4-H Pizza Garden: An Agricultural Adventure by Janet Golden, Joy Jordan, Nan Jensen, Betty Lipe, Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Anne Fugate, Erin Karkheck, Linda Bobroff, Karla Shelnutt, Tracy Tesdall

“…According to a recent Gallup poll, kids between the ages of 3 and 11 prefer pizza to all other foods for lunch and dinner. …”
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Key factors influencing school violence in Peruvian emblematic schools post-pandemic by Hilda Beraun-Vasquez, Eugenia Fabian-Arias, Maribel Ruiz-Balvin

“…A quantitative and explanatory study was conducted with a sample of 1,656 students, aged 12 to 18, selected through simple random sampling. …”
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Geological Influences on Wine Quality: Analyzing Nebbiolo Grapes from Northern Italy by Laura Santagostini, Vittoria Guglielmi

“…Italy, particularly the regions of Piedmont, Lombardy, and the Aosta Valley, is home to Nebbiolo, a prestigious grape variety known for its depth and aging potential in wines like Barolo and Barbaresco. …”
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Early life stress shifts critical periods and causes precocious visual cortex development. by Janet Poplawski, Tony Montina, Gerlinde A S Metz

“…These findings also suggest that shipment of laboratory animals during vulnerable developmental ages may result in long lasting phenotypes, introducing critical confounds to the experimental design.…”
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A Database for the Future by Sören Edvinsson, Elisabeth Engberg

“…The Demographic Data Base (DDB) at the Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR) at Umeå University has since the 1970s been building longitudinal population databases and disseminating data for research. …”
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The Comparison of Using Andesite Waste Powder and Fly Ash in Concrete by Hakan Ceylan, Metin Davraz

“…For C40/50 strength class, the optimum replacement rate of andesite waste powder was determined as 10% at curing ages of 28 and 90 days. The results of this study show that andesite waste powder can be used as mineral additive in concrete such as fly ash. …”
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Current Perspectives in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapies for Osteoarthritis by Baldur Kristjánsson, Sittisak Honsawek

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease most commonly occurring in the ageing population. It is a slow progressive condition resulting in the destruction of hyaline cartilage followed by pain and reduced activity. …”
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Modern tests for the selection of children in performance handball by Andreea-Teodora Damaschin, Ștefan Ciobanu

“…Thus, the aim of this study is to identify a battery of tests that assess the current essential motor components of female handball players and to verify their level of development in a handball team.The tests used to evaluate the motor skills of handball players were the T-reaction test, which assesses complex reaction speed at the upper limb level, the Squat Jump, CMJ, and FJ tests, which assess the explosive strength ofthe lower limbs, the 4 Jumps test, which evaluates agility and execution speed, and a test to evaluate the strength of the palm flexors.The subjects of the research were 21 amateur female handball players aged 10±1 years who practice handball at an amateur level.We identified a series of tests in the specialized literature that we applied to the subjects of this research, and the results obtained showed a good level of development of the motor qualities evaluated among the athletes, as well as differences between the right and left limbs regarding the strength of the palm flexors.…”
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Effects of jigsaw learning strategy integrated with computer simulations on gender differences in students’ achievement and attitude in learning chemistry by Shimelis Kebede Kekeba

“…The sample consisted of 144 participants aged over 15. Data were collected using the Chemistry Attitude Likert Scale Test (CALST) and the Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT). …”
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Structural behavior of damaged reinforced concrete beams under static cyclic loading by Abdelrahman Elbaz, H. Marzouk, Kh. Heiza, Omar Elnawawy

“…More and more repairs, inspections, alterations, and construction processes are required to maintain safe usage due to increasing travel demands in addition to bridge infrastructure aging. In this paper, we will discuss the experimental investigation using five reinforced concrete beams to evaluate the effect of making damage to experimental beams under static cyclic loading to investigate their ductility and energy dissipation. …”
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Sustainable Restoration of Cultural Heritage in the digital era by Federico Cinquepalmi, Virginia Adele Tiburcio

“…The reprocessing, preservation, and maintenance of the wide historical architectural heritage in Italy represent one of the main challenges of digitalization; not only it is one of the oldest among in Europe, but it is also widespread across the country between cities and rural areas.  The care of such an aging built environment needs a carefully planned approach that can take advantage of new technologies such as Historical/Heritage Building Information Modelling (H-BIM) and Digital Twin (DT). …”
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The Stoic Tradition by John Sellars

“…The Neoplatonic practice of writing commentaries on the works of both Plato and Aristotle in late antiquity was central, laying the foundations for the subsequent philosophical traditions in Greek, Arabic, and Latin during the Middle Ages. The Stoics had no equivalent commentary tradition. …”
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ALGORITHMIZATION OF PROBLEMS FOR OPTIMAL LOCATION OF TRANSFORMERS IN SUBSTATIONS OF DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS by M. I. Fursanov, N. S. Petrashevich

“…The possibility of such replacement is considered in order to increase efficiency of electrical network operation connected with its physical wear and aging.In this article the faults of early developed mathematical models of transformers replacement were discussed. …”
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Core features of positive mental health in adolescents and their protective role against psychopathology by Desiree Y. Phua, Chermaine S. M. Chew

“…We analyzed data from 1909 adolescents aged 16–19 in Singapore using regular Gaussian Graphic models and Bayesian Directed Acyclic Graphs. …”
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What sustain Chinese adult second language (L2) learners' engagement in online classes? A sequential mix-methods study on the roles of L2 motivation and enjoyment. by Yanyan Li, Wentao Liu, Shuai Ren

“…Recent research has integrated positive psychology with the Second Language Motivational Self System (L2MMS) to explore how enjoyment, L2 self-guides (including ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self), and engagement interact among school-aged second-language (L2) learners. However, there is a significant gap in understanding these dynamics among adult learners, particularly those who primarily learn a second language online-a group that has been largely overlooked. …”
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Greenwashing – The Dark Side of Eco-Friendly Marketing. A Case Study from Slovakia by Andrea Seberíni, Katarína Izáková, Miroslava Tokovská

“…In the present study, we used data obtained through an inductive qualitative research design according to consolidated criteria. From 14 participants aged 20-45, using reflexive thematic analysis, we analysed three semi-structured focus group interviews. …”
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Retracted: Image Analysis System of Intelligent Smart Home Based on VR by Chengmin Zhou, Ting Huang, Liang Shuang

“…With the increasing aging today, the rich life experience has become a topic that people are urgently concerned about. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC OF THE INSULATION STATE OF THE ASYNCHRONOUS MOTOR AND THE POWER SUPPLY CABLE UNDER CONDITIONS OF LOCAL COMPENSATION by V. E. Krivonosov

“…The transition process may be aperiodic and periodic in its nature. Aging of motor winding causes a decrease of its impedance. …”
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A two-person collaborative repositioning approach for high peritoneal dialysis catheter migration: case reports and literature review by F. Zhuangyan Yao, S. Yanqing Li, T. Liping Zhai

“…Case presentation This study presents three cases of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter displacement in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), involving three elderly individuals aged 80, 81, and 76 years. All instances of catheter displacement were primarily localized to the upper abdominal region. …”
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Enhancing motivation, physical activity, and motor skills through a sport management program based on the sport education model by Dennys Christovel Dese, Cahyo Wibowo

“…The sample consists of 120 students aged 8-9 years, divided into two groups, each comprising 60 students. …”
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