Geology in renewable energy development in Ethiopia: potentials, challenges, and future directions by Degfie Teku

“…Despite these opportunities, geological factors pose notable challenges to renewable energy development. …”
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Characterization and health risk assessment of airborne microplastics in Delhi NCR by Molla Nageswar Rao, Sachin S. Ghude, Sandip S. Nivdange, Rajani Panchang, Atar Singh Pipal, Arkabanee Mukherjee, Hardeep Sharma, Vikash Kumar

“…Considering their capacity to carry harmful pollutants, MPs may pose inhalation related health risks. This study underscores the need to integrate MPs into air quality frameworks and advocates for long-term, multi-site monitoring to evaluate their broader public health impacts.…”
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Real-Time Railway Hazard Detection Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Hybrid Ensemble Learning by Yusuf Yürekli, Cevat Özarpa, İsa Avcı

“…Undetected environmental events pose a significant threat to railway operational safety. …”
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Molecular profiling of exhaled breath condensate in respiratory diseases by Mario Malerba, Beatrice Purghè, Beatrice Ragnoli, Marcello Manfredi, Gianluca Baldanzi

“…Background Respiratory disorders, , continue to pose a major global health burden. Their complexity and heterogeneity challenge accurate diagnosis, effective monitoring, and therapeutic decision-making. …”
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Defence Warriors: Exploring the crosstalk between polyamines and oxidative stress during microbial pathogenesis by Abhilash Vijay Nair, Anmol Singh, Dipshikha Chakravortty

“…Furthermore, infections by pathogens are not just restricted to humans; instead, a diverse range of hosts, including plants, livestock, marine organisms and fish, cause significant economic losses and pose threats to humans through their transmission in the food chain. …”
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Rapid Titration of Methadone for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A Case Report by Miles Lamberson, Roz King, Colin T. Waters, Peter Jackson, John Brooklyn, Elly Riser, Daniel Wolfson

“…Introduction: The prevalence of high-potency synthetic opioids (HPSO), such as fentanyl and its analogs, presents significant treatment challenges to current strategies for emergency department (ED) initiation of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). …”
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Handling Sensor Faults in Hydroponics: A Deep Learning Imputation Technique for Accurate Tomato Yield Prediction by Viji Venugopal, Paresh Tanna, Ramesh Karnati

“…Sensor faults in hydroponic systems pose significant challenges for precision agriculture by compromising the nutrient monitoring accuracy and yield prediction reliability. …”
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Rare case of pulmonary paragonimiasis in Jubail city by Salah A. M. Ali, Randa I. Ahmed, Mohamed Deeb, Mahmoud Hassan, Nagwa Shahein, Mohamed Hisham

“…Abstract Introduction Paragonimiasis, a parasitic infection caused by Paragonimus westermani, is a rare but important differential diagnosis in patients presenting with cavitating lung lesions, especially those from endemic regions. …”
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Modeling of long-term radiological and toxicological impacts of the uranium mill tailings on groundwater and surface water by B. Yu. Zanoz, D. O. Bugai

“…Modeling predictions are presented of radionuclide transport processes in the zone of influence of the Zahidne uranium mill tailings situated at the Prydniprovsky Chemical Plant (PChP), Kamianske. …”
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Comparative long-term stabilization of pond ash using lime and cement: FTIR characterization, strength optimization and sustainable utilization by Vilasini P.P, Lakshmi Thangasamy

“…The large-scale generation of pond ash as a byproduct of coal combustion in thermal power plants presents a growing environmental and geotechnical challenge, particularly in countries like India where wet disposal methods occupy vast land areas and pose risks of groundwater contamination. …”
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Quantitative Assessment of Bolt Looseness in Beam–Column Joints Using SH-Typed Guided Waves and Deep Neural Network by Ru Zhang, Xiaodong Sui, Yuanfeng Duan, Yaozhi Luo, Yi Fang, Rui Miao

“…Although the guided wave method has been proven effective for detecting bolt looseness, the severe dispersion properties and complex structure of beam–column joints pose difficulties for the quantitative evaluation of bolt looseness. …”
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Incidence and risk factors contributing to exposed calvarium in the management of scalp skin cancer: a retrospective review by Brandon He, Isabella Jackson, Morgan Haines, Joseph Descallar, Quan Ngo

“…Exposure of the calvarium from this treatment may result in bone desiccation, infection and sequestration, which can pose significant risk to patient morbidity and mortality, and be resource-intensive to treat. …”
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Multimodal Fusion Image Stabilization Algorithm for Bio-Inspired Flapping-Wing Aircraft by Zhikai Wang, Sen Wang, Yiwen Hu, Yangfan Zhou, Na Li, Xiaofeng Zhang

“…This paper presents FWStab, a specialized video stabilization dataset tailored for flapping-wing platforms. …”
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Synchronization in Fractional-Order Delayed Non-Autonomous Neural Networks by Dingping Wu, Changyou Wang, Tao Jiang

“…However, the inherent complexity and nonlinearity of neural networks pose significant challenges in understanding and controlling this synchronization process. …”
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Characteristics and ecological risk assessment of antibiotics and hormones in landfill waters by Yi Huang, Xuan Dong, Zhi-yuan Ma, Xi-zhao Tian, Zhu Rao

“…ABSTRACT: Antibiotics, as emerging pollutants, pose significant risks to aquatic ecosystems and human health by disrupting the endocrine systems of aquatic organisms and affecting ecosystem stability through food chain enrichment. …”
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Mycotoxin Residues in Chicken Breast Muscle and Liver by Tina Lešić, Jelka Pleadin, Nina Kudumija, Dora Tomašković, Ana Vulić

“…Although the detected concentrations can be considered too low to pose an immediate health risk, the contamination rate suggests further research into these mycotoxins in chicken and other poultry species is needed.…”
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C2FAU-Net: A Deep Learning Approach with Multi-scale Strategy for Automated Delineation of Organs-at-risk in Cervical Cancer High-dose Rate Brachytherapy by Man Zhao, Wenfeng He, Jingjing Dai, Yaoqin Xie, Zhijian Chen, Nanjie Xiao, Dongjie Chen, Shupeng Liu, Xiaokun Liang, Chenbin Liu

“…While deep learning methods have shown promise in automatic delineation, substantial and complex organ deformations pose significant challenges. This study presents a novel approach to address these issues. …”
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Understanding the interactions of residual chemical fertilizers with vitamin B3 via conductometric and spectroscopic studies by Prachiprava Mohapatra, Tanika Dutta, Siddhartha Panda, Sulochana Singh, Malabika Talukdar

“…While the plant can initially "withstand" the excess fertilizer through increased protein synthesis; the remaining is accumulated in the form of nitrates and high nitrate concentrations in edible tissues of plants can pose health risks, such as affecting the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood in humans or animals. …”
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Calibrating a process-based simulation model for the Acadian forest region by Susan Willis, A. R. Taylor, Dominik Thom, L. D’Orangeville

“…However, large uncertainties arising from climate change and increasing disturbance activity pose challenges for forest management decisions. …”
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Lung and Colon Cancer Classification Using Multiscale Deep Features Integration of Compact Convolutional Neural Networks and Feature Selection by Omneya Attallah

“…The automated and precise classification of lung and colon cancer from histopathological photos continues to pose a significant challenge in medical diagnosis, as current computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems are frequently constrained by their dependence on singular deep learning architectures, elevated computational complexity, and their ineffectiveness in utilising multiscale features. …”
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