Multiple imputation to deal with missing objectively-measured physical activity data: findings from two cohorts by Rafaela Costa Martins, Bruna Gonçalves C. da Silva, Cauane Blumenberg, Luiza Isnardi Ricardo, Shana Ginar da Silva, João Pedro Ribeiro, Alicia Matijasevich, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Helen Gonçalves, Fernando César Wehrmeister, Iná dos Santos, Inácio Crochemore-Silva, Aluísio JD Barros

“… The objective of this article was to describe patterns of losses of information regarding accelerometer data and to assess the use of multiple imputation to generate physical activity estimates for individuals without accelerometry data. …”
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Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa by Kemal Torpuş, Sedat Bostan

“…The Hopa flood disaster that occurred on August 24, 2015, caused many injuries, 3 people were lost in the flood waters and 8 people lost their lives in addition to financial losses. When the disaster occurs, the victims have to cope with their own means until the medical rescue teams reach the disaster area. …”
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Automatic Quantitative Analysis of Internal Quantum Efficiency Measurements of GaAs Solar Cells Using Deep Learning by Zubair Abdullah‐Vetter, Brendan Wright, Tien‐Chun Wu, Ali Shakiba, Ziv Hameiri

“…This information can be obtained using a qualitative analysis of the shape of the curve, identifying and attributing current losses such as at the front and rear interfaces, and extracting key electrical and optical performance parameters. …”
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Co-Cultivation Growth of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus as Two Common Dairy Contaminants by Alžbeta Medveďová, Romana Györiová, Veronika Lehotová, Ľubomír Valík

“…The overgrowth of spoilage and pathogenic bacteria may pose risk to consumers health and cause technological and economic losses. Hence, interactions among S. aureus 2064 and E. coli BR in dependence of incubation temperature and different initial counts of both microorganisms were quantitatively described based on cultivation experiments and predictive models. …”
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Validation of a Real Time PCR for Classical Swine Fever Diagnosis by Natanael Lamas Dias, Antônio Augusto Fonseca Júnior, Anapolino Macedo Oliveira, Érica Bravo Sales, Bruna Rios Coelho Alves, Fernanda Alves Dorella, Marcelo Fernandes Camargos

“…The viral disease classical swine fever (CSF), caused by a Pestivirus, is one of the major causes of economic losses for pig farming. The aim of this work was to validate a RT-qPCR using Taqman for detection of CSF in swine tissues. …”
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Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes by Purushottam Agrawal, Jitendra Sinha, Nilima Jangre, Fanesh Kumar, Kamalkant, Alok Sinha, Ashwin Singh, Ashes Banerjee, Akella Satya Venkatesh, Srinivas Pasupuleti

“…This study investigates water losses and gaps during paddy cultivation in India’s tropical semi-arid region, where agriculture is the primary economic driver for communities. …”
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Molecular and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bovine Papillomavirus Type 1: First Report in Iraqi Cattle by Mohammed A. Hamad, Ahmed M. Al-Shammari, Shoni M. Odisho, Nahi Y. Yaseen

“…BPV is a widely spread oncogenic virus in Iraqi cattle and is associated with the formation of both benign and malignant lesions, resulting in notable economic losses in dairy and beef cattle. In the current study, 140 cutaneous papilloma specimens were collected from cattle in central Iraq. …”
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Recovery of LiFePO4 cathodes: Criticalities and prospect towards a long-term eco-friendly solution by B. Visone, O. Senneca, P.P. Prosini, B. Apicella

“…Enhanced batteries consumption is accompanied by their subsequent discard that, if poorly managed, may cause serious environmental damage as well as severe economic losses. Numerous cathode recycling techniques have been developed, including pyro/hydrometallurgical methods and direct regeneration.Besides providing information on the working and failing mechanism of these batteries, this review aims to present the most relevant spent cathode treatments, with an emphasis on environmental and economic implications. …”
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Derived datasets of daily weather, near surface soil status, flow rates and concentrations of nitrogen species from the North Wyke farm platform, EnglandZenodo by Yusheng Zhang, Jane Hawkins, Hadewij Sint, Adrian L. Collins

“…Along with detailed field management data, the observed data provide a valuable resource for the parameterisation, calibration and validation of physically-based models for nitrogen losses at field scale to account for alternative management practices and land use under changing climate conditions.…”
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Prevalence and consequences of bovine subclinical mastitis in hill tract areas of the Chattogram division, Bangladesh by Md. Piplu Mia, Hemayet Hossain, Khadiza Akter Brishty, Md. Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury, Md. Imranuzzaman, Mostafizor Rahman, Sadia Islam Ria, Milon Mia, Md Saidul Haque, Md. Ashik-uz-zaman, Md. Nazmul Haque, Anzuman Ara, Md. Masudur Rahman, Md. Mahfujur Rahman

