Chemical Composition and In Vitro Evaluation of the Mosquito (Anopheles) Repellent Property of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Seed Oil by Olive Aidoo, Noble Kuntworbe, Fredrick William Akuffo Owusu, Deryl Nii Okantey Kuevi

“…Formulations of 17.5% v/w and 20% v/w neem seed oil cream had an equal repellency effect of 87.5%, whereas the synthetic repellent had a repellency of 75% within a justifiable time frame for all the formulations. …”
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Characteristics and mechanism of MBT anomaly of Karakum desert related with the Hindu Kush earthquake by Yifan Ding, Ziqing Wang, Yuan Qi, Wenfei Mao, Qiqi Zhang, Lixin Wu

“…The upward transfer of P-hole particles, activated in the deep hypocenter area by accumulated crustal stress during the pre-, co- and after-EQ period, to the Quaternary surface along the stress gradient, was believed to have reduced the local ground surface dielectric constant and amplified the microwave radiation, which leading subsequently to the positive MBT anomalies. …”
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Early Sialadenitis After Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Prevalence and Predictors by Ruba Riachy, Nisrine Ghazal, Mohamad B. Haidar, Ahmad Elamine, Mona P. Nasrallah

“…Medical charts were reviewed for all patients 18–79 years of age admitted to receive RAI for DTC between 01/01/2012 and 31/12/2015. Sialadenitis was deemed present if there were any records of neck swelling/pain, dry mouth, or difficulty swallowing within 48 hours of RAI administration. …”
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Evidence of Major Structural Features over the Pan-African Domain in the Bertoua-Mbangue Area (East Cameroon) from a Multiscale Approach of Modeling and Interpretation of Aeromagne... by Owono Amougou Olivier Ulrich Igor, Ndougsa Mbarga Theophile, Meying Arsène, Assembe Stephane Patrick, Ngoh Jean Daniel, Ngoumou Paul Claude, Yandjimain Justine

“…The lineaments identified in the Southwestern part could be linked to the Pan-African orogeny and seem to correspond to deep-seated basement structures, which are referred to the tectonic boundary between Congo Craton and the Pan-African orogeny belt. …”
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Optimization and potential assessment of CO2 geological storage caprock in the saline aquifers of the Qingjiang Basin, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River by Yuchen Tian, Shiqi Liu, Sijian Zheng, Shuxun Sang, Yinghai Liu, Shiheng Chen, Helong Zhang, Yanzhi Liu, Yuntian Jiang, Zekun Yue, Wenkai Wang

“…CO2 geological storage is seen as a key technology for reaching carbon neutrality. …”
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A Study of the Solid-Liquid-Gas Three-Phase Coupling Relationship of Coal, Water and Gas by Anying Yuan, Chunhui Huang, Junling Hou, Zhaomin Zhang, Weihui Pan, Lei Duan, Quansen Wu

“…At the present time, it is of major significance to study the solid-liquid-gas three-phase coupling relationship of coal, water, and gas in deep-mining stopes in order to prevent and control coal and gas outbursts in high-gas mines. …”
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A state of the art review on geotechnical reinforcement with end life tires by M. Shariati, M. Afrazi, H. Kamyab, S. Rouhanifar, E. Toghroli, M. Safa, Sh. Chelliapan, H. Afrazi

“…Through a comprehensive synthesis of research findings and practical implications, this review aims to provide a deep understanding of the potential of scrap tires in geotechnical engineering. …”
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“I surely don’t call for fun”: experiences of being a “frequent caller” to the Danish emergency helpline by Camilla Braendstrup Laursen, Tine Bennedsen Gehrt, Linda Huibers, Claus Bossen, Ulla Vaeggemose

“…It emphasizes that frequent callers are people who call for help because they continue to need help, and it points towards the necessity of developing alternative interventions to help this diverse group of people.…”
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Optimization of anthracene biodegradation by indigenous Trichoderma lixii and Talaromyces pinophilus using response surface methodology by Samson O. Egbewale, Ajit Kumar, Mduduzi P. Mokoena, Ademola O. Olaniran

“…This systematic optimization approach supported by robust statistical analyses and a deep exploration of biodegradation mechanisms holds the promise of more efficient and sustainable methods for remediating PAH-contaminated environments.…”
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Impact of dapagliflozin on metabolic phenotype, hormone levels, and fertility in female mice after prolonged high-fat diet by Xiaolin Chen, Zhuoni Xiao, Na Dai, Mingxia Fan

“…Pregnancy rate, abortion rate, pregnancy-related deaths, and perinatal outcomes were systematically recorded.ResultsAfter 16 weeks of HFD feeding, dapagliflozin significantly attenuated visceral fat deposition, weight gain, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance induced by the diet. …”
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Research on the Characteristics of Coal Bump and Monitoring and Early Warning in Hujiahe Coal Mine by Fei Yu, Tong Zhang, Zhen Wei

