Mapping microplastic pathways and accumulation zones in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea – insights from modeling by Arun Mishra, Enriko Siht, Germo Väli, Taavi Liblik, Natalja Buhhalko, Urmas Lips

“…Short-term variability in the surface layer was caused by (sub)mesoscale advection and divergence/convergence, while in the near-bottom layer, strong bottom currents and consequent resuspension elevated the concentrations.…”
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Interrelationships of the Intestinal Microbiome, Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein with Crohn’s Disease Activity by Yelena Laryushina, Nadezhda Samoilova-Bedych, Lyudmila Turgunova, Alexandr Marchenko, Yermek Turgunov, Samat Kozhakhmetov, Maxat Suieubayev, Nurislam Mukhanbetzhanov, Nadezhda Kabdulina

“…Results: We found significant differences in TMAO levels in patients in the remission/mild and moderate/severe groups compared to the control group (<i>p</i> = 0.02 and <i>p</i> = 0.014), changes in alpha diversity with the Shannon index (<i>p</i> = 0. 0151 and <i>p</i> = 0.0018) and in beta diversity (ANOSIM <i>p</i> = 0.009 and PERMANOVA <i>p</i> = 0.005) in both groups compared to controls. Strongly positive correlations in TMAO levels and mixed correlations of LPS with alpha diversity metrics were found, as well as significant correlations with microbiota species. …”
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Analysis of LAI in Iran based on MODIS satellite data by Fakhri Sadat fateminia, behrouz sobhani, Seyed Abolfazl Masoodian

“…Next, study of 15 years of leaf area index data by cluster analysis based on the calculation of Euclidean distance and Ward method, showed that all 12 months fit in the two main groups and, in fact, divided for two periods of strong and weak vegetation. In this analysis, , April during the cold period and October in the warm period of the year as the transition months and they are located on a separate cluster…”
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PURP: A Scalable System for Predicting Short-Term Urban TrafficFlow Based on License Plate Recognition Data by Shan Zhang, Qinkai Jiang, Hao Li, Bin Cao, Jing Fan

“…The experimental results show that PURP retains strong prediction efficiency as the prediction period increases.…”
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Schoolness effect and academic journals: The case of the Revue de la Régulation (2007-2023) by Adrien Rougier

“…It is also peculiar in having a small group of authors who have published a significant portion of its articles, a high self-citation rate, and a strong concentration of citations around a few key figures. …”
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Accuracy of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire in identifying common mental health disorders in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional analytical study by Maisaa Al-Dhahri, Salim Al-Huseini, Maisa AL-Jamoudi, Sanjay Jaju, Samir Al-Adawi, Hassan Mirza

“…Result The results indicated moderate agreement for emotional problems (Kendall's tau b 0.265; p < 0.001) and between moderate and strong agreement for hyperactivity problems (Kendall's tau b 0.351; p < 0.001). …”
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Dissociative Experiences Scale: Psychometric Analysis in Puerto Rico and Contributions to the Discussion of the Factor Structure by Juan González-Rivera

“…Result: Psychometric analyses concluded that the scale has a unidimensional structure, strong reliability, and construct validity. All 28 items met adequate discrimination values. …”
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Multi-Scale Robotics: A Numerical Investigation on Mobile Micro-Tweezers for Micro-Manipulation with Extreme Requirements by Ahmet Fatih Tabak

“…Such micro-tweezers could employ a forced vortex strong enough to capture a single cell. Furthermore, addressable control of the position to the vortex would constitute a robotic system. …”
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Le développement durable face à sa crise : un concept menacé, sous-exploité ou dépassé ? by Jacques Theys

“…Another possible reason is the overuse – and misuse- which has been done of this badly defined notion during the last twenty years- with a weak efficiency: the ambiguity – which has strongly contributed to its historical success-, turns now to be a factor of distrust. …”
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A conceptual replication of an implicit test of grammatical gender effects on inanimate concepts by Devyani Mahajan, Frank H. Durgin

“…Bayesian tests of both studies strongly favored the null hypothesis that there were no grammatical gender effects on implicit measures of perceived potency.…”
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Clarifications needed concerning the new Article 59 dealing with pleomorphic fungi by Walter Gams, Hans-Otto Baral, Walter M. Jaklitsch, Roland Kirschner, Marc Stadler

