Postscript on the «Siberian Century»: response to Alexey Sushko by P. A. Eltsov

“…The article contains a reply to the critical comments by Alexey Sushko on the translation of the separate chapter from the book «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia» by the American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov. …”
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Applications of Schauder’s Fixed Point Theorem to Semipositone Singular Differential Equations by Zhongwei Cao, Chengjun Yuan, Xiuling Li

“…Our results generalized and extended those results contained in the studies by Chu and Torres (2007) and Torres (2007) . …”
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Exploring the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and metabolism of Babylonia areolata in response to yeast selenium supplementation by Yunting Wang, Waqas Ahmed, Sajid Mehmood, Mohsin Mahmood, Lu Wang, Wenjie Ou, Jiannan Li, Jie Yang, Weidong Li, Lianshun Wang

“…Except control group, the experiment involved five other diets, with one containing sodium selenite (1.6 mg Se/kg diet) and three containing graded levels of yeast selenium (L-YSe (2.4 mg Se/kg diet), M-YSe (14.4 mg Se/kg diet), H-YSe (22.5 mg/kg), and one containing yeast (2 g/kg). …”
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Surface prereacted glass-ionomer particles incorporated into resin composites promote biocompatibility for restoration of subgingival dental defects by Yueyi Yang, Jing Huang, Xuchen Hu, Meiling Jing, Yujie Zhang, Chenci Xu, Wenduo Tan, Xiaoyu Liu, Chenguang Niu, Zhengwei Huang

“…The feasibility of using S-PRG-containing resin composite to rectify subgingival dental defects was confirmed in vivo. …”
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Cathodic Electrodeposition of Cerium-Based Conversion Coatings Using Deep Eutectic Solvents Formulations for Corrosion Protection of AA7075 Aluminum Alloys by Aurora Petica, Stefania Costovici, Adrian-Cristian Manea, Anca Cojocaru, Calin Constantin Moise, Sabrina State, Liana Anicai, Marius Enachescu

“…The influence of the operating parameters, including the applied current density, process duration and temperature on the quality of the formed Ce-containing conversion layers was studied. Adherent and uniform Ce-based conversion layers containing 0.3–5 wt.%. …”
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The Effect of Transition Metal Doping on the Photooxidation Process of Titania-Clay Composites by Judit Ménesi, Renáta Kékesi, László Kőrösi, Volker Zöllmer, André Richardt, Imre Dékány

“…Montmorillonite-TiO2 composites containing various transition metal ions (silver, copper, or nickel) were prepared, and their photocatalytic efficiencies were tested in the degradation of ethanol vapor at 70% relative humidity. …”
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Hemolytic Crisis following Naphthalene Mothball Ingestion in a 21-Month-Old Patient with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency by Maricel Dela Cruz, Muhammad Masood Khalid, Ahmed Mostafa, Muhammed Ershad, David Vearrier, Rita McKeever

“…We present a case of acute hemolysis requiring blood transfusion in a 21-month-old male with a history of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency after ingestion of a naphthalene-containing mothball. Case Presentation. A 21-month-old male with G6PD deficiency presented to the emergency department three hours following an exploratory ingestion of a naphthalene-containing mothball. …”
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Influence of Rosemary Extract Addition in Different Phases on the Oxidation of Lutein and WPI in WPI-Stabilized Lutein Emulsions by Duoxia Xu, Zhanqun Hou, Guorong Liu, Yanping Cao, Atikorn Panya, Hang Xiao, Will Dixon

“…First, lutein emulsions containing different concentrations of rosemary extract in the oil phase were prepared. …”
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Effect of Mn Doping on Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of CoCuNiTi High-Entropy Alloy Coatings by Mingxing Ma, Zhixin Wang, Chengjun Zhu, Ying Dong, Lixin Liu, Liang Zhao, Qingxue Cui, Dachuan Zhu, Deliang Zhang

“…CoCuNiTi alloy belongs to activation dissolution, and the Mn-containing alloy exhibits an obvious passivation zone. …”
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Commercially important fish biodiversity of Hail Haor with physicochemical properties and planktonic composition by Md. Monjurul Hasan, Md. Mehedi Hasan Pramanik, Md. Mozzammel Hoque, Rumana Yasmin, Ehsanul Karim, Md. Anisur Rahman, Yahia Mahmud

