Two‐Step Tandem Catalysis for High‐Efficiency Ammonia Synthesis Via Nitrate Reduction on Anion‐Intercalated CoNi LDH and Cu/Cu2O by Changzheng Lin, Weijia Li, Hao Chen, Jiangtao Feng, Mengyuan Zhu, Jinwen Shi, Mingtao Li, Bo Hou, Zhenyu Wang, Xin Chen, Jia Liu, Wei Yan

“…However, the NitRR pathway, which involves sequential reactions, poses challenges in synchronizing the rate of nitrate‐to‐nitrite conversion with the subsequent reduction of nitrite to ammonia, particularly as the initial reduction step is rate‐limiting. …”
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Serogroup Prevalence, Virulence Profile and Antibiotic Resistance of Avian Pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Broiler Chicken by Showkat A. Shah, Masood S. Mir, Shayaib A. Kamil, Majid Shafi, Mudasir A. Rather, Azmat A. Khan, Zahoor A. Wani, Sheikh Adil, Fatmah M. Alqahtani, Majid Alhomrani, Manzoor Wani

“…The most detected gene was <i>iss</i>, present in 79.6% of isolates, followed by <i>tsh</i>, <i>iuc</i>C, <i>sitA</i>, and <i>pap</i>C. …”
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Azoxystrobin and Picoxystrobin Lead to Decreased Fitness of Honey Bee Drones (<i>Apis mellifera ligustica</i>) by Wenlong Tong, Lizhu Wang, Bingfang Tao, Huanjing Yao, Huiping Liu, Shaokang Huang, Jianghong Li, Xiaolan Xu, Xinle Duan

“…These findings indicate that azoxystrobin and picoxystrobin have adverse effects on the health and reproductive capacity of honey bee drones. The present study highlights the need to reassess the risks posed by these fungicides to pollinators, particularly given the critical role of drones in maintaining the genetic diversity and resilience of honey bee colonies. …”
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Microalgae-based treatment of produced water: A comparison between synthetic and a representative real produced water by Hussain Ali Al Subaie, Nur Farahah Khairuddin, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Muslim Aqeel Alhaddad, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Shaikh Abdur Razzak, Basheer Chanbasha, Ahsan Mushir Shamsi, Muhammad Shahzad Kamal, Wasif Farooq

“…These results indicate that the presence of hydrocarbons from crude oil poses a major challenge to algae-based decontamination. …”
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Advancing coal fire detection model for large-scale areas based on RS indices and machine learning by Jinglong Liu, Feng Zhao, Yunjia Wang, Yanan Wang, Sen Du, Libo Dang, Jordi J. Mallorqui

“…Coal fires present significant global environmental and energy challenges, posing substantial barriers to achieving carbon-neutral goals. …”
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Synergistic doping of B/Mn in tubular g-C3N4 for enhanced photodegradation of tetracycline using peroxymonosulfate by Thuy Giang Nguyen, Manh Dung Nguyen, Thi Lan Do, Van Thanh Dang, Van Hung Hoang, The Hung Nguyen

“…The urgent need to address contaminated antibiotics poses a threat to human health and natural systems and has led to the advancement of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). …”
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A bio-inspired framework for apple leaf disease detection: Integrating lesion localization, ant colony optimization, and machine learning by Xiaolong Li, Feifan Huang, Haotian Sun, Jiayu He, Seyed Mohamad Javidan, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Zhao Zhang

“…Due to the visual similarity of symptoms, accurately distinguishing among these diseases poses a major challenge. Conventional diagnostic approaches, such as expert visual assessments and laboratory analyses, are often time-consuming, costly, and limited to post-symptomatic stages. …”
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Drug resistance and pathogenicity characteristics of Escherichia coli causing pneumonia in farmed foxes by Chunxiao Zhang, Chunxiao Zhang, Hong Li, Qi Zhao, Lili Wang, Guanxin Hou, Qiumei Shi, Tonglei Wu, Guangping Gao, Zhiqiang Zhang

“…Bacterial pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality in fur-bearing animals, posing significant threat to fur production. To clarify the pathogenic agent of bacterial pneumonia in farmed foxes from eastern Hebei province, China, we performed bacterial isolation and identification from samples between 2020 and 2023. …”
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Market analysis of veterinary medicines for dogs by Anastasiia G. Kolycheva, Andrey A. Rudenko, Marina I. Shopinskaya

“…The current trend of reducing supplies from unfriendly countries poses a threat of a shortage of medicines to Russia. 1 Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM). …”
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Studies on Nutritional Profile and Mineral Bioavailability of some Solanum Species Consumed as Fruits in Ekiti State, Nigeria by Oyeyemi Sunday Dele, Oyedele Alfred Adedayo, Ismaila Grace Kehinde

