Towards estimating the economic cost of invasive alien species to African crop and livestock production by René Eschen, Tim Beale, J. Miguel Bonnin, Kate L. Constantine, Solomon Duah, Elizabeth A. Finch, Fernadis Makale, Winnie Nunda, Adewale Ogunmodede, Corin F. Pratt, Emma Thompson, Frances Williams, Arne Witt, Bryony Taylor

“…Methods Data on the monetary costs of IAS to mainland Africa as well as information about the presence and abundance of the most important IAS were collected through literature review and an online survey among a wide variety of stakeholders. Using this and additional data from publicly available sources we estimated yield losses and management costs due to IAS in agriculture for individual countries and the entire continent. …”
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Recovery from Liver Failure and Fibrosis in a Rat Portacaval Anastomosis Model after Neurointermediate Pituitary Lobectomy by Martín Muñoz-Ortega, Noé Macías-Segura, Javier Ventura-Juárez, Manuel Enrique Ávila-Blanco, Leonardo D. Ponce-Damian, Daniel González-Blas, Esperanza Sánchez-Alemán, Andrés Quintanar-Stephano

“…Liver diseases, including cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, account for approximately two million annual deaths worldwide. They place a huge burden on the global healthcare systems, compelling researchers to find effective treatment for liver fibrosis-cirrhosis. …”
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A Multiscale Assessment of Three Satellite Precipitation Products (TRMM, CMORPH, and PERSIANN) in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area in China by Tianyu Zhang, Yu Yang, Zeyu Dong, Shu Gui

“…The CMORPH estimates were closest to the gauge observation at 3-hourly and 12-hourly timescales. …”
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Plant cell wall and the mechanisms of resistance to pathogens by O. G. Smirnova, A. V. Kochetov

“…The reconstruction of gene networks controlling the cell wall structural and functional organization during the growth, and under normal and stressful conditions is vitally important for understanding the basic molecular mechanisms of development and stress resistance. …”
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Place attachment, activation of personal norms, and the role of emotions to save water in scarcity by Peyman Arjomandi A., Masoud Yazdanpanah, Tahereh Zobeidi, Nadejda Komendantova, Akbar Shirzad

“…Whereas climate change mitigation mandates a huge far-lasting global endeavor, some regional adaptations may support the lake to survive ecologically. …”
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The impact of climate change on the development of water resources by M.D. Teweldebrihan, M.O. Dinka

“…The degree of hydrologic modification was estimated using the Indicator of Hydrologic modification programs. …”
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Assessment of Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of a Proprietary Preparation of Quercetin–Rutin Blend (SophorOx™) in Exercised Rats by Devanand Shanmugasundaram, James Martin Roza

“…Flavonoids comprise a huge class of phenolic compounds widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom. …”
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Establishment of Dynamic Evolving Neural-Fuzzy Inference System Model for Natural Air Temperature Prediction by Suraj Kumar Bhagat, Tiyasha Tiyasha, Zainab Al-khafaji, Patrick Laux, Ahmed A. Ewees, Tarik A. Rashid, Sinan Salih, Roland Yonaba, Ufuk Beyaztas, Zaher Mundher Yaseen‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

“…The study can be valuable for the areas where the climatological and seasonal variations are studied and will allow providing excellent prediction results with the least error margin and without a huge expenditure.…”
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Piezoelectric energy harvesting under free and forced vibrations for different operating conditions by Amine Ben Alaya, Charfeddine Mrad, Férid Kourda

“…The field of energy harvesting has grown rapidly, with the huge development in low-power devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). …”
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Toward an Efficient Differentiation of Two <i>Diaporthe</i> Strains Through Mass Spectrometry for Fungal Biotyping by Kathleen Hernández-Torres, Daniel Torres-Mendoza, Gesabel Navarro-Velasco, Luis Cubilla-Rios

