Kinship Caregivers: Understanding Children and the Military Deployment Cycle by Elizabeth Thomas, Larry F. Forthun

“…There are at least five phases that are common across models: pre-deployment, deployment, sustainment, preparation (also known as redeployment), and reunification (or home-coming). …”
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“Clickable” Nanoparticles for Targeted Imaging by Eric Yi Sun, Lee Josephson, Ralph Weissleder

“…Here we describe the development and validation of azide–alkyne reactions (“click chemistry”) for the rapid, site-specific modification of nanoparticles with small molecules. The facile preparation of stable nanoparticles bearing azido or alkyne groups capable of reaction with their corresponding counterpart functionalized small molecules is demonstrated. …”
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Research on the design and policy of national number portability service plan by Wei DAI

“…The 2019 government work report proposed to make the service of number portability officially in effect nationwide.The preparation works had encountered many challenges, such as upgradation of network, changes of rules, and regulations.Firstly, an complete implementation plan from two aspects was proposed: service interaction and system support, including portability procedure, user interface, system structure and service enquiry.Secondly, operational regulations and policies related to number portability was analyzed and researched, and optimized suggestions were put forward.Finally, the present portability development status was summarized and the future development trend was predicted.China Telecom has maintained the leading position, the lowest complaints and system failures in the industry.Proposed policies regarding supervision have been adopted by the industry.…”
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Efficacy of chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant by Shermaine Yee, Ya Chee Lim, Choon Fu Goh, Vikay Kotra, Long Chiau Ming

“…Despite commonly use as germicide, chlorine dioxide demonstrates a good safety profile, rendering its suitability for use at water treatment and food preparation zones. Protein denaturation including envelope proteins is the major mechanism of chlorine dioxide to inactivate microorganisms even at low concentrations. …”
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Earliest Results in the Use of Activated Composite Membranes for the Transport of Silver Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Yucundo Mendoza-Tolentino, Carlos Andrés Galán-Vidal, Giaan Arturo Álvarez-Romero, M. T. Ramírez-Silva, Ma. Elena Páez-Hernández

“…DTPA was immobilized by interfacial polymerization in a dense layer that was deposited in a porous layer, which was prepared on a nonwoven fabric support by phase inversion. …”
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Fabrication, Modification, and Emerging Applications of TiO2 Nanotube Arrays by Electrochemical Synthesis: A Review by Jian-Ying Huang, Ke-Qin Zhang, Yue-Kun Lai

“…In combination with our research work, we review the recent progress of the new research achievements of TNAs on the preparation processes, forming mechanism, and modification. …”
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CdTe Quantum Dots Embedded in Multidentate Biopolymer Based on Salep: Characterization and Optical Properties by Ghasem Rezanejade Bardajee, Zari Hooshyar

“…This paper describes a novel method for surface modification of water soluble CdTe quantum dots (QDs) by using poly(acrylic acid) grafted onto salep (salep-g-PAA) as a biopolymer. As-prepared CdTe-salep-g-PAA QDs were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrum, thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Fibroin-Hybrid Systems: Current Advances in Biomedical Applications by Matheus Valentin Maia, Eryvaldo Sócrates Tabosa do Egito, Anne Sapin-Minet, Daniel Bragança Viana, Ashok Kakkar, Daniel Crístian Ferreira Soares

“…This review article brings into focus applications of fibroin-hybrid systems prepared using chemical modification of the protein with polymers and inorganic compounds. …”
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Acidic Character and Catalytic Activity of Sulpho-Functionalized Porous Silica with an Ordered Structure by Akihiko Matsumoto, Fei-Yee Yeoh, Shunsuke Fujihara, Kazuo Tsutsumi, Toshihide Baba

“…Microporous organosilica incorporating various amounts of sulpho groups (MS-SO 3 H) was prepared by hydrolysis and the co-condensation of tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane (MPTMS), followed by oxidation of the thiol group. …”
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Kinetic Approach for the Adsorption of Organophosphorous Pesticides from Aqueous Solution Using “Waste” Jute Fiber Carbon by S. Senthilkumaar, S. K. Krishna, P. Kalaamanic, C. V. Subburamaan, N. Ganapathy Subramaniam, T. W. Kang

