Environmental impact technology for life cycle assessment in municipal solid waste management by M.A. Budihardjo, I.B. Priyambada, A. Chegenizadeh, S. Al Qadar, A.S. Puspita

“…This study reviewed 34 life cycle assessment studies on solid waste management systems in Asian countries, examining their life cycle stages, assessment techniques, and key outcomes. The analysis highlights include functional units, various life cycle assessment models (such as SimaPro and GaBi), life cycle impact assessment methods, impact categories, and alternative waste management methods. …”
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Involvement of Inner Choroidal Layer in Choroidal Thinning during Regression of Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome by Yuki Hashimoto, Wataru Saito, Yuka Hasegawa, Kousuke Noda, Susumu Ishida

“…The mean thickness values of the layers were compared at each stage. Results. With regression of MEWDS, the mean subfoveal whole and inner choroidal layer thicknesses significantly decreased at 1 and 3 months compared to baseline values in MEWDS eyes (P=0.01 and P<0.0001, respectively), but not in fellow eyes. …”
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Clinical characteristics of EGFR-ctDNA shedders in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients by Martina Ruglioni, Iacopo Petrini, Stefania Crucitta, Andrea Sbrana, Giovanna Irene Luculli, Leila Sadeghi Gol, Carola Forte, Antonio Chella, Christian Rolfo, Romano Danesi, Marzia Del Re

“…Methods: Blood samples were collected from patients with stage IV EGFR-mutated (mEGFR) NSCLC before treatment and monitored until disease progression. …”
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Blue light irradiation combined with low-temperature storage further enhances postharvest quality of strawberries through improving antioxidant defense and cell wall metabolic acti... by Wei Lu, Wanqing Li, Keke Zhao, Xiaofeng Bai, Yuchang Zhang, Qingyun Li, Zhanjun Xue, Xin-Xin Wang

“…Additionally, increases of the enzymatic activities of antioxidant defense metabolism (e.g. superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD)) accompanied with decreased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (e.g. superoxide anion (O2−), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)) and the content of secondary metabolites (e.g. ascorbic acid (AsA)) accompanied with enhanced activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR) were found in BL irradiated postharvest strawberries at the later stages of storage. Meanwhile, BL irradiation also mitigated the activity of cell wall-degrading enzymes, thereby reducing the degradation rates of protopectin (PP), cellulose (CEL), and hemicellulose (HCEL), while maintaining the structural integrity of cell walls. …”
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Universal model for predicting the phase composition of multicomponent brasses based on chemical analysis data by Aleksey V. Svyatkin, Gleb V. Kostin

“…The complete binding of iron in silicides and uniform distribution of manganese in the hot-pressed state were confirmed. A calculation of the silicon proportion in the solid solution was proposed. …”
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Association between the levels of urinary cell cycle biomarkers and non-recovery of renal function among critically ill geriatric patients with acute kidney injury by Li Cheng, Hui-Miao Jia, Xi Zheng, Yi-Jia Jiang, Xin Xin, Wen-Xiong Li

“…Multiple regression analysis revealed that urine levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) multiplied by insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) ([TIMP-2]*[IGFBP7]), AKI stages 2–3, and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score were independently associated with renal non-recovery. …”
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Effect of Airflow Temperature on the Formation of Initial Flame Kernel and the Propagation Characteristics of Flame by Jianzhong Li, Jian Chen, Li Yuan, Ge Hu

“…According to the growth rate in flame area, the ignition process can be divided into three stages: formation of flame kernel, rapid development of flame, and stable development of flame. …”
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The neural correlates of guilt highlight preclinical manifestations between bipolar and major depressive disorders by Yu-Chi Lo, Chenyi Chen, Yawei Cheng

“…Conclusions: Subjective reports and neural correlates of guilt in ambiguous social situations, as well as a sense of agency, could provide to be a potential biomarker to help distinguish between BD-I and MDD even in the remitted stage.…”
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Promising source material for winter triticale breeding under the conditions of the Middle Urals by G. N. Potapova, N. L. Zobnina, A. V. Bezgodov, M. S. Ivanova

“…The breeding of this crop in local climate is at an early stage, so a study of source material for breeding new highyielding cultivars adapted to local conditions seems quite pertinent.Materials and methods. …”
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“Italy System” as a Case of Innovative Economic Diplomacy by R. O. Raynkhardt

“…The article deals with the description and analysis of functioning of the Italian national system of economic diplomacy.The author provides an insight into the historical and economic background and conditions of its development from the earliest stages to present time focusing on the latest events (from 2010 onwards).He casts light upon the procedures and mechanisms of interaction between the key national economic-diplomatic agents i.e. ministry of foreign affairs, ministry of economic development, export-promotion agency ITA, investment-attraction agency Invitalia, other authorized bodies (in particular, the Coordination Council on the Internationalization of the Italian Economy - CRII), public and private institutes. …”
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Antitumor effect of Bothrops jararaca venom by Reinaldo J. da Silva, Márcia G. da Silva, Lízia C. Vilela, Denise Fecchio

