Converting from Seepage Irrigation to Plasticulture for Vegetable Production: A Case Study by Charles E. Barrett, Lincoln Zotarelli, Lucas G. Paranhos, Mark W. Warren

“…This small-scale system has great potential for encouraging adoption of this type of system with low risk to the grower. This article illustrates an innovative approach for converting from seepage irrigation to plasticulture and points out some options and challenges for growers considering a plasticulture system.  …”
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Toward an Integrated Physiological Theory of Microbial Growth: From Subcellular Variables to Population Dynamics by Atul Narang, Sergei S. Pilyugin

“…We presentthese physiological models in the order of increasing complexity.Thus, we begin with models of single-species growth in environmentscontaining a single growth-limiting substrate, then advance to modelsof single-species growth in mixed-substrate media, and conclude withmodels of multiple-species growth in mixed-substrate environments.Throughout the paper, we discuss both the analytical and simulationtechniques to illustrate how these models capture and explain variousexperimental phenomena. …”
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Contemplación y santidad : trabajos, quietud y quietismo en la " Subida del Monte " by Pedro Vilas-Boas Tavares

“…En évoquant alors les faits marquants du développement du molinosisme lusitanien, nous terminerons en illustrant de manière graphique - et en recourant à une autre gravure du Mont de la Perfection - des expressions significatives de la réhabilitation à l’époque des Lumières de la divulgation de la théologie mystique, expressions présentes dans un abrégé pour directeurs spirituels, imprimé à Coïmbre, en 1779, sous l’égide du Docteur en théologie Francisco da Conceição (O.F.M.Cap.). …”
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Analysis of volumetric properties of liquid mixtures: I. method of binary additive quasi-solvates by Pavel Efimov

“…BAQS/A: applicable for any solution properties, informative and illustrative. Limitations: very sensitive to the choice of approximating equation, difficult to interpret results, developed only for two-component systems.…”
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Building Spectral Element Dynamic Matrices Using Finite Element Models of Waveguide Slices and Elastodynamic Equations by P.B. Silva, A.L. Goldstein, J.R.F. Arruda

“…These spectral elements can be used to model homogeneous waveguides with constant cross section over long spans without the need of refining the finite element mesh along the waveguide. As an illustrating example, spectral elements are derived for straight uniform rods and beams and used to calculate the forced response in the longitudinal and transverse directions. …”
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Investigation and evaluation of palygorskite microstructure following acid pretreatment and its potential use as an adsorbent for copper by Ahmed Flayyih Hussein, Mayssaa Ali Al-Bidry, Asawer A. AL Wasiti

“…Different analytical techniques were used: scanning electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, particle size distribution, and zeta potential. Results illustrated that acetic acid effectively dispersed fibre aggregates, creating voids within the fibrous structure and reducing particle size while keeping the shape of the fiber. …”
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Cash usage in Poland in 2020: Insights into the role of the COVID-19 pandemic and spatial aspects by Radoslaw Kotkowski, Arkadiusz Manikowski

“…Moreover, the results indicate significant spatial heterogeneity in payment behavior and that aspects like distance to the nearest ATM impacted cash usage, as more cash is used when ATMs are farther away, illustrating the concept of "cash burns." Lastly, it has been noticed that during the pandemic, ownership of contactless payment cards significantly reduced cash usage, most probably due to the fear of contracting the disease by physical contact with surfaces (like cash).…”
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Effect of Freeze–Thaw Action on Mesostructure of Ecological Fiber Reinforced Loess by Zhongnan Gao, Xiaofeng Liu, Chao Cheng, Chen Li, Haifeng Zhang, Qian Wang

“…The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of freezing and thawing cycles on the mesostructural attributes using loess reinforced with lignin fiber and to elucidate an effect of varying fiber doses in relation to the response of loess to freezing and thawing. The findings illustrate that the incorporation of fiber effectively eliminates the presence of overhead pores in the loess. …”
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Human and Veterinary Medicine Collaboration: Synergistic Approach to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Through the Lens of Planetary Health by Olga Horvat, Zorana Kovačević

“…The environmental dimension highlights the role of pharmaceutical waste, agricultural runoff, and industrial pollution in contributing to the spread of antimicrobials and resistant pathogens in ecosystems. To illustrate these challenges, a comprehensive literature review using the PubMed and Web of Science databases was conducted, identifying 91 relevant articles on planetary health and AMR. …”
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Fondation d’une mémoire familiale dans la cité des Namnètes : le mausolée antique des Pellières à Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Mercier

“…In particular, the presence of cremated human bones in a pit illustrates the presence of a tomb or a funeral pyre. …”
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Glenohumeral Instability and Arm Pain in Overhead Throwing Athletes: A Correlational Study by Max Wardell, Doug Creighton, Carter Kovalcik

