Heavy Metals in Water and Sediments and Their Impact on Water Quality in Andean Micro-watersheds: A Study of the Colorado and Alajua Rivers in the Ambato River Watershed, Tungurahu... by Rodny Peñafiel, Fabián Rodrigo Morales-Fiallos, Bolivar Paredes-Beltran, Dilon Moya, Adriana Jacqueline Frias Carrion and Belén Moreano

“…For example, the Colorado River exhibited elevated levels of zinc (59-76 μg.L-1), copper (12-47 μg.L-1), lead (1.2-3.9 μg.L-1 ), iron (0.33-0.37 mg.L-1 ), and manganese (0.37-0.47 mg.L-1), while the Alajua River showed excess copper (11 μg.L-1), iron (0.61-0.72 mg.L-1), and manganese (0.62-0.98 mg.L-1). …”
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The book graphics of Vilnius printing houses in XVI-XVII centuries by Jolita Liškevičienė

“…The first books published in Vilnius had no uniform style because the printer was responsible for the appearance of a book in addition to other duties. …”
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A new scheme for boosting in situ Fenton-like reaction in plant pathogenic tissues for selective structural degradation of capsid proteins by Jun Ma, Ming Chen, Yujie Wang, Jiaying Li, Jian Tang, Shengjun Wu, Chi He, J. Paul Chen

“…We designed a new Fenton-like reaction inducer, tCuinter-bCDs, which utilizes an internal doping strategy that reduces copper content by 89.89% compared to conventional doping methods, while still achieving a high coexistence of multivalent copper ions. …”
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Potential for circular economy in the construction sector. An explorative study about single-use masks and sustainable building material based on a customer and construction compan... by Daniela Ludin, Erika Mueller, Asli Ercengiz, Jannick Lumpp, Wanja Wellbrock

“…This way used masks will be recovered and alternatively reused. For this to happen, there must be a large interest. Construction companies will only act upon these ideas if there is enough commercial interest, and that can only happen if the public is aware of the option. …”
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An Experimental Investigation on the Relationship between MS Frequency Response and Coal and Gas Outburst by Quanjie Zhu, Qingsong Li, Yu Feng, Xianwei Heng, Shaoquan Li, Tao Yang

“…The methodology presented in this paper for CGOB signal analysis provides a new method to obtain MS response precursor and predict CGOB disaster. …”
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Study on Lesion Assessment of Cerebello-Thalamo-Cortical Network in Wilson’s Disease with Diffusion Tensor Imaging by Anqin Wang, Hongli Wu, Chunsheng Xu, Lanfeng Tang, Jaeyoun Lee, Min Wang, Man Jiang, Chuanfu Li, Qi Lu, Chunyun Zhang

“…Wilson’s disease (WD) is a genetic disorder of copper metabolism with pathological copper accumulation in the brain and any other tissues. …”
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Conservative Women and Feminism in the United States: Between Hatred and Appropriation by Françoise Coste

“…Là, des femmes comme Phyllis Schlafly ont su utiliser des concepts traditionnels, notamment religieux, pour démontrer que les femmes étaient en réalité les membres les plus choyés de la société et pour saper les progrès des femmes américaines, comme le prouve l’échec de l’Equal Rights Amendment. …”
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Nutrient composition of meals served to adult inpatients in public hospitals in North West, South Africa by Mantombi J. Jiyana, Lindiwe J. Ncube

“…Methods: Regular adult meals for breakfast, lunch and supper including all snacks for the day were collected from five hospitals. …”
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Replication-Based Query Management for Resource Allocation Using Hadoop and MapReduce over Big Data by Ankit Kumar, Neeraj Varshney, Surbhi Bhatiya, Kamred Udham Singh

“…The execution input key/value pair and output key/value pair have been set. This paper focuses on evaluating this technique for the efficient retrieval of large volumes of data. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria Isolated from Marine and Freshwater Fish in Tanzania by Esther Marijani

