IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SLUDGE BIOTIC INDEX FOR CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS by Valentina Iurchenko, Svitlana Tkachenko

“…The Sludge Biotic Index is a tool for quantitatively evaluating the functionality of sludge, allowing for monitoring and detection of critical conditions that may affect the quality of wastewater treatment. …”
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Species Identification of Bovine Bone Marrow from Nonbovine Products Using Multiplex PCR Technology by Yize Guan, Nan Li, Liyuan Sun, Ming-Cheng Li, Tancheng Li

“…Both species-specific PCR methods described in this study can be potentially applied for the quality evaluation of functional food and drug resources.…”
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SIU-ICUD: Principles and Outcomes of Focal Therapy in Localized Prostate Cancer by Alessandro Marquis, Jonathan Olivier, Tavya G. R. Benjamin, Eric Barret, Giancarlo Marra, Claire Deleuze, Lucas Bento, Kae J. Tay, Hashim U. Ahmed, Mark Emberton, Arnauld Villers, Thomas J. Polascik, Ardeshir R. Rastinehad

“…Cancer control rates vary by energy modality, tumor characteristics, and institutional experience, demonstrating comparable outcomes to radical treatments in well-selected patients. The safety profile is excellent, with high rates of urinary continence and sexual function preservation. …”
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PhenoVision: A framework for automating and delivering research‐ready plant phenology data from field images by Russell Dinnage, Erin Grady, Nevyn Neal, Jonn Deck, Ellen Denny, Ramona Walls, Carrie Seltzer, Robert Guralnick, Daijiang Li

“…We close by discussing next steps, including automating phenology annotations, adding new phenology targets, for example leaf phenology, and further integration with other resources to form a global central database integrating all in situ plant phenology resources.…”
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Research on a traffic flow statistical algorithm based on YBOVDT and SAM2 by Yuanyuan Wang, Zheng Ding, Jiange Liu, Kexiao Wu, Md Sharid Kayes Dipu, Tingmei Ma, Yonghao Ma, Haiyan Zhang

“…To address these challenges, this paper proposes a traffic flow statistical method based on YBOVDT(YOLO-World and BOT-SORT-Open Vocabulary Detection and Tracking)and SAM2.Specifically, in the method, this paper proposes a “Traffic Flow Data Processing and Analysis” module, aiming to optimize and supplement the five core functions required for traffic flow statistics tasks, thereby making the functions of the entire solution more comprehensive.In addition, this paper combines the latest open set object detection and tracking algorithms to enhance the recognition ability and tracking stability of traffic objects. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Biosynthesis Mechanism of Coixol Under Salicylic Acid Treatment by Yao Wang, Hanli Ye, Xuqin Luo, Ziwei Li, Chuanqi Zheng, Dali Sun

“…Background: Coix (<i>Coix lacryma-jobi</i> L.) is cultivated as medicine and food homologous resources containing various active components. As one of its main ingredients, coixol possesses the biological activities of fever reduction, pain relief, tumor suppression, blood glucose, and pressure decrease. …”
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Persistence of Reptile DNA in a Terrestrial Substrate: A Case Study Using the Eastern Indigo Snake by Leah R. N. Samuels, Houston C. Chandler, Michelle Hoffman, John A. Kronenberger, Michele Elmore, Robert Aldredge, Benjamin S. Stegenga, James E. Bogan Jr., Mark A. Davis, Stephanie Hertz, Michael K. Schwartz, Taylor Wilcox

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Heritage in real life: between appreciation and contempt: why are modern Egyptians continuously losing their heritage? by Medhat Wassef

“…Being a part of the community myself and through direct contact with the people, I detected and extracted aspects of the Egyptian mindset on the grassroots level that played a significant role in the problem of heritage. …”
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Antioxidant potential of tree bark extracts: Insight from the multi-level output of the Antioxidant Power 1 assay. by Johanna Rehrl, Thomas Sepperer, Sissy Häsler Gunnarsdottir, Thomas Schnabel, Gertie Janneke Oostingh, Anja Schuster

