Distribution, sources and risk assessment of heavy metals in Yangshan port and its adjacent sea areas by WenZhuo Zhu, JinChao Cai, WeiWei Ma, Bo Li, WeiHua Feng

“…This study assessed the concentrations of seven metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, Cd, As, Hg) in the water, sediments and two organisms (fish and benthic organisms) of Yangshan Port, aiming to get a comprehensive information about the heavy metal pollution in Yangshan Port and its adjacent sea areas. …”
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Multifield Coupling Mechanism of Unloading Deformation and Fracture of Composite Coal-Rock by Zhen Yang, Yan Li, Xin Li, Jiayu Zhuang, Hao Li, Xue Wang, Yuning Wang

“…The electromagnetic radiation fluctuates in small amplitudes at the initial stage. When the stress is about to reach the peak, the electromagnetic radiation intensity increases and reaches the peak suddenly. …”
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Resilience throughout COVID-19: Unmasking the realities of COVID-19 and vaccination facilitators, barriers, and attitudes among Black Canadians. by Obidimma Ezezika, Toluwalope Adedugbe, Isaac Jonas, Meron Mengistu, Tatyana Graham, Bethelehem Girmay, Yanaminah Thullah, Chris Thompson

“…The semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were conducted virtually over Zoom and lasted about 45 minutes each. Conversations from interviews and focus groups were transcribed and coded professionally using team-based methods. …”
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Adaptive decentralized AI scheme for signal recognition of distributed sensor systems by Shixiong Zhang, Hao Li, Cunzheng Fan, Zhichao Zeng, Chao Xiong, Jie Wu, Zhijun Yan, Deming Liu, Qizhen Sun

“…By fine-tuning pre-trained model with the unlabeled data in each domain, the ADAI scheme can train a series of adaptive AI models for all target domains, significantly reducing the false alarm rate (FAR) and missing alarm rate (MAR) induced by domain differences. The field tests about intrusion signal recognition with distributed optical fiber sensors system demonstrate the efficacy of the ADAI scheme, showcasing a FAR of merely 4.3% and 0%, along with a MAR of only 1.4% and 2.7% within two specific target domains. …”
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Virtual choir as a kind of digital musical art by Xinbin Fu

“…However, there is a debate about whether such a form of artistic activity can be considered a type of choral performance. …”
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Association of iron deficiency anemia with dental caries in the permanent first molars of children aged 7–12 years in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: protocol for an analytical cross-sec... by Iqbal Azam, Ali Faisal Saleem, Farhan Raza Khan, Shiyam S Tikmani, Sadaf Syed, Waseem Ahmed Jamalvi

“…In addition, questions will be asked about sociodemographic characteristics, history of IDA, oral hygiene habits, smokeless tobacco use and the frequency of cariogenic dietary consumption. …”
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Individual Differences in Behavioural Despair Predict Brain GSK-3beta Expression in Mice: The Power of a Modified Swim Test by Tatyana Strekalova, Nataliia Markova, Elena Shevtsova, Olga Zubareva, Anastassia Bakhmet, Harry M. Steinbusch, Sergey Bachurin, Klaus-Peter Lesch

“…While deficient brain plasticity is a well-established pathophysiologic feature of depression, little is known about disorder-associated enhanced cognitive processing. …”
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Transcriptome and DNA methylation analysis of the goat pineal gland during puberty by Bochao Zhang, Genbao Zhu, Jianling Wu, Huihui Xie, Jiankun Cui, Wei Qian, Qing Yi, Fuqiang Pan, Fugui Fang, Yinghui Ling, Yunhai Zhang, Yunsheng Li, Ya Liu

“…Abstract Previous studies have confirmed that methylation regulates gene transcription in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis during puberty initiation, but little is known about the regulation of DNA methylation on gene expression in the pineal gland. …”
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Optimal Timing of Simethicone Supplement for Bowel Preparation: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Zhen-wen Wu, Sheng-gang Zhan, Mei-feng Yang, Yi-teng Meng, Feng Xiong, Cheng Wei, Ying-xue Li, Ding-guo Zhang, Zheng-lei Xu, Ben-hua Wu, Rui-yue Shi, Jun Yao, Li-sheng Wang, De-feng Li

“…Simethicone (SIM), as an antifoaming agent, has been shown to improve bowel preparation during colonoscopy. …”
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Rehabilitation and release of orphaned Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Europe: Implications for management and conservation. by Anja Molinari-Jobin, Fridolin Zimmermann, Stéphanie Borel, Luc Le Grand, Elena Iannino, Ole Anders, Elisa Belotti, Ludek Bufka, Duško Ćirović, Nolwenn Drouet-Hoguet, Thomas Engleder, Michał Figura, Christian Fuxjäger, Eva Gregorova, Marco Heurich, Sylvia Idelberger, Jakub Kubala, Josip Kusak, Dime Melovski, Tomma Lilli Middelhoff, Tereza Mináriková, Paolo Molinari, Lorane Mouzon-Moyne, Gilles Moyne, Robert W Mysłajek, Sabina Nowak, Janis Ozolins, Andreas Ryser, Bardh Sanaja, Maryna Shkvyria, Teodora Sin, Magda Sindičić, Vedran Slijepčević, Christian Stauffer, Branislav Tám, Aleksander Trajce, Josefa Volfová, Sybille Wölfl, Diana Zlatanova, Kristina Vogt

