Insects Associated with the Flowers of Two Species of Malacothrix (Asteraceae) on San Miguel Island, California by Scott E. Miller, W. S. Davis

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Study on the Instability of Two-Phase Flow in the Heat-Absorbing Tube of Trough Solar Collector by Ying Zhang, Peiyao Liu, Peisheng Li, Yue Chen, Yanni Pan

“…The Marangoni effect and Rayleigh-Benard effect in the two-phase region of solar trough heat-absorbing tube are simulated by FTM (front tracking method). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Some Trivalent and Tetravalent Derivatives of 2- Hydroxy-1-naphthoic Acid by Deepti Joshi, T. K. Joshi

“…The trivalent derivatives (B, Al, As, Sb & Fe) and tetravalent derivatives (Si, Ti & Se) of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid have been prepared by the interaction of their corresponding isopropoxide with letter in different molar ratio viz. 1:3 &1:4 in benzene medium. …”
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A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Balancing Two-Sided Assembly Lines with Zoning Constraints by Qidong Yin, Xiaochuan Luo, Julien Hohenstein

“…Two-sided assembly lines are widely used in the large-size product manufacturing industry, especially for automotive assembly production. …”
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Tumor necrosis serves as an important pathological characteristic of stage I–II colon cancer by Shuhui Dong, Jin Xu, Mingshan Li, Guangyi Xiong, Ruilin Wang

“…Results: The median follow-up of enrolled early-stage colon cancer patients was 58.3 months. The 2-year and 5-year OS rates were 88.3% and 68.2%, respectively, and the 2-year and 5-year PFS rates were 85.6% and 62.7%, respectively. …”
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Oral Crest Lengthening for Increasing Removable Denture Retention by Means of CO2 Laser by Samir Nammour, Elie Gerges, Rima Bou Tayeh, Toni Zeinoun

“…To conclude, the use of CO2 laser is an effective option for crest lengthening.…”
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Two-Stage Solution for Meal Delivery Routing Optimization on Time-Sensitive Customer Satisfaction by Wenjie Wang, Li Jiang

“…The fast delivery of huge meal orders for time-sensitive customers imposes great challenges on O2O meal delivery platforms. This study establishes a two-stage solution for meal delivery routing optimization with the objective of maximizing time-sensitive customer satisfaction. …”
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Experimental Study on Interfacial Area Transport of Two-Phase Flow under Vibration Conditions by Xiu Xiao, Qingzi Zhu, Shao-Wen Chen, Mamoru Ishii, Yajun Zhang, Haijun Jia

“…An experimental study on air-water two-phase flow under vibration condition has been conducted using double-sensor conductivity probe. …”
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Batch and semi-continuous fermentation with Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius DSM 6285 for H2 production by Magda S. Ardila, Habibu Aliyu, Pieter de Maayer, Anke Neumann

“…This study evaluated the effects of a semi-continuous feeding strategy on hydrogenogenesis. Results A batch and two semi-continuous fermentations, with feeding of the latter fresh media (with glucose) in either 24 h or 48 h intervals were undertaken and H2 production, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) activity, and metabolite consumption/production were monitored throughout. …”
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Two_dimensional Finite Element Analysis and Research on Municipal Sanitary Landfill with Clay Packing by 叶宝民, 张建华, 李兴文

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A comparison of two nonconforming finite element methods for linear three-field poroelasticity by Guo Jun, Shi Yanchao, Luo Weihua

“…We present and analyze two kinds of nonconforming finite element methods for three-field Biot’s consolidation model in poroelasticity. …”
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Type 2 Inflammatory Responses in Autoimmune Demyelination of the Central Nervous System: Recent Advances by Massimo Costanza

“…Type 2 immunity has long been confined to a restricted spectrum of responses, mostly including allergic reactions to innocuous environmental triggers. …”
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Bank Valuation and Its Connections with the Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Basel II Capital Accord by C. H. Fouche, J. Mukuddem-Petersen, M. A. Petersen, M. C. Senosi

