Preparation and Adsorption Performance of Polyacrylamide/<italic>Nicandra Physalodes </italic>(L.) <italic>Gaertn</italic> Composite Material for Congo Red Removal by GUO Wanjin, SUN Hao, CAO Chuqing, ZHAO Lijun

“…ObjectiveThe discharge of various organic pollutants has caused significant water pollution issues over the past decades. Congo red, a widely used and highly hazardous dye, presents challenges in degradation and treatment. …”
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Legal Challenges of Marine Insurance Laws in the Use of Unmanned Ships by Mahsa Bahadoran- Baghbaderani, Masoud Shirani, Reza Soltani

“…Furthermore, standardizing the design and functionality of unmanned ships and issuing certifications for software and systems are vital steps in minimizing risks and fostering trust among insurers and operators. …”
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A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial in three culturally different middle-income countries (ASSIST global): protocol for a randomised feasibility study by Bin Dong, Peijin Hu, Sharon Anne Simpson, Laurence Moore, Sean Semple, Nicola McMeekin, Kate Reid, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Emily Long, Meigan Thomson, Anthony Purvis, Bagas Suryo Bintoro, Yin Nwe Soe, Sally Good, Nino Jose Mateo, Maria Guadalupe Salanga, Charisse Tan Llorin, Jing-Yi Wang

“…The feasibility of trial processes including outcome measurement will be assessed. …”
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Party-civic activism in Iran: challenges and requirements from 1997 to 2023 by Khalil Sardarnia, Jamil Ghoreyshi

“…Enhancing Transparency and Accountability: Legal obligations, internal mechanisms for accountability, transparent performance, and oversight processes are essential to improve party credibility. …”
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The Effect of Land Use Change on Runoff Using the SWAT Model in the Tajan Watershed by hayede bayani, ali bagheri, Davod Akbari Nodehi, Valiollah Karimi

“…Extended Abstract Background: Land use/land cover (LULC) change in a specific area results from environmental and socioeconomic issues, as well as human activities over time and space. …”
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Feasibility Study of Low- input Pistachio Production: Case Study of Dasht-e-Rabat Region- Shahr-e-Babak County by Farangissadat Hosseini Dana, Mehdi Nooripoor

“…During the recent decades, a lot of attention has been paid to approaches such as organic farming as a way to deal with issues and maintain environmental equilibrium in terms of sustainability. …”
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The importance of interpretive social science to promoting renewable energy and sustainable development by Steve Connelly

“…To be sure, in the field of sustainable development and renewable energy there are many technical issues unresolved: around efficiency and implementation, about what works best in particular settings and so on. …”
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NET Models Meeting 2024 white paper: the current state of neuroendocrine tumour research models and our future aspirations by Po Hien Ear, Ilaria Marinoni, Talya Dayton, Rachael Guenter, Dawn E Quelle, Anna Battistella, Floryne O Buishand, Suganthi Chittaranjan, Yi-Cheih Nancy Du, Ines Marques, Natalia S Pellegata, Samira M Sadowski, Amit Tirosh, Simon April-Monn, Cinzia Aurilia, Renata Jaskula-Sztul, Maria Jesús Baena Moreno, Simone Donati, Katherine A English, Maria Almudena Hernandez Llorens, Harry Hodgetts, Francesca Marini, Maria Martins, Gaia Palmini, Beatriz Soldevilla, Jörg Schrader, Rajesh V Thakker, Kate E Lines

“…Thakker, who summarised NET research over the past few decades, and Dr Schrader, who described the process and pitfalls of generating new cell lines. …”
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Challenges and opportunities for real-world evidence in clinical oncology—a view from the UK: proceedings of a national workshop by M. Craddock, C. Dempsey, D. Abdulwahid, J.P.C. Baldwin, K. Banfill, A. Carver, A. Chaturvedi, S. Cheeseman, G.W. Cowell, M. Daly, A. Dekker, S.R. Dubash, S. Duffield, I. Fornacon-Wood, M.A.C. Garcia, P. Goodley, H. Green, R.J. Holley, S. Ingram, S. Jones, J. Kennedy, A. Lighterness, C.K. McGarry, O. McLaughlin, R. Mir, B.W. Papiez, D.E.J. Snelling, S. Theophanous, S. Warren, K. Zucker, G. Price, C. Faivre-Finn

