Ecological and toxicological condition of militarily degraded chernozems: A case study of the Chkalovsk territorial community by Kateryna Smirnova, Sviatoslav Baliuk, Anatolii Kucher, Ludmila Vorotyntseva, Anna Honcharova

“…It was established that on recently demined areas of the de-occupied territory, there is a trend of slight increases in the content of lead (1.4 times), cobalt (1.3 times), iron (1.6 times), and zinc (2.6 times) relative to pre-war (background) levels. …”
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The Relationship between the Activity Balance Confidence and Mobility Tests among Older Adults in Indonesia by Indri Hapsari Susilowati, Sabarinah Sabarinah, Susiana Nugraha, Sudibyo Alimoeso, Bonardo Prayogo Hasiholan, Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…The older adult participants who are not confident will have 12.03 times higher the unstable result of the gait test, 8.4 times higher the unstable result of the balance test, and 7.47 times higher the less strength result of the strength test who are confident. …”
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Influence of shortest path algorithms on energy consumption of multi-core processors by A. A. Prihozhy, O. N. Karasik

“…Parallel implementations of BFW and HBFW are faster by up to 4.41 times and more energy efficient by up to 3.23 times than the parallel implementation of FW and consume less energy by up to 2.22 times than their sequential counterparts. …”
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Multiresidue Analysis of 86 Pesticides Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: II-Nonleafy Vegetables by M. H. EL-Saeid, M. T. Selim

“…The detected and most frequently found pesticide residues were permethrin (45 times) and endosulfan (34 times) followed by deltamethrin (27 times). …”
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Japanese Patients’ and Physicians’ Preferences for Anticoagulant Use in Atrial Fibrillation: Results from a Discrete-choice Experiment by Ken Okumura, Hiroshi Inoue, Masahiro Yasaka, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, A. Brett Hauber, Bennett Levitan, Zhong Yuan, Jean Baptiste Briere

“…In particular, among non-fatal outcomes, patients considered disabling stroke to be 16 times more important than non-major clinically relevant bleeding and 2.6 times more important than extra-cranial major bleeding. …”
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Experimental Study on Crushing Characteristics of Lignite under Different Load Conditions by Ziwen Dong

“…When the stress was greater than two times the strength, as the load continued to increase, compression basically did not occur. …”
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Efektifitas Terapi Senam Stroke Terhadap Perbaikan Kemampuan Fungsional Pasien Paska Stroke by Neri Basmara, Reni Prima Gusty, Ema Julita

“…This study aimed to determine the difference in effectiveness of exercise therapy twice a week and three times a week in improving the functional abilities of stroke patients. …”
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التقدير الطيفي غير المباشر للاتينولول و الايزونايزايد و البايريدوكسين هيدروكلوريد باستعمال N-بروموسكسينميد والصبغة المتعادلة الحمراء... by زينة العبدلي, مسرة نكتل خليل

“…وجد ان المنحنيات القياسية خطية ضمن مدى التراكيز 0.3-13 و0.2-10 و0.3-17.5 مايكروغرام/مللتر بامتصاصية مولارية 1.98×410 و 1.88×410 و 1.62×410 لتر.مول-1.سم-1 لكل من الاتينولول والايزونايزايد والبايريدوكسين هيدروكلوريد على التوالي. …”
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Two-Stroke Thermodynamic Cycle Optimization of a Single-Cylinder Free-Piston Engine Generator by Houliang Yu, Zhaoping Xu, Qinglin Zhang, Liang Liu, Ru Hua

“…Then, the two-stroke thermodynamic cycle is simulated and compared under the different control parameters of intake air pressure, injection timing, ignition timing, and valve timing through the simulation model. …”
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Determining factors for utilisation of employee wellness programme by healthcare workers in Limpopo Province, South Africa by Shirley Davhula, Prof Paul Chelule, Prof Muhammad Hoque

“…Stressed/burned out employees were 3.7 times more likely to participate in an EWP than those who did not have these conditions (OR=3.7, p=0.036). …”
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Oxaliplatin Analogues with Carboxy Derivatives of Boldine with Enhanced Antioxidant Activity by Marco Mellado, Carlos Jara, David Astudillo, Joan Villena, Patricio G. Reveco, Franz A. Thomet

“…Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited a substantially enhanced antioxidant activity compared to oxaliplatin (130 and 30 times for 1 and 13 and 4 times for 2 using the DPPH and FRAP assays, resp.). …”
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GIUSEPPE VERDI IN VICTORIAN LONDON by Massimo ZICARI

“…A review of such periodicals as The Times, The Musical Times, The Athenaeum has drawn attention to two particular aspects of relevance; Verdi’s first operas impinged upon the model represented by Rossini’s light-spirited melodiousness and provoked a sense of general bewilderment; even when opera-goers began to show clear signs of appreciation and to crowd the theatres where Verdi’s operas were performed, critics continued to object to their value and to ascribe their success to the singers’ new vocal and dramatic skills. …”
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Growth Stages and Tuber Development of FL1867 Potato under Full and Reduced Irrigation Scheduling by Seth A. Byrd, Diane L. Rowland, Lincoln Zotarelli

“… The potato cultivar ‘Frito Lay 1867′ (‘FL 1867′) is a popular chipping variety grown across Florida and the southern United States. Knowledge of the timing and duration of the tuber initiation and tuber bulking stages for ‘FL 1867′ is critical for timing fertilizer and irrigation applications. …”
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Remarques sur les fonctions érudites et méditatives de l’eschatologie dans le haut Moyen Âge ibérique by Gaelle Bosseman

“…Taking a stance in the historiographical debate on the reality of millenarian fears at the approach of the year 800 and the year 1000, this article offers a reinterpretation of some texts on the end of times in the Iberian Peninsula in the Early Middle Ages. …”
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Crise global e a necropolítica do governo Bolsonaro em tempos de pandemia by Osmar G. Alencar

“…Necroliberalism on macroeconomic policy is the practical expression of Bolsonaro government’s genocidal necropolitics in times of pandemic.…”
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Measuring and analysing standardisation in the Hungarian hotel sector by Petra Gyurácz-Németh

“…In tourism and the hotel sector standardisation is sometimes an advantage and other times a disadvantage, though it has been mentioned several times. …”
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GIUSEPPE VERDI: UN BALLO IN MASCHERA by Júlia KÖPECZI KIRKÓSA

“…As it was the case many times throughout history, the genesis of this work was also influenced by the politics of the day. …”
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« LE PAYSAGE SONORE » DE MURRAY R. SCHAFER by Luana STAN

“…The            churches’ bells in the old times, the loudspeakers in Hitler’s era, planes taking off in the airports, police sirens, rock bands? …”
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