Assessment of potential hazard for humans when eating apples and grapes treated with insecticide based on spiromesifen by I.V. Tkachenko, A.M. Antonenko, V.G. Bardov, S.T. Omelchuk

“…According to the value of the integral index of hazard in contaminated food consumption (6 points) spiromesifen belongs to class 3 – moderately dangerous to humans. …”
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内嵌加劲耗能钢板的箱形钢墩柱拟静力试验及数值分析 by 孙德畅, 张海龙, 严丰佐, 饶武斌, 韩雪, 李海锋

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Bioactive Compounds in Herbal Bitter Drinks and Effects on selected Hepatic Biomarkers in Albino Wister Rats in Lagos, Nigeria by A.B. Ojekale, O. Lawal, M.O. Lasisi, C.A. Bamgbose, F.A. Dosu

“…The three bitters had no common bioactive compound between them. Five common bioactive compounds were detected present in both Living and Yoyo bitters. …”
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THE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF ECT TREATMENTS IN FINLAND – RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY by SAANA KARTTUNEN, LAURI VIRTANEN, ANU HOLM, NIKO SEPPÄLÄ, PETRI SUMIA, ERIKA JÄÄSKELÄINEN, KAIJA JÄRVENTAUSTA

“…Due to the increased demand, waiting times have grown and scheduling of ECT treatments has become more complicated. The purpose of this study was to analyse the situation of ECT treatment in Finland in different neuromodulation units regarding waiting times, organizing the treatment and categorizing the urgency of the treatment. …”
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Parameter uncertainties for imperfect surrogate models in the low-noise regime by Thomas D Swinburne, Danny Perez

“…The approach is demonstrated on model problems before application to thousand-dimensional datasets in atomistic machine learning. …”
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Biosorption Study of Methylene Blue (MB) and Brilliant Red Remazol (BRR) by Coconut Dregs by Hafiza Shukor, Abu Zahrim Yaser, Noor Fazliani Shoparwe, Muaz Mohd Zaini Makhtar, Nadiah Mokhtar

“…Water pollution has become a major issue in many countries, including Malaysia. …”
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SER Performance of Enhanced Spatial Multiplexing Codes with ZF/MRC Receiver in Time-Varying Rayleigh Fading Channels by In-Ho Lee

“…With the spatial correlation between transmit antennas, SER equations for M-ary QAM and PSK constellations are derived by using a moment generating function (MGF) approximation of a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), based on the assumption of independent zero-forced SNRs. …”
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Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Leslie Rios, James E. Maruniak

“…The arrival of Aedes albopictus has been correlated with the decline in the abundance and distribution of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. …”
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FPGA Implementation of Gaussian Mixture Model Algorithm for 47 fps Segmentation of 1080p Video by Mariangela Genovese, Ettore Napoli, Davide De Caro, Nicola Petra, Antonio G. M. Strollo

“…The proposed circuit has been designed having commercial FPGA devices as target and provides speed and logic resources occupation that overcome previously proposed implementations. …”
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A Secure Image Steganography Using Shark Smell Optimization and Edge Detection Technique by Omar Y. Abdulhammed, Pshtiwan J. Karim, Dashne R. Arif, Twana S. Ali, Avin O. Abdalrahman, Arkan A. Saffer

“…Edge prospectors were utilized to produce edge pixels in every section to hide mystery message and attain the best payload. To increase security, the shark smell optimization is used to select the best pixels among edge pixels based on its nature in motion, then reflect these pixels above original carrier media. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of Knee Arthroplasty versus Joint Distraction for Osteoarthritis (KARDS): protocol for a multicentre, phase III, randomised control trial by Deborah D Stocken, Dennis G McGonagle, David Murray, Catherine Reynolds, Catherine Fernandez, David R Ellard, Andrew Metcalfe, Hemant Sharma, Paul Harwood, Hamish Simpson, Hemant Pandit, Susanne Arnold, Cerys Joyce Tassinari, Ruchi Higham, Isabelle Louise Smith, Ruben Mujica-Mota, Thomas William Hamilton, Julie Croft

