A Primer on Exporting to El Salvador 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 El Salvador. …”
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Structural performance of lightweight fibre-reinforced oil palm shell concrete subjected to impact loadings under varying boundary conditions by Idris Ahmed Ja'e, Zakaria Che Muda, Agusril Syamsir, Chiemela Victor Amaechi, Hamad Almujibah, Ali.E.A. Elshekh, Maaz Osman Bashir, Abdulrazak H. Almaliki

“…The slab specimens sized 300 mm x 300 mm x 40 mm were used. The control sample contained polypropylene fibre (PPF) mesh at mid-layer, in addition, other specimens contain 1 %, 2 % and 3 % PPF content. …”
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Variability of mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences in Zabaikalskaya horse breed by L. A. Khrabrova, N. V. Blohina, B. Z. Bazaron, T. N. Khamiruev

“…The sequenced fragment of the D-loop from nucleotide position 15471 to 16000 contained 17 polymorphic sites, mainly represented by the A→G, G→A and T→C transitions. …”
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Transcriptional survey of the light-induced anthocyanin pathway in non-GM purple tomatoes by Silvia Gonzali, Jacopo Menconi, Pierdomenico Perata

“…Tomato fruits do not usually contain anthocyanins because their biosynthesis is switched off in these organs, but anthocyanin-enriched purple tomatoes have been produced in recent years. …”
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Engineered Perfluorochemical Cancer-Derived Exosomes Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin Provide Targeted Photochemotherapy for Effective Cancer Treatment by Lee YH, Huang CY

“…Moreover, tumor growth was significantly arrested by ICFESs containing 40/40 μM [ICG]/[CPT] in combination with 30 sec of NIR exposure without systemic toxicity, and the resulting tumors were approximately 15-fold smaller than those treated for 14 days with 40 μM free CPT alone.Conclusion: We suggest that the aforementioned anticancer efficacy was achieved via a dual-stage mechanism, phototherapy followed by chemotherapy. …”
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Association of moderate beer consumption with the gut microbiota by Zhaoxi Liu, Jinming Shi, Lushan Wang, Jianjun Dong, Junhong Yu, Min Chen

“…However, beer has been shown to contain several intriguing non-alcoholic chemicals. …”
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Review of History: What and Why? by Jalal Paykani

“…Our findings show that this book is not an original work which contains speculations of the author, but it is an elementary text book about one of the most important questions of the philosophy of history, i.e. …”
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Effects of R-Phase on Mechanical Responses of a Nickel-Titanium Endodontic Instrument: Structural Characterization and Finite Element Analysis by Leandro de Arruda Santos, Pedro Damas Resende, Maria Guiomar de Azevedo Bahia, Vicente Tadeu Lopes Buono

“…The superelastic instrument, containing essentially austenite, required the highest bending moment. …”
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Effect on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Conventional Glass Ionomer Luting Cements by Incorporation of All-Ceramic Additives: An In Vitro Study by Runki Saran, Nagraj P. Upadhya, Kishore Ginjupalli, Arul Amalan, Bharath Rao, Saurabh Kumar

“…A significant increase in strength was observed in experimental GICs containing 10% all-ceramic powders. The experimental GICs with 5% all-ceramic powders showed no improvement in strength, whereas those containing 15% all-ceramic powders exhibited a marked decrease in strength. …”
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Development and Characterisation of a Novel NF-κB Reporter Cell Line for Investigation of Neuroinflammation by Marie-Theres Zeuner, Thomas Vallance, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, Graeme S. Cottrell, Darius Widera

“…We used lentivirus to transduce the glioma cell line U251-MG with a tandem NF-κB reporter construct containing GFP and firefly luciferase allowing an assessment of NF-κB activity via fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and luminometry. …”
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DAGAN: A Domain-Aware Method for Image-to-Image Translations by Xu Yin, Yan Li, Byeong-Seok Shin

