Istihsan in Determination of the Lunar Month: Jurisprudential Flexibility for Harmonizing the Ummah by Geubrina Rizky Ananda Sy, Nur Mahmudi Qiromi, Mahsun Mahsun, Amir Tajrid

“…Istihsan, which etymologically means "considering something better," remains a debated method of ijtihad among Islamic jurisprudence scholars (ushuliyyin), although still practically utilized. This study aims to explore how Istihsan functions as a jurisprudential catalyst in the application of astronomical science (Ilmu Falak), especially concerning the determination of lunar months, offering potential solutions for harmonizing differences among the Muslim community. …”
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Design and Development of a Local-First Collaborative 3D WebGIS Application for Mapping by Bohua Wang, Qiansheng Zhao, Di Zeng, Yibin Yao, Chunchun Hu, Nianxue Luo

“…This paper outlines the design methodology and system prototype for the local-first WebGIS application, utilizing open-source software and libraries throughout the development process. …”
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Geocoding and Development of a Web-Based Water Distribution Geospatial Information System for Ilorin Metropolitan City, Kwara State Nigeria by Oseni Taiwo Amoo, Habib Adedayo Salami, Olayinka Gafar Okeola, Abayomi Sunday, Taofeeq Sholagberu Abdulkadir, Adebayo Wahab Salami

“…Moreso, the proper functioning of water supply systems (WSS) relies on the expertise and experience of field workers who rely on information from maps or field surveys, whose processes and mapping methods are labour-intensive, time-consuming, and are done relatively infrequently. …”
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The physicochemical and antioxidant activity of Realfood’ hydrolysed bird nest (RHBN) by Muhamad Nur Ghoyatul Amin, Gatot Soegiarto, Laksmi Wulandari

“…The protein content and sialic acid contents are reliant on the species of the swiftlet Due to the composition of the edible bird nest, this natural product is widely utilized as functional food and nutraceuticals. Our present study aims to characterize the edible bird nest obtained from Indonesia as well as characterize the value-added product Realfood’ hydrolysed bird nest (RHBN). …”
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The conflict between oral health and patient autonomy in dentistry: a scoping review by Szilárd Dávid Kovács, Anggi Septia Irawan, Szilvia Zörgő, József Kovács

“…Two researchers developed a hierarchical coding scheme, where the parent and grandparent codes were designated deductively as: Case (situations involving the researched ethical dilemma), Judgement (decisions made in the ethical dilemma), and Principle (ideas, rules, propositions explaining the judgements); child codes were developed inductively. After coding the sources, we utilized thematic analysis to construct code constellations. …”
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Facile Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots with High Product Yield Using a Solid-Phase Strategy by Haitao Ren, Fan Qi, Xiangbo Feng, Jiaxiang Liu, Yuzhen Zhao

“…The liquid-phase method is the most commonly utilized strategy for synthesizing fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs). …”
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SpaIM: single-cell spatial transcriptomics imputation via style transfer by Bo Li, Ziyang Tang, Aishwarya Budhkar, Xiang Liu, Tonglin Zhang, Baijian Yang, Jing Su, Qianqian Song

“…Furthermore, SpaIM enhances downstream analyses, including ligand-receptor interaction inference, spatial domain characterization, and differential gene expression analysis. Released as open-source software, SpaIM expands accessibility and utility in ST research. …”
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Defining the role of Hmu and Hus systems in Porphyromonas gingivalis heme and iron homeostasis and virulence by Michał Śmiga, Paulina Ślęzak, Michał Tracz, Patryk Cierpisz, Mateusz Wagner, Teresa Olczak

“…It utilizes Hmu and Hus systems for heme uptake, including HmuY and HusA hemophore-like proteins and their cognate HmuR and HusB TonB-dependent outer membrane heme receptors. …”
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Laplace transformation technique for free convective time-dependent MHD flow over a vertical porous flat plate with heat sink and chemical reaction: An analytical approach by T. Pradhan, S. Jena, S.R. Mishra

