Spider mites collectively avoid plants with cadmium irrespective of their frequency or the presence of competitors by Godinho, Diogo Prino, Fragata, Inês, de la Masseliere, Maud Charlery, Magalhães, Sara

“…Accumulation of heavy metals by plants can serve as a defence against herbivory. …”
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Differentiated services dynamic spectrum access strategy for cognitive wireless mesh network by Rui-fang LI, Quan LIU, Ren-fa LI

“…Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) is an important design aspect for cognitive radio network.Common access of multi-type services having different quality of service (QoS) requirements is the important characteristic of cognitive wireless mesh network.Differentiated service (DS) is the key to realize the high efficiency use of spectrum resources and to guarantee the high quality transmission of services.In order to satisfy the demand for multi-type services,a differentiated services dynamic spectrum access strategy was proposed.In this strategy,the unlicensed user traffic was divided into three priority classes.The DSA scheme uses different access mechanisms for the three classes of unlicensed users.The real-time traffic selectes available channel set according to the shortest expected delay to reduce the transmission time and the probability of appearance of licensed user during data transmission process.The general traffic selectes the channel of largest successful transmission probability to avoid spectrum handoff.The theoretical and experimental results show that,when compared with the traditional cognitive networks DSA strategy,the proposed strategy is able to guarantee different QoS for the various services,shorter transmission delay for higher priority services,reducing the probability of transmission interruption and better throughput performance when the vacancy rate of licensed channel is major and heavy network load.…”
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İçbatı Anadolu’da Kutsal Bir Dağ: Murat Dağı (Dindymos) by Harun Oy

“…Antikçağ kentlerinden Aizanoi (Çavdarhisar), Kadoi (Gediz), Uşak (Temenouthyrai), Akmonia (Ahatköy-Banaz) gibi önemli kentler arasındaki bağlantılar Murat Dağı’nın etrafından geçerek sağlanmaktadır. …”
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Assessment of Pollution Trend of Oke Afa Canal Lagos, Nigeria by R. A. Olowu, O. O. Ayejuyo, G. O. Adewuyi, I. A. Adejoro, T. A. Akinbola, M. O. Osundiya, C. T. Onwordi

“…Low concentration of zinc and copper were observed except lead that has a higher concentration above the allowed permissible level at a point B of the sampling sites. Some heavy metals were not detected at all in all the sampled points of the canal. …”
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Utilization of Macadamia Nutshell Residue for the Synthesis of Magnetic Activated Carbon toward Zinc (II) Ion Removal by Minh-Trung Dao, Thi-Phuong-Linh Tran, Duc-Thuong Vo, Van-Kieu Nguyen, Le-Thuy-Thuy-Trang Hoang

“…The implications of this study are that a low-cost, green, and magnetically separable material prepared by a large-scale available solid waste can be a promising adsorbent for the elimination of heavy metals.…”
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Analysis of toxicity and mechanisms of busulfan in non-obstructive azoospermia: A genomic and toxicological approach integrating molecular docking, single-cell sequencing, and expe... by Yanggang Hong, Qichao Yuan, Yi Wang, Deqi Wang, Xiaoju Guan, Congde Chen

“…Environmental pollutants, including chemical contaminants, heavy metals, and pesticides, have been linked to adverse effects on male reproductive health, particularly sperm quality. …”
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Microplastic-enhanced chromium toxicity in Scenedesmus obliquus: Synergistic effects on algal growth and biochemical responses by Luoxin Li, Jiani Yu, Yonghua Ma, Hui Tan, Fengxia Tan, Yi Chai, Hui Zhang

“…This study not only delineates the distinct toxicity effects of single and combined exposure systems but also emphasizes the need for a deeper understanding of the role of MPs in environmental pollution and their potential to modulate the toxicity of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems.…”
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Impact of Small-Scale Mining Activities on Physicochemical Properties of Soils in Dunkwa East Municipality of Ghana by Paul K. Essandoh, Mohammed Takase, Isaac Mbir Bryant

“…The study assessed the impacts of small-scale mining activities on concentration and distribution of soil physicochemical properties and heavy metals. The soil samples were collected from 120 (50 m × 50 m) plots. …”
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Multiscale Feature Learning Based on Enhanced Feature Pyramid for Vehicle Detection by Hoanh Nguyen

“…Due to large variance of scales and heavy occlusion of vehicle in an image, this task is still a challenging problem. …”
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Entre pétrole et tourisme, la conservation participative des patrimoines locaux au Timor-Leste (Timor oriental) by Dominique Guillaud, Laure Emperaire, Brunna Crespi, Rosalia Soares, Amandine Pequignot, Jean-Christophe Galipaud

