Probabilistic assessment of the cumulative risk from dietary heavy metal exposure in Chongqing, China using a hazard-driven approach by Jiahui Chen, Jingrong Chen, Mintao Li, Ping Feng, Mei Qin, Ting Chen, Shuquan Luo, Jian Zhao, Xiaofeng Yan, Jinyao Chen, Xuemei Lian, Huadong Zhang, Jiao Huo

“…Abstract Cumulative risk assessment is significant for evaluating the combined exposure to multiple substances, but its widespread acceptance and application have been limited due to the complexity of clarifying and assessing actual exposure. In this study, we conducted a cumulative risk assessment based on hazard-driven criteria to evaluate the co-exposure to elemental contaminants in the diet of the population in Chongqing Municipality. …”
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Entre calles y recuerdos: Interpretaciones y relaciones sobre las marcas de la memoria en la ciudad de San Justo, provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina) by Sasha Nerea Toloza

“…Los resultados evidenciaron que estas marcas evocan emociones como honor, dolor y justicia, y actúan como símbolos de valores colectivos, contribuyendo a la reflexión social y al entendimiento de continuidades y rupturas históricas. …”
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Current issues of protection of land rights in local government bodies by Kovalenko T.

“…In the course of the conducted research, it was found that the resolution of land disputes by local self-government bodies has the following features: an exhaustive list of land disputes that they are authorized to resolve; the decision of the local self-government body regarding a certain land dispute does not have prejudicial significance; to ensure the resolution of land disputes, local self-government bodies may form conciliation commissions, the decisions of which are not recognized as the actual decision of the local self-government body, however, the protocols of the conciliation commissions of local self-government bodies may be accepted as evidence in the process of judicial resolution of a land dispute. …”
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Tunnel squeezing prediction based on partially missing dataset and optimized machine learning models by Peng Guan, Guangzhao Ou, Feng Liang, Weibang Luo, Qingyong Wang, Chengyuan Pei, Xuan Che

“…The prediction results were highly consistent with the actual outcomes.…”
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The Numerical Predominance and Large Transcriptome Differences of Neutrophils in Peripheral Blood Together Inevitably Account for a Reported Pulmonary Tuberculosis Signature by Kang Wu, Ka-Wing Wong, Wang-Long Deng, Hao Zhang, Jing Li, Douglas B. Lowrie, Xiao-Yong Fan

“…These putative signatures are then compared to the actual reported PTBsig. We show that, because of their predominance in peripheral blood and their larger transcriptional responses, neutrophils were indeed almost exclusively responsible for PTBsig. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer Patients by Xingxing Chen, Ruifang Lin, Huifang Li, Meng Su, Wenyi Zhang, Xia Deng, Ping Zhang, Changlin Zou

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that knowledge level (p=0.006) and attitudes (p=0.001) influence the actual practice significantly. Furthermore, age, gender, and income were potential predictors of practice (all p<0.05). …”
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Effects of limited introgressions from Triticum timopheevii Tausch. into the genome of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) on physiological and biochemical traits under normal water... by T. A. Pshenichnikova, A. V. Permyakov, S. V. Osipova, M. D. Permyakova, E. G. Rudikovskaya, V. V. Verchoturov

“…In flag leaves of 821 line, an increased transpiration rate and stomatal conductance (1.6 times the value in optimal watering and 1.2 times the value under water deficit) and, correspondingly, reduced water use efficiency were found compared to the initial cultivar. Additionally, the actual effectiveness and electron transport rate of photosystem II and chlorophyll and carotenoid content were reduced as well as the total antioxidant capacity (approximately three-fold) under water stress. …”
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Kaizen Selection for Continuous Improvement through VSM-Fuzzy-TOPSIS in Small-Scale Enterprises: An Indian Case Study by Sunil Kumar, Ashwani Kumar Dhingra, Bhim Singh

“…By comparing current and future state map, the gap areas were identified and takt time (TT) was calculated considering actual market demand. To overcome the gap between current state map and future state map and to synchronize cycle time of each station with talk time, Kaizen event (KE) was proposed. …”
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Main Directorate of the National Police in Kharkiv Region by D. V. Slynko, L. I. Kalenichenko

“…The great importance of the legislation form for the further development of the legal process is due to the fact that the legislation form divided the legal action into the filing of a claim, which provided for its formal recognition by the judicial authorities, and the actual legal proceedings, which had no regulation until a certain period. …”
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Treatment of petrochemical wastewater with low C/N by IFFAS-ESMBR integrated composite process by ZHAO Xuan, LIU Tao, YANG Meng, QIAO Sen

