RETRACTED: Individual and Interactive Ecophysiological Effect of Temperature, Watering Regime and Abscisic Acid on the Growth and Development of Tomato Seedlings by Taghleb Al-Deeb, Mohammad Abo Gamar, Sabah Khaleel, Abdul Latief Al-Ghzawi, Wesam Al Khateeb, Mohammad Jawarneh, Mohammad Y. Jahmani, Omar Al-Zoubi, Talaat Habeeb

“…Climate change is a major concern to people all over the world. Most studies have considered singular or dual effects of climate change implications on plant growth and development; however, the combination of multiple factors has received little attention. …”
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Self-Compacting Concrete with Artificial Lightweight Aggregates from Sugarcane Ash and Calcined Scheelite Mining Waste by Jemima Tabita F. de Sousa, Marcos Alyssandro S. dos Anjos, José Anselmo da S. Neto, Evilane C. de Farias, Fernando G. Branco, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras

“…In the production of LWC, the most widely used lightweight aggregate in the world, and also in Brazil, is still expanded clay; however, Brazilian production is restricted to the southeast region. …”
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Safety and effectiveness of appropriately and inappropriately dosed rivaroxaban or apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study with nested case–co... by Luis Alberto García Rodríguez, Pareen Vora, Luke Roberts, Gunnar Brobert, Samuel Fatoba, María Eugenia Sáez, Antonio González-Pérez

“…Further studies on this topic from real-world populations are needed.…”
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Evaluating programmatic reactive focal drug administration impact on malaria incidence in northern Senegal: an interrupted time series analysis by Ellen Leah Ferriss, Yakou Dieye, Moustapha Cissé, Gnagna Dieng Sow, Jean Louis Lankia, Damien Diedhiou, Abiboulaye Sall, Tamba Souane, Tidiane Thiam, Doudou Sene, Elhadji Doucouré, Ibrahima Diallo, Adam Bennett, Caterina Guinovart

“…Abstract Background The World Health Organization conditionally recommends reactive drug administration to reduce malaria transmission in settings approaching elimination. …”
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MTIOT: Identifying HPV subtypes from multiple infection data by Qi Zhao, Tianjun Zhou, Lin Li, Guofan Hong, Luonan Chen

“…When tested on both simulated samples (to mimic real-world complexities) and clinical samples, MTIOT achieved F1 scores (the harmonic mean of sensitivity and specificity) of 98 % and 92 % respectively for identifying subtypes with a sample size ≥ 50, suggesting that it may significantly improve the precision of cervical cancer screening programs. …”
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<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathrm{D}^{3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>T: Deep Denoising Dictionary Tensor for Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection by Qiangqiang Shen, Zonglin Liu, Hanzhang Wang, Yanhui Xu, Yongyong Chen, Yongsheng Liang

“…Numerous experimental results from various real-world datasets validate the effectiveness of our <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathrm{D}^{3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>T.…”
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Evaluation the Efficacy of ELISA IgG, IgM and IgA Tests for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori by Hogir Mohammed Shukri Saadi, Ali Yahya Saeed

“… It has been well recognized throughout the world that Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of gastric ulcer and stomach carcinoma. …”
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Healthcare waste characteristics and management in regional hospital and private clinic by S. Ajbar El Gueriri, F. El Mansouri, F. Achemlal, S. Lachaal, J. Brigui, A. Fakih Lanjri

“…The survey also discovered that the hazardous fraction of waste generated in the regional hospital center was 40 percent, which was much higher than the World Health Organization’s estimation. The daily amount of hazardous waste generated increased from 260.49 kilograms to 436.81 kilograms post-COVID-19. …”
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Impact of a national primary care pay-for-performance scheme on ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions: a small-area analysis in England by Tim Doran, Christos Grigoroglou, Luke Munford, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Navneet Kapur, Darren Ashcroft, Roger Webb

“…Objective We aimed to spatially describe hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) in England at small-area geographical level and assess whether recorded practice performance under one of the world’s largest primary care pay-for-performance schemes led to reductions in these potentially avoidable hospitalisations for chronic conditions incentivised in the scheme.Setting We obtained numbers of ACSC hospital admissions from the Hospital Episode Statistics database and information on recorded practice performance from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) administrative dataset for 2015/2016. …”
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The relationships between meteorological parameters and air pollutants in an urban environment by I. Kayes, S.A. Shahriar, K. Hasan, M. Akhter, M.M. Kabir, M.A. Salam

