Geochemistry and human health risks of heavy metals in soils from gold mineralized Birimian rocks in Southwestern Burkina Faso by Kadidiatou Coulibaly, Aboubakar Sako

“…According to the median effect range mean quotient (MERMQ), 87.9% (MERMQ >0.11) of the samples had 29% probability of being toxic. In contrast, the contamination severity indices (CSI) ranged from 0.17 to 2.11, indicating a very low to moderate probability toxicity. …”
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Speed Distribution Prediction of Freight Vehicles on Mountainous Freeway Using Deep Learning Methods by Yuren Chen, Yu Chen, Bo Yu

“…Multiple linear regression models were constructed to be a contrast with the LSTM model, and the results showed that LSTM was superior to regression models in terms of the model accuracy and interpretability of the driving process and the formation of vehicle speed. …”
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Providing Water Quality Index for Water use in Agriculture: A Case Study by Sosan Rezaei, Ebrahim Fataei

“…The findings indicated that the effluent from the Anbaj wastewater treatment plant requires extensive treatment before being suitable for agricultural use. In contrast, the effluent from the Karaj wastewater treatment plant was of moderate quality and requires minimal treatment. …”
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Acting Performance Evaluation Governor of Aceh in 2022 Based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) : Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Acting Governor of Aceh: Achmad Marzuki, Stra... by Chaidir Ali, Dian Eka Rahmawati

“…Since June 2022, Aceh Province has become a new chapter of leadership after the Helsinki MoU from the Military, this is in contrast to the message of the struggle, that the Military has a place in the hearts of the Acehnese people. …”
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An investigation of the potential of rhodamine B hydrazide as a fluorescent probe for enhancing latent fingerprints by Nadeem Muhammad, Amjad Ali, Hairong Cui, Abdullatif Bin Muhsinah, Muhammad Abdul Qadir, Ghulam Mustafa Kamal, Jalal Uddin, Shoaib Munir

“…Notably, certain derivatives enhanced latent fingerprint contrast by up to 60 % on glass surfaces, indicating significant potential in forensic applications. …”
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Patterns among factors associated with myocardial infarction: chi-squared automatic interaction detection tree and binary logit model by Esra Bayrakçeken, Süheyla Yarali, Uğur Ercan, Ömer Alkan

“…Additionally, individuals with chronic diseases lasting longer than six months were found to have a higher risk of MI. In contrast, factors such as being female, having higher education, being married, being employed, engaging in moderate physical activity, and moderate alcohol consumption were associated with a reduced risk of MI. …”
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Ischemic Stroke Lesion Segmentation on Multiparametric CT Perfusion Maps Using Deep Neural Network by Ankit Kandpal, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Anup Singh

“…Automatic segmentation on CT images is challenging due to the poor contrast-to-noise ratio. Quantitative CT perfusion images improve the estimation of the perfusion deficit regions; however, they are limited by a poor signal-to-noise ratio. …”
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Ripening-Dependent Changes in Antioxidants, Color Attributes, and Antioxidant Activity of Seven Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars by Shiva Ram Bhandari, Jun Gu Lee

“…During ripening process, lycopene content increased from the breaker to red stage, while lutein displayed the reverse accumulation pattern, with higher values during the breaker stage. In contrast, β-carotene showed the highest levels of synthesis in pink and light red stages. …”
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The mediating role of thyroid-related hormones between thyroid dysfunction diseases and osteoporosis: a mediation mendelian randomization study by Ruikang Liu, Weiming Fan, Jiaming Hu, Ke Xu, Zhijian Huang, Yang Liu, Chiyun Sun

“…Furthermore, mediation analysis revealed that TSH mediated 5.314% of the relationship between hypothyroidism and OP. In contrast, FT4 mediated 9.670% of the relationship between hyperthyroidism and OP. …”
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THE METHOD OF CALCULATION AND ANALYSIS OF HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT OF BIMETALLIC FINNED TUBES OF AIR COOLING UNITS WITH IRREGULAR EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION by V. V. Dudarev, S. O. Filatаu, T. B. Karlovich

“…The article focuses on a new method of calculating heat transfer coefficient of bimetallic finned tubes of air coolers taking into account external operational pollution. In contrast to wellknown methods that use the assumption of a uniform distribution of operational contamination layer with a constant thickness over the entire surface of the fins in the present method being introduced it is assumed that the thickness of the pollution layer during long-term operation is changed irregularly. …”
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Life cycle assessment and mechanical strength of cement composites with conventional, and recycled fine aggregate by Sk. Rakibul Islam, Sanjima Nabila Majumder, Rupak Mutsuddy

