Impacts of mining projects on food security of households in Ethiopia: empirical evidence from Benishangul-Gumuz Region by Netsanet Zeleke Haile, Admassu Tesso Huluka, Amsalu Bedemo Beyene

“…Using systematic random sampling, we collected primary data from a sample of 333 households, comprising 162 from a community located around the mining projects (treated households) and 171 from a community without mining projects in the area (control households). …”
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Association between gut microbiota and central retinal artery occlusion: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Jin Chen, Xinghua Wang, Junjie Yang, Jiahui Huang, Meng Xie, Zixuan Su, Fagang Jiang

“…Methods: Data for gut microbiota were obtained from the genome-wide association studies of the Dutch Microbiome Project (DMP) (n = 7738) and the MiBioGen consortium (n = 18,340), and data on CRAO were obtained from samples of FinnGen project (546 cases and 344,569 controls). …”
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Comparison of sample preparation methods for higher heating values in various sugarcane varieties using near-infrared spectroscopy by Kantisa Phoomwarin, Khwantri Saengprachatanarug, Jetsada Posom, Seree Wongpichet, Kittipong Laloon, Arthit Phuphaphud

“…However, this traditional method is time-consuming because it requires pre-drying of samples and is limited by small sample sizes, potentially leading to inaccuracies and the need for repeated measurements, thereby increasing the overall cost. …”
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Causal relationship of liposomes and circulating metabolomes to schizophrenia： a two-step， two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Lei Mengyun, Du Yanhong, Gao Yao, Deng Huaili, Wang Binhong, Ren Zhiyong, Liu Sha

“…［Fund by National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program （number， 82271546）； Shanxi Merit Funding for Overseas Students Sci-Tech Activities Project （number， 20240041）； Shanxi Province Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Team Project （number， 202304051001049）； Shanxi Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars （number， 2022-190）； "Six Measures for Health Care Prosperity" Specialized Research Program （number， Y2024008）］…”
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Crisis management strategiess of the residential users in rural areas - cities (Sample: rural - urban Aslanduz, Ardebil province) by Masud Taghvai, Jaber Alizadeh

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Thermal Damage Characterization and Modeling in Granite Samples Subjected to Heat Treatment by Leveraging Machine Learning and Experimental Data by Gabit Sansyzbekov, Amoussou Coffi Adoko, Paul Mathews George

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Causal relationship between immune cells and acute myeloid leukemia: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Fanhua Yu, Hao Jiang, Yena Gu

“…This bidirectional two-sample MR study aims to investigate the causal link between immune cell phenotypes and AML. …”
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Causal Effects Between Blood Pressure Variability and Alzheimer's Disease: A Two‐Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Pingping Jia, Ziyu Hao, Karen Yiu, Kelvin Tsoi

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DNA Metabarcoding Using Indexed Primers: Workflow to Characterize Bacteria, Fungi, Plants, and Arthropods from Environmental Samples by Teresa M. Tiedge, Jorden T. Rabasco, Kelly A. Meiklejohn

“…The Earth Microbiome Project (EMP) adopted the use of indexed primers, PCR primers containing Illumina^® adapter sequences and a unique 12-nucleotide Golay barcode to simplify the identification of bacterial taxa via the 16S barcode. …”
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Inflammatory bowel disease and risk of ophthalmic inflammation-related diseases: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Shao-Jie Ren, Ting Liu, Man-Hong Xu, Wei Shi, Xiao-Rong Li

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Person-centered contraceptive counseling and associations with contraceptive practices among a nationally representative sample of women in Ethiopia by Celia Karp, Shira Tikofsky, Solomon Shiferaw, Assefa Seme, Mahari Yihdego, Linnea Zimmerman

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Quality improvement project to reduce length of stay for patients with urinary tract infections in an NHS hospital trust by Molly Crawford

“…White-topped urine sample errors reduced by 50% following the process change. …”
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The Green Chile Project. I. A New Catalog of Low-redshift Extended Emission-line Nebulae by Audrey F. Dijeau, Moire K. M. Prescott, Kelly N. Sanderson

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EFFECT OF SALT ACCUMULATION AND LEACHING SUCCESSION ON SOME SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN SOME RABEAA IRRIGATION PROJECT by Salahaldeen A. Mostaffa

“…Soil samples were collected from (0–20 cm) depth during two periods. …”
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EFFECT OF SALT ACCUMULATION AND LEACHING SUCCESSION ON SOME SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN SOME RABEAA IRRIGATION PROJECT by Salahaldeen A. Mostaffa

“…Soil samples were collected from (0–20 cm) depth during two periods. …”
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An Interdisciplinary Design Project for Undergraduate Engineering Training – Portable Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction System by Lanju Mei, Lei Zhang, Willie Brown, Xianfang Tan

“…Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine, which can test DNA samples by rapidly making millions of copies of a specific DNA sample through the PCR process, including the COVID-19 virus, can perfectly fit this demand. …”
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Exploring the Potential of Oral History Project (OHP) in enhancing Meta-cognitive Abilities in a History Classroom by Mohau Soldaat, Fezeka Gxwayibeni

“…The Oral History Project (OHP) is prescribed in the South African History curriculum of Grades 10 and 11 for Term two. …”
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Prioritizing Barriers to People's Participation in Soil and Water Conservation Projects (A Case Study: Eastern Iran) by Hamzeh Noor, Amin Salehpour jam, Mahmoudreza Tabatabaei

“…Identifying and prioritizing barriers to people's participation (PPBs) in is a prerequisite for implementing participatory soil and water conservation projects (SWCPs). Comparison evaluation of the local community and experts perspectives on the PPBs has rarely been investigated. …”
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Multi-view affinity-based projection alignment for unsupervised domain adaptation via locality preserving optimization by Weibin Luo, Mingye Chen, Jian Gao, Yanping Zhu, Fang Wang, Chenyang Zhu

“…MAPA transforms each sample into multiple augmented views, constructs a unified affinity matrix that combines semantic cues from pseudo-labels with feature-based distances, and then learns a locality-preserving projection to align source and target data in a shared low-dimensional space. …”
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Physical activity assessment and prescription for overweight patients in primary care in Portugal: A quality improvement project by Rita Vale Lima, Carina Antunes, Filipa Ribeiro, Andreia Teixeira, Carlos Martins

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