Households willingness to pay for improved solid waste management by S. Akhtar, A.S. Ahmad, M.I. Qureshi, S. Shahraz

“…Waste is a byproduct of human life. Nowadays, municipal solid waste is being produced in excessive amounts and in this way, both developing and developed countries are facing challenges regarding generation of waste. …”
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Clinicopathologic Significance of HIF-1α, CXCR4, and VEGF Expression in Colon Cancer by Yugang Wu, Min Jin, Huanbai Xu, Zhang Shimin, Songbing He, Liang Wang, Yanyun Zhang

“…We investigated the clinicopathologic significance of HIF-1, CXCR4, and VEGF expression using immumohistochemistry in human colon cancer. HIF-1, CXCR4, and VEGF high expression levels were correlated positively with TNM stage, lymph node involvement, and distant metastasis Furthermore, we found that combined high expression of any two of the three molecules (P=.028 for HIF-1/CXCR4, P=.007 for HIF-1/VEGF, and P=.004 for CXCR4/VEGF) had stronger correlation with lymph node metastasis than did each alone. …”
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Challenges in Emerging Vaccines and Future Promising Candidates against SARS-CoV-2 Variants by Tanmay Ghildiyal, Nishant Rai, Janhvi Mishra Rawat, Maargavi Singh, Jigisha Anand, Gaurav Pant, Gaurav Kumar, Amrullah Shidiki

“…Genomic variation can be quite significant, as seen by the notable differences in impact, transmission rate, morbidity, and death during several human coronavirus outbreaks. Therefore, understanding the amount and characteristics of coronavirus genetic diversity in historical and contemporary strains can help researchers get an edge over upcoming variants.…”
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Potential of Louhan fish (Amphilophus labiatus) as a local fishery pest in Lake Toba North Sumatra as a source omega 3 and 6 fatty acids by Pandiangan Maruba, Sihombing Dewi Restuana, Daniela Connie, Sibuea Posman, Tampubolon Sanggam Dera Rosa, Sitohang Apul, Sitanggang Lasmianna

“…Louhan fish oil may include omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids, which are beneficial to human health, based on its fatty acid composition.…”
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Multi-Objective Optimization Design for Cold-Region Office Buildings Balancing Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Consumption by Fei Guo, Shiyu Miao, Sheng Xu, Mingxuan Luo, Jing Dong, Hongchi Zhang

“…Performance parameters and generative design applications have redefined the human–machine collaborative relationship, challenging traditional architectural design paradigms and guiding the architectural design process toward a performance-based design transformation. …”
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Legal Certainty – Protected Values and Partial Objectives: The Case of the Czech Republic by Jana Janderová, Petra Hubálková

“…Its objective is to promote several values that are all important for the protection of human rights: the rule of law, protection of legitimate expectations, general trust in law, prevention of arbitrary decision-making, inadmissibility of retroactivity. …”
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Renal and Hematological Effects of CLCF-1, a B-Cell-Stimulating Cytokine of the IL-6 Family by Virginia J. Savin, Mukut Sharma, Jianping Zhou, David Gennochi, Timothy Fields, Ram Sharma, Ellen T. McCarthy, Tarak Srivastava, Jos Domen, Aurélie Tormo, Jean-François Gauchat

“…We have identified CLCF-1 as a potential injurious factor in the human renal disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). …”
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Neurological impact of HIV/AIDS and substance use alters brain function and structure by James Haorah, Samikkannu Malaroviyam, Hemavathi Iyappan, Thangavel Samikkannu

“…Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). …”
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Parameters Estimation of a Microscopic Traffic Flow Sub-Model Within a Multiscale Approach Using Experimental Data by Facundo Storani, Roberta Di Pace, Shi-Teng Zheng, Rui Jiang, Stefano de Luca

“…Future traffic contexts will likely involve the coexistence of human-driven vehicles and connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). …”
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Leptospirosis in Vellore: A Clinical and Serological Study by G. Vimala, A. Mary Josephine Rani, V. Raja Gopal

