Optimizing Reservoirs to Provide Water in Times of Crisis, With Emphasis on the Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Different Uses by Mohammad Reza Shamsaeifar, Nasser Mehrdadi, Ghulamreza Nabi Bidhandi

“…Background: Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, can disrupt water distribution systems, leading to prolonged water shortages and associated crises. …”
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Improved Boundary Conditions for Coupled Geospace Models: An Application in Modeling Spacecraft Surface Charging Environment by Yiqun Yu, Shengjun Su, Jinbin Cao, Vania K. Jordanova, Michael H. Denton

“…The integrated electron flux between 10 < E < 50 keV, a measure of the severity of the surface charging environment, is significantly enhanced by 1‐2 orders of magnitude, leading to a much better agreement with Van Allen Probes measurements. …”
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High fire frequency in California chaparral reduces postfire shrub regeneration and native plant diversity by Ashley R. Grupenhoff, Hugh D. Safford

“…This change in the fire regime has major implications for biodiversity, leading to exotic invasion, decreased ecosystem services, and potential type conversion of shrubland to grassland dominated by exotic species. …”
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The rural risk of digital exclusion: A case study of municipal digital health and social care services in Denmark by Barbara Fersch, Egon Bjørnshave Noe, Annette Aagaard Thuesen, Beate Langer

“…Drawing on the concept of digital capital, we identify several preconditions and contextual aspects, such as cognitive impairment, that in combination with missing digital capital leads to digital exclusion, and we show how social capital such as family and acquaintances mitigates digital exclusion and the lack of a high enough level of digital capital in various ways. …”
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Plasmidome of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis recovered from surface waters in a major agricultural region for leafy greens in California. by Beatriz Quiñones, Bertram G Lee, Ashley Avilés Noriega, Lisa Gorski

“…Non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica is a leading cause of gastrointestinal illnesses in the United States. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Performing the Early Mobilization Protocol on Postoperative Hemorrhaging in Cardiac Surgery Patients by Hanie Dahmardeh

“…Conclusion: Performing the early mobilization protocol can reduce the volume of bleeding after cardiac surgery and the early discharge of patients, thus leading to reduced complications. Nurses as the main care providers in intensive care units play a key role in performing the protocol. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide-Based Solar Cells by SCAPS-1D by S. Ouédraogo, F. Zougmoré, J. M. Ndjaka

“…Increasing hole density (p) or absorber band gap (Eg) improves Voc and leads to high efficiency, which equals value of 16.1% when p = 1016 cm−3 and Eg=1.2 eV. …”
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TB and poverty: the effect of rifampicin-resistant TB on household income by A. Ciobanu, V. Plesca, S. Doltu, M. Manea, L. Domente, A. Dadu

“…The percentage of poor TB-affected households rose from 65% prior to TB to 86% after TB treatment completion (P < 0.001). Social factors leading to poverty were identified for each stage: diagnostic period (history of incarceration: cOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.1–5.2); treatment period (being unemployed or unofficially employed: cOR 6.7, 95% CI 4.3–10.0); and post-treatment (being married or cohabiting: cOR 5.7, 95% CI 2.9–11.0). …”
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Balancing globalisation process through Development Agenda: sustainable global justice by S. M. Aamir Ali, A. Ghose

“…This process further exacerbated the existing division between the global north and global south, leading to a heightened level of separation between these two regions. …”
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Management of Ectopic Pregnancy: Comparison of Systemic Methotrexate Administration and Surgical Treatment; A Retrospective Study by Ali Cenk Özay, Özlen Emekçi, Recep Emre Okyay, Ali Rıza Taylan Bodur

“…Since ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of pregnancy related death in the first trimester and accounts for 9% of all pregnancy-related deaths, the diagnosis and treatment stages should be fast and planned. …”
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The conserved wobble uridine tRNA thiolase Ctu1 is required for angiogenesis and embryonic development. by Yangziwei Yu, Chuqiao Wang, Yan Wang, Heng Shi, Huiyuan Hu, Yibin Du, Zhaoli Zhou

