Significant role of anionic behavior of cocoyl glutamate on lead(II) ion adsorption towards activated carbon adsorbent from cigarette butts by Moh Zeinur Ridho, Retno Pertiwi, Eldo Delta Bagaskara, Raya Rambu Rambani, Chika Synthia Pitaloka, Fanta Mei Wahyuni, Istiqomah Rahmawati, Muhammad Reza

“…Cigarette butts are one of the most abundant waste in the world, being dangerous due to non-biodegradable behavior and highly toxic. …”
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Retracted: Significance and Possibility of VR Technology Embedded in the Teaching of Ideological and Political Theory Course in Colleges and Universities by Ningbin Zhang, Xiuqin Chen, Han Yin

“…The main function of Ideological and political theory course in Colleges and universities is to carry out ideological and political education and moral education to help students establish a good world outlook, outlook on life and values. The main purpose of this paper is to combine VR technology with ideological and political theory course in Colleges and universities. …”
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An In Vitro Pilot Study Comparing the Novel HemoClear Gravity-Driven Microfiltration Cell Salvage System with the Conventional Centrifugal XTRA™ Autotransfusion Device by Anneloes Hoetink, Sabine F. Scherphof, Frederik J. Mooi, Paul Westers, Jack van Dijk, Sjef J. van de Leur, Arno P. Nierich

“…Background. In 2013, the World Health Organization reported a shortage of 17 million red blood cell units, a number that remains growing. …”
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Enhance health evidence quality in classification tasks: A triangulation approach utilizing case-based reasoning and process features by Ruihua Guo, Ross Smith, Qifan Chen, Angus Ritchie, Simon Poon

“…Unlike clinical trials, real-world data used in ML are often gathered for multiple purposes, leading to bias and missing information for a specific classification task. …”
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Transformation of Hydroacoustic Energy into Seismoacoustic Energy at 22 Hz in Medium Depth- and Deep-Sea Conditions by Grigory Dolgikh, Mikhail Bolsunovskii, Sergey Budrin, Stanislav Dolgikh, Mikhail Ivanov, Vladimir Ovcharenko, Aleksandr Pivovarov, Aleksandr Samchenko, Vladimir Chupin, Igor Yaroshchuk

“…This experiment belongs to the field of acoustic tomography and is aimed at solving the problems of non-contact methods for studying the geological structure of the shelf areas of the World Ocean. The novelty and uniqueness of the work lies in the use of a harmonic low-frequency hydroacoustic signal with a frequency of 22 Hz of high power, capable of creating Rayleigh surface waves at the “water–bottom” interface. …”
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Inter-pregnancy interval and associated factors among parous women in neighboring low-land ecologies of arsi & east shoa zone, southeast Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional... by Gebi Husein Jima, Regien Biesma, Tegbar Yigzaw Sendekie, Jelle Stekelenburg

“…Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends an interval of at least 24 months from the date of a live birth to the conception of the next pregnancy in order to reduce the risk of adverse maternal, perinatal, and infant outcomes. …”
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مداخلة علمیة حول النشر العلمى فى مصادر الوصول الحر Open Access بین التأیید والرفض by Gamal Al Dahshan

“…Manysocieties and institutions have embraced this movement and invested its variouscomponents in order to facilitate the flow of information not only in thesecommunities but throughout the world , This movement originated primarily as asolution to the problem of scientific communication, access to scientific researchat the time of publication or after a short period of time, and overcome theproblem of rising costs of participation in the traditional periodicals and theinability of libraries and individuals to bear the steady increase in this Field.We believe that although we believe that the scientific publishing in thesources of free access is the natural development of scientific publishing in thedigital age, we see at the same time the need to establish controls and conditionsand even standards to ensure its quality, and provide credibility to the clients andit is still not But with the revolution of electronic information and the ease of whatis described as the globalization of knowledge on the one hand, and the high costs of subscription imposed by the traditional publishing houses on the otherhand, it does not seem realistic to maintain the traditional form of publishing theexistence of the usual form, Of periodicals issued p A long-standing publishingrole for a mixed model combines the traditional model with this modelHence, openness should be open to the issue of publishing in the sourcesof free access, in addition to caution against falling into the trap of anonymouspublishers whose goal is to profit at the expense of the quality of what theypublish. …”
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Presenting a model for solving lot-streaming hybrid flow shop scheduling problem by considering independent setup time and transportation time by Roja Ruhbakhsh, Esmaeil Mehdizadeh, Mohammad Amin Adibi

“…But important assumptions that exist in the real-world scheduling environment are always ignored. …”
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Isolation, Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Aspergillus flavus in Animal Feed by Dina Al-Shinawy, Reda E.M. Moghaieb, Sara B. Awaly, Gihan El-Moghazy, Dalia S. Ahmed

“…The data showed that all samples except one (S1) contained total aflatoxin levels below 20 μg/ kg, considered safe for animal consumption according to the European Union (EU), United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. To assess the genetic variability among A. flavus strains, twelve inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) primers and seven Sequence Related Amplified Polymorphism (SRAP) primer combinations were utilized, producing scorable and reproducible banding patterns with about 52 % polymorphism. …”
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Carotenoids and carotenes in the fruits of <i>Cucurbita maxima</i>, <i>C. moschata</i> and <i>C. pepo</i> under the conditions of Northwestern Russia by T. M. Piskunova, T. V. Shelenga, P. V. Ozersky, A. E. Solovyeva

