A Lifecycle Analysis of a Floating Power Plant Using Biomethane as a Drop-In Fuel for Cold Ironing of Vessels at Anchorage by George Mallouppas, Angelos Ktoris, Elias Ar. Yfantis, Sotiris Petrakides, Marios Drousiotis

“…This article presents a pragmatic solution for cold ironing for vessels at anchorage with proven lower GHG emissions with the exception of increased CO emissions, therefore the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.…”
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How Do Low-Income Urban African Americans and Latinos Feel about Telemedicine? A Diffusion of Innovation Analysis by Sheba George, Alison Hamilton, Richard S. Baker

“…This difference may reflect lower levels of trust in new health care innovations among African Americans resulting from a legacy of past abuses in the US medical system as compared to immigrant Latinos who do not have this particular historical backdrop. …”
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Changes in the Microbiome During Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Mateusz de Mezer, Nina Chalama, Cheyanna Bratt, Melanie Kiebalo, Natalia Dolata, Jan Rogaliński, Małgorzata Leszczyńska

“…The sinus microbiota appear dominated by the <i>Staphylococcus</i> and <i>Corynebacterium</i> genera; known upper airway pathogens, such as <i>Haemophilus influenza</i>, are present in the upper airways of healthy individuals, though at relatively lower abundances than in CRS patients. Viral culprits may induce an unhindered local immune response that contributes to the recurrence and chronicity of inverted papillomas—benign mucosal lesions with the propensity for local destruction and malignant transformation that can be found in patients with a history of nasal infection. …”
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Development of a Methodology for the Determination of Pesticide Residues in Cajá-Manga Pulp (Spondias dulcis L.) Using Solid-Liquid Extraction with Low-Temperature Partitioning by Escarlet T. D. Santana, Dayane F. Soares, Anizio M. Faria

“…The quantification was performed by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection which, although it does not present the best detectability for the compounds, is a lower cost instrumentation and is available in several analysis laboratories in Brazil, making the method more accessible to evaluate the pesticide residues in fruit pulp. …”
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Study on Thixojoining Process Using Partial Remelting Method by M. N. Mohammed, M. Z. Omar, M. S. Salleh, K. S. Alhawari

“…Hardness values obtained from the points in the diffusion zone were much higher than those in the 304 stainless steel but lower than those in the AISI D2 tool steel. The study revealed that a new type of nonequilibrium diffusion interfacial structure was constructed at the interface of the two different types of steel. …”
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Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (3D-CFD) simulation of hydrogen transport to investigate the effect of output voltage and inlet anode velocity on proton exchange mem... by Abdelaziz Samris, Hamid Mounir

“…On the other hand, when we increase the inlet velocity to 0.5m/s, the reduced residence time and potential diffusion limitations can lower the mass fraction of hydrogen participating in the electrochemical reaction.…”
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Selective and Sensitive Detection of Cyanide Based on the Displacement Strategy Using a Water-Soluble Fluorescent Probe by Ming La, Yuanqiang Hao, Zhaoyang Wang, Guo-Cheng Han, Lingbo Qu

“…The probe C-GGH-Cu2+ allowed detection of CN− in aqueous solution with a LOD (limit of detection) of 0.017 μmol/L which is much lower than the maximum contaminant level (1.9 μmol/L) for CN− in drinking water set by the WHO (World Health Organization). …”
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Investigation of Rock Failure Pattern in Creep by Digital Speckle Correlation Method by Yunliang Tan, Yanchun Yin, Tongbin Zhao

“…When pushing force arrived at 27.5 kN, another new narrow shear deformation band formed in the lower layer. Then, the steel-plate was pushed out quickly accompanying strong creep deformation.…”
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Impact of bottom ash addition on Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation on coffee ground substrate by Anna Hnydiuk-Stefan, Jolanta Beata Królczyk, Dominika Barbara Matuszek, Łukasz Biłos, Żaneta Grzywacz, Marta Bożym, Robert Junga, Karol Bierczyński, Ritu Rai

“…Compared to sample (I), fruiting bodies grown on sample (II) had higher phosphorus, copper, and zinc accumulation, while chromium, nickel, and lead levels were lower in fruiting bodies grown on samples (II) and (III). …”
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It is not just your opinion. Gender equity endorsement of Latin American students and their peers at school by Natalia López-Hornickel, Diego Carrasco, Siugmin Lay, Ernesto Treviño

