Reflexivity, description and the analysis of social settings by Rodney Watson

“…This article, however, argues that the 'blanket use' of 'reflexivity' glosses over and confuses many different actual definitions and understandings of the concept - not least because the concept operates differently as a move within each of the divergent analytic 'games' that compose the overall discipline. …”
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The Electrochemical Variation of a Kind of Protein Staining and Food Dye as a New Corrosion Inhibitor on Mild Steel in Acidic Medium by Demet Özkır

“…As a result of the increment of the inhibitor concentration, it was seen that the values ​​of polarization resistance increased and covered the metal surface of FG-FCF like a blanket. Tests endorse that the FG-FCF is chemically adsorbed on mild steel surface, according to the Langmuir isotherm. …”
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Effects of Harvest Method on Microclimate in Florida Sugarcane by Hardev Sandhu, Maninder Singh, Robert Gilbert, Kelly Morgan, Ronald Rice, Leslie Baucum, James Shine, Mike Irey

“…Sugarcane in Florida is typically harvested with burnt cane mechanical harvesting, but there is a growing interest to better understand the effects of green cane harvest residue “trash blankets” on microclimate conditions for sugarcane growing on both organic and mineral soils of Florida, so the authors conducted a three-year study to determine the effects of each harvest method on microclimate within the surface soil profile and at a 10 cm height from the soil surface. …”
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Effects of Harvest Method on Microclimate in Florida Sugarcane by Hardev Sandhu, Maninder Singh, Robert Gilbert, Kelly Morgan, Ronald Rice, Leslie Baucum, James Shine, Mike Irey

“…Sugarcane in Florida is typically harvested with burnt cane mechanical harvesting, but there is a growing interest to better understand the effects of green cane harvest residue “trash blankets” on microclimate conditions for sugarcane growing on both organic and mineral soils of Florida, so the authors conducted a three-year study to determine the effects of each harvest method on microclimate within the surface soil profile and at a 10 cm height from the soil surface. …”
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Cultural Stereotypes, Literary Agency, and Postcolonial Writing: A Conversation with Shirin Ramzanali Fazel and Simone Brioni by Maria Morelli

“…It highlights how the localised concept of “female oppression” can be misleading and instead draws attention to the many nuances that exist and that are often brushed aside under the blanket label of “Muslim woman”.…”
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Crimes Against the Electoral Rights of Citizens in Ukraine: The Peculiarities of Their Committing and Investigation by T. P. Matiushkova

“…Certain difficulties and problems, an overcoming of which requires a comprehensive approach, have been disclosed. In particular, blanket nature of statutory regulations, lack of well-established investigative and judicial practice, the needs in cooperation among different law enforcement agencies, including international engagement, involvements non-governmental organizations, etc.…”
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Intraoperative vascular anastomosis occlusion due to cold agglutinin disease during brain surgery: a case report by Kazuma Kitamura, Mayumi Nakanishi, Naokazu Fukuoka, Kumiko Tanabe, Yoshinori Kamiya

“…Intraoperatively, mean arterial pressure was maintained at or above 65 mmHg with phenylephrine administration, while body temperature was rigorously controlled between 36.5 °C and 37.5 °C using forced-air warming blankets and heated intravenous infusions. Despite these measures, thrombotic occlusion occurred, necessitating surgical thrombus removal, intravenous heparin administration, and irrigation of the surgical field with warmed saline followed by re-anastomosis. …”
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A Comparison of Cooling Techniques to Treat Cardiac Arrest Patients with Hypothermia by Anna Finley Caulfield, Shylaja Rachabattula, Irina Eyngorn, Scott A. Hamilton, Rajalakshmi Kalimuthu, Amie W. Hsia, Maarten G. Lansberg, Chitra Venkatasubramanian, J. J. Baumann, Marion S. Buckwalter, Monisha A. Kumar, James S. Castle, Christine A. C. Wijman

“…Patients in coma following cardiopulmonary resuscitation were cooled with an endovascular cooling catheter or with ice bags and cold-water-circulating cooling blankets to a target temperature of 32.0–34.0∘C for 24 hours. …”
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The Rise of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Glia Models of Neuroinflammation by Srishti Kala, Andrew G. Strutz, Moriah E. Katt

