Profiling bacterial communities of irrigation water and leafy green vegetables produced by small-scale farms and sold in informal settlements in South Africa by D. M. Kgoale, J. K. Gokul, S. Duvenage, E. M. Du Plessis, L. Korsten

“…In commercial production systems, leafy green vegetables have increasingly been reported as associated with foodborne pathogens and disease outbreaks. …”
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Enhancing Buck-Boost Converter Efficiency and Dynamic Responses with Sliding Mode Control Technique by Salah Hilo Mohammed Al-Attwani, Mustafa Teke, Ethar Sulaiman Yaseen Yaseen, Enes Bektaş, Nurettin Gökşenli

“…This is crucial in power delivery and portable systems, especially in battery-operated systems. The purpose of the paper is to investigate how the efficiency of Buck-Boost converters improves by using sliding mode control when operating under different conditions. …”
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Multi-View Collaborative Training and Self-Supervised Learning for Group Recommendation by Feng Wei, Shuyu Chen

“…Recommendation systems offer an effective solution to information overload, finding widespread application across e-commerce, news platforms, and beyond. …”
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Sustainable poultry education for undergraduate students by A.C. Fanatico, A․Kollanoor Johny, A. Upadhyay, S.B. Bramall

“…Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Systems, that researches the sustainability of meat chickens, particularly holistic health and alternatives to antibiotics. …”
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Role of Political Leaders in Promoting Effective Service Delivery in Central Division Kabale Municipality. by Akampurira, Allan

“…In conclusion, the study reiterated the vital role of political leadership in promoting the availability of services in Kabale Municipality through efficient service delivery, policy formulation and implementation, resource allocation, and the establishment of accountability and transparency systems.…”
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Role of Women Empowerment Programs in Accelerating Violence Against Men in Bushenyi District Uganda: A Case Study of Igara East Kyeizooba Sub-County. by Twinomujuni, Eliab

“…The findings offer valuable insights for enhancing the effectiveness of women empowerment programs and addressing violence against men, ultimately contributing to more equitable gender relations and improved support systems.…”
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Barriers to Compliance with Library Standards in Ugandan Universities by Odong, Patrick, Magara, Elisam, Nabutto, Clement Lutaaya

“…The study, therefore, concludes that most of the universities did not attain the minimum levels of NCHE standards owing to systemic and operational problems. Hence, it is recommended that regulatory oversight be strengthened, institutional investment increased, staff trained continuosly, content developed within the country, and engagement of users promoted toward filling in these gaps. …”
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Pityriasis versicolor: insight into current knowledge and treatment possibilities by Jakub Parys, Agnieszka Mikosińska, Martyna Kaźmierczak, Patrycja Kałuziak, Maciej Mossakowski, Marta Jajczak, Aleksandra Witek, Stanisław Jesionek, Mateusz Litwin

“…While various topical and systemic antifungal treatments are available, high relapse rates remain a significant clinical challenge. …”
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Model-agnostic neural mean field with a data-driven transfer function by Alex Spaeth, David Haussler, Mircea Teodorescu

“…As one of the most complex systems known to science, modeling brain behavior and function is both fascinating and extremely difficult. …”
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Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis incidentally diagnosed by video-associated lung surgery for lung cancer: A case report by Katsuhiro Itogawa, Shintaro Sato, Hideaki Yamakawa, Keiichi Akasaka, Masako Amano, Akiko Adachi, Hidekazu Matsushima

“…Pulmonary involvement associated with transthyretin amyloidosis is a relatively uncommon presentation among many systemic symptoms. However, in recent times, several definitive treatments have been newly approved, thus the importance of diagnosing previously overlooked cases has been increasing. …”
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Progression of Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Remodelling under Optimal Medical Therapy in CHF Patients: Role of Individual Genetic Background by Marzia Rigolli, Mariantonietta Cicoira, Corinna Bergamini, Andrea Chiampan, Andrea Rossi, Corrado Vassanelli

