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    Optimum isotherm by linear and nonlinear regression methods for lead (II) ion...

    Batch experiment was carried out to determine the optimum isotherm suitable to model the adsorption of Pb(II) ions onto synthesized coconut shell–activated carbon (SCSAC). In...
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    Do voluntary certification standards improve yields and wellbeing? Evidence f...

    Cocoa and oil palm production are major agricultural activities in Ghana, contributing substantially to the national economy and rural livelihoods. Even though smallholders...
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    A framework for valuing spatially targeted peatland restoration

    Recent evidence suggests that the degree of degradation of peatlands is substantial, and that there is a significant potential to enhance the delivery of a wide range of...
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    Assessing the Impacts of Co-Management on Protected Area Landscape under Soci...

    Bangladesh Forest Department had undertaken co-management of protected area (PA) initiatives for halting the rapid rate of forest degradation and deforestation in the country....
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    Forming competitively balanced teams

    This article examines the problem of assigning individuals to teams to make the teams as similar as possible to each other across multiple attributes. This may be complicated by...
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    The purse-seine fishery for small pelagic fishes off the Madeira Archipelago

    Small pelagic fishes constitute a valuable food resource for human consumption and are also important components of marine food webs. At Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago in the...
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    Viewing nature scenes reduces the pain of social ostracism

    In a series of four studies (Ns = 245, 135, 155, 222), we explored the effects of viewing nature scenes on promoting recovery from ostracism. We first manipulated experiences of...
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    Toward a Low-Carbon Industrial Sector in Mexico

    This article analyzes the possibility of substantially reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) in the Mexican industrial sector by applying a Low-carbon (LC) scenario, through a period...
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    Smallholder tree-farmers and forest certification in Southeast Asia: alternat...

    The smallholder tree-farm resources of Southeast Asia are generating substantial benefits for growers and support many successful domestic wood processors. They could provide...
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    This study aims to examine the adverse environmental impact and potential causes of the dubious agricultural practice of agricultural crop residue (ACR) burning which prevails...
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    The epidemiology and prehospital care of motorcycle crashes in a sub-Saharan ...

    Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are common among motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda. The Service d’Aide Medicale Urgente (SAMU), a prehospital ambulance service, responds to many of...
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    Objective: To examine the prevalence of self-reported problems with sexual activity among psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients, and to explore potential associations of such...
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    Cost per responder analysis of guselkumab versus targeted therapies in the tr...

    BACKGROUND The fully human monoclonal antibody guselkumab is an effective treatment option for patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study...
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    Assessing causes of quality deterioration of groundwater in Puttalam, Sri Lan...

    Extensive extraction of groundwater has resulted in deterioration of the groundwater quality in the Puttalam area in the northwestern coastal zone of Sri Lanka. This situation...
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    A Call to Arms for Climate Change? How Military Service Member Concern About ...

    Military service members are a highly trusted group – especially among ideological conservatives. Consequently, we devised an environmental communication strategy that...
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    Intravitreal aflibercept: its role in treatment of neovascular age-related ma...

    Introduction: Age related macular degeneration (AMD) affects over 14 million people worldwide and is the commonest cause of visual loss in the over 65’s age group in the...
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    Sample size recommendations for continuous-time models: Compensating shorter ...

    Autoregressive modeling has traditionally been concerned with time-series data from one unit (N = 1). For short time series (T T, another source of information is often...
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    To assess the real-world effectiveness of golimumab in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had previously received first-line biologic therapy. A post-hoc analysis...