A scoping review of burden of disease studies estimating disability-adjusted life years due to Taenia solium. by Andrew Larkins, Mieghan Bruce, Carlotta Di Bari, Brecht Devleesschauwer, David M Pigott, Amanda Ash

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Use of Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Identification of Bilateral Noncommunicating Hydroceles in an Infant with Right-Sided Abdominoscrotal Mass and Left-Sided Scrotal Mass by Kian Asanad, Pooya Banapour, Monica Metzdorf

“…Scrotal ultrasound revealed bilateral hydroceles but exam and ultrasound could not rule out communication. At the time of planned hydrocelectomy, initial diagnostic laparoscopy was used to identify a massive right-sided ASH extending from the internal ring to the umbilicus and a large noncommunicating left-sided hydrocele that was visible with application of pressure to the left side of the scrotum. …”
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Understanding geographical variations in health system performance: a population-based study on preventable childhood hospitalisations by Daniel Exeter, Pushkar Raj Silwal, Arier Lee, Tim Tenbensel

“…No consistent time trend was observed for the adjusted childhood ASH at the national level, but the DHBs demonstrated different trajectories over the years. …”
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Chromium Removal from Electroplating Wastewater Using Activated Coffee Husk Carbon by Temesgen Aragaw, Seyoum Leta, Ermias Alayu, Andualem Mekonnen

“…In the adsorption experiment, adsorbent dosage, agitation speed, contact time, pH, and initial concentration were optimized. …”
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THEORY AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON CUTTING PROCESSING OF AUTOMOBILE 6061 ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIALS by WANG YunXia, QI XiaoMin

“…Automobile 6061 aluminum alloy materials has been taken as the research object,the samples have been obtained by the metallurgical technology by adding reinforcing phase fly ash,the cutting theory model under different process parameters have been established based on the grey multi response optimization theory,at the same time the cutting experiments under different process parameters have been conducted,the effects of different process parameters on the cutting of the automobile 6061 aluminum alloy materials have been studied by the theory and experimental methods. …”
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Effect of Drying and Broccoli Leaves Incorporation on the Nutritional Quality of Durum Wheat Pasta by Natalia Drabińska, Mariana Nogueira, Ewa Ciska, Henryk Hubert Jeleń

“…The obtained pasta products were analysed for the cooking properties (optimal cooking time, cooking loss, water absorption and swelling capacity); colour parameters; proximate composition; and contents of free amino acids (FAA), fatty acids and sugars. …”
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Study on Preparation of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete and Mechanical Properties by Daming Zhang, Fangjin Sun, Tiantian Liu

“…Alkaline dry powder activator, coal gangue, fly ash, and other raw materials are utilized to prepare coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete. …”
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Effect of Drying Whole and Half Chili Pods Using a Solar Dryer with CaCl2 Desiccant on Quality of Powder Chili by Nauas D. M. Romauli, Himsar Ambarita, Al Qadry, Hendrik V. Sihombing

“…Besides the sensory analysis, the quality parameters such as beta-carotene, moisture, vitamin C, and ash content were also observed. The results showed that 57 hours of drying time of whole and half chili pods using solar drying can reach moisture content below 5%. …”
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The Špica pile-dwelling site – analyses of archaeological wood by Elena Leghissa, Mojca Jančar, Maks Merela, Luka Krže, Benjamin Štular, Anton Velušček, Katarina Čufar

“…We focussed on smaller sections of the site and dated oak and ash piles with the reference chronologies of the pile-dwelling settlements of Založnica and Parte spanning the period 2659 – 2366 BC. …”
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Use of by-products for partial replacement of 3D printed concrete constituents; rheology, strength and shrinkage performance by Michail Papachristoforou, Vasilios Mitsopoulos, Maria Stefanidou