“…Potential solutions include streamlining information governance processes, training staff in data science skills, and demonstrating clinical benefit. …”
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Biomechanical analysis of clear aligners for mandibular anterior teeth intrusion and its clinical application in the design of new aligner attachment by Shengzhao Xiao, Caiqi Cheng, Haochen Li, Lin Li, Canao Shen, Qiping Feng, Yan Zhao, Yufeng Duan, Lunguo Xia, Fengting Chu, Bing Fang

“…Methods We first statistically analyzed the clinical issues, then used FEA to explore their underlying mechanisms to guide the design of attachments in clinical practice. …”
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A Model For Optimization of Knowledge Management Outsourcing Decision Using Genetic Algorithm by Ameneh Khadivar, Fatemeh Abbasi, Sheyda Akbarian

“…Data from the questionnaires were processed using MATLAB, where the genetic algorithm was applied. …”
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Targeting Frequent Efferocytosis in Tumor Microenvironment is a New Direction for Cancer Treatment by Gangxing Zhu, Xinliang Wan, Wanyin Wu, Luyu Jia, Xiaoyan Yu, Handan Mo, Xi Wang, Qichun Zhou, Qing Tang, Sumei Wang

“…While chemotherapy and radiotherapy are commonly used for cancer treatment, drug resistance and side effects are prevalent issues. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find new treatment modalities. …”
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multi-objective mathematical model for optimizing the collection and recycling of urban waste under conditions of uncertainty(The subject of study : Karaj city) by Mohsen Bijanpoor, Reza Ehtesham Rasi, Davood Gharakhany

“…Considering the collection and recycling supply chain network presented in this research and also based on the literature review, issues such as routing the movement of waste collection and transportation trucks in the mentioned network, production and storage planning for recycling centers,&nbsp; using heuristic and meta-heuristic solution methods to solve the model which are combined with other exact mathematical solution methods such as Lagrange release, considering environmental objective functions such as pollution reduction in the waste transportation and recycling process and considering the uncertainty in the capacity of facilities can be considered as the subject of future research.…”
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Accumulation Differences in Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Its Ether Carboxylic Acid Alternatives in the Manila Clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) by Hanlin QIN, Yujie BI, Shuqi JIANG, Chengchen WU, Zhijun TAN, Qianqian GENG, Mengmeng GUO

“…In 2019, PFOA and its salts were included as Annex A of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and in 2023, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China and six other departments issued the "Key Regulated New Pollutant List 2023", which proposed environmental risk control measures for PFOA, its salts, and related compounds. …”
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The Strategies to use the Abandoned Agricultural Lands around Sanandaj by Reza Movahedi, Sina Javanmardi

“…Sample size is determined using Cochran formula (n = 357) and a systematic random method is used for sampling process. The data gathering tool is a questionnaire, which is validated by the experts from Kurdistan's Agricultural-Jihad Organization and its reliability is confirmed during a pretest by Alpha Cronbach test and it is 0.88. …”
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Reducing inequalities through greater diversity in clinical trials – As important for medical devices as for drugs and therapeutics by Laurence S.J. Roope, Jessica Walsh, Maddie Welland, Gabrielle Samuel, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Anna C. Nobre, Stuart Clare, Helen Higham, Jon Campbell, Tim Denison, Karla L. Miller, Seena Fazel, Matthew L. Costa, Andrew Farmer, Marian Knight, Rachel Taylor, Lorna R. Henderson, Angeli Vaid, John Geddes, Vasiliki Kiparoglou, Helen McShane, Philip M. Clarke

