A Study of Polishing Feature of Ultrasonic-Assisted Vibration Method in Bamboo Charcoal by Hsin-Min Lee, Tzung-Ming Chen

“…Under the polishing and machining parameters of ultrasonic-assisted vibration, with a diamond slurry concentration of 0.3%, the experimental results show a polishing time of 20 min, a loading of 25 N on the workpiece surface, a spindle speed of 1200 rpm, a vibration frequency of 30 kHz and the original surface roughness value of Ra 0.252 μm equals that of a mirror-like surface at Ra 0.017 μm. …”
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Introduction: Urban-Rural Differences in Historical Demography by Christa Matthys, Jan Kok, Richard Paping

“…For many migrants, their migration was not a definitive break with the place of origin, and they did not assimilate completely to the dominant behavior in their destination. …”
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Cookware as source of toxic metals: An overview by Okunola Alabi, Amos Tomiwa Afolabi

“…Certain materials used in cookware, especially metals, have been identified as potential origins of toxic elements. Lead, a well-known neurotoxin, can be released from cookware, presenting a risk when ingested. …”
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Adopting sustainable environmental policy based on quadruple helix model in Gorontalo city, Indonesia by Dikson Junus, Nur Istiyan Harun, Suaib Napir

“…The results of the study found that the policy for handling environmental problems in Gorontalo City has not been well optimized. The main problem originates from the lack of a creative and innovative collaboration system between the government, community, academia and industry. …”
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Physicochemical, Major Anions and Heavy Metals in Surface Water and Groundwater at Pb – Zn Mining areas of Ebonyi State, Nigeria by SU Opoke, AD Osayande

“…The result of the Correlation analysis and principal component analysis ( R- Mode and Q-mode) applied to the data analysis show that Zn, Pb, Cd, Cu, and Cr heavy metals originated from similar sources but may have been influenced by mining operation, while Ni, and As are attributed to a geogenic source. …”
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Space Project SEE for Measuring G and its Possible Spatial and Time Variations by Vitaly N. Melnikov, Alvin J. Sanders

“…La misión SEE usará la dinámica novedosa y original de cuerpos en prueba. La gravitación no está presente en las teorías de unificación. …”
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Resection of Bilateral Symmetrical Multiple Level Cervical Ganglioneuroma in a 43-Year-Old Man, a Probable Case of Neurofibromatosis Type-1: Report of a Case and Review of Literatu... by Seyed Reza Mousavi, Mohammadhadi Amirshahpari Motlagh, Fatemeh Karimi, Bahareh Ebrahimi

“…Ganglioneuroma is a benign tumor, originating from sympathetic nervous system. Intradural and dumbbell shape spinal ganglioneuroma has been reported in the literature. …”
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Investigation of hemostasis by thromboelastography in the patient with liver cirrhosis (Clinical case) by Ye. L. Bulanova, A. Yu. Bulanov, D. S. Gatsolayeva

“…Presented clinical case illustrates approach to investigation and treatment of such patients.Original positions. Patient K., male 54 years was hospitalized to the clinic for decompensated liver cirrhosis of toxic and viral etiology. …”
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Keeping Up with Power/Corruption in a Pandemic: A Study of an Investigative Journalist’s Twitter Handle by Omotayo Omitola

“…InNigeria, studies have confirmed that a lot of investigative reports are found in the traditional media,both broadcast and print, and most of these reports, which are about financial scandals, originate fromgovernment agencies saddled with the responsibility of battling corruption. …”
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Cytokines in Endocrine Dysfunction of Plasma Cell Disorders by Eva Feigerlová, Shyue-Fang Battaglia-Hsu

“…This concerns especially the situation where the presence of M-protein is limited and the serum protein electrophoresis (sPEP) appears normal. To understand the origin of the endocrine symptoms associated with MG, we overview here the current knowledge on the complexity of interactions between cytokines and the endocrine system in MG and discuss the perspectives for both the diagnosis and treatments for this class of diseases. …”
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Exosome-Derived microRNA: Potential Target for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis by Yujie Xiao, Yixuan Yuan, Dahai Hu, Hongtao Wang

