Optimization of phenol biodegradation by efficient bacteria isolated from petrochemical effluents by M. Shahriari Moghadam, N. Safaei, G.H. Ebrahimipour

“…Among the isolated strains, NS1 had the highest ability to degrade phenol. In order to observe the best yield in phenol biodegradation using NS1, optimization was performed using one factor at a time of experimental design to investigate the effect of four factors, including pH, temperature, phosphate and urea concentration. …”
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Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes: Severe Neurological Symptoms Resulting from Relatively Benign or Occult Tumours—Two Case Reports by M. Ghadiri-Sani, Mueez Waqar, Dave Smith, Mark Doran

“…Paraneoplastic syndromes represent rare symptom complexes resulting from the ability of tumour cells to disrupt the homeostatic processes of various bodily systems. …”
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Factors Driving Social Capital Participation in Urban Green Development: A Case Study on Green Renovation of Old Residential Communities Under Urban Renewal in China by Guoshuai Sun, Hengfu Zhang, Jiao Feng

“…The results indicate that government incentives and constraints, policy support, the costs and benefits of implementing green renovation, the development of green renovation technologies, and construction technical abilities significantly influence the decision-making of social capital. …”
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Climate adaptation plans and “green jobs”: challenges for implementing a responsive, multi-skilled workforce in Worcester, Massachusetts by Varun Bhat, Sarah Strauss

“…All this points to a vague description of green jobs and green workforce, that can significantly impact Worcester’s ability to achieve a climate-ready workforce and to achieve its climate adaptation goals.…”
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Novel, low-cost bioreactor for in vitro electrical stimulation of cardiac cells by Joseph P. Licata, Jonathan A. Gerstenhaber, Peter I. Lelkes

“…Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) grown in the bioreactor with ES showed improved differentiation and an enhanced ability to respond to external electrical pacing signals.DiscussionBy offering a standardized platform for ES-based cardiomyocyte maturation, this bioreactor aims to accelerate advancements in cardiac tissue engineering. …”
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Evaluating the Biodeterioration Enzymatic Activities of Fungal Contamination Isolated from Some Ancient Yemeni Mummies Preserved in the National Museum by Khalid Mohammed Naji, Qais Yusuf M. Abdullah, Aida Qaseem M. AL-Zaqri, Saeed M. Alghalibi

“…Fifteen isolates exhibited ability to produce cellulase (EC; 3.2.1.4), Aspergillus candidus being the highest cellulose-producer. …”
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Real-time Detection of Imperfect Wheat Grains on Wheat Pile Surface Based on IDS-YOLO by FAN Jiawei, WU Lan, YAN Jingjing

“…Then, the SENet attention mechanism optimized with exponential thinking was embedded to facilitated the design of an Enhanced Feature Extraction Network (Increase-FPN) in order to enhance the model’s ability to extract features of imperfect grains amidst complex backgrounds so that the detection accuracy could be improved and false negative rates reduced. …”
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Chemical Process Fault Diagnosis Based on Improved ResNet Fusing CBAM and SPP by Xiaochen Yan, Yang Zhang, Qibing Jin

“…This module can effectively reduce the interference of invalid targets and improve the characterization ability of the model. Finally, based on the backbone path of the network, the branching path after spatial pyramid pooling (SPP) is introduced to enable the network to extract features from different angles of the feature map and further aggregation, which improves the robustness of the model. …”
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Fostering communicative competence: A task-based approach to public speaking materials development by Ariatna Ariatna

“…This paper presents findings from a research and development (R&D) study aimed at refining English teaching materials using a task-based approach to bolster university students' public speaking abilities. The study was conducted in the English Language Department at a public university in Medan and followed the R&D model by employing a multi-phase methodology. …”
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Evaluation of the Status of Yasouj in terms of City Development Strategy (CDS) Indicators by Ahmad PoorAhmed, Ali Saberi

“…The linear regression analysis indicates that, according to the people's perspective, the dimensions of bankability and the ability to live comfortably hold the highest and lowest significance, with coefficients of 0.413 and 0.167, respectively. …”
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Viscoelastic, Spectroscopic, and Microscopic Characterization of Novel Bio-Based Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) Compound by Mei Chan Sin, Irene Kit Ping Tan, Mohd Suffian Mohd Annuar, Seng Neon Gan

