Effects of urban sprawl on land use change in the peripheral villages of Tehran metropolis (case study: Tehran-Damavand axis) by ِAshkan Mohammadi, Naser Shafiei Sabet, Alireza Shakiba

“…Material and methods: For accurate analysis of the effects of sprawl phenomena, descriptive and analytical methods have been used. …”
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The effect of green management on sustainable marketing orientation in small and medium industrial businesses: the mediating role of social legitimacy by Heshmatollah Soroushnia, Jalal Haghighatmonfared, Anahita Salari

“…Second, organizations are responding to the increasing pressure that puts more emphasis on recognizing and understanding the environmental expectations of stakeholders. …”
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Study on Pollutant Transformation During Fly Ash Vacuum Melting Treatment by Qingyuan DONG, Songshan ZHOU, Hao ZHENG, Yang TIAN, Chuanjing SONG, Haiyin GANG, Jiancheng SHU, Rong WANG, Mengjun CHEN

“…High-temperature incineration is the predominant method for managing municipal solid waste, enabling effective heat and heavy metal recovery and facilitating efficient energy and resource recycling. …”
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Urban growth simulation using cellular automata model and machine learning algorithms (case study: Tabriz metropolis) by Omid Ashkriz, Babak Mirbagheri, Ali Akbar Matkan, Alireza Shakiba

“…To prevent over-fitting of algorithms to training samples and to obtain optimistic results, in the process of extracting optimal parameters of machine learning algorithms, the spatial cross-validation method was used to reduce the spatial correlation between training and test data.Results and discussion: The results showed that the random forest algorithm with the area under the ROC curve of 0.9228 compared to the support vector machine and multilayer perceptron neural network algorithms with 0.8951 and 0.8726, respectively, had a better performance in estimating the change potential of non-urban to urban areas. …”
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Study of the association of distribution pattern of genotypes of C/A polymorphism of COL1A1_1 collagen gene (RS1107946) with indicators of external breathing in children with bronc... by Т. Ye. Shumna, S. M. Nedelska, O. S. Fedosieieva

“…There were no differences in age and sex in the comparison groups (P > 0.05).Genotype determination was performed by polymerase chain reaction method according to the instruction (Applied Biosystems, USA) using the samples of total DNA received from whole venous blood using SNP-Screen reagents (manufactured by “Syntol”) on amplifier CFX96TM Real-Time PCR Detection Systems (“Bio-Rad laboratories, Inc.”, USA). …”
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Type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer: genetic causality explored via Mendelian randomization by Qiuhong Ke, Yongbing Huang, Libin Cheng, Chaolin Lin, Linhua Zhao, Wulong Huang, Zhisheng Chen, Yimin Xu, Yipiao Huang, Lanlan Cai, Bin Lin, Rui Tang

“…There is a specific gap in knowledge regarding the causal nature of the relationship between T2D and CRC, which this study aims to address using a more robust approach. To fill this gap, we employed Mendelian randomization (MR), a method that uses genetic variants as instrumental variables (IVs) to infer causality, providing clearer insight into the genetic links between T2D and CRC. …”
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Study on the Impact of Exclosures on the Physicochemical Properties of Rangeland Soil (Case Study: Northern Golestan Province, Sufikam Rangelands) by Rasool Khatibi, Mohsen Farahi

“…Material and Methods: In this study, soil samples were collected from 60 points in both degraded exclosure rangelands and natural rangelands. …”
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Investigation of delamanid, bedaquiline, and linezolid resistance rates and related gene mutations in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in regional tuberculosis refere... by Nazanin Ahmad Khosravi, Azar Dokht Khosravi, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Mohammad Savari, Morteza Saki

“…Hence, this study aimed to investigate the DLM, BDQ, and LZD resistance rates and related gene mutations in MDR M. tuberculosis in regional tuberculosis reference laboratories of Iran. Methods In this cross-sectional study, MDR M. tuberculosis isolates (resistant to antibiotics rifampicin and isoniazid) were collected from sputum samples of tuberculosis patients referred to several regional tuberculosis reference laboratories in Iran. …”
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Examination and Tracing of Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Hydrogen in Diesel Oil from Different Regions by Han-yu ZHANG, Zhao-wei JIE, Han-yang ZHENG, Xiao-han ZHU, Wei-ya XIE, Can HU, Zhan-fang LIU, Hong-ling GUO, Jun ZHU, Hong-cheng MEI

“…Traditional analytical methods typically rely on known diesel sources to compare isotopic information between the sample and the control material. …”
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High temperature interaction of Y4Al2O9/Y2O3 under CMAS exposure: Mechanism of outstanding corrosion resistance through composition design to accelerate reaction-induced CMAS consu... by Jie Li, Luchao Sun, Tiefeng Du, Yang Cui, Jialin Li, Jingyang Wang

