Effects of an 8-week pre-season targeted training on sprinting performance, agility and lower limb muscular asymmetries in elite soccer players by Artur Gołaś, Przemysław Pietraszewski, Robert Roczniok, Artur Terbalyan, Adam Maszczyk, Rafał Opaliński, Adam Zając

“…The greatest improvements were observed during the COD test. As a result of repeated COD training over a period of 8 weeks, its technique was improved. …”
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Measuring mortality due to HIV-associated tuberculosis among adults in South Africa: Comparing verbal autopsy, minimally-invasive autopsy, and research data. by Aaron S Karat, Mpho Tlali, Katherine L Fielding, Salome Charalambous, Violet N Chihota, Gavin J Churchyard, Yasmeen Hanifa, Suzanne Johnson, Kerrigan McCarthy, Neil A Martinson, Tanvier Omar, Kathleen Kahn, Daniel Chandramohan, Alison D Grant

“…For individual decedents, all VA methods agreed poorly with reference CoD that did not include MIA (n = 259; overall CCC 0.14, 0.06, and 0.15 for PCVA, InterVA-4, and SmartVA-Analyze); agreement was better at population level (cause-specific mortality fraction accuracy 0.78, 0.61, and 0.57, for the three methods, respectively).…”
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Strengthening Cause of Death Statistics in Selected Districts of 3 States in India: Protocol for an Uncontrolled, Before-After, Mixed Method Study by Ashoo Grover, Saritha Nair, Saurabh Sharma, Shefali Gupta, Suyesh Shrivastava, Pushpendra Singh, Srikanta Kanungo, Senthanro Ovung, Charan Singh, Abdul Mabood Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Subrata Kumar Palo, Tapas Chakma, Anjali Bajaj

“…The specific objectives are (1) to identify the best practices and challenges in the functioning of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system with respect to mortality statistics and CoD information; (2) to develop and implement interventions to strengthen the CoD information; (3) to evaluate the quality improvement of the Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD); and (4) to improve the CoD information at the population level through verbal autopsy for noninstitutional deaths in the selected study sites. …”
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Developing a reliable predictive model for the biodegradability index in industrial complex effluent by Sadegh Partani, Amin Arzhangi, Hamidreza Azari, Hamidreza Moheghi

“…The extracted model applied on some of the mentioned countries’ records and the results of BOD prediction was matched by observations in 95% of reliability domain. Variation of BOD-COD ratio was least affected by pH and temperature; the results underline the requirement of localized validation resulting from industry-specific differences and promote cost-effective, quick wastewater evaluation, hence lowering reliance on laboratory-based BOD5 testing. …”
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A six-week force-velocity profile based training is effective to optimize jump and change of direction performance in elite table tennis players by Filipe Conceição, João Neves, Andrés Baena-Raya

“…Nine elite table tennis players were assessed in two sessions for the FV profile, CMJ and COD. All players underwent a six-week specific resistance training program. …”
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Effects of plyometric training on jump, sprint, and change of direction performance in adolescent soccer player: A systematic review with meta-analysis. by Tianjing Zheng, Runzhou Kong, Xiaowen Liang, Zhilong Huang, Xicai Luo, Xuan Zhang, Yichao Xiao

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Plyometric training effectively enhances jumping, sprinting, and COD abilities in adolescent soccer players. Compared to soccer-specific training alone, PT demonstrated moderate improvements in jumping and COD performance and small improvements in sprinting ability. …”
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Exploring dissolved organic matter diversity and water quality in the Tajan River using PARAFAC techniques. by Mohammad-Ali Zazouli, Zeinab Gholami, Yalda Hashempour, Esmaeil Babanezhad, Afsaneh Fendereski

“…Seasonal analysis revealed that EC, temperature, turbidity, TP, and specific ultraviolet absorbance (SUVA) were lower in winter; while COD and DOC concentrations were lowest in spring. …”
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Microbiological hazards associated with the use of water in the post‐harvest handling and processing operations of fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables and herbs (ffFVH). Part 2 – A... by EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Ana Allende, Avelino Alvarez‐Ordóñez, Valeria Bortolaia, Sara Bover‐Cid, Alessandra De Cesare, Wietske Dohmen, Laurent Guillier, Lieve Herman, Liesbeth Jacxsens, Lapo Mughini‐Gras, Maarten Nauta, Jakob Ottoson, Luisa Peixe, Fernando Perez‐Rodriguez, Panagiotis Skandamis, Elisabetta Suffredini, Jen Banach, Bin Zhou, Maria Teresa daSilva Felício, Laura Martino, Winy Messens, Angela Botteon

“…Model parameters include: (i) the dilution rate of the process water, representing the speed of system saturation, equal to the water flux divided by the tank volume; (ii) the transfer rates of total bacterial counts (TBC) and COD from product to water; and (iii) the specific inactivation rate of microorganisms due to HOCl. …”
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Interdependent Development of Physical and Cognitive Skills in U12 Soccer Players: Sprinting, Agility, and Decision-Making Are Interconnected by Mohamed Amine Ltifi, Ghaith Ben-Bouzaiene, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Ridha Aouadi

“…Background: Change of direction (COD) and sprint abilities are essential in soccer, while reactive agility involves decision-making and perceptual/cognitive skills. …”
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Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy tool for cause of death determination in pediatric deaths in Mozambique: An observational study. by Quique Bassat, Paola Castillo, Miguel J Martínez, Dercio Jordao, Lucilia Lovane, Juan Carlos Hurtado, Tacilta Nhampossa, Paula Santos Ritchie, Sónia Bandeira, Calvino Sambo, Valeria Chicamba, Mamudo R Ismail, Carla Carrilho, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Fabiola Fernandes, Pau Cisteró, Alfredo Mayor, Anelsio Cossa, Inacio Mandomando, Mireia Navarro, Isaac Casas, Jordi Vila, Khátia Munguambe, Maria Maixenchs, Ariadna Sanz, Llorenç Quintó, Eusebio Macete, Pedro Alonso, Clara Menéndez, Jaume Ordi