“…This article also contains research on physicochemical parameters and the planktonic composition of water. …”
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The dynamic Colombian sign language dataset for basic conversation LSC70Mendeley Data by Jader Alejandro Muñoz Galindez, Leidy Verónica Villota Coral, Rubiel Vargas Cañas

“…Through filtering that removed similar signs, the dataset now contains 35,208 frames with a total of 47 different signs. …”
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Research Progress on the Role of Inflammasomes in Kidney Disease by Kun Chi, Xiaodong Geng, Chao Liu, GuangYan Cai, Quan Hong

“…Inflammasomes are multimeric complexes composed of cytoplasmic sensors, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase activation and recruitment domain (ASC or PYCARD), and procaspase-1 and play roles in regulating caspase-dependent inflammation and cell death. …”
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Boosting the synthesis of 3-acetamido-5-acetylfuran from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine: understanding the significant role of homogeneous Cl - by Delong Yang, Jinhang Dai, Ziting Du, Qingya Cao, Gang Chen, Ting Qi, Weilu Wang, Fukun Li

“…Abstract Since 3-acetylamino-5-acetylfuran (3A5AF) has been regarded as a promising nitrogen-containing synthon, the conversion of renewable chitin and its monomer N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (NAG) to 3A5AF is of significance. …”
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A Novel Study of Methane-Rich Gas Reforming to Syngas and Its Kinetics over Semicoke Catalyst by Guojie Zhang, Aiting Su, Jiangwen Qu, Yannian Du

“…The addition of water vapor can enhance the catalytic activity of reforming, which is due to the fact that addition of water vapor not only removes carbon deposit produced in the reforming and gasification reaction processes, but also participates in gasification reaction with semicoke to generate some active oxygen-containing functional groups. The active oxygen-containing functional groups provide active sites for carbon dioxide reforming of methane, promoting the reforming reaction. …”
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The utility of preemptive mass influenza vaccination in controlling a SARS outbreak during flu season by Qingling Zeng, Kamran Khan, Jianhong Wu, Huaiping Zhu

“…We construct a deterministic compartmental model to examine thepotential impact of preemptive mass influenza vaccination on SARS containment during ahypothetical SARS outbreak coinciding with a peak flu season. …”
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Long-Term Properties of Cement-Based Composites Incorporating Natural Zeolite as a Feature of Progressive Building Material by Alena Sičáková, Matej Špak, Mária Kozlovská, Marek Kováč

“…The technical parameters of concrete containing 8, 13, and 25% of cement replacement by zeolite are presented as well. …”
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The Distribution, Structure, and Chemical Composition of Alkali-Silica Gels in Calcined Clay Concretes by Miriam E. Krüger, Anne Heisig, Stefanie Lode, Klaartje de Weerdt, Alisa Machner

“…Raman spectroscopy indicated structural similarities among gels in different concrete mixes, with an increased degree of polymerization in the metakaolin-containing concrete. Automated mineralogy identified four gel phases: Si gel, Ca-Si gel, Al-Ca-Si gel, and Al-Si gel. …”
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Effect of Oil Content and Emulsifier Type on the Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Sea Buckthorn Oil-in-Water Emulsions by Hongxia Zheng, Like Mao, Jingyi Yang, Chenyu Zhang, Song Miao, Yanxiang Gao

“…The emulsions processed at lower pressure or contained higher oil content had higher DPPH radical scavenging activity. …”
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Metabolomic Analysis of the Chemical Composition of Chongjue Luohan Tea by QIAN Yuanfeng, YANG Gaozhong, XU Weilin, XU Guodong, DENG Huifang, LAN Bingying, LIN Zhi, LÜ Haipeng

“…The results showed that Luohan tea contained higher levels of tea polyphenols, ranging from 13.7% to 18.1%, than traditional black tea (9.6%). …”
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Effects of Deposition Potentials on the Morphology and Structure of Iron-Based Films on Carbon Steel Substrate in an Alkaline Solution by Soon-Hyeok Jeon, Geun-Dong Song, Do Haeng Hur

“…However, petal-like magnetite film containing ferrihydrite and iron was formed at −1.17 VSCE. …”
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