Impact of Soil Compaction on Bulk Density and Root Biomass of Quercus petraea L. at Reclaimed Post-Lignite Mining Site in Lusatia, Germany by Eric K. A. Twum, Seth Nii-Annang

“…The result indicates that, after 85 years of reclamation, the impact of soil compaction persisted as evident in higher bulk density and greater root biomass.…”
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Exergetic Assessment for Resources Input and Environmental Emissions by Chinese Industry during 1997–2006 by Bo Zhang, Beihua Peng, Mingchu Liu

“…Exergy intensities in terms of resource input intensity and environmental emission intensity time-series are also calculated, and the trends are influenced by the macroeconomic situation evidently, particularly by the investment-derived economic development in recent years. …”
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To share or not to share? Image data sharing in the social sciences and humanities by Elina Late, Mette Skov, Sanna Kumpulainen

“…While data sharing is encouraged as a part of the open science movement, little is known about the approaches and factors influencing the sharing of image data. This information is evident as the use of image data in these fields of research is increasing, and data sharing is context dependent. …”
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Nonlinear Dynamic Constitutive Model of Frozen Sandstone Based on Weibull Distribution by Lei Wang, Hongming Su, Shiguan Chen, Yue Qin

“…The peak stress was most sensitive to the strain rate at −10°C, and the elastic modulus was most sensitive to the strain rate at −30°C. According to the evident segmentation characteristics of the obtained stress-strain curve, a viscoelastic dynamic constitutive model considering the strain rate effect and temperature effect is developed; this model combines a nonlinear (or linear) body and a Maxwell body in parallel with a damage body. …”
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Short-Term Biliary Stent Placement Contributing Common Bile Duct Stone Disappearance with Preservation of Duodenal Papilla Function by Tatsuki Ueda, Masataka Kikuyama, Yuzo Kodama, Takafumi Kurokami

“…Stone disappearance was evident when the diameter of bile ducts and that of CBDS were <10 and 7 mm, respectively (p=0.002). …”
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Bone Loss Prevention of Bisphosphonates in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yan Hu, Xiaoting Chen, Xiaojing Chen, Shuang Zhang, Tianyan Jiang, Jing Chang, Yanhong Gao

“…Our results demonstrate that bisphosphonates therapy has an effect on bone loss in patients with IBD but show no evident efficiency at increasing the incidence of adverse events.…”
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Investigation of the Scanning Microarc Oxidation Process by Lingqin Xia, Jianmin Han, Joseph P. Domblesky, Zhiyong Yang, Weijing Li

“…Results show that MAO and SMAO have comparable spark and microarc lifetimes and sizes, though significant differences in incubation time and discharge distribution were evident. Results also showed that the voltage and current density for MAO and SMAO demonstrate similar behavior but have markedly different transient and steady-state values. …”
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The influence of parental burnout on middle school students’ academic achievement: moderated mediation effect by Lingyi Peng, Lingyi Peng, Huohong Chen, Jinhai Peng, Wei Liang, Wei Liang, Mengfang Li, Weifeng Fu

“…IntroductionThis study investigates the influence of parental burnout on the academic achievement of middle school students, as well as the mediating role of academic self-efficacy and the moderating role of middle school students’ gender and parental gender.MethodsUtilizing a parent-child matched-pair design, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 738 middle school students and their parents (either fathers or mothers).ResultsThe findings revealed that: (1) parental burnout significantly and negatively predicted middle school students’ academic achievement; (2) academic self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between parental burnout and middle school students’ academic achievement; and (3) the gender of middle school students moderated the initial segment of this mediating effect, while parental gender did not significantly moderate the relationship, indicating that the significant negative predictive effect of parental burnout on academic self-efficacy was evident only among female middle students.DiscussionThese results not only enhance our understanding of the mechanisms and conditions under which parental burnout impacts middle school students’ academic achievement, but also have important implications for improving middle school students’ academic self-efficacy and overall academic performance.…”
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Safeguarding Fishermen's Livelihoods: A Human Rights Approach Against Coastal Reclamation by Toar Neman Palilingan, Josepus Julie Pinori, Natalia Lana Lengkong, Ahsan Yunus, Donna Okthalia Setiabudhi

“…The negative impacts of reclamation are evident in the decline in fishermen's income and the increase in living costs since the project was implemented. …”
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Mechanism of Inflammation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Francesco Parmeggiani, Mario R. Romano, Ciro Costagliola, Francesco Semeraro, Carlo Incorvaia, Sergio D’Angelo, Paolo Perri, Paolo De Palma, Katia De Nadai, Adolfo Sebastiani

