Document publication. Survey of 1545 Livonia and the Great Duchy of Lithuania borderline audit (Livonian officers report) by Tomas Čelkis, Darius Antanavičius

“…Border marks, such as stones with incused Livonian crosses or the GDL blazon horseman Vytis confer to the publication of this document an exceptional value in Livonia and GDL borderline studies. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…Donors with advanced age, obesity, asymptomatic microhematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, renal stone disease, history of malignancy and with chronic viral infections consist of this complex living donors. …”
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Spontaneous Hemocholecyst in an End-Stage Renal Failure Patient on Low Molecular Weight Heparin Hemodialysis by Konstantinos Blouhos, Konstantinos A. Boulas, Dimitrios G. Tselios, Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis

“…An initial ultrasound scan demonstrated a distended gallbladder containing echogenic bile without stones. During hospitalization the patient became febrile, and jaundiced, developed leukocytosis, and had an elevation in serum bilirubin, transaminases, and alkaline phosphatase. …”
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Evaluation of Diversity of Newly Bred Czech Sweet Cherry Cultivars in Extensive Plantations by Jiří Sedlák, Boris Krška, Liliia Pavliuk, Jana Čmejlová, František Paprštein, Jitka Blažková

“…Sweet cherry (<i>Prunus avium</i> L.) is an economically important and profitable stone fruit species grown in the temperate and subtropical climates, bearing fruits with unique flavour and nutritional benefits. …”
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Postoperative Megarectum in an Adult Patient with Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula by Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshihito Uehara, Masaki Akiyama, Noritaka Minagawa, Takayuki Torigoe, Naohiro Fujimoto

“…Retrograde urethrography indicated a rectourethral fistula and megarectum with stones. A small laparotomy incision was created in the right lower abdomen, and the wall of the megarectum was identified. …”
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A dataset from the Cryptogamia-Lichenes section of the Herbarium Universitatis Taurinensis (TO) by Rosanna Piervittori, Deborah Isocrono, Enrica Matteucci, Mariagrazia Morando, Luca Dessì, Laura Guglielmone, Heimo Rainer, Stefano Martellos, Andrea Moro, Pier Luigi Nimis, Matteo Conti, Sergio Enrico Favero-Longo

“…Specimens from the administrative regions of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta (NW Italy) are the core of the modern collection, documenting floristic and vegetation studies, as well as biomonitoring campaigns and investigations on the biodeterioration of the stone cultural heritage.The dataset of the Italian materials of the modern lichenological collection of TO, with 3,365 samples, is fully georeferenced and accessible in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), in the Jointly Administered Herbarium Management System and Specimen Database (JACQ) and in the Information System of Italian Lichens (ITALIC). …”
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Using Primary Care Parenting Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Case Report by Cassandra L. Tellegen, Matthew R. Sanders

“…This paper describes the outcomes of a brief 4-session parenting intervention (Primary Care Stepping Stones Triple P) targeting compliance and cooperative play skills in an 8-year-old girl with Asperger’s disorder and ADHD combined type. …”
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Instability Analysis of a Low-Angle Low-Expansive Soil Slope under Seasonal Wet-Dry Cycles and River-Level Variations by Yongzheng Qi, Zongzhi Wang, Haoqing Xu, Zirui Yuan

“…There were a small amount of obvious offsets at the bearing of bridge piers built on an artificial gentle canal bank terrace and many tensile cracks visible at the surface of the mortar block stones covering the terrace soil in several years following construction. …”
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Mechanical and Microstructural Analysis of Treated Tuff with Metakaolin Geopolymer Cement for Road Base layers Applications by Khadhra Allali, Nabil Bella

“… Traditional road bases materials such as natural gravel and crushed stone are environmentally damaging, and there is a growing need for sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. …”
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A Study on the Flexural Behaviour of Geopolymer Lightweight Eco-Friendly Concrete Using Coconut Shell as Coarse Aggregate by S. Nithya, K. Gunasekaran, G. Sankar

