Early Devonian Slab Melting of the Proto-Tethys Ocean: Insights from Adakitic Granitoids in the Jiayuguan Area, Hexi Corridor (NW China) by Qigui Mao, Wenjiao Xiao, Rui Li, Songjian Ao, Dongfang Song, Miao Sang, Hao Wang, Zhou Tan

“…Combined with regional data, we propose that the Proto-Tethys Ocean was subducting until 403 Ma in the Qilian area.…”
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Additional sources of financing for the updated national development goals by G. A. Chmut

“…For the first time, the RF’s national development goals were described in the Presidential Decree No. 204 and included a development perspective until 2024. In 2020, due to the challenges associated with the spread of COVID-19, the Decree of the President of the RF No. 474 clarified the list of national goals and extended their implementation period until 2030. …”
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Fracture Resistance of K3 Nickel-Titanium Files Made from Different Thermal Treatments by JinWook Choi, Soram Oh, Yu-Chan Kim, Kwang-Koo Jee, KeeYeon Kum, SeokWoo Chang

“…For the cyclic fatigue test, the samples were rotated with up-and-down motion in the artificial canal with the curvature of 60 degrees until the fracture occurred. The number of cycles to fracture (NCF) was measured. …”
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Cost Estimation and Efficiency Analysis of Korean CANDU Spent Fuel Disposal Alternatives in Consideration of Future Price Volatility by Sungsig Bang, Yanghon Chung, Dongphil Chun, Chulhong Kwon, Sungjun Hong

“…As a result, A-KRS-1 is the most efficient in terms of price per bundle using 2015 price. As for the results using ARIMA model, except in the case of KRS-1, the cost per bundle of A-KRS-1, A-KRS-21, and A-KRS-22 is decreased. …”
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A normal electrocardiogram indicates a better prognosis in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Martina Kulirova, Miroslav Solar, Michal Kopecky, Barbora Novotna, Marek Plutinsky, Kristian Brat, Libor Fila, Petr Vanik, Pavlina Musilova, Tomas Dvorak, Petr Safranek, Michal Svoboda, Vladimir Koblizek

“…We assessed ECGs from baseline (August 2013) until December 31, 2019, or until death. The primary endpoint was 5-year overall survival depending on the ECG findings. …”
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The Effect of a Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Team on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates by W. Bradley Dosher, Elena C. Loomis, Sherry L. Richardson, Jennifer A. Crowell, Richard D. Waltman, Lisa D. Miller, Muhammad Nazim, Faisal A. Khasawneh

“…The team had interdepartmental and administrative support and addressed any deficiencies in the VAP prevention bundle components actively.…”
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Explicit geodesic flow-invariant distributions using SL2(ℝ)-representation ladders by Alvaro Alvarez-Parrilla

“…It is found that the distribution represents an AC measure on the unit tangent bundle of the hyperbolic plane minus an explicit singular set. …”
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Nonlinear connections and spinor geometry by Sergiu I. Vacaru, Nadejda A. Vicol

“…We present an introduction to the geometry of higher-order vector and covector bundles (including higher-order generalizations of the Finsler geometry and Kaluza-Klein gravity) and review the basic results on Clifford and spinor structures on spaces with generic local anisotropy modeled by anholonomic frames with associated nonlinear connection structures. …”
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MODELING THE BRAZILIAN TENSILE STRENGTH TEST OF LIGNITE FROM PESTEANA OPENPIT MINE USING THE COMBINED FINITE-DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD – FDEM by Ionela Cristina MĂCEŞARU, Alexandru Robert CIOCLU, Florin Dumitru POPESCU

“…Tensile strength is defined as the maximum tensile stress the rock can endure until its failure and it is usually lower than compressive and shear resistance. …”
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Teaching of decimal positional number system and decimal fractions in the 5-th grade by Albertas Bakštys, Irena Šukienė, Albina Viliminė

“… Long, almost 3500 years delay was observed, until the notion of positional number system originating from Babylon was introduced in Western Europe and, afterwards, in aIl over the modern world. …”
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Pseudo-Sasakian manifolds endowed with a contact conformal connection by Vladislav V. Goldberg, Radu Rosca

“…Properties of the leaves of a co-isotropic foliation on M˜ and properties of the tangent bundle manifold TM˜ having M˜ as a basis are studied.…”
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Les espaces de coworking : un phénomène éphémère ou durable ? Enseignements d’une enquête menée en région AURA avant et après la crise sanitaire liée à la COVID-19 by Patricia Lejoux, Aurore Flipo, Nathalie Ortar, Nicolas Ovtracht

“…This sustainability of CSs seems to be linked to their ability to meet personal and professional needs that traditional workplaces have not been able to satisfy until now.…”
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Symptomatic Trifascicular Block in Steinert’s Disease: Is It Too Soon for a Pacemaker? by Glenmore Lasam, Roberto Roberti, Gina LaCapra, Roberto Ramirez

“…On evaluation, he developed a new onset trifascicular block (first degree atrioventricular block, new onset right bundle branch block, and left anterior fascicular block). …”
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Gemeinschaftsdiagnose: Pandemic Delays Upswing — Demography Slows Growth by Oliver Holtemöller, Stefan Kooths, Claus Michelsen, Torsten Schmidt, Timo Wollmershäuser

“…In their spring report, the leading economic research institutes assume that the current shutdown will continue and gradually be lifted from mid-May until the end of the third quarter. In the wake of the easing, private consumption in particular will recover strongly. …”
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INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by M. Tomova

“…The relevance of the research topics defined by the fact that in the result, introduced in March 2014 in respect of certain business entities of the Russian Federation of sanctions by Western countries, the response of the Government was the development and implementation of the policy of import substitution, which until now have not had the desired success. Low effectiveness of the pursued policy of import substitution is defined, first of all, by lack of a target expenditure of the funds allocated for development of various industries including medicine.…”
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A memória de um período e a verdade da história by Solon Eduardo Annes Viola, Thiago Vieira Pires

“…This article discusses the national and international conjuncture that has produced the violence exercised by the State against society and that, until today, continues to promote the oblivion by refusing to reveal the past. …”
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Professionnalisme et rugby de haut niveau : approche anthropobiologique by Frédéric Bauduer, Caroline Monchaux, Jean-Pierre Mathieu

“…Until recently rugby has traditionally represented the regions and has been an outstanding example of amateur sport. …”
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3C-BASED METHODS FOR 3D GENOME ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS by N. R. Battulin, V. S. Fishman, Yu. L. Orlov, A. G. Menzorov, D. A. Afonnikov, O. L. Serov

“…The 3D organization of an eukaryotic genome plays an important role in nuclear gene expression. Until recently, studies of this organization were limited by light microscopy and electron microscopy methods. …”
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A meta-analysis of the ecological impacts of viticultural practices on soil biodiversity by Laure Gontier, Battle Karimi, Jean-Yves Cahurel, Lionel Ranjard

“… Soil quality and adequate soil management are key levers for sustainable viticulture. Until now, a global and comprehensive analysis of the impact of viticultural practices on soil biodiversity was lacking. …”
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Check list of Slovenian Microlepidoptera by Tone Lesar, Marijan Govedič

“…Each entry is accompanied by complete references, and remarks where appropriate. Until now, the data on Microlepidopteran fauna of Slovenia have not been compiled, with the existing information scattered in literature, museums and private collections throughout Europe. …”
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