Chronic exposure to diesel engine exhaust and alteration of the airway bacteriome by Menghui Jiang, Yongwei Yan, Tao Wang, Bojia Wang, Yanting Li, Jinglong Tang, Yuxin Zheng

“…The exposed participants experienced lower forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) than controls. …”
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Hormonal Contraceptives and Athletic Outcomes - analysis of potential effects of oral contraceptives on strength, endurance, mood, and overall competitive results by Dominika Lewandowska, Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Dominika Strep, Anna Podraza, Julia Grabowska, Maciej Kwiatkowski, Patryk Romańczyk, Julia Białczak, Weronika Kanownik, Jakub Rosiński

“…Some investigators report slight reductions in muscle strength and cardiorespiratory capacity, possibly linked to hormonal shifts or metabolic alterations. …”
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The effect of drought stress on Pinellia ternata in terms of physiology and aquaporin genes after Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation by Shuang Li, Yajun Liu, Han He, Yike Xu, Xiaochun Sun, Wenjing Huang

“…AMF can alleviate drought stress-induced damage by regulating photosynthetic capacity, osmosis, antioxidant activities, and aquaporin gene expression. …”
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Communal-based domestic rainwater harvesting system: A novel approach to alternative solutions for increasing water supply and recharging groundwater in Jagakarsa urban area, South... by Suprapti Suprapti, Muhammad Syahril Badri Kusuma, Hadi Kardhana, Muhammad Cahyono, Imroatul Chalimah Juliana

“…In addition, the model could show a comparison of total groundwater recharge (GWR) and groundwater extraction (GWE), where the GWR capacity was higher. This allows centralized rainwater management in communal tanks, thereby reducing groundwater usage. …”
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Nanocomposite treatment of hospital wastewater; Prophylaxis toxicity in the freshwater crayfish muscles and hepatopancreas by Hend A. Sabry, Sally M. Salaah, Marwa M. El-Naggar, Elham H.A. Ali, Magdy T. Khalil, Amal A.E. Ibrahim, Amr B. Mostafa

“…This improvement was attained by reducing the HP and muscles' toxicity through lowering nitric oxide contents, lipid peroxidation, protein carbonyl, and 8‑hydroxy- deoxyguanosine, while decreasing total antioxidant capacities, cytochrome P450, adenosine triphosphate, and calcium. …”
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The ICT Usage and The Teaching and Learning of History Education in Secondary Schools: A case Study of Bufundi Sub-County, Rubanda District South Western Uganda. by Namara, Arkright

“…Finally, many recommendations were made as follows; The Government of Uganda should consider providing more training on the pedagogical use of ICTs for the delivery of education, Teachers and students should invest their time in learning and training themselves about JCT application in education to acquire more capacity and reap more benefits of ICT for in education. …”
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Usage of Optimized Least Square SVR to Volume Expansion Estimation of Cement Paste Including Fly Ash and Mgo Expansive Additive by Mazharul Islam, Sadia Afrin

“…The limited hydration capacity and challenges related to delayed expansion prevent fly ash (𝐹𝐴) and 𝑀𝑔𝑂 expansive additive (𝑀𝐸𝐴) from being used significantly. …”
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Memorias de la inmigración. Historias de vida de los inmigrantes europeos en el Chaco a través de sus fotografías by Alejandra Reyero, Luciana Sudar Klappenbach

“…El objetivo es trazar una retrospectiva social, histórica y estética de la práctica fotográfica chaqueña y analizar las imágenes que de sí mismos y de su entorno son capaces de construir los inmigrantes en el Chaco. …”
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Development and evaluation of punching mechanism for de-seeding of ber fruit by Bharath Kumar Komatineni, B. Manjula, Sanwal Singh Meena, V. Kavan Kumar, Utkarsh Dwivedi, Akuleti Saikumar, Seelam Jaya Krishna, Sumit Kumar Vishwakarma

“…The Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that the performance parameters (pulp wastage and efficiency) of de-seeder are negatively correlated. The capacity of the developed de-seeder varies from 15 – 17 kg/ h and 220 – 280 fruits/ h. …”
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Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation by Paolo Gerli, Fabio Neves da Rocha, Luca Mora

“…In this commentary, we reflect on this challenge and assert that GDI literature exhibits several shortcomings that contribute to undermining the long-term stability of these initiatives and their capacity to foster more inclusive, just, and sustainable digitalization processes. …”
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Steganography in Game Actions by Ching-Chun Chang, Isao Echizen

