Alternative Attractors of Shallow Lakes by Marten Scheffer

“…In the turbid state, the development of submerged vegetation is prevented by low underwater light levels. The unprotected sediment frequently is resuspended by wave action and by fish searching for food causing a further decrease of transparency. …”
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Metal Oxide Nanomaterials as Rice Transgenic Carriers by Xiangbo Yang, Xia Bai, Zhenkai Zhang, Xiaoming Yu

“…Secondly, it used rice as the test plant to study the effects of seven metal oxide nanomaterials on rice seed germination and root elongation. This sheds light on the toxic effects of metal oxide nanomaterials on rice growth and discusses the factors that affect the phytotoxicity of nanomaterials. …”
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Language shift in Aceh: The sociolinguistic situation of post-conflict society by Teuku Muhammad Ridha Al-Auwal, Robert Amery, Ian Green

“…This study aims to shed light on the sociolinguistic situation in Aceh during the conflict and following the 2005 peace accord, as well as to provide a deeper understanding of the roots of Aceh’s rapid language shift. …”
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The institutionalisation of the social and solidarity economy in France as a meso-space by Sylvain Celle

“…From this perspective, this article aims to shed light on how the SSE has become, over time, a relatively unified and autonomous meso-economic space around three main periods, corresponding to three historical compromises of the SSE as a meso-space with regard to its constituent elements (entities, legal rules, ideologies, etc.) and its integration into the evolution of French capitalist regimes. …”
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High Precision Laser Scanning of Metallic Surfaces by Yousaf Muhamad Amir, Benny Thörnberg

“…Speckle noise, dynamic range of light intensity, and spurious reflections are major challenges when laser scanners are used for 3D surface acquisition. …”
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A High-throughput, Robotic System for Analysis of Aerosol Sampling Filters by Christian L’Orange, Gabe Neymark, Ellison Carter, John Volckens

“…The AIRLIFT consists of a sealed environmental enclosure, a 6-axis articulating robotic arm, a programmable control system, a filter weighing apparatus, and an optical system for the determination of aerosol black carbon via light attenuation. The system actively monitors microbalance stability and chamber relative humidity. …”
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The Quantum Analysis of Nonlinear Optical Parametric Processes with Thermal Reservoirs by Tamirat Abebe, Nebiyu Gemechu, Chimdessa Gashu, Kebede Shogile, Solomon Hailemariam, Shimelis Adisu

“…Particularly, the enhancement of squeezing and the amplification of photon entanglement of the two-mode cavity light are investigated. It is found that the two cavity modes are strongly entangled and the degree of entanglement is directly related to the two-mode squeezing. …”
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Angularly Resolved Deep Brain Fluorescence Imaging Using a Single Optical Fiber by Israel J. De La Rosa, Mehdi Azimipour, Patrick K. Cullen, Fred J. Helmstetter, Ramin Pashaie

“…In this design, the brain is scanned by a single penetrating side-firing optical fiber which delivers excitation light pulses to the tissue at different depths and orientations and simultaneously collects samples of fluorescence emission signals. …”
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Alginate Nanoparticles Containing Cuminum cyminum and Zataria multiflora Essential Oils with Promising Anticancer and Antibacterial Effects by Mahmoud Osanloo, Razieh Ranjbar, Elham Zarenezhad

“…The nanoparticles were comprehensively characterized using techniques such as gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), zetasizer, attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis). …”
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La voix étranglée de Tess by Annie Ramel

“…The lacanian concepts of « voice qua object » and « gaze qua object » (which are two forms of objet petit a) can throw a light on this interconnection of gaze and voice, and thereby show the modernity of Hardy’s novel.For Slavoj Žižek has argued that the « passion for the Real » was the distinctive feature of the 20th century. …”
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Non-equilibrium solidification and microsegregation in centrifugally cast high speed steel for rolls by Klančnik U., Košec B., Mrvar P., Medved J.

