Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Atmospheric PM2.5 during Winter Haze in Huang-gang, Central China: Characteristics, Sources and Health Risk Assessment by Mingming Shi, Tianpeng Hu, Yao Mao, Cheng Cheng, Weijie Liu, Qian Tian, Zhanle Chen, Xinli Xing, Shihua Qi

“…BaPeq concentration combined with ILCR values was used to evaluate health risk and the results showed this haze had potential health risk to both adults and children.…”
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Extreme Air Pollution Events Spiking Ionic Levels at Urban and Rural Sites of Indo-Gangetic Plain by Manisha Mishra, U. C. Kulshrestha

“…The WSII concentration spiked during November at both locations (∑WSII = 159.6 and 141.9 µg m−3) due to two extreme air pollution events, viz., i) the burning of crop residue and ii) the Diwali festival. …”
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Resilience in the time of crisis: A review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa by S Fawcus, S Gebhardt, R Niit, R Pattinson

“…COVID‐19 caused a marked increase in maternal death and stillbirth rates in 2020 and 2021 due to both direct effects of the virus and indirect effects on functioning of the health system. …”
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ONLINE PROJECTS AS A FORM OF SPREADING PEDAGOGICAL BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF OPEN SCIENCE by Larysa D. Berezivska, Oleksandr P. Mikhno, Olha P. Pinchuk

“…The online project is considered both as a multifunctional information resource and as a digital tool for educational activities, which, with the help of web technologies, demonstrates specially created open-access content to a wide range of users. …”
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Auditory confounds can drive online effects of transcranial ultrasonic stimulation in humans by Benjamin R Kop, Yazan Shamli Oghli, Talyta C Grippe, Tulika Nandi, Judith Lefkes, Sjoerd W Meijer, Soha Farboud, Marwan Engels, Michelle Hamani, Melissa Null, Angela Radetz, Umair Hassan, Ghazaleh Darmani, Andrey Chetverikov, Hanneke EM den Ouden, Til Ole Bergmann, Robert Chen, Lennart Verhagen

“…First, we replicated motor inhibitory effects of TUS but showed through both tight controls and manipulation of stimulation intensity, duration, and auditory masking conditions that this inhibition was driven by peripheral auditory stimulation, not direct neuromodulation. …”
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INTERACTION IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WITH VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY by Svitlana H. Lytvynova, Natalia V. Soroko

“….; the participants’ interaction in the educational process with the use of AR is best understood by teachers and students, they use both ready-made AR technologies and personally created ones. …”
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Describing team development within a novel GP-led urgent care centre model: a qualitative study by Azeem Majeed, Geva Greenfield, Sarah Morton, Shamini Gnani, Agnieszka Igantowicz

“…Since then various UCC models have developed, including a novel general practitioner (GP)-led UCC that incorporates both GPs and emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs). …”
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High-Risk Genotypes Associated with Poor Response to Controlled Ovarian Stimulation in Indian Women by Anuradha Udumudi, K. Chaitra Lava, Vandana Hegde

“…Settings and Design: The patient samples were collected at both Hegde Fertility Centre and GeneTech laboratory. …”
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A generative model for evaluating missing data methods in large epidemiological cohorts by Lav Radosavljević, Stephen M. Smith, Thomas E. Nichols

“…Methods We propose a tool for generating mixed type missing data mimicking key properties of a given real large scale epidemiological data set with both structured and unstructured missingness while accounting for informative missingness. …”
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UNCHARTED WATERS: ANALYZING PRESIDENT BUHARI'S DIPLOMATIC ADAPTATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY THREATS, 2015-2023 by ENUEME PAUL OVIE, GBIGBIDJE DAVID LAWSON

“…Moreover, Nigeria's response to the Covid-19 pandemic reflects a multifaceted approach that prioritizes both global health security and national welfare. …”
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Pre-diagnostic risk factors for brain cancer incidence and survival: insights from the Golestan Cohort Study by Parisa Rezanejad-Asl, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Negar Rezaei, Maryam Sharafkhah, Gholamreza Roshandel, Hossein Poustchi, Sadaf Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh

