Failure Behaviour of Sandstone with a Preexisting Joint under Stepped Excavation by Yinzhu Liu, Ping Cao, Liwen He, Qibin Lin

“…The stepped excavation tests are performed on sandstone specimens containing a preexisting joint under different normal load conditions. …”
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An Integrated Approach of Video Game Therapy^®: A Case Study by Maura Crepaldi, Francesco Bocci, Marcello Sarini, Andrea Greco

“…Video Game Therapy^® allows the patient to reflect on emotional containment and cognitive self-regulation to establish a state of mental balance and well-being. …”
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Mechanisms of co-presence in repetitive drama studio performances by Željka Flegar, Grozdana Lajić Horvat

“…This paper presents the examples from the Zagreb Youth Theatre (ZKM) Drama Studio's final production "A Bunch of Forest Fairies" (June 2023) which contains elements of Impro, process drama (uncharacteristically performed on stage), inside and outside mentoring (super mentoring), and fairy tale elements that are transformed in a new socio-cultural context. …”
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Effect of sodium lauroyl sarcosinate on the thermal, optical and moisture absorption properties of polyvinylpyrrolidone film by Ian Pellinca Braga Caetano, Danielle Marques de Araújo Stapelfeldt, Rodrigo de Siqueira Melo, Kênia da Silva Freitas, Ana Lucia Shiguihara, Jorge Amim Júnior

“… In the present study, polyvinylpyrrolidone films containing amino acid-based surfactant, namely, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate (SLS), were prepared by casting method. …”
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Global dynamics of a vector-host epidemic model with age of infection by Yan-Xia Dang, Zhi-Peng Qiu, Xue-Zhi Li, Maia Martcheva

“…The results suggest that an effective strategy to contain vector-borne diseases is decreasing the basic reproduction number $\mathcal{R}_0$ below one.…”
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Determination of ²³⁸U Content by Gamma Radiation Emitting from ^234mPa Radionuclide by A. Khruschinski, S. Kutsen, A. Zhukouski, Naoyuki Sugai, Hiroshi Sugai, Michinori Mogi

“…This part of the spectrum does not contain any other lines of gamma radiation from natural radionuclides – decay products of both thorium and uranium chains. …”
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ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES OF TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY IN A CONTEXT OF CALLS AND THREATS by A. Y. Malov

“…Historical aspects as well as the significance of the issue promotion for creating the conditions allowing to ensure the prevention of placement of weapons in outer space are anylized. The article contains the prognosis of a possible outcome of the UN Group of governmental experts work on TCBMs in outer space activities. …”
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Wheat Leaf Rust Effector Pt48115 Localized in the Chloroplasts and Suppressed Wheat Immunity by Lulu Song, Liping Cui, Hao Li, Na Zhang, Wenxiang Yang

“…Herein, we report a wheat leaf rust candidate effector protein Pt48115 that is highly expressed in the late stages of infection during wheat–<i>Pt</i> interaction. Pt48115 contains a signal peptide with a secretory function and a transit peptide that can translocate Pt48115 to the host chloroplasts. …”
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Evaluation of enzymatic hydrolysis of palm kernel meal in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) by Tao Ding, Hao Wang, Xiaofang Liang, Jie Yang, Yaping Zhu, Min Xue

“…The control diet, labeled as SBM, was formulated to contain approximately 46 % crude protein and 13 % crude lipids. …”
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Use of nuclear physics methods for investigation of short-range ordering and defects in iron based simulatuing alloys by Evstyukhina I.A., Kolotushkin V.P., Miloserdin V.Yu., Rudakov S.G., Stepanov S.V., Udovsky A.L., Chercastchenko M.V., Funtikov Yu.V.

