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This paper proposes a methodology to estimate the probability of basic causes of allision accidents between vessels and offshore platforms that overcomes the problem of data scarcity required for causal analysis. The approach uses information derived...

Feather pecking is a prominent issue in the commercial egg industry, associated with economic losses and welfare problems. A non-systematic literature search suggests that studies on feather pecking are predominantly concerned with applied research g...

Methylmercury (MeHg) is one of the most dangerous toxic pollutants spread throughout the earth. Chronic MeHg intoxication by contaminated food ingestion is the most common threat to human health, including impairment to the developing fetus. The pres...

Background: Maternal mortality is a significant public health concern, with varying impacts across different regions in Brazil, particularly affecting women from lower-income social classes with limited access to social resources. The aim of this stu...

Despite the growing interest in basic income (BI) in recent years, the existing research has mainly focused on its impact on household finances. However, changes in household behavior may affect the actions of other decision makers, such as businesse...

Grapevine downy mildew is a major disease in vineyards all around the world, caused by the oomycete Plasmopara viticola (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Berl. & De Toni. Normally, its control depends almost exclusively on chemical and copper-based fung...

Sudden mountain landslides can pose substantial threats to human lives and property. On 4 June 2023, a landslide occurred in Jinkouhe District, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, resulting in 19 deaths and 5 injuries. This study, drawing on field investi...

A non-divergent barotropic model on a sphere transformed to Mercator coordinates is used to examine the variations in wave energy and amplitude along the energy dispersion paths of barotropic Rossby waves in non-uniform basic flows. Wave energy can b...

In recent years, the number of smart contracts running in the blockchain has increased rapidly, accompanied by many security problems, such as vulnerability propagation caused by code reuse or vicious transaction caused by malicious contract deployme...

Background: Although hydraulic support can help enterprises in their production activities, it can also cause fatal accidents. Methods: This study established a composite risk-assessment method for hydraulic support failure in the mining industry. Th...

We examine factors associated with the use of basic water supply and sanitation services as part of an integrated community-based nutrition programme which included a drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) intervention and emphasise findings r...

Paratuberculosis is a chronic, progressive enteritis of ruminants, caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. It affects the productivity of infected dairy cows, causing a reduction in the daily milk yield and basic milk components. T...

Advances in technology and digitalization offer huge potential for improving the performance of production systems. However, human limitations often function as an obstacle in realizing these improvements. This article argues that the discrepancy bet...

Nine practical exercises demonstrate the basic principles in recombinant DNA. The exercises explain the principles that DNA equals genes and that changes in DNA cause changes in genetic properties. The aim is to provide a teaching resource that can b...

Oxaliplatin is an essential drug in the chemotherapy of colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers, but it frequently causes peripheral neuropathy as a dose-limiting factor. So far, animal models of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy have bee...

The gas-phase basicity of nitriles can be enhanced by a push–pull effect. The role of the intercalated scaffold between the pushing group (electron-donor) and the pulling (electron-acceptor) nitrile group is crucial in the basicity enhancement, simul...

Coccidioides immitis and posadasii are closely related fungal species that cause coccidioidomycosis. These dimorphic organisms cause disease in immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised individuals and as much as 40% of the population is infected...

Large volumes of Early Mesozoic intermediate to basic igneous rocks related to the evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean are exposed in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (EKOB). The petrography, geochemistry, and results of zircon U-Pb dating of Defusheng...

In this era of computers and minicalculators, when it seems that everything can be reduced to numbers, sometimes it is good to look to some of the more basic values in life, as we trace cause and effect [...]

Excessive use of pesticides can lead to pesticide resistance in citrus psyllids, and studies have shown that this resistance is related to population genetics. This article proposes a dynamic model of Huanglongbing (HLB) that integrates the populatio...

According to our study, based on interviews with households in a residential area in Sweden, uncertainty is a cultural barrier to improved recycling. Four causes of uncertainty are identified. Firstly, professional categories not matching cultural ca...

Because an electromagnet has a complex structure and manufacturing process, it is difficult to analyze the overall failure of the electromagnet. In order to solve this problem, a fault intelligent analysis and diagnosis system based on fuzzy fault tr...

In recent years, with the rapid development of equipment manufacturing and advances in the research on mine pressure and rock mechanics, large-mining-height comprehensive mechanized coal mining technology has become increasingly widely used in thick-...

High content amorphous phase blast furnace slag beads were prepared by gas quenching blast furnace slag (BFS), which could not only avoid a series of environmental problems caused by traditional water quenching methods, but also significantly increas...

Postharvest avocado is susceptible to attack by Neofusicoccum parvum, which has been reported to cause black spot in avocado pulp. Therefore, it is necessary to look for alternatives for its control with products that are low-cost, effective and with...