“…Conclusions Our results indicate a complex interplay of demographic and life style risk factors influencing both the incidence and prognosis of brain cancer. …”
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Patients’ satisfaction with services provided by family physicians at the Comprehensive Healthcare Centers in Northern Jordan by Hadeel B. Heilat, Muntaha K. Gharaibeh, Wanas M. Shtaiyat, Raghad S. Gharaibeh, Ayah M. Ananbeh, Manar J. Baniyaseen, Shahd M. Alsharaydeh, Aya B. Alqawaba’h, Emad A. Alzu’bi, Nour G. Amayreh, Reem R. Aldawagreh

“…A convenient sample of 367 patients, both males and females over the age of 18 years, was selected. …”
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fNIRS neurofeedback facilitates emotion regulation: Exploring individual differences over the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex by Yiwei Li, Sijin Li, Hua Li, Yuyao Tang, Dandan Zhang

“…Our results revealed a significant reduction in negative emotions and increased VLPFC activity during emotion regulation in the high-efficacy group, compared to both the low-efficacy group and sham group. Importantly, the benefit in emotion regulation, as reflected by decreased negativity ratings, was predicted by NF training efficiency. …”
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RESIDENTS’ COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING SETBACKS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA by ADEJUMO, S. A., FATIMAH O. BADIRU

“…The cross sectional research design was used. Both primary and secondary information were sourced.  …”
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Museographic narrating of dissonant heritage in Tianjin’s former international concessions by Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sandra Guinand, Yue Lu, Chensi Shen

“…This paper highlights and further develops how former Western concessions are imbued with a sense of both nostalgia and patriotism and sets out to gain a deeper understanding of the tension between these two attitudes.…”
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INTEGRATION OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH USING DIGITAL TOOLS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF SLOVAKIA by Nelly Nychkalo, Nataliia Muranova, Olena Voliarska, Maria Matulcikova

“…The generalization of the results made it possible to draw up recommendations on the integration of Ukrainian school-age students by means of digital tools at the state, regional and educational institution levels that are recommended to be used in developing state policies and strategies in the field of teacher training both in Slovakia and in Ukraine. The article was funded by Next Generation EU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V01-00058. …”
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High-quality DNA extraction for Desmodium gangeticum: A medicinal shrub of Shivalik Himalayas by Shiwani Singh, Maneesh S. Bhandari, Neeraj Dwivedi

“…Methods: Advanced techniques, commercial kits and rigorous modifications in existing DNA extraction buffer conditions and extraction protocols from both fresh and dried leaves are considered to optimise high-quality DNA isolation. …”
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Spatiotemporal simulation of sustainable development based on ecosystem services under climate change. by Bao Zhou, Guoping Chen, Junsan Zhao, Ying Yin

“…The least reduction in arable land area occurs under the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP) 126 scenario, while water bodies and construction land show varying degrees of increase; (2) Regarding ESs, both water yield and soil retention exhibit an increasing trend across all scenarios by 2035, with the most notable rise under SSP126. …”
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The Efficacy of Erbium, Chromium: Yttrium, Scandium, Gallium, Garnet laser in the removal of calcium hydroxide as intra canal medicament. by Ranu Hogir Sarhang, Nawfal Abdulmelek Zakareya

“…Results: The results of this study showed that the Er,Cr:YSGG laser activation irrigation was more powerful in the removal of Ca(OH)2 in the apical and middle part of the root as compared to conventional irrigation (P < 0.001) but, in the coronal part of the root there was no significant difference between both groups. Conclusion: Er,Cr:YSGG laser activated irrigation is significantly better removal of Ca(OH)2 in the apical and middle part of the root than conventional method, but did not provide complete removal of Ca(OH)2. …”
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Blue light irradiation combined with low-temperature storage further enhances postharvest quality of strawberries through improving antioxidant defense and cell wall metabolic acti... by Wei Lu, Wanqing Li, Keke Zhao, Xiaofeng Bai, Yuchang Zhang, Qingyun Li, Zhanjun Xue, Xin-Xin Wang

“…Over a 10-day storage period, BL irradiation significantly reduced respiratory and ethylene production rates, while preserving fruit firmness and increasing the contents of soluble sugar and total phenol at both temperatures. Additionally, increases of the enzymatic activities of antioxidant defense metabolism (e.g. superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD)) accompanied with decreased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (e.g. superoxide anion (O2−), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)) and the content of secondary metabolites (e.g. ascorbic acid (AsA)) accompanied with enhanced activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR) were found in BL irradiated postharvest strawberries at the later stages of storage. …”
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