“…As Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is one of the air pollution hotspot among the megacities in the world, however the potential meteorological influences on criteria air pollutants for this megacity are remained less studied. …”
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Re-imagining education in Haiti through a lens of de-coloniality by Rudolph Damas

“…This will also be followed by a conclusive analysis of similar efforts in communities around the world. Findings – This study demonstrates that primary school students, teachers and their communities in Haiti respond better to education development projects that place mother-tongue learning, grassroots community participation and culturally relevant pedagogy at the forefront of daily operational planning. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Hirbo Shore Roba, Addisu Shunu Beyene, Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Behailu Hawulte Ayele

“…Data were collected using World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to Surveillance (STEPS) for non-communicable disease (NCD) standard survey tool. …”
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Role of Nanotechnology in Ischemic Stroke: Advancements in Targeted Therapies and Diagnostics for Enhanced Clinical Outcomes by Virendra Kumar Yadav, Rachna Gupta, Abdullah A. Assiri, Jalal Uddin, Azfar A. Ishaqui, Pankaj Kumar, Khalid M. Orayj, Shazia Tahira, Ashish Patel, Nisha Choudhary

“…Each year, the number of cases of strokes and deaths due to this is increasing around the world. This could be due to work stress, lifestyles, unhealthy food habits, and several other reasons. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Characteristics of Produced Water from Terminals of Some Oil Industry Facilities in Nigeria by CC Obunwo, C Chukwudi

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Using machine learning models to plan HIV services: Emerging opportunities in design, implementation and evaluation by T Dzinamarira, E Mbunge, I Chingombe, D F Cuadros, E Moyo, I Chitungo, G Murewanhema, B Muchemwa, G Rwibasira, O Mugurungi, G Musuka, H Herrera

“… HIV/AIDS remains one of the world’s most significant public health and economic challenges, with approximately 36 million people currently living with the disease. …”
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Rice genotypes (Oryza sativa) respond to varying planting dates and environmental conditions by 1Asif Ali Kaleri, 1Danish Manzoor,1Rabia Laghari,2Muzamil Awan, 3Bina Khanzada, 4Hafsa Munir, 2Saba Solangi, 2Tameer Hyder Shah.5Ameer Jan, 6Laiba Ashfaq, 2Ghulam Sajjad Kaleri Kaleri

“…Additionally, about two-thirds of the world's population depends mostly on rice as a food source. …”
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Environmental effect of the Coronavirus-19 determinants and lockdown on carbon emissions by R. Parvin, F.T. Johora, M.A. Alim

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Coronavirus-19 has affected carbon emissions, which was declared as a pandemic by World Health Organization. Unprecedented environmental effects are being caused by Bangladesh's strict lockdown policies, which were implemented to stop the spread of Coronavirus-19. …”
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Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska by Tor Mowatt-Larssen, Tierney M. Thys, Jackie Hildering, Eric J. Caldera, Ellen E. Biesack, Jan R. McDowell, Marianne Nyegaard, Marianne Nyegaard

“…Taxonomic confusion and limited data have impeded species-level biogeographic analyses of the world’s largest bony fishes, ocean sunfishes (Molidae; ‘molids’), in many ecosystems. …”
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Endovascular Treatment and Outcomes for Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis: Insights from the XLPAD Registry by Michael H. Vu, Glaiza-Mae Sande-Docor, Yulun Liu, Shirling Tsai, Mitul Patel, Chris Metzger, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Nicolas W. Shammas, Peter Monteleone, Subhash Banerjee

“…There is limited “real-world” evidence examining treatment modalities and outcomes in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease undergoing endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal (FP) in-stent restenosis (ISR). …”
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Dissecting Cowpea Genetic Variability under Moisture Stress Conditions and Implications for Drought Tolerance Breeding by Mary Singini, Michael M. Chipeta, Keston Njira, Lameck Fiwa

“…Cowpea remains a crop of choice by most smallholder farmers particularly in arid and semiarid areas of the world due to its reported resilience to drought. …”
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