Human health risk from groundwater consumption: A case study in the Apaaso-Tafo Community in the Bono East Region of Ghana by Emmanuel Okyere, Ethel Bentil, Nana Adwoa Kusi-Addai, Lawson Mensah

“…Except for the pH, temperature, turbidity and total coliform bacteria, all parameters met the WHO standards. 40 % of the boreholes contained 50 to 500 cfu/100 mL of coliform bacteria and posed daily infection risks between 1 and 7.63 %. …”
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Gradient-enriched linear-elastic tip stresses to perform the highcycle fatigue assessment of notched plain concrete by C. Bagni, H. Askes, L. Susmel

“…In the present investigation, the accuracy of two different GE based design strategies was checked against a number of experimental results generated by testing, under cyclic four-point bending, plain concrete samples containing different geometrical features. The high level of accuracy which was obtained by directly using gradient-enriched linear-elastic notch stresses strongly supports the idea that GE is a powerful tool suitable for designing notched concrete components against high-cycle fatigue. …”
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Use of Posttranscription Gene Silencing in Squash to Induce Resistance against the Egyptian Isolate of the Squash Leaf Curl Virus by Omnia Taha, Inas Farouk, Abdelhadi Abdallah, Naglaa A. Abdallah

“…Using real-time PCR, a silencing record of 97% has been recorded to Rep/TrAP construct; as a result it has prevented the appearance of viral symptoms in most tested plants up to two months after infection, while construct containing the BC1 gene scored a reduction in the accumulation of viral genome expression as appearing in real-time PCR results 4.6-fold giving a silencing of 79%, which had a positive effect on symptoms development in most tested plants.…”
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A Human-Computer Interaction System for Agricultural Tools Museum Based on Virtual Reality Technology by Ying Yang, Yiyi Fan, Ruizhi Sun

“…However, the agricultural tools are distinctive for their use value and wisdom contained. Therefore, this paper first proposes a method of virtual interactive display for agricultural tools based on virtual reality technology, which combines static display and dynamic use of agricultural tools vividly showing the agricultural tools. …”
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Distribution of Vegetation and Soil Seed Banks Across Habitat Types in Paddy Fields Under Different Farming Practices by Jeong Hwan Bang, Nan-Hee An, Young-Mi Lee, Jong-Ho Park, Min-Jae Kong, Sung-Jun Hong

“…Surveys revealed that conventional paddy field habitats contained only a few herbicide-tolerant species (e.g., <i>Portulaca oleracea</i> L., <i>Cardamine flexuosa</i> With., and <i>Rorippa palustris</i> (L.) …”
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Acinetobacter baumannii infection in critically ill patients with COVID-19 from Tehran, Iran: the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance patterns and molecular characteristics of iso... by Mahsa Ghamari, Fereshteh Jabalameli, Shirin Afhami, Shahnaz Halimi, Mohammad Emaneini, Reza Beigverdi

“…Regarding the limited therapeutic options, it is crucial to implement effective prevention and containment policies to curb the spread of these strains.…”
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Gap junction intercellular communications regulates activation of SARM1 and protects against axonal degeneration by Wen Jie Zhu, Jun Liu, Wan Hua Li, Zhi Ying Zhao, Chongquan Huang, Jian Yuan Yang, Hon Cheung Lee, Yong Juan Zhao

“…Abstract Sterile alpha and Toll/interleukin-1 receptor motif containing 1 (SARM1), a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-utilizing enzyme, mediates axon degeneration (AxD) in various neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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COVID-19 Detection Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Binary Differential Algorithm-Based Feature Selection from X-Ray Images by Mohammad Saber Iraji, Mohammad-Reza Feizi-Derakhshi, Jafar Tanha

“…For the study, a database containing images from three categories, including COVID-19, pneumonia, and a healthy category, included 1092 X-ray samples, was used. …”
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Biology and Management of Oxalis (Oxalis stricta) in Ornamental Crop Production by Matthew Lollar, Chris Marble

“…It can be found growing in sidewalk cracks, alongside trails, in lawns, flower beds, cultivated fields, and in container nursery stock. In greenhouse studies, oxalis populations have been shown to negatively impact the growth rates of ornamental crops. …”
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Experimental analysis on a solar photovoltaic indoor cooker integrated with an energy storage system: A positive step towards clean cooking transition for Sub-Saharan Africa by Jimmy Chaciga, Denis Okello, Karidewa Nyeinga, Ole J. Nydal

