Can the botanical azadirachtin replace phased-out soil insecticides in suppressing the soil insect pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera? by Stefan Toepfer, Szabolcs Toth, Mark Szalai

“…The ED50 for suppressing larval populations were estimated at 92 g azadirachtin/ha, for preventing heavy root damage 52 g/ha and for preventing general root damage 220 g/ha. …”
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Early Childhood Caries: Expectant Mothers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Willingness to Treatment by Malini Venugopal, Vinitha Alex, Ektah Khosla, K. Korath Abraham, Arun Roy James, Elsa Thenumkal

“…The treatment is invasive, causing physical as well as mental stress not only among children and parents but also among dentists. ECC also places a heavy financial burden on the community. Hence, preventive treatment is considered to be of utmost importance. …”
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Recombinant Anti-PF4 Antibodies Derived from Patients with Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis (VITT) Facilitate Research and Laboratory Diagnosis of VITT by Luisa Müller, Venkata A. S. Dabbiru, Lucy Rutten, Rinke Bos, Roland Zahn, Stefan Handtke, Thomas Thiele, Marta Palicio, Olga Esteban, Marta Broto, Tom Paul Gordon, Andreas Greinacher, Jing Jing Wang, Linda Schönborn

“…Methods: Amino acid sequences of the variable region of immunoglobulin light and heavy chain of anti-PF4 IgG derived from VITT patients were obtained by mass spectrometry sequencing and rAbs were synthetized by reverse-engineering. …”
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An Assessment of Landslides Occurrence and its Implications on Local Community in Ibanda Sub County Kasese District, Uganda by Agaba, Chris

“…The findings revealed that, first, human activities that caused landslides include deforestation in general and removal of vegetation on slopes, specifically excavation of the toe slope, loading of the slope, defective maintenance of drainage systems, water leakages from water supply and terracing on the slopes. Second, heavy rainfall, geology, soil thickness, deep weathering, fluvial erosion of slope toe are the geomorphological factors that causes landslide in the area. …”
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The Impact of Domestic Roles on Girls' Academic Performance in English in Maziba Sub-County Kabale District. by Mwesigye, Fred

“…Decisionmaking power is a proxy of empowerment along with a few other proxies to investigate the effect of credit programs on women, women have limited role in household decision-making limited access and control over household resources (physical and financial assets), low level of individual assets, heavy domestic workloads, restricted mobility and inadequate knowledge and skills that leading to women's vulnerability, despite their tremendous contribution to food production and well-being for the household, rural women are underestimated in development strategies, women's participation in household decision-making. can automatically increase the overall status of women and as well as make them empowered, women have been considered as a docile daughter, a complacent wife and a dependent mother. …”
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Challenges Faced By Literature Teachers In Rwahi-Rwentobo Town Council Ntungamo District. by Kokunda, Rosemary

“…From objective two above, the finding indicated that there are several challenges facing teachers teaching literature in selected secondary schools and these included teachers turn over forces schools to devote attention, frequent transfer of teachers may lead to both poor performance and dropout, heavy number in classes is not favorable for teachers c to attended every student which leads to poor performance, no sufficient numbers of graduates produced in specific teaching fields. …”
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Assessment of Teachers’ Turnover and its Impact on Academic Performance in Government Aided Secondary Schools of Kayonza Sub-County Kanungu District. by Biryomumeisho, Gideon

“…Thirdly, the lack of career advancement opportunities was identified as a significant demotivator, with 79.4% of respondents feeling that limited opportunities for professional growth and promotion pushed them to leave. Additionally, the heavy workload, including large class sizes and additional administrative duties, was noted by 66.7% of respondents as a contributing factor to their decision to leave. …”
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Antistripping potential of cement kiln dust on recycled asphalt pavement. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions by Usman, Kabiru Rogo, Ali, Atheer Muhammed, Wakawa, Yakubu Mamman, Usman, Abbas

“…In addition to the physical, mechanical, chemical, and structural/morphological tests, the safe inclusion of CKD in terms of heavy metals was evaluated by applying toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) test. …”
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Epigenetic Inhibitors Differentially Impact TGF-β1 Signaling Cascades in COPD Airway Smooth Muscle Cells by Karosham Diren Reddy, Dikaia Xenaki, Ian M. Adcock, Brian G. G. Oliver, Razia Zakarya

“…<b>Methods:</b> Airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells, a pivotal cell type in COPD, were isolated from the small airways of heavy smokers with and without COPD. Histone acetylation and DNA methylation were inhibited before the TGF-β1 stimulation of cells. …”
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Construction and Application of Enterprise Internal Audit Data Analysis Model Based on Decision Tree Algorithm by Yuna Si

“…The traditional audit work is mainly offline audit, the task is heavy and temporary, there are few auditors, and there is a lack of unified data mart and analysis model support. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Clove Oil in Mitigating Cadmium-Induced Hepatorenal Toxicity Through Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antiapoptotic Mechanisms by Inas M. Elgharib, Fatma M. Abdelhamid, Gehad E. Elshopakey, Hatem Sembawa, Talat A. Albukhari, Waheed A. Filimban, Rehab M. Bagadood, Mohamed E. El-Boshy, Engy F. Risha