“…From LCA, subsuming the waste product (RFA) into cement composite exhibited the lowest environmental impact, in contrast to those made with natural sand. Considering the physical properties of fine aggregates, and the crushing strength of mortar along with environmental and economic aspects, cement mortar with RFA can be an environmentally sustainable option and an approach to reduce construction waste and expenses.…”

Great Northern War and Church reform of Peter the Great by N. V. Sokolova

“…The article claims that the secularization of the patriarch's landholdings, in contrast to other church holdings, was complete and final already at the beginning of the 18th century. …”
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Reliability and Accuracy of Standard Reference Procedures for Measurements of Trunk and Arm Postures in Ergonomics by Carl M. Lind, Ida-Märta Rhen, Mikael Forsman

“…For the arm posture, the N-position, which does not include lateral trunk inclination, resulted in a substantial underestimation of the arm elevation angle of approximately 15°, which is a novel finding. In contrast, the posture involving trunk inclination closely matched the targeted reference, with a difference of less than 2°. …”
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Bronchial responses to substance P after antigen challenge in the guinea-pig: in vivo and in vitro studies by E. Boichot, V. Lagente, G. Le Gall, C. Carré, J. M. Mencia-Huerta, P. Braquet, A. Lockhart, N. Frossard

“…In vivo, bronchial responses to aerosolized substance P were similar to the responses observed in antigen-challenged guinea-pigs and in the control groups. In contrast, when the guinea-pigs were pretreated with the NEP inhibitor, phosphoramidon, a significant increase in the airway responses to substance P was observed after antigen challenge in vivo. …”
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Pharmacodynamics of TRPV1 Agonists in a Bioassay Using Human PC-3 Cells by Daniel Alvarez-Berdugo, Marcel Jiménez, Pere Clavé, Laia Rofes

“…Capsaicin and piperine had similar pharmacodynamics (Emax 204.8 ± 184.3% piperine versus 176.6 ± 35.83% capsaicin, P=0.8814, Hill coefficient 0.70 ± 0.50 piperine versus 1.59 ± 0.86 capsaicin, P=0.3752). In contrast, capsaicinoids had lower Emax (40.99 ± 6.14% capsaicinoids versus 176.6 ± 35.83% capsaicin, P<0.001). …”
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Role of HLA alleles polymorphism in systemic lupus erythematosus: A prospective study from North India by Ranjan S. Rana, Bitan Naik, Mahima Yadav, Usha Singh, Anup Singh, Shailja Singh

“…Other risk factor alleles found to be increased were DRβ1*0701, DQβ1*0202, and DQβ1*0301, which had a significant positive association with SLE, suggesting their role in susceptibility to SLE. In contrast, DRβ1*0401, DRβ1*1401, DRβ1*1404, DRβ1*1501, DQβ1*0501, and DQα1*0201 showed statistically significant reduction in SLE patients, while these were much more common in controls, suggesting their protective role. …”
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The relationship of growth differentiation factor 15 with some biochemical parameters in cardiovascular disease patients in Babylon City by Hiba Resheed Behayaa, Zinah Abbass Ali, Seenaa Badr Mohammed, Suhayr A. Alqaysi

“…Results: The results suggested that the serum levels of GDF15 and homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance displayed a non-significant difference among studied groups (P > 0.05), whereas total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, triglyceride, adiponectin, and C-reactive protein appeared to have a significant difference among studied groups (P < 0.05). In contrast, the current study observed a non-significant (P > 0.05) association for GDF15 with all the clinical and biochemical parameters measured in this study. …”
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Anterior and Posterior Corneal Astigmatism after Refractive Lenticule Extraction for Myopic Astigmatism by Kazutaka Kamiya, Kimiya Shimizu, Mayumi Yamagishi, Akihito Igarashi, Hidenaga Kobashi

“…The anterior surface showed with-the-rule astigmatism in 51 eyes (96%) preoperatively and 48 eyes (91%) postoperatively. By contrast, the posterior surface showed against-the-rule astigmatism in all eyes preoperatively and postoperatively. …”
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Thyroid Stimulating but Not Blocking Autoantibodies Are Highly Prevalent in Severe and Active Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy: A Prospective Study by E. Kampmann, T. Diana, M. Kanitz, D. Hoppe, G. J. Kahaly

“…All 101 consecutively followed-up patients with severe and active TAO were TBAb negative. In contrast, 91 (90%) were TSAb positive of whom 90 had Graves’ disease. …”
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Differential pathological changes in colon microenvironments in acute and chronic mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease by NaYeon Ham, Minji Park, Young-An Bae, Eui-Ju Yeo, YunJae Jung

“…During the acute phase, activated innate inflammation marked by M1 macrophage infiltration was prominent. In contrast, the chronic phase was characterized by tissue remodeling, with a significant increase in M2 macrophages and lymphocytes. …”
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