The Unexpected Diagnosis of Hepatic Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient by Nikolaos Garmpis, Christos Damaskos, Anna Garmpi, Aliki Liakea, Dimitrios Mantas

“…It can be managed effectively if diagnosed in time or lead to death if left untreated.…”
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The optimum nitrogen fertilizer rate for maize in the US Midwest is increasing by Mitchell E. Baum, John E. Sawyer, Emerson D. Nafziger, Michael J. Castellano, Marshall D. McDaniel, Mark A. Licht, Dermot J. Hayes, Matthew J. Helmers, Sotirios V. Archontoulis

“…By accounting for societal cost estimates for nitrogen losses, we estimate an environmental optimum rate, which has also increased over time but at a lower rate than the economic optimum nitrogen rate. …”
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ECP-IEM: Enhancing seasonal crop productivity with deep integrated models. by Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ali Moazzam, Asif Nawaz, Tariq Ali, Deema Mohammed Alsekait, Ahmed Saleh Alattas, Diaa Salama AbdElminaam

“…This study combines Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (Bi-GRU) and Time Series CNN to predict crop yield and then recommendation for further improvement. …”
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Tardive Dyskinesia, Oral Parafunction, and Implant-Supported Rehabilitation by S. Lumetti, G. Ghiacci, G. M. Macaluso, M. Amore, C. Galli, E. Calciolari, E. Manfredi

“…Moreover, the patient refused night-time splint therapy. A series of implant and prosthetic failures were experienced. …”
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Amino- and thiol-modified microporous silicalite-1 and mesoporous MCM-48 materials as potential effective adsorbents for Pb(II) in polluted aquatic systems by Abeer A Malhis, Sharif H Arar, Manar K Fayyad, Hamdallah A Hodali

“…The adsorption of Pb(II) ions into these modified silicates was investigated in aqueous solutions with optimized pH at 5.5 where adsorption influencing factors including contact time, adsorbent dose and metal ion initial concentration were studied. …”
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Flood Hazard Assessment Using Weather Radar Data in Athens, Greece by Apollon Bournas, Evangelos Baltas

“…This study highlights the significance of incorporating radar precipitation and real-time soil moisture assessments to improve flood prediction accuracy and provide valuable flood risk assessments.…”
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A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understand Urban Latino Parent’s Oral Health Knowledge and Beliefs by Tamanna Tiwari, Nayanjot Rai, Eivi Colmenero, Hilda Gonzalez, Mirna Castro

“…Findings from the focus groups demonstrate that the primary caregivers described barriers in maintaining oral health for their children including cultural barriers, child’s temperament, lack of time, and easy access to high-risk foods. All participants said that they wanted to receive information on the oral health of their children; they wanted the dentist or the hygienist to demonstrate oral hygiene practices and explain to them the reasons for oral health behaviors. …”
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The Validation of the Total Quality Management Construct Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis by Farooq Miiro

“…The four subcontracts tool of TQM are imperative for universities to employ since the current times are more emphatic on customer demands and value for money. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Optimal Control Strategies for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission in Ethiopia by Ashenafi Kelemu Mengistu, Peter J. Witbooi

“…Then, we extend the model by incorporating time-dependent control variables. These control variables are vaccination, distancing, and treatment for DS-TB and MDR-TB. …”
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Investigating the Trip of a Transformer in Sweden During the 24 April 2023 Storm by A. P. Dimmock, V. Lanabere, A. Johlander, L. Rosenqvist, E. Yordanova, S. Buchert, S. Molenkamp, J. Setréus

“…However, on 24 April 2023, there was a transformer trip in the Bandsjö substation (near Sundsvall) around the time of enhanced space weather. In this paper, we investigate this event by studying the solar wind properties as well as geomagnetic disturbances. …”
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Study of Durability of Concrete with Fly Ash as Fine Aggregate under Alternative Interactions of Freeze-Thaw and Carbonation by Mingjie Mao, Dongsheng Zhang, Qiuning Yang, Wenbo Zhang

