Assessing the Filariasis Causing Parasites in Adult Mosquitoes and the Vector Mosquito Larval Breeding in Selected Medical Officer of Health Areas in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka by S. A. S. Pilagolla, L. D. Amarasinghe

“…Albopictus, were captured. A total of 1194 mosquito larvae were collected that belonged into three genera, namely, Culex (62.73%), Armigeres (25.62%), and Mansonia (11.64%), from blocked drains, polluted drains, blocked canals, large polluted water bodies, stagnant water bodies, marsh lands, rice field mudflats, and concrete pits. …”
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Tight Focusing of Partially Coherent Vortex Beams by Rakesh Kumar Singh

“…Compact form of the coherence matrix has been derived for polarized vortex beams. Effects of topological charge and polarization distribution of the incident beam on intensity distribution, degree of polarization, and coherence have been investigated.…”
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Genetic Diversity of Bread Wheat Genotypes Grown in Different Landscapes Using SSR Marker Analysis by Babayeva Sevda, Rustamov Khanbala, Abbasov Mehraj

“…Studying this diversity is crucial for improving adaptability and resilience to climate change in high altitude regions. A total of 158 bread wheat accessions were analyzed using SSR markers, following CTAB and PCR-based DNA extraction, fragment analysis on an ABI 3130xl Genetic Analyzer and subsequent statistical evaluation. …”
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Utilizing kombucha culture for coffee fermentation and biochemical characteristic analysis by Hayeong Kim, Jihyeon Jeon, Jiyeon Lee, Chaeri Song, Boncheol Gu, Nahyun Mariah Kim, Tae-hui Yang, Sejin Oh, Soochul Park, Kunal Pal, Ghahyun Jeffrey Kim, Doman Kim

“…Coffee showed a decrease in pH and an increase in titratable acidity during fermentation. The total phenolic and flavonoid content increased 1.77- and 1.95-fold in K-coffee and 2.07- and 2.60-fold in CK-coffee, respectively, after 24 h of fermentation compared to the coffee control, in which the kombucha broth was not inoculated, with an increased in trigonelline, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid content. …”
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“If that would have lessened my symptoms, that would have been great...”: a qualitative study about the acceptability of tecovirimat as treatment for mpox by Sara Paparini, Rosalie Hayes, Benjamin Weil, Will Nutland, Ismael Maatouk, Teodora Wi, Chloe M. Orkin, Rosamund Lewis

“…Thirteen participants took part: all self-identified as cisgender male, 1 self-identified as Black British, 1 as British Asian, 5 as White, 3 as White British, 3 as White Other. …”
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The conundrum of motherhood: house helps and the mediated motherhood discourses in Kenya by Gladys Muasya

“…Most workingclass mothers employ caregivers – house helps to mind their children. A total of 71 stories from 2009 to 2022 related to mothering were collected from two leading newspapers in Kenya – Daily Nation and The Standard – which feature lifestyle issues. …”
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A Meta-analysis: Effect of Tai Chi on Single-leg Standing Time of the Elderly by Xiaojun LI, Tingyu CHEN, Cui'e FENG, Jinxiu CHEN

“…The extracted data were analyzed by RevMan 5.3.Results:A total of 6 literatures were discovered. There was one Chinese literature, others are English literatures. …”
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Retropharyngeal Abscess in Adults: Five Case Reports and Review of the Literature by A. Harkani, R. Hassani, T. Ziad, L. Aderdour, H. Nouri, Y. Rochdi, A. Raji

“…The presenting symptoms, for all patients, were fever, odynophagia, torticollis, and trismus, and the clinical examination showed bulging of the posterior wall of the oropharynx. …”
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Reciprocal Relationship Between Self-Control Belief and Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Longitudinal Survey Study by Shimin Zhu, Di Qi

“…with a 1-year, 2-wave, school-based longitudinal survey. MethodsA total of 3264 students (338 in grades 4‐5 and 2926 in grades 7‐10) from 15 schools in Hong Kong participated in the classroom surveys. …”
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Investigation of Structure and Optical Properties for Copper Oxide Thin Films on Plastic Substrate by Helicon Plasma DC Magnetron Sputtering Technique by Anmar Alhattab, Haider Alhattab, Ichiro Takano

