Experimental and Numerical Study of Strength and Failure Behavior of Precracked Marble under True Triaxial Compression by Yong Han, Yuemao Zhao, Jinglong Li

“…The numerical results show that the crack initiation and coalescence are observed and characterized from the inner and outer tips of preexisting cracks in specimens containing single crack and multiple parallel cracks. …”
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Efficient Implementation of Mahalanobis Distance on Ferroelectric FinFET Crossbar for Outlier Detection by Musaib Rafiq, Yogesh Singh Chauhan, Shubham Sahay

“…Considering such voluminous quantities, the collected data may contain a substantial number of outliers which must be detected before utilizing them for data mining or computations. …”
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Nutritional and Phytochemical Variation of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) (Subspecies caffra and birrea) Fruit among Nine International Provenances Tested in Malawi by Mussa Kamanula, Chimuleke Yagontha Munthali, John Finias Kamanula

“…Phytochemical scores showed that all nine provenances contained weak (+) concentration of alkaloids. Kalimbeza (Namibia) and Magamba-Turiani (Tanzania) provenances showed moderate (++) concentrations of saponins. …”
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Methods Research on Correction for Intracranial Metal Artifacts Based on Prior Image Utilization by Zonggui CHEN, Ningning WEI, Zhoufan LI, Guihong PAN, Minjiang HUANG

“…In projecting the trajectory of metallic matter, the interpolation correction of the original image’s projection data is obtained using the prior image as a reference, and the image is fused with the metal-containing material only image to produce the final corrected image. …”
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Morphological Features and In Vitro Cytopathic Effect of Acanthamoeba griffini Trophozoites Isolated from a Clinical Case by Arturo González-Robles, Lizbeth Salazar-Villatoro, Maritza Omaña-Molina, Maria Reyes-Batlle, Carmen M. Martín-Navarro, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales

“…When moving, amoebae formed cytoplasmic projections such as wide lamellae and acanthopodia of diverse size and thickness which contain a significant amount of actin. Ultrastructurally, the cytoplasm showed the main organelles found in other free-living amoebae. …”
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The potential of the amaranth collection maintained at VIR in the context of global plant breeding and utilization trends by D. V. Sokolova, A. E. Solovieva, A. M. Zaretsky, T. V. Shelenga

“…Its seeds and leaf biomass contain a high-quality gluten-free protein, fatty acids, squalene (a polyunsaturated hydrocarbon), flavonoids, vitamins, and minerals. …”
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Plasma coatings made of mechanically synthesized composite powders based on the «iron-aluminum» system by F. G. Lovshenko, A. S. Fedosenko

“…An effective method for controlling the porosity of coatings from developed powders based on a change in the power consumed by the installation is proposed.Plasma coatings have a nonequilibrium phase composition, which, in contrast to the equilibrium one, contains a wide range of metal oxides of the base and alloying elements formed during the spraying. …”
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HSF1 Alleviates Brain Injury by Inhibiting NLRP3-Induced Pyroptosis in a Sepsis Model by Yi-fu He, Xi-min Hu, Md. Asaduzzaman Khan, Bo-yao Yu, Yi-cun Sheng, Xian-zhong Xiao, Xin-xing Wan, Si-pin Tan, Kun Xiong

“…NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) increased in the procession of sepsis and functioned as the key regulator of pyroptosis. …”
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Managing Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Cows by Amending Slurry with Alum or Zeolite or by Diet Modification by John J. Meisinger, Alan M. Lefcourt, Jo Ann S. Van Kessel, Victor Wilkerson

“…NH3 loss from fresh manure collected from lactating dairy cows was not affected by three diets containing the same level of crude protein but differing in forage source (orchardgrass silage vs. alfalfa silage) or neutral detergent fiber (NDF) content (30% vs. 35% NDF). …”
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Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…In addition, the specified documents contain norms that are different in terms of content on ensuring the safety and health of female workers. …”
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Methods for preliminary determination of pemetrexed in macromolecular drug-carrier systems by Ciekot Jarosław, Goszczyński Tomasz Marek, Boratyński Janusz

