Policy effects of reduced pension contribution rate on innovation input--Empirical evidence from Zhejiang and Shandong provinces. by Zimian He, Jianwei Xu

“…This study uses provincial panel data of China during 2000-2017 to analyze the reduction in the proportion of enterprise contributions to pension insurance in Zhejiang and Shandong provinces as a quasi-natural experiment. Specifically, it uses the synthetic control method to construct a counterfactual state of the treatment group, and analyzes the effect of fee reduction policy on enterprise innovation input. …”
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Experimental Research and Numerical Simulation on Gas-Liquid Separation Performance at High Gas Void Fraction of Helically Coiled Tube Separator by Yongxue Zhang, Chan Guo, Hucan Hou, Guomin Xue

“…The industrial removal process of the light hydrocarbon and water from wet natural gas can be simulated in laboratory with the independently designed helically coiled tube gas-liquid separator. …”
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The environmental price of socio-economic development: Worldwide trends from 1990 to 2016 by Katja VINTAR MALLY

“…However, for only 38% of countries could it be concluded that socio-economic progress in the period 1990-2016 was achieved while reducing the per capita consumption of natural resources and ecosystem services. …”
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Intelligent model and optimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction of antioxidants and amylase enzyme from Gnaphalium affine D. Don by Naphatrapi Luangsakul, Kannika Kunyanee, Sandra Kusumawardani, Tai Van Ngo

“…This is the first report on amylase potential of chewcut, which could be further served as the natural enzyme source. Moreover, by adding its bioactive compounds, it may be possible to improve nutraceutical properties and quality of products.…”
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Dynamic Analysis of a Pyroprocessing Coupled SFR Fuel Recycling by Fanxing Gao, Won Il Ko

“…Numerous studies have attempted to solve the problems constraining the sustainable utilization of nuclear power, for example, the already accumulated HLWs, the worsening environment due to greenhouse emissions, the questionable reliability of natural uranium resources, and the argument over nuclear safety, which are certainly top issues to be addressed. …”
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Killer-Cell Inhibitory Receptors, CD158a/b, are Upregulated by Interleukin-2, but not Interferon-γ or Interleukin-4 by Toshiaki Kogure, Hiroshi Fujinaga, Atsushi Niizawa, Le Xuan Hai, Yutaka Shimada, Hiroshi Ochiai, Katsutoshi Terasawa

“…Although it is now accepted that killer-cell inhibitory receptors (KIRs), which were molecularly cloned in 1995, deliver negative signals to natural killer (NK) cells regarding the recognition of target cells, it is still unclear how the expression of these receptors on lymphocytes is regulated. …”
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Molecular Imaging of IGF-1R in Cancer by Yingying Sun PhD, Xilin Sun PhD, Baozhong Shen MD, PhD

“…In this review, we will summarize the current status of IGF-1R molecular imaging in cancer, in which 5 major classes of ligands that have been developed for noninvasive IGF-1R molecular imaging will be discussed: natural ligands, monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, affibodies, and small molecules. …”
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The Influence of mangrove arrangement on wave transmission using smoothed particle hydrodynamics by Trimulyono Andi, Ardi Setiawan Dikky, Samuel, Arswendo Adietya Berlian, Budi Santosa Ari Wibawa, Tuswan

“…Mangroves have been proven for their role as a natural barrier to various environmental risks such as abrasion and erosion. …”
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INVESTIGATING CHOLAGOGUE AND CHOLERETIC ACTIVITY OF PEUMUS BOLDUS by Raphael S. F. Silva, Marcus Vinícius H. Faria, Joyce F. S. D. de Almeida, Tanos C. C. França

“…This study demonstrates the application of theoretical chemistry and molecular modeling methods, including molecular docking, molecular dynamics, and molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA), in identifying molecular targets and providing insights into the bioactivities of natural products.…”
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Relationship between Kindergarten Teachers'Emotional Labor and Occupational Well-being: Mediating Effect of Organizational Climate by SUN Yajuan, LIANG Hua, LI Xiufang

“…Second, deep play strategies and natural strategies positively predicted kindergarten organizational climate and preschool teachers'well-being. …”
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Is Form-Focused Instruction Really a Waste of Time? A Review of Past Mistakes and Future Possibilities through the Analysis of Input Enhancement by Andrew Schenck, Matthew Baldwin