“…The flow through permeable medium affecting the physical properties for the consideration of the thermal radiation, heat source and chemical reaction. Additionally, buoyant forces formulated both the occurrence of solutal and thermal convection and the plate conditions are also time-dependent. …”
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Automatic Filling Optimization Design of Filler Bodies in Umbilical Cross-Section Based on Quasi-Physical Algorithm by YIN Xu, CAO Donghui, TIAN Geng, YANG Zhixun, FAN Zhirui, WANG Gang, LU Yucheng, WANG Hui

“…Due to the mutual constraints between functional components, the optimized cross-section will have large gap. …”
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Whole genome analysis of 26 bacterial strains reveals aromatic and hydrocarbon degrading enzymes from diverse environmental soil samples by Md Shakhawat Hossain, Brian Iken, Rupa Iyer

“…However, native microbial communities can adapt to these toxic pollutants, utilize these compounds as a carbon source, and eventually evolve to degrade these toxic contaminants. …”
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Conservation Voltage Reduction Strategy for Autonomous Microgrid with Improved Voltage-CurrentDroop-Based Inverter Control Framework by Sumit Kumar Jha, Deepak Kumar, S. R. Samantaray

“…In this paper, the voltage-current droop method is utilized to carry out the function of DSM, and a modified droop computation method for voltage-current droop is formulated to determine the impedance from initial of the DG point to the downstream end for multifeeder network. …”
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Metagenomic Analysis Reveals the Effects of Microplastics on Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Sludge Anaerobic Digestion by Zhonghong Li, Donghai Yuan

“…Sewage sludge is recognized as both a source and a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). …”
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OGC API: Ldproxy, an Updated and Contemporary Approach to Geodata Provision in Disaster Mapping by L. F. P. Sulaeman, F.-J. Behr

“…The functionalities of the webGIS enable users to retrieve OSM and GEE data and examine the impact of the disasters. …”
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Reconstructing the Economy: A Methodological Journey from the Surface to the Essence and Back by Peter Karl Fleissner

“…While mainstream econ- omists abstract from any links of the economy to human beings - replacing them by selfish machines maximizing their prof- its or individual utilities, and neglecting any deeper analysis of the basic constructions they use (like prices or money), heterodox economists try to look behind the surface, link them to certain periods of history and to the source of all value: humans are social beings and cannot exist without mutuality. …”
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ToMCCA: a Toy Monte Carlo Coalescence Afterburner by Maximilian Mahlein, Chiara Pinto, Laura Fabbietti

“…This model can also be extended to heavier nuclei as long as the target nucleus wavefunction and its Wigner function are known.…”
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Copper Poisoning with Emphasis on Its Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Intoxication by Mehrdad Rafati Rahimzadeh, Mehravar Rafati Rahimzadeh, Sohrab Kazemi, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia

“…Chelators like D-penicillamine, succimer, trientine, tetrathiomolybdate, and PBT-2 have been utilized in treatment.…”
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RTide: Automating the Tidal Response Method by Thomas Monahan, Tianning Tang, Stephen Roberts, Thomas A. A. Adcock

“…These applications, and more, can be replicated with just three lines of code using the open‐source Python package, RTide.…”
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Systematic characterization of plant-associated bacteria that can degrade indole-3-acetic acid. by Lanxiang Wang, Yue Liu, Haoran Ni, Wenlong Zuo, Haimei Shi, Weixin Liao, Hongbin Liu, Jiajia Chen, Yang Bai, Hong Yue, Ancheng Huang, Jonathan Friedman, Tong Si, Yinggao Liu, Moxian Chen, Lei Dai

“…Some of the IAA degraders could utilize IAA as their carbon and energy source. In planta, most of the IAA degrading strains mitigated Arabidopsis and rice seedling root growth inhibition (RGI) triggered by exogenous IAA. …”
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Enhancing grid frequency regulation in low inertia modern multi‐area power systems using cascaded non‐integer control approaches with BESS‐based virtual inertia by Tushar Kanti Roy, Amanullah Maung Than Oo

“…To counter this, a virtual inertia and damping controller utilizing battery energy storage, leveraging the virtual synchronous generator concept is proposed in this paper. …”
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