Geochronology of the felsic rocks in Orijärvi, southern Finland – implications for stratigraphy by Elisa Toivanen, Teemu Vehkamäki, Markku Väisänen, Jaakko Kara, Hugh O’Brien

“…The Orijärvi area within the Paleoproterozoic Uusimaa belt contains volcanic and minor sedimentary formations, providing valuable insights into the oldest Svecofennian crust in southern Finland. …”
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Degradation of Anthraquinone Dye Reactive Blue 4 in Pyrite Ash Catalyzed Fenton Reaction by Milena Becelic-Tomin, Bozo Dalmacija, Ljiljana Rajic, Dragana Tomasevic, Djurdja Kerkez, Malcolm Watson, Miljana Prica

“…These results provide basic knowledge to better understand the modified, heterogeneous Fenton process and apply the PA Fenton reaction for the treatment of wastewaters which contains anthraquinone dyes.…”
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Chemical composition and insecticidal efficacy of two animals’ horn and hoof crude extracts against lesser grains borer, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) [Coleoptera: Bostrichidae] by Kayode David Ileke, Catherine Olukemi Adeniran

“…Proximate compositions of the animal hoofs and horns showed that the samples contained fat, crude protein and ash. The number of bioactive compounds detected in cow hoof was 44 and goat horn was 21. …”
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Air Pollution and Watershed Research in the Central Sierra Nevada of California: Nitrogen and Ozone by Carolyn Hunsaker, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Jessica Auman, Ricardo Cisneros

“…This watershed also contains an intensive site that is part of a recent Forest Service effort to calculate critical loads for N, sulfur, and acidity to forest ecosystems. …”
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Implications of entropy generation in bioconvective flow on Maxwell nanofluid past a Riga plate with Cattaneo--Christov model by K. Loganathan, Prasun Choudhary, S. Eswaramoorthi, K. Senthilvadivu, N. Thamaraikannan, Reema Jain

“…This study explores the effects of heat and mass transfer in the flow of Maxwell nanofluid over a heated Riga plate. The fluid contains nanoparticles and gyrostatic microorganisms. …”
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The Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activity of Some Metal Ions Complexes with Schiff’s Bases Derived from Reaction of 3-Hydrazone-1,3- Dihydro-Indole-2-One with 2- Pyri... by safa sami Muwafaq, Naser Shaalan

“…These complexes were identified using M.P, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Mass, 1H-NMR, and C.H.N. Chloride-containing, atomic absorption, molar conductance, and magnetic susceptibility have all been used to identify these compounds. …”
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Microbiological Effect of Essential Oils in Combination with Subgingival Ultrasonic Instrumentation and Mouth Rinsing in Chronic Periodontitis Patients by Toshiya Morozumi, Takehiko Kubota, Daisuke Abe, Taro Shimizu, Kaname Nohno, Hiromasa Yoshie

“…Thirty chronic periodontitis patients were randomly assigned to 3 groups: control, saline, and essential oil-containing antiseptic (EO). Subgingival plaque was collected from a total of 90 pockets across all subjects. …”
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Effects of air pollution on the development and progression of digestive diseases: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by Haonan Zhao, Xiaojie Zheng, Guo Lin, Xiaomin Wang, Huiyuan Lu, Pengpeng Xie, Siqi Jia, Yiyang Shang, Yan Wang, Pengchu Bai, Xuan Zhang, Ning Tang, Xingshun Qi

“…Nine meta-analyses were included in our analysis, containing 43 primary studies with high overlap. In the included meta-analyses, the methodological quality was from critically low to moderate, and the evidence quality was from very low to moderate. …”
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AfriSign: African sign languages machine translation by Kate Takyi, Rose-Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, Shester Msouobu Gueuwou, Marco Stanley Nyarko, Richard Adade, Reindorf Nartey Borkor, Samuelson Israel Boadu-Acheampong, Linus Tabari

“…In this paper, we curate a novel video-to-text African sign languages translation dataset containing sign language videos of Bible verses from six (6) different African countries. …”
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HUMAN GENES CONTROLLING FEEDING BEHAVIOR OR BODY MASS AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL AND GENOMIC CHARACTERISTICS: A REVIEW by E. V. Ignatieva, D. A. Afonnikov, E. I. Rogaev, N. A. Kolchanov