“…Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis, including pseudo-time, RNA velocity, cell-cell communication, and gene regulatory network inference revealed that ctu1 deficiency leads to the arrest of cell cycle, and the defects of nerve development and erythrocyte differentiation and the attenuation of several pro-angiogenic signaling pathways, e.g., angpt-tek and dll4-notch. …”
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Study on the Solution of Sand Slabbing in the Tailing Sand Bin of Huanggang Iron Ore Mine by Xin Zhu, Bokun Zheng, Liang Peng, Fengfeng Wu, Xuyan Yin, Yang Liu, Xin Yang

“…The coarse tailings settled to the bottom of the silo before the fine tailings, and the compression time was too long, leading to the phenomenon of silting and consolidation. (2) Flocculation and settlement of coarse and fine tailings in different sand silos can avoid deposition and compaction of tailings in sand silos. (3) According to the different requirements of the concentration and ratio of the filling slurry, the proportion of coarse sand and fine sand in the filling slurry can be controlled by controlling the flow size of the coarse sand and fine sand chamber, to achieve the design of reasonable particle size composition and concentration requirements. …”
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Unified blended learning environment: the Kazakhstani context by S. M. Bakhisheva, E. V. Tikhonyuk, Z. G. Mukhtar, R. S. Kinzhekova, A. M. Kemeshova

“…The third stage entailed empirical testing of existing educational platforms that are utilised by 33 leading Kazakh universities. The fourth stage witnessed the development of a pilot conceptual model for a unified environment for blended learning.Results. …”
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Moderating effect of social participation on the relationship between health status and depressive symptoms in older adults by Yvonne Su Yong Ow, Chia-Shine Wei, Yang-Tzu Li

“…IntroductionDepression is a common mental health problem among older adults and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Health status and social participation has been found significantly associated with depression in older adults. …”
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N-Acetylcysteine Decreases Myocardial Content of Inflammatory Mediators Preventing the Development of Inflammation State and Oxidative Stress in Rats Subjected to a High-Fat Diet by Klaudia Sztolsztener, Wiktor Bzdęga, Katarzyna Hodun, Adrian Chabowski

“…NAC administration ameliorated the COX-2 and 5-LOX expression, leading to a decrease in the PGE2 and LTC4 contents, respectively, and augmented the 12/15-LOX expression, increasing the LXA4 content. …”
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Estimating the costs of Israel’s four COVID-19 waves by Panagiotis TSIGARIS, Jaime A. TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, Francesco CHIRICO

“…After the first three waves between April and June 2021, excessive relaxation of stringency measures allowed the highly infectious delta variant (B.1.617.2) to spread, aided by an inability to vaccinate a high percentage of the population (never exceeding ~63%), leading to a fourth wave. Costs of the pandemic are estimated (in billions of 2017 constant Int$) at Int$81.7 for mental health, at Int$80.3 for economic losses, Int$53.3 for the cost of premature mortality, and Int$39.4 billion for health impairment. …”
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Beyond the spotlight: Unveiling the gender bias curtain in movie reviews. by Jad Doughman, Wael Khreich

“…This influence extends to potential reductions in back-end compensation and marketability for future projects, and it can directly affect actors' well-being, leading to increased stress levels and elevated cardiovascular reactivity. …”
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POST-RELIGION: TRADITIONALISTS’ ANALYSIS by Kirill M. Tovbin

“…Collage is an arbitrary combination of different semiotic pieces of Tradition with the aim of creating a believable picture of tradition; it is collage leads to archaic forms of modern spirituality. Findings. …”
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The Effect of Architectural Forms on Aesthetic Response : Study Case by Lawand Kamal Othman, Alan Faraydoon Ali

“…The aesthetic response is a complex process where each variable is affected by another variable, which ultimately leads to a comprehensive aesthetic evaluation. …”
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Leptin Antagonizes Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Signaling in Growth Plate Chondrocytes by Lai Wang, Yvonne Y. Shao, R. Tracy Ballock

“…Leptin treatment also leads to a mild downregulation of PPAR mRNA expression and a significant MAPK/ERK-dependent PPARγ phosphorylation at serine 112/82. …”
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