“…The modelled predictions were then compared with differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, light and electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, all performed on an as-cast roll shell. …”
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A preoperative misdiagnosis case: report of an enormous solitary fibrous tumor at the anterior skull base by Shiqi Kong, Jingliang You, Yapeng Wang, Jingbo Yan, Sajjad Muhammad, Rui Zhang

“…This report aims to enhance the understanding of this rare disease, shedding light on diagnostic intricacies, and therapeutic considerations. …”
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An Investigation of Secondary School Students' Motivation and Addiction towards Digital Gaming by Age, Gender and Number of Siblings by Mehmet Oktay Kablan, Mehmet Imamoglu

“…There is a positive relationship between motivation and addiction to playing digital games (p< .05). In light of these findings, more effort should be made to prevent digital addiction in males according to gender and in 8th graders according to grade level. …”
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Student factors that difficult teaching-learning of research skills by Yamile Andrea Gómez-Delgado, Aldo Bazán-Ramírez, Fredy Hernán Villalobos-Galvis

“…The results are analyzed in light of the interbehavioral theory and constitute a contribution to the understanding of the circumstances in which scientific practice is taught and learned in a context in which future teachers are formed.…”
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Awareness, Knowledge, and Perceptions of Barotrauma and Barotrauma Mitigation: A Survey of Florida Anglers by Charles Adams, Joy Hazell, Lisa Krimsky, Bryan Fluech, Betty Staugler, John Stevely, Robert Bolta

“…This 5-page fact sheet describes a recent survey of Florida saltwater anglers and sheds light on incentives for and constraints against the use of barotrauma mitigation devices. …”
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ESRC Research Data Policy in a Changing Landscape by Paul Allanson, Angela Daly, Awais Elahi, Alistair Geddes, Maeve Malone, Niamh Nic Daeid, Lucille Tetley-Brown

“…This paper reports on an independent review of this policy, commissioned and funded by the ESRC, and carried out by the authors, to make recommendations for an updated policy in the light of changes to both the data and legal/policy landscape. …”
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Opioids in Urology: How Well Are We Preventing Opioid Dependence and How Can We Do Better? by Danyon J. Anderson, David Y. Cao, Jessica Zhou, Matthew McDonald, Abrahim N. Razzak, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…However, many institutions recognize their opioid overuse and are implementing new multimodal opioid-sparing analgesics methods such as non-opioid peri-operative medications, minimally invasive robotic surgery, and nerve blocks or local anesthetics with varying degrees of success. By shedding light on these opioid-free methods and prescription protocols, along with improved patient education and counselling, we hope to bring awareness to institutions and decrease unnecessary opioid use.…”
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On the five base quantities of nature and SI (The International System of Units) by Kaptay G.

“…The five base quantities are re-defined in this paper by connecting them to five fundamental constants of nature (the most accurately known frequency of the hydrogen atom, the speed of light, the Planck constant, the Boltzmann constant and the elementary charge) with their numerical values fixed in accordance with their CODATA 2006 values (to be improved by further experiments).…”
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The Language Engagement Landscape of Ukrainian Temporary Protection Holders in Ireland by Nataliya Ryzhova, Anne Marie Devlin

“… Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ireland has granted temporary protection to over 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing the conflict. In light of this, the current study employs a case study approach to explore the language engagement of six Ukrainian temporary protection holders (UTPHs) living in an Irish city. …”
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The Architecture of Traditional and Modern Afghan Houses and the Fundamentalist Regime: Impacts on Women's Lives by Sayed Abdul Basir Samimi, Artur Simões Rozestraten, Júnia Aparecida Laia da Mata

“…By highlighting the interplay between architectural features and their implications for women’s lives, this research aims to shed light on this dwelling relationship. The findings of this research indicate that urban areas more conspicuously manifest modernization in physical aspects, evinced by the prevalence of modern residential houses. …”
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