“…However, scientific evaluation of rehabilitations is rare, raising concern about post-release welfare as well as the cost-effectiveness of spending scarce financial resources. …”
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Improving the Generalizability and Robustness of Large-Scale Traffic Signal Control by Tianyu Shi, Francois-Xavier Devailly, Denis Larocque, Laurent Charlin

“…We conduct extensive experiments to compare our approach to multi-agent reinforcement learning and traditional transportation approaches. …”
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Helminth diversity of nutria (Myocastor coypus) across the Morava basin in the Czech Republic by Michal Benovics, Eva Nosková, Anna Klimešová, Lucie Škorpíková, Ema Jaššová, Jakub Drimaj, Jan Slováček, Ondřej Mikulka

“…Although the nutria is a relatively new species in local fauna, its synanthropic behaviour raises concerns about potential threats to human health, underscoring the importance of exercising caution when handling these animals.…”
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Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection: Summary Statement from the Second International Nitrogen Conference by Ellis Cowling, James Galloway, Cari Furiness, Mary Barber, Ton Bresser, Ken Cassman, Jan Willem Erisman, Richard Haeuber, Robert Howarth, Jerry Melillo, William Moomaw, Arvin Mosier, Kaj Sanders, Sybil Seitzinger, Stan Smeulders, Robert Socolow, Daniel Walters, Ford West, Zhaoliang Zhu

“…The Conference participants’ goal in the years and decades ahead is to encourage every country to make optimal choices about N management in food production and consumption, energy production and use, and environmental protection. …”
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Konsep Decision Tree Reptree untuk Melakukan Optimasi Rule dalam Fuzzy Inference System Tsukamoto by Tundo Tundo, Shofwatul 'Uyun

“…Abstract This research explains about REPTree's decision tree in making a rule that is formed from the production of palm oil in PT Tapiana Nadenggan, which is influenced by factors of the amount of palm oil, existing demand, and available supplies. …”
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Regulatory T Cells Accumulate in the Lung Allergic Inflammation and Efficiently Suppress T-Cell Proliferation but Not Th2 Cytokine Production by Lucas Faustino, Daniel Mucida, Alexandre Castro Keller, Jocelyne Demengeot, Karina Bortoluci, Luiz Roberto Sardinha, Maisa Carla Takenaka, Alexandre Salgado Basso, Ana Maria Caetano Faria, Momtchilo Russo

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Antibiofilm and Anticancer Activity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Fabricated with Hot-Melt Extruded Astaxanthin-Mediated Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles by You HS, Jang YS, Sathiyaseelan A, Ryu SJ, Lee HY, Baek JS

“…In addition, astaxanthin (AST) extract was used as a reducing agent for silver ions to enhance the antioxidant, antibiofilm, and anticancer activities of AgNPs. …”
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Justification of military neutrality of the Republic of Serbia at a time of erosion of neutrality in Europe by Kajtez Ilija, Starčević Srđan

“…The significance of this topic has been additionally elevated after two neutral countries, Sweden and Finland, renounced neutrality while debates about the appropriateness of neutrality emerged in other neutral countries, such are Ireland, Malta, and Austria. …”
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A gamma-ray spectrometer based on MAPD-3NM-2 and LaBr3(ce) and LSO scintillators for hydrogen detection on planetary surfaces by F. Ahmadov, A. Sadigov, Yu. Yu. Bacherikov, O. Okhrimenko, K. Isayev, M. Holik, T. Slavicek, F. Mamedov, G. Ahmadov, A. Mammadli, R. Akbarov, J. Nagiyev, D. Berikov, S. Nuruyev, Z. Sadygov, Yu. Shitov, S. I. Lyubchyk, S. B. Lyubchyk

“…The obtained results experimentally demonstrate that it is possible to obtain information about the presence of hydrogen in the target using both detectors.…”
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Immunogenicity of Type IV Pilin Proteins from <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> in Chickens by Audrey Charlebois, Nicolas Deslauriers, Lila Maduro, Martine Boulianne

“…<i>Clostridium perfringens</i>, the causative agent of necrotic enteritis in chickens, is controlled by in-feed antibiotics. …”
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A systematic review of barriers to early presentation and diagnosis with breast cancer among black women by Ruth H Jack, Jill Maben, Elizabeth A Davies, Emma Ream, Grace Lucas, Claire EL Jones, Lindsay JL Forbes

“…In older studies, delaying factors included: inaccessibility of healthcare services; competing priorities and concerns about partner abandonment. Partner abandonment was studied in older studies but not in newer ones. …”
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