Analysis of Air Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Naples (Italy) by Alessia Sannino, Mariagrazia D’Emilio, Pasquale Castellano, Salvatore Amoruso, Antonella Boselli

“…The comparison of the levels of various gaseous pollutants (C6H6, CO, NO2 and SO2) and particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5, PM1) at ground level as well as of atmospheric aerosol properties registered by remote sensing techniques during the lockdown period with the values observed in the earlier months and during the same period of the previous year is used to gain interesting information on the environmental impact of the human activities. …”
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Minimizing Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides by James D. Ellis, Jeanette Klopchin, Eileen Buss, Frederick M. Fishel, William H. Kern, Catharine Mannion, Eugene McAvoy, Lance S. Osborne, Michael Rogers, Malcolm Sanford, Hugh Smith, Phillip Stansly, Lukasz Stelinski, Susan Webb

“…This publication is written (1) to help assure the sustainability of both bees and agriculture by informing beekeepers, pesticide users, and the general public about the often complex relationship between pollinators (specifically bees) and pesticides, (2) to offer guidance for improved communication between beekeepers and pesticide users, (3) to offer pollinator risk-reducing strategies for growers and other applicators when using pesticides, and (4) to provide clarity in laws, labeling, and associated definitions. …”
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Early Detection of Oncological Diseases of the Digestive System (Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association and the Russian Association of Oncologists for Primary Ca... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. D. Kaprin, M. Yu. Agapov, D. N. Andreev, A. S. Vodoleev, M. Yu. Zharkova, M. P. Korolev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyi, T. L. Lapina, M. V. Mayevskaya, A. V. Okhlobystin, Ch. S. Pavlov, A. V. Paraskevova, S. S. Pirogov, E. A. Poluektova, D. E. Rumyantseva, A. S. Trukhmanov, P. V. Tsarkov, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Each section contains information on risk factors and precancerous diseases, which allows a physician to identify whether a particular patient falls into the risk group of digestive system neoplasms. …”
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Staging of Laryngeal Cancer: Clinicoradiological versus Histopathological Findings using Modified Laryngeal Sectioning by Shriyash Sinha, Sarmila Sen, Somnath Saha

“…Post operative whole organ sectioning of the larynx, although informative, can often be tedious and cumbersome. This study aims to define a modified method of laryngeal sectioning and to assess its level of agreement with pre-operative clinicoradiological findings with regard to T-stage of laryngeal cancer. …”
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Comparing the Global Tariff and Actual Costs of Surgeries at Imam Khomeini Hospital Affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences by Jamil Sadeghifar, Nasim Eyvani, GHasem Rajabi Vasukolai, Naser Farhamand Moghadam, Shahram Ekhtyari

“…Data were collected from the Hospital Information System (HIS) and analyzed using SPSS-22 software. …”
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Sexual violence victimisation and response among university students in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol by Sylvia Kaaya, Rehema Chande Mallya, Marie Lindkvist, Ester Steven Mzilangwe, Faustine Kyungu Nkulu Kalengayi

“…A team of five reviewers will screen eligible documents and articles for relevance from various data sources including electronic databases such as MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Google Scholar, PubMed and websites for government and agencies. Standard information for each study will be collected and a common analytical framework for all the primary documents will be conducted.Ethics and dissemination This review will involve analysis of published data only and therefore does not require ethics approval. …”
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Phubbing as a Social Norm: Effects on Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and Perceived Exclusion by Miguel Ángel Albalá-Genol, Edgardo Etchezahar, Talía Gómez-Yepes, Joaquin Ungaretti

“…Technology and social media have transformed the way we communicate, interact, and stay informed. Phubbing is a term that comes from two words «phone» and «snubbing» and represents the act of ignoring a person in a real life setting by paying attention to their cell phone. …”
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National survey of US primary care physicians’ perspectives about causes of obesity and solutions to improve care by Wendy L Bennett, Sara N Bleich, Kimberly A Gudzune, Lisa A Cooper

“…Physicians with fewer than 20 years since completion of medical school were more likely to identify lack of information about good eating habits and lack of access to healthy food as important causes of obesity. …”
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A Woman with Double Intra Uterine Device: A Case Report by Işık Gönenç, Zeynep Tuzcular Vural, Nurettin Aka, Can Ertuğrul Tüfekçi, Gültekin Köse

“…The patient’s medical history revealed that a copper-T intra uterine device (IUD) had been inserted ten years ago, and that she had a normal vaginal delivery seven years after, when she was informed by her physician that her IUD had been expelled and she conceived afterwards. …”
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Health Concerns as the Fundamental Dietary Choices for Potential Stunting Preventions: a Qualitative Study by Inne Soesanti, Taufiqurrahman Taufiqurrahman, Ani Intiyati, Sri Hidayati

