A Primer on Exporting to Argentina 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 Argentina. …”
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Robust H∞ Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous with a Noncooperative Target by Shu-Nan Wu, Wen-Ya Zhou, Shu-Jun Tan, Guo-Qiang Wu

“…The relative motion of chaser and noncooperative target is firstly modeled as the uncertain system, which contains uncertain orbit parameter and mass. Then the H∞ performance and finite time performance are proposed, and a robust H∞ controller is developed to drive the chaser to rendezvous with the non-cooperative target in the presence of control input saturation, measurement error, and thrust error. …”
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Screening A Christmas Carol (Dickens, 1843): Adaptation as Completion by Florent Christol

“…For what is the Carol if not a text about a character’s personal cinematic experience? The tale contains ‘techniques’ that would only be developed in cinema, as if Dickens was writing a story to be told by a medium not yet available in the Victorian age. …”
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Music videos as cultural artefacts of the eighties by Retha Van Niekerk

“…In the theoretical model three levels of meaning, namely denotative, connotative and mythical, are distinguished with certain qualititative elements defined on each level The denotative level or the level of reality contains iconic signs, indexical signs and symbolical signs. …”
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Mathematical modeling of quorum sensing dynamics in batch culture of luminescent bacterium <i>Photobacterium phosphoreum</i> 1889 by S. I. Bartsev, A. B. Sarangova

“…This discrepancy seems to indicate peptone is not the leading substrate, and growth is limited by nutrients contained in the yeast extract, the concentration of which did not change in these experiments. …”
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Development and Optimization of a Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR to Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Human Samples by Camilo Castellar-Mendoza, María-Angélica Calderón-Peláez, Jaime E. Castellanos, Myriam L. Velandia-Romero, Carolina Coronel-Ruiz, Sigrid Camacho-Ortega, Lilia J. Bernal-Cepeda, Lady López-Ibarra, Jhann A. Arturo, Félix G. Delgado, Hernando Gutierrez-Barbosa, Sonia Bohorquez-Avila, Johanna Madroñero, Zayda L. Corredor-Rozo, Sandra J. Perdomo-Lara, Angela Fonseca-Benitez, Eliana Calvo

“…In-house multiplex qPCR tests were developed worldwide to detect different viral targets and ensure results, follow the infections, and favor the containment of a pandemic. Here, we present the detailed fundamentals of the qPCR technique based on fluorogenic probes and processes to develop and optimize a successful multiplex RT-qPCR test for detecting SARS-CoV-2 that could be used to diagnose COVID-19 accurately.…”
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Advertising in Lithuanian Periodicals in 1918-1940: Characteristics of its Quantitative and Qualitative Developement by Giedrė Polkaitė

“…Advertising of warehouses, shops, and goods contained therein rather than that of separate trademarks or brand products was much more common.   2) 1921-1926 - it did not take long for advertising to come to life again following economic and political disturbances. …”
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Oncolytic peptide LTX-315 induces anti-pancreatic cancer immunity by targeting the ATP11B-PD-L1 axis by Meng Wang, Xing Huang, Tingbo Liang, Tianyu Tang, Gang Zhang, Minghao Lu, Zhengtao Hong, Junming Huang, Xiao Zhi

“…As regards the mechanism, ATP11B interacted with PD-L1 in a CKLF-like MARVEL transmembrane domain containing 6 (CMTM6)-dependent manner. The depletion of ATP11B promoted CMTM6-mediated lysosomal degradation of PD-L1, thus reactivating the immune microenvironment and inducing an antitumor immune response. …”
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On the conditions of wave interaction by V. A. Buts

“…New, more general conditions for such interaction are identified in this article. The new conditions contain the known conditions as a special case. The simplest cases of “three-wave” interaction are considered as examples. …”
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Infinitely Many Homoclinic Orbits for 2nth-Order Nonlinear Functional Difference Equations Involving the p-Laplacian by Xiaofei He

“…By establishing a new proper variational framework and using the critical point theory, we establish some new existence criteria to guarantee that the 2nth-order nonlinear difference equation containing both advance and retardation with p-Laplacian Δn(r(t−n)φp(Δnu(t−1)))+q(t)φp(u(t))=f(t,u(t+n),…,u(t),…,u(t−n)), n∈ℤ(3), t∈ℤ, has infinitely many homoclinic orbits, where φp(s) is p-Laplacian operator; φp(s)=|s|p−2s(1<p<∞)r, q, f are nonperiodic in t. …”
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Controllable surface carrier type of metal oxide nanocrystals for multifunctional photocatalysis by Han Li, Yingchun Ding, Kaiyi Luo, Qiuping Zhang, Huan Yuan, Shuyan Xu, Ming Xu

