Research on Shelf-Life Extension Technologies for Food Sustainability: An Assessment of Scientific Activities and Networks by Jakkrit Thavorn, Veera Muangsin, Chupun Gowanit, Nongnuj Muangsin

“…This research’s main findings highlight that research on shelf-life technology is in continuous development, and academic institutions from China, Spain, and the U.S. are the core national players in this field. …”
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The Impact of Family Setting and Local Opportunities on Leaving Home and Migration Destinations of Rural Youths, The Netherlands 1860-1940 by Bastian Mönkediek, Jan Kok, Kees Mandemakers

“…Dutch farmers and workers differ in the type of family economy in which children were integrated, and contrasting them will allow us to explain the speed, the directions, and the individual and family backgrounds of the process of leaving agriculture. …”
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In the Eyes of the Beholder: Towards Depicting the Dog in the Nineteenth Century by Beryl Gray

“…The idea of fidelity assumes a connection with us. From the abiding and revivified recognition of this connection evolved the inclination to observe dogs closely, both as a species and as individuals. …”
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Observation of anti-PT-symmetry and higher-order exceptional point PT-symmetry in ternary systems for single-mode operation by Milad Jahangiri, Gholam-Mohammad Parsanasab, Leila Hajshahvaladi

“…Here, we propose and analyze a new approach based on the broken PT in the vicinity of a third-order exceptional point and APT symmetry that allows us to experimentally achieve a stable single-mode laser. …”
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Effectiveness of Hydraulic and Hydrologic Parameters in Assessing Storm System Flooding by Basim K. Nile

“…The model was examined and new equations were developed that may help us to better understand the hydraulic and hydrologic simulations that are identified as having the potential to better protect the environment against sudden rainfall intensities. …”
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Bolsonaro et la covid-19 au Brésil : réflexions autour d’un double paradoxe by François Roubaud, Mireille Razafindrakoto

“…These apparent contradictions lead us to offer elements of interpretation of the strategy of a president under threat of multiple impeachment procedures, who plays his political survival day by day.…”
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Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube-Based Nanodevices for Monitoring the Effects of Chlorphenamine on the Activities of Intracellular Ca2+ Stores by Viet Anh Pham Ba, Ngoc Pham Van Bach, Thien Nguyen Luong, Khoa Viet Nguyen

“…These nanodevices allowed us to evaluate the real-time electrophysiological activities of HeLa cells under the stimulation of histamine via the recording of the conductance changes of the devices. …”
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A High-throughput, Robotic System for Analysis of Aerosol Sampling Filters by Christian L’Orange, Gabe Neymark, Ellison Carter, John Volckens

“…Performance metrics for temperature and humidity control and weight stability were found to meet or exceed minimum requirements set forth by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The AIRLIFT is capable of analyzing approximately 260 filters per day while reducing the required personnel time by a factor of ~4.…”
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Peer-to-Peer Jini for Truly Service-Oriented WSNs by António Pereira, Nuno Costa, Carlos Serôdio

“…However, the use of wireless sensor networks is still reserved to experts, mainly due to the huge gap between user applications and the network. This fact has led us to successfully develop a new software stack, capable of running in any sensor node even in the most resource-constrained ones. …”
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Management tools for the implementation of  ESG principles in  an industrial company by I. V. Groshev, T. M. Gololobova

“…The publications of Russian research[1]ers devoted to the problems of sustainable development in the new Russian conditions in the sectoral spheres of the domestic economy, fruitfully developed by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, are the theoretical basis that has allowed us to identify effective management tools for the implementation and realisation of the ESG principles. …”
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THE INTESTINAL INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME AND THE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME IN ACUTE PERITONITIS IN CHILDREN by Cristina Șerban, Georgiana Bianca Constantin, Daniela Mihalache, Alina Calin, Norin Forna, Mădălin Guliciuc

“…Results:We analyzed the risk factors that allowed us to propose a prognostic score in assessing the severity of acute peritonitis in children. …”
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Synthesis of Some Pyrimidine, Pyrazole, and Pyridine Derivatives and Their Reactivity Descriptors by Nour E. A. Abd El-Sattar, Eman H. K. Badawy, M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb

“…Reactivity indices and electrostatic surface potential maps (ESP maps) allow us to establish trends that enable making predictions about chemical characteristics of the newly synthesized molecules and their proton transfer tautomers. …”
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The “Problem” of L2 Writers in College Composition Placement: Identity, Outcomes, and the Future of Directed Self Placement by Vanessa Guida Mesina

“… In response to the rapidly growing number of international and multilingual students on U.S. college campuses, many colleges’ first year composition (FYC) courses have expanded to include classes designated for “ESL” or “International” students, with increasing scholarship on the best pedagogical practices for such classes.  …”
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Focal Treatment of Prostate Cancer with Vascular-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy by Scott E. Eggener, Jonathan A. Coleman

“…Prostate cancer remains highly prevalent, particularly in the U.S. and Europe. As screening programs have become more aggressive and widespread, a substantial proportion of men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer have disease characteristics associated with a low risk of progression. …”
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Geen ander naam by J. du Preez

“…The author points out inter alia that Stendahl and Baum actually steer clear of the basic question as to whether texts like Acts 4:12 are meant to reveal to us that Christ is really the One and only Saviour for all people for all times, so that we ought to faithfully accept him as such. …”
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'Florida Brilliance' Strawberry by Vance M. Whitaker, Natalia A. Peres, Shinsuke Agehara

“…Comparisons are made to ‘Florida Radiance’ (Chandler et al. 2009) (marketed as ‘Florida Fortuna’ outside the U.S. and Canada), Sweet Sensation® ‘Florida127’ (Whitaker et al. 2015) (hereafter referred to as ‘Florida127’) and ‘Florida Beauty’ (Whitaker et al. 2017). …”
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Estimating Willingness to Pay for New Mandarin Cultivars: A Revealed Preference Approach by Xiang Bi, Lisa House, Zhifeng Gao, Frederick Gmitter

“… California has overtaken Florida to become the major US domestic mandarin producer. Despite a shift in consumer preferences toward the ‘Clementine’ mandarin that is widely grown in California, this cultivar is not well adapted to the subtropical climate of Florida. …”
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Preparing pets and their people: opportunity for veterinary teams to promote disaster preparedness in their communities by Joedy Quintana, Lindsey Viola, Valeria Sanchez, Danielle Scott, Colleen Duncan

“…Despite these growing risks, a substantial proportion of adults in the US do not have a disaster plan. Even for those who have disaster plans, it is unclear if these always include pets. …”
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De la forêt à l’assiette, les connaissances traditionnelles sur les champignons comestibles de la communauté P’urhepecha de Cheran K’eri by Tania González Rivadeneira, Arturo Argueta Villamar

“…The life history of fungi is observed in this article from the different moments in which comuneros and fungi interact, thus stablish relationships to the foods throughout cycles shared of life.Traditional ecological knowledge allows us to describe the "path of mushrooms", since they arise like "Terekua sapichu" (Flower of the earth, small or baby) in the forest, until they are consumed and commercialized by the comuneros, as well as also the practices of collection and transformation of fungi.It is concluded that fungi, as food, are related to the comuneros beyond the mere act of preparation and consumption. …”
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A novel class of fourth-order derivative-free iterative methods to obtain multiple zeros and their basins of attraction by Munish Kansal, Vanita Sharma, Litika Rani, Lorentz Jäntschi

“…For particular instances of a multiplicity of zeros, the theoretical convergence behavior of the proposed family has been proven to be symmetrical. This inspired us to show the general results which endorsed the convergence order of the suggested scheme. …”
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