“…Some kind of cryptic dual generic nomenclature is bound to persist. We therefore strongly recommend the retention of binomials in genera where they are most informative. …”
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A WeChat-Based System of Real-Time Monitoring and Alarming for Power Grid Operation Status under Virtual Private Cloud Environment by Chunjie Lian, Hua Wei, Xiaoqing Bai, Zhongliang Lyu

“…Combined with virtual private cloud technology, the hardware resources are virtualized, and the proposed system has strong disaster recovery capability, which significantly improves the flexibility and reliability of the system. …”
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Gingival Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Hyperplastic Benignancy as the First Clinical Manifestation of AIDS: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rafaela Elvira Rozza-de-Menezes, Stefânia Jeronimo Ferreira, Diogo Lenzi Capella, Stephan Schwartz, Ana Helena Willrich, Lúcia de Noronha, Aline Cristina Batista Rodrigues Johann, Paulo Henrique Couto Souza

“…The tumor cells showed strong CD30 expression, EMA, Ki-67, and LCA, and negative stain for p80NPM/ALK, CKAE1/AE3, CD20, CD3, CD56, and CD15. …”
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Transformation of cash waqf management in Indonesia: Insights into the development of digitalization by Hendri Hermawan Adinugraha, Muhammad Shulthoni, Zohaib Hassan Sain

“…The constraints of digital cash waqf development in Indonesia are the lack of qualified and professional nazirs and human resources, strong business network for digital cash waqf development, digital cash waqf socialization among the public, and popularity of digital waqf institutions. …”
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Effectiveness of Fibers from “Cabernet Sauvignon” (Vitis vinifera) Pomace as Fining Agents for Red Wines by Mariona Gil, Rubén Del Barrio-Galán, Cristina Úbeda, Álvaro Peña-Neira

“…The effectiveness of the fining strongly depends on the initial wine matrix. Wines treated at high doses had lower color density and higher hue than control untreated wines. …”
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Study on the Influence of Scaling‐Up in the Transesterification Process for the Synthesis of Biodegradable Monoglycerides of Fatty Acids by Roland Nagy, Rebeka Bejczi

“…Based on our findings, the highest active matter content was achieved with an RD/RH ratio of 0.49 and an MPD/RD ratio of 0.95. A strong correlation was found between the active matter content and water solubility. …”
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Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Qing Zhou, Zhao-Feng Shen, Ben-sheng Wu, Cheng-biao Xu, Zhong-qi He, Tuo Chen, Hong-tao Shang, Chao-fan Xie, Si-yi Huang, Yu-gen Chen, Hai-bo Chen, Shu-tang Han

“…In a systematic review of the literature, we found that disease extent, disease duration, and geography were strong, independent risk factors in UC-associated CRC development.…”
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Natural Disaster Diversity Assessment of Bitlis Province by Rezzan Ekinci, Aydın Büyüksaraç, Yunus Levent Ekinci, Ercan Işık

“…Emergency actions that can be applied in case of a possible avalanche disaster are strongly recommended for Bitlis province that is most prone to be damaged by avalanche events. …”
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Orange-Reddish Light Emitting Phosphor GdVO4:Sm3+ Prepared by Solution Combustion Synthesis by M. S. Rabasovic, J. Krizan, S. Savic-Sevic, M. Mitric, M. D. Rabasovic, B. P. Marinkovic, D. Sevic

“…Photoluminescence characterization of the emission spectrum and time-resolved analysis have been performed using the tunable laser optical parametric oscillator excitation and the streak camera. Several strong emission bands in the Sm3+ emission spectrum were observed, located at 567 nm (4G5/2–6H5/2), 604 nm (4G5/2–6H7/2), and 646 (654) nm (4G5/2–6H9/2), respectively. …”
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Ticlopidine in Its Prodrug Form Is a Selective Inhibitor of Human NTPDase1 by Joanna Lecka, Michel Fausther, Beat Künzli, Jean Sévigny

“…The ADPase activity of intact HUVEC as well as of COS-7 cells transfected with human NTPDase1 was strongly inhibited by 100 µM ticlopidine, 99 and 86%, respectively. …”
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