“…The stego-system has been systematically validated through experimental evaluations, assessing its distortion and capacity alongside its secrecy and robustness when subjected to simulated passive and active adversaries.…”
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Aportes de la escuela de Frankfurt y Edgar Morin para fomentar el pensar dialéctico y complejo en la educación by Sheila López-Pérez

“…Se considera que solo un pensar de estas características, un pensar que convierte al sujeto en estratega, construirá ciudadanos capaces de hacerse cargo de sus democracias. Se procura esclarecer la conexión entre educación y política para poner la primera como base y motor de la segunda. …”
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Load Balancing for Integrated Access and Backhaul in mmWave Small Cells by Quang-Huy Tran, Tho-Minh Duong, Sungoh Kwon

“…The weight of the graph is represented as the cost of the link between two BSs and is defined to reflect the cell load and link capacity. The proposed algorithm estimates the upcoming load and adjusts the network transmission schedule to balance the load inside the network. …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“…They created wonderful collections in their palaces. Later, most of those books enriched various state and research libraries. …”
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La identidad geográfica del Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa: la dificultad de su gestión by Fermín Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Rafael Menéndez Fernández, Cristina Pulgar Díaz

“…Tras un complejo proceso administrativo, en el que han variado los enfoques con los que se trata su gestión, hoy sigue sin resolverse la fórmula que compatibilice las actividades económicas con la política de conservación del medio, lo que provoca un bloqueo persistente, atribuido a los cambios en el sistema de regulación del Estado, que va pasando de unitario a compuesto, y a la utilización de un enfoque sectorial, naturalista y burocrático, para resolver un problema que es de ordenación del territorio, por lo que necesita el enfoque holístico para su planificación y la lógica de proyecto para su gestión, integradas por evaluadores territoriales, capaces de conciliar las regulaciones funcionales y administrativas, mediante el conocimiento y el principio de cooperación, con la finalidad de conseguir la ocupación dinámica del territorio del Parque Nacional y de las comarcas que lo acogen, como medio de preservar su misión territorial de reserva de importantes recursos para la población. …”
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Clinical Progression and Load Management For Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy In A Long-Distance Runner: A Case Report by Cristina Campos-Villegas, Lucía Ortega-Pérez de Villar, Javier Gámez-Payá, Jorge Alarcón-Jiménez, Nieves de Bernardo

“…The aim of this case report is to analyze the effectiveness of an exercise protocol with progression of tendon loading in PHT in an amateur runner, by assessing pain and functional capacity. # Case Description The subject was a 30-year-old male runner. …”
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Development and Feasibility of an Adolescent Dancer Screen by Kynaston Schultz, Kathleen Sun Worrall, Zoe Tawa, Joanna Binney, Jessica Boyle, Laurel Daniels Abbruzzese

“… # Study Design Descriptive Epidemiology Study # Methods Dancers at two suburban pre-professional dance studios, in two cohorts, participated in the Columbia Adolescent Dancer Screen (CADS) that includes dance injury history, health questionnaires (EAT-26, SF-36, DFOS), aerobic capacity, range of motion, strength, balance/orthopedic special tests, and dance technique. …”
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Selenium nanoparticles and maize: Understanding the impact on seed germination, growth, and nutrient interactions by Ezequiel García-Locascio, Edgardo I. Valenzuela, Pabel Cervantes-Avilés

“…The total chlorophyll content and Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) increased in a range of 51.8 – 155 % in the seedlings with the exposure of 10 mg/L; however, the proline content increased to 349.4 % with 50 mg/L. …”
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Ecological and Specific Evidence-Based Safe Return To Play After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction In Soccer Players: A New International Paradigm by Florian Forelli, Nicolas Le Coroller, Maxime Gaspar, Geoffrey Memain, Georgios Kakavas, Nicholas Miraglia, Patrice Marine, Pascal Maille, Timothy E Hewett, Alexandre JM Rambaud

“…Although it seems important to evaluate strength, psychological variables and aerobic and anaerobic capacities, evaluation of neuromotor control in standard and ecological situations may be helpful for reducing the risk of injury after ACLR. …”
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Influence of environmental factors on phytochemical compositions and antioxidant activity of Juniperus communis L by Purnima Rawat, Khashti Dasila, Mithilesh Singh, Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal

“…The highest antioxidant activity determined by DPPH and ABTS assays were calculated as 36.97 ± 0.030 μg/mL and 518.78 ± 0.123 μg/mL in JC4 respectively while FRAP assay revealed highest antioxidative capacity of samples from JC2 (3507 m). The GC–MS analysis revealed the presence of around 35 compounds with communic acid, beta-Elemene, oplopanone, mome inositol, and spathulenol as the major compounds. …”
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