An Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of 1,8-Dioxodecahydroacridines Using Silica-Supported Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA-SiO2) under Solvent-Free Conditions by Farid Moeinpour, Amir Khojastehnezhad

“…Silica gel–supported polyphosphoric acid (PPA-SiO2) was found to be an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of 1,8-dioxodecahydroacridines via one-pot three-component condensation of aryl aldehydes, dimedone, and ammonium acetate or 4-methyl aniline in high yields, easy workup procedure and short period of times. The catalyst was separated by simple filtration and used in the reaction three times without any significant loss of its activity.…”
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Cardiac insufficiency in elderly patients. A non-solve problem. by Angel Julio Romero Cabrera

“…Cardiac insufficiency is a clinical syndrome that is known since ancient times – more than 2000 years – in the pre Christian civilisation as Egypt, Greece and Old Rome where the digital plant was used as a remedy for this disease. …”
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Managing the Stress of War and Terrorism: Guidelines for Families by Suzanna Smith

“…On the other hand, children and their families can learn to be resilient in times of stress. They can bounce back from hard times, and become even stronger. …”
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Production of Biodiesel from High Acid Value Waste Cooking Oil Using an Optimized Lipase Enzyme/Acid-Catalyzed Hybrid Process by N. Saifuddin, A. Z. Raziah, H. Nor Farah

“…The results on the lipase enzyme which was subjected to pH tuning and TPP, indicated remarkable increase in the initial rate of transesterification by 3.8 times. Microwave irradiation was found to increase the initial reaction rates by further 1.6 times, hence giving a combined increase in activity of about 5.4 times. …”
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Differences between the Influence of Observing One’s Own Movements and Those of Others in Patients with Stroke by Takeshi Fuchigami, Shu Morioka

“…In the LHL subgroup, changes in imagery times were greater in the SO condition than in the OO condition. …”
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Is VAT Administration System Efficient? The Case of the Czech by Hana Zídková, Tomáš Vrána

“…The C-Coefficient reaches the values between 7.92 and 11.56, meaning that in the most efficient year (2018) the tax authorities had to inspect each collected CZK more than 7 times, whereas in the least ef­ficient year (2008) they had to audit each collected CZK more than 11 times. …”
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Study habits among Nigerian secondary school students with brain fag syndrome by Olufemi Morakinyo, Bolanle Adeyemi Ola

“…Those with BFS had 3.58 times the odds to perform poorly on homework and assignments, 3.27 times the odds to perform poorly on examinations, and 1.01 times the odds to perform poorly on written work compared to those without BFS. …”
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THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER IN THE MODERNIZATION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION THROUGH CURRICULUM AND LEARNING MANAGEMENT by Sri Minarti, Firda Sibtur Rohimiya, Moh. Wardi

“…In management and institutional development, modification of the Islamic education curriculum is a must because of the times' demands and globalization's development. Therefore, pesantren need curriculum and learning management that follows the needs of the times and becomes a bridge for achieving the vision and mission of the institution. …”
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Socio-economic factors affecting the adoption of improved orchard management practices of mandarin in Sankhuwasabha, Nepal by Anup Timsina, Subodh Paudel, Shiva Chandra Dhakal

“…The results indicate that farmers with higher education levels, secondary income sources, and access to extension services are 2.45 times more likely to adopt chemical fertilizer use, 1.63 times more likely to implement mulching practices, and 5.70 times more likely to engage in pruning respectively. …”
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Improving Oil Supply Security: Using a Risk Optimization Model to China and India by Ming Qi, Danyang Shi, Congcong Li, Jialu Wu, Pei Wang

“…China’s imports from the United States and Kazakhstan are forecasted to increase by more than ten times by 2030. India should import four times as much oil from the United States as it does now and import 10 times more crude oil from Russia. …”
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Leveraging synthetic data to improve regional sea level predictions by Guanchao Tong, Jiayou Chao, Wenxuan Ma, Ziqi Zhong, Gaurav Gupta, Wei Zhu