Urbanisation is a common cause of the loss of biological diversity. The most diverse natural areas in urban centres are city parks. The aim of this study was to examine the importance of songbirds for park visitors, the environment, and biodiversity...

To date, searching for bionematicidals is essential. In the absence of nematicides, “Basic Substances” are gaining ground since they are cost-effective, do not mandate an expiration date and have no inherent capacity to cause endocrine-di...

On 28 February 2012, a guanidine nitrate explosion occurred at HEBEI KEEPER Chemical Industries Co., Ltd., China, resulting in 25 deaths, with 4 missing individuals and 46 injured. In order to explore the causal relationship hidden behind this accide...

Issues related to the generation of electricity are currently particularly important in Europe due to the need to ensure basic conditions for the function and development of the economy during crises caused by political conflicts with a global impact...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of multi-model strategies on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) caused by multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) in rehabilitation units. Methods: A semi-experimental study was conducted in a rehabilitation...

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the inclusion of different olive cakes in the diet of Bísaro pigs on the carcass, meat and fat. The carcasses of 40 animals fed a diet with five treatments (T1—Basic diet and commercial f...

The stabilization and upgrading of biomass and waste-derived pyrolysis oils requires development of reliable, active and low-cost upgrading catalysts. Basic natural materials can act as such catalysts and convert reactive oxygenates present in biomas...

To study the roof movement and ground pressure evolution characteristics of an ultralong working face in a shallow coal seam with a high mining height, the Shangwan Coal Mine in the Shendong mining area was used as the research background, and the ph...

In order to diagnose the unbalance of aerostatic guideways, displacement and acceleration sensors were used to measure the vibration signals of the unbalance of the aerostatic guideways caused by the gas fluctuation. The frequency characteristics for...

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by dilatation of the left ventricle and impaired systolic function and is the second most common cause of heart failure after coronary heart disease. The etiology of DCM is diverse including genetic patho...

A methodology for the computation of the thermal energy efficiency of modes for the heat treatment of frozen wooden prisms in an autoclave with saturated water vapor at changing operational conditions has been proposed. The methodology includes compu...

Valley fever or coccidioidomycosis is a pulmonary infection caused by species of Coccidioides fungi that are endemic to California and Arizona. Skeletal coccidioidomycosis accounts for about half of disseminated infections, with the vertebral spine b...

This paper analyzes the impact of environmental vibration caused by road traffic operations on precision instrument vibration isolation platforms. The research results show that there are directional differences in the speed response of the vibration...

Safety, progress, and investment risks are correlated during the construction period of large-scale water transfer projects. However, previous studies have only considered individual risk factors, overlooking the potential systemic risk posed to safe...

Academic procrastination is a common problem among postgraduate students, one that has caused negative consequences that cannot be ignored. Therefore, finding out how to effectively eliminate academic procrastination behavior has become an essential...

The utilization of titanium-containing blast furnace slag has been an unsolved problem for a long time. Failure to make effective use of the slag, which is caused by a high TiO₂ content within it, not only results in a waste of resources, especially...

Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death globally. The recommended clinical management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases is the immediate initiation of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Training mannequins sho...

(1) Background: Software for the numerical simulation of groundwater plays an important role in studying environmental problems. However, it is still unclear whether the pre-processing software of the numerical simulation of groundwater has a negativ...

The objective of this study was to explore the physical properties of maize seeds in competition with weeds. The basic and complex geometric characteristics of seeds from maize plants, competing with Datura stramonium L. (DS) or Xanthium strumarium (...

The problem of deviant causal chains is a classic challenge in the philosophy of action. According to the causal theory of action (CTA), an event qualifies as an action if it is caused by the agent’s intention. In cases of deviant causal chains...

Many economic, academic, and social factors influence college completion, and scholars have documented that a significant cause of students leaving school before graduation is that many do not have their basic needs for food, housing, and health care...

Urban innovation has always been a research topic of scholars, but research focusing on the relationship between innovative city pilot policy and regional innovation is still relatively rare. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of th...

Natural source turpentine is an available source of α-pinene oxide. This compound’s value is especially given by the possibility of producing important compounds campholenic aldehyde and trans-carveol. In this work, we would like to prese...

The Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (GAFFI) estimates that fungal diseases kill around 150 people each hour, and yet they are globally overlooked and neglected. Histoplasma and Talaromyces, which are associated with wildlife, cause systemic...

Cracks and cavities belong to two basic forms of damage to the concrete structure, which may reduce the load-bearing capacity and tightness of the structure and lead to failures and catastrophes in construction structures. Excessive and uncontrolled...