Assessment of environmental degradation and conservation in the Maracanã River Basin, eastern amazon by Lucas Lima Raiol, Yuri Antonio da Silva Rocha, Aline Maria Meiguins de Lima, Andrés Velastegui-Montoya

“…Coastal basins stand out for their continent-estuary interface and connection as corridors of mangrove forests. …”
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Tolerance of high-yielding corn hybrids to drought stress during the early growth stage by Jiovana Kamila Vilas-Boas, Fábio Steiner, Alan Mario Zuffo, Jorge González Aguilera, Charline Zaratin Alves

“…ABSTRACT The early seedling stage is one of the most vulnerable and critical growth stages in the plant life cycle and determines the final plant stand and yield. Corn hybrids have distinct degrees of drought tolerance, and exploiting this characteristic is important to enhance agricultural production in many tropical regions of the world. …”
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Evaluation of Priming Techniques for Enhancement of Maize Inbred Line Seed Germination Parameters by Getahun Bekele, Habtamu Ashagre, Bedane Gudeta

“…Due to inadequate germination, emergence, and seedling stand establishment of inbred lines, hybrid seed multiplication results in poor performance and nonuniform seedlings in the field. …”
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Nature of Science Themes: Einstein and Eddington Documentary Film Example by Yusuf Kartal, Munise Seckin-Kapucu

“…In the analysis made by the computer, it is seen that science-related words such as science, scientist, theory, the universe, Eddington, think, speed, and answer stand out. While it was observed that it was difficult to distinguish the detected topics from each other on limited data, it was concluded that the dataset created with 30-second periods made more sensitive topic inferences. …”
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Hot water treatment in autonomous heat supply systems with several water intake points by A. L. Toropov

“…The study was carried out on the research stand of the “ARDERIA” plant. Objects of research — Gas Instantaneous Water Heater with Thermal Power Modulation Ariston FAST EVO ONT C 14, Arderia D24 and Arderia D24 Atmo wall-mounted gas boilers.Results. …”
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Acidification and Nitrogen Eutrophication of Austrian Forest Soils by Robert Jandl, Stefan Smidt, Franz Mutsch, Alfred Fürst, Harald Zechmeister, Heidi Bauer, Thomas Dirnböck

“…Despite high nitrogen deposition rates the increase in forest stand density and productivity has increased the nitrogen demand. …”
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Drape test of fully formed knitted flared skirts based on 3D-printed human body posture by Cheng Bilian, Jiang Gaoming, Zhang Fanglue, Wan Ailan, Liu Haisang, Li Bingxian, Gao Lizhong

“…First, a 3D human body model in multiple postures was created using 3ds-Max modeling software and then printed with a 3D printer to serve as a customized test stand. The design and knitting principles for the fully formed flared skirt were examined, and samples were produced using a Shima Seiki four-needle bed computerized flat knitting machine. …”
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Kommunikasiewetenskap en kommunikasie van die wetenskap by H.C. Marais

“…As agtergrond wil ek daarom eers kortliks aandag gee aan die stand van kommunikasiewetenskap in die algemeen in Suid-Afrika. …”
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Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion by Khaled Aliqab, Dhruvik Agravat, Shobhit K. Patel, Ammar Armghan, Naim Ben Ali, Meshari Alsharari

“…Solar thermal energy conversion, where sunlight can be absorbed to convert it into heat can stand as an alternative for this purpose. Graphene dispersed with different substrates enables us to get torsion control over light absorption and heat transport. …”
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Comparison of forest canopy gap fraction measurements from drone-based video frames, below-canopy hemispherical photography, and airborne laser scanning by Mait Lang, Mikk Antsov, Andres Mumma, Indrek Suitso, Andres Kuusk, Kaarel Piip

“…The dependence of forest canopy gap fraction determination on view zenith angle was calculated from polar-transformed sparse ([Formula: see text]) airborne laser scanning (ALS) point clouds for a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stand growing on Kiriku Bog, Estonia. Visibility of ground targets was estimated from video image frames taken during drone (UAV) overpass at low altitude (40 m). …”
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Public R&D support, innovation, and spillovers: A dynamic spatial panel approach to firms by Bongsuk Sung, Dan Zhang, Sang-Do Park

