Determination of the Selected Heavy Metal Content and Its Associated Health Risks in Selected Vegetables Marketed in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Biset Asrade, Gebremariam Ketema

“…Fresh vegetables are of a great value and the most common foods in the human diet around the world. They contain minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, antimetabolites, protein, carbohydrates, and water. …”
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Implementation of the School as a Learning Organisation Approach in Vocational Education: The Case of Latvia by Gunta Siliņa-Jasjukeviča, Ilze Briška, Inese Lūsēna-Ezera, Agnese Lastovska, Inga Linde

“…Within the framework of the study, it was researched whether and how SLO can be applied in vocational education as the use of SLO facilitates a high level of professional competence of the management and academic staff, enhances common strategic vision, responsibility and autonomy, diverse collaboration, effective resource management, and the dissemination of knowledge and good practice, which are also important in vocational education.Methods. …”
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Somatotypes and handgrip strength analysis of elite Serbian sambo athletes by Jelena Slankamenac, Tatjana Trivić, Damjan Jakšić, Miodrag Drapšin, Nemanja Lakićević, Patrik Drid

“…In female groups, the most common somatotype in the lightest categories was mesomorphic ectomorphs, and in the heaviest categories were endomorphic mesomorphs. …”
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Airborne lidar intensity correction for mapping snow cover extent and effective grain size in mountainous terrain by Chelsea Ackroyd, Christopher P. Donahue, Brian Menounos, S. McKenzie Skiles

“…Relative to the traditional snow classification derived from optical imagery, the lidar-derived snow extent covered 5.4% more area due to the fine resolution point cloud and absence of shadows common in optical imagery. The lidar-derived grain size retrievals had a MAE of 32 µm compared to those from field spectroscopy, which translated to a 1% error in snow albedo. …”
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Phenols from Vaccinium dunalianum Wight: Secondary Mass Spectrometry Fragmentation and Neuroprotective Effect by ZHOU Tang, WANG Ji, QIAO Wenhao, LIN Zhiqi, ZHU Hongbo, CHANG Yue, HU Weiyan, ZHANG Rongping, CHEN Xinglong

“…Besides, retro-Diels-Alder (RDA) fragmentation was also common in the cleavage of the flavonoid skeleton. …”
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Improving the Comfort of the Vehicle Based on Using the Active Suspension System Controlled by the Double-Integrated Controller by Tuan Anh Nguyen

“…Almost, conventional control methods such as PID, LQR, or SMC are commonly used. However, they do not provide optimal efficiency in improving a vehicle’s oscillation. …”
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Operationalising user behaviour: a study on the life cycle assessment of smart home technologies by Mareike Tippe, Henning Wigger, Urte Brand-Daniels, Thomas Vogt

“…On the basis of the results, the authors recommend greater interdisciplinary co-operation in the conduction of LCAs on SHTs, ranging from a common definition of the scope, to the implementation of socio-scientific research and survey methods, to the derivation of policies.…”
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Giant Parotid Pleomorphic Adenoma Involving Parapharyngeal Space by Sukri Rahman, Bestari J Budiman, Yurni Yurni

“…<br />Kata kunci: tumor jinak kelenjar liur, pleomorfik adenoma, ruang parafaring<br />Abstract<br />Background: Parotid pleomorphic adenoma is the most common benign salivary gland tumor, while giant parotid pleomorphic adenoma involving the parapharyngeal space (PPS) is rare. …”
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Review of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment of Neurogenic Bladder after Spinal Cord Injury by Qianqian LIN, Chengmei LIU, Kewei CHEN, Huijie DUAN

“…Acupuncture, moxibustion, acupoint injection and comprehensive therapy were commonly used in the treatment of NB after SCI.In the acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of NB after SCI, acupoints selection mostly follow the principle of meridian selection and local acupoint selection. …”
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BEAUTY IN MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION: SYNERGETIC WORLDVIEW by V. A. Testov

