Optimizing Phosphatic Fertilizer Drip Timing to Improve Cotton Yield in Saline–Alkali Soil and Mitigate Phosphorus–Calcium Binding Risks by Xiangxi Bu, Xiangwen Xie, Changxue Wu, Manqi Liu, Yongmei Xu

“…Phosphate fertilizer was applied to the soil after salt washing was complete. The results revealed that the T2 treatment exhibited the highest SPAD value (64.53), which was 11.46% and 15.48% higher than that of the T1 and T3 treatments. …”
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Effect of Pulsed Electric Field on the Cations Removal from Salt-Affected Soils to Optimize Energy Use Efficiency in Reclamation by Ahmed Abou-Shady

“…In arid and semi-arid zones, reclaiming/restoring salt-affected soil is considered a significant challenge because of the limited amount of water available for soil washing. The reclaimed salt-affected soil is regarded as a valuable resource for increasing the production of food and feed. …”
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Medical honey for canine nasal intertrigo: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled, adaptive clinical trial to support antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary dermatology. by Gabrielle Brosseau, Nadia Pagé, Caroline de Jaham, Jérôme R E Del Castillo

“…During this randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, adaptive group-sequential trial, the owners washed the affected sites on their dog with water, dried and applied a thin film of either the honey or the placebo product once daily for 21 days. …”
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Polyethylene Glycol versus Oral Sodium Phosphate for Bowel Preparation in Unsedated Colonoscopy by Dong Yang, Ke Tao, Geng Chen, Luping Zhang, Qingying He, Hong Xu

“…The cleaning efficiency and tolerability of OSP were preferable to those of PEG, but there was no significant difference in bowel cleanliness after washing the colon and suctioning the fluid. Compared with patients of the OSP group, those of the PEG group required a shorter colonoscopic insertion time and reported a more comfortable experience. …”
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Indirect contacts between Danish pig farms – what are the frequencies and risk-reducing measures, and how can they be used in simulation models? by Mette Fertner, Beate Conrady, Anne Sax Røgind, Elisabeth Okholm Nielsen, Anette Boklund

“…Among respondents, 10% of the pig producers shared staff, while 2% shared equipment (washing robots) with other farms, excluding farms in a joint operation. …”
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Efficacy of Red Cell Salvage Systems in Open Acetabular Surgery by S. MacDonald, C. Byrd, E. Barlow, V. K. Nahar, J. Martin, D. Krenk

“…Red blood cell salvage (CS) is an intraoperative blood salvage tool where blood is harvested from the operative field. It is washed to remove the plasma, white blood cells, and platelets. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites among Food Handlers in Motta Town, North West Ethiopia by Tibebu Yesigat, Mohabaw Jemal, Wubet Birhan

“…Risk factors like fingernail status, fruit washing before eating, cleaning utensils, and regular shoe wearing habit were associated with intestinal parasite, whereas fingernail status and wearing kitchen gown during food service were significantly associated with Salmonella and Shigella infections. …”
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Interactions et transactions identitaires d'immigrés noirs dans l'espace public et les centres de santé au Maroc by Annélie Delescluse

“…At the time of the survey, they were working on the fringes of the salaried sector (building and civil engineering, car washing, domestic work, agricultural work, commerce, shoemaking) or in call centres in Rabat or Casablanca…”
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Isolation and Identification of Staphylococcus aureus from Milk and Milk Products, Associated Factors for Contamination, and Their Antibiogram in Holeta, Central Ethiopia by Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Addisu Bedashu Ararso, Bizunesh Mideksa Borana, Kebede Abdisa Kelbesa, Nega Desalegn Tadese, Lencho Megersa Marami, Edilu Jorga Sarba

“…The study revealed that teat washing (OR: 4.93, 95% CI: 2.06–11.81), use of towel (OR: 12.13, 95% CI: 3.74–39.29), and tick infestations (OR: 4.31, 95% CI: 1.28–14.44) were risk factors associated with the occurrence of S. aureus in milk. …”
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Determinants of Microbial Contamination of Street-Vended Chicken Products Sold in Nairobi County, Kenya by Beatrice J. Birgen, Lucy G. Njue, Dasel M. Kaindi, Fredrick O. Ogutu, Joshua O. Owade

“…The predictors of E. coli contamination were the presence of pests and flies, unclean vending place, vending environment littered with waste, washing of hands by the vendor, and lack of appropriate clothing among the vendors at R2 of 0.33. …”
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Evaluation of developmental competence of Sus scrofa domesticus (L.) oocyte-cumulus complexes after intra- and extraovarian vitrification by T. I. Kuzmina, I. V. Chistyakova

