A Review on Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite and Its Applications by Layth Mohammed, M. N. M. Ansari, Grace Pua, Mohammad Jawaid, M. Saiful Islam

“…The aim of this review article is to provide a comprehensive review of the foremost appropriate as well as widely used natural fiber reinforced polymer composites (NFPCs) and their applications. …”
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The PIC Cystogram: Its Place in the Treatment Algorithm of Recurrent Febrile UTIs by Jennifer A. Hagerty, Max Maizels, Earl Y. Cheng

“…A prospective randomized trial is underway to further define its role in the treatment algorithm of febrile UTIs.…”
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Morphometric Study of the Hard Palate and Its Relevance to Dental and Forensic Sciences by Ayman G. Mustafa, Ayssar A. Tashtoush, Othman A. Alshboul, Mohammed Z. Allouh, Ahmad A. Altarifi

“…Regarding the shape and size of the incisive papilla, they were significantly different between males and females in both adult (p>0.03) and child (p=0.001) groups. These findings might be potentially relevant to anthropological studies aiming at individual and/or sex identification. …”
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Carbothermal Reduction of Iron Ore in Its Concentrate-Agricultural Waste Pellets by Zhulin Liu, Xuegong Bi, Zeping Gao, Wei Liu

“…Carbon-containing pellets were prepared with the carbonized product of agricultural wastes and iron concentrate, and an experimental study on the direct reduction was carried out. The experimental results demonstrated that carbon-containing pellets could be rapidly reduced at 1200 to 1300°C in 15 minutes, and the proper holding time at high temperature was 15 to 20 min. …”
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Role of the TGF-β cytokine and its gene polymorphisms in asthma etiopathogenesis by Jacek Plichta, Michał Panek

Subjects: “…TGF-β…”
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Bacterial Performance in Crack Healing and its Role in Creating Sustainable Construction by Digafe Alemu, Wubetie Demiss, Gamachis Korsa

“…As compared to conventional concrete, bacterial concrete was greater by 35.15% in compressive strength, 24.32% in average tensile strength, and 17.24% in average flexural strength, and it was 4 times lower in water absorption and 8 times lower in acid resistivity than conventional concrete. …”
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On the Space of Functions with Growths Tempered by a Modulus of Continuity and Its Applications by Józef Banaś, Rafał Nalepa

“…We are going to study the space of real functions defined on a bounded metric space and having growths tempered by a modulus of continuity. …”
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Fuzzy Optimization of Option Pricing Model and Its Application in Land Expropriation by Aimin Heng, Qian Chen, Yingshuang Tan

“…The fuzzy measure which is used for real option pricing is a useful supplement to the traditional real option pricing method. …”
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New Insight into the Kinetics of Deep Liquid Hydrocarbon Cracking and Its Significance by Wenzhi Zhao, Shuichang Zhang, Bin Zhang, Kun He, Xiaomei Wang

“…Based on pyrolysis experiments and kinetic calculations, we established a model for the cracking of oil and its different components. …”
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Insight into the Pore Structures and Its Impacts on Movable Fluid in Tight Sandstones by Dazhong Ren, Fu Yang, Rongxi Li, Desheng Zhou, Dengke Liu, Ying Li

“…The results suggest that the intergranular-dissolved pore type has a more prominent influence on the high movable fluid saturation and larger pores. …”
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The Digital Self-Efficacy Scale: Adaptation and Validation of Its Spanish Version by Milton Paredes-Aguirre, Ronald Campoverde Aguirre, Olivia Hernandez-Pozas, Yarid Ayala, Holger Barriga Medina

“…This study examined the validity and reliability of the Spanish-adapted version of the Digital Self-Efficacy for Equatorian workers. The results from a sample of 471 participants, with a gender-balanced distribution (43.74% female and 55.41% male) and a mean age of 34 years, showed that this translated 19-item scale is a valid and reliable measure of this construct. …”
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Relatively Bounded Perturbations of a Closed Linear Relation and Its Adjoint by Guixin Xu

“…This paper is concerned with the relatively bounded perturbations of a closed linear relation and its adjoint in Hilbert spaces. …”
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Phytoplankton and Its Role in Accumulation of Microelements in Bottom Deposits of Azov Sea by Irina V. Dotsenko, Anna V. Mikhailenko

“…The fact that the algal biomass during the periods of blooming in the sea reaches 1,400 g/l makes this study especially urgent. The authors define the rates of biogeochemical cycle and the intensity of chemical elements’ consumption and also investigate the role of phytoplankton in the formation chemical peculiarities of bottom deposits and its involvement in sedimentogenesis in the Azov Sea. …”
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Luteolin: exploring its therapeutic potential and molecular mechanisms in pulmonary diseases by Jialian Lv, Xinyue Song, Zixin Luo, Duoqin Huang, Li Xiao, Kang Zou

“…Luteolin exhibits therapeutic effects on various pulmonary disease models through multiple molecular mechanisms; these include inhibition of activation of the PI3K/Akt-mediated Nuclear Factor kappa-B (NF-κB) and MAPK signaling pathways, as well as the promotion of regulatory T cell (Treg) function and enhancement of alveolar epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) activity (alleviating inflammation and oxidative stress responses). …”
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Constitutional reform of Ukraine in 2016 and its impact on the development of the legal system by L. L. Goncharenko

“…It has been established that the constitution is the fundamental law of any modern state, which ensures the integrity of the country's legal system. The said legal act contains the most important provisions defining the basic guarantees for the protection of rights, freedoms and interests of a person and a citizen, as well as the key principles of functioning of the State as a whole and its legislative, executive and judicial branches. …”
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Redesigning the Serpent Algorithm by PA-Loop and Its Image Encryption Application by Sadam Hussain, Muhammad Asif, Tariq Shah, Abid Mahboob, Sayed M. Eldin

“…The modification lies in the design of the Cipher, we have used power associative (PA) loop and group of permutations. …”
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IoT-Based Smart Garbage System for Efficient Food Waste Management by Insung Hong, Sunghoi Park, Beomseok Lee, Jaekeun Lee, Daebeom Jeong, Sehyun Park

“…Owing to a paradigm shift toward Internet of Things (IoT), researches into IoT services have been conducted in a wide range of fields. …”
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A Review of Organic Photovoltaic Energy Source and Its Technological Designs by Egidius Rutatizibwa Rwenyagila

“…Then, some of the existing modelling approaches that have implemented either a one- or a two-dimensional drift-diffusion model to examine OSC structures are reviewed, and their reproducibility is examined. …”
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Hyperspectral Image Processing Technology and Its Application in Visual Communication Design by Dong Wu, Zhengwei Fang

“…Eagerly, this article proposes a general framework for constructing a suitable shock capture scheme in combination with the entropy control method for suppressing shock instability. …”
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Analyzing Ride-Sourcing Market Equilibrium and Its Transitions with Heterogeneous Users by Junlin Zhang, Dong Mo, Xiqun (Michael) Chen

“…A single origin-destination (O-D) ride-sourcing market model is first developed. …”
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