Solvent extraction of uranium from an acidic medium for the front-end of nuclear fuel cycle: from mechanisms understanding to innovative process design by Giusti, Fabrice, Guerinoni, Elise, Lemire, David, Thimotée, Marine, Arrachart, Guilhem, Dourdain, Sandrine, Pellet-Rostaing, Stéphane

“…After delivering a synoptic reminder of the former hydrometallurgical processes on which dogmas have been based, we present an exhaustive report of the structures that have been designed, synthesized and evaluated as useful hydrometallurgical tools for the extraction of uranium focused on the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle. …”
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Genetic Algorithm Integrated Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR Approach for the Investigation of W-Cut Insert Heat Exchanger for Cooling of Dielectric Fluid Used in Ultra-High Voltage Transformer by N. Vasantha Gowri, J. Samson Isaac, T. Muralikrishna, G. Suresh Babu, Melvin Victor Depoures, S. Sekar, P. Sasirekha, M. Ramesh, S. Prabhakar

“…The optimized configuration of W-cut insert is compared with the former inserts, and the optimal configuration exhibits supreme performance than other inserts.…”
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The Dynamic Response Law of Bank Slope under Water-Rock Interaction by Yinchai Zhang, Huafeng Deng, Wei Wang, Lingling Duan, Yongyan Zhi, Jianlin Li

“…Research results indicate the following: Firstly, in the process of water-rock interaction, the dynamic characteristics of sandstone show evident degradation trend, with the increase of the damping ratio and Poisson’s ratio and decrease of dynamic elastic modulus, and the former six water-rock cycle degradation effects are particularly obvious. …”
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Ecogeographic assessment of mung bean (<i>Vigna radiata</i> (L.) R. Wilczek) from the collection of the Vavilov Institute (VIR) by M. O. Burlyaeva, M. V. Gurkina, M. G. Samsonova, M. A. Vishnyakova

“…The experiments were performed in 1949–1956 in Uzbekistan (former Central Asian Branch of VIR), and in 2009, 2018 and 2019 in Astrakhan Province, where VIR’s collection had been reproduced from the early 1990s. …”
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Promoting Internal Armed Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: The Case of the U.S.-Colombia Relations (Part II) by A. A. Manukhin

“…The paper thoroughly examines the negotiations process, identifies the key disputed issues and the measures outlined for their resolution, including mechanisms of transitional justice, agrarian reform, programmes for demobilization and reintegration of the former combatants. The results of these talks laid the foundation for the historic Peace Accord of September 26, 2016. …”
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Les langues ivoiriennes : un atout pour l’enrichissement De la littérature francophone by Amidou SANOGO & Céline Omo KOFFI épse AHO

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Saintes/Mediolanum, cité des Santons et Bordeaux/Burdigala, cité des Bituriges Vivisques : destins croisés by Louis Maurin, Alain Bouet, Eneko Hiriart, Guilhem Landreau, Christophe Sireix, Dominique Tardy

“…Their political institutions were similar; inscriptions show that, whilst bearing the stamp of Gallic form, they perpetuated the power of the former ruling class, now allied to Rome.In the generation that followed the Gallic War both Mediolanum and Burdigala saw rapid development in similar aspects. …”
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Overall quit in triple users of conventional cigarette, e-cigarette and heated tobacco product among healthy adults: a Korea Medical Institute health check-up study by Sun Ha Jee, Heejin Kimm, Keum Ji Jung, Hye Won Yun

“…There were 5329 (57.6%) current triple users, 3547 (38.3%) single or dual product quitters and 376 (4.1%) overall quitters. Among the former triple users, the most common tobacco product use pattern was ‘dual quit of EC and HTP (eg, current CC use)’ both in men (21.3%) and women (26.3%). …”
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Fetuin-A Characteristics during and after Pregnancy: Result from a Case Control Pilot Study by Serdar Farhan, Ammon Handisurya, Jelena Todoric, Andrea Tura, Giovanni Pacini, Oswald Wagner, Katharina Klein, Rudolf Jarai, Kurt Huber, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

“…Fasting fetuin-A correlated with BMI in women with former GDM (r=0.90, P<0.0001) but showed no association with parameters of glucose tolerance in women with GDM or post-GDM. …”
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GENETIC POLYMORPHISM OF LOCI DETERMINING BREAD MAKING QUALITY IN UKRAINIAN WHEAT VARIETIES by S. V. Chebotar, E. M. Blagodarova, E. A. Kurakina, I. V. Semenyuk, A. M. Polishchuk, N. A. Kozub, I. A. Sozinov, A. N. Khokhlov, A. I. Ribalka, Yu. M. Sivolap

