Characterizing Radon Among Public Buildings and Small/Medium-Sized Businesses in a Canadian Province by Lily X. Yang, Tracy L. Kirkham, Laura Boksman, Anne-Marie Nicol, Paul A. Demers

“…Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. …”
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Marine environmental regulation and green technology innovation: evidence from enterprises in coastal areas of China by Junchen Jiang, Han Sun

“…This article takes the ‘National Marine Ecological Civilization Demoznstration Zone’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Demonstration Zone’) as a quasi-natural experiment and adopts the difference-in-difference method to explore the effects of marine environmental regulation on green technology innovation of micro-enterprises in coastal areas and on the high-quality development of the regional economy. …”
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Unleashing the power of pinyin: promoting Chinese named entity recognition with multiple embedding and attention by Jigui Zhao, Yurong Qian, Shuxiang Hou, Jiayin Chen, Kui Wang, Min Liu, Aizimaiti Xiaokaiti

“…Abstract Named Entity Recognition (NER) aims to identify entities with specific meanings and their boundaries in natural language texts. Due to the differences between Chinese and English language families, Chinese NER faces challenges such as ambiguous word boundary delineation and semantic diversity. …”
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Identificación morfológica de hongos micorrízicos arbusculares en plantaciones de cacao en la región Amazonas, Perú by KELVIN JAMES LLANOS GÓMEZ, Maria julia Silva Manco, Tito Sanchez Santillan, Marielita Arce Inga, Santos T. Leiva Espinoza

“…Este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar morfológicamente la diversidad natural de HMA en plantaciones nativas de cacao en la región Amazonas, Perú. …”
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The Coronal Power Spectrum from MHD Mode Conversion above Sunspots by Hemanthi Miriyala, Richard J. Morton, Elena Khomenko, Patrick Antolin, Gert J.J. Botha

“…Frequency filtering of the upwardly propagating acoustic waves is a natural consequence of a gravitationally stratified atmosphere and plays a key role in shaping the power spectra of mode-converted waves. …”
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Biopreservation of Shrimps Using Composed Edible Coatings from Chitosan Nanoparticles and Cloves Extract by Ahmed A. Tayel, Aml F. Elzahy, Shaaban H. Moussa, Mohammed S. Al-Saggaf, Amany M. Diab

“…The CLE/Cht-NPs could be impressively recommended as effectual natural composites for shrimps’ biopreservation during cold storage.…”
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Changements climatiques, migrations et défis de la gestion de l’environnement : le cas d’un village au cœur de la tourmente au Burkina Faso by Ibrahim Ouattara, Omer Chouinard, Carole C. Tranchant, Vanderlinden

“…The case of Koumbili also allows an outlook on various mechanisms which aim at strengthening local sustainable management and local organization capacities in the region considered.PAR revealed that the exploitation of the village’s natural resources has intensified markedly, due to the rising of the population. …”
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Peacekeeping Strategies and the Role of Rwanda in the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Svetlana A. Bokeriya, Manasa Mahapa, Anita Kiamba

“…The study examines the strategies used by Rwanda in the DRC, including support for armed rebel groups, illegal mining of natural resources, and their impact on the dynamics of the conflict. …”
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LIVER DISEASE & SICKLE CELL DISEASE: AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE; A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW. by Kelvin Lynch, Andrea Mega, Andrea Piccin, Massimo Daves, Helen Fogarty

“…. •   • Due to the natural history of the two illnesses, SCD is almost always diagnosed first in cases of dual pathology. …”
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Olivetol’s Effects on Metabolic State and Gut Microbiota Functionality in Mouse Models of Alimentary Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and 2, and Hypercholesterolemia by Anastasia A. Zabolotneva, Katerina E. Popruga, Valentin V. Makarov, Sergei M. Yudin, Andrei M. Gaponov, Sergei A. Roumiantsev, Aleksandr V. Shestopalov

