The Role of Polarizability in Isoelectronic Ions: The Case of Pseudohalides by Mert Acar, Duccio Tatini, Barry W. Ninham, Pierandrea Lo Nostro

“…We evaluate properties of these anions through experimental measurements of conductivity, density, viscosity, infrared spectra, and polarizability. …”
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Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) as a Mediator of Anxiety on Social Media Fatigue in Early Adulthood by Farra Anisa Rahmania, Jihan Salsabila Ramadhayanti, Tassya Aliyah Dwi Andini, Sumedi P. Nugraha

“…Future research should also be conducted to explore other stronger mediating variables between anxiety and Social Media Fatigue.…”
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Evolution of Cooperation with Moore Neighborhood and Self-Playing Rule by Yanbing Yang, Junhu Ruan, Bin Liu, Yi Liu, Yan Shi

“…Schweitzer et al.’s lattice model provides an innovative method to solve the problem. In this paper, we conduct simulations using the same von Neumann neighborhood as in Schweitzer et al.’s study (2002) and observe the effect of initial population and lattice size on the evolution of cooperation. …”
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Genotoxicity Biomarkers Study in Agricultural Workers Exposed to Pesticides: a Systematic Review by Edisson Vladimir Maldonado Mariño, Darío Orlando Siza Saquinga, Diego Eduardo Guato Canchinia, Alexander Javier Ramos Velastegui

“…A literature review was conducted to gain insight into genotoxicity biomarkers in South American agricultural workers exposed to pesticides. …”
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Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Ureterolithotomy for Proximal Ureteral Calculi in Selected Patients by Qingfeng Hu, Weihong Ding, Yuancheng Gou, Yatfaat Ho, Ke Xu, Bin Gu, Chuanyu Sun, Guowei Xia, Qiang Ding

“…To summarize our experience of retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy for ureteral calculi and evaluate the safety and efficiency of this procedure. Methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 197 patients with proximal ureteral calculi who accepted retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy from June 2005 to June 2014. …”
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Numerical Modeling of the Fluid Flow in Continuous Casting Tundish with Different Control Devices by Zhu He, Kun Zhou, Shuang Liu, Wei Xiong, Baokuan Li

“…Numerical simulations were conducted to study the melt flow under the influence of control devices in a T-type two-strand bloom caster tundish via the open source Computational Fluid Dynamics software OpenFOAM. …”
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The Role of Monitoring, Prior Knowledge, and Working Memory in University Students’ Expository Text Comprehension by Juan P. Barreyro, Sofía S. Ortíz, Jesica Formoso

“…Two experiments were conducted. The first investigated whether the use of the monitoring strategy enhanced comprehension of expository texts that required different levels of prior knowledge. …”
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Unusual Bronchial Foreign Bodies with Localized Bronchiectasis in Five Children by Xi-Ling Wu, Lei Wu, Zhi-Min Chen

“…Obstructive foreign bodies are uncommon causes of bronchiectasis in children, the causal relationship between foreign body aspiration and bronchiectasis remains unclear. We conducted a review of children who were diagnosed with bronchiectasis due to foreign body retention in a university hospital between 2014 and 2019. …”
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Dynamic Influence Prediction of Social Network Based on Partial Autoregression Single Index Model by Ya-hui Jia, Taotao Song, Shun-yao Wu, Qi Zhang, Yu-xia Su

“…The profile least squares estimation is employed to infer this semiparametric model, and variables selection is performed via the smoothly clipped absolute deviation penalty (SCAD). Simulations are conducted to demonstrate finite sample behaviors.…”
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Ранносредновековният железодобивен комплекс Брестница–Полето в Северозападна България: хронология и археометричен анализ (предварителни данни)... by Stiliyan Ivanov, Georgi Avdeev, Doroteia Giurdzhiiska-Ivanova, Boyka Zlateva, Deyan Lesigyarski

