A straightforward protocol for extracting microplastics from freshwater sediment with high organic content by Queiroz Lucas Gonçalves, de Oliveira Hallai Luana, Rocha de Moraes Beatriz, Ando Rômulo Augusto, Pompêo Marcelo, Rani-Borges Bárbara

“…Based on the efficiency of the extraction method, we proposed and applied a protocol for environmental samples. The protocol comprises five key steps: (1) drying sediment samples, (2) density separation, (3) filtering, (4) digestion of organic matter, and (5) visual analysis. …”
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Exploring the Causal Relationship Between Saliva Microbiota Abundance and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease/Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization... by Wei H, Han C, Song Y

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Understanding the struggle: Unique challenges of adherence in male diabetic patients in Tshwane by Refilwe S.N. Mokoena, Eugene M. Makhavhu, Livhuwani Tshivhase

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THE ARABIC LINGUISTIC TERM IN TRANSLATED DICTIONARIES: A CRITICAL READING OF A SELECTED SAMPLE FROM THE LINGUISTICS DICTIONARY BY GEORGES MOUNIN, TRANSLATED BY DR. JAMAL AL-HADHARI by Mohamed Zine DJILI & Said KHENICHE

“…A brief sample was selected as an entry point to explore the challenges and issues surrounding the translation of modern Arabic linguistic terms, with the goal of assessing whether these terms meet the standard requirements of specialized terminology development. …”
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Risk-communication issues in radiation safety: Mass consciousness about radiation and nuclear industry based on the results of a sociological research in St. Petersburg, the Lening... by N. V. Sokolov, A. M. Biblin, L. V. Repin, L. S. Rekhtina

“…Materials and Methods: The data were collected during mass surveys of representative samples of the population of two regions located in the Northwest of the Russian Federation: 1) St. …”
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Do ‘language trees with sampled ancestors’ really support a ‘hybrid model’ for the origin of Indo-European? Thoughts on the most recent attempt at yet another IE phylogeny by Alexei S. Kassian, George Starostin

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Communication Between Parents and Young People on Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues and Its Associated Factors in Holeta and Bako Towns, Oromia, West Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectiona... by Tsegaye Benti Muse, Hunduma Dinsa Ayeno, Mulugeta Mekuria Mengistu, Yohannes Bacha Gemechu, Seifadin Ahmed Shallo, Elias Teferi Bala

“…Aim To assess communication between parents and young people on SRH issues and their associated factors in Holeta and Bako Towns, Oromia, West Ethiopia, 2020. …”
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The impact of strategic audit dimensions in reducing cases of financial fraud An analytical exploratory study of the opinions of administrative and financial managers in a sample o... by Fadhil Nabi Osman, Abdulnaser Ibrahim Nour An-Najah, Jamal Anwer Yaba

“…In order for the theoretical side to address the issue of strategic audit, the primary data of the research were investigated through the main research tool (the questionnaire) that was designed based on the theoretical framework of strategic audit and its dimensions, and the number of the study sample individuals reached (85) persons, including (3) the head of the administration’s board, (12) the executive director, (25) managers of departments and branches, (14) the financial manager, (13) the director of internal audit, and (18) account auditors (external auditors) in corporations in the Kurdistan Region / Iraq. …”
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Speciation of Clinically Significant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci Isolates from Clinical Samples and their Susceptibility Pattern: A Cross-sectional Study from Western Uttar Pr... by Priya, Ismat Rehana, Anita Pandey, Rajesh Kumar Shah, Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary

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Enhanced mixup for improved time series analysis by Khoa Tho Anh Nguyen, Khoa Nguyen, Taehong Kim, Ngoc Hong Tran, Vinh Dinh

“…This adaptation involves mixing samples while aiming to maintain the data's temporal structure and integrating target contributions into the loss function. …”
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Joint Chance-Constrained Economic Dispatch Involving Joint Optimization of Frequency-Related Inverter Control and Regulation Reserve Allocation by Ye Tian, Zhengshuo Li, Wenchuan Wu, Miao Fan

“…The issues of uncertainty and frequency security become significantly serious in power systems with the high penetration of volatile inverter-based renewables (IBRs), which makes it necessary to consider the uncertainty and frequency-related constraints in the economic dispatch (ED) programs. …”
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The Research on Precise Monitoring Methods for Grain Planting Areas Based on High-precision UAV Remote Sensing Images by XU Chang, WANG Chunxiao, LIU Lu, YAN Xiaobin, LIU Xiaojuan, Chen Hui, CHENG Mingxing, FAN Yewen

“…This study aims to address the issues of low efficiency, high cost, and insufficient accuracy in traditional rice cultivation range monitoring methods. …”
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Transformer Fault Diagnosis Based on Knowledge Distillation and Residual Convolutional Neural Networks by Haikun Shang, Yanlei Wei, Shen Zhang

“…The approach begins by extracting features from DGA data using the ratio method and Multiscale sample entropy (MSE), then reconstructs the state space of the feature data using recursive plots to generate interpretable two-dimensional image features. …”
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Supraharmonics monitoring based on VSSESP-DBP dynamic compressed sensing algorithm by Chao Yan, Hongtao Shen, Jie Yu, Peng Tao, Hongxi Wang, Ting Yang

“…Traditional static time-window-based methods struggle to accurately sample these non-smooth signals, leading to reconstruction errors and inefficiencies. …”
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Strategic Management Practices within the Romanian Hotel Industry by Ovidiu-Niculae Bordean, Anca Borza

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Research Progress on Application of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Extraction of Mycotoxins from Food Matrices by CHEN Mengtian, YANG Tianbao, LI Qingyue, ZHANG Ping’an, SONG Lianjun, HUANG Xianqing, BU Tong, ZHANG Xiya, MAO Yexuan

“…Mycotoxins in foods are an important issue in the field of public safety, posing a potential threat to human health. …”
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Net portal appearance used to assess feed evaluation system predictions of the digestive flow and gut metabolism of essential amino acids in dairy cows: A meta-analysis by R. Martineau, D.R. Ouellet, D. Pellerin, P.A. LaPierre, M.E. Van Amburgh, G.E. Lobley, H. Lapierre

“…Based on current NPAobs studies and our previous meta-analysis on postruminal outflows of EAA, sampling digesta at the duodenum appears to be more representative of the true supply of EAA to the cows than sampling at the omasum.…”
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CoWO₄/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite-Modified Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode for Enhanced Voltammetric Determination of 2,4-Dichlorophenol in Water Samples by Somayeh Tajik, Hadi Beitollahi, Fariba Garkani Nejad, Reza Zaimbashi

“…Water pollution with phenolic compounds is a serious environmental issue that can pose a major threat to the water sources. …”
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One-Day Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria in Fecal Samples from Surgical Patients: A Concerning Trend of Antibiotic R... by Sintondji K, Lègba B, Koudokpon CH, Fabiyi K, Dougnon V

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How do children understand and respond to the EQ-5D-Y-3L? A mixed methods study in a community-based sample of 6–12-year-olds by Diana Khanna, Kiri Lay, Jyoti Khadka, Christine Mpundu-Kaambwa, Julie Ratcliffe, in collaboration with the Quality of Life in Kids: Key evidence to strengthen decisions in Australia (QUOKKA) project team

“…Results Overall, response issues were detected in n = 18 (46%) children. Comprehension issues were apparent in the “having pain or discomfort” dimension where children found it challenging to understand ‘discomfort’. …”
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