Evaluation of NaCl Effect on Vibration-Delaminated Metal-Polymer Composites by Improved Micro-Raman Methodology by E. Zumelzu, I. Asomavich, F. Rull, C. Cabezas

“…The vibrations occurring during the transportation of food containers produce delaminations at given points of the metal-polymer interface, known as antinodes, which in turn may produce PET degradation affecting food quality. The former can be determined by electrochemical measurements, and the changes in composition or structural order can be characterized by Raman. …”
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Comment j’ai écrit : The Tourist by Dean MacCannell

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Functional Diversity of Fibroblast Growth Factors in Bone Formation by Yuichiro Takei, Tomoko Minamizaki, Yuji Yoshiko

“…FGFs, comprising 22 family members, are classified into three subfamilies: canonical, hormone-like, and intracellular. The former two subfamilies activate their signaling pathways through FGF receptors (FGFRs). …”
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The leadership and supervisory practices of principals in public secondary schools of the State of Amhara, Ethiopia, as perceived by teachers by Melaku Mengistu Gebremeskel, Demeke Wolie Ambaye

“…In addition, teachers’ acknowledgment of the supervisory role of their principals is inversely correlated to the qualification level former, despite the weak difference. That is, the higher teachers’ qualification level the less they acknowledge the supervisory role of their principals. …”
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Unveiling engineering students’ challenges and coping strategies in English-medium instruction: a Q methodology study by Vararin Charoenpornsook, Athip Thumvichit

“…The participants included 47 current and former undergraduate engineering students at a Thai university. …”
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Vanishing Gastroschisis with a Favorable Outcome after a 3-Year Follow-Up: A Case Report and Literature Review by Elise Abi Rached, N. Sananes, I. Kauffmann-Chevalier, F. Becmeur

“…The child was born with a closed abdominal wall except a small remnant at the level of the former gastroschisis orifice. Explorative laparotomy revealed extensive midgut atresia with only 50 cm of remaining midgut. …”
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Effects of Stone Removal via Different Approaches in the Treatment of Incarcerated Upper Ureteral Calculi: A Comparative Study by Xiaoliang Yuan, Hanping Wei, Xiaowu Liu, Zhimin Jiao, Tingchun Wu, Honglei Shi

“…Both percutaneous nephrolithotomy and transurethral ureteroscopic lithotripsy are effective in the treatment of incarcerated upper ureteral calculi. The former can reduce the incidence of postoperative complications, but the operation time and postoperative hospital stay are longer.…”
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A synthesis method for zero-sum mean-payoff asynchronous probabilistic games by Wei Zhao, Wanwei Liu, Zhiming Liu, Tiexin Wang

“…For the two types of synthesis problems, the research on the former has been relatively mature, and the latter also has received huge amounts of attention. …”
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Inventory of Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPs) in Bali Botanic Garden and the Adjacent Areas by Farid Kuswantoro, Sutomo Sutomo, Wawan Sujarwo

“…Ageratina riparia and Bidens pilosa have the highest RF in EB, while the former also has the highest RF in VIP and KB. Similarly, the highest IVI was acquired by A. riparia in VIP and KB, as well as by Sida rhombifolia in EB. …”
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Léo Malet ou le roman noir américain made in France by Crystel Pinçonnat

“…We will look at three of his best-known novels (Johnny Metal, Le Dé de jade and La Mort de Jim Licking), to show how Malet reappropriated the hard-boiled tradition through the lens of American cinema and reinvented it for the French public. A former member of the surrealist movement, Malet, in fact, did not copy but subverted the traditional aesthetics of noir fiction by injecting into it, among other things, the surrealist practice of décollage, a technique that breaks the barriers between literature and the visual arts.…”
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In-silico platform for the multifunctional design of 3D printed conductive components by Javier Crespo-Miguel, Sergio Lucarini, Sara Garzon-Hernandez, Angel Arias, Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Daniel Garcia-Gonzalez

