Volcanically forced Madden–Julian oscillation triggers the immediate onset of El Niño by Hyemi Kim, Seung-Ki Min, Daehyun Kim, Daniele Visioni

“…In this study, using large ensemble simulations that allow us to isolate the impacts of volcanic forcing on the El Niño response, we demonstrate a mechanism that highlights the central triggering role of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO), which has been overlooked in existing literature. …”
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Feasibility of sufficiency-policy instruments: an assessment using impact chains for the German mobility sector by Johannes Thema, Carina Zell-Ziegler, Kaya Dünzen

“…Applying the concept of impact chains, we examine the ways in which proposed policy instruments function from cause/policy stimulus to effect/impact, with a focus on the factors relevant to the feasibility of policy implementation in Germany. This allows us to compare implementation feasibility by policy target and by instrument type. …”
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Stable Dyonic Thin-Shell Wormholes in Low-Energy String Theory by Ali Övgün, Kimet Jusufi

“…In particular, the thin-shell wormhole formalism has been widely investigated by exploiting the cut-and-paste technique to merge two space-time regions and to research the stability of these wormholes developed by Visser. This method helps us to minimize the amount of the exotic matter. …”
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One hundred and fifty years of ethnobotanical studies in North America by Robert Bye, Edelmira Linares

“…The pivotal publication in the United States of America was issued anonymously in the 1870 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the US government. It marked the shift from the cursory observations on plants used by “native” peoples to a systematic documentation and analysis of plant-people interactions and relationships over time and space; this transition coincided with the expansion of the USA into the western provinces of the North American continent. …”
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Ecological and Legal Problems of Electrification of Motor Vehicles by I. V. Bryhadyr

“…The methodological basis of the research included: comparative and legal method, which was used to study the requirements of EU and Ukrainian legislation; the method of system analysis allowed us to reveal the legal mechanisms of regulating the use of car batteries and the subsequent treatment of unusable power batteries of electric vehicles. …”
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Repair of Ceramic Ware in the Neolithic and Eneolithic (case study of the extreme North-East of Europe) by Viktor N. Karmanov

“…Like any evidentially reconstructed artefact “biography”, pottery “history” can tell us about behavior of people and assess their needs and lifestyles.…”
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The Relationship between Uric Acid and the Development, Complication, and Prognosis of Atrial Fibrillation: The Views from a Clinical Study by Jian Yang, Lian Lou, Xuan Zhang, Yuxiao Chen, Weier Zhou, Chi Zhang, Xiaogang Guo, Shenjiang Hu

“…Multiomics techniques may allow us to have a deeper understanding of the role of UA in AF management in the future.…”
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Trames du delta du Yangzi : recompositions métropolitaines et aménagement des périphéries agricoles de Shanghai, Chine by Étienne Monin

“…These observations allow us to distinguish three different levels of frames-driven development planning: environment-adaptative, space-integrative, agrarian structure-transformative. …”
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Comparative analysis of the social component when assigning an ESG rating by R. S. Golovnin, T. V. Baibakova

“…This approach has allowed us   to assess in   practice the degree of   differences that underlie the formation of   the ESG methodologies. …”
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Android-based Al-qur'an application development and culture "Nggahi Mbojo" by Arifin Arifin, Hidayat Hidayat, Asmedy Asmedy, Andi Prayudi, Fathirma'ruf Fathirma'ruf

“…To overcome AL-Qur'an illiteracy in TPQ students can us the Qiroati method, Iqro`, An Nahdliyah, Yanbu`a, and Tartili, but are not very effective. …”
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Unilateral Giant Varicocele Mimicking Inguinal Hernia Resulting from Portosystemic Shunt without Evidence of Portal Hypertension: An Unusual Case Report by Muhammed Zahir, Hassan R. Al Muttairi, Surjya Prasad Upadhyay, Piyush N. Mallick

“…Isolated giant varicocele has been reported with portal hypertension that results in abnormal communication between portal venous system and testicular vein venous system resulting in retrograde backflow of blood into the testicular venous system which leads to varicosity of the pampiniform plexuses. 65-year-old male with no past medical or surgical history presented to us with soft inguinoscrotal swelling that disappears on lying down mimicking inguinal hernia. …”
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Preliminary Development of Thermal Power Calculation Code H-Power for a Supercritical Water Reactor by Fan Zhang, Dao-gang Lu, Dan-ting Sui, Bo Yuan, Chao Guo

“…In order to validate H-Power, an assessment was carried out by using data published by US and Qinshan Phase II. The results showed that H-Power was able to estimate the thermal power of SCWR.…”
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Finite Element Modeling of FRP-Strengthened RC Beam under Sustained Load by Shiyong Jiang, Weilai Yao, Jin Chen, Tao Cai

“…According to the research in this paper, the FE approach is found to be able to properly simulate the long-term behavior of the FRP-strengthened beam and help us better understand the complex changes in the stress state occurring over time.…”
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The Jump Size Distribution of the Commodity Spot Price and Its Effect on Futures and Option Prices by L. Gómez-Valle, Z. Habibilashkary, J. Martínez-Rodríguez

“…In this paper, we analyze the role of the jump size distribution in the US natural gas prices when valuing natural gas futures traded at New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and we observe that a jump-diffusion model always provides lower errors than a diffusion model. …”
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Praktyczne aspekty stosowania uchwały antysmogowej dla województwa śląskiego by Karolina Jędrzejek

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Forecasting of Population Narcotization under the Implementation of a Drug Use Reduction Policy by Sergey Mityagin, Carlos Gershenson, Alexander Boukhanovsky

“…The substantiation of the chosen method is given, which is associated with a significant correlation of indicators, which characterizes the presence of a small number of superfactors. This allows us to form a conclusion about the general level of development of the region as the main factor determining the drug addiction. …”
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Las Decoraciones pictóricas en la cripta de la basílica de San Filóxeno de Oxirrinco (Egipto) by Bernat Burgaya Martínez

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Feedback and formative assessment—looking backwards to move forward by Nora McCarthy, Karen Neville, Andrew Pope

“…While we use medical education as an example to explore how looking backwards and incorporating all aspects of the original feedback definition can help us to move forward with clarity of terms, we mainly seek to bring new perspectives and hope to encourage necessary conversations on ‘feedback’ and ‘formative assessment’ entanglement.…”
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Assessment of the investment attractiveness of the regional economic sectors on the example of the Kirov region by E. N. Nagovitsyna, D. S. Tusin, E. A. Bratukhina

“…The article focuses on the fact that the general struggle for investment resources, both at the state level and at the regional level, forces us to study the essence, content of the investment process, the forms of interaction between its participants in more depth and in detail, assess the investment potential of individual sectors of the economy and look for ways to improve its efficiency. …”
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Experimental studies of profile joints of machine parts under cyclic loading conditions by V. A. Ilyinykh

“…The paper presents the results of experimental studies of these compounds on models that are made of optically active materials, which allows us to visually study the processes of contact interaction of profile parts under cyclic loading conditions. …”
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