Exploring Sweden and South Africa’s Responses to Mass Migration during the Period 2015–2019 by Pragna Rugunanan, Celine Meyers

“…Besides their unique historical relations which can be traced back to as early as the 1890s, both countries continue to experience high volumes of mass migration and forced mobility which peaked in 2015. Following the so-called ‘Syrian refugee crisis’, Sweden witnessed the second largest asylum applications in Europe. …”
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Changes in streamflow seasonality associated with hydroclimatic variability in the north-central United States among three discrete temporal periods, 1946–2020 by Nancy A. Barth, Harper N. Wavra, Anthony R. Koebele, Steven K. Sando

“…Study region: North-central United States Study focus: This study uses circular statistics to characterize the seasonal properties of annual maximum (AMS) and peaks-over-threshold (POT) streamflow time series for 841 and 623 selected U.S. …”
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Gender and Authorship in Annals of Surgery: A nineteen-year review including the pandemic by Jane W. Liang, PhD, Marcello Chang, MD, MCS, Sharon L. Stein, MD, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

“…Background:. Medicine has long been a male-dominated practice, particularly in surgical fields. …”
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Valuing Multirisk Catastrophe Reinsurance Based on the Cox–Ingersoll–Ross (CIR) Model by Wen Chao

“…To evaluate the distribution and the dependence of catastrophe variables, the Peaks over Threshold model and Copula function are used to measure them, respectively. …”
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Systematic identification of the chemical components of leaves and roots of Didymocarpus heucherifolius Hand.-Mazz. based on UHPLC Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS technology coupled with mo... by Liangyin Shu, Shunli Xiao, Kailin Li, Huibin Luo, Meng Li, Qingrui Yang, Bowen Gao, Jiaxin Li, Fang Yan, Wei Cai

“…The chemical was identified using retention time, accurate molecular weight, parent peaks, fragment peaks, fragmentation characteristics, comparative analysis with the literature, reference standards, and standard databases, including mzVault. …”
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The dynamics of lowland river sections of Danube and Tisza in the Carpathian basin by Imre M. Jánosi, Imre M. Jánosi, István Zsuffa, István Zsuffa, Tibor Bíró, Boglárka O. Lakatos, Boglárka O. Lakatos, András Szöllősi-Nagy, Zsolt Hetesi, Zsolt Hetesi

“…Resampled time series (1-hour frequency) were evaluated by standard Fourier and Welch procedures, revealing some secondary peaks in the spectra indicating quasi-periodic components in the signals. …”
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Identification and Characterization of Sulfur Cake from Stepnogorsk Sulfuric Acid Plant by Ye. Tileuberdi, Ye. Imanbayev, Ye. Kanzharkan, A. Kidyrali, S. Frolov, N. Bektenov

“…During the production of sulfuric acid, 130–200 tons of sulfur-containing residues are accumulated per year, the storage of which negatively affects the environment. The peaks of IR spectrum analyses are linked to the stretching vibrations of S=O, S-S bonds, and O-S-O groups. …”
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Dust Particle Size Distributions during Spring in Yinchuan, China by Jiangfeng Shao, Jiandong Mao

“…These distributions had peaks in different locations under different dust conditions. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Event on the Characteristics of Atmospheric Single Particle in the Northern China by Zheng Li, Jingjing Meng, Ling Zhou, Ruiwen Zhou, Mengxuan Fu, Yachen Wang, Yanan Yi, Aijing Song, Qingchun Guo, Zhanfang Hou, Li Yan

“…The unscaled size distribution of total particles peaked at 0.50 µm during BP and at 0.66–0.70 µm during DP, suggesting that particles remained for a long time in the atmosphere and went through a strong aging process during DP. …”
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Simultaneous Measurement of Distributed Temperature and Strain through Brillouin Frequency Shift Using a Common Communication Optical Fiber by Leijun Hu, Liwen Sheng, Jisong Yan, Ligong Li, Ming Yuan, Fude Sun, Fushun Nian, Long Li, Jiaqing Liu, Shuai Zhou, Zhiming Liu

