Economic Sustainability of Scrapping Electric and Internal Combustion Vehicles: A Comparative Multiple Italian Case Study by Angelo Corallo, Alberto Di Prizio, Mariangela Lazoi, Claudio Pascarelli

“…Electric vehicles, while at the center of this evolution, raise questions about the consumption of natural resources, such as lithium, copper, and cobalt, and their long-term sustainability. …”
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Pulp Screen Plugging Characteristics by Parsa Aryanpour, Robert W. Gooding, James A. Olson

“…Flow resistance provides a means of assessing the presence of plugs and their evolution through creation and dispersion. A structured means of plug dispersion was formulated, from which floc strength could be inferred. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Deep Buried Granite under Different Confining Pressures by Jun Zhao, Tan Zhang

“…The deformation and failure law of granite samples revealed in this study has significant reference value for the selection of rock mass mechanical model of surrounding rock stability of underground engineering, the formulation of surrounding rock support countermeasures, and the evolution law of mechanical parameters with damage variables.…”
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Diversity in Health Sciences Education: Advocating for Difference in Biological Variability by John Jairo Botello Jaimes, Guillermo Orlando Sierra, John Camilo García Uribe, Angie Katherine Turriago Castañeda, Aníbal Vicente Arteaga Noriega, Kely Johana Acevedo Oquendo, Debis Eduardo Lozano Taborda

“…Given the interdisciplinary nature of these concepts, a comprehensive literature review is necessary to examine recent studies on genetic and phenotypic diversity, evolution, adaptation and health education. Dualism and biological totalitarianism are approaches that have historically had a negative influence on health sciences education and society. …”
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The Possible Crystallization Process in the Origin of Bacteria, Archaea, Viruses, and Mobile Elements by Akari Yoshimura, Masayuki Seki

“…Bilayer lipid membrane formation, proto-cell formation with a permeable membrane, proto-cell division, and the evolution of membrane-associated biochemistry are presented in detail. …”
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PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN CONTEXT OF POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM by V. A. Muzalevskiy

“…The echoes of colonialism and civilizing mission are visible in US and the EU doctrines of democracy promotion. Examining the evolution of approaches to democratization, the author finds the differences in strategic culture of the United States and the European Union: if the American establishment have a propensity to masculine practice of democracy promotion ("democratic enlargement", the project "Greater Middle East", etc.), and European leadership prefers feminine practices. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Resistance to <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Cry Toxins in Lepidopteran Pests: An Updated Research Perspective by Deqin Hu, Dongmei Wang, Hongsheng Pan, Xiaoning Liu

“…However, the prolonged planting period has led to a reduction in the efficacy of <i>Bt</i> crops due to the evolution of pest resistance in the field. This review paper examines the resistance status of lepidopteran pests to <i>Bt</i> crops under field conditions, elucidates the molecular mechanism underlying their resistance to <i>Bt</i> Cry toxins, and discusses resistance management strategies based on these mechanisms. …”
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Pedestrian Exposure to Air Pollution in Cities: Modeling the Effect of Roadside Trees by Jorge Humberto Amorim, Joana Valente, Pedro Cascão, Vera Rodrigues, Cláudia Pimentel, Ana I. Miranda, Carlos Borrego

“…The study is focused on the city centre of Aveiro, in central Portugal. Time evolution of the georeferenced location of an individual is tracked with a GPS for different alternative walking routes to a school. …”
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Assessment and zoning of the geomorphological quality of Vardavard river in Tehran by negar mirzaii, ali ahmadabadi, Seyed morovat eftekhari, elaheh lofti

“…This river flows in the west of Tehran province and has been heavily affected by urban development which has undergone continuous changes in its flow path due to human interference and considering that this river flows in the access route of western cities of Tehran province, its natural and gradual evolution has been disrupted that this transformation, it has removed the river from its natural condition. …”
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Mechanism of Vibration Energy Action on Dynamic Instability of Shock-Type Rockburst Carrier System by Lyu Pengfei, Cui Xuekai

