Impact of Microplastic-Amended Soil on Seed Germination of Alfalfa (<i>Medicago sativa</i>) in a Controlled Environment by Abigail Tatum, Victoria Martin, Vanaja Kankarla

“…The experiments were conducted in the germination chamber for 30 days at optimum germination temperatures of 25/18 °C day/night, with a 12-h photoperiod. …”
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Impact of Branch Pipe Valve Closure Procedures on Pipeline Water Hammer Pressure: A Case Study of Xinlongkou Hydropower Station by Zilong Li, Jin Jin, Zhanpeng Pan, Jianren Sun, Kaiqiang Geng, Yu Qiao

“…To investigate the impact of different valve closure strategies on water hammer pressure variations in pipelines and terminal valves under accident conditions, this study focuses on the Xinlongkou Hydropower Station water conveyance project. …”
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Modeling the impact of extreme weather events and future climate on the radiologically contaminated sites of Enewetak Atoll by Lakshitha Premathilake, Saikat Ghosh, Rajiv Prasad, Sourav Taraphdar, Taiping Wang, Tarang Khangaonkar, Bruce Napier, Tracy Ikenberry, Lai-yung Leung

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Prediction of the critical stress to crack initiation associated to the investigation of fatigue small crack by D. Marhabi, N. Benseddiq, G. Mesmacque, Z. Azari, J.M. Nianga

“…We propose an over-energy under dissymmetrical rotating bending and expressed in the ellipse axes. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds Using the Value-Based DEA Method by Khadijeh Ghaziyani, Seyede Fatemeh Bagheri, Babak Ejlali

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Evaluation of vitamin B6 supplementation in Wilson’s disease patients treated with D-penicillamine by Olivier Guillaud, Alain Lachaux, Justin Mbala, Abdelouahed Belmalih, Eduardo Couchonnal Bedoya

“…The median PLP level was significantly higher in the group with supplementation, 137.2 (86.7) nmol/L vs 64.9 (30.8) nmol/(p&lt;0.01). No patient had a PLP level&lt;35 nmol/L.Conclusion Long-term stable WD patients under DP treatment probably do not need vitamin B6 supplementation.…”
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Ability of pulse oximetry-derived indices to predict hypotension after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Yuriko Kondo, Eishin Nakamura, Hisashi Noma, Sayuri Shimizu, Takahisa Goto, Takahiro Mihara

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Acidic Microenvironment Enhances Cisplatin Resistance in Bladder Cancer via Bcl-2 and XIAP by Kaede Hiruma, Vladimir Bilim, Akira Kazama, Yuko Shirono, Masaki Murata, Yoshihiko Tomita

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Heterologous Ectoine Production in Escherichia coli: Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology by I Putu Parwata, Deana Wahyuningrum, Sony Suhandono, Rukman Hertadi

“…The ectoine gene cluster from the halophilic bacterium was isolated and inserted into an expression plasmid of pET30(a) and subsequently transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3). …”
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Analysis the Spatial Dynamics of Aloe Vera Medicinal Plants in Climate Change condition. Case: Hormozgan Province by Shahrbanoo Ghanbari Adivi, Morteza Khodagholi, Amir Gandomkar

“…And moderate culture capabilities have been exposed to an area of ​​30 to 40 percent, while the two floors of the agricultiva capability and good culture capabilities, under the same system, will show an increase of 20 to 40 percent.…”
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Association between atmospheric particulate matter pollution during pregnancy and premature birth in China: a meta-analysis by Bingbing Guo, Xinye Jiang

“…A Meta-analysis was conducted using Stata12.0 software.ResultsA total of 29 studies were included in this study (15 cross-sectional studies, 11 cohort studies, and 3 case–control studies), covering more than 30 provinces (municipalities directly under the Central Government) in China, with a total sample size of 9,283,110 people. …”
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Methods of economic efficiency assessment of the operation stage of the aviation engines life cycle by Tatyana Rogulenko, Oleg Smolyakov

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Robust Classification of Smartphone Captured Handwritten Document Images Using Deep Learning by K. S. Koushik, B. J. Bipin Nair, N. Shobha Rani, Mohammed Javed

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Comprehensive Research of Scaling Prediction for Gas Reservoir Fluid considering Phase State by Heng Zheng, Chunsheng Pu

“…More specifically, the average deviation is around 30%. With the decrease of gas reservoir pressure, formation water evaporation intensifies under the influence of the oil and gas phase state, which leads to the increase of the formation water ion concentration when the influence of the fluid phase change is not considered. …”
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Psycho-social factors associated with type two diabetes remission through lifestyle intervention: A scoping review. by Kathy J Hart, Andrew Kubilius, Martin Clark

“…Studies were globally diverse, with 30 (83%) being published ≥ 2017. Psycho-social scales were under-utilised with 22 (67%) of studies failing to include any psycho-social measures. …”
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Dual-Source Optimization of the “Diverting Water from the Yangtze River to Tai Lake (DWYRTL)” Project Based on the Euler Method by Ruichen Xu, Yong Pang, Zhibing Hu, John Paul Kaisam

“…The results show that (1) it is recommended that the total annual diversion of water should not exceed 20 × 108 m3; (2) the wind field is the most important factor determining the distribution of spatial water exchange; (3) under wind-free conditions, the flow rate of a single-source diversion of water is approximately 50% higher than that of dual-source diversion; and (4) water diversion under the prevailing conditions of the northwest wind in winter will reduce the semiexchange period of the eastern part of the lake area from 50 to 30 days, significantly changing the nearby district’s uniformity, leading to ecological risks. …”
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Effect of the Preexisting Fissure with Different Fillings in PMMA on Blast-Induced Crack Propagation by Xin Yang, Xiangguo Zeng, Chuanjin Pu, Dingjun Xiao

“…In order to study the dynamic crack propagation law in fissured rock under the different fillings, a borehole with 7 mm diameter was processed in the center of a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) specimen. …”
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Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022 by Lairí García Ríos, Milenys Acosta Fonseca, Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Jesús Alberto García Sosa, Aymé Marrero Gil, Diana Rosa Sánchez Cabrera

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Nanocrystalline TiO2 with enhanced photoinduced charge separation as catalyst for the phenol degradation by Carmen Canevali, Franca Morazzoni, Roberto Scotti, Ignazio Renato Bellobono, Marco Giusti, Marco Sommariva, Massimiliano D'Arienzo, Andrea Testino, Anna Musinu, Carla Cannas

“…Nanocrystalline TiO2 catalysts based on pure rutile (R100) and a 30% of anatase and 70% of rutile (R70) were synthesized by the sol-gel method, using Pluronic PE 6400 as templating agent. …”
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A Novel Numerical Treatment to One Dimensional Heat and Wave Equations with Second Order Accuracy by Muhammad Abid, Muhammad Shahid

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