ANALYSIS OF AIR QUALITY IN TELEORMAN BY MEANS OF BIOMONITORS-LICHENS by Cernat POPA

“…Starting from the hypothesis that lichens are symbiotic organisms formed between an alga and a fungus that have the ability to store large amounts of heavy metals and from the fact that their thallus can be analyzed chemically, I chose to carry out a comparative study to determine the amount of heavy metals in the atmospheric air and to compare the values found with those obtained through conventional measurements. …”
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Identification of Neurons Containing Calcium-Permeable AMPA and Kainate Receptors Using Ca2+ Imaging by Sergei Gaidin, Artem Kosenkov, Valery Zinchenko, Bakytzhan Kairat, Arailim Malibayeva, Sultan Tuleukhanov

“…This technique offers several advantages over existing methods, including the ability to assess large neuronal populations simultaneously, distinguish between different receptor types, and provide functional information about CP-AMPAR and CP-KAR expression in living neurons, making it a valuable tool for studying synaptic plasticity and neurological disorders.…”
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Taking into account students' psychotypes and using their neuropsychological maps when implementing digital educational technologies within the Metaverse by Galiya Ldokova, Svetlana Frumina, Suad Abdalkareem Alwaely

“…The study of the influence of gender and age-related psychophysiological characteristics of an individual on his or her learning ability in the context of andragogy is considered a promising direction of research.…”
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Enhancing the performance of bituminous hot mix pavements with graphene nanoplatelet additive using taguchi optimization by Suna Işık, Fatih İrfan Baş

“…Hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavements are often selected for their ability to create safe, comfortable, cost-effective, and sustainable roadways. …”
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Perspectives of substance use disorder counselors on the benefits and drawbacks of medications for opioid use disorder by Nicholas C. Cardamone, Rebecca E. Stewart, Kyle M. Kampman, Steven C. Marcus

“…The most frequently reported advantage across all three types of MOUD was their ability to reduce cravings and illicit drug use. The most frequently reported disadvantage related to the potential for some types of MOUD to develop long-term medication dependence. …”
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The relationship between weight-adjusted waist index and peripheral artery disease by Zhe Wu, Yang Liu, Bin Wang

“…Additionally, the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was used to evaluate the predictive ability of WWI for PAD.ResultsA total of 5,686 participants were included in the study, of whom 476 had PAD and 5,210 did not. …”
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Travel Burden and the Direct Medical Costs of Urologic Surgery by Daniel J. Olson, John L. Gore, Kenn B. Daratha, Kenneth P. Roberts

“…However, travel may also be associated with a decision by the healthcare provider to increase the length of stay due to a decreased ability to return to the primary hospital should complications arise. …”
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Controllable intein splicing and N-terminal cleavage at mesophilic temperatures by Taylor A. McNeal, Joel Weinberger, Geraldy L. S. Liman, Tia M. Ariagno, David W. Wood, Thomas J. Santangelo, Christopher W. Lennon

“…Inteins (intervening proteins) interrupt host proteins and are removed through a protein splicing reaction that ligates adjacent N- and C-exteins. The ability of inteins to specifically rearrange peptide bonds has proven exceptionally useful in protein engineering, thus, methods to control intein activity are of considerable interest. …”
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Transformer-based malware detection using process resource utilization metrics by Dimosthenis Natsos, Andreas L. Symeonidis

“…Our findings demonstrate Transformers' ability to maintain high performance even with smaller datasets, thus excel in real-world scenarios of limited data availability, and scale effectively with larger datasets, offering lower false-positive and false-negative rates. …”
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Flexible and cost-effective deep learning for accelerated multi-parametric relaxometry using phase-cycled bSSFP by Florian Birk, Lucas Mahler, Julius Steiglechner, Qi Wang, Klaus Scheffler, Rahel Heule

