Modeling Whole-Plant Carbon Stock in <i>Olea europaea</i> L. Plantations Using Logarithmic Nonlinear Seemingly Unrelated Regression by Yungang He, Weili Kou, Ning Lu, Yi Yang, Chunqin Duan, Ziyi Yang, Yongjun Song, Jiayue Gao, Weiyu Zhuang

“…The AGCS compatibility model effectively addresses the issue of component sums not equaling the total, while maintaining a low <i>RMSE</i> (1.918); (2) The LNSUR model improved the accuracy of the BGCS model more significantly (<i>R</i>² = 0.787), and the estimated total CS also had a smaller <i>RMSE</i> (0.241~0.418); (3) Whole-plant CS of <i>Olea europaea</i> L. in 15 sample plots was estimated using the CS independent model and the LNSUR model with an <i>R</i>² of 0.964. …”
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Food safety practices of individuals before and after the emergence of COVID-19: A pre- and post-comparative analysis. by Daniel Teshome Gebeyehu, Leah East, Stuart Wark, Md Shahidul Islam

“…This study primarily aimed to investigate how COVID-19 has directly and indirectly influenced food safety practices among individuals in Ethiopia.<h4>Method</h4>A retrospective survey was used to collect information related to the food safety practices of individuals, both before and after COVID-19. …”
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Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of virulence in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a local hospital of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India by Hardi Patel, Aakruti Patel, Ravi Chauhan, Toral Bhavsar, Sanjay Rathod, Mina Kadam, Anurag Rawat, Seema Rawat

“…Isolates belonging to agr type I and III and SCCmec type I, III and IV were found to be more virulent.…”
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Health insurance and inequalities in catastrophic health spending in cancer patients. A cross-sectional study in China by Wenqi Fu, Jufang Shi, Chaojie Liu, Wanqing Chen, Guoxiang Liu, Jie He

“…Objective: To determine the role of social health insurance programs in reducing inequality in the incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) of cancer patients in China. Method: A convenient sample of 2534 cancer patients treated in nine hospitals in 2015 and 2016 were followed up through face-to-face interviews in March-December 2018. …”
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Influence of colostrum supply on Salmonella spp. seroprevalence in piglet rearing and possibilities to increase colostrum production by optimised feeding by A. Schulte zu Sundern, C. Holling, K. Rohn, J. Schulte-Wülwer, A. Deermann, C. Visscher

“…Other effects (e.g. hygiene) seem to be more significant.…”
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Actitudes hacia la homosexualidad y personas trans en estudiantes de educación física de Chile (Attitudes towards homosexuality and trans people in physical education students in... by Fernando Maureira Cid, Natalia Escobar Ruiz, Elizabeth Flores Ferro, Valentina Bahamonde Acevedo, Marcelo Hadweh Briceño, Daniel Serey Araneda

“…Low levels of homophobia and transphobia were observed in the sample. …”
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Аdsorption of Co²⁺ and radioactive ⁶⁰Со by mesoporous TiO₂ by H. V. Vasylyeva, I. F. Mironyuk, I. M. Mykytyn

“…Synthesis of adsorbents was carried out by the method of liquid phase hydrolysis of aqua complex of TiCl4. …”
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Assessment of health-related quality of life and adherence to antituberculosis therapy among patients in three tertiary hospitals in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study by Michael Lahai, Sally-Mattu Conteh, Ahmed Vandy, Onome T. Abiri, Brian Thompson, Mohamed Bawoh, Alvin Turay, Peter Bai James

“…Results More than half of the patients 226 (58.9%) were male, with a mean age of 33.92 years. …”
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Field Massage as a Complementary Therapy to Phototherapy in Neonates with Hyperbilirubinemia by Rizki Amelia, Rachmawati Putri Motik, Hendra Hendra, Supriadi Supriadi, Joko Sapto Pramono, Jasmawati Jasmawati, Nursari Abdul Syukur, Siti Raihana, Ratna Wati, Rosalin Ariefah Putri, Panyada Cholsakhon

“…These results suggest that combining field massage with phototherapy is more effective in reducing bilirubin levels than is phototherapy alone. …”
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Percepción de la imagen corporal de los adolescentes de Huelva atendiendo al género y a la edad (Body image perception by gender and age in adolescents of Huelva) by Manuel Javier Arrayás Grajera, Inmaculada Tornero Quiñones, Martín Salvador Díaz Bento

“…Girls are more dissatisfied with their BI than boys. Most boys and girls have similar desire to lose weight. …”
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The effect of board of directors’ characteristics on disclosing tone in the annual reports: evidence from Amman stock exchange by Salah Kayed, Abdulhadi H. Ramadan, Amer Morshed, Hashem Alshurafat, Roaa Al-Zyoudi

