Multiaxial fatigue of aluminium friction stir welded joints: preliminary results by D. G. Hattingh, M. N. James, L. Susmel, R. Tovo

“…The validation exercise carried out by using the generated experimental results allowed us to prove that the MWCM (applied in terms of nominal stresses) is highly accurate in predicting the fatigue strength of the tested FS welded joints, its usage resulting in estimates falling with the uniaxial and torsional calibration scatter bands.…”
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COVID-19 Booster Vaccines Administration in Different Countries by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…This review aims to discuss the various COVID-19 booster vaccines that are being authorized and administered, the eligibility criteria for the different booster vaccines, and the extent of protection these booster vaccines provide in the United States (US), Israel, United Kingdom (UK), Singapore and Chile. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE TURNOVER OF HUNGARIAN SPAS by Tímea KŐVÁRI-TÓTH, Anetta MÜLLER, Zsolt KŐVÁRI

“…The turnover data of spas are correlated with capacity data and economic indicators, which are quantified. This allows us to identify which factors are more or less important in the development of turnover and revenue.…”
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First Description of a Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Arising in the Nose by Habib Rizk, Aline Khazzaka, Amer Sebaaly, Maguy Cherfan, Roland Tomb, Riad Sarkis

“…We report the case of a 12-year-old girl, who consulted us with one-year history of an 8 mm nose lesion that was painless and firm upon palpation. …”
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Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma and Tonsil Metastasis by Dario Marcotullio, Giannicola Iannella, Gian Franco Macri, Caterina Marinelli, Melissa Zelli, Giuseppe Magliulo

“…These features enabled us to make the diagnosis of renal clear cell carcinoma metastasis. …”
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Higher-order sliding mode observer and fractional-order sliding mode control for precise wildfire tracking in heterogeneous multi-agent systems by Ammar Alsinai, Aasma Zaman, Azmat Ullah Khan Niazi

“…HOSMO and FO-NFTSM techniques lead us to the validity of initiate techniques for precise wildfire tracking.…”
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Russian entrepreneurship in the formation of charitable activities: Yesterday, today, tomorrow by N. A. Shatalova

“…The study of this subject area involves the use of historiographical method and the study of biographies of prominent philanthropists. This allows us to understand more accurately the cause-and-effect relationships that condition the emergence and development of philanthropic practices. …”
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Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria in Uganda by Boniface Amanee Elias Lumori, Daniel Muyanja

“…A 34-year-old man, subsistence farmer, with a history of multiple prior presentations with anemia, jaundice, and dark-colored urine requiring blood transfusions presented to us again in July 2018 with a week’s history of palpitations, dizziness, and dark-colored urine. …”
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Explorando a diversidade do comércio justo na economia social by Benjamin Huybrechts, Jacques Defourny

“…Some FTSEs are closer to the European - participatory - approach to social enterprise, while others are closer to US - individual - approaches. Finally, the governance structures of FTSEs seem to reflect quite well their mix of goals.…”
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Epididymal Polar Dissociation: A Previously Undescribed Anatomical Variant by Stephen McCain, Scott McCain, David Mark, Robin Brown

“…There was no connection between the vas deferens and the testis or upper pole of epidiymis. This case reminds us of the possibility of anatomical variations and the importance of keeping them in mind to prevent complications at time of surgery.…”
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Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) by Alison Walker, Marjorie Hoy, Dale Meyerdirk

“…Biological control was identified as a key component in a management strategy for the papaya mealybug, and a classical biological control program was initiated as a joint effort between the US Department of Agriculture, Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture, and Ministry of Agriculture in the Dominican Republic in 1999. …”
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Assessment of the Dynamics of Experiencing a Terrorist Threat before and after the Terrorist Attack at Crocus City Hall by J.V. Bykhovets, N.N. Kazymova

“… <p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">The article presents the results of a study&nbsp;on the experience of terrorist threat, psychological stress and anxiety among young girls aged 18-26 before and after a terrorist attack (two times were performed: three days and eight months later). …”
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A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria by Robert Jakubowski, Lisa L. Steed, Susan E. Dorman, Camelia Marculescu

“…We describe a febrile adult returning to the U.S. from Nigeria. Malaria was diagnosed by rapid antigen testing, but recognition of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease was delayed. …”
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Functional Evaluation of Asibot: A New Approach on Portable Robotic System for Disabled People by Alberto Jardón, Concepción A. Monje, Carlos Balaguer

“…For this purpose the robotic arm is tested in different experiments with disabled people, gathering and discussing the results according to a methodology that allows us to assess users' satisfaction.…”
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A CRITICAL APPROACH OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORIES by Cristian PIECU, Florin-Aurelian BIRCHI, Ramona-Cristina GHITA, Patricia Cristiana BORUZESCU

“…Our research results led us to conclude that the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is still a dominant theory used to measure entrepreneurial intention. …”

Dynamics of a stochastic delayed Harrison-type predation model: Effects of delay and stochastic components by Feng Rao, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Yun Kang

“…Our results may provide us useful biological insights into population managements for prey-predator interaction models.…”
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MAGNETITE-ILMENITE-SPINEL INTERGROWTHS IN AMPHIBOLE GABBRO OF THE SEREBRYANSKY KAMEN INTRUSION, CENTRAL URALS by A.V. Kozlov, V.V. Mikhaylov, S.Yu. Stepanov, V.V. Shilovskikh, N.S. Vlasenko

“…Ontogenic analysis of magnetite-ilmenite-spinel intergrowths of ore-bearing amphibole gabbro of the Serebryansky Kamen intrusion (Central Urals) and their relationships with rock-forming silicates, apatite and Cu sulfides allowed us to reveal a number of features indicating their nearly synchronous formation. …”
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A Unifying Theory for SIDS by David T. Mage, Maria Donner

“… (1) A characteristic male fraction of approximately 0.61 for all postneonatal SIDS in the US; (2) a distinctive lognormal-type age distribution arising from zero at birth, mode at about 2 months, median at about 3 months, and an exponential decrease with age going towards zero beyond one year; (3) a marked decrease in SIDS rate from the discovery that changing the recommended infant sleep position from prone to supine reduced the rate of SIDS, but it did not change the form of the age or gender distributions cited above; (4) a seasonal variation, maximal in winter and minimal in summer, that implies subsets of SIDS displaying evidence of seasonal low-grade respiratory infection and nonseasonal neurological prematurity. …”
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Students’ perceptions of adopting songs for English online learning in Indonesian tertiary education by Eka Wulandari, Yuyun Putri Mandasari

“…The pandemic situation in the last two years has forced us to move almost all activities online, including our teaching and learning activities. …”
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Generalized Characteristic Polynomials of Join Graphs and Their Applications by Pengli Lu, Ke Gao, Yang Yang

“…As applications, the Laplacian spectra enable us to get the formulas of the number of spanning trees, Kirchhoff index, and LEL of G1⊚G2 and G1⊝G2 in terms of the Laplacian spectra of G1 and G2.…”
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