Revealing Microplastic Contamination in Mangrove Sediments from Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia by Nur Syafiqah Mohd Maulana, Muhammad Shiddiq Zulkifli, Aina Arifah Khalid, Rohani Shahrudin, Sabiqah Tuan Anuar, Maisarah Jaafar, Effi Helmy Ariffin

“…Polypropylene was the most common polymer detected, linking contamination to the breakdown of packaging materials, fishing nets, and ropes. …”
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Modified fuzzy logic and artificial bee colony: An artificial intelligence approach to optimization and power quality improvement in an MPPT-based system by Musawenkosi Lethumcebo Thanduxolo Zulu, Rudiren Sarma, Remy Tiako

“…Microgrids are the most efficient method for generating, distributing, and regulating power for consumers using localized distributed energy resources. …”
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Effect of different remineralizing agents on the initial carious lesions – A comparative study by Mohammed Alhamed, Faisal Almalki, Ahmad Alselami, Tariq Alotaibi, Wahdan Elkwatehy

“…Conclusion: The present study concluded that the three remineralizing agents were effective in the treatment of initial carious lesion and the most effective remineralizing agent was nano-hydroxyapatite.…”
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Pulmonary hypertension syndrome in dilation cardiomyopathy patients: sildenafil application to common treatment of chronic heart failure by T. A. Abdullaev, Ya. R. Akhmatov, R. Sh. Bekbulatova, N. P. Ganieva

“…Pulmonary hypertension syndrome in most cases is present in patients with either idiopathic or RV DCMP. …”
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Study on the influence of complex fault geometry on earthquake risk assessment based on physical simulation: a case study of the Zhujiangkou Fault in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao... by Houyun Yu, Yilong Li, Xiuwei Ye, Wenqiang Wang, Chunjing Wang, Zhenguo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaofei Chen

“…Results indicate that the logarithmic standard deviation of near-field peak ground velocity in most simulations is 0.3–0.4, outperforming GMPEs. …”
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Histopathological Variability and Concomitant Lesions in Pterygium in a Large Case Series by Sabrina Bergeron, Hiroaki Ito, Yves E. Dossous, Miguel N. Burnier

“…Variation in epithelial thickness was the most common change, with acanthosis and atrophy being observed in 62% and 26% of the samples, respectively. …”
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The use of xanthan gum in a milk-containing ice cream with the whey protein microparticulate by A. V. Landikhovskaya, A. A. Tvorogova, S. E. Kochneva

“…Based on the results of the investigations, it has been established that the formulation of hydrocolloids of ice cream sample 1, which consists of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids, guar gum, xanthan gum and kappa-carrageenan, allows obtaining a product with technologically necessary quality indicators and the most cream-like consistency.…”
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Retrospective pharmacoeconomic study of antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia by A. A. Taube, T. V. Alexandrova, O. A. Demidova, M. V. Zhuravleva

“…In medical organizations, they adhere to the most rational and cost-effective strategy for CAP treatment and prescribe ABT regimens in each individual case based on risk factors, as well as the results of studies of CAP pathogens sensitivity.…”
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Modeling optimal PV surface of BIPVs for maximum energy yield through Genetic Algorithms by Gabriel Espitia-Mesa, Andrés Moreno-Villa, Sebastián Tobón-Echavarría, Juan Carlos Rivera, Ricardo Mejía-Gutiérrez

“…Occupation area due to integrated BIPV applications, is an important issue and is often limited to the flat geometry of most commercial solar panels. Thus, the goal of this work, is to generate curved photovoltaic surfaces that maximize the area exposed to the sun, seeking to increase the power of radiation captured and using the same area of occupation of conventional PV modules. …”
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A trial of the efficacy, safety and impact on drug resistance of four drug regimens for seasonal intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in Senegalese children. by Cheikh Sokhna, Badara Cissé, El Hadj Bâ, Paul Milligan, Rachel Hallett, Colin Sutherland, Oumar Gaye, Denis Boulanger, Kirsten Simondon, François Simondon, Geoffrey Targett, Jo Lines, Brian Greenwood, Jean-François Trape

