Biobanking for cancer research: Preservation of tissue integrity – Some technical considerations by S.K. Shankar, Anita Mahadevan

“…Towards achieving this end, the essential requirement is optimizing methods of tissue preservation of human tissues removed at surgery for diagnostic purposes and banking them for subserving future research. …”
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Soft Sensor Modeling of Key Effluent Parameters in Wastewater Treatment Process Based on SAE-NN by Yousuf Babiker M. Osman, Wei Li

“…Moreover, stochastic gradient descent (SGD) is used to train each layer of SAE to optimize weight parameters, while a strategy of genetic algorithms to identify the number of neurons in each hidden layer is developed. …”
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BASIL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN A RECIRCULATING AQUAPONICS SYSTEM by Constanța MIHAI, Veronica IVANESCU, Mirela Alina SANDU

“…Resource scarcity and food security concerns have driven the adoption of innovative farming methods like aquaponics. This sustainable system merges aquaculture and hydroponics, offering a solution to drought and declining soil fertility while efficiently producing both fish and vegetables. …”
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Biobased Organic Nanoparticles: A Promising Versatile Green Tool for Novel Antimicrobial Agents for Improved Safety by Edith Dube, Grace Emily Okuthe

“…The review concludes with future directions, emphasizing the need to optimize nanoparticle design, understand their interactions with microbial cells, and develop safe, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly synthesis methods to support their broader application in sustainable healthcare.…”
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How to Identify and Propagate Different Types of Wild Coffee for Your Florida Garden by Teagan Young, Sandra Wilson

“…Research on propagation methods revealed that while physiological dormancy makes seed germination challenging, softwood cuttings treated with indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) showed high success rates in rooting. …”
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Comparison of Kleinert versus Saint John protocol in Zone I/II flexor tendon injuries: A retrospective study by See Lok Douglas Ho, Ching San Esther Chow

“…Background: There is no concrete evidence to define the optimal mobilization strategy following zone I/II flexor tendon repair. …”
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Modelling of pricing, crashing, and coordination strategies of prefabricated construction supply Chain with power structure. by Wen Jiang, Kanfeng Shi, Lin Zhang, Weiling Jiang

“…It finds that adopting a crashing strategy improves the supply chain's profit, while the dynamic wholesale price contract achieves supply chain coordination. …”
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A Sustainable Two-Echelon Logistics Model with Shipment Consolidation by Noha A. Mostafa, Omar Eldebaiky

“…<i>Background</i>: Shipment consolidation is a concept in logistics management in which two or more shipments are transported by using the same vehicle with the aim of using less resources. <i>Methods</i>: The objective of this manuscript is to study shipment consolidation and assess its impact on cost environment, to achieve this, a mathematical model was developed to optimize shipment consolidation while reducing the emissions and minimizing the costs. …”
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Effects of polyester fibers and gamma irradiation on mechanical properties of polymer concrete containing CaCO3 and silica sand

“…While mineral concretes belong to the oldest composites used by mankind, in an increasing number of applications their compression strength &#963;c and compressive strain at yield point &#949;Y are insufficient. …”
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Explainable Machine Learning for Mapping Rainfall-Induced Landslide Thresholds in Italy by Xiangyu Shao, Wenjun Yan, Chaoying Yan, Wen Zhao, Yixuan Wang, Xia Shi, Hongchang Dong, Tianjiang Li, Junpo Yu, Peng Zuo, Zeyu Zhou, Jiming Jin

“…Traditional statistical models have limitations in multi-variable modeling, while machine learning models face interpretability challenges. …”
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Visualising lymphatic flow dynamics during complex physical therapy: A photoacoustic imaging study by Yushi Suzuki, Hiroki Kajita, Anna Oh, Shiho Watanabe, Yoshifumi Takatsume, Nobuaki Imanishi, Hisashi Sakuma, Tetsuya Tsuji, Kazuo Kishi

