Pollution Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Soils Using Characterization and Microbiological Analysis: The Case of a Rare and Precious Metal Mining Site in Wuzhou, G... by Yi Sun, Zixuan Yang, Kun Dong, Fujiang Hui, Dunqiu Wang, Yecheng Huang

“…The Probability Mass Function (PMF) model was used to perform a source apportionment of the PTEs and determine the main pollution sources and their contribution rates. …”
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Femtosecond laser subtractive/additive-integrated biomimetic manufacturing for visible/infrared encryption and stimuli-responsive infrared decryption by Ruijie Liu, Dongshi Zhang, Zhuguo Li

“…The blackening efficiency of this technique can reach ∼11.25 cm ^2 ·min ^−1 , opening opportunities for high-throughput optical/thermal applications. Selectively patterned Chinese characters, Arabic numbers, and English letters are easily fabricable, which are intrinsically invisible-infrared dual-band encrypted but decryptable via static/dynamic environment stimuli (e.g., sample heating/cooling, introducing external hot/cold sources including human hands). …”
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Need to clamp indwelling urinary catheters before removal after different durations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Fan, Sumin Ma, Jiayi Gu

“…Objective This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effect of bladder training by clamping on bladder urethral function in patients with indwelling urinary catheters used for different durations.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources The UpToDate, Cochrane Library, OVID, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, CINAHL and Embase were screened from 1 January 2000 to 28 February 2022.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-experimental designs comparing the efficacy of bladder training in patients with an indwelling urinary catheter by clamping or free drainage before urinary catheter removal were published in English or Chinese.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted the data and assessed the quality of studies. …”
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Berberine in cardiovascular therapy: bridging modern pharmacology with the traditional Chinese botanicals Huanglian (黄连), Huangbai (黄柏), Amur Cork Tree (黄檗), and Gong Lao Mu (亮叶十大功... by Seema Sharma, Sampat Singh Tanwar

“…These include lipid-lowering effects by upregulating LDL receptors and inhibiting PCSK9, antihypertensive effects via vasodilation and modulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, antiarrhythmic properties by affecting ion channels, and improvement in cardiac function in heart failure models. Traditionally, Huanglian, Huangbai, Amur Cork Tree, and Gong Lao Mu, all rich sources of berberine, have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat symptoms aligning with cardiovascular disorders, such as palpitations, chest distress, and edema. …”
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Effectiveness and tolerance of exercise interventions for long COVID: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials by Michelle O’Neill, Mairin Ryan, Patricia Harrington, Cillian P McDowell, Kieran A Walsh, Barrie Tyner, Shibu Shrestha, Leah McManus, Fearghal Comaskey

“…Objectives To examine the effectiveness of exercise interventions to improve long COVID symptoms and the tolerance of exercise interventions among people with long COVID.Design Systematic review.Data sources Medline via EBSCOhost, Embase via OVID and CENTRAL via the Cochrane Library up to 28 February 2023.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Inclusion criteria were: (1) participants with long COVID, as defined by study authors; (2) random assignment to either an exercise intervention or a comparison group and (3) a quantitative measure of at least 1 of the 12 core long COVID outcomes. …”
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Risk Factors, Etiology, Pathology, and Diagnostic Methods for Acute Kidney Injury: A Review Study by Tamer A. Addissouky, Majeed M. A. Ali, Ibrahim El Tantawy El Sayed, Yuliang Wang, Ayman El Baz, Naglaa Elarabany, Ahmed A. Khalil

“…Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by a rapid decline in kidney function, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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In situ, modeled, and earth observation monitoring of surface water availability in West African rangelands by Kimberly Slinski, Kimberly Slinski, Gabriel B. Senay, Alkhalil Adoum, Shraddhanand Shukla, Amy McNally, James Rowland, Erwann Fillol, Soni Yatheendradas, Soni Yatheendradas, Chris Funk, Andrew Hoell, Michael Jasinski

“…IntroductionRangeland ponds are vital to the livelihoods of pastoral and agropastoral communities in Africa, providing an important source of water for livestock. However, sparse instrumentation across much of Africa makes it extremely challenging to monitor surface water availability in these areas. …”
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Knowledge management: the tool of the conceptual map in the evaluation of a seminar on safety and security by Fernando Barcellos Razuck, FRANCISCO CESAR DA SILVA

“…The course is free and has been designed to meet the needs of professionals with higher education equivalent to the university degree in physics, chemistry, health and earth sciences or engineering and have been selected to work in the field of radiation protection and safety of sources of radiation in their countries. …”
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MergeBot: A platform of semi-structured merge conflict resolution for C/C++ code by Hua He, Xiaofan Liu, Lei Xu, Guanghui Mei, Jifeng Xuan