“…The change of the short-range ordering parameter sign was detected in alloys containing vanadium. Different ordering was also observed in binary and ternary iron alloys. …”
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Constitutive Model and Damage Evolution of Mudstone under the Action of Dry-Wet Cycles by Ming Hu, Yuanxue Liu, Linbo Song, Yu Zhang

“…In this study, a customized model test container and a novel test method are applied to study the decay rate of mudstone under different temperatures and over multiple dry-wet cycles. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Pathogenic Proteolytic Bacteria from External Body Part of GIFT Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by D. Wahjuningrum, L. Mayasari, N.R. Mubarik

“…Twenty bacterial isolates that were incubated at room temperature (25-27ºC) revealed proteolytic activity in nutrient agar containing 0.5% skimmed milk. Staphylococcus sp strain T.c2 and Necromonas sp.strain T.s2 isolates from infected tilapia  were selected based on the proteolytic index.  …”
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Nutritional properties, lipid oxidation, microbial growth, and sensory evaluation of beef burgers enriched with garden cress seeds powder by Huriyyah A. I. Almusawi, Randah Miqbil Alqurashi, Heba I. Mohamed, Abdelrahman R. Ahmed

“…Gas chromatography analysis revealed that cress seeds contained high levels of benzoic acid compounds (45.74%). …”
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Judicial Interpretation of the Inclusion of Standard Clauses in Murabahah Contracts Reviewed from the Principle of Proportionality and Islamic Law by Rezaldy, Rifqi Ridlwan Nasir, Egi Hadi Kusnadi

“…The results of this research show that the juridical interpretation of the inclusion of standard clauses in murabahah contracts contains elements of a combination of positive law and Islamic law. …”
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Re-calibrating measurements of low-cost air quality monitors using PCR-GPR air quality forecasting models. by Bing Liu, Shuting Yang, Junqi Wang

“…Through PCA, we successfully extracted 8 principal components, which not only contained 95% of the information in the original data, but also effectively eliminated the correlation between the variables, providing a more robust data base for subsequent modeling. …”
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The potential of aloe vera gel utilization for skin wound healing in rats based on GC–MS and HPLC chemical profile by Nadia Mohamed Said Arafa, Huda Mohammad Ahmad Hummadi, Gehan Moustafa Badr

“…Results Raw gel and extract contained in μg/ml, aloin A (9.23 and 17.22), aloin B (8.87 and 10.31) and emodin (11.66 and 12.66), respectively. …”
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Nordic Preschool Teachers’ Views of the Physical and Psychological Literacy Environments Regarding Read-Alouds by Tarja Alatalo, Maria Magnusson, Martina Norling

“…Likert-scale questions that contained statements about teachers’ views of the physical literacy environment and methods of reading aloud were used. …”
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Synthesis of Fluorine Heterocyclic Nitrogen Systems Derived From Sulfa Drugs as PhotochemicalProbe Agents for Inhibition of Vitiligo Disease-Part II by Reda M. Abdel-Rahman, Mohammad Saleh I. T. Makki, Wafa A. Baker Bawazir

“…Some more new bioactive fluorine heterocyclic systems containing sulfur and nitrogen as six-membered rings such as; N,Nʼ-disubstituted-thiobarbituric acid, 3-thioxo-1,2,4-triazino[5,6-b]indole, 3-sulfanilamido-1,2,4-triazino[5,6-b]indole and 2-trifluoromethyl-4-imino-6-(sulfamido)1,3,5-triazino [3,2-a]indole derivatives (2-13) have been synthetically derived from the interaction of sulfa drugs with fluorine organic compounds (aldehydes, ketones, anhydride) followed by ring closure reactions. …”
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Nanocomposite treatment of hospital wastewater; Prophylaxis toxicity in the freshwater crayfish muscles and hepatopancreas by Hend A. Sabry, Sally M. Salaah, Marwa M. El-Naggar, Elham H.A. Ali, Magdy T. Khalil, Amal A.E. Ibrahim, Amr B. Mostafa

“…Three groups of crayfish were subjected to study, each containing 20 individuals. Group I served as the control with tap water; Group II was exposed to HWW, and Group III received nano-HWW for 28 consecutive days. …”
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Effects of adipose allograft matrix on viability of humeral head cartilage and rotator cuff tendon by Andrea Karen Persons, Michael R. Baria, Ryan Rauck, Tyler Barker, Zarah Belacic, Sunjit Neginhal, Sushmitha Durgam

“…Explants and cells were then cultured in media containing AAM. After 48 h, the tissues and cells were measured for cell viability, cell proliferation, extracellular matrix (ECM) and metalloproteinase (MMP) gene expression and for MMP, inflammatory cytokine, and growth factor concentrations. …”
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