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Method for conducting systematic literature review and meta-analysis for environmental science research by Mengist, Wondimagegn, Soromessa, Teshome, Legese, Gudina

“…[Display omitted] This paper presents a method to conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) and meta-analysis studies on environmental science. SLR is a…”
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Preparing, conducting, and analyzing Delphi surveys: Cross-disciplinary practices, new directions, and advancements by Beiderbeck, Daniel, Frevel, Nicolas, von der Gracht, Heiko A., Schmidt, Sascha L., Schweitzer, Vera M.

“…Delphi is a scientific method to organize and structure an expert discussion aiming to generate insights on controversial topics with limited information. The…”
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Skin lesion classification using ensembles of multi-resolution EfficientNets with meta data by Gessert, Nils, Nielsen, Maximilian, Shaikh, Mohsin, Werner, René, Schlaefer, Alexander

“…In this paper, we describe our method for the ISIC 2019 Skin Lesion Classification Challenge. The challenge comes with two tasks. For task 1, skin lesions have…”
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Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk assessment of heavy metals in drinking water of Khorramabad, Iran by Mohammadi, Ali Akbar, Zarei, Ahmad, Majidi, Saba, Ghaderpoury, Afshin, Hashempour, Yalda, Saghi, Mohammad Hossein, Alinejad, Abdolazim, Yousefi, Mahmood, Hosseingholizadeh, Nasrin, Ghaderpoori, Mansour

“…[Display omitted] The continuous urbanization and industrialization in many parts of the world and Iran has led to high levels of heavy metal contamination in…”
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From Arksey and O’Malley and Beyond: Customizations to enhance a team-based, mixed approach to scoping review methodology by Westphaln, Kristi K, Regoeczi, Wendy, Masotya, Marie, Vazquez-Westphaln, Bridget, Lounsbury, Kaitlin, McDavid, Lolita, Lee, HaeNim, Johnson, Jennifer, Ronis, Sarah D.

“…This article presents a method of conducting a scoping review that synthesizes recommendations from previous literature while contributing additional…”
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AHP-express: A simplified version of the analytical hierarchy process method by Leal, José Eugenio

“…[Display omitted] This work presents in detail a simplified method for the application of the analytic hierarchy method (AHP) that aims to calculate the…”
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A method for analyzing text using VOSviewer by Bukar, Umar Ali, Sayeed, Md Shohel, Razak, Siti Fatimah Abdul, Yogarayan, Sumendra, Amodu, Oluwatosin Ahmed, Mahmood, Raja Azlina Raja

“…The need for technical support for data handling and visualization solutions has increased in tandem with the complexity of today's data and information, that…”
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Modeling of adsorption of Methylene Blue dye on Ho-CaWO4 nanoparticles using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) techniques by Igwegbe, Chinenye Adaobi, Mohmmadi, Leili, Ahmadi, Shahin, Rahdar, Abbas, Khadkhodaiy, Danial, Dehghani, Rahmin, Rahdar, Somayeh

“…[Display omitted] The aim of this study is to evaluate the applicability of Ho-CaWO4 nanoparticles prepared using the hydrothermal method for the removal of…”
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Analytical hierarchy process for sustainable agriculture: An overview by Kumar, Anuj, Pant, Sangeeta

“…United nation sustainable development goal two (UNSDG-2) aims to achieve the eradication of hunger along with the assurance of food security for all by 2030…”
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Introduction to Bayesian Mindsponge Framework analytics: An innovative method for social and psychological research by Nguyen, Minh-Hoang, La, Viet-Phuong, Le, Tam-Tri, Vuong, Quan-Hoang

“…The paper introduces Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics, a new analytical tool for investigating socio, psychological, and behavioral phenomena. The…”
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Identification of microplastics in wastewater after cascade filtration using Pyrolysis-GC–MS by Funck, Matin, Yildirim, Aylin, Nickel, Carmen, Schram, Jürgen, Schmidt, Torsten C., Tuerk, Jochen

“…[Display omitted] The combination of a representative microplastic sampling method and a fast-quantitative analysis using Pyrolysis-GC–MS (Py-GC–MS) for…”
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Repeated holdout validation for weighted quantile sum regression by Tanner, Eva M., Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf, Gennings, Chris

“…[Display omitted] Weighted Quantile Sum (WQS) regression is a method commonly used in environmental epidemiology to assess the impact of chemical mixtures in…”
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Optimization of saline wastewater treatment using electrochemical oxidation process: Prediction by RSM method by Darvishmotevalli, Mohammad, Zarei, Ahmad, Moradnia, Maryam, Noorisepehr, Mohammad, Mohammadi, Hamed

“…[Display omitted] Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to find the optimum parameters for COD and TOC removal from saline wastewaters using…”
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New and simplified method for drug combination studies by checkerboard assay by Bellio, Pierangelo, Fagnani, Lorenza, Nazzicone, Lisaurora, Celenza, Giuseppe

“…To evaluate the effect of two combined antimicrobial drugs, one method currently in use is the checkerboard assay in a 96-well microplate, which gives a good…”
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Optimization of phenol-chloroform RNA extraction by Toni, Lee S., Garcia, Anastacia M., Jeffrey, Danielle A., Jiang, Xuan, Stauffer, Brian L., Miyamoto, Shelley D., Sucharov, Carmen C.

“…[Display omitted] Accurate and reliable analysis of gene expression depends on the extraction of pure and high-quality RNA. However, while the conventional…”
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Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin using CuFe2O4@methyl cellulose based magnetic nanobiocomposite by Tamaddon, Fatemeh, Nasiri, Alireza, Yazdanpanah, Ghazal

“…Photodegradation of ciprofoxacin by CuFe2O4@MC [Display omitted] Herein, magnetically separable CuFe2O4@methyl cellulose (MC) as a novel magnetic…”
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Lessons Learned from a Two-Round Delphi-based Scenario Study by Schmalz, Ulrike, Spinler, Stefan, Ringbeck, Jürgen

“…The Delphi technique is a suitable methodology for structuring group communication to answer current and prospective research questions within several rounds…”
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Confocal measurement of microplastics uptake by plants by Li, Lianzhen, Luo, Yongming, Peijnenburg, Willie J.G.M., Li, Ruijie, Yang, Jie, Zhou, Qian

“…[Display omitted] Microplastics (MPs, plastics 100 nm–5 mm in diameter) are estimated to accumulate in agricultural soils in quantities that exceed the total…”
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Protocol efficiently measuring the swelling rate of hydrogels by Zhang, Katherine, Feng, Wuxiang, Jin, Congrui

“…[Display omitted] Hydrogels are polymeric materials which can swell in water and retain a significant fraction of water within their structure without…”
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How to apply the novel dynamic ARDL simulations (dynardl) and Kernel-based regularized least squares (krls) by Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu, Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa

“…The application of dynamic Autoregressive Distributed Lag (dynardl) simulations and Kernel-based Regularized Least Squares (krls) to time series data is…”
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