The new urban wastewater treatment directive from the perspective of the receiving rivers’ quality by Máté Krisztián Kardos, Miklós Patziger, Zsolt Jolánkai, Adrienne Clement

“…Employing a mixing model to assess the impact of municipal wastewater treatment plant emissions on regional waters, the research aims to optimize resource allocation for plant improvements and enhance risk area designation methods. …”
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Methodology for Determining the Effective Thickness of the Cemented Layer of Steel by S. G. Sandomirski, A. L. Val’ko, S. P. Rudenko

“…Its application will allow to optimize the cementation regimes of gear wheels to increase their service life.…”
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Application of Spectral Computed Tomography Single-energy Technique to Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease by Pengfei WU, Chuanbing WANG

“…Conclusion: The overall image quality score of 40 keV single level enterocardiography is higher than that of conventional mixed-energy images, and therefore can improve and optimize the diagnosis of small bowel Crohn’s disease and be popularized in clinical applications.…”
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Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…The author’s definition of the term “safety and health protection of employees at work” is substantiated as a system of measures to prevent and/or reduce the impact of dangerous and harmful production factors, aimed at preserving the life, physiological and psychological functions of the body, and the optimal working capacity of an individual who works at on the basis of an employment contract, at the place of her employment. …”
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Biliary Atresia Treatment: Can Shear Wave Elastography Predict Kasai Procedure Outcomes? by Sekarsari Damayanti, Gema Ramadhan Muhammad, Rinaldhy Kshetra, Prihartono Joedo

“…There are statistically different values between two groups, such as the shear wave elastography value (P = 0.001). The optimal cut-off point of shear wave elastography value to predict the success of Kasai procedure is 2.21 m/s or 14.4 kPa (sensitivity 88.9%, specificity 83.3%, accuracy 85.7%, PPV 87.65%, NPV 84.91%), with an AUC of 0.889 (95%CI = 0.75-1.00), OR = 10.50 (1.360-81.053). …”
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Coconut Shell Activated Carbon/CoFe2O4 Composite for the Removal of Rhodamine B from Aqueous Solution by Le Phuong Hoang, Huu Tap Van, Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen, Van Quang Nguyen, Phan Quang Thang

“…The removal efficiency and adsorption of RhB were optimal at a pH level of 4. The maximum adsorption capacity was 94.08 mg/g at an initial concentration of 350 mg/L and adsorbent dosage of 0.05 g/25 mL. …”
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Erratum to “Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems” by Luca Furieri, Clara Lucia Galimberti, Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

“…Even if the performance can be further optimized, stability is always guaranteed. Figure 6. …”
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A CRITIC-BPNN APPROACH TO FRICTION STIR WELDING PARAMETRIC SELECTION AND PREDICTION USING AA6082-T6 MATERIAL by Mufutau Adeniyi Abolarin, Adeyinka Oluwo, John Rajan, Swaminathan Jose, Sunday Ayoola Oke |, Alexander Iwodi Agada, Ayomide Sunday Ibitoye

“…For the 4-1-2 neural network architecture, the values of the ultimate tensile strength and percentage elongation at the optimal thresholds are 0.6457 and 0.6019, respectively, for the first forward pass and 0.6123 and 0.6356, respectively, for the second forward pass. …”
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Smart Cities, Smarter land Use? Unveiling the efficiency gains from China’s digital urban transformation by Zhenyu Zhuo, Jiashuo Ye, Yu Wang, Hao Chen, Bin Liang

“…The findings reveal that: (1) Smart city construction significantly enhances ULUE, with increases of 16 %, 11.4 %, and 11.1 % of the three pilot batches; (2) Urban smart transformation improves ULUE through three mechanisms: fostering innovation investment, expanding internet user bases, and optimizing industrial land use efficiency; (3) Urban smart transformation has a more pronounced effect on ULUE in eastern and western cities, while the impact in central cities is not significant; (4) The long-term effects of smart city policy surpass short-term impacts and exhibit synergistic interactions with innovation policies; (5) Urban smart transformation has a spatial spillover effect, benefiting neighboring cities within an 80 km radius by significantly boosting ULUE. …”
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The fate and mobility of chromium, arsenic and zinc in municipal sewage sludge during the co-pyrolysis process with organic and inorganic chlorides by Mahboub Saffari, Masomeh Moazallahi, Rezvan Mashayekhi

