Lessons learnt from measures taken to prevent rabies introduction and spread into a long rabies free territory (case study of the Irkutsk Oblast) by I. V. Meltsov, A. M. Ablov, E. N. Shkolnikova, M. E. Koplik, P. A. Minchenko, T. V. Desyatova, I. D. Zarva, A. D. Botvinkin, A. Ye. Metlin

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Inkjet printing of metal oxide coatings for enhanced photovoltaic soiling environmental applications by E. Fares, B. Aissa, R.J. Isaifan

“…Accordingly, this study aimed to synthesize aluminum, zinc, titanium, and tin oxides using mixed-based and nanoparticle-based precursors through inkjet printing techniques and investigate their potential in anti-soiling applications for PV panels.Methods: Four metal oxides, namely, aluminum, zinc, titanium, and tin oxides, were synthesized and deposited using the inkjet printing technique for anti-soiling application. …”
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The growth of red tilapia fed on organic-selenium supplemented diet by Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Burhanudin Faisal, Mia Setiawati

“…Four levels of organic selenium namely 0, 1, 2, and 4 g Se/kg diet were used as a treatment, and the selenium content on the diets are 0.12, 0.19, 1.05, and 1.42 mg Se/kg respectively. …”
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<i>In silico</i> search for and analysis of R gene variation in primitive cultivated potato species by A. A. Gurina, M. S. Gancheva, N. V. Alpatieva, E. V. Rogozina

“…An in silico search was carried out for sequences homologous to 26 R genes identified in potato species differing in phylogenetic distance from PCPS, namely nightshade (S. americanum), North- (S. bulbocastanum, S. demissum) and South-American (S. venturii, S. berthaultii) wild potato species, as well as the cultivated potato species S. tuberosum and S. andigenum. …”
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The Link between Overweight/Obesity and Noncommunicable Diseases in Ethiopia: Evidences from Nationwide WHO STEPS Survey 2015 by Bedilu Alamirie Ejigu, Fentanesh Nibret Tiruneh

“…This study found a statistically positive association between the common NCDs, namely, overweight/obesity, hypertension, and high cholesterol levels. …”
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Determination of Modelling Error Statistics for Cold-Formed Steel Columns by R. P. Rokade, K. Balaji Rao, B. Palani

“…The database contains details of 273 numbers of compression member tests which have failed in different failure modes, namely, (i) flexural, torsional, flexural-torsional, local, and distortion buckling and (ii) failure by yielding. …”
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Effect of EOG Signal Filtering on the Removal of Ocular Artifacts and EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface: A Comprehensive Study by Malik M. Naeem Mannan, M. Ahmad Kamran, Shinil Kang, Myung Yung Jeong

“…In this comprehensive analysis, unfiltered and twelve different low-pass filtering of EOG signals were used with five different algorithms, namely, simple regression, least mean squares, recursive least squares, REGICA, and AIR. …”
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Infection control of Aeromonas hydrophila in catfish (Clarias sp.) using mixture of meniran Phyllanthus niruri and garlic Allium sativum in feed by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Eka Hidayatus Solikhah, Tatag Budiardi, Mia Setiawati

“…There were split in two kind of doses namely, preventive (garlic:meniran=5 ppt:20 ppt) and curative (garlic:meniran=10 ppt:40 ppt). …”
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A preliminary simulator study on exploring responses of drivers to driving system reminders on four stimuli in vehicles by Zhao Zou, Fady Alnajjar, Michael Lwin, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Omar Mubin, Muhammad Swavaf

“…This pilot study designed to explore which type of driving system reminders, namely Text display, Image display, alarm notification, or humanoid voice command, provokes stronger preferences and higher rates of cooperation from drivers. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods for Bus Washing Process Selection: A Case Study by Paulo Ávila, Alzira Mota, Eliana Oliveira, Hélio Castro, Luís Pinto Ferreira, João Bastos, O. Fernandes Nuno, Joaquim Moreira

“…To achieve these objectives, the problem was approached as a case study in a public transport company in Portugal and the methodology followed the next steps: started with the identification of the different types of commercial technical solutions for washing buses; the company’s experts selected four main criteria: water consumption, operating costs, quality of washing, and time spent; the criteria weights were determined using the fuzzy-AHP method; then four representative MCDM methods were selected, namely, AHP, ELECTRE, TOPSIS, and SMART; the ranks obtained for the four methods were compared; and a sensitivity analysis was performed. …”
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Understanding the consumer purchase behaviour towards green electronic products: using insight from the theory of planned behaviour by Rukhsar, Mohd Yameen, Zeba Khanam