“…In the present study, a novel Y4Al2O9 (YAM)/Y2O3 composite was designed and fabricated from dense samples via the hot-pressing method. The interactions and mechanisms between the Y4Al2O9/Y2O3 composite and CMAS at 1300 and 1500 °C for durations of 1, 4, 25, and 50 h were thoroughly explored. …”
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Carcinogenic health risks and water quality assessment of groundwater around lead–zinc mining areas of Ebonyi state Nigeria: a data-driven machine learning approach by Obinna Chigoziem Akakuru, Moses Oghenenyoreme Eyankware, Godwin O. Aigbadon, Ayatu Ojonugwa Usman, Alexander Iheanyi Opara, Kizito Ojochenemi Musa, Micheal Akaninyene Okon, Okechukwu Pius Aghamelu, Gabriel Ehriga Odesa, Ifeyinwa Juliana Ofoh, Annabel U. Obinna-Akakuru

“…A systematic and purposive sampling approach was employed to collect 42 groundwater samples from various sources across the study area and analyzed using standard methods. …”
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Exploring EEG resting state differences in autism: sparse findings from a large cohort by Adam J.O. Dede, Wenyi Xiao, Nemanja Vaci, Michael X. Cohen, Elizabeth Milne

“…Methods Here, we combined five datasets to create a large sample of autistic and neurotypical individuals (n = 776) and extracted 726 variables from each participant’s data. …”
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Changes in the Volatile Profile, Fruity Flavor, and Rancidity in Virgin Olive Oils During Storage by Targeted and Untargeted Analytical Approaches by Rosalba Tucci, Chiara Cevoli, Alessandra Bendini, Sara Barbieri, Enrico Casadei, Enrico Valli, Tullia Gallina Toschi

“…The targeted SPME-GC–MS method showed an increase in volatile markers of lipid oxidation. …”
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Decreasing prevalence of contamination with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) in retail chicken meat in the Netherlands. by Pepijn Huizinga, Marjolein Kluytmans-van den Bergh, John W Rossen, Ina Willemsen, Carlo Verhulst, Paul H M Savelkoul, Alexander W Friedrich, Silvia García-Cobos, Jan Kluytmans

“…In the current study, 352 chicken meat samples were investigated for the presence of ESBL-E using selective culture methods. …”
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Creation of tomato breeding material with resistance genes based on lines with functional male sterility by I. V. Kozlova, E. A. Mazykina

“…The methods of classical breeding were used in the breeding work. …”
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Interfacial coupling heterostructure between transition metal oxide and calcium oxide with excellent sunlight-driven photocatalytic activity by Thanit Tangcharoen

“…In contrast to the results with the pure samples, the degradation takes place much more rapidly for RhB (97%), MB (95%), MO (94%), and MR (93%) when the metal additives are optimized. …”
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Assessing non-inferiority for binary matched-pairs data with missing values: a powerful and flexible GEE approach based on the risk difference by Johannes Hengelbrock, Frank Konietschke, Juliane Herm, Heinrich Audebert, Annette Aigner

“…These studies are often planned with methods for completely observed pairs only. However, if missingness is more frequent than expected or is anticipated in the planning phase, methods are needed that allow the inclusion of partially observed pairs to improve statistical power. …”
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Mars Crater Production Function Based on Mapped Crater Populations by Zongyu Yue, Sheng Gou, Gregory Michael, Kaichang Di, Yangting Lin, Jianzhong Liu, Xianhua Li, Fuyuan Wu

“…The Martian isochrons are the basis in analyzing the impact flux and surface dating, and currently, they are usually derived from those of the Moon because no samples have been collected from Mars. However, the isochrons obtained by this method have substantial uncertainty, and they urgently need to be optimized based on the samples that are about to be obtained. …”
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Convergent laser beam shapes: Unveiling the dynamics of Laser-induced elastic waves in composite materials by Alireza Zarei, Gang Li, Farhang Pourboghrat, Srikanth Pilla

“…Various laser beam profiles are then introduced to the thermoelastic equations and solved using the finite element method. The sample under investigation is a transversely isotropic unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced plastic, characterized by anisotropic thermal expansion coefficients and thermal conductivities. …”
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Telehealth, medical decisions and new health inequality in China by Zhaopeng Xu, Liuliu Zhou, Weibang Gu, Zhixin Yang, Lufa Zhang

“…Objective This paper studied the use of telehealth in China, the socio-demographic characteristics of users, its impact on patients’ choice of first-visit, and potential health inequalities. Methods We obtained 14,944 valid questionnaires from a multistage stratified sample of 41 cities in the Yangtze River Delta, China, and multinomial logit was mainly used. …”
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