Potential ecological risk assessment of microplastics in coastal sediments: Their metal accumulation and interaction with sedimentary metal concentration by Azenith B. Castillo (17876753)

“…Most metals analyzed were found at higher concentrations in sediments than the same metals adsorbed to MPs. The average metal concentration ranged from 0.26 (Cd) to 3122.62 μg∙g⁻¹ (Sr) in sediments while 0.22 (Mo) to 30.26 μg∙g⁻¹ (Sr) in MPs. …”

Knee Angle Affects Posterior Chain Muscle Activation During an Isometric Test Used in Soccer Players by Paul James Read (14152221)

“…These differences (30% mean difference) were greater than the observed typical measurement error (CV% = 13.1–14.3 for the 90° and 30° test positions, respectively). …”

The hazardous impacts of mining activities on population's health in Blue Nile State - Sudan by A. Mohammed Ali (19772712)

“…Serum level of chromium in the Jam area population was P < 0.05, copper and cobalt were P>0.05; and the values were found to be in normal reference range, except for chromium which was found to be slightly increased in Jam area. Sex has no influence on chromium, copper and cobalt, but iron was higher in males than females (P>0.05). …”

Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) protein is upregulated in early proliferative lesions of the breast irrespective of apocrine differentiation by Zoran Gatalica (3353003)

“…It was uncommon in the normal breast (7/81 samples, 9%). Increasing AMACR expression was observed with proliferative epithelial lesions (18% of usual ductal hyperplasias/adenosis, 70% of atypical lesions and 72% of DCIS/LCIS). …”

Optimization of Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycles with Clathrate Hydrates Thermal Energy Storage by Gadalla, Akram Mohamed

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Shear Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Hollow Slabs Voided with PET Void Formers by Hasan, Haider H.

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Rapid climate changes and human dynamics during the holocene in the eastern mediterranean (Lower Strymon Valley, northern Greece) by Glais, Arthur

“…After the 4.2 ka cal BP event and we suggest that climatic adversity may have acted as a stimulus to innovation and relocation rather than retarding societal development in the region. …”
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Solar power forecasting beneath diverse weather conditions using GD and LM-artificial neural networks by Sharma, Neetan

“…In such a case, the approximation of PV output could be much more suitable than direct solar radiation. This paper uses Gradient Descent (GD) and Levenberg Maquarndt Artificial Neural Network (LM-ANN) techniques to apply to data obtained and recorded milliseconds from a 100 W solar panel. …”
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Inappropriate Medication Use in Elderly Lebanese Outpatients by Saab, Yolande B.

“…Results A total of 350 elderly patient profiles were reviewed, from which 277 evaluable records were obtained. More than half (59.6%) of the patients taking drugs at the time of the study were taking at least one inappropriate medication. …”
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Functional Characterization of the MYO6 Variant p.E60Q in Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss Patients by Moza Alkowari (18288922)

“…The long tradition of consanguinity among the Qatari population has increased the prevalence of HHL, which negatively impacts the quality of life. …”

Biomarkers show promise for treatment of heart valve disease by Nature Research (16552612)

“…The body’s main blood supply comes from the aorta, which receives oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart. More than 2% of people over the age of 65 are afflicted with a narrowing and calcification of the valve that separates this main artery from its heart chamber. …”

Software-Defined-Networking-Based One-versus-Rest Strategy for Detecting and Mitigating Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks in Smart Home Internet of Things Devices by Neder Karmous (19743430)

“…These are considered to be an increasing trend, and it will be a major challenge to reduce risk, especially in the future. …”

Transhepatic Ipsilateral Right Portal Vein Embolization Extended to Segment IV by Madoff, David

“…RESULTS After right PVE + IV with PVA particles, FLR volume increased 45.5% ± 40.9% and FLR/TELV ratio increased 6.9% ± 5.6%. …”
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Elastic Buckling Behavior of Functionally Graded Material Thin Skew Plates with Circular Openings by Alashkar, Adnan

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Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 20... by Dana, Bryazka

“…BackgroundSmoking is the leading behavioural risk factor for mortality globally, accounting for more than 175 million deaths and nearly 4·30 billion years of life lost (YLLs) from 1990 to 2021. …”
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In-Vitro Degradation of Hollow Silica Reinforced Magnesium Syntactic Foams in Different Simulated Body Fluids for Biomedical Applications by Manakari, Vyasaraj

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Characterization of Contusive Spinal Cord Injury by Monitoring Motor-Evoked Potential by ALL, Angelo H.

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Assessment of sustainable construction in Lebanon by Awwad, Rita

“…However, these efforts were not enough to have a significant impact on these industries and resulted merely in voluntary guidelines rather than serious measures to reduce energy usage and pollution. …”
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The flexible enterprise. (c2002) by Lezzaiq, Samer Ibrahim

“…Recently, it has been granted full accession to the WTO; additionally, it enjoys various positive internal capabilities, mainly, having new young and dynamic leadership, which is increasingly stressing tl1e role of human resources and technology on market dynamics. …”
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Controversy and Debate: Questionable utility of the relative risk in clinical research: Paper 1: A call for change to practice by Suhail A. Doi (9552474)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">We demonstrate that the RR varies for reasons other than the magnitude of the effect because it is a ratio of two posterior probabilities, both of which are dependent on baseline prevalence of an outcome. …”