Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance phosphine by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Fernando Álvarez, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Sofia Batista Leite, Marco Binaglia, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Isabella De Magistris, Mark Egsmose, Gabriella Fait, Franco Ferilli, Monica Fittipaldi Broussarad, German Giner Santonja, Varvara Gouliarmou, Katrin Halling, Alessio Ippolito, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Aude Kienzler, Anna Lanzoni, Roberto Lava, Renata Leuschner, Alberto Linguadoca, Jochem Louisse, Christopher Lythgo, Oriol Magrans, Iris Mangas, Andrea Mioč, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Laura Padovani, Vincenzo Padricello, Martina Panzarea, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Alexandra Piti, Simone Rizzuto, Anamarija Romac, Agnès Rortais, Miguel Santos, Rositsa Serafimova, Rachel Sharp, Csaba Szentes, Andrea Terron, Anne Theobald, Manuela Tiramani, Giorgia Vianello, Laura Villamar‐Bouza

“…The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of phosphine as a post‐harvest indoor insecticide to control insects infesting stored grains (barley, oat, rye, wheat), cacao and coffee beans, tree nuts and oilseeds and dried fruit via gassing application (gas‐tight rooms/container). The reliable end points, appropriate for use in regulatory risk assessment are presented. …”
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A U-Net-based denoising method for semi-airborne transient electromagnetic data and its application by Dong LIU, Hao FENG, Yongxin WANG, Xiaosheng ZHOU, Yuhong YAO, Huaifeng SUN

“…By introducing skip connections to the symmetric layers in the encoder and the decoder, the U-Net-based method effectively integrates the low-level features bearing rich spatial information with the high-level features containing semantic information, thus achieving accurate denoising. …”
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Physical and sensory properties of meltique beef steak injected with virgin coconut oil emulsion by Apriantini Astari, Cipta Dainy Nunung, Humayrah Wardina, Nurzahra Kania, Lesa Aditia Edit

“…The consumption of animal-based protein in Indonesia remains low, necessitating efforts to increase its intake, particularly through beef. Beef contains complete nutrition content such as essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals (Fe, Zn). …”
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Kinetics of Supercritical CO₂ Extraction from Burrito (<i>Aloysia polystachya</i>) Leaves and Sucupira-Preta (<i>Bowdichia virgilioides</i>) Seeds by Gabrielle Vaz Vieira, Michel Rubens dos Reis Souza, Carlos Toshiyuki Hiranobe, José Eduardo Goncalves, Cristiane Mengue Feniman Moritz, Otávio Akira Sakai, Leila Maria Sotocorno e Silva, Michael Jones da Silva, Erivaldo Antônio da Silva, Renivaldo José dos Santos, Edson Antônio da Silva, Lucio Cardozo-Filho, Leandro Ferreira-Pinto

“…Despite their relatively low yields, the extracts contained a diverse range of chemical compounds, including fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, and palmitic acids), squalene, β-carotene, vitamin E, and other bioactive molecules with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. …”
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Copper strontium phosphate glasses with high antimicrobial efficacy by Roman Golovchak, Bohdan Mahlovanyi, Yaroslav Shpotyuk, Malgorzata Kus-Liskiewicz, Julia Kozianska, Renata Zadrag-Tecza, Grzegorz Zagula, Malgorzata Trzyna-Sowa, Andriy Kovalskiy, Agnieszka Gala-Bladzinska, Jozef Cebulski

“…In this paper, an inexpensive and durable Cu-containing strontium-modified phosphate glass with a considerable antimicrobial effect is proposed. …”
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Synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Structure of (1E)-1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-N-hydroxy-3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propan-1-imine by Mohamed I. Attia, Hazem A. Ghabbour, Maha S. Almutairi, Soraya W. Ghoneim, Hatem A. Abdel-Aziz, Hoong-Kun Fun

“…Compound 4 is a useful intermediate for the synthesis of new imidazole-containing antifungal agents.…”
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Approximate Analytical Solution for One-Dimensional Solidification Problem of a Finite Superheating Phase Change Material Including the Effects of Wall and Thermal Contact Resistan... by Hamid El Qarnia, Fayssal El Adnani, El Khadir Lakhal

“…This work reports an analytical solution for the solidification of a superheating phase change material (PCM) contained in a rectangular enclosure with a finite height. …”
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Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in mining-impacted farmland environments by Hai-Yan Zou, Fang-Zhou Gao, Liang-Ying He, Min Zhang, You-Sheng Liu, Jun Qi, Guang-Guo Ying

