Evaluation of Two Different Solvents for Azolla pinnata Extracts on Chemical Compositions and Larvicidal Activity against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by Rajiv Ravi, Nor Shaida Husna Zulkrnin, Nurul Nadiah Rozhan, Nik Raihan Nik Yusoff, Mohd Sukhairi Mat Rasat, Muhammad Iqbal Ahmad, Zulhazman Hamzah, Intan H. Ishak, Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin

“…Meanwhile, acetone solvent compounds were recorded with LC50 and LC95 values of 1072 ppm and 1302 ppm at 24 hours, respectively, and 904 ppm and 1126 ppm at 48 hours, respectively. …”
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Efficient Inverted ITO-Free Organic Solar Cells Based on Transparent Silver Electrode with Aqueous Solution-Processed ZnO Interlayer by Zhizhe Wang, Dazheng Chen, Chunfu Zhang, Zhenhua Lin, Yan Liu, Genquan Han, Jingjing Chang, Jincheng Zhang, Lixin Guo, Yue Hao

“…It may be instructive for further research of OSCs based on metal thin film electrodes.…”
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Evaluating Reaction Videos of Young People Watching Edutainment Media (MTV Shuga): Qualitative Observational Study by Venetia Baker, Sarah Mulwa, David Khanyile, Georgia Arnold, Simon Cousens, Cherie Cawood, Isolde Birdthistle

“…Reaction videos, a popular format in web-based culture in which users film themselves reacting to television shows, can be adapted as a research method for immediate and unfiltered insights into young people’s engagement with edutainment media. …”
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Risk Factors of Anaemia among Children under Five Years in the Hohoe Municipality, Ghana: A Case Control Study by Phyllis Atta Parbey, Elvis Tarkang, Emmanuel Manu, Hubert Amu, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Fortress Yayra Aku, Sorengmen Amos Ziema, Samuel Adolf Bosoka, Martin Adjuik, Margaret Kweku

“…Finger prick blood was collected to estimate the haemoglobin (Hb) level and thick film was prepared to determine malaria parasitaemia. …”
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Corrosion behavior of Fe amorphous/Al-12Si piston composites with core-shell structure by Yingdong Wang, Zuxiang Lin, Chengzhou Liu, Deyong Zhao, Chunqiong Li, Yuan Wang

“…By analyzing the self-corrosion current density (icorr), self-corrosion potential (Ecorr), polarization resistance, inductance, admittance absolute value (Y0), and diffusion coefficient (n), the mechanism of Fe amorphous particle doping in enhancing the corrosion resistance of Al-12Si was discussed. …”
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Geometrical Features of Subbasal Corneal Whorl-like Nerve Patterns in Dry Eye Disease by Ziqing Feng, MD, Kang Yu, MD, Yupei Chen, MS, Gengyuan Wang, MS, Yuqing Deng, MD, Wei Wang, MD, Ruiwen Xu, MD, Yimin Zhang, MD, Peng Xiao, PhD, Jin Yuan, MD, PhD

“…Whorl-like nerve metrics correlated with ocular discomfort, tear film break-up time, tear secretion, and corneal fluorescein staining, respectively (P < 0.05). …”
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Overexpression of Tear Inflammatory Cytokines as Additional Finding in Keratoconus Patients and Their First Degree Family Members by Ioana Catalina Ionescu, Catalina Gabriela Corbu, Cristiana Tanase, Gabriela Ionita, Cristina Nicula, Valeria Coviltir, Vasile Potop, Mihaela Constantin, Elena Codrici, Simona Mihai, Ionela Daniela Popescu, Ana-Maria Enciu, Dana Dascalescu, Miruna Burcel, Radu Ciuluvica, Liliana-Mary Voinea

“…Our aim was to determine the concentration of IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, RANTES, IFN gamma, and TNF alpha in the tear film of patients with keratoconus and their first degree family members. …”
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Valorization of buffalo mozzarella cheese whey as human functional food and soil fertilizer by Raffaele Conte, Anna Valentino, Silvia Romano, Sorur Yazdanpanah, Anna Di Salle, Fahd Kandsi, Gianfranco Peluso

“…This dual application not only adds value to an otherwise waste product but also promotes economic growth and environmental sustainability. …”
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Studying the Properties of RF-Sputtered Nanocrystalline Tin-Doped Indium Oxide by Abd El-Hady B. Kashyout, Marwa Fathy, Moataz B. Soliman

