Removal of Zn (II) and Cu (II) Ions from Industrial Wastewaters Using Magnetic Biochar Derived from Water Hyacinth by Benias C. Nyamunda, Terrence Chivhanga, Upenyu Guyo, Fidelis Chigondo

“…Kinetic studies revealed that the adsorption process followed pseudo-second-order model. The calculated thermodynamic parameters showed that the adsorption process was feasible and exothermic in nature. …”
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Quality Control for Embankment Placement of Facing Rcokfill Dam of Gaotang Hydropower Station by 余海瀚

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Evaluation and analysis of the computation cost of linear network coding by PU Bao-xing1, WANG Wei-ping2

“…The complexity of algebraic operation methods on Galois fields was analyzed and the operation mechanism of linear network coding was anatomized.Based on deterministic network coding data transmission and random network coding data transmission for single-source multicast connection,the mathematic model had been created to estimate the computation cost of linear network coding and the relationship between operation cost and environmental parameters had been revealed.The key factors of affecting the operation cost were also analyzed.The analysis results indicate that computation cost can be decreased through properly choosing environment parameters.Numerical calculation and simulation results demonstrate the correctness of the proposed model and validate the theoretical analysis.…”
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving: What Is the Diagnosis for this Community-Acquired Pneumonia? by Frank YH Lin, Coleman Rotstein

“…Although his condition had initially improved after the antibiotic therapy, during the month before presentation he had experienced increasing fatigue, cough with clear sputum production and a loss of appetite. …”
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Numerical modelling of rope elasticity for heave compensation lifting in offshore crane operations by Bassey Asanga, Akanimo Ekpenyong, Aniekan Ikpe

“…An attempt to prolong and continue window operation during harsh weather condition can incur severe damages in the life of the workers; equipment and machine thereby inflect the cost of production. To overcome this, a hydro-mechanical approach encompassing the core constituents of the floating winch and lifting rig pitcher were modeled. …”
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Genetic and peripheral biomarkers of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury: a systematic review by Kiriana Cowansage, Reshmi Nair, Jose M. Lara-Ruiz, Daniel E. Berman, Courtney C. Boyd, Tiffany L. Milligan, Daniel Kotzab, Dawn M. Bellanti, Lisa M. Shank, Maria A. Morgan, Derek J. Smolenski, Ida Babakhanyan, Nancy A. Skopp, Daniel P. Evatt, Marija S. Kelber

“…Additional research is needed to determine how such factors indicate, predict, and contribute to comorbidity and to what extent they represent viable targets for the development of novel diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions.…”
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Environmental Collaboration under Various Contracts in the O2O Closed-Loop Supply Chain by Yang Bai, Xueying Meng

“…Based on the manufacture directing Stackelberg game theory, this research looks into three different green advertising decisions (noncooperative, unilateral cooperative, and bilateral cooperative) under wholesale price contract, revenue-sharing contract, and financial support contract in the O2O CLSC. …”
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Effectiveness development and evaluation of the endowment funds’ investment activities of Russian universities by D. V. Voyko, A. V. Voyko

“…The result of the calculations showed the endowment funds’ effectiveness of the universities selected for the study, but, at the same time pointed out at difficulties in selecting the information necessary for calculations and serious differences in approaches to the endowment capital use of the universities themselves.…”
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Immunocompromised Children with Severe Adenoviral Respiratory Infection by Joanna C. Tylka, Michael C. McCrory, Shira J. Gertz, Jason W. Custer, Michael C. Spaeder

“…Immunocompromised patients were more likely than matched controls to have multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (p=0.01), require renal replacement therapy (p=0.02), and not survive to hospital discharge (p=0.004). …”
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Prediction method of gas emission in working face based on feature selection and BO-GBDT by MA Wenwei

“…The BO-GBDT model meets the field engineering application requirements and provides theoretical guidance for ensuring safe mining production.…”
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New Mortar Mixes with Chemically Depolymerized Waste PET Aggregates by Dora Foti, Michela Lerna