“…Background: Disorders of glucose and lipid metabolism, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, or hypercholesterolemia, can cause serious complications, reduce quality of life, and lead to increased premature mortality. Olivetol, a natural compound, could be proposed as a promising therapeutic agent for preventing, treating, or alleviating metabolic complications of such pathological conditions. …”
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Removal of crystal violet dye from aqueous solution using adsorbent prepared from oak tree fruit waste by Frood Shojaeipoor

“…The increase in the world's population and the decrease in natural resources, including water, have caused mankind to look for ways to treat the wastes from various industries and reuse them. …”
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Consequences of using renewable energy sources by N. G. Lyubimova, A. S. Flaksman

“…In pursuit of environmentally friendly production the West does not consider many components of economic efficiency: environmental protection and safety of working and living conditions of some countries in Asia, Africa and South America, and natural means of absorbing greenhouse gases. It should be ignored in the future when justifying economic efficiency of RES.…”
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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

“…Traditional chemical additives inevitably pollute, damage, and destroy the ecological environment and natural resources while simultaneously addressing the requirements of engineering construction in loess areas. …”
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Genome characterization through dichotomic classes: An analysis of the whole chromosome 1 of A. thaliana by Enrico Properzi, Simone Giannerini, Diego Luis Gonzalez, Rodolfo Rosa

“…In this article we show how dichotomic classes, binary variables naturally derived from a new mathematical model of the genetic code, can be used in order to characterize different parts of the genome. …”
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Static Bending, Vibration, and Buckling Responses of a Sandwich Beam Composed of Five Layers Considering Honeycomb Core and CNTRC with SMA Particles and Temperature-Dependent Mater... by Mohsen Asgari, Mehdi Mohammadimehr, Mohammad Arabzadeh-Ziari, Erfan Arabzadeh-Ziari

“…Then, based on Navier's type method for simply supported boundary conditions, the deflection, critical buckling load, and the natural frequency for a sandwich beam composed of five layers are obtained. …”
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Modelación CFD de casos básicos de convección en ambientes cerrados: Necesidades de principiantes en CFD para adquirir habilidades y confianza en la modelación CFD by Magdalena Cortés, Paul Fazio, Jiwu Rao, Waldo Bustamante, Sergio Vera

“…Este artículo busca proveer información más completa sobre la modelación CFD de casos básicos de convección natural, forzados y mixtos que permitirán a los nuevos usuarios adquirir las habilidades y confianza. …”
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Exploring the feasibility of near-infrared spectroscopy in analyzing and predicting the chemical and biochemical changes of chitin-amended soils by Ken Abamba Omwange, Ana Chen, Renfu Lu, Carly Daiek, Julie Celini, Yan Liu

“… Chitin, a natural polymer, has been added to soil to enhance plant resistance to pathogens, yet its impact on soil’s chemical and biochemical properties remains unclear. …”
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How do events shape the media agenda on Islam and Muslims in Western Europe? An analysis of news events in Germany, the UK and France (2000–2020) by Liriam Sponholz, Anna-Maria Meuth

“…Defining Islam and Muslims as the problem e.g. the “bad news”, in turn, is neither inherent to media logic nor a natural consequence of events. This study attempts to shift the focus from the valence of media representations to the interplay between media attention and problem definition by analysing whether and how events trigger media attention on Muslims and change the media agenda. …”
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Temporal and spatial characterization of keratinocytes supporting orf virus replication by Byung-Joon Seung, Sushil Khatiwada, Daniel L. Rock, Gustavo Delhon

“…Using in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, qPCR, and a full-thickness wound/infection model in sheep, the natural host, we show that during an initial 2-day eclipse phase viral transcription and viral DNA replication are not detected. …”
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Faux et usage de faux : la forme de l’archive dans « The Narrative of Jacobus Coetzee », de J. M. Coetzee by Odile Gannier

“…The memoirs and travel stories convey a large range of considerations about natural history, about habits and customs of encountered populations, sometimes colonized ones. …”
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