Sex, Gore and Provocation: the Influence of Exploitation in John Waters’s Early Films by Elise Pereira Nunes

“…The illicit, controversial topics addressed in his early movies, traditionally brought up by exploitation in order to attract audiences whose voyeuristic desires would not be fulfilled by Hollywood’s promotion of moral standards, have predictably put him at the margins of mainstream movie culture. Many exploitation filmmakers have had a strong impact on the filmmaker’s aesthetics and politics—among them, American filmmaker Russ Meyer, a master of sexploitation, whose strong female characters inspired the creation of Waters’s lead female heroines embodied by American drag queen Divine. …”
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Rôle de la glace saisonnière dans la dynamique de l'écosystème marin de l'Antarctique : impact potentiel du changement climatique global by Gustavo Ferreyra, Irene Schloss, Serge Demers

“…Every year, ice melting induces the stabilisation of the water column which can be observed until 150 km from the margin of seasonal ice, favoring the development of profuse phytoplankton blooms. …”
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Suitability analysis of Lampung Bay waters for grouper Epinephelus sp. farming activities by Herman Yulianto, Agus Hartoko, Sutrisno Anggoro, Qadar Hasani, Dwi Mulyasih, Putu Cinthia Delis

“…The parameters observed were physicochemical (water depth, temperature, water transparency, the load of suspended solids, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, nitrate, and phosphate) and biological parameters (phytoplankton abundance and chlorophyll-a concentration). …”
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Evaluation of spatio-temporal water quality status of Jeera river, Odisha, India by Aiswarya Pati, Showkat Ahmad Mir, Archana Padhiary, Iswar Baitharu, Binata Nayak

“…CCMEWQI (Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment Water Quality Index) values indicate that water quality ranges from marginal, and poor to fair. …”
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Training and Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case of National Water and Sewarage Corporation by moses Agaba

“…This study investigated the relationship between Training and Employee Performance in Uganda, considering the case of National Water and Sewerage Corporation-Rukungiri District. …”
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Cropping System Intensification: An Approach to Increase Yield, Water Productivity, and Profitability in North-West Bangladesh by Md. Belal Hossain, Md. Towfiqul Islam, Debjit Roy, Mir Nurul Hasan Mahmud, Priya Lal Chandra Paul, Mst. Shetara Yesmin, Palash Kumar Kundu, Nazmun Nahar Karim, Md. Abdul Kader, Md. Humayoun Kabir

“…Water productivity improvement is getting the prime concern to sustain irrigated rice production in the water-scarce areas of Bangladesh under changing climate. …”
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An Analytical Study for Assessing Water Productivity in Pre- and Post-Rehabilitation Period of Rural Tank System by B. Anuradha, S. Packialakshmi, Naveen Sanjay, V. Vivekananthan

“…The findings reveal that during the post-tank restoration period, a higher percentage of tail reach and marginal farmers benefited. Farmers who irrigate solely with tank water have higher water production since their income per m3 is higher. …”
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Exploring thermal flow dynamics in pressurized water reactors using hybrid graphene nanoplatelet coolants by Sinem Uzun, Yasin Genç, Adem Acır

“…These findings suggest that hybrid nanofluids, particularly those with higher nanoparticle ratios, can enhance the thermal performance and safety margins of nuclear reactor coolants, offering a promising avenue for future research and application.…”
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THE LAKES OF THE ROMANIAN BLACK SEA COAST. MAN-INDUCED CHANGES, WATER REGIME, PRESENT STATE by PETRE GÂŞTESCU, PETRE BREŢCAN, DACIAN CONSTANTIN TEODORESCU

“…Unlike other regions in Romania, lakes in Dobrogea are marginally positioned – closely connected to the presence of the Danube and the Black Sea. …”
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Best-Estimate Plus Uncertainty Framework for Multiscale, Multiphysics Light Water Reactor Core Analysis by Jason Hou, Maria Avramova, Kostadin Ivanov