“…The carbonation depth under alternative freeze-thaw and carbonation is positively correlated with the carbonation time and the water-to-cement ratio. However, as the reactant is continuously consumed due to the expansion of crystalline ice and CaCO3, alternative cycles result in the appearance of many more new cracks in the concrete.…”
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ENHANCEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEMS FOR THE TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM THROUGH HYBRIDIZATION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AND PARAMETER FINE-TUNING by Peeraya THAPATSUWAN, Warattapop THAPATSUWAN, Chaichana KULWORATIT

“…The hybrid and fine-tuned version of AIS (AIS-th) consistently provided the best solution quality, with up to a 50.36% improvement, though it required more computational time. These findings emphasize the importance of strategic combinations and fine-tuning for creating effective optimization algorithms. …”
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Le dessin de design en tant qu’œuvre en soi by Airton Cattani

“…Like text, interpretation of the design drawing has to be seen in the light of a “grammar of images” which will take into account the particularities of its time. Drawing, in its various forms, is essential in all areas of design, but its functions will apparently be exhausted at the end of the object’s production process, since its original functions will have been fulfilled. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Membranes of Poly(L-co-DL-lactic acid) with Poly(caprolactone triol) and Study In Vivo by Marcia Adriana Tomaz Duarte, Adriana Cristina Motta, Eliana Aparecida de Rezende Duek

“…Histological analysis indicated that, although PCL-T-containing membranes caused a more prominent inflammatory reaction in the initial time intervals, by 60 days after implantation, the material was surrounded by dense, organized collagen with almost no inflammatory infiltrate.…”
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Tracking Missing Deaths: An Exploratory Study on the Mortality Impact of COVID-19 in Kozhikode City, India by Shilka Abraham, Soumitra Ghosh

“…Notably, 5.5% of the noninstitutional deaths were unreported at the time of the survey and many deaths were plausibly misclassified, leading to undercounting of COVID-19 deaths. …”
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The need for smart microalgal bioprospecting by Joan Labara Tirado, Andrei Herdean, Peter J. Ralph

“…Microalgal bioprospecting, searching for novel biological algal resources with new properties, remains a low throughput and time-consuming endeavour due to inefficient workflows that rely on non-selective sampling, monoalgal culture status and outdated, non-standardized characterization techniques. …”
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Eco-innovation: the profile of Poland in comparison to the European Union by Z. Ostraszewska, A. Tylec

“…Despite this, only less than 1/3 of the countries belonging to the EU can be considered as innovative and eco-innovative at the same time. Poland still does not belong to these countries - on the map of the EU innovation Poland ranks among the so-called moderate innovators (with the SII index of 0.27 in 2017, while the EU index was 0.504). …”
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A Survey of Machine Learning Innovations in Ambulance Services: Allocation, Routing, and Demand Estimation by Reem Tluli, Ahmed Badawy, Saeed Salem, Mahmoud Barhamgi, Amr Mohamed

“…We discuss the challenges faced by these methods, emphasizing the need for innovative solutions that can adapt to real-time data and changing emergency patterns. Through this survey, we aim to offer valuable insights into the current state of research and practices, shedding light on potential areas for future exploration and development. …”
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Sequential release of cytokines, lipid mediators and nitric oxide in experimental colitis by A. P. M. van Dijk, Z. J. Keuskamp, J. H. P. Wilson, F. J. Zijlstra

“…Initially, a 60% maximum inflammation score was observed at day 4. At this time inflammation was associated with the release of interleukin-lβ (IL-1β) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα), whereas both prostaglandins 6kPGF1α and PGE2 and nitric oxide (NO) markedly decreased. …”
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The usefulness of Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) scoring in predicting all-cause mortality in Outpatients with Clinical Diagnoses of COPD by Kevin Ly, Dorothy Wakefield, Richard ZuWallack

“…Methods We tested the hypothesis that the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score at the time of an outpatient medical clinic encounter for COPD predicts all-cause mortality. …”
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