“…In this paper, this kind of rockburst is called shock-type rockburst and studied as the research object. Based on the evolution process and the theoretical model of the carrier system, the energy criterion of the occurrence of shock-type rockburst was deduced based on the theories of mathematics and statistical physics. …”
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THE FORMATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (1946-2016) by E. A. Bliznetskaya, E. P. Vasilenko

“…Indeed, given the fragmented nature of international environmental governance, specifically within the framework of the United Nations, it is difficult to trace the evolution of the environmental agenda from the first days of Organization to the present. …”
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Political Meritocracy as Eastern Alternative to the Western Public Administration Traditions in the 21st Century by V. S. Gerasimov

“…He compares Russia, China and Singapore via the list of criteria of political and economic importance, reveals similarities and distinctions in the political past and present of those states, estimates the significance of some culturological factors regarding the evolution of those states and formulates his conclusion on the prospective of meritocracy in Russia.…”
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Cyber Security of the Economy and Public Finances: Historiography and Post-War Trajectory of Development by Petrukha Nina M., Petrukha Serhii V., Zhmaiev Anatolii Yu., Synkevych Maksym E.

“…The article examines the evolution of the cyber security paradigm in the context of the ontogenesis of the economy and public finances with an emphasis on the triggers of pre-war and war-oriented institutional memory and challenges in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. …”
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In Situ Test Research on Friction Resistance of Self-Anchored Test Pile by Chi Chen, Hailong Ma, Bilian Yang

“…Based on the Q-w curve, axial force distribution curve, and hyperbolic function model of load transfer, this paper studied the evolution law of friction of self-anchored test pile and the load transfer process of self-anchored test pile. …”
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Les hominoïdes fossiles : une aide pour l’éducation en Afrique by Brigitte Senut

“…These data suggest that the evolution of the apes did not take place exclusively in Eastern Africa, but was more panafrican, a proposal later confirmed by finds in Central and Western Africa. …”
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INPRO Activities on Development of Advanced Tools to Support Judgment Aggregation for Comparative Evaluation of Nuclear Energy Systems by V. Kuznetsov, G. Fesenko, A. Andrianov, I. Kuptsov

“…Second, a set of key indicators elaborated in the INPRO Collaborative Project on Global Architecture of Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems Based on Thermal and Fast Reactors Including a Closed Fuel Cycle (GAINS) were evaluated for comparative evaluation of nuclear energy system evolution scenarios. Third, a numerical example is presented of application of the selected key indicators, methods, and tools for judgment aggregation in comparative assessment of the GAINS nuclear energy systems.…”
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Life quality of diabetic patients by Belkis Mercedes Vicente Sánchez, Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Dania Peraza Alejo, Eduardo Castañeda Álvarez, Jorge Luís Irizar Hernández, Tiana Bravo Valladares

“…Life quality was poorer with more years of diseases evolution, the obese patients and those with peripheral vascular disease. …”
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Organophosphorus Nerve Agents: Types, Toxicity, and Treatments by Sudisha Mukherjee, Rinkoo Devi Gupta

“…Several mutants have been created by applying directed molecular evolution and/or targeted mutagenesis, and catalytic efficiency has been characterized. …”
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Spontaneous and environment induced genomic alterations in yeast model by Ke-Jing Li, Lei Qi, Ying-Xuan Zhu, Min He, Qian Xiang, Dao-Qiong Zheng

“…While genomic alterations are fundamental to biological evolution, enabling adaptation and diversity, they can also result in detrimental outcomes, such as the development of genetic diseases including cancer. …”
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Impact of Laser Power on Electrochemical Performance of CeO₂/Al6061 Alloy Through Selective Laser Melting (SLM) by Fengyong Sun, Jitai Han

“…The induced resistance of the sample caused by hydrogen evolution is small, at 7.827 × 10⁻²⁰ Ω·cm², and the polarization resistance reaches 8.048 × 10⁻¹ Ω·cm², suggesting superior resistance to corrosion on the part of the sample. …”
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