“…Comparison of the results obtained with allele-specific primers to the γ gliadin loci and by storage protein electrophoresis shows that the former method can identify some alleles, but the level of polymorphism revealed by this method is lower than that revealed by electrophoresis of storage proteins. …”
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Effects of Homogeneous Doping on Electron–Phonon Coupling in SrTiO₃ by Minwoo Park, Suk Bum Chung

“…Additionally, we examined the doping dependence of both the orbital angular momentum quenching in the electron–phonon coupling and the phonon displacement correlation length and found the former to have a strong correlation with our electron–phonon coupling in the overdoped region.…”
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Proposals by the Ministry of Internal Affairs Commission Headed by F. K. Girs to Subordinate the Kirghiz Inner Horde under Astrakhan Governorate: Administrative Structure and Judic... by Evgeniy A. Gunaev

“…Any further division into northern and southern parts — with the former be incorporated into Samara Governorate — would give rise to the necessity that ethnic Kazakhs get involved into zemstvo-level activities, which the authorities believed hardly feasible because of the population’s low civic awareness. …”
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Point-Based Grading System: Advantages and Disadvantages by N. N. Мaltseva, V. Е. Рenkov

“…In closing, the authors conclude that a point-based grading system has its own advantages and disadvantages, and, adhering to the above rules, it is possible to strengthen the former and weaken the latter. However, it should be emphasized that a complete switch to the PBGS and break with the traditional methods of testing knowledge seem inappropriate.…”
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The formation and the study of a collection of the Miscanthus resource species gene pool in the conditions of the West Siberian forest steppe by O. V. Dorogina, O. Yu. Vasilyeva, N. S. Nuzhdina, I. V. Buglova, E. V. Zhmud, G. A. Zueva, O. V. Kominа, I. S. Kuban, A. S. Gusar, R. V. Dudkin

“…According to the results of the ISSR-analysis, 16 samples of three Miscanthus species were divided into two clades: Sinensis and Sacchariflorus, the former including two subclades. For the samples of M. purpurascens_I and II, a hybrid origin of this species was confirmed by ISSR data. …”
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The Republics of the Southern Caucasus on their way to the ‘Socialist federation’ (1917–1922) by L. S. Gatagova

“…As we approach the 100th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, political, military, social, ethnic and other determinants of consolidation of the peoples and territories of the former Russian Empire within the Bolshevik state attract an increasing interest of academic community. …”
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An effective algorithm to identify the miscibility gap in a binary substitutional solution phase by Fu T., Du Y., Zheng Z.-S., Peng Y.-B., Jin B., Liu Y.-B, Du C.-F., Liu S.-H., Shi C.-Y., Wang J.

“…The range of the last interaction parameter along with the former parameters is analyzed for a set of self-consistent parameters associated with the miscibility gap in assessment process. …”
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Liver lobes and cirrhosis: Diagnostic insights from lobar ratios by Kriti Pandey, Debabrata Dash, Raj Kumar Koiri

“…Two key ratios for early cirrhosis detection are the caudate-to-right lobe ratio and the right-to-left lobe ratio, with the former being more substantial. The caudate-to-right-lobe ratio (C/RL) is a key morphological marker for evaluating liver changes in cirrhosis. …”
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Utilization of bauxite residue as fine aggregate for the development of structural concrete: An approach towards sustainable construction materials by Gali Kusumanjali, S. Tejas, Amit Chatterjee, Dinakar Pasla

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Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B by C and N Codoped TiO2 Nanoparticles under Visible-Light Irradiation by Thuy Thi Thanh Le, Trinh Dinh Tran

“…The highest apparent rate constant (0.0427 min−1) was obtained when the initial concentration of Rhodamine B was 5 mg/L, whereas the former decreased with the increase in the initial concentration of Rhodamine B. …”
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Can Obesity Prevalence Explain COVID-19 Indicators (Cases, Mortality, and Recovery)? A Comparative Study in OECD Countries by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner

“…Yet, other scholars argue in favor of the existence of an obesity survival paradox and criticize the former group of studies on the grounds that they lack controls for race, socioeconomic status, or quality of care. …”
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