“…Purpose – This research investigation aims to explore the factors that affect purchasing behaviour among consumers in India in the context of green electronic products with the aid of the extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) by incorporating two additional constructs, namely environmental concern and ethical obligation. …”
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Features of the biomorphological and geographic structure of segetal floras in a number of regions in Russia by O. G. Baranova, A. S. Tretyakova, N. N. Luneva, A. A. Zverev, P. V. Kondratkov, T. A. Terekhina, G. R. Khasanova, S. M. Yamalov, M. V. Lebedeva, N. A. Bagrikova

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Zmienność runa leśnego w grądzie wysokim rezerwatu Las Bielański pod wpływem ruchu turystycznego by Anita Grutkowska

“…The aim of this research was to estimate a possible impact of use the path by humans on the development of nearby plants. Namely, whether the presence of the path induces any changes, and if so, what sort and scope of the changes is seen. …”
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Morphological and molecular characterization of a Sarcocystis bovifelis-like sarcocyst in American beef by Aditya Gupta, Larissa S. de Araujo, Andrew Hemphill, Asis Khan, Benjamin M. Rosenthal, Jitender P. Dubey

“…Conclusions A novel Sarcocystis species is described from beef from the USA but not named until further evaluation. Graphical Abstract…”
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Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children by Arzu KURNAZ, Emine Gül KAPÇI

“…For thisreason the present study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the two scales, namely Children’s Social Behavior Scale-Self Report -CSBS-SR (Crick & Grotpeter, 1995) and Children’s Self Experience Questionnaire-Self Report -CSEQ-SR(Crick & Grotpeter, 1996) for Turkish Elementary school children. …”
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Risk of pneumonia in patients with isolated minor rib fractures: a nationwide cohort study by Yu-Hsun Wang, Ming-Chih Chou, Sai-Wai Ho, Ying-Hock Teng, Shun-Fa Yang, Han-Wei Yeh, Chao-Bin Yeh

“…This nationwide cohort study investigated the association between IMRFs and the risk of pneumonia in patients with blunt chest traumas.Design Nationwide population-based cohort study.Setting Patients with IMRFs were identified between 2010 and 2011 from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.Participants Non-traumatic patients were matched through 1:8 propensity-score matching according to age, sex, and comorbidities (namely diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)) with the comparison cohort. …”
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The Role of Microelements of Lumbar Disc Degeneration in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery by Sadiq R. Karkush, Manal K. Rasheed, Ali T. Abdul Wahid, Ahmed R. Majeed

“…Objectives: To examine the correlation between lumbar spinal surgery and the concentrations of microelements, namely zinc and copper. Methods: A case-control study was conducted in Ghazi Al-Hariri Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, during the period from October 2023 to January 2024. …”
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Investigating the effects of hyperparameter sensitivity on machine learning algorithms for PV forecasting by Ehtsham Muhammad, Rotilio Marianna, Cucchiella Federica, Di Giovanni Gianni, Schettini Domenico

“…Four state-of-the-art ML models, namely Decision Trees (DT), Random Forest (RF), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Support Vector Regression (SVR) were investigated. …”
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Laparoscopic suture repair for perforated peptic ulcer disease: a meta-review and trial sequential analysis by S. I. Panin, T. V. Nechay, I. V. Sazhin, K. Yu. Melnikov-Makarchuk, A. V. Sazhin, A. V. Puzikova, A. N. Akinchits, A. V. Bykov

“…Further trials with regard to mortality, surgical site infection, and intra-abdominal abscess are not very promising because the DARIS did not exceed 5% after combining the results of eight RCTs.ConclusionSummarization of evidence from systematic reviews and reanalysis using TSA confirmed sufficient evidence for only one outcome, namely, that laparoscopic suture repair of PPUs is accompanied by lower pain scores at 24–72 h. …”
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Numerical simulation of an HTL-free carbon-based perovskite solar cell with graphitic carbon nitride doped zinc oxide as electron transport layers by Joseph Kariuki, Nicholas Rono, Chinedu Christian Ahia, Eric Kibagendi Osoro, Edson L. Meyer

“…The electron transport layer (ETL) was a blend with ZnO and graphitic carbon nitride, and named GT1, GT3 and GT5 materials in different ratios. …”
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