“…This review comprehensively explores the biology of exosome-derived miRNAs, which originate from both immune cells (such as macrophages and dendritic cells) and nonimmune cells (such as endothelial and epithelial cells) and play a dynamic role in modulating pathways that affect the course of sepsis, including those related to inflammation, immune response, cell survival, and apoptosis. …”
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SHAPING FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN EUROPE TOGETHER: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE by Norica Felicia BUCUR

“…This paper attempts to depict the origins and the evolution of the current reality and explain the role played by the European Union and the Council of Europe in setting the trend in this particular field. …”
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Papež Alexandr VII. (1655–1667) a biskupství v Hradci Králové by Jakub Zouhar

“… This work deals with Pope Alexander VII, whose original name was Fabio Chigi (pontificate 1655–1667) and his relation to the Bohemian Lands, especially his role in the establishment of the diocese in Hradec Králové in 1664. …”
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Cross Roads, Wrong Tracks, or New Goals in Globalized Europe? by Zoltán Suti

“…In consumer societies interpersonal relationships transform lifestyle, as well as people’s opinion concerning social mobility. Thus original social roots are being torn off, traditional relationships are fading and this is how a phenomenon called chameleon migration is established. …”
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Emilie Oléron Evans, Transferts culturels et historiographie de l'art : le cas de Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) by Émilie Oléron Evans

“…This thesis demonstrates how the works of art and architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983), a British scholar of German origin, played a major part in the accession of the history of art and architecture to the status of an academic discipline in the United Kingdom in the 1930s and 40s. …”
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Autonomous Energy Management Strategy in the Intermediate Circuit of an Electric Hybrid Drive with a Supercapacitor by Milan Vacarda

“…A little-studied HEV traction drive topology is an internal combustion engine (ICE), supercapacitor (SC), traction motor (TM), and electric power divider (EPS) assembly. The original EMS method implemented in this assembly is based on the control of energy flows at the physical level in the DC link node. …”
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Further Reflecting on the Six-Year Primary Project of the Institute of Education, University of Ife: The Key Players by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…More often than not, it is disempowering rather than empowering if we go by Paulo Freire’s notion of education as being central to empowerment and poor education as the primary agent and metaphoric vehicle for modern day disempowerment, a knowledge base that does not liberate the mind or embrace the cognitive progression of the learner.1 After all, the original goal of colonial education was to train the “natives” in European languages so as to be able to communicate with and, ipso facto, serve their colonial “masters,” and help him to rule the same “natives.” …”
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A Study on Wind Pressure Characteristics of a Large-Span Membrane Structure under the Fluctuating Wind in a Vertical Direction Based on a Large Eddy Simulation by Fangjin Sun, Haoxuan Tang, Mingjin Lu, Daming Zhang, Chen Lu

“…Based on the results, the wind pressure zones of the roofs are discussed. Furthermore, the original structures are optimized and numerically simulated considering the streamlined design concept to study the influence mechanism of fluctuating wind on the roof in more detail.…”
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A case report of acute promyelocytic leukemia with myeloid sarcoma of the lumbar spine and literature review by Yiwen Du, Kun Yang, Yantao Ling, Ying Zhang, Yuping Gong

“…Pathological analysis of the surgically resected mass identified it as myeloid in origin. Routine blood tests were unremarkable, and bone marrow smears and immunophenotyping showed no evidence of abnormal myeloblasts or promyelocytes. …”
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Determinants and Academic Performance: The Role of Prerequisites in University Achievement by Maria Giulia Ballatore, Anita Tabacco

“…Based on a sample of 3,739 students, the research evaluates the predictive validity of the entrance exam (Test In Laib - TIL) and the national state exam (Esame di Stato – EdS), considering variables such as gender, geographical origin, and scholastic background. The results show a significant correlation between TIL scores and the university credits earned in the first year, highlighting the importance of the TIL in predicting academic success, while EdS scores are not correlated with performance. …”
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