Photocatalytic Degradation of Using Ni-Containing TiO2 by Yao-Hsuan Tseng, Bo-Kai Huang

“…The modified titanium dioxide with 0.1 mol% of nickel exhibited two times the -removal activity of bare under ultraviolet illumination. …”
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Posttransplant Metabolic Syndrome by M. Shadab Siddiqui, Richard K. Sterling

“…In addition to developing NAFLD, posttransplant MS is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality that is 2.5 times that of the age- and sex-matched individuals. …”
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Dalla sovranità alla convivialità: strategie di sopravvivenza agroalimentare in Sardegna by Fabio Parascandolo, Maurizio Fadda

“…A general framing of the topic will be accompanied by a description of some models of food sovereignty initiatives that recover some ancient aspects of food “rootedness” (including Solid Purchasing Groups and a Food Consumption Cooperative established in Cagliari), reinterpreting it in current times. These and similar phenomena highlight relevant instances of equitable and responsible access to appropriate agri-food systems for improved social and environmental conditions.…”
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Where be dragons? by Miguel Andrade

“…In this article, we will focus on the literary landscapes (sometimes informed by real geographies familiar to the authors, depending on setting), which surround dragons in the sagas, namely topographical features, weather phenomena, times of day and seasons. The main goal will be to define which landscapes saga dragons are mainly found in, and reflect on how dragons interact with their surroundings, altering their landscapes, most often through destructive means and making spaces into non-shared zones. …”
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Calculation of Lead-Iron Double-Layer Thickness for Gamma-Ray Shielding by MATLAB Program by Sarai Lekchaum, Kitsakorn Locharoenrat

“…This design consisted of three parts of calculations to achieve 1000 times the radiation attenuation of container. The first was the logarithmic interpolation for the mass attenuation coefficient. …”
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Cell Cycle Dynamics of the Nuclear Envelope by Roland Foisner

“…Nuclear reassembly after sister chromatid separation requires a timely coordinated and dephosphorylation-dependent association of lamin-binding proteins and lamins with chromosomal proteins and targeting of membranes to specific sites on chromosomes. …”
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Visual Rhetoric of the Jewel with The Infant Jesus in the Setting of Arma Christi by Ewa Letkiewicz

“…The jewel has been mentioned several times in the literature, dating to around the mid-17th century, but has not yet been subject of a study. …”
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Analysis of a High-Dimensional Mathematical Model for Plant Virus Transmission with Continuous and Impulsive Roguing Control by Guangming Qiu, Sanyi Tang, Mengqi He

“…Moreover, when selecting the design control strategy to minimize the threshold, we systematically analyze the existence of the optimal times of roguing infected plants within a replanting cycle, which is of great significance to the design and optimization of the prevention and control strategy of plant virus transmission. …”
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Post-Fall Intelligence Supporting Fall Severity Diagnosis Using Kinect Sensor by Bunthit Watanapa, Orasa Patsadu, Piyapat Dajpratham, Chakarida Nukoolkit

“…Module I is the analysis of fall severity based on factors extracted in the phases of during and after fall which include innovative measures of the sequence of body impact, level of impact, and duration of motionlessness. Module II is a timely autonomic notification to relevant persons with context-dependent fall severity alert via electronic communication channels (e.g., smartphone, tablet, or smart TV set). …”
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CONFIDENCE: BEFORE AND AFTER ORAL RECITATIONS by Jerald Cano-og Moneva, Audrey Jane Paclipan Cuizon

“…In which, the result shows improvement of students’ confidence after ten or more times of performing oral recitations due to their intensive oral participation. …”
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Jews, Rights, and Belonging in Tunisia: Léon Elmilik, 1861-1881 by Jessica M. Marglin

“…Rather than presume that Elmilik was a janus-faced opportunist, I argue that his different, at times opposed engagements were representative of the multiple repositories in which Jews located their rights. …”
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Recent Clinical Characteristics of Labors Using Three Japanese Systems of Midwife-Led Primary Delivery Care by Shunji Suzuki

“…The rate of transfers during labor with the system involving midwives belonging to our hospital was higher than those with the other 2 systems. In addition, the timing of transfers in the system with the midwives belonging to our hospital was earlier than with the other 2 systems. …”
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The Olive Groves of Andalusia: Analysis of the Dynamics Through Heritage, Identity (Inhabitants) and Tourism in the UNESCO Inscriptions’ Process by Isabelle Brianso

“…Cultivated since ancient times, the olive tree is now a highly strategic economic sector for this southern region of the Iberian Peninsula. …”
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Effects of oral sarcopenia and malnutrition on the elderly by Chieh Chen, Da-Ming Liao

“…Older adults who are picky eaters are 2.5 times more prone to develop weakness in the future than average individuals, as well as a significant increase in disability risk by 40%. …”
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A Multiroute Signal Control Model considering Coordination Rate of Green Bandwidth by Jiao Yao, Qingyun Tang, Pincheng Wang

“…From the simulation results, we can conclude that the coordinated distribution of the model proposed in this study is more stable; the fluctuation range is 0.09, which is less than that of optimization scheme in classical signal timing software Synchro, which is 0.33; and the total route delay can also be reduced by 15% compared to the current situation and 3.3% compared to Synchro optimization solution.…”
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Measuring spatial - temporal of Yazd urban form using spatial metrics by saeed zanganeh

“…Abstract Urban form can be affected by diverse factors in different times. Socio- economic, political and physical factors are among the main contributors. …”
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"He Has Rescued Me from Danger" by Sarah Bishop

“…During my fieldwork in the region, several composers gave accounts of how composing and singing Christian songs provided them with comfort and hope in times of hardship, particularly following episodes of violence. …”
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Wear Resistance of Anodic Titanium Dioxide Films Produced on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy by María Laura Vera, Mario Roberto Rosenberger, Carlos Enrique Schvezov, Alicia Esther Ares

“…The wear was performed in a ball-on-flat recip‐ rocating machine with a range of loads from 1 gf to 4 gf and times between 60 s and 1200 s, using a diamond sphere as counterface. …”
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Case Report: A case of Tatton-Brown–Rahman syndrome featuring mitral annular disjunction and mitral valve prolapse due to a novel mutation site in the DNMT3A gene by Zhong-jiao Xu, Ru-ming Shen, Wu-ming Hu, Lin-chun Lv, Zhen-hua Shi, Li Lin

“…Regular follow-ups to monitor the disease's progress and the effectiveness of treatment, along with timely adjustments to the treatment plan, can not only effectively reduce the child's symptoms and improve their quality of life but may also help prevent the potential risk of sudden death.…”
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Temps, progrès et races dans les Lumières écossaises by Silvia Sebastiani

“…The comparative perspective enabled the ‘savage’ and the ‘civil’ to be examined as subjects of societies on the same historical path, though progressing along it at different rates and in different times. Although this historical method meant that the ‘savage’ could become ‘civil’ by means of progress, the very principle of comparison raised two other problems : first, the problem of the social and cultural distance between different societies; second, the question of the unequal progress. …”
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