Waste Foundry Sand as Permeable and Low Permeable Barrier for Restriction of the Propagation of Lead and Nickel Ions in Groundwater by Ayad A. H. Faisal, Zaid Abed Al-Ridah, Laith A. Naji, Mu. Naushad, Hamed A. El-Serehy

“…Outputs of flask and tank tests certified that this material could capture these ions with sorption efficiency greater than 95% at time, pH, sorbent dosage, and speed equal to 60 min, 4 for lead and 6 for nickel, 2.5 g/100 mL, and 250 rpm, respectively. …”
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of the shore-fly tribe Ephydrini with comments on related tribes in Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae) by Wayne N. Mathis, Luciane Marinoni, Tatiana A. Sepúlveda

“…In our analyses, cladograms from both equal weighting and implied weighting resulted in cladograms of 261 steps in length. …”
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El desbanque del Usted, y el uso del Tú, al rescate de la igualdad comunicativa en un entorno universitario español by María Gemma Sánchez González

“…However, the attempt to achieve social and cultural stability between equals leads to using Tú. The objective of the study was to analyse the transition from Usted to Tú between lecturers and students in a masters's thesis defense process in universities in Spain. …”
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The Identical External Reference Point Standardized to the Zero-Reference Level for Measuring Both Central and Jugular Venous Pressures: An Observational Study by Niraj Karmacharya, Madhur Dev Bhattarai, Amita Pradhan

“…Correlation coefficients and mean differences of both CVPs with JVP-MTP were almost equal, about 0.83 and 1 cm, and with JVP-SA + 5 also almost equal, about 0.72 and 2 cm, respectively. …”
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Quality of Life and Level of Physical Activity In Students with and without Symptoms of Functional Dyspepsia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Surveyed with Questionnaire “7×7” (7 Sympt... by T. V. Zhestkova

“…Symptoms of FD and/or IBS were equally common in men and women. Severity of FD and/or IBS symptoms was rated 4 [[3; 7] in men and 4 [[4; 11] in women (p = 0.25). …”
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Absence of an Oral Hearing in Administrative Disputes: by Mario Rašić

“…Findings: Administrative courts should prioritise procedural justice and equality of arms, even when there is no clear need for oral hearings, especially if one of the parties requests to appear before the court. …”
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Estimating Conveyance Efficiency and Maize Productivity of Traditional Irrigation Systems in Usa River Catchment, Tanzania by Humuri K. Haymale, Karoli N. Njau, Frederick C. Kahimba

“…Consequently, water measured at furrow intakes in total was 3,500 L/s, equal to 23% more than the permitted amount of 2856.14 L/s at Usa River Catchment. …”
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A universal panel of STR loci for the study of polymorphism of the species <i>Canis lupus</i> and forensic identification of dog and wolf by A. E. Hrebianchuk, I. S. Tsybovsky

“…The aim of this study was to select STR markers that equally effectively reflect population polymorphism in the wolf and the dog, and to create a universal panel for the identification of individuals in forensic science. …”
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High share of renewables in energy system planning through integration of wind energy by Yeganeh Aliabadi, Younes Noorollahi, Omid Asgari, Mehrab Rezazadeh, Rahim Moltames

“…The weight consistency rate is equal to 0.12, which indicates the comparisons are consistent and stable. …”
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The effects of unified pooling arrangement on health inequity in China: a DID-RIF approach by Jing Wu, Yuqing Liu, Chuncheng Wang, Lianjie Liu, Jiaqian Lu

“…Conclusions Although the gap in medical reimbursement expenses between participants of different socioeconomic statuses narrowed after the provincial medical insurance pooling reform, health inequity among the insured population increased. The equalized health insurance reform failed to address health inequities based on socioeconomic status. …”
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Mechanical properties and mechanism of damage and deterioration of coal under cyclic loading by Ziwei Ding, Qingbao Tang, Xinwei Gong, Jindui Jia, Guangqing Di, Long Chen