“…This study aimed to investigate the ability of an alternative greener material, medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHA), a kind of biopolyester and its thermally degraded oligoesters, to act as a compatible bioplasticizer for PVC. …”
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An Approach to Macroscopic Central Lymph Nodes Detected during Surgery in Patients with Thyroid Micropapillary Carcinoma: Should We Resort to Dissection? by Osman Kurukahvecioglu, Kursat Dikmen, Hasan Bostanci, Murat Akin, Ferit Taneri

“…High-resolution ultrasonography and the ability to perform fine-needle aspiration biopsy even for nodules smaller than three millimeters have considerably increased the detection rate of thyroid micropapillary carcinoma (TMPC). …”
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Parallel systems in healthcare: Addressing Indigenous health equity in Canada by Anika Sehgal, Andrea Kennedy, Katharine McGowan, Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe

“…Canada’s healthcare, harmonised through the Canada Health Act of 1984, focuses on need over ability to pay. Despite successes, the system struggles with social determinants of health and widening health inequities, especially among Indigenous peoples. …”
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Effectiveness of Clinical Training in Influencing the Outcome of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid in Selected Facilities at a County in Kenya by Evah Maina, Abednego Ongeso, Nancy Maingi

“…The cervical pre-cancer positivity rate increased from 0.8% at baseline to 14.1% post-intervention, indicating enhanced detection abilities. Conclusion: VIA is a viable screening method in low-resource settings when healthcare providers are adequately trained. …”
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Peripheral Contributions to Visceral Hyperalgesia by GF Gebhart

“…One characteristic of cutaneous nociceptors is their ability to be sensitized when tissue is injured. Mechanosensitive visceral receptors also sensitize when the viscera are experimentally inflamed, but both visceral receptors with low thresholds and those with high thresholds for response are sensitized. …”
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Evaluating Diagnostic Accuracy and Treatment Efficacy in Mental Health: A Comparative Analysis of Large Language Model Tools and Mental Health Professionals by Inbar Levkovich

“…Large language models (LLMs) offer promising possibilities in mental health, yet their ability to assess disorders and recommend treatments remains underexplored. …”
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NUMERICAL STUDY OF THERMAL SCHEMES OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS FULFILLED WITH THE АID OF THEIR TOPOLOGICAL MODELS by V. N. Romaniuk, A. A. Bobich

“…Renovation of technology of conversion of fuel energy into heat and electricity flows is effective while it is performed simultaneously with the elaboration of thermal circuits of CHP by insertion heat accumulators and absorption lithium bromide heat pumps (ALBHP) in the structure of CHP; the mentioned insertion amends thermodynamic as well as economic and environmental indicators of CHP renovation and also develops CHP maneuverability. The ability of CHP to provide heat in required quantity, their capacity to change electricity generation output without excessive fuel consumption is extremely relevant for the energy system that incorporates thermal power plants as dominating component. …”
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Instilling democratic values in social science learning in junior high school by Mila Wati, Syarbaini Saleh

“…The results of this study suggest that 1) Implementation of Group Discussion: in this case the teacher emphasizes the importance of group work to foster a sense of responsibility among students; 2) Educators use a variety of strategies to instill democratic values, including facilitating discussions that encourage students to express their opinions freely; 3) This involvement is related to their ability to practice democratic values, such as tolerance and respect for different viewpoints; 4) a supportive school environment, including the involvement of teachers and school leaders, plays an important role in the successful implementation of democratic values in the curriculum; 5) The effectiveness of the teaching used in integrating democratic values into the learning process; 6) Supporting and inhibiting factors: a) supporters, namely educators, students, facilities or infrastructure, and school culture; b) Obstacles are limited time and lack of motivation for students' learning.…”
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Economic Analysis of Water Treatments for Phosphorus Removal in Florida by Daisuke Sano, Alan Hodges, Robert Degner

“…This study compares the cost effectiveness of two different water treatment systems that have demonstrated an enhanced phosphorus removal ability utilizing aquatic plants and biomass: Wetland Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA) and Managed Aquatic Plant Systems (MAPS). …”
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Students Results Tracking Tool: A Case Study of Kabale Secondary school. by Kebirungi, Susan

“…Hence, in the current era of e-learning, prompted by the adoption of ICT, students' results tracking has the advantage of being easy to administer, ability to offer students instant results, having easy verification, devoid of paperwork it is capable of reducing the proportion of workload on students' results tracking.…”
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