The sorption of Tebuconazole and Linuron from an Aqueous Environment with a Modified Sludge-Based Biochar: Effect, Mechanisms, and Its Persistent Free Radicals Study by Jingjie Yang, Hongwei Sun, Yucan Liu, Xiaohan Wang, Kamran Valizadeh

“…This study demonstrates that sludge-based biochar can achieve efficient removal of tebuconazole and linuron in aqueous environment in a short period of time with no secondary environmental risk especially on the waste activated sludge.…”
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Introducing the non-invasive prenatal test for trisomy 21 in Belgium: a cost-consequences analysis by Mattias Neyt, Frank Hulstaert, Wilfried Gyselaers

“…If NIPT is offered to all pregnant women, the price should be lowered to about €150 to keep the screening cost per T21 diagnosis constant.Conclusions In Belgium, the introduction and reimbursement of NIPT as a second line triage test significantly reduces procedure-related miscarriages without increasing the short-term screening costs. Offering and reimbursing NIPT in the first line to all pregnant women is preferred in the long term, as it would, in addition, miss fewer cases of T21. …”
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Understanding the risks for post-disaster infectious disease outbreaks: a systematic review protocol by Ilan Kelman, Gina E C Charnley, Katy Gaythorpe, Kris Murray

“…Despite evidence for post-disaster outbreaks, reviews quantifying them have been on short time scales, specific geographic areas or specific hazards. …”
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Research on power plant security issues monitoring and fault detection using attention based LSTM model by Shengda Wang, Zeng Dou, Danni Liu, Han Xu, Ji Du

“…Methodology For the purpose of this investigation, an attention-based long short-term memory (Att-LSTM) model was used for the categorization of time series actual data. …”
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Effect Of Caffeine On Exercise Performance: Current Review by Yusuf Buzdağlı, Günay Eskici, Erdinç Şıktar, Aslıhan Tekin

“…As a result, caffeine has been reported to increase endurance performance by 2-4% and improve short-term and intense intensity exercise performance in highly trained individuals. …”
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The Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Waiting for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Worse Than an Age- and Sex-Matched Population: Increasing Time on Waiting Li... by Siddharth Sripada, Harrison Loader, Man Hei Marcus Kam, Arslan Khaliq Raja, Joshua Haggart, Thomas Fawcett, Cameron Peattie, Samuel Molyneux, Nicholas Clement

“…Sixty-seven patients (male, n = 50; female, n = 17; mean age, 29) identified from the surgical waiting list completed a questionnaire that included demographics, BMI, time of injury, EuroQol 5-dimension (EQ-5D), Short-Form (SF-36), and International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) scores. …”
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Hot and cold exposure triggers distinct transcriptional and behavioral responses in laboratory-inbred pond snails by Veronica Rivi, Anuradha Batabyal, Cristina Benatti, Fabio Tascedda, Johanna Maria Catharina Blom, Ken Lukowiak

“…., 4 ​°C and 30 ​°C), particularly in the context of learning and memory formation. We found that while short-term (1 ​h) cold exposure transiently upregulated the expression levels of HSP70 and HSP40 in the snail's central ring ganglia, prolonged cold exposure (24 ​h) resulted in a significant downregulation of LymMIPII and an upregulation of LymMIPR. …”
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Exploring smartphone utilization patterns, addiction, and associated factors in school-going adolescents: A mixed-method study by Hemangi M. Ladani, M Yogesh, Nidhi S. Trivedi, Rohankumar B. Gandhi, Dhruv Lakkad

“…Data were collected on smartphone use, and addiction assessed by a Short Version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV), patterns of use, and correlations with demographic factors, physical health, and psychological symptoms. …”
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The 100th anniversary of the Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, the leader of Russian scientific vegetable growing by A. V. Soldatenko, F. B. Musaev, D. V. Sokolova

“…Its team started with 14 employees, and the experimental crop area was slightly less than 4 hectares. In a short period of time (1920 to 1927), 74 cultivars of the most popular vegetable crops and a number of flower crop varieties were developed and improved. …”
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Exploration of transfer learning techniques for the prediction of PM10 by Michael Poelzl, Roman Kern, Simonas Kecorius, Mario Lovrić

“…Common ML models such as Random Forests, Multilayer Perceptrons, Long-Short-Term Memory, and Convolutional Neural Networks are explored to predict particulate matter in both cities. …”
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Comparison of the clinical efficacy of lateral versus medial unicondylar replacement for unicompartmental osteoarthritis of the knee: a meta-analysis by Haowei Bai, Pengyu Liu, Hao Li, Jiaju Yang, Zhitong Li, Qidong Guo, Min Zhang

