Exploring the Evolution of a Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with SPH Simulations. II. AGN Feedback by Roberto Hazenfratz, Paramita Barai, Gustavo A. Lanfranchi, Anderson Caproni

“…We investigate active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback from an intermediate-mass black hole at the center of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy, by performing isolated galaxy simulations using a modified version of the GADGET-3 code. …”
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Quality Assessment of Soaps Produced from Palm Bunch Ash-Derived Alkali and Coconut Oil by HO Ogunsuyi, CA Akinnawo

“…The lathering ability was found to be 5.00ml for black soap and 15.00ml and 10.00mL for the other soaps. …”
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Modulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis by Early-Life Environmental Challenges Triggering Immune Activation by Ksenia Musaelyan, Martin Egeland, Cathy Fernandes, Carmine M. Pariante, Patricia A. Zunszain, Sandrine Thuret

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Allan Boesak: innocence and the struggle for humanity by M. Cloete

“… As a Black theologian and political activist, deeply committed to the cause of freedom, reconciliation and justice in South Africa, Allan Boesak has embraced the philosophy of Black consciousness as a legitimate moral-political foundation for the development of national unity. …”
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George Floyd, bad governance, and the silent violations of African human rights by Tata Emmanuel Sunjo

“… In 2020, George Floyd – a Black man in the United States – was brutally killed by a white police officer. …”
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Can the New Neutrino Telescopes Reveal the Gravitational Properties of Antimatter? by Dragan Slavkov Hajdukovic

“…If there is such a gravitational repulsion, the gravitational field, deep inside the horizon of a black hole, might create neutrino-antineutrino pairs from the quantum vacuum. …”
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Quilombolas et évangéliques : une incompatibilité identitaire ? Réflexions à partir d’une étude de cas en Amazonie brésilienne by Véronique Boyer

“…The paper first reviews the approach made by researchers of this field and the definitions they give to this contemporary phenomenon designated as « black rural communities ». A case study from the Middle Amazonas then allows the understanding of the basis of the disagreement and incomprehension between the crentes (literally believers, general term for Protestants) and the militants of the black movement. …”
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Lie Symmetry Analysis of a First-Order Feedback Model of Option Pricing by Winter Sinkala, Tembinkosi F. Nkalashe

“…A first-order feedback model of option pricing consisting of a coupled system of two PDEs, a nonliner generalised Black-Scholes equation and the classical Black-Scholes equation, is studied using Lie symmetry analysis. …”
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Acute Esophageal Necrosis and Low-Flow State by Ahmad Burtally, Philippe Gregoire

“…Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), also called black esophagus, is quite exceptional. Endoscopic findings show circumferential black discolouration of the esophagus with or without exudates. …”
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AREN’T I A WOMAN DESERVING OF JUSTICE? RESTRUCTURING VAWA’S FUNDING STRUCTURE TO CREATE RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY by Maryam Asenuga

“… This Note analyzes the funding priorities of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and how the law’s egregious funding of prosecutors, enforcement agencies, officers, and courts directly impacts Black female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). …”
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Abrupt Geographical Transition between Aposematic Color Forms in the Spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) by Vinton Thompson, Gervasio S. Carvalho

“…Over most of its range populations of the spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) are monomorphic for black dorsal coloration. At the far northeastern margin of the species range in Maine, a cluster of populations is monomorphic for the presence of traverse orange dorsal lines against a black background. …”
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How does light regulate plant regeneration? by Juan Han, Juan Han, Yapeng Li, Ye Zhao, Yuhan Sun, Yun Li, Zuodeng Peng

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The susceptibility level and sustainability potential of groupers; Plectropomus sp. in a marine national park by M. Tadjuddah, . Abdullah, S. Kamri, N.I. Wianti

“…Wakatobi National Park has a tropical marine ecosystem with typically dynamic aquatic resources, and it also has a potentially massive number of groupers such as red (<em>Plectropomus leopardus)</em> and black groupers <em>(Plectropomus areolatus)</em>. …”
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Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study by Tara Gomes, Mina Tadrous, Sophie A Kitchen, Frank Crichlow, Tonya J Campbell, Cynthia Damba, Colin H Johnson, Ashley Smoke

“…Cocaine contributed to more deaths among black people (55.9%; SD: 0.37) and Asian people (45.1%; SD: 0.15) compared with white people (37.6%). …”
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Ethnic disparities in HbA1c and hypoglycemia among youth with type 1 diabetes: beyond access to technology, social deprivation and mean blood glucose by Suma Uday, John Stuart Pemberton, Zhide Fang, Stuart A Chalew

“…Introduction The UK national pediatric diabetes audit reports higher HbA1c for children and young people (CYP) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) of Black ethnicity compared with White counterparts. …”
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Effects of PBAT on Soil Water and Salt in Maize Root Zone and Maize Yield in Saline-alkali Land by YANG Zhaoyu, WANG Jing, LÜ Wen, SUN Haojie, REN Hongwu, MA Weiwei, HOU Jiana

“…[Methods] Comparative tests were conducted on four mulching treatments, including PBAT biodegradable film (black and white) mulching, ordinary black film mulching and open-field cultivated maize without mulching, under three irrigation conditions (2 600, 3 300 and 4 200 m3/hm2) from April to September 2023 in Xinghuocun Experimental Station, Huinong District, Ningxia, and there were 12 treatments in total. …”
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Racial Differences by Ischemic Stroke Subtype: A Comprehensive Diagnostic Approach by Sarah Song, Richard E. Burgess, Chelsea S. Kidwell

“…Previous studies have suggested that black populations have more small-vessel and fewer cardioembolic strokes. …”
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Enhancing the Decolorizing and Degradation Ability of Bacterial Consortium Isolated from Textile Effluent Affected Area and Its Application on Seed Germination by Rashid Mahmood, Faiza Sharif, Sikander Ali, Muhammad Umar Hayyat

“…The results indicated that decolorizing ability of consortium for the red, green, black, and yellow dyes was higher as compared to individual strains. …”
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Be Your Sister’s Keeper: Personal Experience of Travelling a Lonely Journey in Academia by Duduzile Mzindle

“…Black woman marginalisation takes variegated forms, and it has its roots in patriarchy and identity confusion. …”
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Entropy and Selection: Life as an Adaptation for Universe Replication by Michael E. Price

“…This view contrasts with Smolin’s suggestion that black holes are an adaptation designed by cosmological natural selection and that life is the by-product of selection for black holes. …”
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