“…Furthermore, DNNs utilizing the full information of the underlying complex-valued MR data demonstrated ability to accelerate the data acquisition by a factor of 3. …”
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The regulatory role of placental extracellular vesicle on trophoblast and endothelial cell functions by Kunfeng Bai, Kunfeng Bai, Xintong Li, Yanjie Guo, Ye Shang, Leqian Lin, Philip C. N. Chiu, Philip C. N. Chiu, Cheuk-Lun Lee

“…This study aims to isolate placental EVs (pEVs) from placental explant to examine their regulatory roles on EVT and endothelial cell functions. pEVs were successfully isolated from ex vivo cultured placental explant, which were capable to be internalized by EVTs and endothelial cells. pEVs stimulated the differentiation of trophoblast stem cells (TSCs) and enhanced the migration and invasion abilities of EVTs via CD147 receptor. Conversely, pEVs inhibited the tube formation ability and interleukin-6 (IL-6) secretion of endothelial cells. …”
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Is human-like decision making explainable? Towards an explainable artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles by Jiming Xie, Yan Zhang, Yaqin Qin, Bijun Wang, Shuai Dong, Ke Li, Yulan Xia

“…An empirical investigation using real driving trajectory data from Kunming, China, confirms the ability of our approach to predict potential driving decisions with high accuracy while providing the rationale implicit AV decisions. …”
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Comparison of anonymization techniques regarding statistical reproducibility. by David Pau, Camille Bachot, Charles Monteil, Laetitia Vinet, Mathieu Boucher, Nadir Sella, Romain Jegou

“…Anonymization requires data alteration, and this project aims to compare the ability of such privacy protection methods to maintain reliability and utility of scientific data for secondary research purposes.…”
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Which Hop Tests Can Best Identify Functional Limb Asymmetry in Patients 9-12 Months After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Employing a Hamstrings Tendon Autograft? by Jay R Ebert, Luke Du Preez, Bonnie Furzer, Peter Edwards, Brendan Joss

“… # Purpose To investigate the ability of eight hop tests to identify functional limb asymmetry in patients after ACLR…”
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Corneal biomechanics: A diagnostic tool for differentiating high astigmatism and mild keratoconus by Norsyariza Razak, Wan Haslina Wan Abdul Halim, Bariah Mohd-Ali

“…The Kruskal–Wallis test evaluated each parameter’s distinguishing capability, and the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analyzed the ability to differentiate high astigmatism and normal eyes from mild KCN. …”
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The Role of Agriculture in The Economic Development of Rural Areas: A Case Study of Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Turyatunga, Apollo

“…The recommendations of the study included; there should be involvement of extension workers in decision-making and consultation on policies regarding agricultural and rural development and their ability to influence these decisions the study included, the role of rural farmers in the economic development of Uganda in Kamuganguzi sub-county is one of the dynamic economic activities in creating economic changes in Kamuganguzi which has been increasingly important to empower farmers towards agricultural development. …”
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Perception of Nurses Towards Documentation of Patients Records at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Katushabe, Annet

“…The study revealed that the challenges faced by nurses while documenting patient records include; busy shifts and more than one task to be done at the ward daily which affects nurses' ability to do complete and standard documentation. …”
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Rehabilitation Services and Disability in Buhara Sub-County Kabale District. by Orishaba, Joan

“…On the other hand, persons with intellectual disabilities could benefit from occupational therapy interventions to improve their ADL ability, even in the absence of any change in their awareness of disability. …”
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Investigating the Performance of Epoxy Concentrations in the Self-Healing of Concrete. by Manzi, Evans Evalist

“…The results revealed a consistent decrease in slump as epoxy concentrations increased, indicating a reduction in concrete work-ability. Notably, the compressive strength at 28 days exhibited a fascinating trend. …”
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Language Policy Implementation and Academic Achievement of Pupils in Selected Primary Schools of Kaharo Sub-County Kabale District. by Koburonde, Stella

“…Schools should implement additional academic support systems for learners lacking confidence in their ability to complete assignments and understand classroom content.…”
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