Sexual and reproductive health awareness and practices among adolescents and adults in a rural farming community in Baja California, Mexico: a quantitative and qualitative cross-se... by Cristina Espinosa da Silva, Margarita Santibanez, Adrienne RS Lee, Lorena S Pacheco, Stephanie Brodine, Miguel A Fraga, Taylor B Desmarais, Noe C Crespo, Javier Martínez Hernandez, Marianne McKennett, Richard S Garfein

“…Given the lack of information to inform educational materials tailored to the needs of these indigenous communities, we aimed to: (a) quantitatively characterise the SRH awareness and practices among adolescents and adults in a rural, mostly indigenous community in northern Mexico and (b) qualitatively assess community perspectives on an educational pamphlet with SRH information (e.g. contraceptive options). …”
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Development of an Augmented Reality-Based Practicum E-Module Integrated with Local Wisdom of Salak Fruit by Heni Mulyani Pohan, Adi Syaputra, Fatma Suryani Harahap, Dinda Yunita, Rabiyatul Adawiyah Siregar, Anouar Ben Mabrouk

“…The e-module achieved high validation scores: 0.9 (material), 0.8 (media), and 0.9 (language). Student response rates were 80% (feasibility), 85% (AR usage), and 83.2% (language). …”
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Layered Babinet complementary patterns acting as asymmetric negative index metamaterial by Emese Tóth, Olivér A. Fekete, Balázs Bánhelyi, Maxim Durach, Zsolt Szabó, Mária Csete

“…The negative index material (NIM) phenomenon is accompanied by electric multipoles that add up non-radiatively and correlates with the strong, pronouncedly-tilted, rotating magnetic dipoles characteristic on the nano-entities, where the outgoing waves are linearly (slightly elliptically) polarized. …”
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Soft Artificial Synapse Electronics by Md. Rayid Hasan Mojumder, Seongchan Kim, Cunjiang Yu

“…The utilization of organic and low-dimensional materials is highlighted, showcasing their plasticity and energy-efficient operation. …”
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Identification of weeds from the cabbage family (Brassicaceae) found in the agrocenoses of the Russian Federation by А. l. Ebel, T. V. Ebel, S. I. Mikhailova

“…Most of the species from this list are widespread weeds in Russia.To establish the presence of Brassicaceae species in Russian agrocenoses, we analyzed published sources, herbarium materials stored in the Russian leading herbaria, and materials collected by the authors during field explorations in 2017–2022 in 19 subject entities of the Russian Federation.  …”
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Tracing the Origin of Oxide Inclusions in Vacuum Arc Remelted Steel Ingots Using Trace Element Profiles and Strontium Isotope Ratios by Christoph Walkner, Gulnaz Mukhametzianova, Stefan Wagner, Jörg C. Korp, Andreas Graf, Johanna Irrgeher, Thomas C. Meisel, Thomas Prohaska

“…The results indicate that particles from the refractory lining of the casting system most likely formed the macroscopic inclusions, possibly in conjunction with a second, calcium-rich material.…”
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Development of a 50K SNP array for whole-genome analysis and its application in the genetic localization of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) fruit shape by Chuying Yu, Qihong Yang, Weiliu Li, Yaqin Jiang, Guiyun Gan, Liangyu Cai, Xinchun Li, Zhiqiang Li, Wenjia Li, Min Zou, Yang Yang, Yikui Wang

“…Principal component, phylogenetic, and population structure analyses divided the 577 eggplants into 7 subgroups, and statistical analysis was performed on the fruit shape and color of the materials in the different subgroups. Further analysis of the geographical distribution of 428 Chinese eggplant materials revealed that the geographical regions of different subgroups were similar. …”
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Resistance of European plum to fungal diseases in the foothill zone of Adygea by V. V. Sherstobitov, M. A. Kolesova

“…The objective of this study was to identify P. domestica cultivars resistant to four fungal diseases under the conditions of the foothill zone of Adygea.   Materials and methods. The research material included 25 P. domestica cultivars from the collection orchard of Maikop Experiment Station of VIR. …”
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Direct and residual effect of various vermicompost on soil nutrient and nutrient uptake dynamics and productivity of four mustard Pak-Coi (Brassica rapa L.) sequences in organic fa... by N. Nurhidayati, Masyhuri Machfudz, Indiyah Murwani