“…Background. Neurohormonal systems play an important role in chronic heart failure (CHF). …”
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Pic2Plate: A Vision-Language and Retrieval-Augmented Framework for Personalized Recipe Recommendations by Yosua Setyawan Soekamto, Andreas Lim, Leonard Christopher Limanjaya, Yoshua Kaleb Purwanto, Suk-Ho Lee, Dae-Ki Kang

“…Traditional recommendation methods often lack personalization and accurate ingredient recognition. Personalized systems address this by integrating user preferences, dietary needs, and ingredient availability. …”
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The oral microbiota: new insight into intracranial aneurysms by Wentao Gong, Hairong Yu, Wei You, Zhen Chen, Yu Wang, Chao Liu, Youxiang Li, Sheng Guan

“…The review explores how these pathogens may mediate chronic inflammation through hematogenous spread, gut microbiome alterations, and neuroinflammatory processes, leading to vascular remodeling and cerebrovascular instability.Results The findings suggest that oral microbial dysbiosis, particularly the presence of pathogenic bacteria, is implicated in the systemic inflammatory response that exacerbates the structural integrity of the cerebrovascular wall. …”
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Stock volatility as an anomalous diffusion process by Rubén V. Arévalo, J. Alberto Conejero, Òscar Garibo-i-Orts, Alfred Peris

“…This behavior, often linked to non-equilibrium phenomena, sheds light on the underlying mechanisms in various systems, including biological and financial domains.Integrating insights from anomalous diffusion into financial analysis could significantly improve our understanding of market behaviors, similar to their impacts on biological systems. …”
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Elucidating the Underlying Allelopathy Effects of <i>Euphorbia jolkinii</i> on <i>Arundinella hookeri</i> Using Metabolomics Profiling by Xue Xiao, Zuyan Ma, Kai Zhou, Qiongmei Niu, Qin Luo, Xin Yang, Xiaohui Chu, Guilian Shan

“…The treatment of <i>A. hookeri</i> seedlings with <i>E. jolkinii</i> aqueous extract (EJAE) disrupted their growth by inhibiting photosynthesis, disrupting oxidation systems, and increasing soluble sugar accumulation and chlorophyll synthesis. …”
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Parental Roles and Challenges in Managing Pediatric Obesity: Insights from Focus Group Interviews in Korea by Jieun Ju, Jahye Jung, Yong Hee Hong, Minsoo Shin, Yoon Lee, Ah-Ram Sul

“…Enhancing parental awareness, providing clear information, and strengthening support systems are essential for preventing and managing pediatric obesity in South Korea.…”
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Clinical Features and Risk Factors of Active Tuberculosis in Patients with Behçet’s Disease by Yaxu Liu, Lifan Zhang, Ziyue Zhou, Luxi Sun, Baotong Zhou, Xiaoqing Liu, Wenjie Zheng

“…Our study suggested that when BD patients have systemic symptoms with significantly elevated TB-SPOT, the diagnosis of ATB should be considered.…”
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Detecting Genetic Associations between ATG5 and Lupus Nephritis by trans-eQTL by Yue-miao Zhang, Fa-juan Cheng, Xu-jie Zhou, Yuan-yuan Qi, Ping Hou, Ming-hui Zhao, Hong Zhang

“…As elevated ATG5 expression was observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the study was conducted to analyze the genome-wide genetic regulatory mechanisms associated with ATG5 expression in a Chinese population with lupus nephritis (LN). …”
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Application of effective microorganisms to reduce mineral nitrogen for feeding wheat by Bajagić Marija, Cvijanović Vojin, Đurić Nenad, Šević Biljana, Cvijanović Gorica, Ivetić Aleksandra, Algrei Hassan Omran S.

“…It is concluded that in sustainable bread wheat production systems, with the application of EM, the amount of mineral nitrogen in the feed can be reduced by 25-30 kg ha-1 .…”
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Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought by Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls, Rene Montalba, Lorena Vieli, Luis L. Vazquez

“…Intercropping and agroforestry systems complemented with mulching and copious organic matter applications can increase water storage, enhancing crops’ water use efficiency. …”
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