Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of the Lauria Mountains Northern Sector Groundwater Resources (Basilicata, Italy) by Filomena Canora, Giovanna Rizzo, Simona Panariello, Francesco Sdao

“…The unaltered δ18O and δD signatures for the groundwater of the major springs allows identifying the recharge area of these emergencies at elevations ranging from 900 m to 1000 m (a.s.l.), pointing out the presence of deeper flow regime feeding of these springs. …”
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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF A DUAL CHANNEL ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POWER TRANSFORMER USING FXLMS ALGORITHM by ADETONA SUNDAY, SALAWU RAIFU, ALABI MORUF

“… Power transformers are known to generate noise, however, active noise emanating from power transformers many at time is unbearable and has been a subject of concern overtime in power engineering. …”
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Drag Reduction Mechanism of Viscoelastic Slick-Water Fracturing Fluid in Tortuous and Rough Fractures by Zhiyu Liu, Fan Fan, Donghang Zhang, Yang Li, Yuan Li, Kai Yang, Hongkui Ge, Fujian Zhou

“…Slick-water can effectively reduce the flow drag of fracturing fluid. Many studies have focused on the drag reduction performance of slick-water in wellbore and perforation, but there has been little research on drag reduction characteristics in fracture flow. …”
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Inventory and ecology of avifauna in Universitas Andalas campus complex, Indonesia by Adib S. Dewangga, Muhammad N. Janra

“…Species and individual numbers were recorded within maximum 100 m radius from center of each point for ten minutes. …”
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Human SLC26A1 Gene Variants: A Pilot Study by Paul A. Dawson, Pearl Sim, David W. Mudge, David Cowley

“…Kidney stones are a global health problem, incurring massive health costs annually. Why stones recur in many patients remains unknown but likely involves environmental, physiological, and genetic factors. …”
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Microstructure and Fatigue Properties of 6061 Aluminum Alloy Laser-MIG Hybrid Welding Joint by Cong Fan, Shanglei Yang, Minqi Zhu, Yishan Bai

“…The fatigue fracture analysis shows that the main cause of fatigue crack is the near-surface pores with 460 μm and 190 μm, respectively. The existence of pores near the surface is equivalent to the formation of a large-scale prefabricated crack, resulting in serious stress concentration. …”
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Chemical Composition of Essential Oil, Phenolic Compounds Content, and Antioxidant Activity of Cistus monspeliensis from Northern Morocco by Sara Haida, Kaltoum Bakkouche, Abdelaziz Ramadane Kribii, Abderahim Kribii

“…In particular, the water/acetone (WAE) (IC50 = 0.079 mg/mL) and butanolic (BUE) (IC0.5 = 0.099 mg/mL) extracts are the most active with values comparable to that of ascorbic acid. …”
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The relationship between vitamin E and C intake with total activity of erythrocytes and breast milk superoxide dismutase in lactating mothers by Ninik Mudjihartini, Diyah Eka Andayani, Sheira Taflah Putri Handana

“… Background: Human milk contains many components, one of them is superoxide dismutase (SOD). …”
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Screening of Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism in Elderly Persons with Diabetes according to Age-Specific Reference Intervals for Serum Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and the Impact of Antid... by Rosita Fontes, Patricia de Fatima dos Santos Teixeira, Mario Vaisman

“…Patients taking metformin (MTF) had TSH (showed in medians) slightly lower (2.8 mU/L) than those not on MTF (3.3 mU/L), p<0.05. …”
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Optimizing Thermal Comfort in Urban Squares of Hot-Humid Regions: A Case Study Considering Tree Growth, Species, and Planting Intervals by Yixuan Xiao, Yong Huang, Xinchen Pan

“…The worsening urban thermal environment has become a critical challenge in many cities. Trees, as vital components of urban green spaces, provide multiple ecosystem services, especially in improving the microclimate. …”
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Colorimetric Detection of Dopamine Based on Peroxidase-like Activity of β-CD Functionalized AuNPs by Sara Anderson, Hamish Shepherd, Kiran Boggavarapu, Janak Paudyal