“…Differences in the dynamics of nutrient availability, nutrient uptake and crop yields are affected by the vermicompost materials used.…”
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Methodological aspects of using NIR spectroscopy to assess biochemical indicators in barley grain by V. S. Popov, T. V. Shelenga, O. N. Kovaleva, V. I. Khoreva

“…The proposed method helps to preserve valuable source material, increases labor efficiency, and does not require chemical reagents. …”
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Variation in Illipe Nut's Fat Yield of Tengkawang-producing Shorea from Several Provenances and Land Races by Budi Leksono, Lukman Hakim

“…Illip (tengkawang) nut is a non-wood forest product which has a high economic value and one of export commodities as raw material for illipe nut's fat, cosmetics, and substitution of chocolate fat. …”
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SPR Biosensor Based on Bilayer MoS₂ for SARS-CoV-2 Sensing by Talia Tene, Stefano Bellucci, Cristian Vacacela Gomez

“…In this study, we developed and optimized a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor incorporating advanced materials to enhance its sensitivity and specificity. …”
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Natureza das atividades experimentais em livros didáticos de física do ensino médio by Keila Rodrigues da Silva, Otávio Paulino Lavor, Elrismar Auxiliadora Gomes Oliveira

“… O livro didático é o principal material de apoio dos professores e alunos das escolas públicas brasileiras, sendo avaliado e distribuído pelo Programa Nacional do Livro e do Material Didático (PNLD). …”
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Innovative gamification strategies to improve student learning outcomes in vocational high schools by Muhammad Iqbal Faza, Ranu Iskandar, Rizqi Fitri Naryanto

“…Validation of this gamification learning media was carried out by linguists, material experts, and media experts. The trial was conducted on students of class XI TKR 1 and 2 at Mataram Semarang Vocational High School, with a total of 61 students. …”
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Inhibition of Anti-Reflection Film Cracks on Plastic Substrates Using Nanolaminate Layer Deposition in Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition by Chi-Chieh Wang, Cheng-Fu Wang, Meng-Chi Li, Li-Chen Su, Chien-Cheng Kuo

“…In addition, through the processing of inserted Al₂O₃ layers, the degree of crystallization was changed so that the material and substrate could maintain their normal surfaces without cracking after the environmental tests. …”
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Development and evaluation of winter barley varieties for group resistance to smut diseases by I. B. Legkun

“…When developing resistant breeding material we tested an integrated approach combining several principles. …”
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Female Consumers’ Involvement in Intentional Non-Sustainable and Unintentional Sustainable Apparel Decisions: An Emerging Market Perspective by Elizabeth Kempen, Rejoice Tobias-Mamina, Mariette Strydom, Lorna Christi, Mirriam Makopo

“…Unintentional sustainable apparel behaviour is characterised by (1) in-store apparel purchases: signifying quality clothing, observed in the material and stitching, resulting in clothing items worn for longer and handed down from generation to generation, sensitivity to the origin of the garment and (2) apparel disposal behaviour such as (a) keeping apparel as cleaning material and repurposing into wearable apparel; (b) permanent disposal through handing down items and (c) temporary disposal through exchanged items. …”
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Research Progress of TiN Formation and Control in the Smelting Process of Ti-Microalloyed Steel by Yang　Rui, Li　Yang, Sun　Meng, Ma　Shuai, Mao　Yunqie, Jiang　Zhouhua

“…Adding Ti to the steel for microalloying can obviously increase the strength and improve the properties of the material， but TiN inclusions will be formed in the steel. …”
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Prediction of the critical stress to crack initiation associated to the investigation of fatigue small crack by D. Marhabi, N. Benseddiq, G. Mesmacque, Z. Azari, J.M. Nianga

“…This study shows that the critical fatigue design stress can be defined below the usual endurance limit, considered in rules and codes. The material constitutive behaviour is using linear isotropic elasticity. …”
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Winter rye cultivars moderately resistant to ergot by L. M. Shchekleina, T. K. Sheshegova

“…There are no rye cultivars resistant to the disease, and breeding methods of protection have not been developed in Russia.Materials and methods. The material for the research included 97 winter rye cultivars. …”
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