“…Neuroinflammation is a blanket term that describes the body’s complex inflammatory response in the central nervous system (CNS). …”
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We Have Come a Long Way and We Have a Long Way to Go: A Cross-Survey Comparison of Data Quality in 16 Arab Countries in the Arab Barometer vs the World Values Survey by Saskia Glas, Veronica Kostenko

“…Our results show considerable diversity across and even within surveys in quality, indicating that blanket statements on Arab surveys’ (lack of) quality are inappropriate. …”
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Qualitative Analysis of Microbial Dynamics during Anaerobic Digestion of Microalgal Biomass in a UASB Reactor by Anna Doloman, Yousef Soboh, Andrew J. Walters, Ronald C. Sims, Charles D. Miller

“…An upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor was used to achieve high rates of microalgae decomposition and biogas production. …”
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Causality-driven feature selection and domain adaptation for enhancing chemical foundation models in downstream tasks by Eduardo Soares, Victor Yukio Shirasuna, Emilio Vital Brazil, Karen Fiorella Aquino Gutierrez, Renato Cerqueira, Dmitry Zubarev, Kristin Schmidt, Daniel P Sanders

“…By employing Mordred descriptors and Markov blanket causal graphs, our approach provides insight into the causal relationships between features and target properties for prediction tasks. …”
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PM2.5 Concentration Prediction Based on Markov Blanke Feature Selection and Hybrid Kernel Support Vector Regression Optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization by Lian-Hua Zhang, Ze-Hong Deng, Wen-Bo Wang

“…Abstract This study employed air quality and meteorological data as research materials and extracted the optimal feature subset by using the approximate Markov blanket-based normal maximum relevance minimum redundancy (nMRMR) algorithm to serve as the input data of the prediction model. …”
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General anesthesia of endhotracheal tube in cholesistektomy with cholelithiasis with cholecystitis: A case report by Prayoga Esa Dahan, Suandika Made, Jerau Emiliani Elsi, Indriani

“…Tramadol and a heated blanket were used to treat postoperative shivering, whereas 3% sevoflurane was used to preserve consciousness. …”
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Mapping the “catscape” formed by a population of pet cats with outdoor access by Richard Bischof, Nina Rosita Hansen, Øyvind Skarsgard Nyheim, Astrid Kisen, Lillian Prestmoen, Torbjørn Haugaasen

“…Our results reveal a dense predatory blanket that outdoor cats drape over and beyond the urban landscape. …”
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Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: Combine Effluent Treatment with Energy Generation in UASB Reactor as Biorefinery Annex by Mauro Berni, Ivo Dorileo, Grazielle Nathia, Tânia Forster-Carneiro, Daniel Lachos, Breno G. M. Santos

“…This work discusses the perspectives of treating effluents through anaerobic digestion as well as reporting the experience of using an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor as biorefinery annex in a pulp and paper industrial plant to be burned in the boilers. …”
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Development of Vacuum Vessel Design and Analysis Module for CFETR Integration Design Platform by Chen Zhu, Minyou Ye, Xufeng Liu, Shenji Wang, Shifeng Mao, Zhongwei Wang, Yi Yu

“…The integration engineering design platform aims at performing detailed engineering design for each tokamak component (e.g., breeding blanket, divertor, and vacuum vessel). The vacuum vessel design and analysis module is a part of the integration engineering design platform. …”
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Variable Load Demand Scheme for Hybrid AC/DC Nanogrid by Shoaib Rauf, Ali Raza Kalair, Nasrullah Khan

“…This paper addresses the use of nanogrid technology in resolving the issue of blanket load shedding for domestic consumers. This is accomplished by using different load management techniques and load classification and utilizing maximum solar energy. …”
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Is tattooing associated with increased seroprevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections among blood donors: A single-center study from Southeastern India by Charumathy Arjunan, Abhishekh Basavarajegowda

“…INTRODUCTION: The regulations in India mandate a blanket deferral period of 12 months for donors from the time of acquiring a tattoo. …”
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Comparison of two active warming techniques on body temperature in healthy, anesthetized dogs premedicated with acepromazine or dexmedetomidine: A pilot study. by Jacob P Rastas, Qianqian Zhao, Rebecca A Johnson

“…This pilot study aimed to compare efficacy of an innovative warming device placed on the front paws (AVAcore; AVA), with no warming methods (NONE) and conventional truncal warming methods (CONV; circulating water blanket/forced air warmer) on rectal temperature and anesthetic recovery times. …”
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