Development and validation of a species-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) primer for endangered Asian arowana, Scleropages formosus (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) for law enforcement... by Nurul Affiqah Edora Mohd-Azhar, Haslawati Baharuddin, Mohamad-Sufiyan Salmi, Noor Faizah Ismail, Amatul-Samahah Md. Ali, Syazwan Saidin, Adibah Abu-Bakar

“…Hence, the application of eDNA as wild population monitoring of S. formosus is possible for conservation and CITES enforcement program. • The species-specific primer of S. formosus was designed based on selected sequences obtained from GenBank • This report presents the potential application of eDNA in the management of the Malaysian 686 CITES Act for conservation monitoring of the Asian Arowana • The detection and wild population monitoring is possible through the eDNA method as complementary tools…”
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Meter-scale heterostructure printing for high-toughness fiber electrodes in intelligent digital apparel by Gun-Hee Lee, Yunheum Lee, Hyeonyeob Seo, Kyunghyun Jo, Jinwook Yeo, Semin Kim, Jae-Young Bae, Chul Kim, Carmel Majidi, Jiheong Kang, Seung-Kyun Kang, Seunghwa Ryu, Seongjun Park

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Tobacco use among working adolescents and high school students in Turkey: evaluating the effect of the national tobacco control policy by Erkan Çakır, Bülent Karadağ, Refika Ersu, Fazilet Karakoç, Nezih Varol, Ali Özdemir, Ahmet Hakan Gedik, Nazlı Karacabey, Hakan Yazan, Elif Dağlı

“…In our previous published study conducted in 2006 before the national tobacco control program (NTCP), we found that working adolescents (WA) more frequently consumed cigarettes than high school students (HSS). …”
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Simplifying the Treatment of Bone Atrophy in the Posterior Regions: Combination of Zygomatic and Wide-Short Implants—A Case Report with 2 Years of Follow-Up by Fernanda Faot, Geninho Thomé, Amália Machado Bielemann, Caio Hermann, Ana Cláudia Moreira Melo, Luis Eduardo Marques Padovan, Ivete Aparecida de Mattias Sartori

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Improving microbial fitness in the mammalian gut by in vivo temporal functional metagenomics by Stephanie J Yaung, Luxue Deng, Ning Li, Jonathan L Braff, George M Church, Lynn Bry, Harris H Wang, Georg K Gerber

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The efficiency of trimethylamon iodide as a corrosion inhibitor for welded joint of duplex stainless steel UNS S31803 by Lucas Menezes de Souza, Elaine Cristina Pereira, Lioudmila Matlakhova, Sergio N. Monteiro, Afonso R.G. Azevedo

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Electrocoagulation for Cattle Slaughterhouse Wastewater Management: A Review of Technologies and Treatment Parameters by Iip Sugiharta, Agung Abadi Kiswandono, Kamisah Delilawati Pandiangan, Wasinton Simanjuntak

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A universidade empreendedora no Sul Global: Oportunidades e limitações by Charles Kirschbaum, Daniel Paulino Teixeira Lopes, Kadigia Faccin, Gregory P. Pogue, Ricardo Reolon Jorge

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Current and Emerging Parenteral and Peroral Medications for Weight Loss: A Narrative Review by Abdullah Al Lawati, Ayman Alhabsi, Rhieya Rahul, Maria-Luisa Savino, Hamed Alwahaibi, Srijit Das, Hanan Al Lawati

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Cardiovascular rehabilitation after myocardial revascularization: a case report by Ana Júlia Mendonça Balduino, Bruna Gomide de Oliveira, Mariana Coelho Avelino, João Vitor Martins Bernal da Silva, José Alexandre Bachur, Cynthia Kallás Bachur

“…Cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) is an essential component of non-pharmacological treatment for heart disease patients, used to modify cardiovascular risk factors and improve exercise tolerance. This report presents the case of a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery and participated in a CR program, describing the changes in their physical performance and quality of life over three years of follow-up. …”
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Minimizing the Carbon Footprint in LoRa-Based IoT Networks: A Machine Learning Perspective on Gateway Positioning by Francisco-Jose Alvarado-Alcon, Rafael Asorey-Cacheda, Antonio-Javier Garcia-Sanchez, Joan Garcia-Haro

