Application and Analysis of an Ionic Liquid Gel in a Soft Robot by Chenghong Zhang, Bin He, Zhipeng Wang, Yanmin Zhou, Aiguo Ming

“…An ionic liquid polymer gel is a new type of ionic electroactive polymer that does not contain water ions, and ionic liquids are more thermally and electrochemically stable than water. …”
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Continuous high-soy protein soymilk intake affects ordinary walking speed in the Japanese pre-frail and frail elderly: a randomized controlled trial by Nene Sato, Yuji Terashima, Makoto Sugawara, Ryoichi Unno, Hiroaki Asao, Mitsuhiro Iwasaki, Tomoyuki Watanabe, Tomoko Uno, Mitsuo Maruyama

“…Abstract Background To investigate whether continuous intervention using soymilk containing high soy protein improves physical frailty, a randomized controlled trial was conducted among the Japanese pre-frail and frail elderly. …”
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Application of Biomaterials and Inkjet Printing to Develop Bacterial Culture System by Tithimanan Srimongkon, Shusaku Mandai, Toshiharu Enomae

“…A hydrophobic/hydrophilic pattern as a container supporting a culture medium was built on filter paper using a toluene solution of polystyrene for hydrophobization, followed by toluene printing to create several hydrophilic areas. …”
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Quick Exit or Deliberate Loosening? On the Future of Contact Restrictions in the COVID-19Crisis by Sebastian Dullien, Alexander Herzog-Stein, Peter Hohlfeld, Sven Schreiber, Silke Tober

“…In addition, the various plausible scenarios for the spread and containment of infection are presented with different options for easing contact restrictions.…”
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Characterization of thermo-responsive shape memory bio-based thermoplastic polyurethane (SMTPU) for 3D/4D printing applications by Yang Sook Jung, Jaehyeung Park, Sunhee Lee, Eun Joo Shin

“…The resulting SMTPU, which contains bio-polyol in the soft segment, along with a chain extender and isocyanate (4,4-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, MDI), demonstrates excellent shape recoverability even after significant deformation. …”
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Modeling and Optimization of Manganese Carbonate Precipitation Using Response Surface Methodology and Central Composite Rotatable Design by Meschack Mukunga Muanda, Pele Pascal Daniel Omalanga

“… A sulfate solution containing 1773.965 mg/L Mn2+, 3216.178 mg/L Mg2+ and 566.254 mg/L Ca2+ was used to perform the maximum recovery of manganese and minimum recovery of magnesium. …”
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Jak Walijczycy reformują swoją oświatę? by Janina Zawadowska

“…The article contains a description of the experience of the representatives of the Federation of Educational Initiatives and the Association for the Development of Educational Initiatives at a study visit in Wales which took place in October 2008 under the European Programme Leonardo da Vinci, project: “New ideas in rural education: A Small School and a Small Kindergarten”. …”
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The Use of Parsimonious Questionnaires in Occupational Health Surveillance: Psychometric Properties of the Short Italian Version of the Effort/Reward Imbalance Questionnaire by Nicola Magnavita, Sergio Garbarino, Johannes Siegrist

“…Methods. 1,803 employees (63 percent women) from 19 service companies in the Italian region of Latium participated in a cross-sectional survey containing the short version of the ERI questionnaire (16 items) and questions related to self-reported health, musculoskeletal complaints and job satisfaction. …”
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Nuclear-localized HKDC1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma through phosphorylating RBBP5 to upregulate H3K4me3 by Ling Ye, Shengqi Shen, Qiankun Mao, Hui Lu, Haiying Liu, Pinggen Zhang, Zetan Jiang, Wenhao Ma, Yuchen Sun, Yiyang Chu, Zilong Zhou, Rui Liu, Jian Li, Shi-ting Li, Ping Gao, Huafeng Zhang

“…Summary: Metabolic enzymes play significant roles in the pathogenesis of various cancers through both canonical and noncanonical functions. Hexokinase domain-containing protein 1 (HKDC1) functions beyond glucose metabolism, but its underlying mechanisms in tumorigenesis are not fully understood. …”
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Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria, including actinomycetes, from coffee exocarps in coffee-producing areas in Vietnam by Han B. Bui