“…While FeCl3 demonstrated better performance in Cr stabilization, these findings highlight the importance of selecting appropriate chlorinated additives based on the target heavy metal for optimizing biochar production and minimizing environmental impacts effectively.…”
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Venoarterial Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock Complicated from an Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Overview and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis by Kiarash Sassani, Styliani Syntila, Christian Waechter, Julian Kreutz, Birgit Markus, Nikolaos Patsalis, Bernhard Schieffer, Georgios Chatzis

“…The complexity of patient management in cardiogenic shock cases underscores the need for a multidisciplinary approach to optimize treatment strategies and enhance patient outcomes.…”
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Risk of first venous thrombosis by comparing different thrombin generation assay conditions: results from the MEGA case-control study. by Kristien Winckers, Eugenia Biguzzi, Stella Thomassen, Alexandra Heinzmann, Frits R. Rosendaal, Tilman Mathias Hackeng, Astrid van Hylckama Vlieg

“…We hypothesise that slow onset TG (achieved by using a low procoagulant stimulus or an inhibitor of coagulation) is optimal responsive to detect hypercoagulability. …”
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The Recent Progress and Applications of Digital Technologies in Healthcare: A Review by Maksut Senbekov, Timur Saliev, Zhanar Bukeyeva, Aigul Almabayeva, Marina Zhanaliyeva, Nazym Aitenova, Yerzhan Toishibekov, Ildar Fakhradiyev

“…Digital platforms can help optimize diagnosis, consulting, and treatment of patients. …”
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Comparison of remineralizing efficacy of two novel preparation of arginine and theobromine on white spot lesion - an in vitro SEM analysis by Shifo Savio F, Nivethigaa Balakrishnan, Aravind Kumar Subramanian

“…Further research is needed to optimize their use and explore long-term effects on enamel surface uniformity.…”
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Effects of the auxin-dependent degradation of the cohesin and condensin complexes on the repair of distant DNA double-strand breaks in mouse embryonic stem cells by A. V. Smirnov, A. S. Ryzhkova, A. M. Yunusova

“…We used Cas9 RNP nucleofection to generate deletions and inversions with high efficiency without additional selection. We determined optimal Neon settings and deletion appearance timings. …”
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ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF SERVICE-LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF A UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA by Fong Wei Diong, Phaik Kin Cheah, Poh Chua Siah

“…In addition, this study provides a nuanced understanding of service-learning in a non-Western context, thus offering valuable insights for educators, policymakers, and practitioners aiming to optimize service-learning practices and align them more closely with student needs and institutional goals. …”
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Growth performance and antioxidant status of giant gourami given different levels of astaxanthin supplementation by , Sofian, Dedi Jusadi, Sri Nuryati

“…Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ikan yang dipelihara pada kepadatan tinggi dan diberi pakan dengan penambahan astaxanthin sebesar 100 mg/kg pakan menghasilkan kinerja pertumbuhan yang optimal. Penambahan astaxanthin sebesar 100 dan 200 mg/kg pakan tidak mempengaruhi status antioksidan pada ikan gurami.   …”
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Effectiveness of an HIV peer support precision matching platform: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Xin Xie, Shuyu Han, Yangfeng Wu, Tao Huang, Junyi Duan, Dongmei Li, Shuyu Chen, Bo Zhou, Jiangping Zhang, Lili Zhang

“…This trial has the potential to significantly enhance social support for PLWH while also optimizing the delivery of peer support services and fully mobilizing the role of peer support in the overall health management of PLWH. …”
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CO₂ Sequestration in a Carbonate Saline Aquifer: An Investigation into the Roles of Natural Fractures and Well Placement by Abdulrahim K. Al Mulhim, Mojdeh Delshad, Kamy Sepehrnoori

“…A similar systematic workflow and holistic approach can be utilized to optimize the subsurface storage process for potential formations.…”
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Step-by-step combination of 99mTc and ICG with endoscopic near infrared cameras in SLN mapping early-stage vulvar cancer by A. Rafael Guijarro-Campillo, Pablo Padilla-Iserte, Víctor Lago, Raquel Quintana-Bertó, Marta Arnáez-De La Cruz, Aníbal Nieto, Santiago Domingo Del Pozo

“…However, protocols for ICG use remain heterogeneous, and the optimal protocol is yet to be defined [5,6].This video article presents a stepwise demonstration of the SLN mapping technique using a combination of radioactive 99 m-Tc and ICG with endoscopic near-infrared (NIR) cameras in two cases. …”
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