“…Chemically activated “Waste” Jute Fiber carbon has been effectively used for the removal of five organophosphorous pesticides (malathion, monocrotophos, methylparathion, phosphamidon and dimethoate) from aqueous solutions. The prepared activated jute fiber carbon was characterized by using Elemental analyzer and proximate analysis methods. …”
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Power, money and Russian distemper (about monograph of M. V. Khodyakov «Money of the Revolution and the Civil War: 1917–1920») by D. I. Petin

“…The paper analyzes monograph «The Money of the Revolution and the Civil War: 1917–1920», prepared by the head of the Department of Modern History of Russia at St. …”
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A Critique of the Undergraduate Nursing Preceptorship Model by Monique Sedgwick, Suzanne Harris

“…Indeed, the unstable nature of the clinical setting as a learning environment in conjunction with faculty shortages and inadequate preparation for preceptors and supervising faculty calls us to question if the preceptorship model is able to meet student learning needs and program outcomes. …”
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Antiproliferative evaluation of various aminoquinoline derivatives by Zorc Branka, Rajić Zrinka, Perković Ivana

“…Four classes of aminoquinoline derivatives were prepared: primaquine ureas 1a–f, primaquine bis-ureas 2a–f, chloroquine fumardiamides 3a–f and mefloquine fumardiamides 4a–f. …”
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Protocol for assessing T cell receptor-mediated human T cell cytotoxicity by Kathryne E. Marks, Ifeoluwakiisi Adejoorin, John Sowerby, Deepak A. Rao

“…We describe steps for preparing L and T cells for the assay and incubation of target cells with effector cells. …”
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Protocol for investigating astrocytic mitochondria in neurons of adult mice using two-photon microscopy by Jian Zhou, Fengling Du, Fan Zhang, Xianhui Zhang, Yuanyuan Wu, Lifang Zhang, Ping Liao, Tianqi Tu, Jianhua Peng, Tao Li, Yong Jiang

“…We then detail procedures for the preparation of a coverslip with a customized titanium ring and cranial window for two-photon microscopy scanning.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Zhou et al. 1 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Structure Design and Finite Element Analysis of a Rope Traction Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot by Yu Junwei, Xu Hongbin, Xu Taojin, Zheng Chengjie, Lu Shiqing

“…At the same time,the inherent characteristic of the whole frame is obtained,which is prepared for the later control strategy.…”
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Higher-Order Compact Finite Difference for Certain PDEs in Arbitrary Dimensions by Yan Gao, Songlin Liu

“…In this paper, various ways of numerical test calculations are prepared to evaluate performance of the fourth-order CFD and sixth-order CFD schemes, respectively, and the empirical results are proved to verify the effectiveness of the schemes in this paper.…”
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic, and Antimicrobial Studies on Bivalent Nickel and Copper Complexes of Bis(thiosemicrbazone) by Sulekh Chandra, Smriti Raizada, Monika Tyagi, Archana Gautam

“…A series of metal complexes of Cu(II) and Ni(II) having the general composition [M(L)X2] with benzil bis(thiosemicarbazone) has been prepared and characterized by element chemical analysis, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and spectral (electronic, IR, EPR, mass) studies. …”
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Mining Conditional Functional Dependency Rules on Big Data by Mingda Li, Hongzhi Wang, Jianzhong Li

“…Current Conditional Functional Dependency (CFD) discovery algorithms always need a well-prepared training dataset. This condition makes them difficult to apply on large and low-quality datasets. …”
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Expert methods use in undergraduate political science programs by D. Yu. Znamenskiy

“…The key factors of successful expert methods application in educational process include the approach to the experts selection, their informational and organizational-methodological preparation for work, and strict adherence to the prescribed algorithms in the course of expertise.…”
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