Cardiorespiratory-gated cardiac proton radiotherapy using a novel ultrasound guidance system by Keith A Cengel, Zayne Belal, Michele M Kim, Sarah Hagan, Saskia Camps, Alexander Kalinin, Weihow Hsue, Eric Diffenderfer, Adriano Garonna, Cory Tschabrunn

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Enhancing the performance of bituminous hot mix pavements with graphene nanoplatelet additive using taguchi optimization by Suna Işık, Fatih İrfan Baş

“…Based on the experimental plan established by the Taguchi method, 16 different mixtures were prepared using four parameters, each with four levels: GNP rates of 0 %, 0.35 %, 0.70 %, and 1 %; mixing temperatures of 145°C, 160°C, 175°C, and 190°C; mixing times of 15, 30, 45, and 60 min; and mixing speeds of 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 rpm. …”
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Striving for an Alternative World Order: The Journey of Cuban Anti-Imperialism from History to Modernity by A. Z. Arabadzhyan

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Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma with internal jugular vein tumor thrombus - A case report and review of the literature by Zaina Adnan, Edmond Sabo, Sameer Kassem

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Selenium-Modified Biochar Synergistically Achieves the Safe Use of Selenium and the Inhibition of Heavy Metal Cadmium by Wanjing Wang, Haiyan Jiang, Zebin Tan, Luyao Yu, Jie Chen, Qingliang Xiao, Qinlei Rong, Chunhuo Zhou

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Efficiency comparison of natural coagulants (Cactus pads and Moringa seeds) for treating textile wastewater (in the case of Kombolcha textile industry) by Getahun Demeke Worku, Shimeles Nigussie Abate

“…The ideal parameters were pH 4, 5 g/l of coagulant, 40 min of mixing time, 2 min of fast mixing at 100 rpm, 40 min of gradual mixing at 40 rpm, and 30 min of settling time. Under these ideal circumstances, 82.33 Moreover, cactus pad powder reduced turbidity by 53.16 %, TDS by 97 %, BOD by 58.75 %, COD by 25.37 %, Conductivity by 60 %, and TSS by 56.33 %. …”
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Digital Competence of Young Adults in Poland by Małgorzata Ćwiek, Katarzyna Maj-Serwatka

“…The sample consisted of 1,000 young adult respondents (aged 18–30), with at least secondary education, selected by quotas from panel participants. …”
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Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: learnings from Kenya by Haley Zaremba, Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt, Hanna North, Vanya Slavchevska, Annarita Macchioni Giaquinto

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE STATE FAMILY POLICY IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: CHANGING PROBLEMS, PRIORITIES AND PRACTICES by A. V. Noskova

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Food insecurity increases the risk of overweight and chronic diseases in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Chong Zhou, Hongrui Miao, Yingjun Zhao, Xiaohong Wan

“…The pooled OR indicated no significant association between FI and OW/OB, when the adolescents were stratified into those under 6 years old and those between 6 and 18 years old. …”
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US Medical Schools’ 2024 Commencements and Antisemitism: Addressing Unprofessional Behavior by Steven Roth, Hedy S. Wald

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Implementation the combined approach of path analysis and fuzzy DEMATEL for the analysis of BPM factors by Mehdi Ajalli, Amin Farhadi

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Use of building wastes and red mud as CO2 sorbent and catalyst for the production of hydrogen by Despina Vamvuka, Stavroula Panagiotidou, Agapi Orfanoudaki

“…The experiments were carried out in a fixed-bed gasification system under a steam atmosphere and a thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric unit. …”
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Effect of Retorting Temperature on the Pyrolysis Characteristic of Longkou Oil Shale by Wei Wang, Yue Ma, Shuyuan Li, Changtao Yue, Jiancun Gao

“…Oil shale samples from Longkou City, Shandong Province, China, were pyrolyzed in a fixed bed reactor at retorting temperature varied from 400 to 550°C under nitrogen atmosphere with heating rate of 15°C/min. …”
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U-Sodar: Noncontact Vital Sign Detection Technology Based on Ultrasonic Radar by Shuaiming HUANG, Xiaohua ZHU, Wubin WANG, Heng ZHAO, Hong HONG

“…The signal processing algorithm of U-Sodar adopts the graph processing technique of signal chord length and realizes accurate recovery of signal phase under 5 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) using picture filtering and then reconstruction. …”
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The Coincidence of Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus with IgM Antibody Positivity to Enteroviruses and Respiratory Tract Viruses by Murat Karaoglan, Fahriye Eksi

“…Forty children newly diagnosed with T1DM and 30 healthy children who presented to the clinic over the course of a year were included in the study. …”
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Optimizing Shoulder Joint Positioning During Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Study on Prevention of Postoperative Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain by Yan Zhao, Yang Gu, Bin Hu

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A Complex Evaluation and Optimization Approach for Oxygen-Enriched Combustion Characteristics of Blended Fuels Based on Response Surface Methodology by Y. C. Liu, H. Zhang, Z. M. Luo, S. Qing, A. M. Zhang, S. P. Yang

“…The combustion characteristics of the mixed fuel under several key operating parameters (i.e., mass ratios, oxygen concentration, and heating rates) were studied. …”
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The Unignorable Near-ground PM2.5, UFP, PAHs, and BC Levels around a Traffic Prohibited Night Market by Sheng-Lun Lin, Hongjie Zhang, Ming-Yeng Lin, Shih-Wei Huang

“…However, the traffic contribution accounted for ~30% and hardly changed between different samples, which was not conducive to source apportionment. …”
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GWAS of a soybean breeding collection from South East and South Kazakhstan for resistance to fungal diseases by A. Zatybekov, S. Abugalieva, S. Didorenko, A. Rsaliyev, Y. Turuspekov

“…In Kazakhstan the area under soybean is increasing every year, helping to solve the problem of protein deficiency in human nutrition and animal feeding. …”
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