“…This paper presents the flexural behaviour of concrete containing ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) as a binder, manufactured sand (M-sand) as a fine aggregate, and coconut shell (CS) and crushed stone aggregate (CSA) as coarse aggregates. Alkaline activator sodium hydroxide with 10 molarity and sodium silicate were used in a weighing proportion of 1 : 2.5 to produce structural grade concrete. …”
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Mycenaean Pefkakia Excavation Project: preliminary report on archaeological research conducted in 2023 by Bartłomiej Lis, Anthi Batziou, Łukasz Miechowicz, Piotr Zeman, Dominika Kofel-Lubczyńska, Vasiliki Tzevelekidi, Rena Veropoulidou, Dimitris Agnousiotis

“…However, layers dating to the Late Helladic (LH) period have not been revealed, despite a significant depth reached. In Sector C, stone walls of a multi-phase building dated to LH IIIA2 were found. …”
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Effects of UV-C Light Exposure and Refrigeration on Phenolic and Antioxidant Profiles of Subtropical Fruits (Litchi, Longan, and Rambutan) in Different Fruit Forms by Peilong Li, Xiaoming Yu, Baojun Xu

“…The refrigeration enriched antioxidant levels of litchi but caused nutritional degradation in longan and rambutan; UV-C radiation enriched litchi antioxidant contents but was related to reduction of antioxidant capacity in longan and rambutan. Removing hulls and stones was associated with the decrease of antioxidants in litchi. …”
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Comparative Study of the Effect of Pumice Sand, River Sand, and Quarry Dust as Fine Aggregates on the Unit Weight of Concrete. by Niyonzima, Richard

“…One of the key components of concrete is the aggregate, which is typically made up of sand and gravel or crushed stone. The unit weight of aggregates can have a significant impact on the performance of the concrete. …”
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Il luogo e il senso: creazione e significazione degli spazi nel mondo globale by Gambardella, Fabiana, Amodio, Paolo

“…If the ways human beings shaped the space around them indicate their evolution - the changes in their anthropological profile - then we wonder what form stones could take in an era when even the paper book is replaced by the changing words that appear on bright and seductive screens – the irreplaceable extensions of a super-emancipated species. …”
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Proust’s Ruskin: From Illustration to Illumination by Emily Eells

“…It borrows terms from Ruskin’s works to define their aesthetic relationship: that of ‘incrustation’, meaning both the way Venetian architects covered brick walls with marble and the way they decorated walls with precious stones, is applied here to define Ruskinian intertextuality in Proust’s text, as it involves both textual layering and the use of quotation as ornamentation. …”
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Casa de piedra dam: effects of clear water on the river Colorado hydrography by Hector Walter Cazenave

“…The construction of Casa de Piedra (Stone House) dam, in the final stretch of Colorado river high valley, radically modified down waters the hydrologic river course, especially regarding sediment transport, the majority of which settles in the lake. …”
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Tombes à fossé circulaire et chemins de la fin du premier âge du Fer à la Pailletrice, ZAC du Parc de l’Aéroport à Pérols (Hérault) : nouvelles données sur les pratiques funéraires... by Isabelle Daveau, Bernard Dedet

“…They are gathered next to a stone path, testified from the last quarter of the 6th c. …”
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Detection of High Radar Reflectivity Volumes at High Tropospheric Levels in Large Hail Events by Tomeu Rigo, Carme Farnell

“…Different giant and very large hail events have occurred in Catalonia (NE of the Iberian Peninsula) in the last three years, with stones ranging between 8 and more than 10 cm in diameter. …”
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Proserpine upon the Coin: Melville’s Quest for Greek Beauty in “Syra” by Bruno Monfort

“…Melville’s poem resists the still persistent hellenomania of the period: old stones and antique statues vanish from the poet’s field of vision as he comes to realize that the humble people he meets, traders, innkeepers or street-cleaners, have inherited the noble features transmitted through the ages from the days of Ancient Greece. …”
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Prehistoric copper tools from the territory of Serbia by Antonović D.

“…On the copper tools from the territory of Serbia could be followed the evolution of shapes starting from the specimens, which completely imitated stone tools and which appeared in the beginning of the Early Eneolithic to the completely developed Bronze Age shapes, which confirm that prehistoric metallurgist entirely understood and accepted the advantages offered by metalworking. …”
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