Strategic Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Deterrence in Russia’s National Security Policy by A. A. Kokoshin

“…The first section of the article identifies the key forces and facilities underlying the policy of the Russian Federation in the field of strategic nuclear deterrence. …”
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Global challenges facing plant pathology: multidisciplinary approaches to meet the food security and environmental challenges in the mid-twenty-first century by Michael Jeger, Robert Beresford, Clive Bock, Nathan Brown, Adrian Fox, Adrian Newton, Antonio Vicent, Xiangming Xu, Jonathan Yuen

“…Abstract The discipline of plant pathology has an expanding remit requiring a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary approach to capture the complexity of interactions for any given disease, disease complex or syndrome. …”
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Performance of Partial and Cavity Type Squealer Tip of a HP Turbine Blade in a Linear Cascade by Levent Kavurmacioglu, Hidir Maral, Cem Berk Senel, Cengiz Camci

“…The tip profile belonging to the Pennsylvania State University Axial Flow Turbine Research Facility (AFTRF) was used to create an extruded solid model of the axial turbine blade. …”
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Electroosmotic Dewatering of Iron Ore Tailings: A Laboratory Study to Improve Geotechnical Properties by Salih Yüksek

“…Approximately, 26 million tons of mineral wastes were generated annually from ore processing facilities in Turkey. The construction of tailings pools, the stability of the tailing sludge, and the safety of dams are a burdensome issue faced by miners. …”
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Design of retrofit flue gas (CO2) scrubber for dependable clean energy at the Duvha Coal Power Plant by Hlamalani Innocent Baloyi, Leonard U. Okonye, Jianwei Ren

“…Abstract The coal-fired power sector is facing unprecedented pressure due to the shift to low-carbon energy sources and the need to prevent climate change. …”
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Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction with Zambia's National Health Insurance Scheme: A Systematic Literature Review using Empirical Evidence from Nigeria and Ghana by Wesley Mwambazi, Abubaker Qutieshat

“…Income, age, and education were common factors identified at the socio-demographic level. At the health facility level, waiting times, quality of care, staff attitude, dispensary (drugs), diagnostic services, and out-of-pocket were predominant factors identified. …”
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“Pacificação” nas periferias: discursos sobre as violências e o cotidiano de juventudes em Fortaleza by João Paulo Pereira Barros, Luiz Fábio Silva Paiva, Jéssica Silva Rodrigues, Dagualberto Barboza da Silva, Camila dos Santos Leonardo

“…Metodologicamente, o estudo foi realizado a partir de pesquisa-intervenção em duas das regiões da cidade com as maiores taxas de homicídios em 2015 e 2017, mas que experimentaram diminuição significativa dessas taxas em 2016, enquanto vigorava localmente o acordo entre facções rivais. Participaram da pesquisa-intervenção jovens do sexo masculino, entre 15 e 29 anos, moradores daqueles territórios, e profissionais de ambos os sexos que ali atuavam com jovens, mediante entrevistas semi-estruturadas e grupos de discussão. …”
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Vaccination strategies for Ebola in the democratic republic of Congo: the who-Ebola modeling collaboration by Marco Ajelli, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Alhassane Touré, Abdourahamane Diallo, Maria Litvinova, Stefano Merler, Sabué Mulangu, Aminata Bagayoko, Aissatou Bah, Ibrahima Bah, Aissatou Barry, Fatoumata Barry, Mohamed Chérif, Doussou Condé, Alpha A. Diallo, Fatoumata Diallo, Mory Diakité, Kassié Doré, Koundouno A. Mapan, Thérèse Koundouno, Patrice K. Onivogui, Fassou Lamah, Henry Maneno, Alphonse Nomou, Kourouma Sekouba, Ismaila Sani, Abdoulaye Soumah, Mamadou M. Sy, Pierre-Stéphane Gsell, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Mike J. Ryan, Peter Salama, Alessandro Vespignani, Ira M. Longini, Jr.

“…Methods: This analysis focuses on two areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Beni and Butembo/Katwa, which were affected during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak. …”
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Employing a Carbon-Based Nanocomposite as a Diffusive Solid-Phase Extraction Adsorbent for Methamphetamine for Therapeutic Purposes by K. Lakshmi Kala, G. Anbuchezhiyan, Kavitha Pingili, Pradeep Kumar Singh, V. M. Vel, Kareem Yusuf, Ahmed Muteb Aljuwayid, Md Ataul Islam, David Christopher

“…The suggested approach’s applicability in numerous characterization and medical facilities was proven by the examination of addicted subjects using the proposed technique. …”
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The Small Mobile Ozone Lidar (SMOL): instrument description and first results by F. Chouza, T. Leblanc, P. Wang, S. S. Brown, K. Zuraski, K. Zuraski, W. Chace, W. Chace, W. Chace, C. C. Womack, C. C. Womack, J. Peischl, J. Peischl, J. Hair, T. Shingler, J. Sullivan

