Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Potential, and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oil Cones of Tunisian Cupressus sempervirens by Aicha Ben Nouri, Wissal Dhifi, Sana Bellili, Hanene Ghazghazi, Chedia Aouadhi, Ameur Chérif, Mohamed Hammami, Wissem Mnif

“…Results showed that this essential oil was mainly composed of monoterpene hydrocarbons (65%) with α-pinene as the major constituent (47.51%). Its antioxidant activity was ascertained by evaluating the total antioxidant capacity and also by evaluating its inhibitory effect against DPPH and ABTS radicals. …”
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Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of CoTiSi half-Heusler alloy: Doping overtones by A. Shukla, Sadhana Matth, Raghavendra Pal, S. S. A. Warsi, Himanshu Pandey

“…Our approach begins with thorough structural optimization to determine the equilibrium lattice parameter and the atomic positions of the constituent elements within the unit cell of CoTiSi. …”
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Micronutrients Considerations for Warm-Season Grass Systems in Florida by Jane C. Griffin, Joao Mauricio Buen Vendramini, Diane L. Rowland, Maria Lucia Silveira

“…An element can be considered essential for plant growth if a plant fails to complete its life cycle in the absence of the element, the elements action is specific and cannot be completely replaced by another element, it has a direct effect on the organism, or it is a constituent of a molecule that is known to be essential. …”
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Glycan degradation in Polygonati Rhizoma: Effects of traditional ‘nine steaming and nine basking’ on low molecular weight Fructans and polysaccharides by Xingyu Mei, Jiabei Xia, Wenqing Li, Yufen Wu, Huan Cheng, Shiguo Chen, Xingqian Ye, Jianle Chen

“…This suggested that fructans were the primary constituents before processing, while galactans prevailed afterward. …”
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Total Pancreatectomy for Ampullary Adenocarcinoma in a 74-Year-Old Patient: Case Report and Literature Review by Gabriela A. Arroyo Murillo, Eleonore Choppin De Janvry, Manuela Garofalo, Fatima Della Pietra

“…The adenocarcinomas arising in this region originate from different epithelial cellular constituents present at the site, the histopathological classification encompass: intestinal type, pancreaticobiliary type, and mixed type. …”
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Des colonnes pour des vertus dans l’art communal italien du xive siècle by Bertrand Cosnet

“…It then examines the long liturgical, scholastic and poetic tradition that, from Saint Gregory the Great to Saint Thomas Aquinas, establishes a comparison between virtues and constituent elements of ecclesial architecture. The analysis finally focuses, from several precise examples, on the implementation of virtues in sculpted decorations as an architectural support, mainly as columns or caryatids.…”
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Colonialité et tourisme : la fabrique des identités et des altérités en Inde by Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud

“…Pays traversé par la matrice coloniale, l’Inde constitue un exemple pertinent pour penser les situations touristiques et montrer comment des acteurs institutionnels (gouvernement indien) et non institutionnels (entreprises, touristes domestiques, membres de la diaspora) mobilisent des imaginaires touristiques pour soutenir ou redéfinir les identités collectives et les altérités - voire parfois les renforcer. …”
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De quelques visions mondiales des limites de l'environnement by Edwin Zaccai

“…Parmi les problèmes clés inclus dans le projet de développement durable, la généralisation (im)possible des niveaux de vie occidentaux à la planète (à moyen ou long terme), compte tenu des limites de l'environnement, constitue sans doute l'un des plus spécifiques. Examinée sous des formes quantifiées, cette idée conduit à bon nombre de débats et de propositions. …”
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Les marges renaissantes : Amazigh, Juif, Noir. Ce que la révolution a changé dans ce « petit pays homogène par excellence » qu’est la Tunisie by Stéphanie Pouessel