“…Methods: This study used a qualitative approach with an ethnographic design. The informants were eleven mothers and grandmothers whose children were under two years old. …”
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Decisions about the use of psychotropic medication during pregnancy: a qualitative study by Irene Petersen, Vanessa Pinfold, Sarah Hamilton, Fiona Stevenson, Charlotte Walker, Ceri R J Dare, Harminder Kaur, Ruth Lambley, Paulina Szymczynska, Vicky Nicolls

“…In nearly all cases, the women expressed the view that healthcare professionals had access to limited information leaving women to rely on experiential and common sense evidence when making decisions about medicine taking during pregnancy.Conclusions The findings complement existing work using electronic health records by providing explanations for the discontinuation of psychotropic medicines in pregnancy. …”
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Antioxidants and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia by T. V. Sapozhnikova, S. A. Parfenov, T. E. Yesina, K. V. Sapozhnikov, A. N. Smirnov, A. A. Paulov, D. M. Rizakhanov, O. A. Rizakhanova

“…Based on the collection of a small amount of anamnestic information (the duration of functional dyspepsia, the presence of an acute stress factor in the anamnesis), the assessment of the presence of an overlap syndrome and disadaptation in relation to the patient to his illness, the value of the discriminant function is calculated. …”
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Double Stokes polarimetric microscopy for chiral fibrillar aggregates by Viktoras Mazeika, Kamdin Mirsanaye, Leonardo Uribe Castaño, Serguei Krouglov, Mehdi Alizadeh, Mykolas Maciulis, Lukas Kontenis, Vitalijus Karabanovas, Virginijus Barzda

“…Polarimetric SHG measurements provide ultrastructural information about the fibrillar organization in a focal volume (voxel). …”
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Seasonal recurrence and modular assembly of an Arctic pelagic marine microbiome by Taylor Priest, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa, Bledina Dede, Katja Metfies, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Sinhué Torres-Valdés, Christina Bienhold, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann, Antje Boetius, Matthias Wietz

“…By integrating taxonomic, functional and environmental information, our study provides fundamental insights into how microbiomes are structured under pronounced seasonal changes in understudied, yet rapidly changing polar marine ecosystems.…”
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Value Engineering Study on Canal Rehabilitation Work Using Cultures in Samarinda Ulu District by Ibnu Khaldun, Wateno Oetomo

“…This research method was carried out in five stages of Value Engineering, namely the information stage, function analysis stage, creative stage, evaluation stage and presentation stage. …”
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Convolutional Neural Networks for Direction of Arrival Estimation Compared to Classical Estimators and Bounds by Christopher J. Bell, Kaushallya Adhikari, Andrew Brown

“…These results indicate that the performance improvements from CNNs are highest for situations where there is signal model to data mismatch (imperfect information). This work also illustrates that the CNN estimators developed in this work exceed the CRLB and are biased estimators caused by the lack of unbiased constraint in the loss function during training of the CNNs.…”
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Optimal WSN Deployment to Measure Air Quality in Dynamic Multi-Source Dispersion Scenarios: A Case Study in Arequipa by Alexander Hilario-Tacuri, Alberth Tamo, Marco Pinares-Mamani, Walter Butron, Romel Jimenez

“…The first problem enhances pollution sensing capabilities, the second maximizes the population served, aiming to ensure that air quality information is accessible to as many residents as possible, and the third one prioritizes the needs of vulnerable groups. …”
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A Cross Sectional Study on Thrombocytopenia with Mean Platelet Volume and Platelet Distribution Width in Patient with Febrile Illness by Vidhya.G, J.Margaret Theresa, J.S. Sukanya, Santha Sandasivan, Gerard Rakesh. J

“…When assessed alongside other parameters, PDW can provide important information about the mechanisms behind platelet destruction. …”
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THEORETICAL STUDIES ON THE MAGNETIC, ELECTRICAL, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LEAD-FREE FERROELECTRIC Ba(Zr\(_{0.2}\)Ti\(_{0.8}\)O\(_3\))  MATERIALS WITH MANGANESE DOPING by Tien Lam Vu, Hoang Thoan Nguyen, Huu Lam Nguyen, Ngoc Trung Nguyen, Quoc Van Duong, Duc Dung Dang

“…Our findings contribute to the understanding of transition metal-doped lead-free ferroelectric BZT materials and provide more information for the development of future smart electronic and optoelectronic devices. …”
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Atmospheric Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in a Tropical Megalopolis of Vietnam: Concentrations, Potential Sources, and Health Risk by Ngo Thi Thuan, Nguyen Duy Dat, Nguyen Minh Ngoc, Nhung Thi-Tuyet Hoang, To Thi Hien, Moo Been Chang

“…This study provides useful information on the characteristics of PCNs in Vietnam, thereby bridging the knowledge divide regarding the pollution of new POPs in developing countries.…”
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