“…At CEFR level B1, for example, learners benefited most from input enhancement of grammatical features at intermediary stages of the Processability and Natural Orders of acquisition. Tailoring emphasis of grammatical features to learner proficiency during the communication process may foster greater accuracy.…”
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Secure and Privacy Enhanced Gait Authentication on Smart Phone by Thang Hoang, Deokjai Choi

“…Gait signals are acquired by using an inertial sensor named accelerometer in the mobile device and error correcting codes are adopted to deal with the natural variation of gait measurements. We evaluate our proposed system on a dataset consisting of gait samples of 34 volunteers. …”
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A State-of-the-Art Review on Storm Events, Overtopping and Morphological Changes in Front of Coastal Structures by Frederico Romão, Márcia Lima, Carlos Coelho

“…A review of morphological changes in front of coastal defense structures and in natural barriers due to overtopping, wave run-down and reflux was conducted. …”
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Fetal Programming of Body Composition, Obesity, and Metabolic Function: The Role of Intrauterine Stress and Stress Biology by Sonja Entringer, Claudia Buss, James M. Swanson, Dan M. Cooper, Deborah A. Wing, Feizal Waffarn, Pathik D. Wadhwa

“…We frame our arguments in the larger context of an evolutionary-developmental perspective that supports roles for both nutrition and stress as key environmental conditions driving natural selection and developmental plasticity. We suggest that intrauterine stress exposure may interact with the nutritional milieu, and that stress biology may represent an underlying mechanism mediating the effects of diverse intrauterine perturbations, including but not limited to maternal nutritional insults (undernutrition and overnutrition), on brain and peripheral targets of programming of body composition, energy balance homeostasis, and metabolic function. …”
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Electromagnetic Fields, Oxidative Stress, and Neurodegeneration by Claudia Consales, Caterina Merla, Carmela Marino, Barbara Benassi

“…Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) originating both from both natural and manmade sources permeate our environment. …”
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Soil Assessment along Toposequences in Rural Northern Nigeria: A Geomedical Approach by Lena Hartmann, Marvin Gabriel, Yuanrong Zhou, Barbara Sponholz, Heinrich Thiemeyer

“…To investigate if, instead, CDR is caused by a nutrient deficiency in the environment, subsistence farms in an endemic CDR area near Kaduna, northern Nigeria, were investigated for bedrock, slope forms, soil types, and soil characteristics. The natural environment was investigated according to the World Reference Base, soil texture was analysed by pipette and sieving, and plant-available macronutrients were determined using barium-chloride or Ca-acetate-lactate extraction. …”
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Will decarbonising buildings be enough? Constrain and redistribute growth in floor area by David Ness

“… While decarbonising the built environment is a dominant strategy in tackling climate change, centred on renewable energies and energy efficiency, it overlooks the role played by growth in built floor area in overconsumption of material and other natural resources. Shifting our frame of reference enables us to view this as the root cause of not only climate change, but also the destruction of biodiversity and increased global inequity. …”
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Evaluation of safe bearing capacity of soil foundation by using numerical analysis method by Abdoullah Namdar, Xiong Feng

“…The result of numerical analysis supports geotechnical and structural engineering codes, predicts structural stability with different age, natural hazard and prevention as well as it is useful in understanding safe bearing capacity of soil foundation behavior.…”
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Influence of soil structure interaction on the 4th story building by Kurniawandy Alex, Dayu Tiara Cindy, Aryanti Riza, Aminsyah Muhammad

“…The analysis results show the natural period increases by 20% in the X direction and 18% in Y. …”
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Quantification of Sterol and Triterpenol Biomarkers in Sediments of the Cananéia-Iguape Estuarine-Lagoonal System (Brazil) by UHPLC-MS/MS by Giovana Anceski Bataglion, Hector Henrique Ferreira Koolen, Rolf Roland Weber, Marcos Nogueira Eberlin

“…Ten sterols and three triterpenols were identified and quantified, indicating both natural and anthropogenic sources. The relative distributions of sterol and triterpenol showed that the study area is submitted to organic matter (OM) from the Ribeira de Iguape River, seawater, surrounding vegetation, and plankton production. …”
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