“…Cucurbits are among the most valuable vegetable crops widely used for food all over the world, being an important source of carotenoids and carotenes, biologically active substances with antioxidant and other types of activity. …”
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Global surgery and climate change: how global surgery can prioritise both the health of the planet and its people by Sophia Chen, Yvan Zolo, Lumbani Ngulube, Moses Isiagi, Salome Maswime

“…As a movement positioned to improve health around the world, Global Surgery has an increasingly significant role in envisioning and ensuring a sustainable future. …”
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Pavement Disease Visual Detection by Structure Perception and Feature Attention Network by Bin Lv, Shuo Zhang, Haixia Gong, Hongbo Zhang, Bin Dong, Jianzhu Wang, Cong Du, Jianqing Wu

“…Experimental results on real-world pavement disease images show that the mAP@0.5 of the proposed SPFAN increases from 66.2% to 71.2%, an improvement of 7.55%, while the F1-score also increases by 9.03%, compared to the baseline YOLOv8n model. …”
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A rapid method for calculating short-circuit currents in distribution networks with high renewable energy penetration by Rongqi Fan, Yuanlong Liu, Lei Ding, Qiang Huang, Wei Cong, Yudun Li, Guobing Song, Zhui Wei, Lingyan Sun, Jifeng Wen, anning Wang

“…The results from both the software simulation and real-world experiment demonstrate that the proposed short-circuit current calculation method offers high accuracy, and can satisfy the required accuracy for protection settings.…”
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Ecological portraits: Mapping functional spectra and space characteristics of birds in China by Fei Duan, Ming Gao, Shuyi Zhu, Xiaoli Shen, Sheng Li

“…By mapping the gradient across the diversity of bird ecological strategies (functional spectra) and quantifying the functional spaces of the focus taxon, we can better understand their ecological requirements and acquire critical information needed for developing effective conservation strategies. As one of the world’s 17 mega-diversity countries China harbors a highly diverse avian fauna. …”
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Adaptability assessment of the whitecap statistical physics model with cruise observations under high sea states by Yongfang Shi, Yongfang Shi, Yongzeng Yang, Yongzeng Yang, Jinpeng Qi, Jinpeng Qi, Haili Wang

“…The findings suggest that the WSPM is highly effective in capturing the dynamics of whitecap coverage across a range of high sea states, providing a detailed and robust reference for its application in real-world scenarios. Further research is needed to address the sources of error and improve the model's accuracy under complex sea conditions.…”
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Exploring the anti-aging potential of natural products and plant extracts in budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A review [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with r... by Madhu Dyavaiah, Chella Perumal Palanisamy, Tewin Tencomnao, Siriporn Chuchawankul, Phaniendra Alugoju, Naga Venkata Anusha Anthikapalli, Anchalee Prasanskulab, Selvaraj Jayaraman

“…Historically, plant derived natural products and their crude extracts have been used to treat a wide range of ailments across the world. Biogerontology research aims to explore the molecular basis of aging and discover new anti-aging therapeutic compounds or formulations to combat the detrimental effects of aging and promote a healthy life span. …”
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Sustainability Evaluation of Seaweed Aquabusiness Management in Support of Sustainable Development Goal in Ekas Bay, East Lombok by Naning Dwi Sulystyaningsih, Nur Fadhilah Rahim, Mita Ayu Liliyanti, Evron Asrial, Rusmin Nuryadin, Nuri Muahiddah

“… • Market status, market scale, and target market were the most sensitive attributes from economic dimension   Abstract Indonesia is one of the major countries in the world that produces seaweed. West Nusa Tenggara has become one of the centers of seaweed producers in Indonesia because it has many bays that are used for seaweed cultivation activities. …”
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History of Pain Research and Management in Canada by Harold Merskey

“…Such contributions reflect work done in a country that would not want to claim that its efforts are unique, but would hope to be seen as maintaining some of the best standards in the developed world.…”
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The Effect of Contraceptive Pills on the Severity of Visceral Leishmaniasis by Measuring Some Physiological Parameters by Hanan F. Ghazi, Sabaa T. Mohammed, Areej A. Zabbon, Mohamed Tawfiek Shaaban

“…The disease is prevalent throughout the world and in at least 88 countries. Objective: This study aims to know the effect of contraceptive pills (OC) on the severity of infection of Leishmania donovani in infected mice, by measuring the levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone, cholesterol, and total protein in the sera of infected mice. …”
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Quantitative risk assessment of rainstorm-induced flood disaster in Piedmont plain of Pakistan by Ming Chang, Kangchi Zhou, Xiangyang Dou, Fenghuan Su, Bo Yu

“…Our research results provide strong evidence for flood prediction in Pakistan and similar regions, which is of great significance in reducing the loss of life and property of people around the world.…”
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