INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL PLANT SPECIES IN THE ROMANIAN PROTECTED AREAS. A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH by MONICA DUMITRAŞCU, INES GRIGORESCU, GHEORGHE KUSCICSA, MIHAI DOROFTEI, MIHAELA NĂSTASE, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ

“…The current paper is aiming to present some of the most significant scientific results developed in the framework of FP7 enviroGRIDS project – Building Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment supporting Sustainable Development, in terms of assessing the occurrence, development and spread the main Invasive Terrestrial Plant Species (ITPS) in the Romanian protected areas. …”
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THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF VARIETIES OF ALFALFA IN THE CENTRAL-CHERNOZEM ZONE by N. I. Isaeva, N. Yu. Malysheva, L. L. Malyshev, N. V. Vavkina

“…Three-year study of one hundred world collection of alfalfa was conducted in Central Black-Earth zone of Russia. The varieties of Medicago × varia ‘Zheltogibridnaya 99’, ‘Flora 2’, ‘Karlygash’ and ‘№ 152’ (hybrid ‘Severnaya hybridnaya’ בAugune II’) were recommended for breeding programs. …”
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METAPHORICAL CONCEPTS AND THEIR IDEOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS IN ALURING VOTES FOR INDONESIAN PRESIDENCY by Arif Budiman, Khristianto Khristianto

“…The theory applied in investigating the metaphors are conceptual metaphor (Lakoff and Johnson:1980), and the Critical Metaphor Analysis, CMA (Charteris-Black: 2004). Some conceptual metaphors drawn from their metaphorical expressions are NATION IS A BUILDING, functions to criticize that the building couldn’t stand on the lie, hiding the history of competitor candidate, Prabowo. …”
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L’Algérie « post-décennie noire » : de l’imposition de l’impunité à la revendication d’une justice transitionnelle by Morgane Jouaret

“…This contribution proposes to look back at the process of “national reconciliation” after the black decade in Algeria (1992-1999) in order to analyze the co-construction of memorial narratives by institutional and associative actors. …”
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Daring to Be Different: The First-Person HIV-Positive Narrator in Two South African Novels by Lizzy Attree

“… Masande Ntshanga’s novel The Reactive (2014) is the first South African novel written by a black male writer to feature the first-person voice of an HIV-positive man, Lindanathi. …”
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Determining the Impact Bruising of Goji Berry Using a Pendulum Method by Yanwu Jiang, Qingyu Chen, Naishuo Wei

“…However, the tender and fragile fruits are easily damaged during harvesting and transportation, leading to fruit bruising, which can cause rotting or black–brown spots after drying, seriously affecting the quality and price. …”
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Disperse Solid-Phase Extraction Cleanup for the Determination of 1-Deoxynojirimycin in Mulberry Leaves with Ultraperformance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Lei Zhang, Yiran Zhou, Jing Meng, Jia Li

“…Dried and crushed mulberry leaves’ sample was extracted by MeCN-water solvent, purified by graphitized carbon black (GCB) and primary secondary amine (PSA) to remove organic acids and pigments, and then analyzed after attenuation and filtration. …”
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Prostate cancer perspective: Africa versus the world by B Marais, G Klopper, J John

“…Of note, owing to various biological, socioeconomic and institutional factors, black African men often present with more advanced disease and suffer greater mortality. …”
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Speculative Criminality at Home: Bypassing Tenant Rights Through Police Surveillance in Detroit’s Rental Housing by Rae Baker

“…While the program has been identified as a marker of gentrification by housing and anti-surveillance activists and residents, it has also raised concern about perpetuating the criminalization of Black Detroiters, specifically those living in rental housing that hosts the technology. …”
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Balancing Technology, Ethics, and Society: A Review of Artificial Intelligence in Embryo Selection by Roberto Aufieri, Francesco Mastrocola

“…The reviewed literature identified further potential ethical concerns associated with this technique, including possible bias in the selection criteria, lack of transparency in black-box algorithms, risks of “machine paternalism” replacing human judgment, privacy issues with sensitive fertility data, equity of access, and challenges in maintaining human-centered care. …”
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Manifesto for transparent mathematical modeling: from ecology to general science by Vyacheslav L. Kalmykov, Lev V. Kalmykov

“… Mathematical black-box models, which hide the structure and behavior of the subsystems, currently dominate science. …”
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Ecological Risk Assessment for Invasive Wildlife in Florida by Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, Kyle Allen, Rebecca G. Harvey, Frank J. Mazzotti

“…While it is too late to prevent the invasion of Burmese pythons and Argentine black and white tegus, we can act to prevent other potentially destructive species from establishing. …”
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Influences of Exit Advance Guide Signs on the Trajectory and Speed of Passenger Cars in Highway Tunnels by Ting Shang, Peng Wu, Guan Lian, Qijin Sheng

“…The driving behavior in highway tunnels is more complicated than that in regular roadbed sections because the former is usually affected by black and white hole effects, tunnel clearance, and bad illumination. …”
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Anesthetic conduction in giant ovarian tumor by José Luis Muñoz Gallardo, Arletys Curbelo Hernández, José Luis Muñoz Fernández

“…Presentation of the case: A 32-year-old black patient with malnutrition, no history of pregnancy, abdominal pain radiating to the lumbar region, dyspectic disorders, costipation alternating with periods of abundant liquid stools, amenorrhea and increased volume in the abdomen. …”
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Improved Clonal Selection Algorithm Based on Biological Forgetting Mechanism by Chao Yang, Bing-qiu Chen, Lin Jia, Hai-yang Wen

“…This part of inactive antibody forms a “black hole” of the antibody set, which is difficult to remove and update in a timely manner, thus affecting the speed at which the algorithm approximates the optimal solution. …”
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A Gray-Box Equivalent Neural Network Circuit Small-Signal Modeling Applied to GaN Transistors by Anwar Jarndal

“…Instead of employing a black box, a gray box of interconnected NN models of the intrinsic branches’ admittances was utilized. …”
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Management of an Oral Ingestion of Transdermal Fentanyl Patches: A Case Report and Literature Review by Andrew C. Faust, Ralph Terpolilli, Darrel W. Hughes

“…Fentanyl is available as a transdermal system for the treatment of chronic pain in opioid-tolerant patients; however, it carries a black box warning due to both the potency of the product and the potential for abuse. …”
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Analysing the manipulation of the youths, election violence and democratic retrogression in South Africa by Ibrahim Yusuf Didamson

“…Rather than replicating the character of the youths of the 1970s who fought for better education and life as well as the freedom of the black population during the dark days of apartheid, some youths have taken to drugs, election violence while others have become personal security to top politicians owing to difficult economic hardship. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Associated Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism: Cause or Coincidence by John Omotola Ogunkoya, Marion Itohan Ogunmola, Akinwale Folarin Ogunlade, Akindele Emmanuel Ladele

“…Prior to our index case, only two previous cases of bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism were reported in black Africans and the first to be associated with COVID-19 vaccination. …”
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THE STRUGGLE OF IDEAS AND «THE NEW TURKEY» by V. A. Nadein-Raevskiy

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