“…Mining activities produce large quantities of tailings and acid mine drainage, which contain varieties of heavy metals, thereby affecting the downstream farmland soils and crops. …”
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Investigations into Recycling Zinc from Used Metal Oxide Varistors via pH Selective Leaching: Characterization, Leaching, and Residue Analysis by Toni Gutknecht, Anna Gustafsson, Christer Forsgren, Christian Ekberg, Britt-Marie Steenari

“…If a proper recycling plan is developed MOVs can be an excellent source of secondary zinc because they contain over 90 weight percent zinc oxide. The oxides of antimony, bismuth, and to a lesser degree cobalt, manganese, and nickel are also present in varistors. …”
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Sistem Pengontrol Temperatur dan Kelembaban Otomatis untuk Ruang Penyimpanan Buah by Zulkifli Amin, Muhamad Adha

“…The storage container is controlled to have temperature of 25°C, 10°C, and 25°C accordingly and the humidity of 85%.  …”
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Modeling The Fate of Sumatran Elephants in Bukit Tigapuluh Indonesia: Research Needs & Implications for Population Management by Alexander Markus Moßbrucker, Muhammad Ali Imron, Satyawan Pudyatmoko, Peter-Hinrich Pratje, Sumardi Sumardi

“…Given that further habitat destruction can be prevented, containing illegal killings appears to be of highest priority among the tested conservation measures and represents a mandatory pre-condition for activities addressing inbreeding depression such as elephant translocation or the establishment of a conservation corridor.…”
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Mulberry Juice-Derived Carbon Quantum Dots as a Cu2+ Ion Sensor: Investigating the Influence of Fruit Ripeness on the Optical Properties by Chiayee Salih Ajaj, Diyar Sadiq

“…Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) showed that there were oxygen-containing groups, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that the carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were graphitic. …”
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Protocol to develop A 3D tumor model for drug testing applications by Prasiddha Guragain, Sunil Singh, Hossein Tavana

“…This article presents a protocol for creating a 3D organotypic tumor model by embedding a cancer cell spheroid within a collagen matrix containing dispersed fibroblasts. This model offers significant advantages over the conventional monolayer cell culture, monoculture spheroids of cancer cells, and intermixed co-culture of cancer and stromal cells by mimicking the spatial organization and mechanical properties of a solid tumor. …”
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An Efficient Text-Mining Framework of Automatic Essay Grading Using Discourse Macrostructural and Statistical Lexical Features by Husam M. Alawadh, Talha Meraj, Lama Aldosari, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

“…The proposed study chose the Kaggle dataset of the Hewlett Foundation competition to cover this gap. It contains eight different essay sets based on student-written essays and their different range-based scores. …”
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The Circular Economy of E-Waste in the Netherlands: Optimizing Material Recycling and Energy Recovery by Laura Golsteijn, Elsa Valencia Martinez

“…It describes the avoided emissions of CO2-equivalents due to e-waste recycling and appropriate removal and destruction of (H)CFCs contained in cooling and freezing appliances. Six different e-waste categories were included, and the results of 2016 were compared to previous years (2009–2015). …”
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Thiazolidinone Steroids Impregnated Polyurethane Foams as a Solid Phase Extractant for the Extraction and Preconcentration of Cadmium(II) from Industrial Wastewater by Mohammad S. Tawfiq Makki, R. Mohammady Abdel-Rahman, K. Ommar Alfooty, Mohammad S. El-Shahawi

“…Compound II were physically immobilized onto polyurethane foams (PUFs) for the preconcentration of cadmium(II) from acidic aqueous media containing iodide ions. The kinetics of the retention step of cadmium(II) from aqueous solutions by compound II treated PUFs was studied. …”
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Specialty Cut Flower Production Guidelines for Florida - Zinnia by Rick Schoellhorn, Everett Emino, Erin Alvarez

“…Shorter cultivars are also used in annual beds, borders, and containers. This document is ENH 953, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Two-Dimensional AOA Estimation Based on a Constant Modulus Algorithm by Saleh O. Al-Jazzar, Zoubir Hamici, Sami Aldalahmeh

“…In this paper we will prove that this second matrix contains the elevation AOA information. Thus, 2D AOA estimation is proved possible using the ACMA method. …”
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Cutaneous Disease as Sole Clinical Manifestation of Protothecosis in a Boxer Dog by Emmanouil I. Papadogiannakis, Emmanouil N. Velonakis, Gregory K. Spanakos, Alexander F. Koutinas

“…Cytology and histopathology showed pyogranulomatous inflammation along with organisms containing round sporangia with spherical sporangiospores. …”
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Jatropha: An Alternative Substitute to Fossil Fuel by Kamrun Nahar, Monica Ozores-Hampton

“…The plant produces seeds containing inedible oil that can be converted to biodiesel. …”
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