“…It was observed that in vivo treatment with BjV induced tumor growth inhibition, increased animal survival time, decreased mortality, increased the influx of polymorphonuclear leukocytes on the early stages of tumor growth, and did not affect the mononuclear cells number. …”
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Assessing the stability of psychobiological stress reactivity during adolescence: mixed-effect modelling of cortisol responses to laboratory stressors [version 2; peer review: 2 ap... by Elizabeth Susman, Jen O'Shea, Samantha Dockray

“…Cortisol reactivity was measured as the increase in salivary cortisol concentration taken at five time points throughout the session. Pubertal stage was measured by nurse report where possible, and parent/self-report otherwise and was used to calculate pubertal timing and tempo relative to peers. …”
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Identification and characterization of mRNAs of receptor-like kinases MhyGSO1 and MhyGSO2 in flowering parasitic plant Monotropa hypopitys by A. V. Shchennikova, E. Z. Kochieva, A. V. Beletsky, M. A. Filyushin, O. A. Shulga, N. V. Ravin, K. G. Skryabin

“…In different tissues (roots with buds, bracts, and flowers) of two individual plants at the late flowering stage, the transcriptomic data search identified 3’-partial mRNAs of two paralogous genes, MhyGASSHO1 (MhyGSO1) and MhyGSO2. …”
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Healthcare consumers' perceptions of incentive-linked prescribing: A scoping review. by Muhammad Naveed Noor, Haider Safdar Abbasi, Nina van Der Mark, Zahida Azizullah, Janice Linton, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Mishal Sameer Khan, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor

“…To conduct this scoping review, we followed Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework: identifying research questions, identifying relevant studies, selecting eligible studies, data charting, and collating, summarising, and reporting results. …”
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Relationship between Perineal Body Length and Degree of Perineal Tears in Primigravidas Undergoing Vaginal Delivery with Episiotomy by Suskhan Djusad, Yuditiya Purwosunu, Fadil Hidayat

“…The length of the perineal body was then measured and followed until the start of the second stage of labor. Afterwards, the perineal length and degree of perineal tears were assessed using unpaired T-test for bivariate analysis, multivariate analysis, and scoring test to predict the occurrence of third- and fourth-degree of perineal tears with power calculation (β) 80% and Zβ 0.842. …”
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Humoral and Cellular Immune Regulation in Albino Rat Exposed to Glyphosate and Aluminum Phosphide by Ujuamala Ezeani, Onyemaechi Afonne, Michael Ezeani

“…This assessment was conducted using flow cytometry (Cyflow).Results: The results indicated that the pre-exposure stage exhibited a CD4+ to CD8+ ratio of 2:1. Subsequently, there was a significant increase in CD8+ values at the first, second and third months after exposure to GLP and ALP (p<0.001 for all). …”
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Lens disorders in degenerative myopia. Treatment options by M.H. Rabadanova, Zh.G. Oganezova, E.V. Kremkova, M.M. Yakh'yaeva

“…The importance of early diagnosis of cataract in patients with myopia at the stage of lens suture compaction and its early radial and meridional opacities (that is possible with maximum mydriasis) is emphasized. …”
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Technology independent optimization when implementing sparse systems of disjunctive normal forms of Boolean functions in ASIC by P. N. Bibilo, S. N. Kardash

“…It is proposed to investigate various methods of technologically independent logical optimization performed at the first stage of logical synthesis: joint minimization of systems of functions in the DNF class, separate and joint minimization in classes of multilevel representations in the form of Boolean networks and BDD representations using mutually inverse cofactors, as well as the division of a system of functions into subsystems with a limited number of input variables and the method of block cover of DNF systems, focused on minimizing the total area of the blocks forming the cover.Results. …”
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Effects of Adoption of Agricultural Technologies on Irish Potato Yield in Ol Kalou Sub-County Kenya: Application of Endogenous Switching Regression Model by David Kihoro, Geofrey Kingori Gathungu, Rael Nkatha Mwirigi, Vicky Nyambura Wairimu

“…A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to obtain data from a study population of 21,942 smallholder Irish potato farmers in Ol Kalou Sub County. A multiple-stage sampling technique was employed to generate a sample size of 385 respondents who provided primary data. …”
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A study protocol for individualized prognostic counselling in the palliative phase by Boyd Noël van den Besselaar, A. Sewnaik, M. C. Dorr, A. Hoesseini, J. A. Hardillo, R. J. Baatenburg de Jong, M.P.J. Offerman

“…The length of this phase is relatively short, with a median duration of five months. Patients in this stage often have increased prognostic information needs. …”
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