High-resolution spatiotemporal measurement of air and environmental noise pollution in Sub-Saharan African cities: Pathways to Equitable Health Cities Study protocol for Accra, Gha... by Michael Brauer, Majid Ezzati, Sierra N Clark, Abosede S Alli, Jill Baumgartner, Mireille B Toledano, Allison F Hughes, James Nimo, Josephine Bedford Moses, Solomon Terkpertey, Jose Vallarino, Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Ernest Agyemang, Ricky Nathvani, Emily Muller, James Bennett, Jiayuan Wang, Andrew Beddows, Frank Kelly, Benjamin Barratt, Sean Beevers, Raphael E Arku

“…Our design uses a combination of fixed (year-long, n=10) and rotating (week-long, n =~130) sites, selected to represent a range of land uses and source influences (eg, background, road traffic, commercial, industrial and residential areas, and various neighbourhood socioeconomic classes). …”
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CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY ONLINE LEXICOGRAPHY by Iryna B. Mentynska

“…It was established that the analyzed modern popular online lexicographic sources, which record the terms of the computer terminology, according to the basic principles of lexicography, have an effective toolkit with a variety of functionality. …”
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Effect of Perfluorane on Electric Pulse-Modified Red Blood Cell Membranes by V. V. Moroz, Ye. K. Kozlova, M. S. Bogushevich, P. Yu. Alekseyeva, A. M. Chernysh

“…The induced calibrated electroporation of the membranes permitted the detection of the masked effects of perfluorane on blood cells. …”
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Where there’s smoke there is fire: Türkiye and the international illegal wildlife trade by Özgün Emre Can

“…Trafficked wild animals and wildlife products are moving between source and demand regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. …”
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Digital Twin-Based Technical Research on Comprehensive Gear Fault Diagnosis and Structural Performance Evaluation by Qiang Zhang, Zhe Wu, Boshuo An, Ruitian Sun, Yanping Cui

“…However, the current gear operation is still faced with problems such as poor monitoring, a single detection index, and low data utilization, which lead to incomplete evaluation results. …”
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Baseline levels of microplastics in agricultural soils obscure the effects of additional microplastics from recycled fertilizers by Collin J. Weber, Dominika Kundel, Andreas Fliessbach, Else K. Bünemann, Moritz Bigalke

“…Whilst it was observed from the fluxes that digestate can be a substantial source of microplastics to soils, the comparatively short time of application and the high background at our investigated sites leads to a obscured effect where digestate inputs serve a limited function.…”
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Unveiling smart contract vulnerabilities: Toward profiling smart contract vulnerabilities using enhanced genetic algorithm and generating benchmark dataset by Sepideh HajiHosseinKhani, Arash Habibi Lashkari, Ali Mizani Oskui

“…This dataset consists of 111,897 Solidity source code samples, ensuring the practical validation of the proposed approach. …”
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Impulse Shaping Method Based on Bayesian Deconvolution by JIA Tonghui, LIU Yi, WANG Ming, MA Yingjie, WANG Bo

“…The initial step of this method entailed expressing the measured pulse signal as the convolution of the current impulse pulse signal and the detection system response function. Then, the measured signal was expressed in the continuous time domain and decomposed into the form of an impulse signal and a double exponential kernel convolution by derivation. …”
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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy as a treatment option for shoulder impingement syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ahmad Aldardour, Ahmad R. Al-Qudimat, Mohammad Etoom, Shefa’a Alnammaneh, Wesam al Debes, Loiy Khasaweneh, Alaa Abd-Alrazaq, Sunitha Mysore, Muhammed Al-Jarrah

“…Abstract Background Shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) is a common alignment syndrome that causes significant discomfort and functional limitations. In recent years, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has gained attention as a promising non-invasive treatment for SIS. …”
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Improved Artificial Bee Colony Optimization Underwater Localization Algorithm by Logistic Chaos Mapping and Differential Evolution by Jiaxing CHEN, Yang LIU, Xiaoqian LIU, Zhihua LIU

“…Once the algorithms had reached a state of stability, the average localization error of the LDIABC algorithm was also the lowest, which indicated that the LDIABC algorithm effectively solved the issues present in the traditional artificial bee colony algorithm. In terms of the success rate of node localization, the LDIABC algorithm exhibits a higher success rate than the Tent-IABC, ELOABC, CODEGWO and SAPSO algorithms, with a success rate of up to 95%. …”
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Platelet-Rich Plasma Extract Derived from Animals Shows Potential in Promoting Wound Healing and Suppressing Inflammatory Response in Skin Cells by Zheng-Qi Wang, Queenie Wing-Sze Lai, Xiong Gao, Qi-Yun Wu, Tina Ting-Xia Dong, Karl Wah-Keung Tsim