“…Fish samples consisted of 24 Nile tilapia, 24 Nile perch, and 24 red snapper. The isolates were identified by their morphological characteristics, conventional biochemical tests, and analytical profile index test kits. …”
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Analysis of ACAM Data for Trace Gas Retrievals during the 2011 DISCOVER-AQ Campaign by C. Liu, X. Liu, M. G. Kowalewski, S. J. Janz, G. González Abad, K. E. Pickering, K. Chance, L. N. Lamsal

“…To improve the trace gas retrieval from Airborne Compact Atmospheric Mapper (ACAM) during the DSICOVER-AQ campaigns, we characterize the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the ACAM measurement. …”
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Simulated Pain and Cervical Motion in Patients with Chronic Disorders of the Cervical Spine by Zeevi Dvir, Noga Gal-Eshel, Boaz Shamir, Evgeny Pevzner, Chava Peretz, Nachshon Knoller

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GIS Analysis of Land Cover Changes on the Territory of the Prokuplje Municipality by Aleksandar Valjarević, Dragica Živković, Dragana Valjarević, Vladica Stevanović, Jelena Golijanin

“…Topographic maps were scanned, and raster form was transformed to vector data with Geo Media Professional 6.1 and Global Mapper software. The monitoring in the period of 1969–2012, on the area of 758300000 m2, was performed, where some parameters were analyzed. …”
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Species identification for Indian seafood markets: A machine learning approach with a fish datasetMendeley Data by Priyanka Paygude, Namita Shinde, Amol Dhumane, Geeta S. Navale, Prashant Chavan, Atul Kathole, Vijaykumar Bidve

“…It focuses on the eight most widely consumed fish species in India: Pomfret (scientific name: Pampus argeneus, local name: Paplet), Mackerel (scientific name: Scomber scombrus, local name: Bangda), Black Snapper (scientific name: Apsilus dentatus, local name: Tilapia), Indian Carp (scientific name: Cyprinus carpio, local name: Rohu), Prawn (scientific name: Dendrobranchiata, local name: Kolambi), Pink Perch (scientific name: Zalembius rosaceus, local name: Rani Fish), Indian flathead (scientific name: Lates calcarifer, local name: Bhetki Fish) and Black Pomfret (scientific name: Parastromateus niger, local name: Black Paplet). …”
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Penser éducation au politique et questions environnementales dans la démocratie by Camille Roelens

“…Here the fields of experience, informal education and individual relation to contemporary cultural productions appear as privileged. A brief illustrative study of the approach and work of the Canadian music group Les Cowboys fringants (3) shows how this type of informal educator can play an important role to provide resources and porpositions of influence for human autonomy in dealing with environmental issues within the democratic political framework.…”
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Unprompted Closure of Spontaneous Macular Hole Secondary to Retained Subfoveal Perfluorocarbon Liquid by Hamouda Hamdy Ghoraba, Hashem Hamouda Ghoraba, Adel Galal Zaky

“…Different fates of subfoveal PFCL droplets may happen. Spontaneous release of subfoveal PFCL without surgical interference has rarely been reported.…”
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Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctiuidae) by John B. Heppner, Kathryn A. Barbara, Eileen A. Buss

“…Spotted larval forms of Spanish moth appear similar to lily borer larvae, Brithys crini (Fabricius) (Godfrey 1972) of Europe and the Old World tropics, but only the banded larval form of the Spanish moth occurs in North America. …”
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Overview of Cull Cow Beef Quality Issues by Amie Imler, Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, Joel Yelich, Max Irsik

“…It also discusses some quality defects identified in the non-fed beef market, how to prevent them, and how to address them when they appear in cattle. Written by Amie Imler, Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, Joel Yelich, and Max Irsik, and published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, December 2014. …”
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Nutrition of Florida Citrus Trees, 3rd Edition: Chapter 2. Production Areas, Soils, and Land Preparation by Mary E. Collins, Thomas A. Obreza, Kelly T. Morgan, Jim Graham, Fernando Alferez

“…Changes to the 2nd edition of SL253 will appear in boxes similar to this one at the beginnings of chapters 2, 6, 8, 9, and 11. …”
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Les conséquences de la crise sanitaire sur les relations de travail by Louis Alexandre Erb, François Pierre Reynaud

“…In other cases, new ways of working appear such as the development of remote working and short-time working to tackle mobility restrictions. …”
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