“…Based on the characteristics of the mechanical damage behavior of coal samples obtained from the triaxial experiment, the statistics of the occurrence of coal bump events at the 401103 working face were conducted through numerical simulation and field monitoring to study the areas that need to be focused on prevention and control, with a view to providing basic research for deep coal mining. …”
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Inulin Reduces Kidney Damage in Type 2 Diabetic Mice by Decreasing Inflammation and Serum Metabolomics by Jiayuan He, Xiang Li, Man Yan, Xinsheng Chen, Chang Sun, Jiajun Tan, Yinsheng Song, Hong Xu, Liang Wu, Zhengnan Yang

“…The INU group mice were given inulin at the dose of 500 mg/kg gavage daily until the end of the 12th week. After 12 weeks, the administration of inulin resulted in decreased serum levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and creatinine (CRE). …”
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Effects of different Lys/Met ratios on the antioxidant capacity, tissue morphology, and fatty acid composition of subcutaneous fat in Tibetan sheep on low-protein diets: a lipidomi... by Rengeerli Sa, Fengshuo Zhang, Xianhua Zhang, Wei Gao, Yu Zhang, Jiacheng Gan, Shengzhen Hou, Linsheng Gui

“…Furthermore, the findings showed that the upregulation of PPARγ, FASN, FAD4, CPT1A, and GPX4 can enhance adipocyte differentiation and lipid accumulation, thereby improving metabolic function in subcutaneous adipose tissue via the regulation of lipid metabolism and oxidative defense mechanisms.DiscussionIn summary, this study provides a theoretical foundation for optimizing precision feeding strategies for Tibetan sheep, offering crucial data to support enhancements in production efficiency and meat quality.…”
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The effect of sexual health literacy on sexual function mediated by sexual satisfaction and sexual self-efficacy: Structural equation modeling approach. by Mojdeh Banaei, Saeed Hosseini, Shiva Alizadeh, Nasibeh Roozbeh, Behnaz Jahanshahloo, Elham Ghasemi, Vida Ghasemi

“…Overall, the total effect (direct and indirect) of sexual health literacy on sexual function was deemed appropriate, and the proposed conceptual model demonstrated a good fit with the data (χ2/df = 3.35; CFI = 0.966; IFI = 0.967; GFI = 0.951; AGFI = 0.904; RMSEA = 0.070). …”
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Building a new life in Australia: an analysis of the first wave of the longitudinal study of humanitarian migrants in Australia to assess the association between social integration... by Wen Chen, Li Ling, Andre M N Renzaho

“…That is, factors associated with better health included less financial hardship (economic integration dimension), better English proficiency and self-sufficiency (acculturation dimension), having the capacity to communicate with locals, having friends from different ethnic/religious groups and attending a place of worship weekly or more often (social capital dimension) and feeling welcomed and having a strong sense of belonging in Australia (self-identity dimension).Conclusions Using a more comprehensive framework of social integration, we found that greater social integration was associated with better physical and mental health outcomes among HMs. …”
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Improving multi-talker binaural DOA estimation by combining periodicity and spatial features in convolutional neural networks by Reza Varzandeh, Simon Doclo, Volker Hohmann

“…Abstract Deep neural network-based direction of arrival (DOA) estimation systems often rely on spatial features as input to learn a mapping for estimating the DOA of multiple talkers. …”
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Genetic and biochemical characterization of staphylococci occurring in Novosibirsk, Russia by Y. N. Kozlova, N. V. Fomenko, V. V. Morozova, I. V. Saranina, A. Yu. Tikunov, D. A. Ganichev, A. G. Samokhin, V. V. Pavlov, O. M. Rozhnova, I. A. Bondar’, E. V. Zenkova, V. V. Nimaev, V. V.  Klimontov, N. V. Tikunova

“…Staphylococci are capable of penetrating many human tissues and organs, causing superficial and deep purulent infections, respiratory and urinary tract infections, food poisoning and intoxication. …”
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Support Vector Machine – Recursive Feature Elimination for Feature Selection on Multi-omics Lung Cancer Data by Nuraina Syaza Azman, Azurah A Samah, Ji Tong Lin, Hairudin Abdul Majid, Zuraini Ali Shah, Nies Hui Wen, Chan Weng Howe

“…The study focuses on mitigating the curse of dimensionality by implementing Support Vector Machine – Recursive Feature Elimination (SVM-RFE) as the selected feature selection method in the lung cancer (LUSC) multi-omics dataset integrated from three single omics dataset comprising genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics, and assess the quality of the selected feature subsets using SDAE and VAE deep learning classifiers. In this study, the LUSC datasets first undergo data pre-processing, including checking for missing values, normalization, and removing zero variance features. …”
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Influences of multi-pass friction stir alloying on characterization of AZ91D alloy-based dual reinforcement bio-ceramic nano-composites by Surendra Kumar Patel, Guoxin Dai, Lu Liu, Zhen Sun, Lei Shi

“…The typically worn surface revealed reduced deep pits, pits and cracks due to better ionization of the hydrogen generated during immersion. …”
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“Italy System” as a Case of Innovative Economic Diplomacy by R. O. Raynkhardt

“…Finally, a special emphasis is put on the tight link between instruments of "soft power" and economic diplomacy and their institutional usage, which has deep historical roots.…”
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