“…<h4>Unlabelled</h4>In the Sahel, most malaria deaths occur among children 1-4 years old during a short transmission season. …”
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Repeat Cardiovascular Risk Assessment after Four Years: Is There Improvement in Risk Prediction? by Parinya Chamnan, Rebecca K Simmons, Stephen J Sharp, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nicholas J Wareham, Simon J Griffin

“…Using information from the most up-to-date risk assessment resulted in a small non-significant change in risk classification over the previous risk assessment (net reclassification improvement of -4.8%, p>0.05). …”
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Hypotension and survival: diagnostic criteria in Russian and United States population by V. G. Vilkov, Yu. A. Balanova, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, S. A. Shalnova

“…Based on Russian and United States population studies, to determine the criterion for distinguishing between normal and low blood pressure (BP), which is the most significant for predicting all-cause mortality.Material and methods. …”
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Effects of exogenous chitosan concentrations on photosynthesis and functional physiological traits of hibiscus under salt stress by Yangfan Cao, Ruiyang Yan, Mingcong Sun, Jing Guo, Shuyong Zhang

“…Conclusions The 25 mg/L and 50 mg/L treatments had the most pronounced effects, confirming that moderate chitosan concentrations effectively alleviate salt stress in hibiscus. …”
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Comparison of zero-shot approach and retrieval-augmented generation for analyzing the tone of comments in the Ukrainian language by M. Prytula, O. Sinkevych, I. Olenych

“…To determine text tonality, the five most semantically similar chunks with the defined tonality are retrieved from the vector database, and predefined placeholders are filled in the prompt template. …”
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Single-dose radiotherapy is more effective than fractionation when combined with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in glioblastoma by Carolina Cocito, Mylene Branchtein, Xi Kathy Zhou, Tatyana Gongora, Nadia Dahmane, Jeffrey Peter Greenfield

“…Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM), the most common adult primary brain tumor, has an average survival of only 15–18 months. …”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among Presumptive MDR-TB Patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia by Kibriti Mehari, Tsehaye Asmelash, Haftamu Hailekiros, Tewolde Wubayehu, Hagos Godefay, Tadele Araya, Muthupandian Saravanan

“…Three (1.5%) were new MDR-TB cases, while the rest had been treated previously for TB. Most (63.5%) of the MDR-TB cases were from 15 to 44 years of age. …”
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Enhancing dermal collagen density towards youthfulness: A comparative study of PCL, PLLA, and PDO thread implantation in aging rats model by Mary Soen, Meilinah Hidayat, Wahyu Widowati

“…PCL thread was more active than PDO and PLLA.Conclusion: Thread implantation may result in a more youthful collagen profile than negative control and may be used to support skin anti-aging. The most effective thread was PCL compared to PDO and PLLA.…”
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Multimodal brain network analysis reveals divergent dysconnectivity patterns during mental fatigue: A concurrent EEG-fMRI study by Kuijun Wu, Lingyun Gao, Zhao Feng, Ioannis Kakkos, Chuantao Li, Yu Sun

“…A monotonically decreasing pattern of behavioral performance was revealed where the first and last 3-min windows were determined as the most vigilant and fatigued states. Multimodal brain network architectures within these two states were then quantitatively compared. …”
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Female sex hormones and periodontal health-awareness among gynecologists – A questionnaire survey by Sonali N. Patil, Nagaraj B. Kalburgi, Arati C. Koregol, Shivaraj B. Warad, Sandeep Patil, Mahesh S. Ugale

“…Results: Our findings showed that most gynecologists were aware and concerned about female patient’s oral health during various hormonal phases. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Study on Deicing of Wind Turbine Blades by Electric Heating Under Complex Flow Field by Jianwei Li, Panpan Yang, Xuemei Huang, Leian Zhang, Jinghua Wang

“…Electric heating anti-deicing method is the most effective solution because of its flexible control, rapid response, and high deicing efficiency. …”
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