“…The system consists of a heat storage tank, a heating funnel and a cooking unit. The heat storage contains heat transfer oil and rock pebbles. The heating funnel was made in the form of a Y-shape where a small volume of oil is heated very fast to higher temperatures. …”
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Physicochemical and Heavy Metals Assessments of Leachates from Aperin Abandoned Dumpsite in Ibadan City, Nigeria by G. O. Adewuyi, M. A. Opasina

“…The dumpsite leachates contained very high concentration of TDS (2436±1035 mg/L) and significant concentrations of COD (395±135 mg/L), BOD (170±33 mg/L), Alkalinity (1157±995 mg/L), Cl- (943±175 mg/L), NO3- (0.66±0.22 mg/L) PO4-(1.98±0.89 mg/L). …”
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Correlation of the Concepts of “Legal Culture” and “Legal Mentality” by N. L. Orekhova

“…The article contains a theoretical and methodological analysis of the structure and typology of legal culture as a social phenomenon. …”
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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF COAL BREAKING PROCESS OF SPIRAL DRUM UNDER COMPLEX COAL SEAM by ZHAO LiJuan, WANG JianYong, ZHOU WenChao, TIAN Zhen, LIU HongMei, JIA DeYu

“…Using ANSYS/ls-dyna software to establish the complex coal seam under the condition of the spiral drum coupling model of coal and rock,different position of a cut and dirt band containing inclusions spiral drum impact load distribution and the shape of coal and rock deformation; the time history curves of the stress and strain of the alloy head and the tooth body are obtained by the dynamic analysis of the cutting teeth,and the stress distribution law of the cutting teeth in the working process was found out. …”
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Phénomènes d’accommodation inter-sujets : le cas des reformulations introduites par OR by Blandine Pennec

“…Several factors constitute obstacles and prevent us from adopting such a basic pattern, such as the fact that representations are rarely shared by the speakers, that the latter sometimes use different language registers, and that speech also frequently contains mistakes or lacks adequacy with what the speaker really wants to say. …”
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Factors influencing adherence to dietary recommendations for type 2 diabetes mellitus and their impact on disease control: A cross-sectional study by Harsh K. Patel, Sumit V. Unadkat, Bela A. Patel, Dipesh V. Parmar

“…A structured interview schedule containing sociodemographic profiles, details regarding diabetes mellitus, and dietary details was developed. …”
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Potential transmission test of GP25 vaccine in normal flora bacteria of common carp culture media by Sri Nuryati, , Alimuddin, Ayu Dhita Juliadiningtyas

“…The results of this research showed that there was no bacteria contained plasmid bearing gen GP25.   Keywords: DNA vaccines, common carp, vaccine safety     ABSTRAK   Koi herpesvirus (KHV) merupakan virus yang menginfeksi ikan mas dan koi Cyprinus carpio. …”
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Improvement of Analytical Methods for the Determination of Polyphenolic Bioactive Compounds in Berry Fruits by Marisa Carmela Caruso, Fernanda Galgano, Maria Pecora, Roberta Tolve, Maria Verrastro, Fabio Favati

“…Berry fruits contain high levels of different phytochemicals, most of which are phenolic molecules. …”
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Domain-Knowledge-Guided Multisource Fusion Network for Small Water Bodies Mapping Using PlanetScope Multispectral and Google Earth RGB Images by Pu Zhou, Xiaodong Li, Yihang Zhang, Yalan Wang, Yuyang Li, Xiang Li, Chi Zhou, Laiyin Shen, Yun Du

“…DKFNet utilizes the normalized difference water index (NDWI) image from PlanetScope image as domain knowledge for water mapping. DKFNet contains a domain-knowledge-based coordinate attention module, which has an advantage in detecting small objects, to incorporate the position and distribution information of SWBs from the NDWI image. …”
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Effects of ginseng on TNF-α, leptin and plasma lipid levels of rats fed a cholesterol-rich diet by Deniz Uluısık, Ercan Keskın, Mehmet Altın

“…The K group was fed a standard rat diet, whereas the C and CG groups were fed the same standard diet containing 5% cholesterol and 5% cholesterol+1 g/kg Panax ginseng root powder, respectively. …”
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Strategic Approaches to Define the Production Rate in Conceptual Projects of Critical Raw Materials by Lucas Zucchi Silva, Anna Luiza Marques Ayres da Silva

“…Copper and zinc are crucial for renewable energy systems and low-carbon technologies, while lead supports energy storage applications. A dataset containing mine production and mineral resources from several mine projects, gathered from a specialized global company, was used to create a production rate equation and then compared using an adherence indicator to validate the formulae. …”
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