“…As a result, the presence of dopamine can be detected even through the naked eye (up to the concentration of 3.75 µM) and using a spectrophotometer (up to the concentration of 1.0 µM) by monitoring the disappearance of the blue color of the oxidized form of TMB in the presence of dopamine. …”
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Crane Lifting Optimization and Construction Monitoring in Steel Bridge Construction Project Based on BIM and UAV by Jiahao Tian, Sang Luo, Xinming Wang, Jing Hu, Jun Yin

“…Modular construction methods are adopted in many spatial and temporal limited projects. As the major equipment used in modular construction, the mobile crane affects the safety and efficiency of construction significantly. …”
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Involvement of transposable elements in neurogenesis by R. N. Mustafin, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…In the memory formation, the role of the exchange of virus-like mRNA with the help of the Arc protein of endogenous retroviruses HERV between neurons has been revealed. …”
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Recent advances in applications of green nanocomposites in enhanced oil recovery: a comprehensive review of different characterization methods and effective parameters by Meysam Hemmati, Yaser Ahmadi

“…Abstract Researchers are aware of the many advantages of studying green nanocomposites, which are made from safe industrial materials or taken from plants. …”
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A Study of an Anomaly Detection System for Small Hydropower Data considering Multivariate Time Series by Bo Yang, Zhongliang Lyu, Hua Wei

“…The paper proposes a Keepalived-based hot-standby RDADS-SHC deployment model with m (m ≥ 2) units. It can automatically remove and restart faulty services and switch to their standbys, which significantly improve the reliability of the proposed system, ensuring the safe and stable operation of related functional services. …”
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Inhibition of Ceramide De Novo Synthesis Ameliorates Diet Induced Skeletal Muscles Insulin Resistance by Krzysztof Kurek, Agnieszka Mikłosz, Bartłomiej Łukaszuk, Adrian Chabowski, Jan Górski, Małgorzata Żendzian-Piotrowska

“…For these reasons the animals were randomly divided into four groups: “control” (C), “myriocin” (M), “high fat diet” (HFD), “high fat diet” (HFD), and “high fat diet + myriocin” (HFD + M). …”
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LEAF-YOLO: Lightweight Edge-Real-Time Small Object Detection on Aerial Imagery by Van Quang Nghiem, Huy Hoang Nguyen, Minh Son Hoang

“…LEAF-YOLO-N achieves 21.9% AP.50:.95 and 39.7% AP.50 with only 1.2M parameters. LEAF-YOLO achieves 28.2% AP.50:.95 and 48.3% AP.50 with 4.28M parameters. …”
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The Response of Sensitive LULC Changes to Runoff and Sediment Yield in a Semihumid Urban Watershed of the Upper Awash Subbasin Using the SWAT+ Model, Oromia, Ethiopia by Bekan Chelkeba Tumsa

“…Land use and land cover (LULC) changes in many parts of river basins have caused water shortages, flood risks, land degradation, soil loss, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem deterioration. …”
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Understanding Sustainable Workforce Housing: Creating a Local Needs Assessment by Jeffrey P. Gellermann, Karla Lenfesty, Mark A. Brennan

“…Gellermann, Karla Lenfesty, and M. A. Brennan, discusses the growing need for affordable housing in many areas of Florida and explains how readers can go about conducting a needs assessment to evaluate the demand for affordable/workforce housing in their areas. …”
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Understanding Sustainable Workforce Housing: Creating a Local Needs Assessment by Jeffrey P. Gellermann, Karla Lenfesty, Mark A. Brennan

“…Gellermann, Karla Lenfesty, and M. A. Brennan, discusses the growing need for affordable housing in many areas of Florida and explains how readers can go about conducting a needs assessment to evaluate the demand for affordable/workforce housing in their areas. …”
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