“…In software version control systems, like Git, merge conflicts typically arise when multiple developers edit the same segment of a source file from different branches. Detecting merge conflicts can be automated; however, resolving merge conflicts is tedious and demanding. …”
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Intratumoural aldosterone and CYP11B2 expression levels among different genotypes of aldosterone producing tumours by Tobias Åkerström, Branislav Klimàcek, Matilda Annebäck, Olov Norlén, Peter Stålberg

“…Primary aldosteronism is the most common endocrine cause of hypertension, affecting 5–10% of hypertensive patients. Determining the source of aldosteronism is necessary for correct diagnosis and further molecular analysis. …”
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Identifying potential nutrient acquisition mechanisms for long-term survival: adaptive evolution of Halomonas isolated from subseafloor crustal fluids by Hans Sebastian, Alberto Robador, Dawson Ray, Angus Angermeyer, Steven D’Hondt, Julie A. Huber, Steven E. Finkel

“…The application of an adaptive evolution platform selecting for survival and growth under one environmental condition that simultaneously selects against survival in different environments may prove to be a very useful tool for identifying genes and metabolic pathways in a wide variety of complex environments.…”
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POTENTIAL OF MACHINE TRANSLATION IN MUSEUM MEDIA DISCOURSE: ANALYSIS OF MODERN BROWSER SYSTEMS by Vera A. Mityagina, Anna A. Novozhilova, Anna P. Naumova

“…The results of analyzing the machine translation of English-, German- and French-language content of museums’ media discourse into Russian are based on the usage of built-in browser systems from Yandex, Google and Microsoft. The selection of fragments for comparative analysis is carried out taking into account the random choice of the source language by users. …”
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Developing a Comprehensive Physical Education Curriculum in Secondary Schools: Identifying and Exploring the Key Components of Content by Yurij Vaskov

“…A systematic review of relevant literature was conducted using publications from the Vernadskyi National Library and sources in the Google search system. Keywords were used for the search in accordance with the topic of the study, and 26 sources were selected for analysis. …”
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SWIPT-Enabled Cooperative Wireless IoT Networks With Friendly Jammer and Eavesdropper: Outage and Intercept Probability Analysis by Dinh Tung Vo, Trinh Van Chien, Tan N. Nguyen, Dinh-Hieu Tran, Miroslav Voznak, Byung Seo Kim, Lam Thanh Tu

“…In this context, a low-complexity, sub-optimal, but efficient relay selection method is proposed. More specifically, the relay is selected to convey information such that it has the best channel to the source. …”
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Rossby Number Regime, Convection Suppression, and Dynamo-generated Magnetism in Inflated Hot Jupiters by Albert Elias-López, Matteo Cantiello, Daniele Viganò, Fabio Del Sordo, Simranpreet Kaur, Clàudia Soriano-Guerrero

“…Specifically, we obtain the Rossby number Ro as a function of planetary depth and orbital period, after showing that tidal synchronization is likely valid for all HJs. …”
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Celastrol-loaded ginsenoside Rg3 liposomes boost immunotherapy by remodeling obesity-related immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in melanoma by Hongyan Zhang, Jingyi Huang, Yujie Li, Wanyu Jin, Jiale Wei, Ninghui Ma, Limei Shen, Mancang Gu, Chaofeng Mu, Donghang Xu, Yang Xiong

“…Obesity usually exacerbates the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITME), hindering CD8+ T cell infiltration and function, which further represents a significant barrier to the efficacy of immunotherapy. …”
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Motivation and stimulation of employment specialists in the sphere of information technologies by S. Bazhenov

“…In conducting this study the main sources of raw data served as the information contained in scientific, reference, periodical literature on the subject in question, including the sources of information and telecommunications network "Internet". …”
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Influence of Organic Nitrogen Derived from Recycled Wine Lees and Inorganic Nitrogen on the Chemical Composition of Cabernet Sauvignon Wines Fermented in the Presence of Non-Saccha... by Claudia López-Lira, Pedro Valencia, Alejandra Urtubia, Esteban Landaeta, Ricardo A. Tapia, Wendy Franco

“…In this study, the influences of inorganic nitrogen source (INS) and organic nitrogen source (ONS) supplementation during the wine fermentation process using three non-Saccharomyces yeasts (<i>Candida zemplinina</i>, <i>Candida oleophila</i>, and <i>Candida boidinii</i>) were analyzed. …”
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Attitude of patients and doctors of government health care system to the basic principles of medical ethics by E. P. Pukhova, O. Yu. Kutumova, D. O. Trufanov

“…Materials and methods. For the selection of respondents was used the representative sample based on gender and age of respondents (for the selection of patients), and by specialty of a medical workers (for doctors). …”
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Biomechanical Changes to the Ankle After Zadek Osteotomy by Nicholas Bellas MD, Raghunandan Nayak BS, Mehreen Pasha BS, Megan R. Wolf MD, Elifho Obopilwe MS, Thomas McDonald MD, Lauren E. Geaney MD

“…Category: Hindfoot; Sports Introduction/Purpose: Insertional Achilles tendinopathy is a common source of heel pain in active adults and athletes. …”
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