“…Regions of human chromosomes containing closely located genes from the compilation were revealed. …”
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Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastases in Thyroid Cancer: Characteristics, Predictive Factors, and Prognosis by Ting-ting Zhang, Ning Qu, Jia-qian Hu, Rong-liang Shi, Duo Wen, Guo-hua Sun, Qing-hai Ji

“…In total, 73 thyroid cancer patients with positive MLNM were included in this study. It contained sixty patients (82.2%) with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), twelve (16.4%) with medullary thyroid carcinoma, and one (1.4%) with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. …”
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Direct-Acting Antivirals for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C: Open Issues and Future Perspectives by Hee Bok Chae, Seon Mee Park, Sei Jin Youn

“…Of these, a triple regimen containing sofosbuvir shows promise, and treatment with daclatasvir plus asunaprevir yields a high SVR rate (95%). …”
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Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Channel Estimator Based on Gate Recurrent Unit by Jun-Han Wang, He He, Kosuke Tamura, Shun Kojima, Jaesang Cha, Chang-Jun Ahn

“…On the other hand, the frame structure of the IEEE 802.11p standard contains a few number of pilots and a large pilot interval, which is not sufficient to track the rapidly changing channel environment accurately. …”
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Composition and Biological Properties of Agaricus bisporus Fruiting Bodies – a Review by Muszyńska Bożena, Kała Katarzyna, Rojowski Jacek, Grzywacz Agata, Opoka Włodzimierz

“…The presence of antioxidant ergothioneine (which also displays the antimutagenic, chemo- and radioprotective activity) is also noteworthy. A. bisporus also contains derivatives of benzoquinone, a substance which belongs to the group of antibiotics. …”
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Optimizing Steam Consumption of Mushroom Canning Process by Selecting Higher Temperatures and Shorter Time of Retorting by Didik J. Pursito, Eko H. Purnomo, Dedi Fardiaz, Purwiyatno Hariyadi

“…Agaricus bisporus in brine contained in 300×407 cans was heat processed in a horizontal static retort. …”
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Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Philippines: A Systematic Review by Anna Lena Lopez, Peter Francis N. Raguindin, Maria Asuncion Silvestre, Xenia Cathrine J. Fabay, Ariel B. Vinarao, Ricardo Manalastas

“…As part of regional elimination efforts, rubella-containing vaccines (RCV) have recently been introduced in the Philippines, yet the true burden of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in the country is largely unknown. …”
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Control of Neonatal Diarrhea in Piglets with Reduced Antibiotic Use by Application of a Complementary Feed—A Randomized Controlled Farm Trial by Klaus K. Sall, Leslie Foldager, Charlotte Delf, Sigurd J. Christensen, Michael N. Agerley, Kristian T. Havn, Carsten Pedersen

“…In conclusion, the farm trial indicates that even under the challenge of potentially serious bacterial and viral pathogens, a complimentary feed containing a tannin extract can support piglet health and reduce antibiotic consumption.…”
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Trichoderma collection from Brazilian soil reveals a new species: T. cerradensis Sp. nov. by Gustavo Henrique Silva Peixoto, Rildo Alexandre Fernandes da Silva, Ana Beatriz Zacaroni, Thais França Silva, Priscila Chaverri, Priscila Chaverri, Danilo Batista Pinho, Sueli Corrêa Marques de Mello

“…However, only a limited number of species are used in biological control even though the genus contains more than 400 species, with most of them being mycotrophic. …”
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Performance Comparison between Neutralization Tailings and Flotation Tailings Used for Backfill Mix and Mechanism Analysis by Bin Han, Wei Sun, Shaofeng Yu, Chao Liu, Song Yao, Jianxun Wu

“…The reason for neutralized tailings showing higher UCS is as follows: during backfill curing, neutralization tailings produce abundant crystals of CaSO4·2H2O in interlaced structure which helps in combining aggregates closely; CaSO4·2H2O hydrates with C3A C4AF contained in the cement and forms clavate cement bacillus which works as a micro reinforcing steel bar. …”
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Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Back: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Laura Stone McGuire, Danny Yakoub, Mecker G. Möller, Andrew Rosenberg, Alan Livingstone

“…The surgical specimen measured 32.0 × 13.5 × 5.5 cm, containing multiple homogeneous masses with the largest mass 22.0 × 9.0 × 4.6 cm. …”
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