“…The preliminary results of the conducted excavations and laboratory analyses presented here focus on the discovered bloomery structures and related finds in order to clarify the chronology and architecture of the features, as well as the technological processes. …”
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Dynamic Complexity of a Phytoplankton-Fish Model with the Impulsive Feedback Control by means of Poincaré Map by Dezhao Li, Yu Liu, Huidong Cheng

“…In particular, the continuous and discontinuous properties of Poincaré map under different conditions are discussed. Secondly, we conduct the analysis of the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence, uniqueness, and global stability of the order-1 periodic solution of the phytoplankton-fish model and obtain the sufficient conditions for the existence of the order-kk≥2 periodic solution of the system. …”
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Low-Temperature Deuterium Annealing for HfO₂/SiO₂ Gate Dielectric in Silicon MOSFETs by Tae-Hyun Kil, Ju-Won Yeon, Hyo-Jun Park, Moon-Kwon Lee, Eui-Cheol Yun, Min-Woo Kim, Sang-Min Kang, Jun-Young Park

“…A comparative study with hydrogen (H2) annealing under identical conditions is conducted to evaluate the specific impact of deuterium (D2). …”
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DARK SOIL PITS AND GRAVES IN VOLCANIC CAVE C6.1, KRONG NO, DAK NONG PROVINCE: DOCUMENTATION AND DISCUSSION by Bao Lam Cao, Xuan Hung Le, Van Bac Nguyen, Dai Tri Cao, Thanh Vinh Ngo

“…As a result of the investigation and excavation of cave C6.1 conducted in 2017, 2018, and 2019, we have discovered vestiges of nine dark soil pits and seven relatively intact graves, together with teeth and other human remains scattered in the cultural layer. …”
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Analyzing Capacity Utilization and Travel Patterns of Chinese High-Speed Trains: An Exploratory Data Mining Approach by Fanxiao Liu, Zhanbo Sun, Peitong Zhang, Qiyuan Peng, Qingjie Qiao

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) is conducted to find the principal components that can efficiently represent the collected data. …”
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On the Dynamic Analysis of a Beam Carrying Multiple Mass-Spring-Mass-Damper System by O. Barry, D. C. D. Oguamanam, J. W. Zu

“…In the present paper, a free vibration analysis is conducted to determine the exact natural frequencies and mode shapes of an axially loaded beam carrying several absorbers. …”
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Organs Blood Flow during Elevation of Body Temperature in Sevoflurane Anesthetized Rats by Koichi Shimo, Ko Takakura, Kenji Shigemi

“…The aim of this study is to investigate how elevation of body temperature changes organs blood flow during sevoflurane anesthesia. We conducted in vivo research on 14 male Wistar rats to monitor pulse rate and arterial blood pressure and measure hepatic, small intestinal, renal, and descending aortic blood flow using a laser Doppler blood flowmeter. …”
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Greening of SMEs in Western Balkan countries: Evidence from firm-level analysis by Vučković Valentina, Čučković Nevenka

“…To achieve this, a multinomial logit analysis was conducted on a sample of 1,160 firms from Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania. …”
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A Study on the Efficient Method for the Solution of the Saha Equation in the Numerical Simulation of Capillary Discharge by Hengzhu Liu, Cheng Wu, Fengjiang An, Shasha Liao

“…Several simulation tests are conducted to study the performance of these two methods. …”
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Frequency Analysis of Functionally Graded Curved Pipes Conveying Fluid by Feng Liang, Xiao-Dong Yang, Ri-Dong Bao, Wei Zhang

“…A parametric sensitivity study is conducted by numerical examples and the results obtained reveal the significant effects of material distribution gradient index, flow velocity, fluid density, and opening angle on the natural frequencies of the FGM curved pipes conveying fluid.…”
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Ground Motion and Air Overpressure Study by Michael K. Sharp, Donald E. Yule

“…A seismic attenuation and air overpressure study was conducted to determine the attenuation of explosion induced ground motions and air overpressures as a function of distance from shallow subsurface detonated charges, and to derive parameters to predict blast effects at distances beyond the ordinance disposal facility boundary. …”
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