A Surface Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Selective Extraction and Liquid Chromatographic Determination of 4-Methylimidazole in Environmental Samples by Guifen Zhu, Jing Fan, Xia Gao, Jianji Wang

“…The resulting MIP material was characterized with scanning electron microscopy, infrared spectrum, surface area, pore-size and thermal property measurements. Static adsorption, solid-phase extraction (SPE) and high-performance liquid chromatography were combined to study the adsorption characteristics and selective recognition performance of the polymer for 4-methylimidazole and its structural analogues. …”
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Challenges and opportunities in implementing and enforcing India's loose cigarette sales ban: A qualitative stakeholder analysis. by Mayank Sakhuja, Daniela B Friedman, Mark M Macauda, James R Hebert, Mangesh S Pednekar, Prakash C Gupta, James F Thrasher

“…Interview transcripts were organized in NVivo, and reflexive thematic analysis was conducted.<h4>Results</h4>In Mumbai, awareness of the ban was poor among implementers and law enforcers, including FDA, municipal, and police officials, while it was higher among health department officials and NGOs directly involved in tobacco control. …”
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Investigating Maternal Perception of Control and Support in the Postpartum Period and Influencing Factors in Childbirth: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Model by Tuğba Yazici Topçu, Ruveyde Aydin, Songül Aktaş

“…ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to assess the levels of maternal perception of control and support during birth and the factors influencing them in the postpartum period. Design A cross‐sectional design was employed. …”
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Forest Ecological Diversity Change Prediction Discrete Dynamic Model by Jingxia Li, Aijun Zhou, Yongfeng Liao, Zixin Zhao, Xiaoli Mao, Shuoxin Zhang

“…At the same time, the grey theory GM (1,1) model is used to predict the development trend of forest resources in China. …”
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Transforming students’ green behavior through environmental education: the impact of institutional practices and policies by Cai Chen, Pomi Shahbaz, Shamsheer ul Haq

“…Higher education institutions play a fundamental role in transforming societies aimed at a more sustainable future through the dissemination of environmental education to millions of young people worldwide. Therefore, this study aimed to measure the role of environmental education in transforming students’ green behavior (SGB), along with other higher education institutional factors such as green campus initiatives (GCI), institutional ecosystem (IEC), institutional sustainability system (ISS), and institutional support system (ISP) through students’ green intentions (SGI). …”
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Experimental research on the technology of manufacturing and burning of aircraft structures made of multicomponent materials by V. I. Trushlyakov, D. Ya. Davydovich

“…The task of the study was formulated. Based on thermodynamic analysis and consideration of various combinations of compositions for conducting experiments, six types of test multicomponent samples were selected for conducting experimental studies on their combustion. …”
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Fire Resistance Investigation of Simple Supported RC Beams with Varying Reinforcement Configurations by Yamin Song, Chuanguo Fu, Shuting Liang, Ankang Yin, Longji Dang

“…The experimental results show that brittle shear failure under room temperature may transfer to shear-bend failure at high temperature due to thermal expansion and strength degradation of concrete and steel. …”
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FBXW7 metabolic reprogramming inhibits the development of colon cancer by down-regulating the activity of arginine/mToR pathways. by Qing Li, Yan Li, Tong Zhou, Yong Zhang, Huiyu Li, Fajia Yuan, Yanghui Bi

“…The research findings provide a theoretical foundation for the prognostic prediction and therapeutic planning of CRC based on metabolic reprogramming.…”
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Uzak, or the unbearable lightness of the ordinary by Andrea Pavoni

“…In the subsequent sections, Uzak is explored by showing how these themes are brought forward through the slow-paced aesthetics of the film.…”
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Geopolitical and Economic Aspects of Nuclear Energy by S. Z. Zhiznin, V. M. Timokhov

“…Everything else - the processing of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, storage, recycling themselves nuclear power plant after its end of life, the risks of proliferation of nuclear materials and other environmental issues - minor. …”
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世界毛皮兽饲养展望 by 邹兴淮

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Comparison of VaR Models to the Brazilian Stock Market Under the Hypothesis of Serial Independence in Higher Orders: Are Garch Models Really Indispensable? by Luiz Augusto Finger França Maluf, Jéssica Tamy Asano