“…The approach is based on the surface redox properties of custom-designed p-n hetero-structured hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) containing copper oxide, and wide-gap metal oxide semiconductors (MOSs). …”
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Acute Appendicitis in a Man Undergoing Therapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma by Michael Linden, Ajay Gopal, Kerstin Edlefsen

“…Approximately two weeks after starting his first cycle of chemotherapy, he complained of severe right lower quadrant abdominal pain, and an abdominal CT scan demonstrated an enlarged appendix with evidence of contained perforation. The man underwent open appendectomy for acute appendicitis and recovered. …”
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Association between Emission Parameters and Material-phase Concentrations of Phthalate Plasticizers and their Alternatives by Chenyang Bi, Clara M. A. Eichler, Chunyi Wang, John C. Little

“…We found that the PVC sheets containing different plasticizers show varying levels of y0 (0.05–184 µg m−3) despite having the same material-phase concentrations (C0 = 32.9% w/w). …”
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The SPES3 Experimental Facility Design for the IRIS Reactor Simulation by Mario Carelli, Lawrence Conway, Milorad Dzodzo, Andrea Maioli, Luca Oriani, Gary Storrick, Bojan Petrovic, Andrea Achilli, Gustavo Cattadori, Cinzia Congiu, Roberta Ferri, Marco Ricotti, Davide Papini, Fosco Bianchi, Paride Meloni, Stefano Monti, Fabio Berra, Davor Grgic, Graydon Yoder, Alessandro Alemberti

“…SPES3 simulates the primary, secondary, and containment systems of IRIS with 1 : 100 volume scale, full elevation, and prototypical thermal-hydraulic conditions. …”
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MiR-128-3p mediates MRP2 internalization in estrogen-induced cholestasis through targeting PDZK1 by Yue Zu, Qianyan Gao, Yisheng He, Qiao Deng, Guodong Li, Xiping Li, Tianze Shang, Xinwei Cheng, Chenglong Zhu, Jianqiao Wang, Dong Liu, Chengliang Zhang

“…Emerging evidence indicates that PDZ domain containing 1 (PDZK1) regulates localization of MRP2; however, PDZK1’s role and regulatory machinery in MRP2-mediated estrogen-induced cholestasis (EIC) remain unclear. …”
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Performance of sewage sludge reuse in the manufacturing of fired bricks by K. Moulato, M. Ammari, L. Ben Allal

“…The sludge was classified as fine with a silty-clay character, with a plasticity index of 54.63 percent, and was therefore very plastic, and had trace element concentrations below the authorized standards. A sample containing 10 percent of sludge gives a strength of 25.9 megapascal which is close to that of the control brick. …”
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SEM and AFM Studies of Two-Phase Magnetic Alkali Borosilicate Glasses by N. Andreeva, M. Tomkovich, A. Naberezhnov, B. Nacke, A. Filimonov, O. Alekseeva, P. Vanina, V. Nizhankovskii

“…The first results for nanocomposite materials on the basis of magnetic glasses containing the embedded ferroelectrics KH2PO4 demonstrate the effect of applied magnetic field on the ferroelectric phase transition.…”
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Mechanical Properties Of Recycled Paper And Cardboard by Dragan Obradovic, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra

“…However, in flotation deinking the probability of removal of an ink containing particle is driven by a combination of size and surface energy. …”
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Treatment of LF slag to prevent powdering during cooling by Ghorai S., Mandal G.K., Roy S., Minj R.K., Agarwal A., Singh D.P., Kumar A., Ramna R.B.V.

“…Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure test, of the borax and barium carbonate treated slag samples, indicates that barium carbonate treated slag cannot be used for the dusting prevention as it contains high level of barium.…”
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Wiedza i poglądy nauczycieli religii na tematy związane z ochroną i kształtowaniem środowiska naturalnego by Jacek W. Czartoszewski

“…The article contains an analysis of the investigation about the knowledge and ideas of religion teachers as regards the protection and the shaping of the natural environment and presents the primary problems of the questionnaire, this was carried out in the Diocese of Lomza with a group of 260 people.…”
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