“…For studies of potential macromolecular carriers for PMX, fast and precise methods were developed to determine the bound and free drug contained in investigated conjugate preparations. The analysis of the total amount of PMX in conjugates was based on absorption spectrophotometry. …”
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Effect of Couple-Stress on Peristaltic Transport of Sutterby Fluid in an Asymmetric Channel by Asmaa Mohammed, Liqaa Zeki Hummady

“… In this paper, the effect of a couple–stress and other variables on the peristaltic flow of Sutterby fluid in an inclined asymmetric channel containing a porous medium with heat transfer is examined. …”
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Exploration of Degradation Mechanism of Chlorogenic Acids in Stevia Based on UPLC-QTOF MS/MS by Juan-juan WU, Zi-xuan WANG, Yun-he LIAN, Li-juan HOU, Zhi-ping NIU, Wen-chang WANG, Di WU

“…This strategy is crucial for ensuring quality control of chlorogenic acid-containing products across various industries, including pharmaceuticals, health supplements, and cosmetics. …”
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Stages of Change Model for Participation in Physical Activity during Pregnancy by Lene Annette Hagen Haakstad, Nanna Voldner, Kari Bø

“…The participants filled in a validated self-administered questionnaire, physical activity pregnancy questionnaire (PAPQ) in gestation, weeks 32–36. The questionnaire contained 53 questions with one particular question addressing the TTM and the five stages: (1) precontemplation stage, (2) contemplation stage, (3) preparation stage, (4) action stage, and (5) maintenance stage. …”
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The significance of Jesus' utterance in relation to the Johannine Son of Man: a speech act analysis of John 9:35 by H. Ito

“…In order to accomplish that, this article will examine the significance of Jesus’ utterance in John 9:35, which contains some difficulty in interpreting the meaning of the title Son of Man. …”
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DFT Calculations and Molecular Docking Studies on a Chromene Derivative by Najet Aouled Dlala, Younes Bouazizi, Houcine Ghalla, Naceur Hamdi

“…Chromenes and their derivatives have been considered as an important class of oxygen-containing heterocycles. There has been an increasing interest in the study of chromenes due to their biological activity. …”
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Regularization of f(T) Gravity Theories and Local Lorentz Transformation by Gamal G. L. Nashed

“…We split that tetrad field into two matrices; the first represents a LLT, which contains an arbitrary function, and the second matrix represents a proper tetrad field which is a solution to the field equations of f(T) gravitational theory (which are not invariant under LLT). …”
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Effect of Maggot Flour (Hermetia illucens larvae) on Histopathology of Koi carp <I>(Cyprinus carpio)</I> Muscles and Gills Infected with <I>Edwarsiella tarda</I> by Hengki Pradana, Arief Prajitno, Maftuch Maftuch

“…Maggot contains a high protein which ranges from 41-42%. Besides that, maggot also has a good effect on increasing the body resistance of fish. …”
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Numerical and graphical description of all axis crossing regions for moduli 4 and 8 which occur befor 1012 by Carter Bays, Richard H. Hudson

“…The first of these regions, beginning at x=588067889, contains 422,500 negative values of Δ8(x,5,1); the second occurs in the vicinity of 35 billion and contains more than a billion negative values of Δ8(x,5,1).…”
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Consumption of Cross-Linked Resistant Starch (RS4XL) on Glucose and Insulin Responses in Humans by Enas K. Al-Tamimi, Paul A. Seib, Brian S. Snyder, Mark D. Haub

“…Volunteers completed three trials during which they consumed a glucose beverage (GLU), a puffed wheat control bar (PWB), and a bar containing cross-linked RS4 (RS4XL) matched for available carbohydrate content. …”
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