“…The analysis showed no statistically significant differences in functional scores [SMD = 0.11, 95% CI (− 0.10, 0.33), I2 = 64%, P = 0.31], pain scores [SMD = 0.23, 95% CI: (− 0.22, 0.67), I2 = 91%, P = 0.32], aseptic loosening [OR = 1.33, 95% CI: (0.31, 5.78), I2 = 0%, P = 0.70], progression of contralateral arthritis [OR = 0.37, 95% CI: (0.07, 1.91), I2 = 0%, P = 0.23], short- to intermediate-term survival [OR = 1.40, 95% CI: (0.84, 2.35), I2 = 0%, P = 0.20], and long-term survival [OR = 1.12, 95% CI: (0.61, 2.05), I2 = 0%, P = 0.70]. …”
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Efficacy of double filtration plasmapheresis in hyperlipidemia acute pancreatitis: a retrospective observational study by Rong Qin, Yibei Liu, Rui Ding, Minhui Yang, Yun Huang, Xujia Chen, Feng Zhang, Yanting Liu, Hongping Jia, Yiyao Duan, Lifang Zhou, Hui Wang

“…Conclusions DFPP can significantly improve short-term outcomes, reduce lipid levels, and reduce the incidence of complications such as SIRS in HLAP patients compared with those not receiving DFPP treatment. …”
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Quantitative risk assessment of rainstorm-induced flood disaster in Piedmont plain of Pakistan by Ming Chang, Kangchi Zhou, Xiangyang Dou, Fenghuan Su, Bo Yu

“…Previous research has primarily predicted flooding likelihood based on topographical factors or integrated annual rainfall data, failing to account for the extent of flooding from short-term rainfall before and after an event. Flood disasters are not caused by a single factor but are influenced by a variety of elements, including terrain and climate. …”
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Editorial by Dmitry A. Medvedev

“…Pavel Padnya from Kazan Federal University (Russia). A short interview with him can be found below.…”
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Hybrid peptides inspired by the RWQWRWQWR sequence inhibit cervical cancer cells growth in vitro by Natalia Ardila-Chantré, Claudia Marcela Parra-Giraldo, Yerly Vargas-Casanova, Andrea Carolina Barragán-Cardenas, Ricardo Fierro-Medina, Zuly Jenny Rivera-Monroy, Jhon Erick Rivera-Monroy, Javier Eduardo García-Castañeda

“…The combination of the RWQWRWQWR sequence with short anticancer peptides and cell-penetrating peptides allowed the creation of hybrid peptides with improved cytotoxic potency against cervical cancer. …”
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Comparing propofol anaesthesia guided by Bispectral Index monitoring and frontal EEG wave analysis with standard monitoring in laparoscopic surgery: protocol for the ‘EEG in Genera... by Luzius A Steiner, Salome Dell-Kuster, Bettina U Gruber, Valerie Girsberger, Lukas Kusstatscher, Simon Funk, Anita Luethy, Lien Jakus, Julien Maillard, Christoph S Burkhart

“…Anaesthesia practitioners can learn to interpret the EEG in a short tutorial and may be quicker and more accurate thanBIS in assessing anaesthesia depth by recognising EEG patterns. …”
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The Influence of Clinically Diagnosed Neuropathy on Respiratory Muscle Strength in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Birgit L. M. Van Eetvelde, Dirk Cambier, Karsten Vanden Wyngaert, Bert Celie, Patrick Calders

“…Isometric Handgrip Strength and Short Physical Performance Battery were used to evaluate peripheral skeletal muscle strength and physical performance. …”
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Forecasting Asparaginase Need and Cost for Childhood Cancer Using ACCESS FORxECAST by Terence M. Hughes, Nitin Shrivastava, Lewis B. Silverman, A. Lindsay Frazier, Sumit Gupta, Avram Denburg

“…Until recently, ASN was available in three formulations: native Escherichia coli, PEGylated E. coli (PEG), and Erwinase, with native E. coli typically more accessible in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Short shelf lives, intermittent availability, and concern for substandard formulations in LMICs have created a need for proactive ASN demand estimates.METHODSWe adapted FORxECAST, a pediatric cancer drug forecasting model, to focus on ASN for pediatric ALL. …”
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Experimental Study of Single Expansion Ramp Nozzle Performance Using Pitot Pressure and Static Pressure Measurements by Sergio Nicolas Pachón Laitón, João Felipe de Araujo Martos, Israel da Silveira Rego, George Santos Marinho, Paulo Gilberto de Paula Toro

“…Static pressure measurements at the centerline of the nozzle show that the residence time of the flow in the expansion section is short enough and the flow of the central region of the nozzle is not altered by the lateral expansion when nozzle configuration does not include side walls.…”
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Examining associations between oral cancer mortality and economic development of 13 European countries: an ecological and correlational study by Klára Boruzs, Eszter Barbara Bán, Viktor Dombrádi, Gábor Bányai, Gergő József Szőllősi, Klára Bíró

“…In most cases, both the first and second lags of GDP changes were not statistically significant, indicating that short-term fluctuations in GDP do not directly influence changes in oral cancer mortality rates. …”
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