“…Additionally, we establish a direct comparison between our proposed machine learning method and the integer linear program (ILP) approach. Our findings reveal that placing gateways using neural networks can achieve a 14% reduction in the CF for simple networks compared to those not using optimization for gateway placement. …”
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The sustained effect of 5-week EmotionCore mindfulness training on emotion regulation and emotional intelligence: heterogeneous benefits for depression and anxiety across subgroups by Hui Kou, Wei Luo, Yiwei Wang, Jia Wu, Xiaodong Li, Yi Wu, Qianguo Xiao, Taiyong Bi

“…BackgroundThe present study investigated the sustained effects of a 5-week EmotionCore mindfulness training program on emotion regulation, emotional intelligence (EI), trait mindfulness, depression, and anxiety among 120 undergraduates, while exploring the mediating mechanisms of training effect and heterogeneous effects across subgroups.MethodsParticipants were randomly assigned to a mindfulness group (n=60) or a waitlist control group (n=60), with assessments conducted at baseline (T1), post-training (T2), and one-month follow-up (T3).ResultsResults demonstrated that mindfulness training significantly enhanced adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (ACERSs), EI, and trait mindfulness at both T2 and T3. …”
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RnaXtract, a tool for extracting gene expression, variants, and cell-type composition from bulk RNA sequencing by Sophiane G. Bouirdene, Simon Gotty, Mickaël Leclercq, Charles Joly-Beauparlant, Emeric Texeraud, Steve Bilodeau, Arnaud Droit

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Terminalia catappa fruit and its industrial application: A review by M.H.A. Jahurul, S. Islam, M.R. Norazlina, A. Shihabul, K.L. Nyam, I.S.M. Zaidul

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Spheroid assembly of mesenchymal stem cells enhances secretome-mediated corneal reinnervation and epithelial repair in a mouse model of experimental dry eye by Shao-Wen Liu, Meng-Yu Tsai, Yang-Chun Shen, Yi-Jen Hsueh, Han Chiu, Li-Wen Hsu, Hung-Chi Chen, Chieh-Cheng Huang

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Change Narratives That Elude Quantification: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of How People with Chronic Pain Perceive Pain Rehabilitation by Timothy H. Wideman, Alice Boom, Jennifer Dell’Elce, Kate Bergeron, Janick Fugère, Xiangying Lu, Geoff Bostick, Heather C. Lambert

“…However, there are important gaps in understanding how patients perceive these changes. The present pilot study addresses this gap by using qualitative and quantitative methodologies to explore how patients perceive and experience changes in function, participation, and pain-related factors following a chronic pain rehabilitation program. …”
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Spatially resolved emulated annual temperature projections for overshoot pathways by Jonas Schwaab, Mathias Hauser, Robin D. Lamboll, Lea Beusch, Lukas Gudmundsson, Yann Quilcaille, Quentin Lejeune, Sarah Schöngart, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Shruti Nath, Joeri Rogelj, Zebedee Nicholls, Sonia I. Seneviratne

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Exploring the Role of Urban Agriculture in Indonesia’s Socio-Economic and Environmental Landscape: A Systematic Literature Review by Aji Saputra, Oekan Soekotjo Abdoellah, Gemilang Lara Utama, Yusep Suparman, Dede Mulyanto, Indri Wulandari

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Mixed convection flow of an electrically conducting viscoelastic fluid past a vertical nonlinearly stretching sheet by Ahmad Banji Jafar, Sharidan Shafie, Imran Ullah, Rabia Safdar, Wasim Jamshed, Amjad Ali Pasha, Mustafa Mutiur Rahman, Syed M. Hussain, Aysha Rehman, El Sayed M. Tag El Din, Mohamed R. Eid

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Preparation and characterization of polyvinyl alcohol thin films: Rheological, physicochemical and functional properties by Morteza Abazari, Safa Momeni Badeleh, Soroush Barkhordari, Shahen Salih Mohammed, Mohammed Mahmood Ahmed, Muath Sheet Mohammed Ameen, Hossein Abdollahi

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