Assessment of Useful Alien Plant Species Cultivated and Managed in Rural Home Gardens of Limpopo Province, South Africa by Sebua Silas Semenya, Alfred Maroyi

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Long term survival following cryoablation with adjuvant Toripalimab for anorectal malignant melanoma: a case report by Xuejun Jiang, Zujin Ji, Peng Li, Fangjun Yuan, Xinyi Lei, Yong Yang

“…The patient derived significant benefits from the cryoablation treatment.ConclusionsUltrasound-guided trans-anal cryoablation, when combined with adjuvant PD-1 therapy, offers a novel treatment approach for patients with anorectal malignant melanoma. …”
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Advancements in cold spraying for polymer matrix composites: enhanced LSP and EMI shielding performance — review and future directions by Bugra Karahan, Ismail Ozdemir, Thomas Grund, Niclas Hanisch, Thomas Lampke

“…The combination of PMCs with conductive materials presents an innovative approach to achieving lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and efficient LSP and EMI shielding solutions, offering significant advancements in surface functionalization. …”
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Optimizing University Program Selection: A Comparative Study of Multi-Criteria Methods by Daghouri Ansar, Mansouri Khalifa

“…This study presents a hierarchical model for evaluating university programs according to the preferences of individual students. It offers an in-depth perspective on the benefits and limitations of each method in the decision-making process.…”
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Dietary changes are associated with an increase in air pollution-related health and environmental inequity in China by Biao Luo, Jianwei Huang, Xueying Liu, Mei-Po Kwan, Amos P. K. Tai

“…Our results also provide empirical evidence for the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis, and offer decision support for equitable clean air, food and health policies in China.…”
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Impact of Metabolic Syndrome Factors on Testosterone and SHBG in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome by Mukhtar Mohammed, Molham AL-Habori, Ahmed Abdullateef, Riyadh Saif-Ali

“…Objective. Several studies have often reported low testosterone and SHBG to be associated with type 2 DM and the metabolic syndrome (MetS). …”
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Attitudes and Behaviours of Health Workers and the Use of HIV/AIDS Health Care Services by Jonathan M. Dapaah

“…This is contrary to the findings of most studies in the literature that health workers often do not communicate and relate to these patients well. …”
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Model Studies of Metallurgical Processes Based on the Example of Blowing Steel with Argon by T. Merder, J. Pieprzyca, R. Wende, J. Witek, M. Saternus

“…Identification of these mechanisms in industrial conditions is difficult and often impossible for fundamental reasons. A frequently used research tool in such cases are water physical models of metallurgical reactors used in steel production. …”
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Pengaruh E-Payment Trust terhadap Minat Transaksi pada E-Marketplace Menggunakan Framework Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) 3 by Merryana Lestari, Hindriyanto Dwi Purnomo, Irwan Sembiring

“…The results of this study can be used as evaluation material for e-Marketplace vendors to analyze how often users make transactions in the e-Marketplace so that it gives more confidence to users to make transactions using e-Payment services. …”
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Exploring the Impacts of Change Orders on Performance of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia by Majed Alzara

“…The construction industry is one of the most complex industries, and it involves numerous change orders. Change orders often occur in all or some phases of industrial construction work and have a significant impact on the success of the project, its on-time completion, or ultimately, an increase in the estimated cost of the project. …”
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Clinical features of pneumatosis intestinalis induced by alpha- glucosidase inhibitor in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a single center retrospective study by Guanlin Wu, Weiheng He, Huimin Rao, Lin Lu, Xinran He, Xuewen Hou

“…Timely intervention is crucial to prevent adverse outcomes. This study offers valuable insights for the future management of αGI in diabetes treatment.…”
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ON SOME PROBLEMS OF DISSERTATION OPPONENCY by V. Ya. Gelman

“…The main objectives and the existing drawbacks of the work of official opponents are identified. The following questions that arise when opposing dissertations are discussed: the choice and appointment of official opponents by the Dissertation Council, the specifics of the opponents’ performance in the defense process and the payment for their work. …”
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Optical Channel Capacity Upgrade Based on Multiwavelength Conversion XGM Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for Access Networks by Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-rahman, Abdul Hameed Almabrok Swedan

“…A result obtained was the best power level offering wavelength converter between −6 and 3 dBm. …”
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Measuring psychological well-being in a danish pregnancy cohort using the self-reported WHO-5 index by Cecilie Holm Christiansen, Karl Bang Christensen, Stinne Høgh, Kristina M. Renault, Marie Stampe Emborg, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Hanne Hegaard

“…The sensitivity and specificity of cut-off score of ≤ 50 on the WHO-5 index with a for predicting the presence of one core symptom from the MDI-2 was 0.81 and 0.82, respectively, while the sensitivity and specificity using a cut-off of ≤ 28 was 0.32 and 0.98, respectively. …”
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Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America by Angel Urbina-Garcia

“…Introduction Traditional research on parenthood and wellbeing often employs a positivist perspective and focuses on non-LA samples -limiting our knowledge and understanding of the influence of cultural components such as Machismo and Marianismo, have in parents’ wellbeing. …”
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Breeding Performances of the European Blackbird (Turdus merula) in Morocco: Habitat Selection, Breeding Phenology, and Breeding Success by Abderahim El Hassani, Ismail Mansouri, Wafae Squalli, Abdelbari El Agy, Amine Assouguem, Kenza Bouayad, Abdellah Markou, Mohamed Mounir, Hamid Achiban, Mohamed Dakki, Lahsen El Ghadraoui

“…Additionally, our data offer a possibility of large-scale comparative studies of the reproductive ecology of the Blackbird species.…”
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Impact of the Late Miocene Cooling on the loss of coral reefs in the Central Indo-Pacific by B. F. Petrick, L. Reuning, M. Pfeiffer, G. Auer, L. Schwark

“…This “Pliocene Reef Gap” has often been ascribed to non-climatic factors. However, a lack of proxy data prevents an understanding of climatic changes during this time. …”
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Spondylodiscitis Occurring after Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture: A Case Report by Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz, Mehmet Zafer Berkman

“…However, the diagnosis is often delayed due to the rarity and insidious onset of the disease usually presenting with low back pain which has a high frequency in the society. …”
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The Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia Michx) by Peter C. Andersen, Ali Sarkhosh, Dustin Huff, Jacque Breman

“…Vines do best in deep, fertile soils, and they can often be found in beside river beds.  Wild muscadine grapes are functionally dioecious due to incomplete stamen formation in female vines and incomplete pistil formation in male vines. …”
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Rendre la conservation de l’agrobiodiversité mexicaine gouvernable ou le difficile transcodage des savoirs scientifiques by Jean Foyer, Marianna Fenzi

“…This article offers an analysis of the flagship program for the conservation of the diversity of Mexican maize - the Programa de Conservación de Maíz Criollo (PROMAC) - from its design at the level of national institutions to its implementation at the local level, including the regional administrative level. …”
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