“…# Background The overhead activity of throwing a baseball is arguably the most demanding athletic endeavor placed on the glenohumeral (GH) joint. Previous studies illustrate that 75-80% of baseball players will experience some degree of upper extremity (UE) pain. …”
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Improvements in the design of brine diffusers in shallow waters: A numerical study applied to the Canary Islands by Adrián Gil Trujillo, J. Jaime Sadhwani Alonso

“…The findings of this study illustrate that even in shallow waters, elevated diffusers can confer significant benefits. …”
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Sur la première carte des flux réalisée avec des flèches (Ravenstein, 1885) by Françoise Bahoken

“…We just know that it illustrates internal migrations laws that are so complex to formulate and to depict. …”
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Private-preserving scientific computation of the rational numbers by Xuhong LIU, Chen SUN

“…As a fundamental part of cryptography, secure multiparty computation (SMC) is a building block of various cryptographic protocols, and it is also a hot topic in the international cryptographic community.In recent years, many SMC problems, such as secret information comparison, secret set problems and secure multiparty computational geometry, have been widely studied.As many practical problems need to be described by rational numbers, it is both theoretically and practically important to study the SMC problems in the rational number field.However, most of the existing researches focus on integers and the studied data are mainly one-dimensional data.There are few researches on secure multiparty computation of multi-dimensional data in the rational number field, but they can’t be generalized.Based on the fractional representation of rational numbers, the new encoding schemes about rational numbers and rational number vectors were proposed, which could encode multi-dimensional data in the rational number field and provided new solutions for other SMC problems in the rational number field.Based on the encoding scheme and one-way hash function, some protocols were designed for equality problems and set problems in the rational number field.These protocols used basic arithmetic operation and hash operation to guarantee efficiency than existing related protocols.And these protocols didn’t limit the range of research data and they were more widely applicable.It proves that these protocols are secure in the semi-honest model using simulation paradigm, and demonstrates the efficiency and the applicability of these protocols by theoretical analysis and experiment.A practical example was also given to illustrate that approaches are more versatile, and they could also be directly used to solve some secure multiparty computational geometry problems in the rational number field.…”
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From Palestine to Turtle Island by Sarah Rotz, Charles Levkoe, Martha Stiegman, Mustafa Koc, Indra Singh, Max Ajl, Yafa Al Masri, Justin Podur

“…These localized struggles are part of a larger global resistance against imperialism and colonialism, illustrating the power of food sovereignty as a means of survival and liberation. …”
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Hydromagnetic Flow of Two Immiscible Couple Stress Fluids through Porous Medium in a Cylindrical Pipe with Slip Effect by Punnamchandar Bitla, Yitagesu Daba Kore

“…The impacts of several parameters pertaining to the flow such as the magnetic number, couple stress parameters, Darcy number, viscosity ratio, Reynolds number, and slip parameter on the velocities in respective regions are examined and illustrated through graphs. The flow rate’s numerical values are also calculated for different fluid parameters and displayed in tabular form. …”
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Entre sacrificios y esperanzas: análisis de conflictos socioambientales en Bogotá desde una perspectiva de ecología política by Mariluz Nova Laverde, Milton Piñeros Fuentes, Jaime Edison Rojas Mora

“…The socio-environmental justice index reveals significant disparities in the distribution of socio-economic and ecological conditions between rural and urban areas, while the documentation of experiences showcases innovative strategies of collective action by diverse communities with hybrid identities, who propose alternative ways of living and being rooted in the recovery of ancestral knowledge and peasant traditions. This is illustrated through work with the Asopasquillita peasant association, which is committed to healing and caring for the land. …”
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Reflection of Verbal Violence in Farrokhi Yazdi's Poems: An Analysis Based on Malkin’s Approach by Arefeh Taherian, Hossein Razavian, Ali Mohammad Shahsani, Esmat Esmaeili

“…He introduces six patterns to illustrate how violence in language occurs, in which language provides a framework for the speaker to apply violence according to these patterns. …”
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Transformation of Space Discourse: from Traditional Society to Postmodern Era by V. A. Shchipkov

“…According to the author they illustrate the main features of modern space - anti-hierarchy and openness to a new mythologization. …”
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Possible Interrelations of the Proto-slavic Concept of “Fool” with Initiation Rites and Magic Fairy Tales by Olena Masliy

“…It seems that such connections can be observed between the original and ancient meanings of words and the concepts that they subsequently verbalize, tracing how language and culture preserve universal and unique meanings. To illustrate the theory of conceptual memory, the article demonstrates the interconnections of the hypothetical Proto-Slavic concept of “fool”, reconstructed in a previous work, with the initiation ritual and fairy tales. …”
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