Automobile transport and armored car military units of the Russian Imperial Army. 1896–1917s by M. S. Novikov

“…An important element of preparation for war was the increase in the mobility of armies, in addition to horse-drawn and rail transport, automobiles began to appear. …”
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Green Synthesis of Fluorescent Ag Nanoclusters for Detecting Cu2+ Ions and Its “Switch-On” Sensing Application for GSH by Yunpeng Shang, Hui Gao, Lei Li, Chaoqun Ma, Jiao Gu, Chun Zhu, Zichen Yang, Chengwei Wang, Ye Zhang, Guoqing Chen

“…Herein, we prepared the L-histidine- (His-) protected silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) by the microwave synthesis method. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Pd(II) Salen-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica by Rotcharin Sawisai, Ratchaneekorn Wanchanthuek, Widchaya Radchatawedchakoon, Uthai Sakee

“…Mesoporous silica supported palladium catalysts were prepared by immobilizing Pd(OAc)2 onto a mesoporous silica gel through the coordination of the imine-functionalized mesoporous silica gel. …”
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Effect of Heat Treatment on the Surface Properties of Activated Carbons by Meriem Belhachemi, Fatima Addoun

“…This work reports the effect of heat treatment on the porosity and surface chemistry of two series of activated carbons prepared from a local agricultural biomass material, date pits, by physical activation with carbon dioxide and steam. …”
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Conservation and restoration of the sandstone stele of Tia found at Deir el-Bahari: a field report by Kacper Prus

“…Lastly, the object was prepared for future display in the Temple at Deir el-Bahari. …”
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The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis by Gregory Rodney MacKinnon, Susan Sarah Owen, Tyler MacLean, Rajkumar Sookraj

“…These included challenges in preparation for writing, perceived impact on the school system, and working conditions during the process of writing. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES – THE FUTURE TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS by Mariya B. Shashkina, Ekaterina A. Ayoshina

“…The proposed method of competencies assessment can be used in the mathematical preparation of the future mathematics teacher, and can serve as a basis for monitoring the professional competencies of students.…”
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Electrospun short fibers: a new platform for cancer nanomedicine applications by Yifan Huang, Mengsi Zhan, Mingwu Shen, Lili Zhang, Xiangyang Shi

“…With the continuous development of nanomaterials, nanofibers prepared by electrospinning have gradually occupied people’s vision because of their unique advantages, such as crisscross network and extracellular matrix-mimicking structure, high drug loading efficiency, and sustained release kinetics. …”
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Recent advances in chitosan-based active and intelligent packaging films incorporated with flavonoids by Xuanzhuo Liu, Fengfeng Xu, Huimin Yong, Dan Chen, Chao Tang, Juan Kan, Jun Liu

“…This paper presents a comprehensive review on active and intelligent packaging films prepared from chitosan and different classes of flavonoids, with special attention being paid to the preparation, physical and functional properties, stabilization, and application of the films. …”
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Periapical Microsurgery with an Endoscope and Microscope of Two Upper Central Incisors Already Subjected to Periapical Surgery 25 Years Ago by Pablo Glera-Suarez, Blanca Serra-Pastor, David Peñarrocha-Oltra, Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago, Cosme Gay-Escoda

“…Periapical surgery was performed raising a submarginal flap with ostectomy and apicoectomy, retrograde cavity preparation with ultrasound tips, and filling with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA). …”
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Food Safety within the Household: Risk Reduction by Lucianna Grasso, Rachel Silverberg, George L. Baker, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…The CDC estimates that 48 million Americans acquire foodborne illness every year, many of which were attributed to food preparation occurring in private homes. In 2013, the top five identified bacterial and viral causes of food poisoning attributed to home food preparation were Salmonella, norovirus, shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens, and Campylobacter. …”
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Scheduling IT Staff at a Bank: A Mathematical Programming Approach by M. Labidi, M. Mrad, A. Gharbi, M. A. Louly

“…The results indicate that high quality solutions can be obtained within a few seconds compared to the manually prepared schedules.…”
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Food Safety within the Household: Risk Reduction by Lucianna Grasso, Rachel Silverberg, George L. Baker, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…The CDC estimates that 48 million Americans acquire foodborne illness every year, many of which were attributed to food preparation occurring in private homes. In 2013, the top five identified bacterial and viral causes of food poisoning attributed to home food preparation were Salmonella, norovirus, shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens, and Campylobacter. …”
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Effect of Tungsten Carbide Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Titanium Matrix Developed by Powder Metallurgy Route by Venkatesan Govindarajan, R. Sivakumar, Pravin P. Patil, S. Kaliappan, T. Ch Anil Kumar, M. Kannan, B. Ramesh

“…The hardness and wear specimens were prepared and tested by used Vickers hardness tester and a pin-on-disk wear test apparatus machine at room temperature. …”
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Selection strategy for encapsulation of hydrophilic and hydrophobic ingredients with food-grade materials: A systematic review and analysis by Ruihan Huang, Hongdong Song, Sen Li, Xiao Guan

“…The selection of nanocarrier type, preparation techniques, and loading methods should consider the compatibility of nutrient properties, nanocarrier composition, and product requirements. …”
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Study of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Fructans from Agave salmiana Characterization and Kinetic Assessment by Christian Michel-Cuello, Imelda Ortiz-Cerda, Lorena Moreno-Vilet, Alicia Grajales-Lagunes, Mario Moscosa-Santillán, Johanne Bonnin, Marco Martín González-Chávez, Miguel Ruiz-Cabrera

“…Fructans were extracted from Agave salmiana juice, characterized and subjected to hydrolysis process using a commercial inulinase preparation acting freely. To compare the performance of the enzymatic preparation, a batch of experiments were also conducted with chicory inulin (reference). …”
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In vivo human skin penetration of (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate from topical formulations by Scalia Santo, Trotta Valentina, Bianchi Anna

“…Model oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion and gel formulations containing 1 % (m/m) EGCG were prepared and subjected to photodegradation studies in order to select excipients that minimize the light instability of EGCG. …”
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Nanoscale Irregularity Analysis of Carbon Fibre Surfaces with a High-Resolution α-Plot by K. Fukasawa, T. Ohba, H. Kanoh, T. Toyoda, K. Kaneko

“…Exfoliated carbon fibres (ECFs) were prepared from preheated mesophase pitch-based carbon fibre by electrochemical treatment. …”
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One-pot sol-gel process and simultaneous formation silica particles cross-linked network (SPCN) by Nguyen Nhat Nam

“…The reaction solution proposed involved TEOS and GPTMS (5:1 w/w) for feasibility preparation of SPCN. The copolymerization temperature was set at 40? …”
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Synthesis of Chitosan-Based Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Pre-Concentration and Clean-up of Chloramphenicol by Yadan Wang, Enlan Wang, Hao Dong, Fei Liu, Ziming Wu, Huan Li, Yun Wang

“…Chitosan-based molecularly imprinted polymers (CHI-MIPs) were prepared under optimized conditions using chloramphenicol (CAP) as template molecule, acrylamide as functional monomer and CHI as functional matrix. …”
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