Electrocoagulation of wastewater from commercial mixing stations with dual aluminum electrode by NI Kuan, SHAN Xiaoli, QI Dong, LI Qiang, ZHANG Wenjun

“…The turbidity of the wastewater could be reduced to below 69.8 NTU, and the turbidity removal rate could reach over 93%. In addition, the average chord length growth rate of the flocs was the fastest and the strength was the highest. …”
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Evaluation of the Accumulation Conditions and Favorable Areas of Shale Gas in the Upper Palaeozoic Marine-Continental Transitional Facies in the Daning-Jixian Area, Ordos Basin by Xu Zeng, Wei Wang, Qian Cao, Shangwen Zhou, Guodong Dong, Aiming Wang, Zhixin Chen, Hua Mei

“…The shale in the study area has a higher gas content than the shale strata in the marine basins of the United States. In addition, the content of brittle minerals such as quartz is higher, and Poisson’s ratio is lower, facilitating the subsequent transformation. …”
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Intra-rater Reliability of a Qualitative Landing Scale for the Single-Hop Test: A Pilot Study by Maxime V. Measson, Matthew P. Ithurburn, Alexandre JM. Rambaud

“…Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC2,1) were used to measure the reproducibility of the scale in the dominant (dom) and non-dominant (nondom) limbs. Additionally, limb data (dom and nondom) were pooled and evaluated collectively with intra-class correlation coefficients. …”
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Organophosphate esters inhibit enzymatic proteolysis through non-covalent interactions by Zeming Wang, Wei Zhang, Xiaojie Hu, Yanzheng Gao

“…Further spectroscopic experiments and molecular docking simulations showed that OPEs could entered the pocket structure of GB1 and induced secondary structural changes and protein folding through non-covalent interactions dominated by hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces. In addition, organophosphate diesters (di-OPEs) and long-chain OPEs had stronger affinity to GB1, due to the more negative and denser electrostatic surface potential distributions. …”
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Estimating BMI distributions by age and sex for local authorities in England: a small area estimation study by Peter Scarborough, Ben Amies-Cull, Linda Cobiac, Jane Wolstenholme

“…Validation showed close concordance with previous estimates by local area and demographic groups.Conclusion This work updated previous estimates of the distribution of BMI in England and contributes considerable additional detail to our understanding of the local epidemiology of overweight and obesity. …”
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Magnetohydrodynamic Effects on Double Diffusion of Non‐Newtonian Hybrid Nanofluid in Circular Eccentric Annuli by Israt Jahan Supti, Md. Mamun Molla, Preetom Nag, Sadia Siddiqa, Souhail Souai

“…Various parameters are controlled in the study, including the Rayleigh number ranging from 104 to 106, power‐law index ranging from 0.7 to 1.4, nanoparticle volume fraction ranging from 0% to 4%, Hartmann number ranging from 0 to 30, Buoyancy ratio ranging from −1 to 1, and Lewis number ranging from 1 to 10, in addition to the fixed Prandtl number (6.8377). The study presents visualizations such as streamlines, isotherms, and iso‐concentration contours, along with the assessment of heat and mass transfer rates expressed in terms of Nusselt and Sherwood numbers. …”
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Indigenous Populations, Plantations, and Agrarian Conflicts in Rural North Maluku during the Colonial Period from the 17th to the 20th Century by A. Rahman

“…This article explores several key questions: How did agrarian conflicts on indigenous plantation lands in rural North Maluku arise? …”
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Recent updates of centromere proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma: a review by Zhongyuan Yang, Wenjiao Chen, Yunhui Liu, Yuxin Niu

“…In this review, we provide a detailed introduction to the characteristics of CENPs and discuss their roles in HCC. In addition, we discuss their application prospects in future clinical practice.…”
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Flow-induced fiber orientation in gas-powered projectile-assisted injection molded parts by Zhang Wei, Wu Jun-wei, Kuang Tang-Qing, Liu He-Sheng

“…A preliminary and groundbreaking study on the fiber orientation pattern in gas-powered projectile-assisted injection molding (G-PAIM) part of short-glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene was reported, the results showed that the fiber orientation pattern across the thickness of G-PAIM part was remarkably different from that in the parts molded via gas-assisted injection molding (GAIM) and conventional injection molding (CIM) as reported earlier, and the difference of fiber orientation pattern between G-PAIM, GAIM, and CIM parts was mainly due to the unique flow fields generated by projectile penetration. Additionally, fiber orientation states within the G-PAIM part depended not only on their positions both across the part thickness and along the flow direction, but also on the processing parameters. …”
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Gentamicin Induced Nephrotoxicity: The Role of Sex Hormones in Gonadectomized Male and Female Rats by Fatemeh Eshraghi-Jazi, Ardeshir Talebi, Fatemeh Sadat Mirsaeedi, Sarina Ahmadian, Fatemeh Moslemi, Mehdi Nematbakhsh

“…ES (0.5 mg/kg) without Pro ameliorated KTDS in female (P<0.05) while ES (1 mg/kg) with or without Pro exacerbated the BUN values and Cr values, KTDS, and body weight loss (P<0.05). …”
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THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS-NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CALCULATOR AND SURGICAL APGAR AS PREDICTORS OF POST-CHOLECYSTECTOMY COMPLICATIONS by Diana Tejeda-Herrera, Jose Caballero-Alvarado, Carlos Zavaleta-Corvera

