Drug Target Identification and Prioritization for Treatment of Ovine Foot Rot: An In Silico Approach by Abhishek Acharya, Lalit C. Garg

“…In its virulent form, it is highly contagious and debilitating, causing significant losses in the form of decline in wool growth and quality and poor fertility. …”
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Review of monitoring systems for stored grains in a modified atmosphere by Louis Labrot–Rhodes, Eric Campo, Pierre Poujaud

“…Losses during grain storage have become unacceptable owing to the growing needs of the world's population and climate problems. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial Activity and Mode of Action of Piper betle Extracts against Soft Rot Disease-Causing Bacteria by Punyisa Charirak, Rapeepun Prajantasan, Kantapon Premprayoon, Nikom Srikacha, Khakhanang Ratananikom

“…Soft rot disease affects a range of crops in the field and also during transit and storage, resulting in significant yield losses and negative economic impacts. This study evaluated the in vitro antibacterial activities and mode of action of Piper betle extracts against the soft rot disease-causing bacteria, Erwinia caratovora subsp. caratovora (ECC). …”
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Design and Monitoring Automatization Of Exhaust Fan Through Smartphone at PT Semen Tonasa by Pance Asyik, Eko Hadi Nugroho

“…Pfister coal feeder is an important piece of equipment in the development of the cement industry at PT Semen Tonasa, which if damage occurs will cause production to stop and result in losses. The pfister control panel is easily damaged at temperatures above 40oC. …”
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Dual-Band High Q-Factor Complementary Split-Ring Resonators Using Substrate Integrated Waveguide Method and Their Applications by Mehdi Hamidkhani, Rasool Sadeghi, Mohamadreza Karimi

“…In modern microwave telecommunication systems, especially in low phase noise oscillators, there is a need for resonators with low insertion losses and high Q-factor. More specifically, it is of high interest to design resonators with high group delay. …”
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COMPARATIVE CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN THE WINTER OF 2011–2012 AND THE WINTER OF 1953–1954 IN THE SOUTH OF ROMANIA by ION MARINICĂ, ANDREEA FLORIANA MARINICĂ, OCTAVIA BOGDAN

“…The first two warm winter months, which had lasted until January the 24th 2012, were followed by truewinter weather between January 25 and February 15, when temperatures dropped below -20°C, associated with heavy snowfalls, snowstorms and strong winds (70–80 km/h) that blew and drifted the snow with disastrous effects for Romania’s south-east counties, in particular. National losses: disrupted traffic of all types, snow-blocked households and animal shelters, black-outs, closed schools,difficulties in conducting supply and salvage operations for the population, etc. …”
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Behaviour and Failure of Steel Columns Subjected to Blast Loads: Numerical Study and Analytical Approach by Haitham Al-Thairy

“…The study also presents derivations and validations of a proposed analytical approach to calculate the critical blast impulse at which a steel column losses its global stability. Comparison between the critical impulse-axial force curves obtained from the proposed equation and that extracted from numerical simulations indicates the validity and feasibility of the proposed equation.…”
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A Single-Layer Dual-Band Reflectarray Cell for 5G Communication Systems by Sandra Costanzo, Francesca Venneri, Antonio Borgia, Giuseppe Di Massa

“…A reflectarray unit cell operating at 28/38 GHz is designed by adopting two pairs of miniaturized fractal patches, offering low losses (<0.7 dB) and almost full-phase ranges (≅320°) at both operating frequencies. …”
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Seismic performance evaluation of the Central Laboratory Universitas Andalas building with expansion joints by Fauzan, Aryo Agista Geby, Al Jauhari Zev

“…It is designed so that if a major earthquake occurs, the buildings are planned not to be damaged due to pounding so that potential losses can be minimized. This study evaluates the seismic performance of buildings with expansion joints based on the current Indonesian seismic codes. …”
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Thermal Energetic Reactor with High Reproduction of Fission Materials by Vladimir M. Kotov

