Many winners, few losers: stable bird populations on an Afrotropical mountain amidst climate change by Mwangi Wambugu, Mwangi Wambugu, Laura Martínez-Íñigo, Bernard Amakobe, Bernard Amakobe, Mwangi Githiru, Mwangi Githiru

“…However, we found two distinct population crashes that affected most species in 2015 and 2022, suggesting that changes in local dynamics may lead to heavy declines of bird populations in mountainous regions. …”
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Paradigm Shift in Typhoon Forecasting for the Korean Peninsula: A Case Study on the Applicability of the Typhoon-Ready System by Hana Na, Woo-Sik Jung

“…The TRS framework incorporates indices, such as the Strong Wind Index (SWI), Heavy Rainfall Index (HRI), Storm Surge Index (SSI), and Air Quality Index (AQI), effectively combining meteorological modeling with vulnerability analysis. …”
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Multimorbidity transitions and the associated healthcare cost among the Finnish adult population during a two-year follow-up by Katja Wikström, Miika Linna, Eeva Reissell, Tiina Laatikainen

“…Conclusion Multimorbidity is causing a heavy burden on Finnish healthcare. The estimates of its effect on healthcare usage and costs should be used to guide healthcare planning.…”
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Compound events in Germany in 2018: drivers and case studies by E. Xoplaki, E. Xoplaki, F. Ellsäßer, F. Ellsäßer, J. Grieger, K. M. Nissen, J. G. Pinto, M. Augenstein, T.-C. Chen, T.-C. Chen, H. Feldmann, P. Friederichs, D. Gliksman, D. Gliksman, L. Goulier, K. Haustein, K. Haustein, J. Heinke, L. Jach, F. Knutzen, S. Kollet, J. Luterbacher, J. Luterbacher, N. Luther, S. Mohr, S. Mohr, C. Mudersbach, C. Müller, E. Rousi, F. Simon, L. Suarez-Gutierrez, L. Suarez-Gutierrez, L. Suarez-Gutierrez, S. Szemkus, S. M. Vallejo-Bernal, S. M. Vallejo-Bernal, S. M. Vallejo-Bernal, O. Vlachopoulos, F. Wolf

“…We provide new insights into the drivers of spatially and temporally compound events, such as heat and drought, and heavy precipitation combined with extreme winds, and their adverse effects on ecosystems and society, using large-scale atmospheric patterns. …”
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GIS-based frequency ratio and Shannon entropy modeling for landslide susceptibility mapping: A case study in Kundah Taluk, Nilgiris District, India by Senthilkumar Harithaa, Selvaraj Evany Nithya

“…Kundah taluk in the Nilgiris has witnessed an increasing number of landslide events in recent years, primarily attributed to heavy monsoon rainfall, steep terrain and human-induced factors. …”
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Examining the Claims about the Relationship Between the Holocaust, and the Armenian Deportation by Murat Köylü

“…It has been debated whether Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was taken as a role model in the reconstruction process of Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, which lost the First World War and tried to be destroyed by the heavy economic sanctions of the Treaty of Versailles. …”
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A Typical Basalt Platform Landslide: Mechanism and Stability Prediction of Xiashan Landslide by Yongliang Huang, Zhiwei Sun, Chunyan Bao, Man Huang, Anyuan Li, Minghao Liu

“…The rainfall statistics of the landslide area in the past 30 years show that the rainfall and rainfall frequency in the landslide area display an increasing trend. The probability of heavy rain with rainfall intensity of 100–250 mm/day in the landslide area is very high. …”
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Removal of copper (II) ions from aqueous solution using acid- and alkali-treated carbonized mangosteen peel as adsorbent by Anee Sweatha, Krishnan Soundarajan

“…The level of toxic heavy metals from the industrial effluents, seeping into neighbouring waterbodies and agricultural land, must be reduced. …”
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Helicobacter pylori promotes intestinal flora imbalance and hepatic metabolic disorders under arsenic stress by Linmin Zhong, Qiling Yang, Yiming Shao, Shanwen Hu, Lianxian Guo

“…Herein, we hypothesize that H. pylori infection may exacerbate the intestinal flora imbalance and hepatic metabolic disturbances caused by arsenic exposure, which may disrupt enterohepatic homeostasis and potentially increase biological susceptibility to heavy metal toxicity.…”
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Modeling to medical and economic data using: The transmuted power unit inverse Lindley distribution by Eman A. Eldessouky, Osama H. Mahmoud Hassan, Badr Aloraini, Ibrahim Elbatal

“…Modeling biomedical and economic data accurately poses considerable challenges due to the complexity of these datasets, which frequently display variability, skewness, and heavy tails. Standard probability distributions often do not adequately represent these complexities, resulting in erroneous conclusions. …”
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Enhanced CLIP-GPT Framework for Cross-Lingual Remote Sensing Image Captioning by Rui Song, Beigeng Zhao, Lizhi Yu

