Prevalence of Pharmaceuticals in Surface Water Samples in Ghana by David Azanu, David Adu-Poku, Selina Ama Saah, William Ofori Appaw

“…This study was aimed at assessing the prevalence and risk of eight pharmaceuticals in surface water used for vegetable irrigation in Ghana’s Kumasi and Sunyani metropolises, which are influenced by hospitals, sewage treatment facilities, and market effluents. …”
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Spray Dried Extract of Phormidium valderianum as a Promising Source of Natural Antioxidant by Dipan Chatterjee, Paramita Bhattacharjee, Gour Gopal Satpati, Ruma Pal

“…Toxicological study reported that the Anatoxin-a content of this encapsulated powder was below the limit of detection of HPLC. Storage study established that encapsulation of this antioxidant-rich algal extract resulted in eight times enhancement of half-life (T1/2) values. …”
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Leveraging ChatGPT to Produce Patient Education Materials for Common Hand Conditions by George Abdelmalek, MD, Harjot Uppal, MBA, Daniel Garcia, BS, Joseph Farshchian, MD, Arash Emami, MD, Andrew McGinniss, MD

“…Purpose: Many adults in the United States possess basic or below basic health literacy skills, making it essential for patient education materials (PEMs) to be presented at or below a sixth-grade reading level. …”
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A Current Phase Decoupler for 5 G Smartphone Multiunit Frame Antenna by Hao-Miao Zhou, Chenghao Yuan, Di Wu, Yanqun Fang, Mingmin Zhu, Guoliang Yu, Yang Qiu

“…The measured results show that the coupling is less than −28 dB, and the maximum efficiency is 85.53% without adding any lossy components. In an eight-unit smartphone antenna system, the coupling of adjacent units can also be reduced below −24.6 dB with a maximum efficiency of 82.17%. …”
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Community Perception on Beekeeping Practices, Management, and Constraints in Termaber and Basona Werena Districts, Central Ethiopia by Abadi Berhe, Abebe Asale, Delenasaw Yewhalaw

“…Despite its potential of honey production, the contribution of apiculture to state GDP is far below its expectation and not well estimated yet. …”
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Heavy metals concentration in the sediment of the aquatic environment caused by the leachate discharge from a landfill by L. Sulistyowati, N. Nurhasanah, E. Riani, M. Cordova

“…Regarding specifics, two sites following the landfill constitute the apex of heavy metal amplification.CONCLUSION:  This analysis shows that the sediment's cadmium, chromium, and lead contents are below the standards' threshold and safe for the habitat. …”
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Antibiotic ecotoxicity and resistance risks in resource-constrained chicken and pig farming environments by Fredrick Gudda, Dishon Muloi, Fredrick Nganga, Cynthia Nolari, Yanzheng Gao, Arshnee Moodley

“…Using LC-MS/MS, we validated the methods for analyzing eight common antibiotics and quantified the associated risks. …”
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A hardware prototype of wideband high‐dynamic range analog‐to‐digital converter by Satish Mulleti, Eliya Reznitskiy, Shlomi Savariego, Moshe Namer, Nimrod Glazer, Yonina C. Eldar

“…The authors’ system operates at six times below the Nyquist rate of the signal and can accommodate eight times larger signals than the ADC's dynamic range.…”
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Persistent Microalbuminuria in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Children in Kano, Nigeria by Abdullahi Mudi, Bashir U. Alhaj, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Isah Adagiri Yahaya

“…One hundred and seventy-eight HIV infected children aged 15 years and below were recruited from the Paediatric Infectious Disease Clinic of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, to determine the prevalence of persistent microalbuminuria using the albumin creatinine ratio (ACR). …”
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Application of Aperiodic “Einstein” Monotile in Phased Arrays With Limited Beam Scanning Range by Yunfei Qiang, Xiaochuan Fang, Rui-Xin Wu, Qian Chen, Wei Wang