“…The results showed that for the treatment of low C/N actual petrochemical wastewater (COD/TN=4.3∶1, COD 1 969 mg/L, TN 460 mg/L), the average removal rates of COD, NH4+-N, and TN by this composite process during stable operation could reach 98.1%, 91.3%, and 89.1%, respectively. …”
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Los recursos hídricos de Florida by Tatiana Borisova, Tara Wade

“…Una mejor comprensión de los recursos hídricos de la Florida es un primer paso hacia la optimización del uso actual del agua dulce y puede asegurar los recursos hídricos adecuados en el futuro. …”
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Optimization and Prediction of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphene/LLDPE Nanocomposites by Using Artificial Neural Networks by P. Noorunnisa Khanam, MA AlMaadeed, Sumaaya AlMaadeed, Suchithra Kunhoth, M. Ouederni, D. Sun, A. Hamilton, Eileen Harkin Jones, Beatriz Mayoral

“…ANN can be confidently used as a tool to predict the above material properties before investing in development programs and actual manufacturing, thus significantly saving money, time, and effort.…”
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Vegetación espontánea en el cinturón hortícola platense hospedante de Thripidae (Thysanoptera) vectores de Tospovirus by P.I. CARRIZO, M.T. AMELA GARCÍA

“…El objetivo del estudio fue conocer las plantas de la vegetación espontánea circundante a los invernaderos de pimiento que actúan como hospedantes verdaderas (de reproducción) de los trips vectores mediante identificación de adultos y de larvas. …”
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Analisis Perbandingan Algoritma Djikstra, A-Star, dan Floyd Warshall dalam Pencarian Rute Terdekat pada Objek Wisata Kabupaten Dompu by Rusydi Umar, Anton Yudhana, Andi Prayudi

“…In this study using real objects that display the actual location using the Leaflet.js platform and different parameters, from this study will compare the performance of the Dijkstra, A * and Floyd Warshall Algorithms for the process of finding other tourist information using the PHP programming language. …”
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FS-DDPG: Optimal Control of a Fan Coil Unit System Based on Safe Reinforcement Learning by Chenyang Li, Qiming Fu, Jianping Chen, You Lu, Yunzhe Wang, Hongjie Wu

“…In addition, to validate the performance of the proposed method, we established a variable operating conditions FCU simulation platform based on the parameters of the actual FCU system and ten years of historical weather data. …”
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Multi-Cell Displacement Measurement During the Assembly of Automotive Power Batteries Based on Machine Vision by Yueda Xu, Yanfeng Xing, Hongbo Zhao, Yufang Lin, Lijia Ren, Zhihan Zhou

“…Compared to other feature matching algorithms, this method can more consistently and accurately detect feature points and calculate displacements, meeting the positioning accuracy requirements for the stack pole ear in the actual assembly process. It provides a theoretical foundation for subsequent procedures.…”
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Obstacle Avoidance Model of Two-Wheeled Vehicles for Nonrigid Obstacles Based on Social Forces by Dan Zhou, Qingwei Hu, Xin Sun, Guobin Gu, Wenyong Li, Tao Wang

“…Different traffic environments are constructed by MATLAB software and simulated according to the model running logic, and sensitivity analysis is performed based on the actual data collected in the survey. The simulation results show that, under the same conditions, compared with μi = 50N, when μi = 200N, the X-axis displacement of the simulated vehicle in the avoidance process is shortened by 26.31%, and the body deflection angle increases by 50.75% at the end moment of the avoidance process. …”
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La presencia del racismo en grupo étnico apaches nativo- americanos; Silver City, Nuevo México, E.U.A. by Elvira Martínez Salomón

“…La investigación ofrece pertinencia debido a que visibiliza la situación actual de las representaciones del racismo, por la importancia de la cultura apache cobra relevancia; ya que existen una escasez de estudios directamente relacionados con el tema y el grupo étnico. …”
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La política exterior del Paraguay frente a la dependencia y al orden internacional multipolar. by Alberto Maresca, Fabiola Francisca Martínez Cabrera

“… Retomando los aportes epistemológicos de la teoría de la dependencia, este trabajo investiga sobre rasgos históricos de la política exterior del Paraguay, enfocándose en el estado de la agenda internacional paraguaya frente al actual orden internacional multipolar. En tanto país del Sur Global, el Paraguay debería estructurar una política exterior interesada en latitudes afuera de Occidente. …”
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Conflits armés et environnement by Al–Hamandou Dorsouma, Michel-André Bouchard

“…Not much can be done during the actual conflict phase, but a number of International legal instruments do exist that deal with the Protection of the Environment in war times; belligerents should be duly informed and reminded of those as preventive and protective measures of the environment. …”
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