An Overview of the BALSAC Population Database. Past Developments, Current State and Future Prospects by Hélène Vézina, Jean-Sébastien Bournival

“…The BALSAC database, developed since 1971, contains data on the Quebec population from the beginnings of European settlement in the 17th century to the contemporary period. …”
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Determining the enterotoxin genes and methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus isolated from goat milk and its products by Mustafa Bilgin, Mustafa Atasever

“…Milk and its products can be frequently contaminated with enterotoxigenic and methicillin-resistant S. aureus, and in such a case, it causes various diseases, especially staphylococcal food poisoning. …”
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Neural network as a mirror of social attitudes: analysis of distortions in generative images by A. G. Tertyshnikova, U. O. Pavlova, M. D. Starovoytova

“…The results of approbation show that the information returned by AI contains social stereotypes, primarily related to gender and age, which means that AI can indeed be used as a tool for studying social stereotypes. …”
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The Effect of Preheating on Fissure Sealant Viscosity by Ebru Hazar Bodrumlu, İ. Sefa Çakır

“…The viscosity of the fissure sealant directly affects the retention of the material to the tooth. Heating resin-containing materials before polymerization decrease the viscosity of the material. …”
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Does the “state of disaster” response have a downside? Hospital incident command group leaders’ experiences of a terrorist-induced major incident: a qualitative study by Jason P. Murphy, Anna Hörberg, Monica Rådestad RN, Lisa Kurland, Maria Jirwe

“…Results The data created from the interviews identified barriers and facilitators for hospital response as well as aligned with previously established categories: Expectations, prior experience, and uncertainty affect hospital incident command group response during a Major Incident and three categories, (I) Gaining situational awareness (containing two subcategories), (II) Transitioning to management (containing three subcategories) and (III) Experiences of hospital incident command group response (containing two subcategories). …”
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Implementation of a Lightweight and Portable Horn Antenna Using 3-D Printing Technology by Serhan Yamaçlı

“…The novelty of the antenna is that it is produced using a 3D printer with a conductive filament containing carbon nanotube particles. The geometric dimensions of the antenna were calculated by means of an antenna design software. …”
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First report of the chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of the Indian pitcher plant, Nepenthes khasiana Hook.f. by Ruchishree Konhar, Debasis Dash, Devendra Kumar Biswal

“…The mt genome contains 84 genes (55 unique genes): 50 protein coding genes, 7 rRNA coding genes and 27 tRNA coding genes. …”
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High Level Bioaerosol Protection against Infective Aerosols: How Medical Face Masks Compare against Respirators by Christian M. Sterr, Aline Dick, Lena Schellenberger, Julian Zirbes, Claudia Nonnenmacher-Winter, Frank Günther

“…However, there is still uncertainty about the protective effect of the different types of masks against virus containing aerosols. To determine the as-worn bioaerosol protection efficacy of different face coverings and estimate the possible protective function against airborne diseases, we challenged different respirators and medical masks on a standardized dummy head with a bioaerosol containing MS2 bacteriophages as virus surrogates. …”
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Eco-friendly steelmaking: Exploring the potential of plant-based binder Acacia gum for iron ore pelletizing by Hassan Koohestani, Jalal Hasanpoor, Behrooz Ghasemi

“…Bentonite, the conventional binder in iron pellet production, contains impurities that can be transferred to the final product, reducing its quality. …”
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THE VIEW OF FOREIGN ANALYSTS ON THE REFORM OF THE SOVIET PLANNING SYSTEM OF THE 80S OF THE XX CENTURY by M. B. Nazarenko

“…The paper shows that the estimates and data contained in foreign studies allow us correlate the modern interpretation of the economic system in the USSR of the late socialist period.…”
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Synthesis and Thermotropic Properties of Some New Schiff Bases, N-[4-(4-n-Alkanoyloxybenzoyloxy)-2-Hydroxybenzylidene]-4-Cyano-, 4-Hydroxy-, 4-Thio- and 4-Nitroanilines by Sie-Tiong Ha, Guan-Yeow Yeap, Peng-Lim Boey

“…Whilst compounds with R = OH, SH and NO2 show nematic phases, compound containing cyano substituent are smectogenic in nature.…”
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THE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE NEW CROP, Miscanthus cv . SORANOVSKII by N. M. Slynko, T. N. Goryachkovskaya, S. V. Shekhovtsov, S. V. Bannikova, N. V. Burmakina, K. V. Starostin, A. S. Rozanov, N. N. Nechiporenko, S. G. Veprev, V. K. Shumny, N. A. Kolchanov, S. E. Peltek

“…The development of methods for converting its biomass to sugar-containing substrate for biotechnological use is in progress. …”
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Development of a recombinant infectious bronchitis virus vaccine expressing infectious laryngotracheitis virus multiple epitopes by Guanming Shao, Jun Fu, Yun Pan, Shiying Gong, Chaoyi Song, Sheng Chen, Keyu Feng, Xinheng Zhang, Qingmei Xie

“…Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is a highly contagious disease, usually controlled by vaccination with live attenuated vaccines. …”
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Detection of Lard in Ink Extracted from Printed Food Packaging Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis by Syazwani Ramli, Rosnita A. Talib, Russly A. Rahman, Norhazlin Zainuddin, Siti Hajar Othman, Norma M. Rashid

“…Si versus Hi plots showed that the calibration standards can be classified as lard-containing standards. Sample 2 was deduced to have the highest possibility of containing lard, while only samples 5 and 7 cannot be classified as lard-containing samples. …”
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Correction: Kuklane et al. A Database of Static Thermal Insulation and Evaporative Resistance Values of Dutch Firefighter Clothing Items and Ensembles. <i>Biology</i> 2022, <i>11</... by Kalev Kuklane, Jakob Eggeling, Maurice Kemmeren, Ronald Heus

“…The original publication contained an erroneous data line in Appendix A, “Table A1 [...]…”
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About the role of sulfur and nitrogen in forming of mechanical characteristics in cast steel by V. V. Lunev, V. P. Pirozhkova, N. M. Burova, L. K. Chebotar

“…The role of the nitrogen-containing sulfides and nitrides in forming of mechanical characteristics of cast- steel is shown.…”
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F-box protein Fbx23 acts as a transcriptional coactivator to recognize and activate transcription factor Ace1. by Zhongjiao Liu, Kexuan Ma, Panpan Zhang, Siqi Zhang, Xin Song, Yuqi Qin

“…Transcription factor Ace1 (also known as SltA) positively correlated with fungal growth and conidiation and negatively correlated with the expression of (hemi)cellulase genes. …”
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Caladium Cultivars ‘Cosmic Delight’, ‘Fiesta’ and ‘Hearts Desire’ by Zhanao Deng

“… Caladiums are commonly grown in containers, hanging baskets or planted directly in the landscape as accent and border plants. …”
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Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan) by Philippe Chambon, Pascal Sellier, Aline Emery-Barbier, Olivier Langlois

“…Taken from the household, they are mainly containers; the inclusion of additional items such as spoons, small bowls or feeding bottles, inside pots associated with infants indicates that they indeed contained food for the dead; supplies for the last journey.…”
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Investigation of the deterioration degree of parchment marked with iron gall inks by Georgia Velivasaki

“…Samples of parchment from goat skin were marked with two different iron-gall inks prepared according to simple traditional recipes, both containing iron sulfate and Gallic acid, while one of them additionally contained gum. …”
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