Techno-economic and environmental assessment of grid and solar photovoltaic microgrid supply options for isolated off-grid rural communities toward sustainable and affordable elect... by Nicholas Saddari, Nana Sarfo Agyemang Derkyi, Forson Peprah, Samuel Gyamfi, Genevieve Kwarteng Donkor

“…The findings show a negative net present value of $ 383,017.20 for the grid option, whereas the solar microgrid option had a positive net present value of $431,882.12. …”
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Oral-malodor measurement and intention to quit smoking in men: A before–after study by Naoko Yatabe, Takashi Hanioka, Nao Suzuki, Atsushi Shimazu, Marie Naito

“…The participants with higher daily tobacco consumption were less likely to acquire the intention to quit in the next six months (AOR=0.37; 95% CI: 0.15–0.92, p=0.032). Other variables, such as lung age deficit, exhaled CO concentration, and hydrogen sulfide concentration (another component of oral malodor), were not significantly associated. …”
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Pheochromocytoma in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease by Carmen Aresta, Gianfranco Butera, Antonietta Tufano, Giorgia Grassi, Livio Luzi, Stefano Benedini

“…Chest computed tomography revealed, incidentally, a 6-cm mass in the left adrenal lodge. Increased levels of noradrenaline (NA) and its metabolites were detected (plasma NA 5003.7 pg/ml, n.v.<480; urinary NA 1059.5 µg/24 h, n.v.<85.5; urinary metanephrine 489 µg/24 h, n.v.<320). …”
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Personal culture as a goal of continuing developmental education: Philosophical and methodological substantiation by N. L. Hudyakova, A. B. Nevelev, V. S. Neveleva

“…Such a justification is the content of philosophy of developmental education in that part, which can be attributed to philosophical anthropology, to the philosophy of culture and social philosophy. …”
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Numerical assessment of solar panel with utilizing ferrofluid flow within wavy duct equipped with V-shaped fins by Mohammed A. Tashkandi, Ali Basem, Hussein A.Z. AL-bonsrulah, Lioua Kolsi, Mahmood Shaker Albdeiri, Lotfi Ben Said, Amira M. Hussin

“…Additionally, the work finds that the impact of the (ϕ) on both ηPV and ηth is significantly greater at a higher inlet velocity (Vin = 0.093), being 3.96 and 2.7 times greater, respectively, compared to a lower velocity (Vin = 0.018).…”
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Factors Associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis by Yu Zhang, Cheng-Ming Xiao, Yan Zhang, Qiong Chen, Xiao-Qin Zhang, Xue-Feng Li, Ru-Yue Shao, Yi-Meng Gao

“…Results indicated that maternal age≥25 years (OR: 2.466, 95% CI: (2.121, 2.866)), prepregnancy overweight or obese (OR: 2.637, 95% CI: (1.561, 4.453)), family history of diabetes (FHD) (OR: 2.326, 95% CI: (1.904, 2.843)), history of GDM (OR: 21.137, 95% CI: (8.785, 50.858)), macrosomia (OR: 2.539, 95% CI: (1.612, 4.000)), stillbirth (OR: 2.341, 95% CI: (1.435, 3.819)), premature delivery (OR: 3.013, 95% CI: (1.569, 5.787)), and pregestational smoking (OR: 2.322, 95% CI: (1.359, 3.967)) increased the risk of GDM with all P<0.05, whereas history of congenital anomaly and abortion, and HIV status showed no correlation with GDM (P>0.05). …”
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新PCI生物测量仪的重复性、再现性和一致性 by 陈烁烁, 杨正菲, 黎紫璇, 叶桂彤, 杨晓, 王梦怡

“…Myopia Master与IOL Master 500测量平均差异为AL（-0.01±0.04）mm、Kf（-0.09±0.15）D、Ks（-0.47±0.40）D、Km（-0.28±0.23）D、 J₀（0.18±0.20）D和J₄₅（-0.01±0.12）D。…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Event on Trip Intensity and Air Quality in Southern China by Shun Wan, Kangping Cui, Ya-Fen Wang, Jhong-Lin Wu, Wei-Syun Huang, Kaijie Xu, Jiajia Zhang

“…The average AQIs in order were Guangzhou (57.5) > Foshan (54.1) > Shenzhen (44.1). In 2019, the distribution proportions of the six AQI classes were 45.2%, 50.4%, 4.40%, 0%, 0%, and 0%, respectively, while those in 2020 were 62.7%, 37.3%, 0%, 0%, 0% and 0%, respectively. …”
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Insights into incompatible plasmids in multidrug-resistant Raoultella superbugs by Jiao Feng, Changxin Wu, Dongsheng Zhou, Lingfei Hu, Kai Mu, Zhe Yin

“…A new incompatible group, IncFIIp23141−CTXM, was identified, alongside five newly designated Inc groups based on previously determined sequences, namely IncFIIpKPC2_EC14653, IncFIIpCP020359, IncFIIpCP024509, IncFIIpKOX−137, and IncFIIpKDO1. …”
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Early, Noninvasive Clinical Indicators of Kidney Prognosis in Primary Nephrotic Syndrome: A Retrospective Exploratory Study by Keiji Fujimoto, Takatoshi Haraguchi, Sho Kumano, Keita Yamazaki, Nobuhiko Miyatake, Kanae Nomura, Kiyotaka Mukai, Kazuaki Okino, Norifumi Hayashi, Hiroki Adachi, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Yasuo Iida, Kengo Furuichi