“…In this paper, fly ash, ladle furnace slag and limestone filler were utilized in concrete used as material for additive manufacturing (3D printing). …”
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Biopriming of Momordica charantia Seeds with Enterobacter to Improve Nutritional and Biochemical Attributes by Shazia Anwer Bukhari, Nabila Farah, Ghulam Mustafa, Sibtain Ahmed, Mohammed Fahad Albeshr

“…Biopriming was revealed to improve the final emergence rate, mean emergence time, seedling vigor, emergence index, and vigor indices I and II. …”
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Mechanism Analysis of Organic Matter Enrichment of Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian Shale in the Upper Yangtze Area: Taking Jiaoye-1 Well in the Jiaoshiba Block as an Example by Xiaoxue Liu, Zhenxue Jiang, Kun Zhang, Yan Song, Lin Jiang, Shu Jiang, Qixiang Xuan, Ming Wen, Yizhou Huang, Xin Wang, Tianlin Liu, Xuelian Xie

“…On the other hand, the active volcanic activity brought volcanic ash which was beneficial to biological reproduction. …”
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Damage Mechanism of Mineral Admixture Concrete under Marine Corrosion and Freezing-Thawing Environment by Yan Li, Lianying Zhang, Chao Ma, Bing Li, Jiong Zhu

“…Under the marine corrosion environment and coupled corrosion and freezing-thawing environment, the UCS of the concrete with both fly ash and mineral powder increases firstly and then decreases with the increase of the corrosion time. …”
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Kinetics of Pb and Zn leaching from zinc plant residue by sodium hydroxide by Erdem M., Yurten M.

“…For this purpose; the effects of NaOH concentration, contact time, stirring speed and temperature on the Pb and Zn recovery from the residue were studied. …”
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Novel Hybrid Radial-Based Neural Network Model for Predicting the Compressive Strength of Long-Term HPC Concrete by Hanlie Cheng, Shiela Kitchen, Graciela Daniels

“…The models' variables contain the binder, fly ash, micro silica, superplasticizer, coarse aggregate, water, and the target's curing time as input and compressive strength. …”
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Pelletization and quality evaluation of torrefied selected biomass with microwave absorber by Obiora S. Agu, Lope G. Tabil, Edmund Mupondwa, Bagher Emadi, Duncan Cree

“…Thus, the oxygen/carbon ratio had similarities to ash from the XPS and elemental analysis results and exhibited uniform chemical properties between the ash surface and torrefied yield fraction ash. …”
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Effect of Buttermilk on the Physicochemical, Rheological, and Sensory Qualities of Pan and Pita Bread by Amani H. Al-Jahani

“…The results demonstrated that incorporation of different concentrations of buttermilk in bread formulations progressively enhanced water absorption capacity, dough development time, gelatinization temperature, and peak viscosity, whereas it reduced the dough stability and temperature at peak viscosity. …”
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Comparative Effect of Grated Coconut (Cocos nucifera, L.) on the Characteristics of Ladu Cake by Risa Meutia Fiana, Novelina Novelina, Rezy Gusmita

“…The results showed that the ratio of dry grated coconut had an effect on moisture content, ash content, fat content, carbohydrate content, crude fiber content, friability, color, aroma, texture and taste. …”
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Valorization of Water-Based Drill Cuttings through the Bio-Carbonation Approach by Guowang Tang, Feng Huang, Guihe Wang, Zhengyang Song, Cangqin Jia, Peizhi Yu, Yongshuai Sun

“…Through the investigation of some parameters (i.e., GGBS content, FA content, and curing time), the microstructures and strength development of bio-carbonated RMC-based WDC samples were evaluated. …”
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Comparative Effect of Grated Coconut (Cocos nucifera, L.) on the Characteristics of Ladu Cake by Risa Meutia Fiana, Novelina Novelina, Rezy Gusmita

“…The results showed that the ratio of dry grated coconut had an effect on moisture content, ash content, fat content, carbohydrate content, crude fiber content, friability, color, aroma, texture and taste. …”
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