La convergence des destins chez Thomas Hardy by Annie Ramel

“…Unlike the ‘crushing, killing’ red letters painted by a religious fanatic which are ‘driven well home’ to Tess’s heart, Hardy’s poetic writing does not assign a unique place to its reader, who is not subjected to the tyranny of a centre. …”
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Experimental Film Cooling Effectiveness of Three-Hole-Branch Circular Holes by Fan Yang, Mohammad E. Taslim

“…The pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) technique was utilized to test these geometries for their film cooling effectiveness. …”
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Role of Formal Artistic Education in the Relationship between Golden Proportion and Perceived Beauty of Artistic Stimuli by A. Félix Vico-Prieto, Ángel Cagigas, Juan M. Rosas, José E. Callejas-Aguilera

“…In Experiment 1, both groups of participants had to choose between pairs of black and white adaptations of Mondrian paintings modified to fit either the golden or the 1/6 proportion. …”
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Improving the Attractiveness of Waste Steel Cans for Steel Mills by Removing Tin by B.J. Gajda, J. Reterski

“…Tests were conducted on the removal of paint and varnish layers that inhibit the tin removal process. …”
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Dramatic Autobiography: the Poetic Voice Recreating Itself in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘The Bride’s Prelude’ by Raphaël Rigal

“…This recreation of a life story gives the artist the opportunity not only to paint a vivid picture of a time long gone, but to question mechanisms of power in a way that might resonate in Victorian times. …”
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An Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters of Selected Industrial Effluents in Nepal by Abhinay Man Shrestha, Sanjila Neupane, Gunjan Bisht

“…The other three sites were from wires and cables industry, paint manufacturing industry, and plastic cutting industry. …”
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Renesanční epitaf jako médium „konfesijní identity“ v prostředí předbělohorské Chrudimi. Památník Tomáše Lvíka Domažlického (†1616) a Salomeny Francové z Liblic (†1619) jako histo... by Ondřej Jakubec

“…The paper tries to take advantage of this painted epitaph to use it as specific historical source comparable with traditional written documents. …”
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Image Inpainting of Portraits Artwork Design and Implementation by Zhang Hongting

“…This paper simulates artificial damage to classic portrait paintings in the Art Portraits dataset by adding center masks during data preprocessing and then implements the image inpainting task. …”
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Design and Analysis of thermosyphon Solar Water Heating System. by Kakuru, Stephen

“…The system is made of a 4m2 flat plate collector to convert solar energy into thermal energy, an insulated stainless steel storage tank of 240 liters capacity for storing hot water, a pipe system for transporting water, and a painted mild steel frame for supporting the system. …”
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Microanalysis of Organic Pigments in Ancient Textiles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Agar Gel Matrices by Marilena Ricci, Cristiana Lofrumento, Emilio Castellucci, Maurizio Becucci

“…We review some new methods based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for the nondestructive/minimally invasive identification of organic colorants in objects whose value or function precludes sampling, such as historic and archeological textiles, paintings, and drawing. We discuss in detail the methodology we developed for the selective extraction and identification of anthraquinones and indigoids in the typical concentration used in textiles by means of an ecocompatible homogeneous nanostructured agar matrix. …”
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An Innovative Aircraft Skin Damage Assessment Using You Only Look Once-Version9: A Real-Time Material Evaluation System for Remote Inspection by Kuo-Chien Liao, Jirayu Lau, Muhamad Hidayat

“…The experimental results confirmed an effective recognition of defects, with a mean average precision (mAP@0.5) of 0.842 for all classes, the highest score being 0.938 for dents and the lowest value 0.733 for the paint-off class. This study demonstrates the potential for developing image detection technology with AI for the aviation industry.…”
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IoT-Based Solar Energy Measurement and Monitoring Model by L. Chitra, N. Vasantha Gowri, M. Maheswari, Dipesh Uike, N. R. Medikondu, Essam A. Al-Ammar, Ahmed Sayed Mohammed Metwally, Ataul Islam, Abdi Diriba

“…The proposed model also provides coating, paint control, and error analysis services within the scope of solar machinery and equipment-related services while the greenhouse equipment reached a low energy level. …”
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Copper strontium phosphate glasses with high antimicrobial efficacy by Roman Golovchak, Bohdan Mahlovanyi, Yaroslav Shpotyuk, Malgorzata Kus-Liskiewicz, Julia Kozianska, Renata Zadrag-Tecza, Grzegorz Zagula, Malgorzata Trzyna-Sowa, Andriy Kovalskiy, Agnieszka Gala-Bladzinska, Jozef Cebulski

“…On the basis of the obtained results, it is shown that the proposed glass can be used as a structural material for various medical equipment and/or components of antimicrobial coating/paint not only in medicine but also for high touch point articles in public places like schools, gyms, public offices and similar.…”
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The Status of Childhood Lead Poisoning and Prevention in Nevada, USA by Anne M. Rothweiler, Elena E. Cabb, Shawn L. Gerstenberger

“…Also, childhood lead poisoning may arise from exposure to non-paint sources of lead. After presenting the Nevada statistics, we propose and recommend a set of research and outreach strategies that best suit the needs of Nevada residents.…”
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Marine Antifouling for Underwater Archaeological Sites: TiO2 and Ag-Doped TiO2 by Silvestro A. Ruffolo, Andrea Macchia, Mauro F. La Russa, Lorenzo Mazza, Clara Urzì, Filomena De Leo, Marianna Barberio, Gino M. Crisci

“…On the other hand, the most used antifouling paints, especially for ship hulls, show considerable toxicity level. …”
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Levels, Temporal-Spatial Variations, and Sources of Organochlorine Pesticides in Ambient Air of Lake Chaohu, China by Hui-Ling Ouyang, Wei He, Ning Qin, Xiang-Zhen Kong, Wen-Xiu Liu, Qi-Shuang He, Qing-Mei Wang, Yu-Jiao Jiang, Chen Yang, Bin Yang, Fu-Liu Xu

“…DDTs mainly came from historical dicofol usage, and an input of DDT was observed in the spring, which may result from the present use of marine paint that contains technical DDT. Endosulfan and chlordane in the air may be due to the present use of technical endosulfan and chlordane.…”
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of a Generalized Anxiety Disorder Case Comorbid with Health Anxiety by Nalan Kara

“…Seven years ago he started to find out several physical symptoms (abdominal paint, nausea) in his body; because of these symptoms he thought he will become ill, undergo surgical operation and die. …”
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Problems of Vehicle Identification by Tire Marks on the Soil by M. H. Chernets

“…In addition to tire marks, to identify the vehicle, it is worth using the testimony of witnesses regarding the model and color of the car, traces of glass debris and paint chips at the accident site and damage on the car itself.…”
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Surface Flaw Detection of Plug Valve Material Using Infrared Thermography and Weighted Local Variation Pixel-Based Fuzzy Clustering Technique by V. Jacintha, S. Karthikeyan, P. Sivaprakasam

“…In the dye penetrating test, a thinned paint is applied over the metal surface that aids in the identification of cracks, porosity, and internal defects as well. …”
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Jan Václav Michna z Vacínova a emblematická výzdoba kostela sv. Jakuba Většího v Kratonohách by Pavel Panoch

“…The baroque vaults were covered by the stucco net of painted emblems of devotional themes. The fifteen scenes apparently derived its models from the treatise Amoris divini et humani antipathia that were first published in 1628 in Paris in the bilingual English-French version and several times reedited during the 17th Century. …”
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