“…As micro-scale fractures evolve within the coal body, pores with a volume less than 109 μm3 decrease with increasing cyclic loading and unloading during amplification cycles but remain relatively stable during equal amplitude cyclic loading phases. The contribution rate of damage to fractures with a volume between 109 and 1011 μm3 increases with higher load levels and cyclic loading/unloading during both amplification and equal amplitude cycles. …”
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Influence of Altered Knee Angle on Electromyographic Activity of Hamstring Muscles Between Nordic Hamstring Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise with Incline Slope Lower Leg Boar... by Taspol Keerasomboon, Toshiaki Soga, Norikazu Hirose

“…To compare between the conventional and inclined NHE, the moment arm at the knee was calculated to be equal by an examiner holding the lower legs at points marked at 77% and 94% of the length of the lower leg. …”
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Thermodynamic Analysis and Optimization of Secondary Overheating Parameters in Turbo-Expander Plants on Low Boiling Working Fluids by A. V. Ovsyannik, V. P. Kliuchinski

“…All other things being equal, a turbo-expander cycle with a heat exchanger is more efficient than without it over the entire temperature range and pressure of the low-boiling working fluid under study.…”
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INFLUENCE OF LASER BEAM PROFILE ON LIGHT SCATTERING BY HUMAN SKIN DURING PHOTOMETRY BY ELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTORS by M. A. Bezuglyi, N. V. Bezuglaya, S. Kostuk

“…For weakly scattering skin layers (derma and adipose layer) the influence of profile can be observed only for derma in reflected layer and is equal not more than 15 %.…”
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Presentating a multi-objective optimization model for resource-constrained project scheduling regarding financial costs, time delays and the reliability function by Saeideh Naderi, Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Farzad Movahedi Sobhani

“…Also, the delay objective function error was equal to 28%, 24%, 12 %, and 14%, respectively. Finally, the reliability objective function error value was equal to 8%, 3%, 29%, and 36%, respectively. …”
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Effectiveness of a resilience, gender equity and mental health group intervention for young people living in informal urban communities in North India: a cluster randomized control... by Varadharajan Srinivasan, Miguel San Sebastián, Samson Rana, Pooja Bhatt, Greg Armstrong, Smita Deshpande, Kaaren Mathias

“…Objective This study aimed to evaluate whether the Nae Disha 3 group intervention could improve youth resilience, mental health and gender equal attitudes among disadvantaged young people from low-income urban communities in India. …”
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Predicting Future Surface Runoff Delivered to the Euphrates River Using LARSWG and SWAT Models: (Sahiliya Valley in the Iraqi Western    Desert as a Case Study) by Wisam Abdulabbas Abidalla, Basim Sh. Abed

“…The results of these tests are equal or close to zero (0.0) for KS-values, and equal or somewhat close to one (1.o) for p-values, which means the LARS-WG model is perfect for generating rainfall and temperature, and is more suitable in simulating the seasonal distributions. …”
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The Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Nyakagyeme Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Akaruhanga, Jasper

“…The researcher used simple random sampling techniques in collecting and analyzing data and was used to provide equal chances to the sample size. Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents who participated in the study. …”
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Lessons from Deborah’ Inspiration and Implications on the Plight of Women Leadership in A Male Dominated Society: Significances for Today’s World by Rugyendo, Medard

“…Though this is a bible-centered article, it partly falls under the 5th of the 17 sustainable development goals namely to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world (un.org/sustainable development/sustainable-development- goals). …”
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Regions of Central Configurations in a Symmetric 4 + 1-Body Problem by Muhammad Shoaib

“…In this 5-body setup, one of the masses is chosen to be stationary at the center of mass of the system and four-point masses are placed on the vertices of an isosceles trapezoid with two equal masses m1=m4 at positions ∓0.5, rB and m2=m3 at positions ∓α/2,rA. …”
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