“…Tree bark is a complex protective tissue that serves both physiological and defensive functions and is particularly rich in phenolic compounds bearing antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties. …”
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Socioeconomic Inequity in Access to Medical and Long-Term Care Among Older People by Shohei Okamoto, Atsuhiro Yamada, Erika Kobayashi, Jersey Liang

“…Conclusion Improving the understanding of available resources and strengthening the functions of health centres and communities are required to detect the needs of citizens and facilitate their access to necessary care.…”
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A framework for personal protective equipment use in laboratories: regulatory compliance and employee protection by Segaran P. Pillai, Sarah Bradberry, Marisa Newcomer, Tanya Pittas, Kelsey Mathern

“…The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standard, outlined in 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I states that Protective gear - including personal protective clothing, respiratory equipment, and barriers or shields- must be supplied, properly used, and kept clean and functional whenever there are hazards present. These hazards may arise from processes, environmental conditions, chemicals, radiation, or mechanical sources that could potentially cause injury or harm bodily functions through skin contact, inhalation, or absorption. …”
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On the usage of artificial intelligence in leprosy care: A systematic literature review. by Hilson Gomes Vilar de Andrade, Elisson da Silva Rocha, Kayo H de Carvalho Monteiro, Cleber Matos de Morais, Danielle Christine Moura Dos Santos, Dimas Cassimiro Nascimento, Raphael A Dourado, Theo Lynn, Patricia Takako Endo

“…It can result in physical disabilities and functional loss and is particularly prevalent amongst the most vulnerable populations in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. …”
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Design of the Field Protection and Signal Priority at Intersection System for Autonomous-rail Rapid Transit by SHI Yangyang, LIU Guangyong, WU Jinyong

“…It provides auxiliary driving information for the driver through automation equipment, realizes the functions of route protection, virtual section occupied/unoccupied detection, signal control, entering/leaving station detection, platform door linkage control, berth status detection and management in deport and so on, which improves system security and reduces driver working intensity. …”
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eDNA Metabarcoding Reveals the Depth-Structured Variation of Coral Reef Fish by Jinfa Zhao, Lin Lin, Yong Liu, Teng Wang, Yu Liu, Yayuan Xiao, Jianzhong Shen, Hongyu Xie, Hai Huang, Qiuying Han

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Quality evaluation of Polygonatum sibiricum slices from different regions based on appearance traits and multi-index metabolites combined with TOPSIS and gray relation analysis by Cheng Wang, Cheng Wang, Ju Ye, Sisi Jiang, Sisi Jiang, Xuguang He, Xuguang He, Min Ma, Min Ma, Li Yin

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Advances in key technologies for the management, restoration, development, and utilization of coal mining subsidence areas by Zhuanghan MENG, Yutao WANG, Yanzhe TIAN

“…BackgroundCoal mining subsidence areas, formed by the exploitation of coal resources, have emerged as severe challenges to the construction of ecological civilization and the sustainable development of the social economy in China. …”
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3D Seismic Attribute Conditioning Using Multiscale Sheet-Enhancing Filtering by Taiyin Zhao, Yuehua Yue, Tian Chen, Feng Qian

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Non-convex optimization with using positive-negative moment estimation and its application for skin cancer recognition with a neural network by P.A. Lyakhov, U.A. Lyakhova, R.I. Abdulkadirov

“…Multimodal neural network systems for analyzing heterogeneous dermatological data, using the proposed optimization algorithms, can be applied as a tool for auxiliary medical diagnostics, which will reduce the consumption of financial and labor resources involved in the medical industry, as well as increase the chance of early detection of pigmentary oncopathologies.…”
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Biomimicry as a decision-making methodology in condition monitoring by Hariom Dhungana

“…However, traditional condition monitoring techniques face several limitations: they rely heavily on high-quality, continuous sensor input, struggle with adaptability to new fault scenarios, require significant computational resources, and often provide limited decision support beyond fault detection. …”
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Logistical constraints lead to an intermediate optimum in outbreak response vaccination. by Yun Tao, Katriona Shea, Matthew Ferrari

“…The latter may also result in significantly larger outbreaks, thus suggesting a benefit of allocating resources to timely outbreak detection and response.…”
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