“…Although this technique has been widely used for visual predication tasks—such as classification and image segmentation—and achieved great results, we still failed to perform flexible translations when attempting to learn different mappings, especially for images containing multiple instances. To tackle this problem, we propose a generative framework DAGAN (Domain-aware Generative Adversarial etwork) that enables domains to learn diverse mapping relationships. …”
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DETERMINATIONS OF THE SOWING TIME OF GRASS PEA IN TEF- GRASS PEA RELAY INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS by Agegnehu Shibabaw, Bitwoded Derebe, Yechale Mengie, Oumer Beshir, Wudu Getahun, Alemayehu Assefa

“…Therefore, a field experiment was initiated to optimize appropriate sowing date of grass pea for tef- grass pea relay inter cropping systems during 2022 and 2023 main rainy seasons. The treatments contain five sowing dates of grass pea after tef sowing, namely: 35, 50, 65, 80, and 95 days after tef planting, and two contrasting tef verities Viz. …”
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Participatory epidemiological approaches for risk assessment of bed bug (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae) infestation in public hospitals in the city of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan by Arzoo Ashraf, Muhammad Sohail Sajid, Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Asif Mahmood, Muhammad Imran Arshad, Zain ul Abdin, Shumaila Ashraf, Malcolm K. Jones, Dalia Fouad, Farid S. Ataya

“…A descriptive cross-sectional survey of patients using a pre-designed questionnaire containing open-ended and closed-ended questions was conducted for six months between January 2023 and June 2023. …”
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Two new species in the green lacewing genus Santocellus (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini) by Catherine A. Tauber

“…As a result, the genus, which now contains five known species, becomes more securely defined. …”
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Preparation of Pore-Size Controllable Activated Carbon from Rice Husk Using Dual Activating Agent and Its Application in Supercapacitor by Khu Le Van, Thuy Luong Thi Thu

“…The as-prepared samples exist in the form of spherical-shaped particles with the size ranging from 20 to 60 nm and contain numerous surface functional groups. The as-prepared activated carbons were then assessed as an electrode material of supercapacitor operating in the 0.5 M K2SO4 electrolyte in potential windows of −1.0∼0.0 V. …”
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Meta-QTL analysis reveals the important genomics regions for biotic stresses, nutritional quality and yield related traits in pearl millet by Shreshth Gupta, Sagar Krushnaji Rangari, Aakash Sahu, Yogesh Dashrath Naik, C. Tara Satayavathi, Somashekhar Punnuri, Mahendar Thudi

“…Meta-QTL2.4 has highest number of genes with a significant role in disease resistance which contains basic leucine zipper domain, zinc family, leucine rich repeat regions. …”
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Comparison of Gastric Emptying Time after the Ingestion of Whisky with Isocalorically Adjusted Glucose Solution by Tadashi Okabe, Hideo Terashima, Atsuhiro Sakamoto

“…., whisky with water-containing whisky 30 ml (67 kcal), sugar water containing glucose 16.8 g (67 kcal), and water (0 kcal), and the gastric emptying time of each beverage was then assessed by ultrasound measurements of the gastric antral cross-sectional area. …”
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Persepsi Masyarakat tentang Citra Pemerintah Kota Medan Melalui Akun Media Sosial Instagram @humas_pemkomedan by Muhammad Wahyu Effendi, Yan Hendra, Armansyah Matondang

“…This research is based on the social media account of Instagram @humas_pemkomedan which contains the image of Medan City Government. The purpose of this study to determine the public perception about the image of Medan City Government through social media accounts Instagram. …”
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Delta Shock Waves for a Linearly Degenerate Hyperbolic System of Conservation Laws of Keyfitz-Kranzer Type by Hongjun Cheng

“…One consists of two (or just one) contact discontinuities, while the other contains a delta shock wave. Under suitable generalized Rankine-Hugoniot relation and entropy condition, the existence and uniqueness of delta shock solution are established. …”
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Identifikasi Malicious Host dalam Local Area Network Menggunakan Teknik Graph Clustering dan Filtering by Khafidzun Fadli, Achmad Basuki, Eko Setiawan

“…The spread of malware contained within a LAN is carried out by hosts in the LAN which are referred to as malicious hosts. …”
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