“…Tremendous work has been done in the Light Water Reactor (LWR) Modelling and Simulation (M&S) uncertainty quantification (UQ) within the framework of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) LWR Uncertainty Analysis in Modelling (UAM) benchmark, which aims to investigate the uncertainty propagation in all M&S stages of the LWRs and to guide uncertainty and sensitivity analysis methodology development. …”
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Study on Structure Review of Emptying Bottom Outletfor Raising Water Retaining Level of Goupitan Arch Dam by WEI Wei, XIA Chuanxing, ZHU Xi, XIONG Kun

“…Through calculation, it can be knownthat the emptying bottom outlet of the Goupitan arch dam can block the water under 595 m levelsafely, with certain margin.…”
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Thermomechanical Analysis of the Effects of Water Distribution on Cracks during Vertical Continuous Casting under Soft Reduction Conditions by Yu Yao, Bo Wang, Shanshan Liu, Liping Zhong, Shiyi Shen, Zheng Chen, Jieyu Zhang

“…Especially, it is evident that the proportion of water on the loose side margin increases from 40% to 45%, while the proportion of water on the fixed side margin of zone 3 is adjusted from 56% to 60%.…”
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Linkage Analysis between Solid-Fluid Coupling and the Strength Reduction Method for Karst Cave Water Inrush in Mines by Yanlin Zhao, Jian Liao, Qiang Liu, Yang Li, Jianchao Cheng

“…The reason leading to Karst water inrush of Qiyi Mine is that without advanced boreholes, the water-proof rock pillar is set so small that it could not possess safety margin, so the confined Karst cave water breaks the water-proof rock pillar and bursts out. …”
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Morphopathology of the Prussian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch, 1782) liver under the effect of allyl acetate by M. Koziy

“…The study showed that uner the action of allyl acetate, significant changes occur in the marginal and medial zones of the organ in the form of a shift in a certain function, which leads to a change in intracellular metabolism and narrow cellular specialization. …”
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Verification of the Efficiency of Alternative Furrow Irrigation on Water Productivity and Onion Yield at Woleh Irrigation Scheme, Northern Ethiopia by messay Abera, Aemro Wale

“…Economic water productivity and marginal rate of return were greatest in AFI. …”
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Nitrogen and water additions with or without mowing altered soil microbial community characteristics in a semi-arid steppe by Hao Liu, Feirong Ren, Shiqiang Wan, Shijie Han, Junqiang Zheng

“…Clipping had a marginal effect on fungal communities and significantly affected protist communities (P < 0.05). …”
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A brief instrument measuring the water, sanitation and hygiene domain of menstrual health among women who inject drugs. by Alhelí Calderón-Villarreal, Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo, Daniela Abramovitz, Shira Goldenberg, Shawn Flanigan, Penelope J E Quintana, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Carlos F Vera, Gudelia Rangel, Steffanie A Strathdee, Georgia L Kayser

“…However, validated instruments to measure MH are limited among marginalized populations, and available instruments involve lengthy surveys. …”
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Assessment of land suitability and crop water requirements for irrigated sugarcane in the Kuraz Irrigation Scheme, Lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia by Mesfin Mamo Haile, Ayansa Teshome Gelalcha

“…This study focuses on evaluating the suitability of land for irrigated sugarcane cultivation and determining crop water requirements within the Kuraz Irrigation Scheme in Ethiopia. …”
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Verification of the Efficacy of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners in a Typical Pressurized Water Reactor under a Station Blackout Condition by Daegwang Hong, Donghyun Cho, Jinwoo Kim, Aya Diab, Cigdem Cildag

“…In this work, a MAAP analysis is performed to assess the hydrogen risk in a typical pressurized water reactor (PWR) containment. An extended station blackout (SBO) was chosen as an initiating event given its high contribution to the core damage frequency. …”
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Impregnation of Silver Nanoparticles onto Polymers Based on Sugarcane Bagasse for the Remediation of Endocrine Disruptor–Bisphenol A from Water by Farid Mzee Mpatani, Ussi Makame Kombo, Khamis Rashid Kheir, Nahya Khamis Nassor, Daniel Joshua, Salma Saleh Mussa, Salama Abubakar Mohamed, Saide Abdulla Mbarak, Ali Shehe Hamad, Salum Ali Ahmada

“…In addition, oxidative degradation of BPA by AgNPs-SB-βCD could marginally contribute the removal of BPA due to oxidative dissolution of AgNPs at pH 7. …”
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