“…As we move towards a decarbonized society, transparent solar cells have recently become an important means of increasing power generation in familiar locations. …”
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Association of Aldosterone and Cortisol with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Prehypertension Stage by Sadiqa Badar Syed, Masood Anwar Qureshi

“…Serum cortisol, aldosterone, total cholesterol, Low density lipoproteins, blood glucose, Na+ and K+, using standard laboratory techniques, were determined in fasting blood samples. …”
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Application of Internet of Things Based on Big Data Ecosystem in Factory Energy Consumption Analysis Model by Ang Li, Chen Zhang, Lei Li

“…The Internet of Things technology of big data ecosystem can be summarized as a technology that uses information sensing devices to complete the transaction and network connection according to the protocol content. A total of 853,000 power distribution operations were carried out in the power grid. …”
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Coordinated human-exoskeleton locomotion emerges from regulating virtual energy. by Rezvan Nasiri, Hannah Dinovitzer, Nirosh Manohara, Arash Arami

“…Results: (1) The results from the VER demonstrate the emergence of natural, coordinated locomotion, resulting in an average muscle effort reduction ranging from 13.1% to 17.7% at different speeds compared to passive walking. (2) The results from VER revealed improvements in all indicators towards natural gait when compared to walking with a zero-torque exoskeleton, for instance, an enhancement in average knee extension ranging from 3.9 to 4.1 degrees. …”
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Retraction Note: hERG1 channels modulate integrin signaling to trigger angiogenesis and tumor progression in colorectal cancer by Olivia Crociani, Francesca Zanieri, Serena Pillozzi, Elena Lastraioli, Matteo Stefanini, Antonella Fiore, Angelo Fortunato, Massimo D’Amico, Marika Masselli, Emanuele De Lorenzo, Luca Gasparoli, Martina Chiu, Ovidio Bussolati, Andrea Becchetti, Annarosa Arcangeli

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REFINED ESTIMATES OF DIRECT PYROGENIC CARBON EMISSIONS IN RUSSIAN FORESTS BASED ON REMOTE MONITORING DATA FROM 2011 TO 2023 by D. V. Ershov, E. N. Sochilova, K. A. Kovganko

“…The last two years have been detected by low forest burning and fire intensity, due to which, within the boundaries of the studied interval of years, a trend towards a decrease in pyrogenic emissions by 12 MtCO2-equivalent per year relative to the long-term average is observed.…”
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Ethanol extract of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza mangrove leaves and propolis activity on macroscopic healing of cuts in vivo by Evi Kurniawaty, Shina Megaputri, Syazili Mustofa, Soraya Rahmanisa, Kholis Abdurachim Audah, Silvia Andriani

“…Results: Standard wound medication took 9 days to promote healing, while the negative control (aqua dest) took 11.2 days, the ethanol extract of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza mangrove leaves took 7.3 days, and the propolis extract took 7.9 days. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of PPV Monomer for Subsequent Electropolymerization by Álvaro Fontana, Fábio Santana dos Santos, Flávia Aparecida Fonseca, Adonilson Dos Reis Freitas, Andersson Barison, Jarem Raul Garcia

“…The characterizations of the obtained compounds were made by FTIR, GC-MS, 1H, and 13C NMR and showed that almost all of the proposed monomers were obtained in their totality.…”
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Influence of location and promotion on consumer purchase decisions of Geprek Express Samarinda city by Seto Indarto, Maimun Sholeh

“…This article was created with the aim of identifying the influence of location and promotion on purchasing decisions at Geprek Express outlets in Samarinda, with a population of 258 people, where the sample in this study used 15% of the total population, namely 39 people. To get the data in this study, the author uses a questionnaire or a questionnaire, with a simple linear regression data analysis method and multiple linear regression analysis. …”
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Sesame Oil (Sesamum Indicum L.) as a New Challenge for Reinforcement of Conventional Glass Ionomer Cement, Could It Be? by Neven S. Aref

“…Despite the advantages of glass ionomer cement (GIC) including chemical bonding to the tooth structure and fluoride release, its low-grade mechanical properties make it a topic for research. …”
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Meta-analysis of Therapeutic Effect in Depression Treatment of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined Paroxetine by Xinyi GUO, Guo YU, Xiaokuo HE

“…Then, Meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software.Results:A total of sixteen related articles and 1 150 patients were retrieved. …”
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