“…The analysis revealed that the mean age of patients who experienced severe complications was 75.32±4.58 years. Additionally, 52.6% of these patients were male. Regarding the prediction analysis based on the ROC curve, the ACS-NSQIP calculator showed an area under the curve of 0.895 (95%CI 0.819–0.971; p=0.01), whereas the surgical Apgar calculator showed an area under the curve of 0.611 (95%CI 0.488–0.735; p=0.11). …”
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Impact of Branch Pipe Valve Closure Procedures on Pipeline Water Hammer Pressure: A Case Study of Xinlongkou Hydropower Station by Zilong Li, Jin Jin, Zhanpeng Pan, Jianren Sun, Kaiqiang Geng, Yu Qiao

“…The Bentley Hammer calculation software was used to simulate the changes in water hammer pressure in the pipeline and unit terminal valves under various valve closure scenarios. Additionally, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was applied to analyze the dynamic effects of different factors on the water hammer in the branch pipelines of the station. …”
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Pilot study: Initial investigation suggests differences in EMT-associated gene expression in breast tumor regions by Kylie L. King, Hamed Abdollahi, Zoe Dinkel, Alannah Akins, Homayoun Valafar, Heather Dunn

“…Out of 40 genes analyzed, 4 were differentially expressed in the edge of tumor (ET) region and 8 in the ECM adjacent to the tumor (ECMT) region. In addition to statistical approach, ML was used to generate decision trees (DT) for a broader analysis of gene expression and ethnicity. …”
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Evaluation of the genetic diversity and population structure of 5 pheasant breeds in Shanghai by Lina Qi, Xianyu Li, Jingle Jiang, Wengang Zhang, Xuelin Lu, Hongyan Yuan, Weijian Zhang

“…The Green pheasant had the lowest values of He (0.2730) and Ho (0.2692), whereas Fengxian blue pheasant had the highest values of He (0.2885) and Ho (0.2937), respectively. In addition, the 5 pheasant breeds could be divided into four different genetic populations. …”
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Simulation of Material and Heat Balance of 150 t AOD Melting 430 Stainless Steel under Different Charge Conditions by Lu　Xiaohui, Kang　Congpeng, Chen　Hongzhi, Xu　Yongbin

“…Under this process condition， the consumption of ferrosilicon and lime reached 39.3 kg/t and 97.7 kg/t respectively， the continuous addition time of high carbon ferrochromium was about 12 min， the feeding rate was 4 t/min， and the maximum oxygen supply intensity at this time was 400 m3·min-1. …”
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Continuous tunability of refractive index contrast in LiNbO3 optical waveguides fabricated by high-vacuum vapor-phase proton exchange by Mihnea Raoul Sandu, Alicia Petronela Rambu, Laura Hrostea, Sorin Tascu

“…Furthermore, it is found that the index profile after annealing is fitted by an exponential function different from Gaussian fit found in well-known Annealed Proton Exchange technique. Additionally, the index contrast dependence of the annealing time is also fitted by an exponential function. …”
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An implementation trial to mAnage siCkle CELl disEase through incReased AdopTion of hydroxyurEa in Nigeria (ACCELERATE): Study protocol. by Emmanuel Peprah, Joyce Gyamfi, John Patena, Hazal Kayalioglu, Tania Hameed, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Hyungrok Do, Dike Ojji, Deborah Adenikinju, Tayo Ajaye Oba, Maxwell Nwegbu, Hezekiah Isa, Grace Shedul, Alayo Y Sopekan, Obiageli E Nnodu

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>This study's findings will offer crucial insights into effective SCD management strategies, leveraging existing SCD clinical networks and resources in Nigeria to enhance HU adoption among providers in a scalable and sustainable manner. Additionally, the study will inform best practices for implementing HU therapy in resource-constrained settings, benefiting healthcare providers, policymakers, and stakeholders invested in improving SCD care delivery.…”
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Kinetic and isotherm studies of nickel and cadmium ions adsorption onto Clay-Chitosan composite by Rachid Et-Tanteny, Ibrahim Allaoui, Imad Manssouri, Bouchta El Amrani, Khalid Draoui

“…Nonlinear modeling of the kinetic and isotherm data demonstrated that the pseudo second order kinetic model best describes the adsorption kinetics of R2 = 0.994 for Cd (II) and R2 = 0.999 for Ni (II), with a rapid equilibrium time reached in 60 min. In addition, the Sips isotherm model best describes the adsorption isotherms of R2 = 0.993 for Cd (II) and R2 = 0.990 for Ni (II), suggesting a chemisorption mechanism involving a heterogeneous distribution of adsorption sites. …”
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Prostate Cancer Detection from MRI Using Efficient Feature Extraction with Transfer Learning by Rafiqul Islam, Al Imran, Md. Fazle Rabbi

“…The random forest model seeks to identify patterns in the feature space and produce precise predictions on the presence or absence of prostate cancer. In addition, the study tackles the restricted availability of datasets by utilizing transfer learning methods to refine the deep learning models using a small amount of annotated prostate cancer data. …”
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Assessment of depression, PTSD, and insomnia symptoms in a cohort of Palestinian migrants residing in Jordanian camps during the outbreak of the War on Gaza: occurrence and correla... by Omar Gammoh, Saleh Bazi, Ruba Al Akash, Bilal Sayaheen, Mervat Alsous, Albara Alomari

“…The data analysis from 258 participants showed that severe depression was reported in 178 participants (69%). Additionally, 127 participants (49.2%) reported severe PTSD symptoms, and 156 participants (60.5%) reported severe insomnia symptoms. …”
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