Isolation and characterization of cadmium-resistant Bacillus cereus strains from Cd-contaminated mining areas for potential bioremediation applications by Bixia Liang, Yimeng Feng, Xiyue Ji, Chune Li, Qian Li, Zhenshun Zeng, Yuqi Wang

“…Optimal Cd adsorption was observed at 36 h for strain C9 and at 48 h for strain C27, with maximum removal rates achieved at a Cd concentration of 70 μM. Both strains demonstrated substantial resistance to heavy metals in the order Zn > Cd > Tl on solid media. …”
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Medication use and potential drug-drug interactions in a general surgery clinic: A descriptive studyMain points by Sevgi Teker Yıldırım, Şevket Cumhur Yeğen, Songül Tezcan

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Preliminary Studies on the Development and Evaluation of Instant Pounded Yam from <i>Dioscorea alata</i> by Abiodun A Adeola, Bolanle O Otegbayo, Sola Ogunnoiki

“…The tubers were thereafter blanched at 70 oC for either 5 or 10 min, dried in a cabinet dryer at 60 oC for 72 hr, milled and sieved (600 μm) to obtain two experimental samples of poundo yam flours. …”
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Study on the coexistence of Fagaceae in the evergreen broad-leaved forest of Malipo by LUO Rui, CHEN Xi, YANG Kehan

“…[Methods] We set four 600 m2 plots in the Malipo natural reserve in May 2021. …”
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BiAF: research on dynamic goat herd detection and tracking based on machine vision by Yun Hou, Mingjuan Han, Wei Fan, Xinyu Jia, Zhuo Gong, Ding Han

“…The BiAF-YOLOv7 algorithm achieves precision, recall, F1 score, and mAP values of 94.5, 96.7, 94.8, and 96.0%, respectively, on the goat herd dataset. …”
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Effect of Aloe Vera mouthwash on moderate gingivitis: Clinical and microbiological study by Lana Slewa Ishaq, Amal Hanna Aziz

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Explaining the Factors Affecting the Competence Development of Managers in Public Hospitals with an Approach Based on the General Policies of the Health System by Saied Moradi, Mohammadreza Rabiee Mandejin, Mohammad Mohammadi

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Emission of Brominated Pollutants from Waste Printed Circuit Boards during Thermal Treatment: A Review by Jun Wan, Jia Sun, Xiang-Lin Zhao, An-Sheng Le, Peng-Bo Ren, Ming-Xiu Zhan, Xiao-Qing Lin, Tong Chen

“…It was found that when the temperature was controlled at 850–1200°C, the reaction time was greater than 2 s, the air flow rate was 3–4.5 m s−1, and the excess air coefficient was 1–2, the impact of pollutant emissions was relatively small. …”
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Transforming end-of-life SWRO desalination membranes into nanofiltration membranes for the treatment of brackish water and wastewater by Anissa Somrani, Zaineb Mohamed, Kholoud Abohelal, Sara Larhrib, Noreddine Ghaffour, Maxime Pontié

“…The cleaned end-of-life RO membranes exhibited enhanced hydraulic permeability (1.97 L·h⁻¹·m⁻²·bar⁻¹) and achieved a salt rejection of 85% for brackish water (6 g/L NaCl). …”
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A Study of Serum Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Correlation with Various Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by G. Surendra Prasad, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Abhamoni Baro

“…Mean values of serum adiponectin (μg/mL) in our study were found to be significantly lower in PCOS cases (11.53 ± 4.74) versus controls (14.73 ± 5.61) irrespective of BMI. …”
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Equations for estimating binary mixture toxicity: Methyl-2-chloroacetoacetate-containing combinations by Douglas A. Dawson, T. Wayne Schultz

“…Chemical A was the reactive soft electrophile methyl-2-chloroacetoacetate (M2CA), and chemical B was one of 30 reactive or non-reactive agents. …”
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Neuroimaging findings and balance problems after mild traumatic brain injury: A systematic review protocol. by Todd Boscarello, Robby Boparai, Nathan Samson, Alan Rodriguez, Thomas Knoblauch, Cheryl Vanier, Travis Snyder