“…Abstract The effective electric resistivity of conductive thermoplastics manufactured by filament extrusion methods is determined by both the material constituents and the printing parameters. The former determines the multifunctional nature of the composite, whereas the latter dictates the mesostructural characteristics such as filament adhesion and void distribution. …”
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Status of the GERDA Experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso by R. Brugnera, A. Garfagnini

“…In its first phase, high purity germanium diodes inherited from the former Heidelberg-Moscow and Igex experiments are operated “bare” and immersed in liquid argon, with an overall background environment of 10−2 cts/(keV·kg·yr), a factor of ten better than its predecessors. …”
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The Role of Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Scientific and Methodical Support of Higher School of Russia (To the 30th Anniversary of Educational and Methodical Associat... by S. V. Korshunov

“…The paper analyzes the contribution of scientists, teachers, engineers of Bauman Moscow State Technical University (the former Moscow Craft School, then Moscow Higher Technical School, Imperial Moscow Technical School) to the development of scientific and methodical provision of Russia’s higher school and world engineering education. …”
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Optimal Multi-Physics Synthesis of a Dual-Frequency Power Inductor Using Deep Neural Networks and Gaussian Process Regression by Paolo Di Barba, Arash Ghafoorinejad, Maria Evelina Mognaschi, Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan, Elisabetta Sieni

“…., to identify frequencies and currents of the two coils, given a prescribed temperature profile, two approaches have been implemented. The former is an optimization approach based on a multi-objective formulation, solved by means of the NSGA-II algorithm; the latter is a two-step procedure, based on fully connected Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), solving an optimal design problem first and, subsequently, an optimal control problem.…”
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Eye Gaze and Dominance, Cues for Online Communication with Strangers by Beril Durmuş, Yonca Aslanbay, Murat Çinko, Aydin Erden

“…The participants’ preference of the former holdout sample was predicted consecutively by hit ratios of 81.5, 91.4 and 94.9 for three different cases. …”
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Cumulative Damage Evaluation of RC Bridge Piers subjected to Multiple Earthquakes by Do Hyung Lee, Byeong Hwa Kim, Jung Joong Kim, WooSeok Kim

“…Successive earthquakes of Kocaeli and Duzce within three months indicated that even the survived lifeline structures such as bridges under the former event may have damage or collapse potential under the latter event due to their possible stiffness degradation. …”
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Primary Bronchopulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as Lung Cancer: Apropos of Two Cases and Literature Review by Stamatis Katsenos, Iosif Galinos, Panagiota Styliara, Nikoletta Galanopoulou, Konstantinos Psathakis

“…In this paper, we describe two patients with pulmonary actinomycosis mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma; the former presented with peripheral infiltrate and associated hilar/mediastinal lymphadenopathy and the latter presented with a foreign body-induced endobronchial mass. …”
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Russification and Russianization in Modern Historiography: Recent Developments and Future Directions by Nicholas W. Sessums

“…Therefore, I also argue in favor of two promising new frameworks in the historiography, namely, the shifting usage of the term inorodtsy (aliens) by imperial administrators over time, and the concept of national indifference. Study of the former, I contend, would highlight the “othering” of non-dominant ethnic and national minorities. …”
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The historical roots of post-apartheid intra-working-class racism by Tlhabane Mokhine ‘Dan’ Motaung

“…In view of this history of racialised capitalism, racism in post-apartheid South Africa is largely located within the Black and white working-class socio-economic space, as the latter forfeited its racially vested interests while the former derive the benefits of corrective state action. …”
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Ultrasmall Dual-Band Metamaterial Antennas Based on Asymmetrical Hybrid Resonators by Ji-Xu Zhu, Peng Bai, Jia-Fu Wang

“…For experimental demonstration, two antennas are fabricated. The former dual-band antenna operating at f-1=3.5 GHz (Wimax) and f+1=5.25 GHz (WLAN) occupies an area of 0.21λ0×0.08λ0, and two dipolar radiation patterns are obtained with comparable gains of about 6.1 and 6.2 dB, respectively. …”
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