A Primer on Exporting to Colombia by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…It is hoped that the information contained in this report provides a useful starting point for individuals interested in exploring export or investment opportunities in Colombia. …”
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Changes in the Surface Chemistry and Adsorptive Properties of Active Carbon Previously Oxidised and Heat-Treated at Various Temperatures. II. Electrochemical Investigations of Surf... by M. Pakuła, S. Biniak, A. Świątkowski

“…Annealing reduced the number of surface oxygen-containing groups and increased the overall number of basic groups. …”
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Choice of Innovative Technologies as a Factor of Modernization of the Industrial Plants by E. A. Panfilova

“…Today technology is also reflecting, its symbolic characteristics, contained in the codes of signification, become more important, than technical ones. …”
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Increasing the cyclic strength of threaded joints through the unloading of cracked sections by Krenevičius A., Kačianauskas R., Leonavičius M., Hui D., Feo L.

“…The relative safety of the unloaded cross-sections containing cracks is studied. Comparison of the presented developments with standard safety requirements is presented.…”
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The influences of environmental awareness on green performance by M.H. Mansour

“…Green performance positively relates to environmental consciousness (β = 0.186, p < 0.000).CONCLUSION: Based on social cognition, social exchange, and social learning theory, this study contains theoretical insights, practical implications, and positive recommendations for hospitality managers and scholars. …”
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The Moderating Effect of the Sector's Level of Concentration on the Relationship Between Balance Sheet Composition and the Firm's Competitive Advantage by Luiz Claudio Louzada, Márcio Augusto Gonçalves

“…This paper investigates the relationship between the competitive advantage and balance sheet composition of the firm, based on metrics contained in the structure of financial statements, from endogenous origin (firm’s balance sheet composition) or exogenous (level of sector concentration). …”
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Design Methodology of a New Wavelet Basis Function for Fetal Phonocardiographic Signals by Vijay S. Chourasia, Anil Kumar Tiwari

“…The resultant denoised fPCG signals retain the important diagnostic information contained in the original fPCG signal.…”
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Nutritional value and chemical composition of quinoa leaves (Chenopodium quinoa Wild.) at different phenological stages by Edwin O. Baldeón, Augusto Sánchez-Pizarro, Ritva Repo-Carrasco-Valencia, José M. Barat, Raúl Grau, Attilio Israel Cadenillas-Martínez, Raúl Comettant-Rabanal

“…The study found that the early stages of quinoa leaves contained higher levels of protein, moisture, ash, magnesium, TPC, and AC. …”
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Model Identification of Unobservable Behavior of Discrete Event Systems Using Petri Nets by Guanghui Zhu, Ya Wang, Yajie Wang

“…Second, we assume that a subset of places is observable; i.e., the observation contains not only the transition sequence but the corresponding markings as well. …”
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Tadeusz Kundzicz – professor of higher applied mathematics at the Vilnius university in the 18th century by Evaldas Gečiauskas

“… Tadeusz Kundzicz (1747–1829) was a professor of higher applied mathematics at the Vilnius university in the period from 1780 until 1802 and he tought mechanics by the tractate of J.X. de la Caille containing statics, dynamics, equilibrium, centre of gravity, machines and complementary subjects by Heron, Torriceli, Borellus, Mariote, Castel, Varignon, Helidor, and military architecture by de Pagan, Blondelius and Vauban. …”
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Production and development of vaccines for ornithobacterium rhinotracheale infection in turkeys by Osman Erganis, Hasan Hüseyin Hadimli, Kursat Kav, Zafer Sayin, Zeki Aras

“…Also, vaccine containing mineral oil and ginseng as adjuvant was determined to be more effective in the field trials in a company privately producing turkeys.…”
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Changes of electron density and defects distribution in binary and ternary iron alloys studied by positron annihilation by Udovsky A., Grafutin V., Kolotushkin V., Miloserdin V., Evstukhina I., Mischenko A., Ermakov V., Samosadny V., Funtikov Y.

“…Ternary alloys containing chromium and less amounts of molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium were investigated as well. …”
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Monitoring N : P Ratio and Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn Contents in Different Types of Anaerobic Digestates: A Six-Year Study Case by Christina-Luise Roß, Kerstin Nielsen, Jorita Krieger, Marieke Hoffmann, Karen Sensel-Gunke, Frank Ellmer, Timo Kautz

“…Depending on the quality of the input substrates, process parameters, and postfermentation treatments, digestates may contain a broad spectrum of potentially toxic elements. …”
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Development of cell lines with increased susceptibility to diverse adeno-associated viral vectors to enable in vitro potency assays by James Zengel, Emma S. Esterman, Anitha Ponnuswami, Nicholas R. Wall, Jan E. Carette

“…However, many AAV clinical serotypes poorly transduce cells in vitro and often contain cell-type-specific promoters inactive in commonly used cell lines. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of <i>Trypoxylus dichotomus</i>: Inorganic Elements, Amino Acids, and Bioactive Compounds and Their Anticancer, Antioxidant, and Neuroprotective Properties by Dongyan Ye, Qianhui Li, Xuwen Liu, Jie Zhou, Shuren Yin, Suyi Zhang, Jing Wang, Kh Ahammad Uz Zaman, Helong Bai, Fanlei Meng

“…GC-MS analysis revealed 37–53 components across different life stages, excluding excessive heavy metals and containing essential trace elements. Amino acid profiling identified 15 types, rich in seven medicinal varieties. …”
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Influence of Vanadium 4+ and 5+ Ions on the Differentiation and Activation of Human Osteoclasts by Matthias A. König, Oliver P. Gautschi, Hans-Peter Simmen, Luis Filgueira, Dieter Cadosch

“…Conclusion. Vanadium-containing implants may reduce implant failure rate by influencing osteoclast activity at the bone-implant interface. …”
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Carbon Stock Estimation in the South Coastal Rehabilitation Area of Java Island by Budiadi Budiadi

“…Soil depth significantly affected SOC, but in wetland sites deeper soil contained more carbon than upper, while an opposite trend was observed in CS. …”
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Pojęcie instrumentu administracyjnoprawnego — zarys tematyki by Krzysztof Horubski

“…The article contains a general consideration of the scope of meaning and the conditions for the use of the term “administrative law instrument” in the field of administrative law science and public (administrative) economic law. …”
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Smart gradient coating suitable for bone growth prepared on plasma-electrolytically oxidised Mg and its sequential degradation behaviour by Jiaping Han, Kai Fu, Zhiqiang Jiang, Hao Zhang, Hongshan San, Hui Chen, Xiaopeng Lu, Carsten Blawert, Mikhail.L. Zheludkevich

“…A gradient coating containing collagen and inorganic strontium/calcium phosphate (Sr/CaP) was fabricated on plasma-electrolytically oxidised magnesium via one-step cathodic electrodeposition. …”
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Defending against Online Social Network Rumors through Optimal Control Approach by Da-Wen Huang, Lu-Xing Yang, Xiaofan Yang, Yuan Yan Tang, Jichao Bi

“…Finally, we show that the resulting rumor-containing scheme is cost-effective through extensive computer experiments.…”
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