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To systematically review studies relating neuroimaging findings to balance problems resulting from a history of mTBI.<h4>Introduction</h4>Mild traumatic brain injury affects 55.9 million people worldwide every year. …”
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Characteristics of an Internal Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma-induced Blowing Device by Y. Zhang, B. Dong, D. Yang, X. Yan, Y. Li

“…The results show that the internal actuators are effective in generating blowing with a certain kinetic energy at the outlet, with a velocity of up to 1.5 m/s. The blowing characteristics are significantly affected by the channel height (H) and outlet length (L). …”
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Physical experimental simulation of unconventional reservoir formation process for carboniferous in Hudson Oilfield, Tarim Basin by Rujun Wang, Yongliang Tang, Wei Zhou, Daiyu Zhou, Zangyuan Wu, Guangqiang Shao

“…Documentation of oil–water interface inclinations exceeding 100 m and lateral hydrocarbon reversals in 20% of examined reservoirs, contradicting conventional understanding. …”
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Effect of gelling agents on the techno-functional, collagen bioavailability and phytochemical properties of botanic gummy jelly containing marine hydrolyzed collagen by Yu Bin Lam, Anis Syafiqah Yusri, Norizah Mhd Sarbon

“…This study developed the botanic gummy jelly using different ratios of pectin and gelatin as gelling agents, along with 3% (w/v) of 'Jamu' in constant amounts (3 mL) for each formulation and marine collagen, to determine its techno-functional, collagen bioavailability, and phytochemical properties. …”
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Bibliometric insight into neoadjuvant immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: trends, collaborations, and future avenues by Pengliang Xu, Huanming Yu, Hupo Bian, Dan Jia, Wenhui Li, Hongfeng Dong, Xiuhua Peng

“…Use CiteSpace and VOSviewer software visualization software to analyze the keywords of country, author, institution, and literature.ResultsThere were 1575 references, and the overall annual publication volume showed an upward trend; Forde and Patrick M have published the most articles in the literature. …”
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Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion by Khaled Aliqab, Dhruvik Agravat, Shobhit K. Patel, Ammar Armghan, Naim Ben Ali, Meshari Alsharari

“…The optothermal properties of such CuO-graphene, MAPBI3-graphene, and Fe-graphene combinations display the highest average absorptance of 96.8% across the solar spectrum between 0.2 and 2.5 μm followed by 86.7% by MAPBI3-graphene. However, Fe-graphene depicts a significantly lower value of 24.3%. …”
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Deep eutectic solvent-based magnetic molecular nanomaterials coupled with fluorescent carbon dots as a new strategy to highly enrich and sensitively detect doxycycline in food matr... by Yanqiong Luo, Han Zhang, Jun Liu, Aleeza Jamil, Yujiao Hou, Qian Li, Min Zhao, Chunjie Zhao, Wenjing Li, Bo Hong

“…Under optimal conditions, the method exhibited good linearity within 0.5–50 μg·L−1, a low detection limit of 0.34 nM for DOX detection. Furthermore, the DES–MMIP displayed excellent reusability and storage stability. …”
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Effect of Gelatin/Xanthan Gum Ratios on Jackfruit Leaf Extract Nanoemulsion Gel Stability and Properties by Haswani Maisarah Mustafa, Nor Amaiza Mohd. Amin, Rabitah Zakaria, Mohd. Shamsul Anuar, Azhari Samsu Baharuddin

“…The droplet size, PDI, and zeta potential values of the developed nanoemulsion and gelled nanoemulsion fell within the ranges of 131 to 223 nm, 0.23 to 0.33, and -27.3 to -47.3 mV, respectively. Notably, all formulations exhibited stability except for the lower amount of XAN ratio blends at 1.0% (MD) and 0.5% (ME). …”
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Degradable hypercrosslinked porous polymer generated from aromatic polyketone by Handou Zheng, Guangshui Tu, Cheng Du, Heng Gao, Lixia Pei, Haiyang Gao

“…The hypercrosslinked structure of HCPK-X was fully characterized, and HCPK-OtBu had a mesopores structure (1.27–68.5 nm) and large surface area (S BET = 321 m2/g). HCPK-OtBu exhibits a good adsorption capability for aniline removal from aqueous solution, and its enhanced adsorption capability is ascribed to the interactions between aniline and the carbonyl and tert-butoxy groups. …”
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