“…In the MAST, totally 10 positive leptospiral cases from human beings and 10 positive leptospiral cases from rats (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus) were found out. …”
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Pause before action: Waiting short time as a simple and resource-rational boost by Masaru Shirasuna, Rina Kagawa, Hidehito Honda

“…., irritation, cognitive conflict) are associated with prolonged thinking because of humans limited cognitive resources. Therefore, there should be an appropriately short thinking time to achieve higher accuracy with minimal workload. …”
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Pollution and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Sediments and Soils around Tiegelongnan Copper Deposit, Northern Tibet, China by Yuhu Luo, Qinxian Jia

“…However, the carcinogenic risk of As and Cd in the sediment and As in the soil exceeds the relevant national standards, which may pose a certain risk to human health.…”
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A KIF20A-based thermosensitive hydrogel vaccine effectively potentiates immune checkpoint blockade therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma by Xingyang Zhao, Feichao Xuan, Zirong Li, Xiangyi Yin, Xiaojun Zeng, Jiali Chen, Chihua Fang

“…Moreover, K/RLip@Gel improved the therapeutic efficacy of PD-L1 blockade in subcutaneous and orthotopic cell-derived xenograft (CDX) models, along with immune-humanized patient-derived xenograft (PDX) HCC models, which was evidenced by improved maturation of DCs and elevated infiltration and activation of CD8+ T cells. …”
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cLegal-QA: a Chinese legal question answering with natural language generation methods by Yizhen Wang, Xueying Shen, Zixian Huang, Lihui Niu, Shiyan Ou

“…This dataset spans various legal disputes and includes questions, disputes, scenarios, multiple lawyer responses, and gold-standard answers from human annotators. Additionally, we employed a generative QA model specifically designed for the cLegal-QA dataset. …”
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The Effect of Using Cement Kiln Dust as a Partial Replacement of Cement on The Mechanical Properties of Concrete: Review and Modelling by Nawdar Sabir Faraj, Mahdi Osman Hassun

“…These efforts have been made due to the necessity of the material for proper disposal, because of its very fine texture and the fact that if not handled properly, it will be harmful to human health and the environment. Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the effects of incorporating CKD in concrete as an approach of reusing it. …”
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Protected Turning Movements of Noncooperative Automated Vehicles: Geometrics, Trajectories, and Saturation Flow by Xiaobo Liu, Lijuan Lai, You Kong, Scott Le Vine

“…We analyze noncooperative (“defensive”) behavior, in keeping with the Assured Clear Distance Ahead legal standard to which human drivers are held and AVs will likely also be for the foreseeable future. …”
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Road Performance and Ice-Melting Characteristics of Steel Wool Asphalt Mixture by Yifeng Xia, Jie Jia, Qian Chen

“…The influence of the asphalt mixture’s factors, environmental factors, and human factors on the ice-melting characteristics of steel wool asphalt mixture was analyzed. …”
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Induction of Tolerance via the Sublingual Route: Mechanisms and Applications by Philippe Moingeon, Laurent Mascarell

“…Sublingual vaccines have an excellent safety record, documented with approximately 2 billion doses administered, as of today, in humans. The oral immune system comprises various antigen-presenting cells, including Langerhans cells, as well as myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (DCs) with a distinct localisation in the mucosa, along the lamina propria and in subepithelial tissues, respectively. …”
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In vitro effects of ascorbic acid on viability and metabolism of patients’ osteosarcoma stem cells by Jovičić Marijana Šimić, Pušić Maja, Antunović Maja, Ledinski Maja, Librenjak Lucija, Kolundžić Robert, Ribičić Tomislav, Trkulja Vladimir, Urlić Inga

“…Determination of the dominant type of metabolism of OS-CSC, parental OS cells, human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) and U2OS OS lineage before and after AA treatment was done by Seahorse XF (Agilent). …”
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An Effective Methodology for Diabetes Prediction in the Case of Class Imbalance by Borislava Toleva, Ivan Atanasov, Ivan Ivanov, Vincent Hooper

“…Diabetes causes an increase in the level of blood sugar, which leads to damage to various parts of the human body. Diabetes data are used not only for providing a deeper understanding of the treatment mechanisms but also for predicting the probability that one might become sick. …”
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