“…Cellulolytic activity of B4 and B7 strains was also most appropriate when the medium contained peptone, CMC, and with a pH 7.0. Optimal temperature for actinomycetes and bacteria isolate strains was at 25â35 C. …”
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Optimization of Butanol Production from Mixed Sugars and Sweet Sorghum Bagasse Hydrolysate Using <i>Clostridium beijerinckii</i> TISTR 1461 by Chalida Daengbussadee, Lakkana Laopaiboon, Thanawat Thanapornsin, Pattana Laopaiboon

“…These results indicate that sweet sorghum bagasse hydrolysates containing glucose and xylose mixtures show promise as cost-effective substrates for sustainable butanol fermentation, demonstrating the potential of agricultural residues in biofuel production.…”
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Potential Low-cost Treatment of Tannery Effluents from Industry by Adsorption on Activated Charcoal Derived from Olive Pomace by I. Alouiz, M. Benhadj, D. Elmontassir, M. Sennoune, M.Y. Amarouch and D. Mazouzi

“…Tannery wastewater contains a significant amount of chemical compounds, including toxic substances. …”
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Analysis of a Reflectarray by Using an Iterative Domain Decomposition Technique by Carlos Delgado, Josefa Gómez, Abdelhamid Tayebi, Iván González, Felipe Cátedra

“…We present an efficient method for the analysis of different objects that may contain a complex feeding system and a reflector structure. …”
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Pembentukan Daftar Stopword Menggunakan Term Based Random Sampling Pada Analisis Sentimen Dengan Metode Naïve Bayes (Studi Kasus: Kuliah Daring Di Masa Pandemi) by Raditya Rinandyaswara, Yuita Arum Sari, Muhammad Tanzil Furqon

“…The stopword list that is commonly used is in the form of a digital library whose list is already available, but not all words contained in the digital library are irrelevant words in certain data. …”
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Forecasting the COVID-19 Diffusion in Italy and the Related Occupancy of Intensive Care Units by Livio Fenga

“…These estimates are valid under constancy of the government’s current containment policies. In this scenario, northern regions will remain the most affected ones, whereas no significant outbreaks are foreseen in the southern regions.…”
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Chapter 12. Calibration of Chemical Applicators Used in Vegetables by Richard K. Sprenkel

“…Also, since the label on a container of pesticide is considered to be a legal document, calibration of equipment ensures the product is being applied as specified on the label and that environmental contamination will be minimized. …”
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An Adaptive Framework for Real-Time ECG Transmission in Mobile Environments by Kyungtae Kang

“…According to this observation, we have devised a simple and efficient real-time scheduling algorithm based on the earliest deadline first (EDF) policy, which decides the order of transmitting or retransmitting packets that contain ECG data at any given time for the delivery of scalable ECG data over a lossy channel. …”
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Nutritional parameters of sheep fed diets based on grass silage with brewery residue and a concentrate with rice bran by Anderson de Moura Zanine, Breno de Moura Gimenez, Daniele de Jesus Ferreira, Michelle de Oliveira Maia Parente, Henrique Nunes Parente, Edson Mauro Santos, Glayciane Costa Gois, Fleming Sena Campos, Luana Milena Pinheiro Rodrigues, Jessica Maria de Sousa Oliveira, Nelquides Braz Viana, Daimy Salas Aguilar, George de Sousa Lima Paiva, Dilier Olivera Viciedo

“…The treatments were: MGS containing 10% DBR + concentrate (100% corn); MGS containing 10% DBR + concentrate (50% corn and 50% rice bran); MGS containing 30% DBR + concentrate (100% corn); MGS containing 30% DBR + concentrate (50% corn and 50% rice bran), with 4 replicates per treatment. …”
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Antiaging and Antioxidant Bioactivities of Asteraceae Plant Fractions on the Cellular Functions of the Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by Rika Indri Astuti, Muhammad Eka Prastya, Irmanida Batubara, Eka Budiarti, Aulia Ilmiyawati

“…Compounds analysis identified that S. nodiflora water fraction contained some primarily compounds including oxyphyllacinol, valine, and sugiol.…”
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Rhetorical questions or rhetorical uses of questions? by Špago Džemal

“…This paper aims to explore whether some rhetorical questions contain certain linguistic elements or forms which would differentiate them from answer-eliciting and action-eliciting questions, and thereby hint at their rhetorical nature even outside the context. …”
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