“…The properties of the thin films are affected by controlling the deposition parameters, namely, RF power values and deposition times. …”
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Quantum-mechanical model of ion thruster for small spacecraft by V. V. Fedyanin, V. V. Shalay, V. K. Fedorov

“…Detector plates demonstrating the interference pattern in thin films are presented. A mathematical description of the relief of thin films is given using the resulting wave function. …”
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TiCl4 Pretreatment and Electrodeposition Time Investigations of ZnO Photoelectrodes Preparation for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Xiaoping Zou, Yan Liu, Cuiliu Wei, Zongbo Huang, Xiangmin Meng

“…The DSSC based on ZnO films after TiCl4 pretreatment has a very promising value for fabricating high performance solar cells.…”
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Passivity and Semiconducting Behavior of a High Nitrogen Stainless Steel in Acidic NaCl Solution by Yanxin Qiao, Xiang Cai, Jie Cui, Huabing Li

“…Three corrosion potential values were observed in potentiodynamic polarization response, indicating the existence of an unstable system. …”
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Characteristics of electrical properties of nanocrystalline systems of zinc and cadmium selenides by V. V. Danshina

“…The effect of temperature and various gaseous media on the specific conductivity of films of cadmium and zinc selenides has been experimentally studied. …”
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Improved anti-corrosion performance of epoxy coatings based on pH-sensitive gels loaded with inhibitors by Bo Fang, Xinyue Zhang, Hongliang Liu, Fangchao Zhao, Yuzhu Li, Xiaotong Zeng, Zhenliang Feng, Wenzuo Li, Jie Liu

“…Following the 181d immersion test, the TBP/EP coatings sustained an impedance value of 2.36 × 107 Ω cm2. In contrast, the impedance value of the epoxy coatings decreased to 6.86 × 104 Ω cm2. …”
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History of Lithuania in Cinema and Television. Peculiarities of discourse construction by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…The products of this group are distinguished from the other broadcasts and films by a particular emphasis placed by the creators on the forms of historical art and their specific presentation, which highlights their aesthetic information rather than documentary value. …”
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Development for Multisensor and Virtual Simulator–Based Automatic Broadcast Shooting System by Wonjun Lee, Hyung-Jun Lim, Mun Sang Kim

“…Video shooting is performed according to the pan, tilt, and zoom values ​​of the three cameras and switcher data. Only the video of dancers recorded during rehearsal and that produced by the lighting director via the existing broadcast filming process is overlapped in the developed simulator to assess lighting effects. …”
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Green approach to synthesis polymer composites based on chitosan with desired linear and non-linear optical characteristics by Dyari M. Mamand, Sarkawt A. Hussen, Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…The XRD pattern of composite films establishes that the zinc metal complex scarified the crystalline phases of chitosan. …”
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Uniformly Distributed Graphene Domain Grows on Standing Copper via Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition by Shih-Hao Chan, Sheng-Hui Chen, Wei-Ting Lin, Chien-Cheng Kuo

“…This results show that the sheet resistance of monolayer graphene on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is about ~359 /□ whereas that of the four-layer graphene films is about ~178 /□, with a transmittance value of 88.86% at the 550 nm wavelength. …”
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Spin-orbit interaction driven terahertz nonlinear dynamics in transition metals by Ruslan Salikhov, Markus Lysne, Philipp Werner, Igor Ilyakov, Michael Schüler, Thales V. A. G. de Oliveira, Alexey Ponomaryov, Atiqa Arshad, Gulloo Lal Prajapati, Jan-Christoph Deinert, Pavlo Makushko, Denys Makarov, Thomas Cowan, Jürgen Fassbender, Jürgen Lindner, Aleksandra Lindner, Carmine Ortix, Sergey Kovalev

“…We utilized terahertz harmonic generation spectroscopy to investigate the nonlinear dynamics over picosecond timescales in various transition metal films. We found that the terahertz harmonic generation efficiency scales with the spin Hall conductivity in the studied films, while the phase takes two possible values (shifted by π), depending on the d-shell filling. …”
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Tracheobronchial Foreign Body Aspiration Diagnosed with Electrical Impedance Tomography by Robert D. Guglielmo, Robinder G. Khemani

“…To diagnose FBA, commonly used imaging modalities have limited negative predictive value, and rigid bronchoscopy remains as the gold standard. …”
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