Noise pollution in developing countries: Loopholes and recommendations for Vietnam law by Quang Chinh Nguyen, An Thanh Thi Chu, Bao Gia Truong, Duyen Hong Thuc Nguyen

“…It also offers specific recommendations such as education and public awareness enhancement, categorizing sources of noise, propaganda on noise reduction, strengthening sanctions, amending specific chapters, applying technology for detection and reporting, committing to social responsiveness/culture, among other solutions.…”
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Dementia in Parkinson's Disease Correlates with α-Synuclein Pathology but Not with Cortical Astrogliosis by Simone A. van den Berge, Josta T. Kevenaar, Jacqueline A. Sluijs, Elly M. Hol

“…We were neither able to detect an increase in cortical astrogliosis in PD, PDD, or DLB nor could we observe a correlation between the extent of astrogliosis and the degree of dementia. …”
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Genetic Diversity on Farm in Japanese Paper Mulberry by Dinh Thi Lam, Katsunori Tanaka, Akihiko Takashima, Ayako Shibutani, Ryuji Ishikawa

“…They were compared with other database strains to detect insertion/deletion (INDEL) polymorphisms. In total, 25 INDELs were identified in these cp genomes. …”
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A green approach to the analysis of co-administered ampicillin/sulbactam and paracetamol in human urine by SELIM BASMA M., ABDELSALAM RANDA A., EL-GINDY ALAA, EID BASMA G., NEAMATALLAH THIKRYAT, KHAYYAT AHDAB N., HADAD GHADA M., ELKHOUDARY MAHMOUD M.

“…A C18 column was used in chromatographic separation using potassium dihydrogen phosphate (10 mmol L–1, pH 5)/ethanol (90 %, V/V) as the mobile phase; flow rate was 1.00 mL min–1. UV detection at 220 nm was used for quantification. The proposed method showed good linearity in the concentration ranges of 2.20–250.00 μg mL–1 for SUL, 2.50–250.00 μg mL–1 for PARA, and 14.50–250.00 μg mL–1 for AMP. …”
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A method for testing indoxacarb residues in three vegetables and the dietary risk assessment by Ai Liu, Fengyu Li, Jiacheng Ge, Guodong Si, Xianzheng Han, Yun Gao, Wenli Wang, Li Su, Nan Zou, Wei Mu, Xiaomei Li, Xiuyu Pang

“…This study focuses on the development and validation of a detection method for indoxacarb residues in three major vegetable crops, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, and tomato, which are widely cultivated worldwide. …”
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A Fuzzy Interpolation Cross-Correlation Method for Time-Delay Estimation of Partial Discharge UHF Pulse Signals by Bowen Guo, Songyuan Li, Qinghua Tang, Lin Li, Pengfei Li

“…In order to improve the time-delay estimation accuracy of a multielement PD UHF pulse signal sensor array and reduce the cost of the PD detection system, a fuzzy interpolation cross-correlation method for time-delay estimation of PD UHF pulse signals was proposed in this paper. …”
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Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in unpasteurized dairy products in west of Iran by Soheila Mohammadkhanifard, Amin Jaydari, Ehsan Rashidian, Nemat Shams, Peyman Khademi

“…To analyze the genome of C. burnetii, DNA was purified and molecular detection was performed using nested PCR with primers specific to the IS1111 transposon gene. …”
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A BP Neural Network Method for Grade Classification of Loose Damage in Semirigid Pavement Bases by Bei Zhang, Jianyang Liu, Yanhui Zhong, Xiaolong Li, Meimei Hao, Xiao Li, Xu Zhang, Xiaoliang Wang

“…The good agreement between the classification and recognition results for the simulated data and measured data verifies the feasibility of the classification and recognition method, which can provide a new method for the use of ground-penetrating radar to detect loose damage and the extent of looseness in the base.…”
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The Utility of the Bering Sea and East Asia Rules in Long-Range Forecasting by Joseph S. Renken, Joshua J. Herman, Travis R. Bradshaw, Patrick S. Market, Anthony R. Lupo

“…Neither the BSR nor EAR based forecasts showed skill over climatology in the traditional sense, but using signal detection techniques these indexes were skillful at predicting the onset of anomalous temperature conditions (greater than two standard deviations) in the central USA. …”
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Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Canada: Results from the LCDC Sentinel Health Unit Surveillance System by RK Chaudhary, M Tepper, S Eisaadany, Paul R Gully

“…The genotyping of HCV isolates showed that subtype 1a (48%) was predominant in Canada. The other subtypes detected were 1b (19%), 2a (6%), 2b (3%), 3a (22%) and 4a (1%). …”
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Long noncoding RNA DHRS4 antisense RNA 1 suppresses osteosarcoma cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis through a competitive endogenous RNA mechanism by Zhouzhou Tang, Zhihao Li, Guofeng Wu, Jianjun Li, Jianye Tan, Lixin Zhu