“…The recognition of “cultural diversity” thus plays a significant part in the political stakes following the events of January 14, 2011 and the first democratic elections to form a Constituent Assembly. The phase of remodeling of the “nation’s” representations leads to the emergence of new insights on discrimination, recognition or plural memory : where does the Jewish heritage stand in a country dominated by political Islam ? …”
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Dalla «Canzone politica» alla «Canzone d’autore»: Italia 1968 by Massimo Tramonte

“…À partir d’un corpus constitué de chansons de Paolo Pietrangeli (« Contessa », « Valle Giulia »), d’Ivan Della Mea (« L’internazionale », « Comandante Che Guevara ») et de Francesco Guccini (« La locomotiva », «  Dio è morto »), en m’appuyant également sur une expérience vécue à la première personne, je montrerai comme cette bande sonore a façonné la mémoire de toute une génération.…”
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Selectives (“topic markers”) on subordinate clauses by Wälchli Bernhard

“…It is further found that selectives tend to occur at the end of the constituent which they have scope over where there is minimal risk of scope ambiguity. …”
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Super-resolved microstructure of pyrolyzing superlight ablators by Collin W. Foster, Sreevishnu Oruganti, Francesco Panerai

“…Synchrotron X-rays were used to resolve the material constituents during thermal degradation, including resin, silica microballoons, cork filler, refractory fibers, and voids. …”
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Role of Adaptive Immunity in Alcoholic Liver Disease by Emanuele Albano

“…Moreover, the same antigens favor the breaking of self-tolerance towards liver constituents. In particular, autoantibodies against cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) are evident in a subset of ALD patients. …”
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Warpage in wafer-level packaging: a review of causes, modelling, and mitigation strategies by Pallavi Praful, Chris Bailey

“…The structural parameters and properties of the constituent materials of the reconstituted wafer and the FOWLP process have been considered to evaluate the effectiveness of these methods in predicting and analyzing warpage. …”
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Project sustainability in the conditions of digitalization by M. V. Lubenets, S. M. Sycheva

“…The results of the paper consist in clarifying the theoretical aspects of the projects’ sustainability and their constituent elements, in substantiating high level of uncertainty of various criteria for project implementation due to the significant turbulence of external factors and the emergence of new challenges, as well as in determining the need to transform established approaches to the sustainable development of projects. …”
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Human studies and user studies: a call for methodological inter-disciplinarity (Brenda Dervin) by Brenda Dervin

“…For library and information science, which as a field has traditionally drawn on multi-disciplinary sources, the author cautions that as the field sets itself to the task of assisting the inter-disciplinary needs of its constituencies, it is especially important that the field also attend to inter-disciplinary needs within its own walls, between its many disparate and disconnected discourse communities.…”
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Pit nucleation on as-cast aluminiuim alloy AW-5083 in 0.01M NaCl by Dolić N., Malina J., Begić-Hadžipašić A.

“…The results of tests have shown that susceptibility of alloy to pitting corrosion is strongly influenced by the microstructural constituents of the alloy in as-cast condition.…”
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"Breaking the rules": Identity and Americanness in The Cider House Rules, A Prayer For Owen Meany and A Widow For One Year by John Irving by Karine Placquet

“…Mais l’acte transgressif n’est pas envisagé uniquement sous ses aspects négatifs ; il constitue le fondement de tout processus de création identitaire et un opérateur inattendu de retour à l’harmonie.…”
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Production of Cellulose Nitrate Polymer from Sawdust by I. M. Adekunle

“…Cellulose nitrate polymer was produced from sawdust of Nigeria origin using a method, which involved alternate alkaline and chlorination treatment to remove non-cellulosic constituents, followed by nitration reaction. The effects of nitrating acid mixture type and composition, nitrating time and nitrating acid mixture to cellulose material ratio on yield and solubility of products were investigated. …”
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Setting the background in discourse by Nicholas Asher, Laurent Prévot, Laure Vieu

“…In a nutshell, this structure contains a new discourse topic (framing topic), which is elaborated by the constituent representing the sentence or the discourse segment falling intuitively under the scope of the adverbial. …”
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