“…Hazardous heavy metals, particularly cadmium (Cd), are widely distributed in the environment and cause oxidative stress in various animal and human organs. …”
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ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE LABOR SERVICE OF UKRAINE: STRENGTHENING OF LABOR STANDARDS, MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL CO... by Lyudmila Kulachok-Titova, Iryna Pachomova

“…The main shortcomings in the activity of State Labor Inspectors of Ukraine are outlined, in particular, heavy workload, low wages, limitations in activity caused by inconsistency of legislation.…”
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Global, regional, and national burden of heart failure and its underlying causes, 1990–2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Jun Ran, Ping Zhou, Jinxi Wang, Xuemei Zhao, Yan Huang, Qiong Zhou, Mei Zhai, Yuhui Zhang

“…It is essential to prioritize regions with heavy burdens or rapid growth rates, strengthen the management of major causes, and monitor HF burden trends in the post-COVID era.…”
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Preharvest Factors Affecting Quality on “Abate Fetel” Pears: Study of Superficial Scald with Multivariate Statistical Approach by Alessandro Bonora, Enrico Muzzi, Cristiano Franceschini, Alexandra Boini, Gianmarco Bortolotti, Kushtrim Bresilla, Giulio Demetrio Perulli, Melissa Venturi, Luigi Manfrini, Luca Corelli Grappadelli

“…Some can increase its occurrences such as physiological and agronomical factors: high yields, late date of blooming, heavy downpours, improper irrigation management (low watering frequency and high volumes), nitrogen (included that deriving from organic matter), soil texture (presence of clay), orchard age, and canopy volume in relation to training system and rootstock. …”
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Microbial assisted alleviation of nickel toxicity in plants: A review by Xinyu Mao, Bilal Ahmad, Sabir Hussain, Farrukh Azeem, Muhammad Waseem, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Amany H.A. Abeed, Muhammad Rizwan, Jean Wan Hong Yong

“…To tackle any metal-linked pollution issues, various remediation approaches are employed to remove heavy metals (especially nickel) and metalloids including physicochemical, and biological methods. …”
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Toward mechanistic understanding of wettability alteration in carbonate rocks in the presence of nanoparticles, gelatin biopolymer, and core-shell nanocomposite of Fe3O4@gelatin by Mohammad Ebrahimi, Hossein Ghalenavi, Mahin Schaffie, Mohammad Ranjbar, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…Dolomite and calcite contact angles increased from 56.50° and 50.70° to 107.70° and 104.00°, respectively, due to the presence of heavy and polar elements in the oil. The impact of aging time (7 and 11 days) on rock wettability was studied. …”
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The development of a food-group, tree classification method and its use in exploring dietary associations with metabolic dysfunction-associated Steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and... by Amina A. Alawadi, Amrita Vijay, Jane I. Grove, Moira A. Taylor, Guruprasad P. Aithal

“…Results: Significant associations were found for red meat intake with MASLD (OR [CI]: 1.013 [1.001–1.025]) and fibrosis (Beta [SE]: +0.048 [0.013]); intakes of nuts (OR [CI]: 0.951 [0.905–0.999]); and fish (OR [CI]: 0.985 [0.971–0.999]) with MASLD; “Cereals and cereals products”, “salt and gravy” and baked foods with fibrosis (Beta [SE]: +0.018 to +0.057 [0.005–0.23]); white and organ meat (Beta [SE]: −0.04 to −0.61 [0.015–0.249]); diet soda (OR [CI]: +0.01 [1–1.003]) and red meat intakes (OR [CI]:+0.002 [1.002–1.016]) with T2DM; wholegrain wheat, red meat, and semi-skimmed dairy intakes with hypercholesterolemia (ORs [CI]: −0.003 to −0.023 [1–1.043]); “herbs and spices” and wholegrain rice with hypercholesterolaemia (ORs [CI]: −0.08 to −0.98 [0.159–0.989); fresh herbs and boiled foods intakes with hypertension (ORs [CI]: −0.001 to −2.21 [0.013–1]). …”
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Uso e ocupação do solo em São Paulo, alterações climáticas e os riscos ambientais contemporâneos by Jane Zilda dos Santos Ramires, Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry

“…The results of this analysis showed that extreme events related to climate change, particularly with heavy and concentrated rainfall, has been occurring causing significant risks to its population, especially to the ones that are more vulnerable. …”
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Antibiofilm and Anti-Quorum Sensing Potential of Safely-Synthesized Hydrated Zirconium Oxide-Coated Alginate Beads against Some Pathogenic Bacteria by Alfred Ngenge Tamfu, Yasemin Ispirli Dogaç, Ozgur Ceylan, Andreea Botezatu Dediu, Selahattin Bozkurt, Rodica Mihaela Dinica

“…Metal oxides possess particular characteristics required for removing heavy metals, inorganic and organic pollutants from wastewater as well as inhibiting microorganisms. …”
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A novel compound heterozygous mutation in the DYNC2H1 gene in a Chinese family with Jeune syndrome by Sujie Xiong, Guangyao Hu, Yao Zhou, Fei Sun, Yanlin Ma

“…Abstract Background The dynein cytoplasmic two heavy chain 1 (DYNC2H1) gene encodes a cytoplasmic dynein subunit. …”
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