“…The possibility of development of thermal reactors with high fission materials reproduction, which solves the problem, is discussed here. Neutron losses are decreased, uranium-thorium fuel with artificial fission materials equilibrium regime is used, additional in-core and out-core neutron sources are used for supplying of high fission materials reproduction. …”
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Round-Trip Emergency Supply Distribution Model Based on Nonfixed Routes by Yanli Tang, Ying Xiong, Ying Chen

“…In the face of increasing natural or man-made disasters, rapid and effective emergency dispatch and organization are of great significance to ensure the life safety of people and reduce social losses. In view of the long duration, strong demand urgency, and relatively limited transportation capacity after catastrophic events, this paper proposes a round-trip emergency supply distribution model based on nonfixed routes. …”
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Design of a GSM Based Energy Meter Monitoring and Tamper Detection System. by Bakenge Joshua

“…This will improve transparency between the electrical service provider and the consumer and will greatly reduce on the non-technical energy losses on the electrical grid in many developing countries. …”
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Design and Implementation of Automatic GSM Based Fire Alarm System. by Waiswa, Abudallah Mujaasi

“…Fire accident is unplanned and undesirable event that brings damages to social wealth and human life which needs to be prevented at all cost. In order to prevent losses incurred from fire accidents, various alarm systems have been developed such as smoke detectors, temperature sensor based systems etc. …”
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Metformin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Lactic Acidosis by David Arroyo, Rosa Melero, Nayara Panizo, Marian Goicoechea, Patrocinio Rodríguez-Benítez, Soledad García Vinuesa, Eduardo Verde, Alberto Tejedor, José Luño

“…AKI associated to an episode of volume depletion due to gastrointestinal losses is a serious complication in type 2 diabetic patients on metformin. …”
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Diversity of Cellulolytic Microbes and the Biodegradation of Municipal Solid Waste by a Potential Strain by S. P. Gautam, P. S. Bundela, A. K. Pandey, Jamaluddin, M. K. Awasthi, S. Sarsaiya

“…During the biodegradation of organic waste, after 60 days, the average weight losses were 20.10% in the plates and 33.35% in the piles. …”
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Magnetically Triggered Monodispersed Nanocomposite Fabricated by Microfluidic Approach for Drug Delivery by O. Yassine, E. Q. Li, A. Alfadhel, A. Zaher, M. Kavaldzhiev, S. T. Thoroddsen, J. Kosel

“…The nanocomposite is heated through magnetic losses, which is exploited for a remotely stimulated liquid release. …”
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Reversing LeTID in PV power plants: a feasibility study by Fokuhl Esther, Gebhardt Paul, Schnabel Erdmut, Kleinhans Alexander, Armbruster Cornelius, Mikolajick Thomas, Wesselak Viktor, Philipp Daniel

“…Light and elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID) is likely causing strong yield losses in a significant number of photovoltaic (PV) power plants which were commissioned in the late 2010s. …”
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Effect of high-voltage electrostatic field salting on the quality of salt-reduced Yi ye Cheng golden pomfret by Chunbei Chen, Zefu Wang, Ziliang Gao, Xiaosi Chen, Shuai Wei, Qiuyu Xia, Qinxiu Sun, Yantao Yin, Yang Liu, Shucheng Liu

“…Results showed that the salt content increased with the voltage (P < 0.05). The cooking losses of the HVEF-treated groups were significantly lower than those of commercially available products (P < 0.05). …”
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Optimal and Economic Programming in a Reconfigured Competitive Electricity Market Considering Dispersed Generation Sources with the Firefly Algorithm by Muhammad Sibtain, Snoober Saleem

“…In phase 1, the DG location problem is formulated as a multi-objective problem, aiming to reduce active power losses, improve voltage profile, and increase voltage. …”
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Current Situation of Goose Astrovirus in China: A Review by Dan Ren, Hongliang Zhang, Xiaoou Ye, Xiuzhi Jia, Ruiming Chen, Tingbing Tang, Jianqiang Ye, Songquan Wu

“…Subsequently, the disease spread to the vast majority of eastern China, becoming a major threat to goose farms and causing huge economic losses to the goose industry. Meanwhile, GAstV can infect species of birds other than geese. …”
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