“…Example B features a subarray comprising eight antenna elements based on the Hat polykite. …”
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Minerals in edible insects: A review of content and potential for sustainable sourcing by Mingxing Lu, Chenxu Zhu, Sergiy Smetana, Ming Zhao, Haibo Zhang, Fang Zhang, Yuzhou Du

“…The heavy metal content (summarized for eight species) was below the maximum limit allowed for safe consumption. …”
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Predictive value of hematologic indices in COVID-19 disease outcomes by Fatemeh Nejatifar, Ali Alavi Foumani, Saman Maroufizadeh, Bardia Afsharian, Zahra Chegini, Amir Mohammad Ghanbari

“…Materials and Methods: We evaluated two hundred and sixty-eight patients in this study. All patients had dyspnea, and O2 saturation below 93% and were tested positive for COVID-19 through RT-PCR. …”
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Humidification Performance of Heat and Moisture Exchangers for Pediatric Use by Yusuke Chikata, Chihiro Sumida, Jun Oto, Hideaki Imanaka, Masaji Nishimura

“…Results. Without leakage, eight of ten HMEs maintained AH at more than 30 mg/L. …”
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Global long-run convergence of carbon emissions and intensity vis-à-vis countries' industrial profiles by Yigang Wei, Tsun Se Cheong, Michal Wojewodzki, Xunpeng Shi

“…We ranked the countries based on the two factors and grouped them into four quartiles (Q1 to Q4) for each factor, resulting in eight subsamples. The results suggested long-run absolute convergence in REPC (RCI) only among highly industrialized (Q3 and Q4) countries. …”
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A scoping review on current technology-based approaches to support breastfeeding and informal human milk exchange practices. by Siti Fatimah Abdul Razak, Nur Liyana Rosli, Noor Hisham Kamis, Norsyamlina Che Abdul Rahim, Mohd Fikri Azli Abdullah

“…Informal human milk exchange is the practice of donating and receiving expressed human milk based on mutual consent between the donor and receiver in the need of human milk for infants below 2 years old. Main concerns related to informal human milk exchange is related to milk siblings and safety handling of the expressed breastmilk. …”
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The Effect of Cataract on Eye Movement Perimetry by G. Thepass, J. J. M. Pel, K. A. Vermeer, O. Creten, S. R. Bryan, H. G. Lemij, J. van der Steen

“…The present study shows that EMP can be readily used in patients with cataract with LOCS III grade IV and below.…”
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Comparison of creatinine‐based methods for estimating glomerular filtration rate in patients with heart failure by Anna Jonsson, Ida Viklund, Andreas Jonsson, Fredrik Valham, Ellinor Bergdahl, Krister Lindmark, Helena Norberg

“…Our objective was to validate eight creatinine‐based equations for estimating glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in an HF population against measured glomerular filtration rate. …”
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Childbirth experience assessment tools based on COSMIN guidelines: A systematic review by Yifan Cheng, Ruxue Bai, Siyu Shan, Xinmiao Zhao, Chunling Xia

“…In light of the questionable or unreported content validity of the tools, the evidence quality was deemed moderate or below. Consequently, the 11 assessment tools were recommended as grade B. …”
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The Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project: Improved Diabetic Foot Evaluation Reduces Amputation Rates by Two-Thirds in a Lower Middle Income Country by Julia Lowe, R. Gary Sibbald, Nashwah Y. Taha, Gerald Lebovic, Madan Rambaran, Carlos Martin, Indira Bhoj, Brian Ostrow

“…There was a 68% reduction in rate of major amputations (P<0.0001); below knee amputations were decreased by 80%, while above knee amputations were unchanged. …”
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Cardiovascular Responses Associated with Daily Walking in Subacute Stroke by Sanjay K. Prajapati, Avril Mansfield, William H. Gage, Dina Brooks, William E. McIlroy

“…The absence of significant increases in heart rate associated with walking reveals that patients chose to walk at speeds well below a level that has meaningful cardiorespiratory health benefits. …”
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