“…Traditionally, the identification of fungi at the species level has been carried out with molecular tools such as DNA sequencing, but it still represents a huge challenge today due to the heterogeneity of the fungal kingdom, making the task of identification a complex and difficult process. …”
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Optimizing Soft Tissue Emergence Profile Around One-Piece Dental Implants by Abduljaleel Azad Samad

“…A temporary crown in the office was created using a flowable composite that was temporary in nature using the mold of the Cervico system (VP Innovato Holdings Ltd, Lemessos, Cyprus). …”
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Critical assessment of uncertainty in economic evaluations on influenza vaccines for the elderly population in Spain by Raúl Ortiz-de-Lejarazu Leonardo, Javier Díez Domingo, Ángel Gil de Miguel, Federico Martinón Torres, Esther Redondo Margüello, Juan Luis López-Belmonte Claver, Paloma I. Palomo-Jiménez, J. Manel Farré Avellà, José María Abellán Perpiñán

“…Abstract Background Influenza is a seasonal infection with a huge impact on morbidity and mortality in older adults, for whom vaccination is recommended. …”
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Extrapolation of Metal Gate With High-K Spacer in Strained Nanosystem Channel QWB Cylindrical FET for High-Speed Applications by Rasmita Barik, Rudra Sankar Dhar, Kuleen Kumar, Yash Sharma, Amit Banerjee

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INFLUENCE OF INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (IFMIS) ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN NIGERIA by Salaudeen Ibrahim, Abdul-Hakeem Shuaib, Muhammed Basiru Mustapha, Benuh Adama Idris, Tunde Saka Abdulsalam

“…Despite the formidable regulatory and institutional frameworks put in place to strengthen public sector finance management in Nigeria, the domain continues to struggle with huge financial management infractions that are not in tune with the norms as well as international best practices thereby resulting to performance failure. …”
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Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran by Abbas Ali Mirzakhanlou, Mansoureh Shayeghi, Hassan Vatandoust, Arman Izadian, Zahra Karimi, Kamran Akbarzadeh

“…The population data has been transformed by calculating square root due to huge variations among community data, and data was analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis test to estimate the temporal and spatial variation. …”
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Health loss and economic burden of asthma in China: a qualitative review based on existing literature by Peng Zhang, Jiaxin Xu, Baichuan Xu, Yiyin Zhang, Yang Xie

“…The risk of bias in economic studies was assessed using an 11-item methodological checklist for cost of illness, while cross-sectional studies were evaluated using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s recommendation rating tool. …”
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Life satisfaction of Palestinian and Polish students after pandemic COVID-19 by Krzysztof Zdziarski, Anna Knyszyńska, Katarzyna Karakiewicz-Krawczyk, Mariam Awad, Salam Awad, Narmeen Qumsieh, Marek Landowski, Beata Karakiewicz

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the lives of all social groups around the world, including students who have had to face remote learning and isolation. …”
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Agricultural waste management generated by agro-based industries using biotechnology tools by D. Sivakumar, P. Srikanth, P. Ramteke, J. Nouri

“…Aside from that, the usage of fossil fuels is also leading to an increase in ozone-depleting compounds. Agro-waste is a huge environmental hazard in the current epidemic situation. …”
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Optimal needle characteristics for classical inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia: a systematic review by Mennat Allah Ashraf Abd-Elsabour, Ayat Gamal-AbdelNaser

“…The review included randomized controlled trials comparing needles of difference in any of the characteristics (gauge, length, bevel, alloy) used for IANB regarding their effects on pain, success of anesthesia and aspiration. …”
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Hypoglycemic natural products with in vivo activities and their mechanisms: a review by Wenyi Ma, Longgao Xiao, Haiyang Liu, Xiaojiang Hao

“…Currently, 8 classes of small molecular drugs are used for treating diabetes. However, these drugs cannot completely meet patients’ needs, due to diabetic complications need to be addressed along with diabetes, such as nephropathy, and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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