“…As part of the Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet) efforts allocated to provide such measurements and leveraging on the experience of more than 20 years of ozone lidar measurements at Table Mountain Facility, the JPL lidar group developed the SMOL (Small Mobile Ozone Lidar), an affordable differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system covering all altitudes from 200 to 10 km above ground level (a.g.l.). …”
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PFAS residue analysis in fish and fish feed by applying a modified QuEChERS method in combination with LC-HRMS detection by Ourania Koloka, Vasiliki Boti, Dimitra Hela, Triantafyllos Albanis, Ioannis Konstantinou

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A Multiobjective Model for a Multilevel Blood Supply Chain to Improve the Attractiveness of Blood Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Abolfazl Moghimi Esfandabadi, Davood Shishebori, Mohammad-Bagher Fakhrzad, Hassan Khademi Zare

“…Consequently, it significantly reduces the supply of blood and its products, as vital materials, and exerts detrimental effects on the activities of blood organizations and facilities as well as the health of individuals in society. …”
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Factors Influencing the Choice Between Multi-Target Stool DNA and Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Alaska Native Peoples by Lauren A. Jeffries, Christie A. Flanagan, Lila J. Finney Rutten, John B. Kisiel, Diana G. Redwood

“…Limited access to medical facilities, financial burdens, and personal commitments, along with personal factors, have a substantial bearing on the screening decision-making process. …”
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Accuracy of placement of the glenoid component in reverse shoulder arthroplasty using a custom baseplate for severe glenoid deficiency by Katsumasa Nakazawa, MD, Tomoya Manaka, MD, PhD, Yukihide Minoda, MD, PhD, Nobuyasu Ochiai, MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Nakane, MD, Yoichi Ito, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Hirakawa, MD, PhD, Ryosuke Iio, MD, Kenta Inagaki, MD, Hiroaki Nakamura, MD, PhD

“…This study examined the postoperative accuracy of glenoid component placement using this system at three different facilities. Methods: Nine patients undergoing rTSA with vault reconstruction system performed by three board-certified, fellowship-trained shoulder surgeons at three different institutions between August 2020 and January 2023 were included. …”
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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients at a rural tertiary teaching hospital in South Africa: a study prot... by Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Constance Sewani-Rusike, Busisiwe Mrara, Fathima Paruk

“…The findings will be shared with facility management, and presented at relevant conferences and seminars.…”
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Application get in hand - mobile-based geopark educational tourism Ciletuh-Sukabumi by Jatmika Bambang, Maulana Irpan, Al-Faqih Ridwan, Aulia Zouda Reyland

“…By using the Ciletuh-Palabuhanratu GET application, users will easily carry out various activities ranging from finding information about accommodation, facilities, and infrastructure in tourist destinations in the Ciletuh-Palabuhanratu Geopark…”
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Electro-Oxidation of Glycerol on Core–Shell M@Pt/C (M = Co, Ni, Sn) Catalysts in Alkaline Medium by Rudyere Nascimento Silva, Leandro Aparecido Pocrifka, Ermete Antolini, Raimundo Ribeiro Passos

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed the presence of a face-centered cubic (fcc) Pt structure for Co@Pt/C and Ni@Pt/C. …”
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Modelling the alpha and beta diversity of copepods across tropical and subtropical Atlantic ecoregions by Lorena Martínez-Leiva, José M. Landeira, Maria Luz Fernández de Puelles, Santiago Hernández-León, Víctor M. Tuset, Effrosyni Fatira

“…However, few studies have focused on their diversity and the environmental factors influencing it. …”
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Public Transit Loyalty Modeling Considering the Effect of Passengers’ Emotional Value: A Case Study in Xiamen, China by Shi-chao Sun

“…As for the improvement direction of bus services, targeted approaches should be determined to improve the quality of bus service, regarding the aspects of “condition of facilities in the bus,” “driving stability and comfort,” “vehicle speed,” and “safety.”…”
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Interpretation of COVID-19 Epidemiological Trends in Mexico Through Wastewater Surveillance Using Simple Machine Learning Algorithms for Rapid Decision-Making by Arnoldo Armenta-Castro, Orlando de la Rosa, Alberto Aguayo-Acosta, Mariel Araceli Oyervides-Muñoz, Antonio Flores-Tlacuahuac, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Juan Eduardo Sosa-Hernández

“…In this article, a database obtained from wastewater sampling at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and university campuses in Monterrey and Mexico City between 2021 and 2022 was used to train simple clustering- and regression-based risk assessment models to allow for informed prevention and control measures in high-affluence facilities, even if working with low-dimensionality datasets and a limited number of observations. …”
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