“…In the present study, DHRS4-AS1 expression was detected in OS cells by quantitative PCR. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments were conducted to study the effects of DHRS4-AS1 on the proliferation and apoptosis of OS cells. …”
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A Case Report of an Atypical Presentation of IgG4-Related Disease and Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia by Francesco Rapisarda, Luca Zanoli, Grazia Portale, Salvo Scuto, Pietro Castellino

“…Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia is a heterogenic and rare syndrome characterized by the detection of a persistent absolute CD4 T cells count <300 cells/mm3 (or <20% of total T cells) in more than one occasion and no evidence of HIV infection in absence of immunodeficiency or therapy associated with depressed levels of CD4 T cells. …”
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Application of Hyphenated Techniques in Speciation Analysis of Arsenic, Antimony, and Thallium by Rajmund Michalski, Sebastian Szopa, Magdalena Jabłońska, Aleksandra Łyko

“…The main advantages of those techniques consist in extremely low detection and quantification limits, insignificant interference, influence as well as high precision and repeatability of the determinations. …”
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Effectiveness of Partial Wrapping of Stainless-Steel Wire Mesh on Compression Behavior of Concrete Cylinders by Sunil Raiyani, Paresh Patel, S Suriya Prakash

“…However, the confinement efficiency is reduced when the height of the unconfined region exceeds the diameter of the cylinder, and significant strain localisation is detected within the unwrapped region. Based on experimental investigation, a confinement coefficient is suggested for a partial wrapping of SSWM on the concrete cylinder. …”
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Short Telomere Length in Plasma of Sudanese Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Chronic Liver Diseases by Fayza A. Rahamtalla, Iman M. Shammat, Salma B. M. Mudawi, Maram Abbas, Mohammed A. H. Kheir Elsid, Mohammed S. M. Abdalla

“…Results: Patients with HCC had significantly shorter TL than healthy controls (0.66 vs 0.89; P < 0.01), whereas insignificant shorter TL was detected in HCC patients as compared to those with CLD. …”
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Development of Skeletal Ossification in Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus) from Juvenile to Adulthood by Tri Wahyu Pangestiningsih, Woro Danur Wendo, Dwi Liliek Kusindarta

“…The result showed that the bone is the main skeleton. Cartilage was detected in the area surrounding the orbit in the adult climbing perch and in the pterotic, pterosphenoid, prootic, and distal end of the hypural, parhypural, and basal pectoral girdle in the juvenile climbing perch. …”
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A Case of Cushing’s Syndrome due to Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secretion from Esthesioneuroblastoma with Long Term Follow-Up after Resection by Leslee N. Matheny, Sudipa Sarkar, Hanyuan Shi, Jiun-Ruey Hu, Hannah Harmsen, Ty W. Abel, Shubhada M. Jagasia, Shichun Bao

“…Postoperatively, his ACTH level dropped below the limit of detection. In the ensuing 4 months, he underwent adjuvant chemoradiation with carboplatin and docetaxel with good response and resolution of hypokalemia and hyperglycemia, with no sign of recurrence as of 30 months postoperatively. …”
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Determination of Total Germanium in Chinese Herbal Remedies by Square-Wave Catalytic Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry at an Improved Bismuth Film Electrode by Shangwei Zhong, Jiali Su, Liang Chen, Jiefeng Tong, Wenfang Jia, Xiangjun Li, Hong Zou

“…Under the optimized conditions, the detection limit of Ge(IV) was 60 ng L−1, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was 3.73% at 5 μg L−1 level (n=9). …”
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Micro/Nanofiber with Hollow Silica Nanoparticles Thin-Film for Airborne Molecular Contaminants Real-Time Sensing by Longfei Niu, Guorui Zhou, Xinxiang Miao, Xiaodong Yuan, Rahul Kumar, Hao Liu, Yilan Jiang, Xinshu Zou, Hai Zhou, Haibing Lü

“…A novel chemical sensing approach detecting airborne molecular contaminants (AMCs) or compounds is demonstrated by using single-mode optical microfibre (OMF) coated with hollow silica nanoparticles (HSNs). …”
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A sensitive determination of lead by hydride generation integrated with micro-sampling gas–liquid separator-FAAS after preconcentration by NiFe2O4 nanoparticles by Merve Fırat Ayyıldız, Süleyman Bodur, Sezgin Bakırdere

“…System analytical performance studies were performed, and limit of detection and limit of quantitation were calculated as 2.16 µg kg–1 and 7.19 µg kg–1, respectively. …”
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