“…We highlight some general issues in this domain, before discussing several specific illustrative examples in the context of medical devices. …”
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Patient-Reported Incident Measure (PRIM) tools for reporting patient safety incidents: protocol for a scoping review by Mercè Soler Font, Ignacio Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ignasi Bolíbar, Maria Rubio-Valera, Merce Soler-Font, Víctor Quirós González, Karla Salas-Gama, Dimelza Osorio, Maria Nieves Plana, Julio Muñoz-Miguel, Maria Teresa Franco, Mariona Secanell-Espluga, Paula Fernández-Torres, Stefanie Suclupe, Daniel Torres-López, Alex Aisa Castillo, Adrià Almar, Emilien Amar Devilleneuve, Ignasi Bolibar Ribas, Alex Cano Velasco, Gonzalo Casans Gómez, Núria Castany Viñas, Maria Teresa Franco Romero, Cristina González Steinbauer, Clara María Grau Corral, Antoni Jesús Cruz Antolin, Susana Malgrat Caballero, Roser Martín Campos, Cristopher Alan Mazo Torre, Julio Muñoz Miguel, Rafael Manuel Ortí Lucas, Percy Efrain Pantoja Bustillos, Maria del Mar Pina Cobos, Maria Nieves Plana Farras, Aida Ribera Solé, Soledad Romea Lecumberri, Maria Rubio Valera, Alba Saa Casal, Anna Sala Cunill, Karla Salas Gama, Yuli Salvador Lodosa, Mariona Secanell Espluga, Stefanie Chriss Suclupe Obregon

“…We will describe the general characteristics of the tool: setting, scope, format, content, type of patient safety incident and severity, the moment of notification, relation to patient safety incident reporting and learning systems, development process, testing, validation, or piloting, among other characteristics. …”
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Ecosystem Sustainability Assessment Using IUCN (Case Study: Dorook Basin) by Atefeh Teimoori, Seyed Mortza Seyedian, Hamed Rouhani, Reza Ahmadi

“…The IUCN Sustainability Assessment Method, in its full version, describes a process with seven stages. It is presented as a cycle because the assessment process is designed to allow updates that can show changes over time. …”
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Understanding knowledge and media influence on people with hepatitis B in Senegal: a mixed-methods study by Séverine Carillon, Ibrahima Gueye, Moussa Seydi, Boubacar Coulibaly, Gilles Wandeler, Khaly Diaw, Aissatou Niang, Aminata Diallo, Albert Gautier Ndione, Mariama Diédhiou, Judicaël Malick Tine, Amady Ndiaye, Louise Fortes, Ndèye Fatou Ngom, Adrià Ramírez Mena, Oumy Camara, Astou Diop, Boly Niang, Bintou Fall, Bruce Wembulua, Kevine Tiogouo, Marianne Berthé, Ndeye Maguette Fall, Adrià Ramírez Mena, Judicaël Tine, Aboubakar Sidikh Badiane, Fatima Sall, Daye Ka, Ahmadou Mboup, Alassane Ndiaye, Abibatou Diaw, Assietou Gaye, Betty Fall, Houleye Saou, Ababacar Niang, Bessoum Sy, Sadio Ba, Astou Diagne, Mamadou Gueye, Kiné Ndiaye, Ndeye Fatou Nguirane, Mbaye Thiam, Ibrahima Niang, Joseph Diouf, Ndoye Diop, Khady Ndaw, Khady Ghassama, Khadim Faye, Fatou Diop, Marie Massaly, Aminata Ndoye Badji, Melissa Sandrine Pandi, Hubert Akotia, Bineta Seck Fall, Ousseynou Ndiaye, Marie-Joseph Dieme, Abdoulaye Keita

“…Data on readers’ comments spaces were extracted using an inductive approach and were processed using thematic analyses. The quantitative data issued from content analysis were exported to Stata SE V.17.0 (StataCorp) for statistical analysis.Results We observed a generalised lack of knowledge about HBV among participants, some of whom had never heard of the virus prior to their screening. …”
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Research Progress of DNA Methylation in Fish by Hai HUANG, Yan LU, Liu CAO

“…In active DNA demethylation, methylcytosine is first oxidized by TET1/2/3 and then excised by thymine DNA glycosylase. During this process, DNA 5-methylcytosine is oxidized to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. …”
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