“…Our objective in this article was to verify which models for the Value at Risk (VaR), among those that do not consider conditional volatility (Extreme Values Theory and the traditional Historical Simulation), and those that do consider it (GARCH and IGARCH), are adequate for the main index of the Brazilian stock market, the IBOVESPA. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF MODERN STUDENTS by ROSCIUPCHIN Diana

“…Also, a variety of opinions shaped by foreign authors are presented regarding the concept of "quality of life", "physical health", "psychological heath", "social health", "self-perception", "environment" and what it is influenced by, resulting from the analysis of theoretical, scientific and practical literature on the research topic.…”
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Tissue-specific effects of benzo[a]pyrene and DDT on microRNA expression profile in female rats by D. S. Ushakov, T. S. Kalinina, A. S. Dorozhkova, V. Y. Ovchinnikov, L. F. Gulyaeva

“…In part, such disorders can be mediated by the activation of nuclear receptors, resulting in the activation of protein coding gene expression and microRNAs involved in malignant transformation of cells. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the chain of events “xenobiotic administration – receptor activation – up-regulating microRNA expression – down-regulation target genes expression” as one of the key factors in the chemically-induced carcinogenesis. …”
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Synthesis of Transition Metal-Nanochitosan Composites Using Ni, Cu, Zn, and Ag Metal Ions and Applications as Antibacterial Agents by Khoirina Dwi Nugrahaningtyas, Eny Kusrini, Salwa Salsabila, Dina Fitriana, Anwar Usman, Triana Kusumaningsih, Sri Juari Santoso

“…Nanocomposites are used as antibacterial agents in the pharmacology sector. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of the transition metal-nanochitosan composites (TM-NCs) using Ni (nickel), Cu (cuprum), Zn (zinc), and Ag (silver) as TM and nanochitosan as the nanomaterial. …”
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Novel organophosphate esters and their transformation products in offshore sediment from Eastern China: Occurrence, temporal trend, and risk assessment by Meng Gao, Yu Wang, Liman Wei, Siyuan Li, Qiuyue Zhang, Zhongkang Yang, Mohan Bai, Yiming Yao, Lei Wang, Hongwen Sun

“…Notably, ΣRQ values for NOPEs were significantly higher than those of TOPEs (Mann-Whitney U test, p < 0.001), indicating their severe ecological risks in offshore sediment. Therefore, given the continuous input and considerable persistence of NOPEs in offshore sediment, their toxic effects and mechanisms warrant thorough investigation. …”
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Targeted Sanctions: a Tool of Foreign Policy, Unfair Competition or Global Social Engineering? by L. L. Fituni

“…Particular attention is paid to the contribution of Thomas Biersteker to the development of the theory and of practical designs of «targeted sanctions» in international relations. …”
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Effects of maternal Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide exposure on offspring: insights from lncRNA analysis in laying hens by Lei Liu, Wei Wang, Adeyinka Abiola Adetula, Zhixun Yan, Huagui Liu, Ying Yu, Qin Chu

“…These results provide important references for the study of growth and reproductive performance in laying hens, revealing the impact of parental living environment on animal health and production performance, and providing a theoretical basis for future related research and breeding practices.…”
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SegRD＋＋:Revisiting RD＋＋ for anomaly detection(SegRD++：重新审视基于RD++的异常检测) by 张浚然(ZHANG Junran), 曹俊杰(CAO Junjie)

“…Recently, anomaly detection methods based on reverse distillation architecture have generally achieved good results on various datasets and the RD++ method is particularly outstanding in design ideas and experimental results among them. However, the inference approach of RD++ is the same as most previous knowledge distillation methods, which still summarizes the feature differences between the teacher network and the student counterpart in an empirical way. …”
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"It's his cheerfulness that gives me hope": A qualitative analysis of access to pediatric cancer care in Northern Tanzania. by Madeline Metcalf, Happiness D Kajoka, Esther Majaliwa, Anna Tupetz, Catherine A Staton, João Ricardo Vissoci, Pamela Espinoza, Cesia Cotache-Condor, Henry E Rice, Blandina T Mmbaga, Emily R Smith

“…Analysis utilized inductive and deductive coding approaches to identify dominant themes and sub-themes impacting access to pediatric oncology care. …”
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