“…The low level of the anti-nutrient is good and poses no deleterious effect when consumed. The eggplants have nutritional health benefits; hence, their consumption should be encouraged to address food insecurity in Nigeria…”
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On the way to integration? The education of children with diverse migration experiences in Polish schools by Anna Żurek, Katarzyna Stankiewicz

“…What barriers to integration are posed by the adopted educational solutions? Process of argumentation: The article begins by presenting Polish schools as culturally diverse environments formed by different groups of children with migration experience. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant Shigellosis among Children Aged below Five Years with Diarrhea at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia by Bilan Sheikh Ali Nor, Nelson Chengo Menza, Abednego Moki Musyoki

“…MDR Shigella strains, including those resistant to CIP and CRO, have emerged in Somalia, posing a public health challenge. Therefore, there is an urgent need for AMR surveillance and continuous monitoring to mitigate the further spread of the MDR Shigella strains in Banadir Hospital and beyond.…”
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Evaluating interprofessional primary care teams in high-income countries: A scoping review protocol on the conceptualization and measurement of team functioning, effectiveness, per... by Monica Aggarwal, Ivy Bourgeault, Sara Dalo, Kristina M Kokorelias, Leslie Greenberg, Bill Kreutzweiser, Kevin Samson, Leslie Sorensen, Connor Kemp, David Schieck, Ross E G Upshur

“…There is a lack of clarity on how to define and measure team functioning, collaboration, performance, and effectiveness in PC, posing challenges for the evaluation of interprofessional PC teams. …”
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A comprehensive phylogeny of mammalian PRNP gene reveals no influence of prion misfolding propensity on the evolution of this gene. by Cristina Sampedro-Torres-Quevedo, Hasier Eraña, Jorge M Charco, Carlos M Díaz-Domínguez, Maitena San-Juan-Ansoleaga, Eva Fernández-Muñoz, Nuno Gonçalves-Anjo, Josu Galarza-Ahumada, Ana R Cortazar, Roberto F Nespolo, Julian F Quintero-Galvis, Africa Manero-Azua, Diego Polanco-Alonso, Adrián Gaite-Reguero, Íñigo Olalde, Urko M Marigorta, Guiomar Perez de Nanclares, Ana M Aransay, Joaquín Castilla

“…However, some species present lower susceptibility to prion diseases than others. …”
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AI-powered approaches for enhancing remote sensing-based water contamination detection in ecological systems by Li Yang, Zhang Ziwen, Xinhao Lin, Junmiao Hei, Yixiao Wang, Ang Zhang

“…IntroductionWater contamination poses a significant threat to both public health and ecosystems worldwide, leading to increased emphasis on developing robust detection and mitigation strategies. …”
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The Relationship Between Lower Limb Biomechanics and Muscle Strength With Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Kotryna Žaltauskaitė, Vilma Juodžbalienė

“…The rising incidence of low back pain (LBP) poses a challenge in terms of pain-related healthcare costs and reduced work capacity. …”
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Qualitative process evaluation of a new short-hospital-stay model with a general medicine focus in Germany (STATAMED): Study protocol. by Katharina van Baal, Juliane Poeck, Clarissa Maria Lemmen, Wiebke Böhne, Johannes Jahn, Eva-Maria Wild, Nils Schneider

“…<h4>Background</h4>The increasing number of elderly and multimorbid patients in need of care, coupled with a shortage of skilled health care professionals, poses significant challenges, especially in structurally underserved regions. …”
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Radio Spectrum Sensing Framework for Large-Scale, High-Density IoT Sensor Networks by Partemie-Marian Mutescu, Alexandru Lavric, Adrian-Ioan Petrariu, Alin-Mihai Cailean, Valentin Popa

“…The rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) requires innovative solutions to address the challenges posed by constrained radio spectrum resources in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). …”
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Isolation and preliminary analysis of a lytic bacteriophage infecting Agrobacterium tumefaciens to control bacterial overgrowth during plant transformation by Anandito Dharmawan, Muhammad Alhas Finaldin, Yuzer Alfiko, Naswandi Nur, Sigit Purwantomo, Antonius Suwanto, Anja Meryandini

“…This unique ability is exploited in plant genetic engineering but poses challenges, such as overgrowth. Antibiotic control of A. tumefaciens is often ineffective due to bacterial resistance and potential harm to plant tissue, highlighting the need for alternative treatments. …”
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Thermodynamical Theory of Inelastic Single Crystals by Piotr Perzyna

“…The initial boundary value problem (the evolution problem) for rate-dependent elasto-plastic single crystal has been proved to be well posed. Criteria for adiabatic shear-band localization of plastic deformation are obtained by assuming that some eigenvalue of the instantaneous adiabatic acoustic tensor for rate-independent response is equal to zero. …”
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