“…For devitrification, the EOV oocytes were washed in solutions of 0.25, 0.19 and 0.125 M of trehalose, the IOV – in 0.5 and 0.25 М trehalose. …”
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey, Kenate Bekele, Tsige Amberbir, Geleta Tadele, Abdi Samuel

“…Never walking barefoot and daily foot washing were both associated with decreased odds of ALA (AOR=0.23; 95% CI 0.06 to 0.80 and 0.09; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.75, respectively).Conclusions A relatively high prevalence of podoconiosis, frequent ALA episodes and considerable decreases in daily activities were identified in this district. …”
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Emergency Management Of Dental Injury; Preparedness Among School Teachers In Swabi Khyber Pukhtunkhwa - A Cross-Sectional Study by Asima Khan, Aalia Khan, Farrah Pervaiz, Mehwish Riaz, Sana Shaukat Siddiqui, Syed Imran Bukhari

“…A significant association was observed between the age group 41-50 years and the Importance of seeking emergency management for dental trauma (p-value 0.018) and knowledge status (p-value 0.007).52.3% of teachers correctly identified a solution for washing a re-implanted tooth(p-value 0.000).46% of teachers whose service span was more than 19 years, had better self-rated knowledge( p-value 0.002) Conclusion: A moderate number of teachers had adequate knowledge among school teachers regarding dental trauma management. …”
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Human health risk from groundwater consumption: A case study in the Apaaso-Tafo Community in the Bono East Region of Ghana by Emmanuel Okyere, Ethel Bentil, Nana Adwoa Kusi-Addai, Lawson Mensah

“…Water is a nutrient for life and a resource for human development, and therefore towns and cities often build treatment systems to provide wholesome water for consumption, bathing, washing, etc. For rural communities where centralised water treatment plants are lacking, groundwater (GW) is often the resource of choice due to its relatively low pathogenic loading and turbidity. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Geohelminthiasis among School-Age Children in Jimma City, Ethiopia by Ahmed Zeynudin, Teshome Degefa, Sultan Suleman, Abdulhakim Abamecha, Zuber Hajikelil, Andreas Wieser

“…Location of Kebele (AOR = 2.73; 95% CI: 1.21–6.16, p=0.016), lack of hand washing after defecation (AOR = 6.39; 95% CI: 3.16–12.95, p<0.001), untrimmed fingernails (AOR = 2.65; 95% CI: 1.56–4.51, p<0.001), and lack of previous deworming (AOR = 2.90; 95% CI: 1.47–5.74, p=0.002) were significant predictors for STH infections among SAC. …”
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Assessing the Suitability of Snail-Shell Powder as a Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete Production. by Mukundane, Ivan

“…Snail shells obtained from the lake shores of Albert in Uganda were washed and cleaned thoroughly with clean water. The shells were ground by a hammer mill into fine pieces in size. …”
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Analysis of the Effect of Planting Depths on the Growth and Yield of Carrots. by Muserero, Ronald Regan

“…Harvesting was done after 94 days (3months) of planting .218kg of carrots were harvested. Washing of the carrots was done after harvesting to remove the soil such that it can be attracted by the buyer. …”
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Treatment of Yellow Phosphorus Slag and Reuse of It as an Absorbent of Chromium (VI) Ions and Methylene Blue by Van Hai Nguyen, Van Chien Nguyen, Thuy Chinh Nguyen, Do Mai Trang Tran, Thi Thu Trang Nguyen, Quoc Trung Vu, Duy Trinh Nguyen, Hoang Thai

“…This work focused on treatment of yellow phosphorus slag (YPS) and application of it as an absorbent for chromium (VI) ion and methylene blue. The YPS was first washed with water to remove phosphoferrite (FeP) and impurities and then being milled and transferred to a float sorting system to obtain YPS particles. …”
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Randomised controlled trial comparing intraoperative cell salvage and autotransfusion with standard care in the treatment of hip fractures: a protocol for the WHITE 9 study by Mike Murphy, Nicholas Parsons, James Mason, Juul Achten, Duncan Appelbe, Edward Dickenson, Damian Griffin, Katy Mironov, Matthew Wyse, Amrita Athwal, Xavier Luke Griffin, Heather O'Connor

“…Cell salvage and autotransfusion is a technique that recovers, washes and transfuses blood lost during surgery back to the patient. …”
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PCA and PSO based optimized support vector machine for efficient intrusion detection in internet of things by Mutkule Prasad Raghunath, Shyam Deshmukh, Poonam Chaudhari, Sunil L. Bangare, Kishori Kasat, Mohan Awasthy, Batyrkhan Omarov, Rajesh R. Waghulde

“…The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network that interconnects many everyday objects, including computers, televisions, washing machines, and even whole urban areas. These devices has the capability to collect and disseminate information because to their integration of electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity to a network. …”
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