A New Spectrophotometric Reagent for Fe(III): 2-(2,3-Dihydroxy-4-oxocyclobut-2-enylidene) Hydrozinecarbothiamide and Its Application in Real Samples by Mahboubeh Saeidi, Reihaneh Aboutalebi, Ali Darehkordi

“…The method was applied in determination of Fe(III) in tap water, cow milk, and human serum.…”
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Detection and Prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminths Contaminating Several Vegetables in Several Traditional Markets in Surabaya by Yuhenanda Dary Pratama, Indah Setyawati Tantular, Gwenny Ichsan Prabowo, Heru Prasetya

“…Each sample was washed with tap water, water washing examined using flotation method to find soil-transmitted helminths. …”
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A Reappraisal of the Necessity of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt After Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury by Seunghan Yu, Hyuk Jin Choi, Jung Hwan Lee, Mahnjeong Ha, Byung Chul Kim

“…Of these 38 patients, only six (15.7%) showed worsening neurologic symptoms, which were improved by the tap test; these patients eventually underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. …”
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Jointing sparse recovery estimation algorithm of underwater acoustic channels with long time delay spread by Yue-hai ZHOU, Xiu-ling CAO, Dong-sheng CHEN, Feng TONG

“…For the conventional channel estimation methods such as LS, this type of channel estimation would produce serious estimation noise in zero-value taps which lead to poor performance of channel estimation. …”
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Effectiveness of Drinking a Sweet-Tasting Snack Before Local Anesthetic Injection on Pain Perception among 5-Year-Old Children: A Split-Mouth Cross-Over Study by Hamidreza Poureslami, Jelveh Hashemi Nejad, Parnian Poureslami, Maryam Rad

“…The effect of drinking a cool liquid snack containing 10 milliliters of 12% sucrose solution (study group) or cool tap water (control group) with a straw before inferior alveolar nerve block injection was assessed regarding pain perception. …”
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Study on the vacuum freeze-drying of banana and impact on powder properties by Onur Taskin

“…The ''100–200 μm'' samples exhibited the lowest values in terms of solubility, wettability, tapped density and bulk density. Further research on the novel freeze-drying assisted methods to improve process efficiency and powder quality is recommended.…”
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A novel pulse multiplication circuit for reducing harmonic distortion of 12 pulse rectifiers in aircraft electrical power systems by Rohollah Abdollahi, Ahmad Salemnia, Morteza Abdolhosseini

“…Abstract To improve the performance and reduce the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the autotransformer 12‐pulse rectifier, a novel pulse multiplication circuit (PMC) based on two tapped inter‐phase reactors (TIPRs) is proposed to improve performance and reduce the THD of the autotransformer 12‐pulse rectifier. …”
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SHARING ECONOMY AND INCLUSIVE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY ON THE WATERBERG DISTRICT IN SOUTH AFRICA by Refiloe Julia LEKGAU, Tracy DANIELS, Tembi Maloney TICHAAWA

“…However, the tourism industry is prevalently white-owned, presenting substantial challenges for graduates of the programme to tap into the tourism market. The findings confirm that inclusive tourism is intrinsically embedded in the local context: politics, economy, and society. …”
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Rapid Characterization of Tanshinone Extract Powder by Near Infrared Spectroscopy by Gan Luo, Bing Xu, Xinyuan Shi, Jianyu Li, Shengyun Dai, Yanjiang Qiao

“…PLS models performed well for the content of crytotanshinone, tanshinone IIA, the moisture, and average median particle size, while, for specific surface area and tapped density, the LS-SVM models performed better than the PLS models. …”
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Extraction, Characterization, and Molecular Weight Determination of Senna tora (L.) Seed Polysaccharide by Harshal A. Pawar, K. G. Lalitha

“…The gum obtained from S. tora seeds was an amorphous free flowing odourless powder with dull brown colour (yield = 35% w/w). The bulk density, tapped density, and angle of repose data reveal that S. tora gum possesses good flow property. …”
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Delving into the Magdalene’s vase by Vicki-Marie Petrick