“…All four factors exhibited high predictive accuracy for cumulative incidence of 40% reduction in the eGFR up to 8 years after initiating IST, with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.92 for Δs-suPAR (2M), 0.87 for s-suPAR (2M), 0.93 for u-PCR (2M), and 0.93 for u-L-FABP (2M). …”
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Green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles from Cucurbita maxima leaf extract; a platinum free counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells by Emma Panzi Mukhokosi, Stephen Tenywa, Nandipha L. Bothab, Shohreh Azizi, Mathapelo Pearl Seopela, Malik Maaza

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Identifying Who Benefits the Most from a Community Health Worker-Led Multicomponent Intervention for Hypertension by Meng Pan, Andrea Beratarrechea, Rosana Poggio, Hua He, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Jing Chen, Vilma Irazola, Adolfo Rubinstein, Jiang He, Katherine T. Mills

“…The intervention was more effective in physically inactive patients (OR = 2.76, 95% CI: 1.82 and 4.21; p for interaction = 0.04), moderately active patients (OR = 3.08, 95% CI: 1.90 and 4.99; p for interaction = 0.03), and those with uncontrolled BP at baseline (OR = 2.77, 95% CI: 2.15 and 3.57; p for interaction = 0.05). …”
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Sex reversal induced by 17β-estradiol may be achieved by regulating the neuroendocrine system of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei by Tao Wang, Shihao Li, Yang Yu, Fuhua Li

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Dermatoplasty for decompensated forms of varicose veins and post-thrombotic syndrome by V. I. Rusin, F. M. Pavuk, I. I. Kovalchuk, O. A. Nosenko

“…Novak, 174 patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) in the stage of lecompensation were under our observation. …”
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Optimizing Subsurface Geotechnical Data Integration for Sustainable Building Infrastructure by Nauman Ijaz, Zain Ijaz, Nianqing Zhou, Zia ur Rehman, Hamdoon Ijaz, Aashan Ijaz, Muhammad Hamza

“…Overall, the optimized IDW technique yielded root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), and correlation coefficient (CC) ranges between 0.57 and 0.98. Furthermore, analytical depth-dependent models were developed using SPT-N values to assess the bearing capacity, demonstrating the association of R² > 0.95. …”
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FPF@FCC: neutrino, QCD, and BSM physics opportunities with far-forward experiments at a 100 TeV Proton Collider by Roshan Mammen Abraham, Jyotismita Adhikary, Jonathan L. Feng, Max Fieg, Felix Kling, Jinmian Li, Junle Pei, Tanjona R. Rabemananjara, Juan Rojo, Sebastian Trojanowski

“…We find that 109 electron/muon neutrinos and 107 tau neutrinos could be detected, an increase of several orders of magnitude compared to (HL-)LHC yields. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to secondhand smoke from 1990 to 2019 by Xinyue Yang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jiayi Sun, Wenjuan Zhang

“…Results Globally, the absolute number of deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) from IHD due to SHS increased substantially from 270.0 thousand and 6971.3 thousand in 1990 to 397.4 thousand and 9566.1 thousand in 2019. The corresponding age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) and age-standardized DALYs rates (ASDR) were both in a decreasing trend with estimate of the annual percentage change (EAPC) of -1.38 (-1.42 – -1.34) and -1.43 (-1.47 – -1.38). …”
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Simultaneous Quantitative Determination of Six Caffeoylquinic Acids in Matricaria chamomilla L. with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography by Yifan Zhao, Peng Sun, Yue Ma, Kun Wang, Xiaoqiang Chang, Yue Bai, Dong Zhang, Lan Yang

“…The chromatographic separation was performed on a Waters XBridge Shield RP C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm) with the mobile phase of acetonitrile (0.5% phosphoric acid) and water (0.5% phosphoric acid) using a gradient elution at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min and UV detection at 327 nm. …”
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Grain quality of spring wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) cultivars developed in Western Siberia under the conditions of Northern Kazakhstan by M. U. Utebayev, T. V. Shelaeva, N. A. Bome, I. V. Chilimova, O. O. Kradetskaya, S. M. Dashkevich, V. N. Novokhatin, L. I. Weisfeld

“…In laboratory baking, the volume of bread ranged from 620 ml (‘Tyumenskaya 27’) to 768 ml (‘Tyumenskaya 29’) with an average value of 707 ml. …”
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The trend of DALY of breast, colorectal, oral, and cervical cancers in Taiwan in 2005–2017 by Chun-Hui Lin, Cheng-Chieh Hsieh, Si-Yu Chen, Hong-Ru Chen, Szu-Chieh Chen

“…Oral cancer rose from 263 to 368 DALYs per 100,000 population (40 % increase), colorectal cancer from 343 to 563 DALYs (64 % increase), and breast cancer from 446 to 782 DALYs (75 % increase), while the burden of cervical cancer decreased from 168 to 147 DALYs per 100,000 population from 2010 to 2017, showing a 13 % reduction. …”
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