Block-Constraint Laplacian-Regularized Low-Rank Representation and Its Application for Cancer Sample Clustering Based on Integrated TCGA Data by Juan Wang, Jin-Xing Liu, Chun-Hou Zheng, Cong-Hai Lu, Ling-Yun Dai, Xiang-Zhen Kong

“…Moreover, studies have shown that besides gene expression data, some other genomic data in TCGA also contain important information for cancer research. …”
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Characteristics of Biodegradable Polylactide/Thermoplastic Starch/Nanosilica Composites: Effects of Plasticizer and Nanosilica Functionality by Regina Jeziorska, Agnieszka Szadkowska, Ewa Spasowka, Aneta Lukomska, Michal Chmielarek

“…Toughened PLA/MPLA/TPS (60/10/30) blend containing 3 wt.% of plasticizer and various contents (1, 3, or 5 wt.%) of silica were prepared in a corotating twin-screw extruder. …”
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A New Structure of Geotextile Called Soil Nets for Reinforcement by Bo-Bo Xiong, Bin Tian, Xiao-chun Lu, Bo-Fu Chen

“…This proposed geotextile structure typically contains several layers of soil net, which are placed in a unique way. …”
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STRUCTURAL, VIBRATIONAL, OPTICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF 0-3 TYPE PARTICULATE PbTiO3-NiFe2O4 COMPOSITES by Chung Do Pham, Oanh Thi Mai Le, Minh Van Nguyen

“…Magnetization curves presented a sharp increase in saturation magnetization MS with NFO content from 0.014 emu/g for the PTO sample to 14.360 emu/g for the composite containing 50 mol% NFO. This study indicates an effective method in the search for multilayer composites.…”
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Co-Secure Domination Number in Some Graphs by Jiatong Cui, Tianhao Li, Jiayuan Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Liming Xiong

“…</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> Conversely, <i>S</i> is a co-secure dominating set (CSDS) of <i>G</i> if <i>S</i> is a dominating set of <i>G</i> and for each vertex <i>v</i> in <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo>,</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>V</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>−</mo><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> contains a neighbor of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mo>,</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> denoted by <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>u</mi><mo>,</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> such that <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>S</mi><mo>∖</mo><mo>{</mo><mi>v</mi><mo>}</mo><mo>)</mo><mo>∪</mo><mo>{</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>}</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> is a dominating set of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>G</mi><mo>.…”
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“I take hot showers so I can practice burning in hell” A corpus analytical study of Tinder female profiles in the UK by Clara Cantos-Delgado, Carmen Maíz-Arévalo

“…The corpus consists of two subcorpora (WSM.C and WSW.C) each containing 405 profiles (average number of words=20.15) from women (18-24 y.o.) based in the UK. …”
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Tartrazine Removal from Aqueous Solution by HDTMA-Br-Modified Colombian Bentonite by Ronald A. Otavo-Loaiza, Nancy R. Sanabria-González, Gloria I. Giraldo-Gómez

“…This adsorption process was applied in a sample of industrial wastewater containing tartrazine and sunset yellow, having obtained a decolorization rate higher than 98% for both dyes. …”
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New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and tw... by Jonathan W. Armbruster, Nathan K. Lujan

“…Three new tribes are described for the Peckoltia, Pseudancistrus,and ‘Pseudancistrus’ clades, with a new tribe erected for two new monotypic genera containing the sister species ‘Pseudancistrus’ sidereus and ‘P.’ pectegenitor. …”
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Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Copolymer/Crude Gossypol Compositions as Pour Point Depressants for Waxy Oil by Bekaidar T. Marenov, Kazim S. Nadirov, Manap K. Zhantasov, Rashid K. Nadirov

“…Among them are the ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers (EVAc), containing a polyethylene segment along the backbone with vinyl acetate. …”
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Maze runners: monkeys show restricted Arabic numeral summation during computerized two-arm maze performance by Elizabeth L. Haseltine, Michael J. Beran