“…This article intends to tap the rich meanings and connotations of the vase beyond simple visual signifier in studying it – in form and materials and function – through an anthropological lens. …”
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Exil pénal et circulations forcées dans l’Empire colonial français by Linda Amiri

“…In order to impart a second wind to the prison colony project, a decision was made to tap into the pool of indigenous convicts to supply French Guiana with vital recruits. …”
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DFCP1 is a regulator of starvation-driven ATGL-mediated lipid droplet lipolysis by Victoria A. Ismail, Meg Schuetz, Zak N. Baker, Jean A. Castillo-Badillo, Teri V. Naismith, David J. Pagliarini, David J. Kast

“…Lipid droplets (LDs) are transient lipid storage organelles that can be readily tapped to resupply cells with energy or lipid building blocks, and therefore play a central role in cellular metabolism. …”
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Study on the Proportion of Conglomerate Similar Materials Based on the Orthogonal Test by Mengze Yang, Yu Yang, Bo Zhao

“…In this paper, quartz sand, 42.5 ordinary Portland cement, and tap water are used as the similar test materials to simulate the properties of conglomerate. …”
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Design Space Approach in Optimization of Fluid Bed Granulation and Tablets Compression Process by Jelena Djuriš, Djordje Medarević, Marko Krstić, Ivana Vasiljević, Ivana Mašić, Svetlana Ibrić

“…They were varied in the first set of experiments in order to estimate their influences on critical quality attributes, that is, granules characteristics (size distribution, flowability, bulk density, tapped density, Carr's index, Hausner's ratio, and moisture content) using Plackett-Burman experimental design. …”
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Study of the Effects of Different Dielectric Environments on the Characteristics of Electro-Explosive Discharge of Metal Wires and Shock Waves by Jiawei Liu, Jin Wang, Qilong Xue, Yuanyuan Zhang, Hufeng Li, Song Fang

“…The results indicate that oxide dielectrics release energy continuously through thermochemical reactions, highly conductive solutions accelerate energy deposition, and reductant suspensions generate strong secondary shock waves—all significantly outperforming tap water in terms of rock fragmentation performance. …”
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Effect of compost and compost-derived biochar on the growth of lettuce irrigated with water and treated wastewater by Panagiotis Regkouzas, Nancy Katie, Konstantinos Bontiotis, Alexandros Stefanakis

“…In this study, compost and compost-derived biochar were produced from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and tested as soil amendments for the cultivation of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L), irrigated with both tap water and secondary wastewater effluent. Physicochemical characterization of compost, biochar and soil showed that the investigated materials were not so rich, compared to biochars from different feedstocks but when applied to the soil for lettuce cultivation, they may provide a positive effect. …”
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Low-Pressure Membrane for Water Treatment Applications by Huda AlFannakh, Heba Abdallah, S. S. Ibrahim, Basma Souayeh

“…The membrane performance was carried out using synthetic solutions from humic acid and tap water to express the contaminated drinking water. …”
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Time-Dependent Variations in Structure of Sheep Wool Irradiated by Electron Beam by Zuzana Hanzlíková, Michael Kenneth Lawson, Peter Hybler, Marko Fülöp, Mária Porubská

“…Wool scoured in tap water with no special degreasing and containing a balanced humidity responding to usual laboratory conditions was irradiated by accelerated electron beam in the range of 0–350 kGy dose. …”
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Physico-chemical quality of the water resources in the van region by Sema Ağaoğlu, Süleyman Alemdar, Mustafa Alişarlı, Semiha Dede

“…In the present study, physico-chemical qualities of the water resources such as well, stream, fountain, tap and tank water obtained from the city of Van and its provinces (Erciş, Özalp, Saray, Muradiye, Çaldıran, Gürpınar, Gevaş and Edremit) were investigated. …”
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