“…Second, it does not have a stand-alone spillover effect on innovation. Third, public R&D subsidies have a positive spillover effect on innovation when combined with organizational slack in the short and long run and with leverage and firm size in the short run. …”
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Strategic Polish State Enterprise (SOE) on the list of the largest European companies by Teresa Pakulska, Małgorzata Poniatowska-Jaksch

“…The low scale of foreign expansion is explained by the concept of path dependence, including political goals with no push factors. KGHM and PKN Orlen stand out positively as companies with high economic potential and a relatively significant international footprint for Polish conditions. …”
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The Imprint of the War in Ford Madox Ford’s Critical Writings by Isabelle BRASME

“…It focuses on Ford’s “Literary Portraits”; the pair of essays “A Day of Battle”, written in the Ypres Salient; “War and the Mind”, composed shortly after Ford’s return from the front; and the dedicatory letters to No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up—, and Last Post. These allow us to explore how the impressionist technique which Ford started to theorise before the war, came to be renewed and refined in his post-war writing, trying as it does to render the inexpressible experience of the war.…”
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Machine Learning Classification Techniques for Detecting the Impact of Human Resources Outcomes on Commercial Banks Performance by Sulaiman O. Atiku, Ibidun C. Obagbuwa

“…The execution of the performance indicators is usually achieved through human resources, which stand as the core element in sustaining the organization in the highly competitive marketplace. …”
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Age- and sex-related changes in the position of the mental foramina and age estimation methods that use these changes by Masataka Kawamoto, Hiroki Kondou, Hiroaki Ichioka, Satoko Kimura, Risa Bandou, Ryota Matsunari, Ting Deng, Hiroshi Ikegaya

“…The mean coefficient of determination for single regression analysis was 0.26 for both sexes, which was low, making it unsuitable as a stand-alone age estimation index, although it can aid in age estimation.…”
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Experimental study of erosive possibility of ultrasound exposure in rehabilitation of nephrostomy catheters by A. A. Novikov, A. R. Putintseva, D. A. Sedykh, V. Yu. Putintsev, D. D. Sidorenko

“…The description of the developed research stand is given, the results of scanning electron microscopy on the device «JCM–5700» are given, the percentage of remote obstruction is determined by the results of weighing samples before and after ultrasonic exposure. …”
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Measurement of Quality of Life IV. Use of the SEQOL, QOL5, QOL1, and Other Global and Generic Questionnaires by Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Niels Jorgen Andersen

“…This explicit expectation will force the decision makers to stand by their noble intentions. They are obliged to evaluate their efforts and will have to learn something from it.A questionnaire thus constitutes a useful scientific instrument, as databases based on comprehensive and thorough questionnaire surveys that seek to encompass all aspects of life can provide valuable and precise information. …”
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Time-domain signatures of distinct correlated insulators in a moiré superlattice by Eric A. Arsenault, Yiliu Li, Birui Yang, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, James C. Hone, Cory R. Dean, Xiaodong Xu, X.-Y. Zhu

“…Abstract Among expanding discoveries of quantum phases in moiré superlattices, correlated insulators stand out as both the most stable and most commonly observed. …”
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English motivational discourse in the light of postmodernist tradition by Gilyasev Yu.V.

“…Intertextuality, traditionally associated with reference to precedent texts and phenomena, acquires in the motivational literature new pragmatics: all citation and referencing are involved only to enforce the author’s stand and used as means of manipulative communication as they are selected intentionally and subjectively. …”
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Metabolomic profile and its association with the diagnosis of prostate cancer: a systematic review by Angela Patricia Salinas Pita, Mildrey Mosquera Escudero, Eliecer Jiménez-Charris, Herney Andrés García-Perdomo

“…Glutamate and aspartic acid stand out among the amino acids that register high levels. …”
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