“…Experimental and clinical evidences strongly indicate the pathogenetic role of immunologic processes in AMD occurrence, consisting of production of inflammatory related molecules, recruitment of macrophages, complement activation, microglial activation and accumulation within those structures that compose an essential area of the retina known as macula lutea. …”
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The goal-over-source asymmetry in Thai and Korean by Kultida Khammee, Seongha Rhee

“…The multiplicity of forms is also due to frequent innovation of new forms, especially goal markers, in an effort to enhance expressivity and to entertain the desire for creativity. This is evident in the fact that the forms being innovated tend to carry more lexical content than older, fully grammaticalized forms, and thus carry more expressive potential. …”
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Selenopentathionic and Telluropentathionic Acids as Precursors for Formation of Semiconducting Layers on the Surface of Polyamide by Skirma Zalenkiene, Judita Sukyte, Remigijus Ivanauskas, Vitalijus Janickis

“…Variation in the conductivity of layers of Cu–Se–S and Cu–Te–S on the surface of PA shows an evident increase with the increasing of the mass fraction of selenium or tellurium.…”
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Dexamethasone-Activated MSCs Release MVs for Stimulating Osteogenic Response by Mingyan Zhao, Peng Li, Haijia Xu, Qunwen Pan, Rong Zeng, Xiaotang Ma, Zhanghua Li, Hao Lin

“…Results showed that DXM had no evident impact on the release of MSC-MVs but played a pivotal role in regulating the function of MSC-MVs. …”
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Influence of the cleaning method employed prior to the use of ionomeric materials in micro filtration of cavities at the cervical level by María Muñoz Estrella, Alexander Cruz Gallegos, Ana del Carmen Armas Vega

“…Conclusions: Micro filtration was evident in all the groups independent of the cleaning treatment and the restoration material used, most notably at the level of the cervical wall.…”
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Novel Arsenic Nanoparticles Are More Effective and Less Toxic than As (III) to Inhibit Extracellular and Intracellular Proliferation of Leishmania donovani by Sudipta Chakraborty, Kaushik Bhar, Sandip Saha, Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Anjali Pal, Anirban Siddhanta

“…Moreover, this antileishmanial activity has comparatively less cytotoxic effect on the mouse macrophage cell line. It is evident from our findings that As-NPs have more potential than As (III) to be used as an antileishmanial agent.…”
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Experimental investigation of threshold velocities for air-water two-phase flow in a vertical tube and annular channels by Almog Biton, Evgeny Rabinovich, Erez Gilad

“…The threshold velocities were determined by analyzing the pressure drop versus air superficial velocity. Findings revealed evident hysteresis between the end flooding and onset deflooding velocities. …”
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The appropriate nutrient conditions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans dual-species biofilm formation in vitro by Pavlína Vávrová, Ondřej Janďourek, Adéla Diepoltová, Petr Nachtigal, Klára Konečná

“…The study demonstrates that the Lubbock medium provided the most appropriate amount of nutrients regarding the biomass structure and the highest degree of tolerance to selected antimicrobials with the evident contribution of the biofilm matrix. Our results allow the rational employment of nutrition conditions within methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans dual-species biofilm formation in vitro for preclinical research. …”
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A case study of Northern Cyprus: The voice of senior academic administrators on education by Ulus Irkad, Bengi Sonyel, Hamit Caner

“…., ‘case’), set within its own real-world context – especially when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident.” Therefore, by reflecting on the current education system in Northern Cyprus as a case, we tried to show the real context of the education system itself. …”
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Effect of High Pressure on the Molecular Structure and π-Electrons Delocalization of Canthaxanthin as Revealed by Raman Spectra by Shun-li Ou-Yang, Nan-nan Wu, Yan-jie Tian

“…The Raman spectra are recovered after the compression-decompression cycle indicating the canthaxanthin has no evident phase change under our experimental conditions.…”
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Ridesharing Problem with Flexible Pickup and Delivery Locations for App-Based Transportation Service: Mathematical Modeling and Decomposition Methods by Meng Zhao, Jiateng Yin, Shi An, Jian Wang, Dejian Feng

“…The results indicate that adopting the serving strategy of flexible pickup and delivery locations will evidently reduce the system cost and improve the service quality in app-based transportation service systems.…”
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