Implicit Forms of Ethnic Insult for Europeans (as Found in Rhyming Slang) by E. Y. Gorshunova, Y. V. Gorshunov

“…The study and description of ethnic stereotypes and labels have attracted attention of researchers due to the practical significance in regulating, controlling and manipulating the direct contacts and interaction between different ethnic groups. …”
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Ground Hemp Fibers as Filler/Reinforcement for Thermoplastic Biocomposites by Amir Etaati, Selvan Pather, Moloud Rahman, Hao Wang

“…Then, the fibres were ground into different lengths of 0.2, 0.5, 1, and 2 mm; composites containing 40 wt% short hemp fibre and 5 wt% maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) were fabricated by means of a twin screw extruder and an injection moulding machine. …”
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Experience with and attitude toward clozapine use among patients receiving clozapine on long term and their caregivers by Sandeep Grover, Chandrima Naskar, Subho Chakrabarti

“…Background: Despite clozapine being the gold standard for treating patients suffering from treatment-resistant schizophrenia, the experience and attitude of patients receiving clozapine for a long duration and their caregivers have not been evaluated, especially in India and other low-middle-income countries. Also, no standardized scale has been validated for such assessment. …”
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Multiple Attribute Group Decision-Making Models Using Single-Valued Neutrosophic and Linguistic Neutrosophic Hybrid Element Aggregation Algorithms by Sumin Zhang, Jun Ye

“…In inconsistent and indeterminate decision-making issues, current assessment information of quantitative and qualitative attributes with respect to alternatives only contains either numerical neutrosophic values or linguistic neutrosophic values as the single information expression. …”
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Elicitation Study Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour that analyses the intention to Adopt Electronic Commerce in the Elderly by Nadia Soto-Hernández, Elizabeth E. Grandón, Patricio Ramírez-Correa

“…The measures determined are the basis for the proposal of a novel instrument that contains 66 items personalised to this age group. The findings of new variables obtained from the elicitation process highlight the importance of considering ad-hoc measurement scales in the development of public policies to promote the use of electronic commerce in older people. …”
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Inhibition of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> and Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Ethanolic Extracts of Pomegranate Peels by Weifan Wu, Kevin Mis Solval, Jinru Chen

“…</i> Cells of the two bacterial cultures (5 log CFU/mL) were treated in tryptic soy broth containing 0, 1, or 2% ethanolic extracts of four pomegranate peels for 5, 10, or 24 h at 25 °C. …”
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Proposed Relationships Between Climate, Biological Soil Crusts, Human Health, and in Arid Ecosystems by Marieke L. Ramsey, Daniel R. Kollath, Anita J. Antoninka, Bridget M. Barker

“…Creating stabilizing matrices, these microorganisms interact with soil surface minerals thereby enhancing soil quality by redistributing nutrients and reducing erosion by containment of soil particles. Climatic stressors and anthropogenic disturbances reduce the cover, abundance, and functions of these communities leading to an increase of aeolian dust, invasive plant establishment, reduction of water retention in the environment, and overall poor soil condition. …”
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Kajian Farmakoinformatika Senyawa Alkaloid Anggur Laut (Caulerpa racemose) Sebagai Inhibitor Collagenase Dalam Mekanisme Antiaging by Dewi Ratih Tirto Sari, M.Eko Pranoto, Siti Zamilatul Azkiyah

“…Sea grapes also well known as functional food source from marine, contains high protein, fibers and secondari metabolites. …”
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Hybrid Deep-Learning Framework Based on Gaussian Fusion of Multiple Spatiotemporal Networks for Walking Gait Phase Recognition by Tao Zhen, Jian-lei Kong, Lei Yan

“…The framework proposed in this paper implements the inner loop that also contains the EM algorithm in the outer loop and optimizes the reverse gradient in the entire network. …”
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Linking the Historical Sample of the Netherlands with the USA Censuses, 1850–1940 by Diogo Paiva, Francisco Anguita, Kees Mandemakers

“…The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN) contains about 85,500 persons born in the Netherlands between 1812 and 1922. …”
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Dinevar Basin Flood Zoning Relying on the Geomorphologic Characteristics by Mahmod Alee Taleghani, Seddighe Homauni

“…Secondly, by overlaying of fourteen factors as information layers in GIS, the Dinevar basin has been divided to 5 zones containing the areas with high, relatively high, intermediate, relatively low and low classes. …”
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Performance Analyses and Improvements for IEEE 802.15.4 CSMA/CA Scheme in Wireless Multihop Sensor Networks Based on HTC Algorithm by Jianping Zhu, Chunfeng Lv, Zhengsu Tao

