History of Selmas City and its Surrounding Region by Zeinab Ahmadvand, Tohid Malekzadeh Dilmaghani

“…This article delved into the examination of the morphological changes and transformations caused by Selmas Earthquake, as well as the extent of damage inflicted upon ancient monuments in Selmas Region. …”
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Navigating Ethical Dilemmas Of Generative AI In Medical Writing by Qurrat Ulain Hamdan, Waleed Umar, Mahnoor Hasan

“… The history of humankind is marked by revolutionary inventions that completely transformed the quality and trajectory of human lives. …”
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MSH-YOLOv8: Mushroom Small Object Detection Method with Scale Reconstruction and Fusion by YE Dapeng, JING Jun, ZHANG Zhide, LI Huihuang, WU Haoyu, XIE Limin

“…To address computational redundancy and improve feature extraction, the Swin Transformer detection structure was introduced into the input module of the head network, creating what was termed the "Swin Head (SH)". …”
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A Comparative study of Daiva's Sin and its Evolution in the Stories of Ancient Iran and Ta'ziehs of Daiva's Tying Thumb Based on Six Poetic Verses by Mahdi mohamadi, Adel Meghdadian, Abolfazl Tajik

“…During his imprisonment, what process of transformation did the demon undergo that led to his conversion to Islam? …”
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Boron isotopes fractionation and its application progress in groundwater research by Chenbo LEI, Huaming GUO, Shiping XING

“…The future studies on groundwater B isotopes should focus on: (1) Supplementing B-isotope techniques with water chemistry and other isotope techniques to quantify contributions of different hydrogeochemical processes to of the specific solute transformation. (2) Long-term monitoring of B isotopes in areas with high B geothermal water and natural inferior groundwater to determine B endmembers in different conditions and to quantitively assess the negative impact of hazardous components on environment. …”
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Impact of UV-C irradiance and wavelength on the photodegradation of dibromoacetonitrile by Lohita Rajesh, Joshua Fiorentino, Thomas Roberts, Sean T. McBeath, Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes

“…Interaction between UV-C light and chlroinated drinking water can result in photo-induced transformation and remediation of disinfection by-products (DBPs). …”
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Battling time restrictions with collective discourse: collaborative quizzes in a condensed human anatomy course by Zi Guo, Natascha Heise

“…Abstract Background Undergraduate medical education is currently undergoing a remarkable period of transformation. The exponential growth of medical knowledge, accompanied by societal changes and expectations for the upcoming generation of physicians, is placing immense pressure on academic institutions to reform their curricula, particularly foundational courses such as human anatomy. …”
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How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol by Sarah Parker, Rikke Siersbaek, John Alexander Ford, Sara Burke, Paul Kavanagh

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Detecting tropical freshly-opened swidden fields using a combined algorithm of continuous change detection and support vector machine by Ningsang Jiang, Peng Li, Zhiming Feng

“…Swidden agriculture, widely practiced by impoverished ethnic groups, continues to undergo rapid transition and transformation in tropical highlands. Exploring universal approaches for accurate mapping of newly-opened swiddens and fallows of different ages has not yet been stopped. …”
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Endometrial Cancer Cells Promote M2-Like Macrophage Polarization by Delivering Exosomal miRNA-21 under Hypoxia Condition by Li Xiao, Yumin He, Fan Peng, Jianlin Yang, Chengfu Yuan

“…In summary, we found that endometrial cancer KEL cells in hypoxic condition promoted monocyte THP-1 cell transformation to M2-like polarization macrophages through delivering exosomal miRNA-21, which may be a potential mechanism of the formation of the immune microenvironment in EC progression.…”
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Hybrid natural language processing tool for semantic annotation of medical texts in Spanish by Leonardo Campillos-Llanos, Ana Valverde-Mateos, Adrián Capllonch-Carrión

“…We used this corpus to train Transformer-based models (RoBERTa-based models, mBERT and mDeBERTa). …”
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Inhibition of NF-κB/IL-33/ST2 Axis Ameliorates Acute Bronchiolitis Induced by Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Liwen Zhang, Yu Wan, Liang Ma, Kaihong Xu, Baojin Cheng

“…Bronchiolitis can lead to a significant increase in the incidence of asthma in young children, but the mechanism of bronchiolitis transforming into asthma is still unclear. The study was aimed at investigating the role of NF-κB/IL-33/ST2 axis on RSV-induced acute bronchiolitis. …”
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