“…This study employs a quantitative research method to examine the impact of the board of directors' characteristics on the tone of disclosure. …”
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Study on the reaction mechanism and kinetics of limestone hydrogenation by micro fluidized bed: Effect of H2 concentration and natural limestone by Hengrui Jin, Haiping Yang, Xianhua Wang, Yang Yang, Yingquan Chen

“…Hydrogenation of limestone can produce CO or CH4 instead of CO2, which can be considered as a new way of carbon capture, making it a promising method for carbon emission reduction. In this work, pure CaCO3 and several natural limestone samples were hydrolyzed under varying H2 concentration using a micro fluidized bed (MFB) reactor combined with online mass spectrometry to reveal the mechanism and kinetics of limestone hydrogenation.The main gases produced by hydrogenation at 1 atm are CO and CO2. …”
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Effects on the strength and durability of graphene oxide modified geopolymer concrete using industrial waste bauxite tailings by F.S. Frieda, S. Greeshma

“…The Microstructural analysis using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and image processing confirmed enhanced geopolymerization and densification of matrix in GO-reinforced samples. The GO-modified BT-based GPC not only enhances mechanical strength and durability but also presents an environmentally friendly BT disposal method highlighting the prospect of using industrial waste materials to produce sustainable construction materials.…”
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Preliminary Effectiveness of a One-Week Summer Day Camp for Improving Children’s Health Behaviors and Psychosocial Well-Being Outcomes by Qiaoyin Tan, Yuxin Nie, Paul Son, Renee A. Underwood, Peyton Murray, Callie Hebert, K-Lynn McKey, Chelsea Hendrick, Amanda E. Staiano, Senlin Chen

“…., quality of life [QoL], enjoyment, weight-related self-efficacy). Method: The sample consisted of 39 participants, including 19 boys and 20 girls, with majority being overweight (<i>n</i> = 4 or 10%) or with obesity (<i>n</i> = 26 or 67%), who attended the day camp for one week. …”
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U–Pb dating on calcite paleosol nodules: first absolute age constraints on the Miocene continental succession of the Paris Basin by V. Monchal, R. Rateau, K. Drost, C. Gagnaison, B. Mennecart, R. Toullec, K. Torremans, D. Chew

“…</p> <p>In this study, we analysed pedogenic calcite nodules within a continental Miocene succession in the southwestern Paris Basin (the important paleontological site at Mauvières quarry, France). Following multi-method petrographic characterisation of the samples, LA-ICP-MS (laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) U–Pb dating was employed to obtain formation ages on the pedogenic calcite nodules. …”
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Examination of coal combustion management sites for microbiological and chemical signatures of groundwater impacts by Christopher E. Bagwell, Josué A. Rodríguez-Ramos, Sabrina Hoyle, Shelby Phillips, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Bruce Hensel

“…Coal combustion accounts for 40% of the world’s electricity and generates more than a billion tons of coal combustion products (CCP) annually, half of which end up in landfills and impoundments. …”
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Analysis of the status and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection and drug resistance in the Lianyungang area, China by Chuchu Yang, Huahui Zhang, Shouying Li, Zhimei Zhang

“…Methods: Human stool samples from Lianyungang residents were collected, the DNA of H. pylori in the positive samples was extracted, the sites of mutated genes were determined by PCR and nucleic acid mass spectrometry, and genotypes of cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) and vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) were tested. …”
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Assessment of diabetes mellitus type 2 treatment costs in the Republic of Serbia by Biorac Nenad, Jakovljević Mihajlo B., Stefanović Danka, Perović Saša, Janković Slobodan

“…Methods. The study design was prevalence-based, bottom-up cost of illness analysis. …”
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The impact of pathogen reduction on ABO isoagglutinin titers in apheresis platelets by Mikayel Yeghiazaryan, Yembur Ahmad, Jessie Singer, Vaanush Nazaryan, Craig Fletcher, Yamac Akgun

“…IgG titers exhibited more variability, with 9 % of Post-CAD samples displaying higher titers than Retention samples. …”
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Evaluation of Effectiveness of a New Kit of Reagents for Detection of Mutations Associated with Drug Resistance of Tuberculous Mycobacteria to Rifampicin and Isoniazid, by PCR acco... by Yu. L. Mikulovich, Yu. A. Savochkina, A. I. Zaytseva, A. E. Panova, A. S. Vinokurov, G. A. Shipulin

“…The objective: to evalute effectiveness in clinical trials of the new kit of reagents of AmpliTest® MBT-Resist-I based on real-time PCR (RT-PCR) versus similar kits of reagent registered in Russia, to identify genetic markers of M. tuberculosis complex (MTB) resistance to rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) in human biological samples and MTB cultures.Subjects and Methods. 200 DNA samples were studied, they had been obtained from biological specimens (sputum (N=100), bronchoalveolar lavage (N=50), biopsy (surgical material; N=50)) of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and containing MTB DNA at a concentration of at least 1 x 103 GE/ml, and from 100 DNA samples of MTB cultures. …”
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