“…Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an extract enriched with growth factors that facilitate skin regeneration and rejuvenation. Here, the functionalities of PRP derived from various animal sources have been investigated and compared, focusing on its potential therapeutic applications in skin regeneration. …”
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Pregnancy-acquired memory CD4+ regulatory T cells improve pregnancy outcome in mice by Kristin Thiele, Christopher Urbschat, Julia. Isabel. Amambay Riquelme, Lisa. Sophie Ahrendt, Ronja Wöhrle, Steven Schepanski, Judith Joana Eckert, Etienne Becht, Minyue Qi, Malik Alawi, Martin Becker, Nicola Gagliani, Hans-Willi Mittrücker, Anke Diemert, Petra Clara Arck

“…Abstract Subsequent pregnancies are generally less prone to obstetric complications. A successful pregnancy outcome requires pivotal immunological adaptation to ensure immune tolerance towards the foetus. …”
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Optimizing SVC placement for enhanced voltage stability using a novel index and hybrid ABC-PSO algorithm by Hafizur Rahman, Roman Mia, Mustafizur Rahman, Md. Faiyaj Ahmed Limon, Md. Shahid Iqbal, Md. Fahad Jubayer, Md. Rabiul Karim, Md. Janibul Alam Soeb

“…In the IEEE 30-bus system, MCPI successfully detects vulnerabilities in a critical transmission line that conventional indices fail to recognize. …”
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Targeting NADPH oxidase-driven oxidative stress in diabetic cardiomyopathy: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives by Zilv Ye, Zilv Ye, Sutong Wang, Zhengdong Wan, Birun Huang, Jiawei Guo, Jiawei Guo

“…Emerging strategies, such as selective NOX inhibitors, antioxidant therapies, and agents modulating signaling transduction, offer promising avenues for mitigating oxidative injury and improving cardiac function. …”
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Identification and Comprehensive Evaluation of Drought Tolerance in Sorghum During Germination and Seedling Stages by Manhong Wang, Irshad Ahmad, Bin Qin, Lei Chen, Weicheng Bu, Guanglong Zhu, Guisheng Zhou

“…In this study, 19 sorghum varieties from both domestic and international sources were selected as experimental materials. At the seedling stage, 11 above-ground and below-ground phenotypic traits were investigated. …”
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Prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with psoriasis: a meta-analysis by Peng Zhang, Ruifang Wu, Xiaochao Zhang, Suhan Zhang, Siying Li, Yuwen Su

“…This meta-analysis aims to determine the association between psoriasis and AITD.Design A meta-analysis of observational studies.Data sources PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and the Cochrane Library were searched up to 1 November 2021.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included non-randomised studies, each with over 50 cases in every group, focusing on the rate of comorbidity between psoriasis and AITD.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers screened the articles and extracted data. …”
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Towards the Question on the Zero Subject in English by I. S. Stepanenko, L. A. Ulianitckaia, T. V. Shulzhenko

“…The examples illustrating the functional features of the implicit subject in English sentence were selected by means of the method of continuous sampling from 7 corpora. …”
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A systematic literature review of the impact and measurement of mobility impairment in rare bone diseases by Inês Alves, Ingunn Westerheim, Edward C. Hsiao, Jaymin Upadhyay, Luca Sangiorgi, Alexander Artyomenko, Kim Croskery, Juliet Johns, Emma Warnants, Gabor Barton

“…There were 34 functional assessments, 22 questionnaires, and 5 technologies described. …”
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Epidemiological Informing of the Population in Cities: Models and Their Application by Vasiliy Osipov, Marina Osipova, Sergey Kuleshov, Alexandra Zaytseva, Aleksey Aksenov

“…The method is characterized by a new objective function that links economic efficiency with the state of health of the population in an epidemic. …”
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Application Of The Denitrification-Decomposition (DNDC) Model To Retrospective Analysis Of The Carbon Cycle Components In Agrolandscapes Of The Central Forest Zone Of European Russ... by Olga E. Sukhoveeva, Dmitry V. Karelin

“…In growing  season, the agrolandscapes function as a net carbon  sink and accumulate C from the atmosphere  into plant biomass. …”
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