“…Along with these two strategies, the accurate statistical performance metrics of throughput and delay of unsaturated, unacknowledged IEEE 802.15.4 beacon-enabled networks for 1-hop and 2-hop scenarios are then predicted based on the models which contains n modified semi-Markov chains and one macro-Markov chain, in which nodes are assumed to locate randomly over a circle plane according to Poisson distribution. …”
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Schedule Cat Feeder Berbasis Internet of Things Menggunakan Wemos D1 Mini dan Telegram by Wisnu Aditya, Subektiningsih Subektiningsih

“…Pada prototype ini dilakukan pengujian yang meliputi; menghitung waktu tanggap notifikasi Telegram, pengukuran berat pakan yang dikeluarkan, serta mengukur kapasitas pakan yang tersisa di dalam container. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa perangkat berhasil memberikan pakan sesuai jadwal, dengan waktu pengiriman notifikasi rata-rata 12.05 detik setelah eksekusi pemberian pakan. …”
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Antibacterial and quorum sensing regulatory activities of some traditional Eastern-European medicinal plants by Tolmacheva Anna A., Rogozhin Eugene A., Deryabin Dmitry G.

“…Many plants stimulated violacein production by wild-type C. violaceum ATCC 31532 in a non-specific manner, and only the herb Bidens tripartita (three-lobe beggarticks) contained compounds that mimic acyl-homoserine lactone and operated as a QS agonist. …”
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Flexural Investigation Of Fibrous Concrete Slabs Incorporating Pet Wastes As Sand Replacement by Sabar Zahraa A., Dawood Abbas O.

“…In additional, the values of the ultimate failure load for the mixtures containing PET waste were change by 4.22%, 14.14%, 26.55%, 11.66%, -0.74%, -5.71% and -57.82%, compared to the reference mixture. …”
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Rapid Identification and Simultaneous Quantification of Aristolochic Acids by HPLC-DAD and Confirmations by MS in Aristolochia chilensis Using a Limited Biomass by Michael Araya, Samantha García, Marcia González-Teuber

“…The liquid-liquid separations and a subsequent solid phase extraction (SPE) C18 were performed using 100 µL of the extract that contains the aristolochic acids present in the Aristolochia chilensis plant. …”
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High-Molecular-Weight Glutenin 1Bx17 and 1By18 Subunits Encoded by Glu-B1i Enhance Rheological Properties and Breadmaking Quality of Wheat Dough by Haoyu Guo, Jisu Wu, Yuxia Lu, Yueming Yan

“…Comparative analysis of basic quality parameters, rapid visco analyzer (RVA) and farinograph parameters, and C-cell and loaf parameters showed that ZM-NIL2 containing Glu-B1i-encoded 1Bx17 and 1By18 subunits had better dough rheological properties and breadmaking quality than ZM-NIL1 carrying Glu-B1c-encoded 1Bx7 and 1By9 subunits, including significantly increased protein and gluten content, development time and stability, and loaf volume and score. …”
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Crystallographic characterization of Ag‐doping in nanocrystallite hydroxyapatite and evaluation of photocatalytic activity of organic pollutants by Md. Sahadat Hossain, Shifa Sarkar, Samina Ahmed

“…The samples were characterized with the aid of X‐ray diffraction (phase analysis, crystallographic characterization, and crystal size calculation using Scherrer equation and different models), scanning electron microscopy, and optical bandgap energy. The Hap containing 0.25% Ag showed better photocatalytic activity in various dye concentrations, catalyst doses, and pH. …”
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Recursive seed amplification detects distinct α-synuclein strains in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Parkinson’s disease by Stefan Bräuer, Iñaki Schniewind, Elisabeth Dinter, Björn H. Falkenburger

“…Pathologically, it is characterized by neuronal inclusions containing misfolded, fibrillar alpha-synuclein (aSyn). …”
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Effect of Dietary Inclusion of Chitosan on Survival and Selected Cellular Antioxidants in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> by O.G. Igharo, L.I. Abadaike, J.O. Osunbor, I.C. Owie, A.I. Aruomaren, E.L. Igharo, K.I. Ikeke

“…These results have shown that dietary inclusions of chitosan in various concentrations increased the survival rate of the flies than in control which contained only water and also increase some antioxidant enzymes in the flies than in control. …”
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