“…Timor-Leste, a young country with a rich cultural diversity, is betting for its future on the development of heavy infrastructure. Its cultural policies are also under construction; presently, they focus on the promotion of conventional objects that are emblematic of the cultural diversity perceived at a national level. …”
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Micropollutants Identification Affecting the Nearby Environment from Highway Runoff: The Case Study of Cyprus Highway by Antonis A. Zorpas, Lampis A. Ilia, Irene Voukkali, Vassilis Inglezakis

“…Road/highway surfaces accumulate significant quantities of pollutants including nutrients, heavy metals, and polycyclic hydrocarbon aromatic (PHAs). …”
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Innovative strategies for pollution assessment in Northern Bangladesh: Mapping pollution areas and tracing metal(loid)s sources in various soil types. by Abdullah Al Yeamin, Md Yousuf Mia, Shahidur R Khan, M Safiur Rahman, Venkatramanan Senapathi, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam, Tasrina Rabia Choudhury

“…This study assessed the risks of soil pollution by heavy metals in Chilmari Upazila, northern Bangladesh, using the static environmental resilience (Pi) model of soil. …”
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EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS AND FRACTURED RIBS PLACED AT THE ENDWALL SURFACE UPSTREAM OF THE TURBINE-VANE LEADING-EDGE by Adeola Suhud Shote, Samson Abiodun Aasa, Olabode T Olakoyejo, Aderemi Musiliudeen Bamiduro

“…Total pressure loss, chaotic and heavy flow downstream of the turbine passage exit area are a few effects of the desired increase in inlet temperature input at the upstream part of the turbine vane passage. …”
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The Role of Angiotensin Antagonism in Coronary Plaque Regression: Insights from the Glagovian Model by Abdul H. Alkatiri, Doni Firman, Amir A. Alkatiri, Paskalis I. Suryajaya, Albert Sudharsono

“…In contrary, the use of ACEi did not demonstrated significant plaque regression, which may be attributed to the heavy plaque calcification in respective studies. …”
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Hawking-Unruh Hadronization and Strangeness Production in High Energy Collisions by Paolo Castorina, Helmut Satz

“…Why does the strangeness suppression almost disappear in relativistic heavy ion collisions? Why in these collisions is the thermalization time less than ≃0.5 fm/c? …”
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A Trajectory-Based Control Strategy with Vehicle Cooperation and Absolute Transit Priority at an Isolated Intersection by Zhen Zhang, Jintao Lai, Fangkai Wang, Xiaoguang Yang, Shipeng Liu, Mingyu Zhang

“…However, the DBL would cause heavy sacrifices from general vehicles when the frequency of buses is low. …”
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Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants by Amanda Figueira da Silva, Vivian da Cruz Franco, Maylis Douine, Hermano Gomes Albuquerque, Louise Hureau, Alice Sanna, Pamela Mosquera Atehortua, Rafael dos Santos Pereira, Simone da Silva Santos, Paola Barbosa Marchesini, Gustavo Bretas, Margarete do Socorro Mendonça Gomes, Yann Lambert, Martha Cecília Suárez-Mutis

“…This vulnerable population is constantly subjected to heavy routines and exposed to different diseases and infections that can spread across borders. …”
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DS Mesons in Asymmetric Hot and Dense Hadronic Matter by Divakar Pathak, Amruta Mishra

“…We discuss the possible implications emanating from this analysis, which are all expected to make a significant difference to observables in heavy ion collision experiments, especially the upcoming Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), GSI, where matter at high baryonic densities is planned to be produced.…”
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Effect of an inhaled glucocorticoid on reactive oxygen species production by bronchoalveolar lavage cells from smoking COPD patients by Gert T. Verhoeven, Annemarie J.M. Wijkhuijs, Herbert Hooijkaas, Henk C. Hoogsteden, Wim Sluiter

“…We concluded that a potent inhaled glucocorticoid had no effect on the ROS production capability of BAL cells from smoking COPD patients. Apparently, heavy smoking impaired the ability of alveolar macrophages to produce ROS, which was not further decreased by FP.…”
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Design and Implementation of NTU Wearable Exoskeleton as an Enhancement and Assistive Device by K. H. Low, X. Liu, H. Yu

“…This article presents a wearable lower extremity exoskeleton (LEE) developed to enhance the ability of a human’s walking while carrying heavy loads. The ultimate goal of the current research work is to design and control a power assist system that integrates a human’s intellect for feedback and sensory purposes. …”
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