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FlexMat, EarlyView.Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu +3 more
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Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008 OBJECTIVE: Accurate information about preferred suicide methods is important for devising strategies and programmes for suicide prevention. Our knowledge of the methods used and their variation across countries and world regions is still limited. The aim
Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross +6 more
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Analytical Science AdvancesThe presence of pesticide residues in food crops poses serious health concerns, necessitating precise, rapid and accessible detection techniques. This study investigates the use of Raman spectroscopy combined with advanced data analysis techniques to ...
Saaya Abel Kanai +3 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the association between maternal pesticide exposure during the periconceptional period and birth defects in their offspring.MethodsA survey was conducted among 29,204 women with infants born between 2010 and 2013 in ...
Fangfang Liu +4 more
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.A conceptual framework of virtual water showing its sources, major applications, components of the virtual water footprint, and emerging future directions. The diagram emphasizes the growing role of virtual water in global sustainability and resource planning.
Priti Bhowmik +2 more
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Influence of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites on the Nutrient Composition
Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.Nanomaterials and nanocomposites enhance crop nutrition and food quality by improving nutrient availability, plant uptake, and bioavailability through controlled delivery and nano‐encapsulation. Their applications in agriculture and food systems enable sustainable biofortification, improved preservation, and functional foods, while emphasizing safety ...
Akanksha Dwivedi +4 more
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Classification of sheep category using chemical analysis and statistical classification algorithms
, 2011 In Australia, dentition (eruption of permanent incisors) is used as a proxy for age to define sheep meat quality. Lamb is defined as having no permanent incisors, hogget as having at least one incisor and mutton is defined as having two or more incisors.
Watkins, Peter
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Neighborhood Effects in Pesticide Use : Evidence from the Rural Philippines
This study investigates how pesticide use by neighboring farmers affects a given farmer’s pesticide use. Although it is common knowledge that pesticide use has spatial externalities, few empirical economic studies directly analyze this issue.
AIDA, Takeshi
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.This is an infographic driver of food contaminants and health effects. ABSTRACT Food safety remains a critical challenge in Nigeria due to rapid urbanization and weak regulatory enforcement. This systematic review synthesizes empirical evidence from 2015 to 2025 to characterize food contaminant profiles and associated human health risks in Nigeria ...
Cecilia Nwadiuto Obasi +6 more
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Refinement of artificial intelligence-based systems for diagnosing and predicting river health
, 2011 Environment Agency Technical Report EMC/WP06 077. This report presents the results of a project funded by the Environment Agency which builds on the previous creation of two software systems to diagnose and predict river health from biological and ...
TRIGG, David +6 more
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