Early detection of vegetation stress in Nairobi national park: structural change analysis from 2005 to 2025
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Isaac Kipkemoi
Nairobi National Park (NNP), a rare urban wildlife sanctuary bordering Kenya’s capital, is experiencing accelerating habitat destruction due to urban expansion, infrastructure development, and shifting …
Global research landscape of telomere biology in infectious diseases: mechanistic links between host–pathogen interactions and immune ageing
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Theophilus Nang Wakai, Nina Ghislaine Yensii, Fabrice Banadzem Kernyuy
Telomeres, nucleoprotein structures located at the ends of chromosomes, maintain genomic stability and regulate cellular lifespan, particularly in immune cells. Telomere shortening, driven by cell …
Sustainable HPLC method for simultaneous determination of Cefazolin, Sulfadimidine, and Marbofloxacin residues in milk
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Sherin F. Hammad, Mahmoud Rabee, Rawda A. Abozeid
Antibiotic residues in milk pose a food safety risk by promoting antimicrobial resistance and causing toxic effects in consumers. This study developed and optimized a …
A scoping review of socio-cultural factors affecting tuberculosis control: evidence from global studies
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Amidu Alhassan, Yula Salifu, Patience Fakornam Doe
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a pressing global health challenge, ranking among the leading causes of death from a single infectious agent. In 2021, the World …
Meanings and practices of solidarity in global health: a qualitative investigation - study protocol
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Élysée Nouvet, Mary Ndu, Bridget Pratt
INTRODUCTION: Solidarity in global health is often invoked as an ethical imperative to guide responses to global health challenges. Its meanings and practices across diverse …
A novel Pulp Caries GAN multi loss GAN with new pulp inspired metaheuristics for pediatric dental caries detection and segmentation
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Amira Abdelhafeez Elkhatib, Mostafa Elbaz, Riham Sobhy Soliman
Early detection of dental caries in pediatric populations remains challenging due to limited annotated datasets and the subtle manifestation of incipient lesions. This study introduces …
Toward sustainable plastic bioremediation using bacterial consortia from aquatic environments
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Maha Alharbi, Safaa Mohamed Abd-elhaliem, Salwa Afifi
Background Plastic pollution has become a pervasive global challenge, threatening both aquatic ecosystems and human health. This study explores the biotechnological potential of native microorganisms …
Metabolic and inflammatory axes of insulin resistance in normoglycemic adults with high HIV burden
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Situmbeko Liweleya, Brian Halubanza, Lweendo Muchaili
Insulin resistance (IR) precedes type 2 diabetes and drives cardiovascular risk, but its early features in normoglycemic individuals remain unclear. The main goal of the …
Engineering resilience in woody plants: multi-omics, genome editing, and microbiome strategies to boost abiotic stress tolerance
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Raja Ben-Laouane, Abderrahim Boutasknit, Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar
Woody plants are critical to human well-being, serving as major sources of biomass and increasingly recognized as promising biofuel resources. They contribute to climate regulation …
Preparation and characterization of holmium doped ZIF-8 nanocrystals for white light emitting phosphors
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Mariam Sh. Gohr, Hanan Ali, Sara Gad
We report on the generation of white light from Ho-doped ZIF-8 nanocrystals synthesized by a simple wet chemical technique at room temperature. The influence of …
Insights on the implementation strategies for a potential new tuberculosis vaccine in South Africa
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Katherine A. Thomas, Choice Okoro, Thobani Ntshiqa
Several tuberculosis (TB) vaccines intended for adults and adolescents are in late-stage clinical trials, but there is limited research into how a new TB vaccine …
Anti-inflammatory and cancer chemopreventive potential of essential oils from some cultivated plants in Egypt
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Mohammed I. Ali, Ahmed R. Hamed, Emad M. Hassan
This study aimed to investigate the biological activity of essential oils (EOs) of Artemisia abrotanum, Lavandula dentata, Cymbopogon citratus and Laurus nobilis as anti-inflammatory and …
The interplay of grit, resilience, and burnout among medical students during exams: a cross-sectional study in Mansoura university, Egypt
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Yusof Mohamed Omar, Ahmed Abdelmageed, Omar Shaker
Medical students experience significant burnout during exams, underscoring the need for factors that can buffer its impact. Thus, this cross-sectional study examined the relationship between …
Utilization of wastes from bioethanol production for the fabrication of new adsorbents for the removal of toxic dye in water
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Khloud Eltaher, Sara E. AbdElhafez, Rehab M. Ali
Cationic dyes, even at low concentrations, pose serious risks to aquatic ecosystems and contribute to environmental pollution. Effective removal of these dyes is therefore essential …
Metal-based (lignin/silica) hybrids as green activators for conductive EPDM composites
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Khlood S. Abdel Zaher, Doaa Samir Mahmoud, Salwa H. El-Sabbagh
Conductive rubber composites are usually formulated from natural or synthetic rubber and a variety of petroleum-based additives. Environmental and sustainability concerns have increased interest and …
Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus acidophilus enhance growth performance, immunity, cecal microbiota, and vital organs histomorphology in rabbits
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Hitham Anas, Mahmmoud A. A. Mohamed, Rasha Hassan
This study aimed to examine how adding two levels of probiotics, Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus acidophilus, to the growing V-line rabbits’ basal diet affects growth …
DFT insights into humic acid coordination of Cd(II) Cu(II) and Pb(II)
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Hanan Elhaes, Medhat Ibrahim
This study used Density Functional Theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) level to develop a model for humic acid (HA), characterizing it as an organic …
Emerging horizons of MXenes in wearable sensors for advanced health monitoring: an overview
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Katekani Shingange, Teboho Clement Mokhena
Wearable sensors are revolutionizing personal healthcare by enabling continuous, real-time monitoring of vital physiological signals, which supports early diagnosis, disease management, and improved quality of …
Autonomous navigation in unstructured outdoor environments using semantic segmentation guided reinforcement learning
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Ahmed Tibermacine, Imad Eddine Tibermacine, Djouher Akrour
Robust autonomous navigation in dense, unstructured environments such as forests presents a longstanding challenge in robotics due to complex terrain geometry, dynamic occlusions, and unreliable …
An adaptive model predictive control approach for robust load frequency control under renewable energy disturbances
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Mohamed Ayman, Mahmoud A. Attia, Ahmed M. Asim
This paper presents an Adaptive Model Predictive Control (AMPC) strategy for robust load-frequency control (LFC) in single-area and double-area power systems under load variations, parameter …