An Optimized High Throughput Clean-Up Method Using Mixed-Mode SPE Plate for the Analysis of Free Arachidonic Acid in Plasma by LC-MS/MS by Wan Wang, Suzi Qin, Linsen Li, Xiaohua Chen, Qunjie Wang, Junfu Wei

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Strengthening of Damaged Masonry Walls Using Engineered Cementitious Composites: Experimental and Numerical Analysis by S. M. Renuka, I. P. Mervin Sanjith

“…Due to their higher strain hardening capacity, ECC can be applied as a strengthening material on structural walls, which improves the structural strength and inelastic deformation capacity. …”
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Prevalence and clinical aspects of Barrett’s esophagus in Khakasia republic by N. N. Butorin, O. S. Rzhavicheva, O. V. Khomenko, V. V. Tsukanov, O. V. Shtygasheva

“…To study prevalence and clinical aspects of Barrett’s esophagus at native and extraterrestrial inhabitants of Khakasia republic.Material and methods. Clinical investigation and esophagogastroduodenoscopy were carried out at 12975 Caucasians and 1489 Khakases in the age of 18 to 65 years. …”
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Exhibiting the West at the Paris Exposition of 1867: Towards a New American Aesthetic Identity? by François Brunet, Jessica Talley

“…In the context of this Exposition western photography, natural specimens and material culture of the post-Civil War era contributed to renovating the French and European view of America—substituting specific objects and pictures for an abstract idea and creating, for the first time perhaps, a strong aesthetic appeal for American pictures that were no longer the clichés understood by the phrase “American images.”…”
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Russian interferon <i>α</i>-2b drug in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C by N. B. Kovaleva

“…To study efficacy and safety of domestic recombinant interferon α-2b Altevir® in combination to ribavirin in previously untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC).Material and methods. Retrospective treatment results rating of 85 patients (49 men (57%) and 36 women (43%)) was carried out. …”
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THE PROSPECTS OF MANKIND IN CONDITIONS OF TECHNOGENIC CIVILIZATION by Svetlana A. Yurikova

“…Practical importance of this work is primarily in that it focuses on the need of speedy, serious and circumspect attention to those problems in future in order to avoid dangers that they hold for humanity. Besides, material which is presented in this article could be used in teaching of social and humanitarian courses. …”
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Pressure-Shear Crack Initiation and Expansion Mechanism of Complex Cracked Rock Mass under the Seepage Stress by Lu Shen

“…The dense marble of Daye Iron mine with bulk density of 26.6 kN/m3 and uniaxial compressive strength of 52.4 MPa was selected as the material, and the upper and lower fracture surfaces were polished smoothly. …”
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Thermodynamic Phase Transition of Generalized Ayon-Beato Garcia Black Holes by Elham Ghasemi, Hossein Ghaffarnejad

“…In our setup, the assumed pressure originated from the internal material of the black hole say q and m here. By calculating the Hawking temperature of this black hole, we obtain equation of state. …”
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Sankce vůči českým královským městům roku 1547 v kontextu habsburské politiky první poloviny 16. století („Gentský ortel“ v politické propagandě stavovského odboje)... by Petr Vorel

“…On the basis of new research into the progress of the Estates Revolt, the author determines the origin of this material to be June 1547, i.e. the period after the Battle of Mühlberg, when most of the aristocratic part of the Bohemian Estates Revolt had reached an agreement with King Ferdinand, and the Bohemian royal towns remained the King‘s last potential opponents. …”
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Remote Facial Expression and Heart Rate Measurements to Assess Human Reactions in Glass Structures by Chiara Bedon, Silvana Mattei

“…As known, intrinsic material features (transparency, brittleness, etc.) require specific engineering knowledge for safe mechanical design but can in any case evoke severe subjective feelings for customers, thus affecting their psychological comfort and hence behaviour and movements. …”
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Synthesize of montmorillonite supported hydroxyapatite and determination of adsorption capacity by tetracycline removal by Pelin Baran

“…In this study, removal of organic pollutants in wastewater using HA/MMT composite material was studied. Tetracycline (TC) antibiotic was used as an organic pollutant. …”
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Pisonia Alba Assisted Synthesis of Nanosilver for Wound Healing Activity by Suba Kannaiyan, D. Easwaramoorthi, Karthik Kannan, Andal Gopal, R. Lakshmipathy, Khadijah Mohammedsaleh Katubi, Nayef S. Almuaikel, Ivan Leandro Rodriguez Rico

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Lady Clara Cavendish: Reynolds and Rymer’s Political Hoax by Rebecca L. Nesvet

“…Instead, Cavendish’s supposed productions combine with paratextual material such as Reynolds’s advertising to articulate a consistent personality. …”
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Synthesis and Antifungal and Insecticidal Activities of Novel N-Phenylbenzamide Derivatives Bearing a Trifluoromethylpyrimidine Moiety by Xuetong Yu, Wenjun Lan, Meihang Chen, Su Xu, Xiaoxi Luo, Shuhong He, Haijiang Chen, Qiang Fei, Wenneng Wu

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EFECTOS DEL TIEMPO DE EXPOSICIÓN, TIPOGRAFÍA YCONTRASTE DE COLOR ENTRE TEXTO/FONDO EN LAASTENOPIA PROVOCADA POR LECTURA CONPANTALLAS DE CRISTAL LÍQUIDO by /

“…Neste El objetivo del estudio fue analizar los efectos de los factores tiempo de exposición en 2, 4 and 6 horas, los tipos de tipografía para Times New Roman, Courier y Arial y el contraste de color entre texto/fondo casos blanco/negro, blanco/azul y amarillo/azul, en la fatiga visual entre sujetos realizando lectura con pantallas de cristal liquido (LCD) .La tarea experimental consistió en lectura de material electrónicos. Síntomas de ojo seco como indicador de astenopia fueron medidas por un equipo de 6 optometristas, quiénes utilizaron la prueba de Fluoresceína para la medición del tiempo de ruptura de la película lagrimal. …”
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Data analysis-based framework for the design and assessment of chemical process plants: a case study in amine gas-treating systems by Rahul Gupta, Gladys Navas, Daniela Galatro

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Pre-primary school teacher training program in Kotebe University of Education: provision and policy implications by Abunu Arega Yismaw

“…The findings indicated that the pre-primary teacher training program is critically challenged by the shortage of trainers, financial and material constraints, inconclusiveness of the selection criteria of trainees’, overcrowded workshops, and absence of connections with social service-providing organizations. …”
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Negotiating National Equality in the Austrian Silesian Diet 1905-1914 by Paula Krajnik

“…The Viennese central government rejected two electoral reform drafts for their lack of measures to solve the national conflicts; further drafts never materialized. A Silesian Compromise never became realized in part due to the unwillingness and lack of interest to find a compromise on the side of the diet’s German majority, which was easily able to outvote its Slavic minority and refused many of their demands out of fear of losing their hegemony. …”
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The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK. by Dean R Lomax, Paul de la Salle, Marcello Perillo, Justin Reynolds, Ruby Reynolds, James F Waldron

“…The geological age and giant size of the specimens suggest shastasaurid affinities, but the material is too incomplete for a definitive referral. …”
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Legal and economic dilemmas of sustainable development in times of global crisis by Maciej Rudnicki

“…Unfortunately, ecological properties are very often treated last of all in the decision-making hierarchy, and are usually considered inferior to, for example, material prosperity or social comfort. Treating the ecological properties as such, often results in them going unnoticed overall, and very soon leads to permanent and negative changes that directly affect human life and the environment, as well as having a negative effect on health. …”
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