“…Across four test phases, monkeys used a joystick controller to choose one of two maze arms on the screen. Each maze arm contained zero, one or two Arabic numerals, and any numerals in the chosen maze arm provided the monkeys with rewards equivalent to the value of those numerals. …”
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Photocatalytic Enhancement for Solar Disinfection of Water: A Review by J. Anthony Byrne, Pilar A. Fernandez-Ibañez, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Dheaya M. A. Alrousan, Jeremy W. J. Hamilton

“…Solar disinfection (SODIS) is a simple and low cost technique used to disinfect drinking water, where water is placed in transparent containers and exposed to sunlight for 6 hours. There are a number of parameters which affect the efficacy of SODIS, including the solar irradiance, the quality of the water, and the nature of the contamination. …”
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Target Proteins in Human Autoimmunity: Cytochromes P450 and Udp-Glycoronosyltransferases by Petra Obermayer-Straub, Christian Peer Strassburg, Michael Peter Manns

“…About 10% of AIH-2 sera further contain LKM-3 autoantibodies directed against family 1 UGTs. …”
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Amphiphilic Ruthenium(II) Terpyridine Sensitizers with Long Alkyl Chain Substituted β-Diketonato Ligands: An Efficient Coadsorbent-Free Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Ashraful Islam, Surya Prakash Singh, Masatoshi Yanagida, Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Liyuan Han

“…Under standard AM 1.5 sunlight, the complex A3 containing long alkyl chain length of C16 yielded a short-circuit photocurrent density of 18.0 mA/cm2, an open-circuit voltage of 0.64 V, and a fill factor of 0.66, corresponding to an overall conversion efficiency of 7.6% in the absence of DCA. …”
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Dietary supplementation with Epimedium contributes to the improvement of hormone levels, gut microbiota, and serum metabolite composition in the Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus b... by Shan Xie, Shan Xie, Qinlin Yang, Zaixiang Ying, Zaixiang Ying, Mingcheng Cai, Wenqiao Fan, Hanyu Gao, Hanyu Gao, Xiaolan Feng, Yongjiang Wu

“…The fourteen adult male Chinese forest musk deer with similar initial body weights (7.0 ± 0.3 kg) and an average age of 4.5 years were randomly divided into two groups, each containing seven animals. The control group was fed a standard diet without Epimedium, while the Epimedium group received the standard diet supplemented with 15 g Epimedium /kg DM. …”
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Wenjing Guo, Internet à Canton (Chine) – Dynamiques sociales et politiques by Wenjing Guo

“…The former seek more freedom in an authoritarian regime, while the latter endeavors to contain these new dynamics both online and offline, in order to avoid political excesses and so to retain the power. …”
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Sustainability of the state system in the context of digital transformation by V. A. Kornilovich, K. A. Aramyan, A. V. Milekhin, A. V. Mironov

“…The risk of loss of manageability of social processes increases due to the fact that the recommendations for authorities on digital transformation, as well as most scientific publications on the topic of digitalization of public administration do not contain a critical assessment of the ICT paradigm itself and the concepts, concepts and practices formed on its basis.…”
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Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Strengthening Soft Clay by J. Z. Xiao, Y. Q. Wei, H. Cai, Z. W. Wang, T. Yang, Q. H. Wang, S. F. Wu

“…For this paper, soft clay specimens were prepared by mixing a solution containing Sporosarcina pasteurii bacteria, solutions with different concentrations of nutrient salts, and soft clay. …”
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Increasing of C/N ratio with addition of tapioca starch in Oligochaetes culture substrate by Yani Hadiroseyani, Ardina Puspitasari, Tatag Budiardi

“…The substrate used was a mixture of mud and chicken manure with a ratio of 1:1 on the container measuring 100×12×15 cm3. Culture system used was a recirculation system. …”
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Digital Storytelling: Boosting Literacy Practices in Students at A1-Level by Pedro Alejandro González Mesa

“…It is a descriptive qualitative study, carried out for about six months by using digital tools to foster language production in the language learners. The implementation contained digital storytelling as a pedagogical strategy for developing the writing literacy practice. …”
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Kleuters se persepsie van televisieadvertensies by Natasja Basson

“…When video stimulus material, containing both ads and programmes were showed, most of the children could only remember that they had seen a television programme. …”
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