“…Per patient cost difference between KR and KJD and cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained over 24 months will be estimated within trial, and incremental cost per QALY gained over 20 years by KJD relative to KR predicted using decision analytic modelling.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) and Health Research Authority (HRA). …”
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MicroRNAs as Immunotherapy Targets for Treating Gastroenterological Cancers by Yixin Yang, Christopher Alderman, Ayoub Sehlaoui, Yuan Xiao, Wei Wang

“…Immunotherapy has been developed and underwent clinical trials, but displayed limited therapeutic benefit. …”
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Place of Culture in Curriculum Planning in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions by MUSA H.A

“… Culture, Curriculum ,and education are viewed from different angles but the main focus of this work is the position of culture in curriculum planning in Nigeria tertiary institutions .This paper argues that curriculum cannot stands on its own without considering the culture of the society since curriculum is being planned for the students and his environs .The key concept of culture ,curriculum and its planning are explained while tertiary education was also explained in line with national policy on education. …”
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Molecular Detection and Genotyping of Chlamydia psittaci in Captive Psittacines from Costa Rica by Jessica Sheleby-Elías, Ántony Solórzano-Morales, Juan José Romero-Zuñiga, Gaby Dolz

“…The positive samples belonged to birds presented at veterinary clinics; three of them were Ara macao and one Amazona ochrocephala. …”
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The New York Times on The NATO bombing of FR Yugoslavia in 1999 by Savić Aleksandra

“…The most extreme example of mitigated vocabulary is the depiction of bombings as fireworks, which not only attempts to cover up the violence and suffering of innocent people but also turns it into a celebration. Additionally, beyond the stereotypical depiction of the military attacks themselves, the relationship between the two opposing sides is portrayed in a clichéd and simplified manner. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Oil Pipeline Leakage Diffusion in Dashagou Yellow River Crossing Section by Shaokang Liu, Mingyang Qiu, Guizhang Zhao, Menghan Jia, Jie An, Xi Guo, Dantong Lin, Yangsheng Tian, Jiangtao Zhou

“…The results of the surface water oil spill analysis demonstrated that the oil film on the river surface migrated for 100 min after the spill, with a thickness that remained between 0.02 and 0.05 mm and a concentration that approached equilibrium.…”
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Analyzing the components and applications of wireless sensor network: a concise study by Lu Fan

“…The path searching means routing, power management, and data dissemination protocols have been specifically designed for WSNs where energy awareness is an essential design issue. …”
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Sorbitol as a Cryptic Cause of Diarrhea by Anthony G. Catto-Smith, R. Brent Scott, Helen M. Machida, D. Grant Gall

“…The diagnosis of sorbitol induced symptoms may be missed or delayed because patients do not appreciate that they are ingesting the compound in 'sugarless foods', and drug product information may not list its inclusion as a sweetener.…”
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Molecular Crosstalking among Noncoding RNAs: A New Network Layer of Genome Regulation in Cancer by Marco Ragusa, Cristina Barbagallo, Duilia Brex, Angela Caponnetto, Matilde Cirnigliaro, Rosalia Battaglia, Davide Barbagallo, Cinzia Di Pietro, Michele Purrello

“…Over the past few years, noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been extensively studied because of the significant biological roles that they play in regulation of cellular mechanisms. ncRNAs are associated to higher eukaryotes complexity; accordingly, their dysfunction results in pathological phenotypes, including cancer. …”
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A compreensão de alunos do ensino fundamental de uma escola pública sobre saúde, corpo e mídia a partir da telenovela “Malhação” by Markus de Lima Silva, Valdione Evangelista Alves Santos, Cristiano Mezzaroba

“…Para a coleta dos dados, foi utilizado um questionário, e, diante das respostas dos alunos do ensino fundamental e com o diálogo realizado com a literatura investigada, refletimos e discutimos sobre temas como a preocupação com a saúde dos jovens, a imagem corporal difundida pelo veículo midiático, o padrão de beleza e tendências que aparecem na telenovela mencionada. …”
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