“…This study investigated the prevalence of subclinical mastitis (SCM), its impact on milk production and reproduction, and the resultant economic losses among dairy farms in the Chattogram division, Bangladesh. …”
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Lyophilization of ASFV vaccine candidate ASFV-G-ΔI177L offers long term stability by Nallely Espinoza, Edward Spinard, Ayushi Rai, Elizabeth Ramirez-Medina, Alyssa Valladares, Amanda Meyers, Manuel V. Borca, Douglas P. Gladue

“…Abstract For over a century African swine fever (ASF) has been causing outbreaks leading to devastating losses for the swine industry. The current pandemic of ASF has shown no signs of stopping and continues to spread causing outbreaks in additional countries. …”
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Pemanfaatan Limbah Puntung Rokok sebagai Inhibitor Korosi pada Baja St40 Menggunakan Metode Microwave Assisted Extraction (MAE) di Lingkungan NaCl 3,56% by Ikhsan Akmal Alatif, Rahma Puspa Permatasari, Rahma Nurulgina, Zahrotul Filza Adzkia, Puri Andayani, Sabrina Aisyah Putri, Adinda, Dhyna Analyes Trirahayu, Kunlestiowati Hadiningrum

“…Corrosion is a problem that occurs in many industries and causes large losses. The use of corrosion inhibitors is one way to reduce or inhibit corrosion. …”
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High-fidelity annotated triploid genome of the quarantine root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii by Marine Poullet, Hemanth Konigopal, Corinne Rancurel, Marine Sallaberry, Celine Lopez-Roques, Ana Paula Zotta Mota, Joanna Lledo, Sebastian Kiewnick, Etienne G. J. Danchin

“…Abstract Root-knot nematodes (RKN) of the genus Meloidogyne are obligatory plant endoparasites that cause substantial economic losses to agricultural production and impact the global food supply. …”
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Drinking Water Treatment Residuals to Control Phosphorus in Soils by Jonathan D. Judy, Maria L. Silveira, Sampson Agyin-Birikorang, George O'Connor, Thomas A. Obreza

“…The use of drinking-water treatment residuals (WTR) to control excess phosphorus (P) in soils with limited P adsorption capacity has been explored as a potential low-cost method by which to reduce phosphorus losses to surface waters and a discussion of these explorations is presented here. …”
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The application of digitization and digital marketing for the recovery of Ukraine's economy by N. Nazarenko, A. Nochovka

“…The war in Ukraine has led to significant destruction and economic losses, making it crucial to explore pathways for recovery and development of the Ukrainian economy using modern digital tools. …”
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Speedup signing: pre-rejection sampling towards dilithium by Lianglin Yan, Ming Luo, Mingsheng Wang

“…Applying these two techniques to Dilithium, we obtain an advanced signature scheme with better efficiency, and without any other losses except some pre-computations. Security reduction demonstrates that our scheme is also SUF-CMA in QROM. …”
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Re-Branding China’s Battered Image in Nigeria amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic by Endong Floribert Patrick C.

“… The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic made China to witness not only high mortality rates and heavy economic losses in its national territory, but also an international image crisis which has since remained a veritable albatross for the Chinese government. …”
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Facile Preparation of Phosphotungstic Acid-Impregnated Yeast Hybrid Microspheres and Their Photocatalytic Performance for Decolorization of Azo Dye by Lan Chen, Bo Bai

“…In the test of catalytic activity, the HPW@yeast microsphere exhibits a high photocatalytic activity for the decoloration of Methylene blue and Congo red dye aqueous solutions, and there are a few activity losses after four cycles of uses.…”
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Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment: Navigating the Era of Web 4.0 by Hamza Melliani, Imane Mouhtat, Wafa Kerfal, Ayoub Razouk

“…Based on flat analyses, the results show a perception of job losses in the human resources and education sectors. …”
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Experimental Study of Reciprocating Friction between Rape Stalk and Bionic Nonsmooth Surface Units by Zheng Ma, Yaoming Li, Lizhang Xu

“…China is the largest producer of rape oilseed in the world; however, the mechanization level of rape harvest is relatively low, because rape materials easily adhere to the cleaning screens of combine harvesters, resulting in significant cleaning losses. Previous studies have shown that bionic nonsmooth surface cleaning screens restrain the adhesion of rape materials, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. …”
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