“…Traditional “encoder-decoder” approaches face limitations due to their high training costs and heavy reliance on large-scale annotated datasets, hindering their practical applications. …”
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Interactions between and Shared Molecular Mechanisms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Hong Shen, Junrong Zhao, Ying Liu, Guangdong Sun

“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) accounts for about 90% of all diabetes patients and incurs a heavy global public health burden. Up to 50% of T2D patients will eventually develop neuropathy as T2D progresses. …”
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A Vision-Based Video Crash Detection Framework for Mixed Traffic Flow Environment Considering Low-Visibility Condition by Chen Wang, Yulu Dai, Wei Zhou, Yifei Geng

“…First, Retinex image enhancement algorithm was introduced to improve the quality of images, collected under low-visibility conditions (e.g., heavy rainy days, foggy days and dark night with poor lights). …”
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Co-Hydrothermal Carbonization of Goose Feather and Pine Sawdust: A Promising Strategy for Disposal of Sports Waste and the Robust Improvement of the Supercapacitor Characteristics... by Tingyu Ma, Jieni Wang, Xiaobo Han, Chuanbing Zhang, Yahui Xu, Leichang Cao, Shuguang Zhao, Jinglai Zhang, Shicheng Zhang

“…In this study, nanoporous biochar was prepared through co-hydrothermal carbonization (co-HTC) and pyrolytic activation by using mixed goose feathers and heavy-metals-contaminated pine sawdust. Comprehensive characterization demonstrated that the prepared M-3-25 (Biochar derived from mixed feedstocks (25 mg/g Cu in pine sawdust) at 700 °C with activator ratios of 3) possesses a high specific surface area 2501.08 m² g⁻¹ and abundant heteroatomic (N, O, and Cu), exhibiting an outstanding physicochemical structure and ultrahigh electrochemical performance. …”
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Perception et stratégies d’adaptation aux incertitudes climatiques par les exploitants agricoles des zones marécageuses au Sud-Kivu by Arsène Mushagalusa Balasha, Jean-Hélène Kitsali Katungo, Benjamin Murhula Balasha, Lebon Hwali Masheka, Aloïse Bitagirwa Ndele, Volonté Cirhuza , Jean -Baptiste Assumani Buhendwa, Innocent Akilimali, Nicanor Cubaka, Benoît Bismwa

“…These farmers experience heavy and short rainfall (76 %), rising temperatures and a dry season likely long. …”
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Linear-Rotary Position Control System With Enhanced Disturbance Rejection for a Novel Total Artificial Heart by Rosario V. Giuffrida, Andreas Horat, Dominik Bortis, Tim Bierewirtz, Krishnaraj Narayanaswamy, Marcus Granegger, Johann W. Kolar

“…The design of the position control system targets tight reference tracking (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm$</tex-math></inline-formula>8 mm linear stroke and continuous rotation) up to an operational frequency of 5 Hz, under the heavy disturbance introduced by the axial hydraulic load force, as high as 45 N. …”
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Negative experiences with primary care services in Norway expressed in patient and next-of-kin complaints – a qualitative study by Alison Axisa Eriksen, Terje Emil Fredwall, Inger Beate Larsen

“…Results Four themes were developed through thematic analysis: 1) the services patients received did not align with their perceived needs; 2) patients experienced disrupted transitions between healthcare services; 3) patients and next of kin encountered substandard case handling; and 4) insufficient services placed a heavy burden on next of kin. These findings were integrated to a patient-centred framework to provide structure and make them more accessible to healthcare providers. …”
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Inhibition of myotube formation by platelet-derived growth factor subunit B in QM7 cells by Sarang Choi, Sangsu Shin

“…This result was also confirmed at the molecular level by a reduced amount of myosin heavy chain protein in the PDGFB-OE cells. Therefore, PDGFB inhibits the differentiation of muscle cells. …”
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Monitoring N : P Ratio and Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn Contents in Different Types of Anaerobic Digestates: A Six-Year Study Case by Christina-Luise Roß, Kerstin Nielsen, Jorita Krieger, Marieke Hoffmann, Karen Sensel-Gunke, Frank Ellmer, Timo Kautz

“…The N : P ratio of the digestates ranged from 2 to 24, with the digestate coming from cofermentation of pig slurry and energy crops (“DG Pig”) having the widest range of N : P ratio over the years. Heavy metal loads of all digestates and during all evaluations did not exceed the limits set by European or German legislation, but as previously expected, showed a large variability especially if cattle or pig manure were used as substrates. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of <i>Trypoxylus dichotomus</i>: Inorganic Elements, Amino Acids, and Bioactive Compounds and Their Anticancer, Antioxidant, and Neuroprotective Properties by Dongyan Ye, Qianhui Li, Xuwen Liu, Jie Zhou, Shuren Yin, Suyi Zhang, Jing Wang, Kh Ahammad Uz Zaman, Helong Bai, Fanlei Meng

“…GC-MS analysis revealed 37–53 components across different life stages, excluding excessive heavy metals and containing essential trace elements. …”
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