“…However, our knowledge of what is killing nearly 6 million children annually in low- and middle-income countries remains poor, partly because of the inadequacy and reduced precision of the methods currently utilized in these settings to investigate causes of death (CoDs). The study objective was to validate the use of a minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) approach as an adequate and more acceptable substitute for the complete diagnostic autopsy (CDA) for pediatric CoD investigation in a poor setting.…”
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Hydrothermal Carbonization of Agro-industrial By-products for the Production of Valuable Chemicals by Fabrizio Di Caprio, Flavia Marzulli, Pietro Altimari, Marianna Villano, Francesca Pagnanelli

“…Results showed that lower temperatures and shorter reaction times led to the release of higher concentrations of soluble organic molecules, reaching a COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) value up to 161 g L?…”
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Evaluation of Different Wastewater Treatment Processes and Development of a Modified Attached Growth Bioreactor as a Decentralized Approach for Small Communities by Shohreh Azizi, Alireza Valipour, Thami Sithebe

“…The microflora present in the system was also estimated through the isolation, identification, and immobilization of the microorganisms with an index of COD elimination. The number of bacterial species examined on the nutrient agar medium was 22 and five bacterial species were documented to degrade the organic pollutants by reducing COD by more than 43%. …”
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Evaluating Alternative Oxidants for Artificial Chemical Oxygen Demand Removal Performance from Wastewater Treatment Plants by Julio Alejandro Gutiérrez González, Angel Fernández Mohedano, Francisco Raposo Bejines

“…The accurate characterization of pollution in terms of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in wastewater treatment plants is considered as a key topic for their monitoring. …”
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CLEAR: Cross-Document Link-Enhanced Attention for Relation Extraction with Relation-Aware Context Filtering by Yihan She, Tian Tian, Junchi Zhang

“…Cross-document relation extraction (CodRE) aims to predict the semantic relationships between target entities located in different documents, a critical capability for comprehensive knowledge graph construction and multi-source intelligence analysis. …”
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Deciphering nitrogen-driven microbial succession in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor-coupled A2/O ecological system for the remediation of industrial swine wastewater by Jing Huang, Feilong Wu, Yanchun Xiao, Meifeng Ye, Xiaomei Wu, Han Chen, Qingxian Xu

“…The system achieved exceptional remediation efficiency, removing 99.4, 99.5, 95.4, 92.8, and 97.9% of COD, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), NH4 +-N, total phosphorus (TP), and suspended solids (SS), respectively, with the anoxic and aerobic (A2) phases contributing to removal of 62.5, 60.9, 80.9, 94.6% of COD, BOD, TP, and SS, respectively. …”
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Unified Mobile App for Streamlining Verbal Autopsy and Cause of Death Assignment in India: Design and Development Study by Harleen Kaur, Stuti Tripathi, Manjeet Singh Chalga, Sudhir K Benara, Amit Dhiman, Shefali Gupta, Saritha Nair, Geetha Menon, B K Gulati, Sandeep Sharma, Saurabh Sharma

“… Abstract BackgroundVerbal autopsy (VA) has been a crucial tool in ascertaining population-level cause of death (COD) estimates, specifically in countries where medical certification of COD is relatively limited. …”
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Coupling Advanced Oxidation and Anaerobic Treatment for Landfill Leachate: Magnetite-Catalyzed Ozone and USAB Reactor Efficiency by Dorance Becerra-Moreno, Antonio Zuorro, Fiderman Machuca-Martínez, Luisa F. Ramírez-Rios, Janet B. García-Martínez, Andrés F. Barajas-Solano

“…Leachates were characterized before and after each treatment, and their impacts on methanogenic activity, aerobic toxicity, and the BOD₅/COD ratio were assessed. Magnetite-catalyzed ozone pretreatment enhanced biodegradability, enabling an optimal coupling point with the UASB at 40 min when the specific methanogenic activity reached 0.22 g CH₄-COD/(gVSS·d). …”
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Treatment of Municipal Wastewater in a Fixed Aerated Bed: Use of Natural Fibrous Materials by Murugesan Manikkampatti Palanisamy, Minar Mohamed Lebbai, M. Venkata Ratnam

“…Since the fibrous materials have such a large specific surface area, they are frequently considered to be the best option for greater microbiological support and treatment efficacy. …”
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An Application of Geographically Weighted Regression for Assessing Water Polution in Pontianak, Indonesia by Naomi Nessyana Debataraja, Dadan Kusnandar, Rossie Wiedya Nusantara

“…The chemical oxygen demand (COD) was used as the dependent variable as an indicator of water polution. …”
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Accuracy of information on the underlying cause of death: An analysis in Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. by Pablo Chaparro-Narváez, Jessika Alexandra Manrique Sanchez, Laura Berrio-Parra, Diana Carolina Urrego Ricaurte, Luis José Torres-Rojas, Nidia Patricia Orjuela Cantor, Claudia Patricia Mora Aguirre, Yesid Rojas Quevedo, Clara Suárez, Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela

“…Overestimation was identified for "circulatory system diseases" (Chapter IX); "pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium" (Chapter XV); "signs, symptoms, and poorly defined conditions" (Chapter XVIII) and "diseases of the respiratory system" (Chapter X), while underestimation in "diseases of the genitourinary system" (Chapter XIV) among CoD. The most significant variations in the fraction of mortality due to specific CoDs corresponded to "codes for special situations COVID-19".…”
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