“…By generating synthetic training data with TimesGAN, we can significantly improve the predictive accuracy of the ConvLSTM model. …”
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Tracking Network Salience: A Transnational Study of Inter-Media Agenda-Setting in the Iranian-American Crisis 2020 by Shimaa H.A. Mohammed, Guido Keel, May O.S. Ahmed, Adel R.A. Mustafa

“…Interestingly, we found that the New York Times was not able to set an agenda in either issue or attribute levels in contrast to Tehran Times which has one of the most powerful agendas to affect many other agendas including New York Times. …”
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Statistical Analysis of the Possibility of Hail in Northern Zagros by Mohammad Reza Salimi Sobhan, zahra beygom Hejazizadeh, fariba sayadi, fatemeh qaderi

“…At a frequency of 1 to 6 times, the probability of occurrence of this phenomenon is 5 times more than the probability that it will not occur, which indicates the region's high vulnerability to this type of climate risk. .…”
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Swoistość ludzkiej kultury - wampiryzm by Jacek Tomczyk, Anna Dygudaj

“…The vampire has undergone a peculiar evolution, the features of its character often changed and the figure was many times reborn in varied forms. Settled in present times, the silhouette of the vampire remains realistic in some people’s minds and has no tendency to modify. …”
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Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in premature exits from permanent supportive housing among residents with substance use disorders by Talia J. Panadero, Sonya Gabrielian, Marissa J. Seamans, Lillian Gelberg, Jack Tsai, Taylor Harris

“…Results In competing risk models, HEVs with at least one SUD had 1.3 times the hazard of negative PSH exits compared to those without SUDs (95% CI: 1.00, 1.61). …”
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Deklarowane przekonania dotyczące uczenia się matematyki w czasach szkolnych przez kandydatki i kandydatów na nauczyciel(k)i edukacji wczesnoszkolnej by Adam Mroczkowski

“… The article presents the results of the study of declared beliefs regarding learning mathematics in school times by students of three consecutive years of the preschool and early school pedagogy. …”
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Propagande culturelle ou relations culturelles ? La mission ambiguë du British Council, 1934-1954 by Alice Byrne

“…Although the changing international context led one or the other to the forefront at certain times, neither approach ever fully replaced the other. …”
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S.A.F.E. An emergency project experimentation by Francesca Castagneto

“…Starting from a historical reading of the theme of temporariness, carried out through a vast reference literature and from data on the delivery times of housing containers at the most recent seismic events occurred in Italy, the experimentation was oriented towards an assembling system, modular, aimed at optimizing delivery and installation times, as well as storage.…”
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Structural and functional changes of the heart in patients with coronary heart disease who have had coronavirus disease COVID-19 by S. M. Manuilov, N. S. Mykhailovska

“…It was established that the presence of COVID-19 in the history of patients with CHD is associated with an increased risk of LV dilatation by 5.6 times (95 % CI 1.71–18.29; p < 0.05), LV myocardial hypertrophy by 3.05 times (95 % CI 1.79–5.91; p < 0.05), LV diastolic dysfunction by 1.44 times (95 % CI 0.91–2.29; p < 0.05), an increase in energy expenditure during heart work by 1.66 times (95 % CI 0.68–4.02; p < 0.05). …”
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Impact of Feeding Frequency on Growth Performance and Antioxidant Capacity of <i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i> in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems by Qinlang Liang, Gang Liu, Yazhi Luan, Jiangbo Niu, Yasong Li, Huwei Chen, Ying Liu, Songming Zhu

“…Juvenile shrimp (3.85 ± 0.3 g) were cultured for 63 days with feeding frequencies of 6, 8, 10, and 12 times/day (A6, A8, A10, and A12 groups, respectively) using automatic feeders, with a control group fed manually 6 times/day (M6). …”
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