“…Of special interest is the fact that the concepts of fractals, fractality and fractal geometry and fractal graphics are not included in the vast majority of high school programmes, although they have become commonly used among mathematicians and graphic designers.The aims of the article were the following: to demonstrate intersectionality and correlations of the basic concepts of symmetry and fractals from the point of view of synergetics, to establish the relevance of studying these concepts in the course of mathematics for aesthetic education of students and development of their worldview.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Efficacy and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound combined with suction curettage for the treatment of caesarean scar pregnancy: a systematic review and single-arm meta-anal... by Yu Jiang, Yang Liu, Nian Liu, Shize Qin, Shuting Zhong, Xiaohua Huang

“…The treatment had a remarkable success rate of 97.60% and a subsequent pregnancy rate of 68.70%.Conclusion While the combination of HIFU and suction-curettage may induce common adverse effects such as lower abdominal or limb pain, these reactions typically do not necessitate therapeutic intervention. …”
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Scaling up computational thinking skills in computer-assisted language learning (CTsCALL) and its fitness with language learners’ intentions to use virtual exchange: A bi-symmetric... by Amir Reza Rahimi, Ana Sevilla-Pavón

“…Thus, the study developed the CTsCALL questionnaire and its theory into CALL together with the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and recommended that CALL researchers and educators take a broader view of VE, as well as continuing to validate CTsCALL in other CALL disciplines to show that this skill belongs to CALL as well.…”
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Immunohistochemical expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein and ezrin in invasive breast carcinoma of no special type: a retrospective analysis by Menna Allah Gamil Ali Shalaby, Marwa Mohammed Dawoud, Marwa Salah Gadallah, Asmaa Gaber Abdou

“…Abstract Background Globally, breast cancer ranks among the most common malignancies and has a high mortality rate. …”
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Innovations and innovative in domestic banking: Theoretical aspect by Natalia Mostovenko

“…In order to reveal the theoretical content of the concepts, the presented article examines the existing author's approaches to the definition of the concept of «banking innovations», analyzes their common features and highlights essential differences. …”
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Direct imaging with multidimensional labelling and high‐content analysis allows quantitative categorization and characterizations of individual small extracellular vesicles and nan... by Simou Sun, Sarah J. Cox‐Vázquez, Nam‐Joon Cho, Guillermo C. Bazan, Jay T. Groves

“…This high‐content analysis reveals common cargo sorting features in sEVP subpopulations across different cell types and suggests new statistics within the sEVP inherent heterogeneity that could differentiate sEVPs from two types of cancer cells and two types of normal cells. …”
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Acute dental pain and the different management methods among adults in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Bandar S. Shukr, Ayman Mandorah, Faisal K. Altalhi, Yousef A. Alqurashi, Hassan T. Shawli, Ali A. Alqarni, Mohammed A. Alzubaidi

“…Introduction: One of the most common reasons for visiting dental clinics is dental pain. …”
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Ameliorated Impact of Fenugreek Seed Extract on Some Blood Cellular and Biochemical Parameters in Female Albino Rats Exposed to Lead Acetate by Rozhya Abduljalil Naser, Rabar Yousif Mameik, Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood, Kurdo Bapir Chato

“…Lead acetate (LA) is considered as the common hazardous compund present in our habitat. It has a several diverse-organ toxicant effect in various healthy issues included diseases of the hepatic, renal, and other body systems. …”
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Integration and the Diplomatic Crisis: Current Realities of the GCC by L. V. Shkvarya

“…Regional economic integration in the GCC has passed through the several traditional stages: the Free trade zone, the Customs Union and the Common market. Certain exceptions remain in the GCC integration, but the countries aim to create a full economic Union by 2025. …”
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Radiologic placement of totally implantable venous access devices: Outcomes and complications from a large oncology cohort by Sonam Tashi, Alfred Bingchao Tan, Jasmine Ming Er Chua, Gek Hsiang Lim, Nanda Venkatanarasimha, Sivanathan Chandramohan

“…The right internal jugular vein (IJV) was the most commonly accessed site (83.6%), followed by the left IJV (15.6%). …”
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Use of BIM with Modular Construction in Future Construction Techniques by Ali Ünay, Asena Soyluk, İlayda Omurtay

“…With the recent development of Building Information Modeling (BIM), the use of modular construction methods in conjunction with BIM becomes more common. As with any method, this one has advantages as well as disadvantages. …”
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