“…Methods and Results: Herein, PAI was used to assess lymphatic flow in four healthy subjects. …”
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Studying the Requirements and Socioeconomic Challenges of Digitalization on Sustainability: An Applied Study in the Petrochemical Industry by Islam Elmaghraby, Nevien F. Khourshed, Mohamad A. Ragheb, Mahmoud H. Beshr

“…The collected data were analyzed using SPSS29 and AMOS28 software, employing descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling methods. The study employs empirical data and statistical analysis to reveal that digitalization contributes positively to sustainability by optimizing resource utilization and reducing environmental footprints. …”
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Improving melanoma screening in primary care: the Experience of the Association of French General Practitioners Practicing Dermoscopy by Julien Anriot, Nadia Ikhlef, Gérard Duru, Sophie Darnis, Pauline Scouarnec, Younes Tamarat, Amini-Adle Mona, Luc Thomas

“…In the light of a growing shortage of dermatologists in several countries, primary care has emerged as an optimal setting for skin cancer screening. Historically, in France, skin cancer detection was typically managed by dermatologists, while general practitioners (GPs) were barely involved. …”
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The risk of refracture and malunion in children treated for diaphyseal forearm fractures: a retrospective cohort study by Hans-Christen Husum, Ole Rahbek, Per Hviid Gundtoft, Hans Christian Bang, Søren Kold, Jan Duedal Rölfing, Ahmed Abood

“… Background and purpose: The optimal treatment modality for pediatric diaphyseal forearm fractures is debated. …”
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Risk of evolution driven population-wide emergence of mpox: The paradoxic effect of moderate interventions by F. Nedényi, J.M. Benke, M. Szalai, G. Röst

“…Background: The global mpox outbreak in 2022 was declared a public health emergency of international concern. While in non-endemic countries disease spread remained limited mostly to a high risk group, a main public health concern is that through evolution, mpox gains the ability to widely spread in the entire population. …”
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Impact of polygenic risk score (PRS) for coronary artery disease on physician decision-making and patient care by Georgios Ntritsos, Georgios Ntritsos, Erez Ornan, Nir Gamliel, Gil Chernin, Arnold Pallay, Michael Chen, Efi Kessous, Eran Feldhay

“…The most frequent physician response was raising patient awareness and offering patient education (73 cases), while emphasizing PRS as a tool for risk communication. …”
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Enhancing the melting rate of RT42 paraffin wax in a square cell with varied copper fin lengths and orientations: A numerical simulation by Saif Ali Kadhim, Karrar A. Hammoodi, Mohammed J. Alshukri, Issa Omle, Karrar K. Abdul Hussein, Abbas Fadhil Khalaf, Ammar Elsheikh

“…Configuration four was also compared with a setup where similar fins were positioned on the bottom wall while maintaining the heat flux on the left wall. …”
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Response of black tea powder and its fermentation products on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and gut microbiota of Cherax quadricarinatus by Xian-Jing Zhang, Xian-Jing Zhang, Jiao-Fen Lin, Cheng-Jian Wu, Jie-Quan Xie, You-Shu Cai, Xu-Yin Lin, Xu-Yin Lin

“…The Mantel test confirmed the relationship between the antioxidant function of the microbial community, with Proteobacteria positively correlated with GSH-PX/SOD, while Fusobacteria and Tensionella negatively correlated with antioxidant enzyme activity.DiscussionThis study provides a foundation for using tea-derived additives as a sustainable alternative to antibiotics in aquaculture.In the future, metagenomic analysis of key metabolic pathways can be combined to optimize the mechanistic explanation of the application and efficacy of BTP and TPMFP.…”
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Harnessing nanoparticles to enhance crop production under drought stress: A quantitative meta-analysis by Hongzhao Li, Zihui Wang, Chengxiang Zhou, Huashuai Wang, Lingyun Chen, Huaiyu Yang, Dunyi Liu

“…We address this gap through a meta-analysis of 83 peer-reviewed investigations, employing effect size calculations (lnRR) to systematically quantify NP-induced improvements in crop drought resistance, while identifying critical determinants including NP types, application methods, and optimal concentrations. …”
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