“…Therefore, the innovative mortars here tested can be considered for thermal insulation applications in the construction field with the advantage of recycling waste PET.…”
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Application of Static Breaking Method to the Structure Breakdown Work by YU Jia-hua

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Evaluation of Different Variables of Agression Levels of Physical Education and Sports School and Educational Faculty Students by Serkan Hazar, Ercan Polat, Zekihan Hazar

“…As a result; the fact that aggression behaviors differ according to various variables, but the fact that there is not a statistically significant difference between participants who do sports and those who do not, is quite striking in contradiction with various theories in the field.…”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by E. D. Fedorov, V. V. Veselov, S. V. Kashin, E. V. Tikhomirova, A. V. Veselov, D. V. Zavyalov, A. Kornowski, T. E. Gorskaya, M. Volteau, T. Ponchon

“…The corrected difference between the groups was -0.5 % (95 % CI: -4.2–3.3), thereby demonstrating “no less effective” of OSS as compared to Macrogol. …”
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Usefulness of Measuring Thiopurine Metabolites in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Autoimmunological Hepatitis, Treated with Azathioprine by Katarzyna Bąk-Drabik, Piotr Adamczyk, Justyna Duda-Wrońska, Dominika Dąbrowska-Piechota, Anna Jarzumbek, Jarosław Kwiecień

“…Only twenty-five (41%) children had therapeutic 6-TGN concentrations, ten (16%) subjects had suboptimal 6-TGN concentrations, and twenty-six subjects (43%) had 6-TGN concentrations above the recommended therapeutic range. 6-MMP was not above the therapeutic range in any case. …”
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Pratiques de l’espace hospitalier par les religieuses au XIXe siècle dans les hôpitaux parisiens : préserver un entre-soi religieux et féminin ? by Anne Jusseaume

“…This article shifts attention from the more familiar topic of clausura and the spatial location of nuns within the hospital to examine how they used this space and how these practices allowed them to maintain their distinctive group identity as a female religious order. …”
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STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION AND FATIGUE LIFE STUDY OF AIR HAMMER BIT by FENG ChunYu, YANG ShuangQing, FAN LiMing, LIU HanGuang, LAI ShuBin, LIU YuanRi

“…Due to the low fatigue life of the air hammer bit in the drilling process, the drilling efficieney is greatly reduced and the drilling cost is increased. Therefore, the fatigue life of the air hammer bit is studied and its structure is optimized to improve the service life of the air hammer bit. …”
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Cultural differences in diagnosis and treatment perceptions: Turkish collectivistic representations of common mental disorders by Iclal Yildiz, Els Rommes, Enny Das

“…However, Turkish participants prefer mediation to cognitive behavioural therapy, since the latter does not solve interpersonal problems. …”
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A predefined-time radial basis function (RBF) neural network tracking control method considering actuator faults for a new type of spraying robot by J. Zhao, J. Zhao, Y. Li, Y. Li, Y. Li, B. Pei, Z. Yu, Z. Dong

“…Stability of the system is proven based on Lyapunov theory. The simulation results show that the designed controller can ensure that the state convergence of the system does not depend on the initial conditions and has a faster convergence rate, shorter convergence time and good robustness.…”
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Effects of partial replacement of soybean meal with Chlorella vulgaris and lysozyme on diarrheal incidence, plasma biochemical parameters, and immunity of weaned piglets by Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Bowen Li, Ting Ye, Binghua Qin, Binghua Qin, Qian Zhu, Qian Zhu, Yordan Martinez, Xiangfeng Kong, Xiangfeng Kong

“…Additionally, although Firmicutes and Megashaera_A abundances and short-chain fatty acid concentrations (including acetate, propionate, butyrate, and valerate) were reduced in the CHV group, but several beneficial bacteria (such as Actinobacteroita, Faecealibacterium, and Anaerovibrio) abundances were increased in the LYSO group.DiscussionIn summary, dietary C. vulgaris or C. vulgaris with lysozyme supplementation improved health of piglets in some contexts without affecting growth performance. Therefore, soybean meal replaced by 5% C. vulgaris with or without lysozyme as sustainable feed ingredients in piglet diets could be a viable alternative approach.…”
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