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Challenges and opportunities for assessing trends of amphibians with heterogeneous data – a call for better metadata reporting by Klaus Henle, Reinhard A. Klenke, M. Benjamin Barth, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, Diana E. Bowler

“…However, only a few species have been monitored annually for a long period of time by specific monitoring programmes. …”
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Role of labor migrants from Central Asia in the socio-economic development of Russia in the context of new global challenges by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Labor migration began in the late 1990s and peaked in 2014. During their stay in Russia, migrants faced various crises. …”
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Evolution of secondary phases in 0.17C-16Cr-11Mn-0.43N austenitic stainless steel at 800 and 850°C: Thermodynamic modeling of phase equilibria and experimental kinetic studies by Čička R., Bakajová J., Štefániková M., Dománková M., Janovec J.

“…For the investigated steel the computational thermodynamics can be used only for qualitative interpretation of the experimental results as the measured endothermal peaks were found to be shifted of about 50 ÷ 70°C related to the computed results.…”
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Percutaneous large-bore mechanical thrombectomy for macroscopic fat pulmonary embolism: a case report by James M. Chan, Zeyad Aljeboori, Angajendra Ghosh, Benjamin Peake, Moira N. Rush, Alexandra Du Guesclin, Hui Yin Lim, Miranda Siemienowicz, Hong Kuan Kok, Goran Mitreski

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MXene-Assisted Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Doped Strontium Titanium Nanoparticles by Muhammad Qaiser Manzoor, Syed Irfan, null Anwar-ul-Haq, Xuyang Shi

“…The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy analysis showed that the hybrid structure retained all the major peaks of the nanoparticles and the MXene, which showed its successful synthesis. …”
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Depletion of Amoxicillin Residue in Edible Tissue of Broiler Chicken by Different Cooking Methods by Aynalem Lakew, Negussie Megersa, Bhagwan S. Chandravanshi

“…Amox remained stable for 5–15 min in boiling water, the concentration was significantly reduced in the range of 70–87%, and additional new peaks of the degraded compounds appeared at 30–45 min. …”
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The Influence of Petrography on the Relief of Bistriţei Mountains (The Eastern Carpathians) by Iulian SĂNDULACHE, Cătălina SĂNDULACHE, Alexandra RIZAC, Mihaela RAȘCU

“…The porphyroid gneisses generated a relief of sharp, lofty ridges and peaks, with steep slopes. Long, narrow crests (called “obcine” in this area, too) and wide valleys develop on the sandy-shale flysch in the southeastern part. …”
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Analysis on Environmental Impact of the Development of Marine Strategic Emerging Industries and Supervision Countermeasures in China by YANG Zhengxian, WEI Shuyun, WANG Xiaomeng, HAN Jianbo

“…Marine strategic emerging industries have become an important engine for the development of the marine economy and a key development area to achieve the “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals” in China. This paper takes offshore wind farms, offshore photovoltaic fields, new marine aquaculture bases, and offshore carbon storage projects as examples to analyze the development trends and environmental impacts of marine strategic emerging industries at home and abroad. …”
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Experimental Analysis on Dynamic Response of X-Section Piled Raft Composite Foundation under Cyclic Axial Load for Ballastless Track in Soft Soil by Qiang Fu

“…The piled raft bears more dynamic load than cushion and subsoils, to ensure long-term dynamic stability and safety of the foundation soils. …”
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Deep application of controlled-release urea increases the yield and saponin content of Panax notoginseng by regulating soil nitrate distribution by Yun-xia Su, Yun-xia Su, Yun-xia Su, Ping Zhao, Li-jie Jia, Li-jie Jia, Li-jie Jia, Yuan-feng Cao, Guan-ze Liu, Guan-ze Liu, Jun-wen Chen, Jun-wen Chen, Sheng-chao Yang, Sheng-chao Yang, Yan-li Zhou, Guang-qiang Long, Guang-qiang Long, Guang-qiang Long

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