“…The ongoing subprime mortgage crisis (SMC) and implementation of Basel II Capital Accord regulation have resulted in issues related to bank valuation and profitability becoming more topical. …”
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Binary solvent participation in crystals of a multi-aromatic 1,2,3-triazole by Jonathan Filley

“…The X-ray crystal structure of a multi-aromatic substituted 1,2,3-triazole is presented, which shows an extensive three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network involving two water molecules and two acetonitrile molecules. …”
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Airborne Ns (NO2 and NH3) in the Rijeka Bay Area (Croatia), 1980–1995 by Ana Alebic-Juretic

“…The results of 15 years of surveying (1980/81–1994/95) on ambient levels of these pollutants at two sampling sites are given in this work. Site 1 is located in the city, opposite the old petroleum refinery facilities, while Site 2 is located in the settlement 25 km from the city, opposite the eastern industrial zone. …”
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Carbonic anhydrase 2 mediates anti-obesity effects of black tea as thermogenic activator by Peng Ma, Jie Xiao, Biyu Hou, Ping He, Xinyu Yang, Yisa Wang, Zijing Wang, Tianshu Xu, Xiuying Yang, Xuan Zhu, Shasha Xiang, Song Li, Guanhua Du, Jian Ying, Guifen Qiang

“…Specifically, utilizing in silico approach of network pharmacology and molecular docking, we identified carbonic anhydrase 2 (CA2) in nitrogen metabolism as anti-obesity target of BTE and further elucidated that protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway linked CA2 and UCP1. …”
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Preparation and Antibacterial Activity of Some New 4-(2-Heterylidenehydrazinyl)-7-chloroquinoline Derivatives by Trong Duc Le, Ngoc Nam Pham, Tien Cong Nguyen

“…Reactions between the aldehydes 3a–f and 7-chloro-4-hydrazinylquinoline 2, obtained from reaction of 4,7-dichloroquinoline 1 and hydrazine hydrate, formed six new hydrazone compounds, namely, 4-{2-[(6-substituted-2-chloroquinolin-3-yl)methylidene]hydrazinyl}-7-chloroquinolines 4a–c and 4-(2-{[3-(4-substituted phenyl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]methylene}hydrazinyl)-7-chloroquinolines 4d–f. …”
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ANAXAM @ TOMCAT 2.0: easy access to cutting-edge tomographic microscopy for industry by Margie P. Olbinado, Vladimir Novak, Christian Gruenzweig, Anne Bonnin, Federica Marone, Christian Matthias Schlepuetz, Goran Lovric, Marco Stampanoni

“…TOMCAT 2.0 will leverage on the higher brilliance of SLS 2.0 by deploying its upgrade program on two beamlines: (1) I-TOMCAT will be a brand-new instrument based on an insertion device of the latest generation; and (2) S-TOMCAT, the original beamline, will be refurbished with a new high-field superconducting 5T bending magnet. …”
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Cost efficiency evaluation for a two-stage series network in data envelopment analysis by Zohreh Moghaddas, Mohsen Vaez Ghasemi

“…Originality/Value: According to the models and methods in the DEA literature, a model is presented to consider cost efficiency in a two-stage DEA model in this study.…”
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Fatigue Life Analysis of 2.5MW Wind Turbine Gearbox based on Romax by Wu Jianwei, Chen Huanguo, Chen Wenhua, Chen Te, Pan Xiaodong

“…In order to develop new products of MW wind turbine gearbox,improve the design efficiency and calculation accuracy,and reduce product development risks and costs,the 2. 5 MW power-split wind turbine gearbox transmission system model is set up based on Romax Designer software,and the result of power split,bearing life,the strength of gear is analyzed and the potential weakness of the gear transmission system is researched,the theory basis for further optimization design is provided.…”
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