“…Abstract Promoting adhesion to attitudes toward gender equity is critical to achieving more equal societies, yet endorsement of gender equality among Latin American adolescents remains lower than global averages. This study investigates the role of school environments, civic knowledge, and authoritarianism in shaping gender equity attitudes among 8th-grade students in Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Peru, using data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016. …”
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Thrush nightingales adjust the peak frequency and structure of their songs in response to different types of experimental noise by Michał Budka

“…While males did not reduce the intensity of their singing in noise, they did adjust the peak frequency of their songs—raising it in the presence of low-frequency noise and lowering it in response to high-frequency noise. These bidirectional changes were associated with selective use of phrases from their repertoire. …”
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Enhanced friction and wear behavior of submicron WC-reinforced Cu matrix composites at various temperatures by Zhimin Zhang, Shixin Xu, Kailing Xiang, Ning Guo, Liming Zhong, Ke Feng, Ke Zhu, Yake Wu, Feng Jiang

“…Notably, the NC1 (with a 20% rolling reduction) and NC2 (with an 80% rolling reduction) samples exhibit outstanding wear resistance at 300 °C, with lower wear volume loss than at 25 and 100 °C. Such improvement is attributed to the reinforcement of the oxide film at 300 °C by the addition of submicron WC particles.…”
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Bioactivity of Powder and Extracts from Garlic, Allium sativum L. (Alliaceae) and Spring Onion, Allium fistulosum L. (Alliaceae) against Callosobruchus maculatus F. (Coleoptera: Br... by Abiodun A. Denloye

“…There was no significant difference in the toxicity of vapours from the two test plant species against C. maculatus, although A. sativum gave lower values. The study shows that A. sativum and A. fistulosum have potentials for protecting stored cowpea from damage by C. maculatus.…”
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Microwave and Blanching Pretreatments for Hot Air Drying of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Slices (Ipomoea batatas) by Ernest Abano

“…Ascorbic acid degradation and formation of brown pigments in the OFSP slices were lower in microwave than in steam blanch-assisted drying. …”
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Harmonic and Supra-Harmonic Emissions of Electric Vehicle Chargers: Modeling and Cumulative Impact Indices by Antonio Bracale, Pierluigi Caramia, Giovanni Mercurio Casolino, Pasquale de Falco, Iqrar Hussain, Pietro Varilone, Paola Verde

“…Notably, their cumulative impact is much lower when chargers operate at different power levels than when all chargers operate at the same power level. …”
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Condition of banks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange during the first 3 months of the pandemic in Poland by Zbigniew Korzeb, Paweł Niedziółka

“…It is maintained that the larger the bank the lower cost of risk. In almost every institution, the risk is mitigated by an increase in the degree of coverage by provisions for impaired receivables. …”
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Study on the Simulation Method of the Ground Test in the Arc-Heated Wind Tunnel by Wanqing Luo, Yuanjian Yang, Jianhan Liang, Songhe Zhang, Yilei Shi

“…It is found that the heat flux on the fully catalytic wall for the radiation balance temperature boundary in the ground test is lower than that in the corresponding flight condition, but the difference is not obvious on the noncatalytic wall. …”
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Effect of Gaseous Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment on the Polyphenolic Profile of Tomato Fruits Grown Under Cover by Miłosz Zardzewiały, Natalia Matłok, Ireneusz Kapusta, Tomasz Piechowiak, Józef Gorzelany, Maciej Balawejder

“…In turn, in fruits obtained from plants to which hydrogen peroxide was applied at a concentration of 1 and 3% during vegetation, a lower amount of phenolic compounds was found compared to the control. …”
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Chemokine (C-X-C) Ligand 12 Facilitates Trafficking of Donor Spermatogonial Stem Cells by Zhiyv Niu, Shaun M. Goodyear, Mary R. Avarbock, Ralph L. Brinster

“…Inhibition of CXCR4 signaling using a small molecule inhibitor (AMD3100) during the critical window of homing also significantly lowered the efficiency of donor-derived SSCs to establish spermatogenic colonies in recipient mice; however, the self-renewal of SSCs was not affected by exposure to AMD3100. …”
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Tubular MYDGF Slows Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease by Maintaining Mitochondrial Homeostasis by Xiaohan Liu, Yang Zhang, Youzhao Wang, Yujie Yang, Zhe Qiao, Ping Zhan, Huiying Jin, Qianqian Xu, Wei Tang, Yu Sun, Yan Zhang, Fan Yi, Min Liu

“…In the present study, it is found that MYDGF expression is significantly reduced in the cortex of the kidney, especially in the proximal tubules, from mice with CKD. Notably, lower expression of MYDGF is observed in tubules from patients with CKD and the level of MYDGF correlated with key factors related to kidney fibrosis and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in patients with CKD. …”
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