Risk Assessment of Trace Element Contamination in Drinking Water and Agricultural Soil: A Study in Selected Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) Endemic Areas in Sri L... by W. P. R. T. Perera, M. D. N. R. Dayananda, D. M. U. C. Dissanayake, R. A. S. D. Rathnasekara, W. S. M. Botheju, J. A. Liyanage, S. K. Weragoda, K. A. M. Kularathne

“…Meanwhile, high exposure to heavy metals/metalloids and their accumulation are recognized as the origin of many acute and chronic diseases in certain vulnerable human tissues including kidneys. …”
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Life cycle comparison of industrial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling and mining supply chains by Michael L. Machala, Xi Chen, Samantha P. Bunke, Gregory Forbes, Akarys Yegizbay, Jacques A. de Chalendar, Inês L. Azevedo, Sally Benson, William A. Tarpeh

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Breaking barriers: examining the impact of language on employee-driven innovation in European multinational subsidiaries in Thailand by Wongsatorn Worakittikul, Thanatphong Mangdindam, Chavis Ketkaew, Phaninee Naruetharadhol

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A randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial of ketamine in Rett syndrome by Kathleen Campbell, Jeffrey L. Neul, David N. Lieberman, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Tim A. Benke, Cary Fu, Alan Percy, Bernhard Suter, David Morris, Randall L. Carpenter, Eric D. Marsh, Jana von Hehn

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Study on the Adsorption Effect of Renewable Biochar Based on Energy Gain by Zhanghang Yang, Qixiang Xu, Ruiqin Zhang, Qianming Huang, Mingxin Liu

“…Since the crop-residual-derived charcoal could effectively restore the nutritional structure of the soil, which contributes to preventing the decrease in grain yield, and it is also a kind of renewable environment-friendly resource by itself, which could be used in control the pollution of heavy metal ions, it is expected that the crop-residual-derived charcoal will be a new adsorption material that could be used to control the heavy metal pollution in the future; the adsorption effect of biochar as new adsorption material on heavy metal ions has a distinct advantage over traditional adsorbent materials, and biochar is a renewable energy source, which is cheap and better for recycling resources.…”
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The Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Glycometabolic Abnormality in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Men by Siwen Zhang, Yujia Liu, Gang Wang, Xianchao Xiao, Xiaokun Gang, Fei Li, Chenglin Sun, Ying Gao, Guixia Wang

“…The univariate analysis revealed higher incidence of prediabetes among drinkers (32.8%) compared with nondrinkers (28.6%), particularly in heavy alcohol consumers. The logistic regression analysis showed that alcohol consumption, especially heavy consumption, was an independent risk factor for prediabetes. …”
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Study on the Impact of Future Climate Change on Extreme Meteorological and Hydrological Elements in the Upper Reaches of the Minjiang River by Ting Chen, Yao Ye, Kebi Yang, Xu Zhang, Tianqi Ao

“…The duration of precipitation, the intensity of continuous heavy precipitation, and the frequency of heavy precipitation will increase, whereas the intensity of short-term heavy precipitation and the frequency of heavy precipitation will decrease. …”
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Harmful Chemicals in Soil and Risk Assessment of an Abandoned Open Dumpsite in Eastern China by Ying Huang, YongXia Li, Jian Yang, MinMin Xu, Bo Sun, FuWei Gao, Ning Wang

“…Inorganic pollutants and heavy metals were detected in all of the soil samples. …”
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Association between alcohol consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in Japan: a population-base longitudinal cohort study by Yuan-Zhe Huang, Fang Luo, Xiong Ran, Jian Yang, Min Gu, Shao-Quan Zhou

“…Abstract Heavy alcohol consumption is a known risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D), However, the moderating effect of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels remains unclear. …”
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Fabrication of tin nanoparticles with functionalized platinum nanodendrites on ITO electrode for simultaneous detection of Cd2+, Pb2+, and Cu2+ ions by Nurul Hidayah Ramli, Noorhashimah Mohamad Nor, Zainovia Lockman, Khairunisak Abdul Razak

“…Heavy metals have high density and are toxic even at low concentrations (ppb). …”
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Study on Adsorption of Cu and Ba from Aqueous Solutions Using Nanoparticles of Origanum (OR) and Lavandula (LV) by Ghadah M. Al-Senani, Foziah F. Al-Fawzan

“…The adsorbents were used for adsorption of Cu and Ba from water. The adsorption of heavy metals onto OR and LV was dependent on particle size, dose, and solution pH. …”
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Association between urinary cobalt exposure and kidney stones in U.S. adult population: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Jun Lu, Dongmei Hong, Qian Wu, Yinghui Xia, Guozhong Chen, Tie Zhou, Cheng Li

“…Purpose Heavy metal exposure can cause impaired or reduced pathology in the kidneys, lungs, liver, and other vital organs. …”
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Early Detection of Baby-Rain-Cell Aloft in a Severe Storm and Risk Projection for Urban Flash Flood by Eiichi Nakakita, Hiroto Sato, Ryuta Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Yamabe, Kosei Yamaguchi

“…Being able to detect heavy rainfall by 23.6 min on average before it reaches the ground, this system is implemented in XRAIN in the Kinki area. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of a Rigid Body Mounting System with Flexible Foundation Subject to Fluid Loading by J.S. Tao, G.R. Liu, K.Y. Lam

“…This paper presents an investigation of the force transmission from a rigid body mounting system to a flexible foundation with light and heavy fluid loading under the force and moment excitation. …”
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Probing a new regime of ultra-dense gluonic matter using high-energy photons with the CMS experiment by Verma Pranjal

“…In ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) involving relativistic heavy ions, the production of heavy-flavor coherent vector mesons through photon-nuclear interactions is a key focus due to its direct sensitivity to the nuclear gluon density. …”
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The Role of Optimal Intervention Strategies on Controlling Excessive Alcohol Drinking and Its Adverse Health Effects by Steady Mushayabasa

“…The transmission process is modeled as a social “contact” process between “heavy” alcohol drinkers and “light” alcohol drinkers within an unchanging shared drinking environment. …”
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Spinodal decomposition in Bjorken flow by Kapusta Joseph, Singh Mayank, Welle Thomas

“…We write the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics with spinodal decomposition and solve it in on a background of Bjorken flow relevant for heavy-ion collisions.…”
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Characteristics of Water Pollution and Evaluation of Water Quality in Subsidence Water Bodies in Huainan Coal Mining Areas, China by Xinyue Deng, Guangzhou Chen

“…Principal factor 1 indicated a mixture of pollution related to nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients, organic pollutants, and heavy metals; principal factor 2 showed heavy metal pollution; and principal factor 3 presented the pollution from heavy metals and cations. …”
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Adsorption of Copper, Zinc and Nickel Ions from Single and Binary Metal Ion Mixtures on to Chicken Feathers by Sameer Al-Asheh, Fawzi Banat, Dheaya‘ Al-Rousan

“…Certain industries often produce mixtures of heavy metal ions in their waste products. Because of the nature of heavy metal ions and the adsorption process, such metal ions can compete with each other for the sorption sites on an adsorbent during adsorption processes. …”
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Statistical and Physical Descriptions of Raindrop Size Distributions in Equatorial Malaysia from Disdrometer Observations by Hong Yin Lam, Jafri Din, Siat Ling Jong

“…This work investigates the physical characteristics of raindrop size distribution (DSD) in an equatorial heavy rain region based on three years of disdrometer observations carried out at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s (UTM’s) campus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. …”
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