New Variant of SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics with Imperfect Vaccine by Taye Samuel Faniran, Aatif Ali, Nawal E. Al-Hazmi, Joshua Kiddy K. Asamoah, Taher A. Nofal, Matthew O. Adewole

“…This is probably because individuals infected with the second variant appear to be more careful with their lives and get vaccinated more than individuals infected with the first variant.…”
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES FOR THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICIES by I. V. Danilin

“…Crisis and recession were the immediate causes for their actualization, but real reasons appear to be long-term socio-economic problems, which, in turn, form requirements for emerging technologies policies. …”
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Drinfel’d doubles, twists and all that. . . in stringy geometry and M theory by Aybike Çatal-Özer, Keremcan Doğan, Cem Yetişmişoğlu

“…However for U-duality, more complicated direct sum decompositions that are not described by dual vector bundles appear. In a previous work, we extended the notion of a Lie bialgebroid for vector bundles that are not necessarily dual. …”
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Lifestyle interventions delivered by eHealth in chronic kidney disease: A scoping review. by Ffion Curtis, James O Burton, Ayesha Butt, Harsimran K Dhaliwal, Matthew M P Graham-Brown, Courtney J Lightfoot, Rishika Rawat, Alice C Smith, Thomas J Wilkinson, Daniel S March

“…Although eHealth interventions appear acceptable and feasible to participants, there is insufficient evidence to make recommendations for specific interventions to be implemented into clinical care. …”
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Status and Prospects of Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Our Experience and a Review of the Literature by Sejin Lee, Taeil Son, Hyoung-Il Kim, Woo Jin Hyung

“…While there is limited evidence, long-term oncologic outcomes appear to be similar between robotic and laparoscopic gastrectomy. …”
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Significant Depletion of CD4+ T Cells Occurs in the Oral Mucosa during Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection with the Infected CD4+ T Cell Reservoir Continuing to Persist in the... by Jeffy George, Wendeline Wagner, Mark G. Lewis, Joseph J. Mattapallil

“…Chronic SIV infection was associated with a near total depletion of CD4+ T cells in the oral mucosa that appear to repopulate during antiretroviral therapy (ART). …”
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Game-Theory-Based Approach for Energy Routing in a Smart Grid Network by June S. Hong, Mihui Kim

“…Through these facilities, prosumers appear to have a concurrent role in both energy production and consumption. …”
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The problem with two-event sequence learning by pigeons by Thomas R. Zentall, Daniel N. Peng

“…Abstract Bonobos appear to show little evidence of learning to make one response (R1) to an AB sequence and a different response (R2) to sequences BB, AA, and BA (Lind et al. …”
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Phototransferred thermoluminescence of rose quartz: Measurement and analysis by M.L. Chithambo, I.A. Ferreira, N.M. Trindade

“…Although its conventional TL glow curve measured at 1 °C s−1 during heating to 500 °C has five peaks (labelled I–V), only peaks I-IV are reproduced under phototransfer. All four peaks re-appear owing to phototransfer by 405 nm illumination whereas only peaks I-II are regenerated by 470 nm and 525 nm light. …”
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Toxicity of Metals to a Freshwater Snail, Melanoides tuberculata by M. Shuhaimi-Othman, R. Nur-Amalina, Y. Nadzifah

“…Adult freshwater snails Melanoides tuberculata (Gastropod, Thiaridae) were exposed for a four-day period in laboratory conditions to a range of copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), aluminium (Al), and manganese (Mn) concentrations. …”
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Music in communication: a bibliometric review by Dadang Sugiana, Hanny Hafiar, Kholidil Amin, Pandu Watu Alam, Augustine Uzoma Madu

“…Although the concept of music in the field of communication is the dominant focus of this research, the terms "film music" and "popular music" always appear in all period divisions. This means that over a 25-year time frame, the topic tends to attract researchers’ interest in studying this matter. …”
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Simulation and Optimization of Acoustic Package of Dash Panel Based on SEA by Jintao Su, Ling Zheng, Jianping Lou

“…Therefore, the sound insulation characteristics of the instrument panel sound insulation components appear particularly important. In the existing technology, the acoustic design of instrument panel mostly adopts the reverse design method and pays little attention to the forward design of acoustic system, which tends to lead to the shortcomings such as inaccurate acoustic design and poor acoustic design quality. …”
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Dispersion Modeling of Traffic Emissions originated from Mining: The Case of Artvin by Kazım Onur Demirarslan, Şenay Çetin Doğruparmak

“…This study investigates the emissions of CO, NOx and PM10 due to traffic from the point where ore is extracted to the operation site in the copper mine which was established at Cerattepe location, Artvin city of Eastern Black Sea region. …”
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Dynamic Characteristics of a Cylindrical Roller Bearing with Cage Cracks by Yang Yang, Xiaoye Qi, Yongjie Wang, Meiling Wang, Baogang Wen, Jingyu Zhai

“…Cracks in the cages of bearings frequently appear during manufacturing and operation, directly affecting the dynamic characteristics and reliability of the bearing. …”
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Protecting Florida Panthers by Protecting Domestic Animals: Building a "Panther-Proof" Pen by Phillip D. Rodgers, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Mark Lotz, Darrell Land

“…Panthers do sometimes kill pets and livestock in rural and residential areas in southwest Florida, however, and some people believe that panther kills happen because panther populations have grown too large or are not well-managed. …”
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The impacts of wild boars (Sus scrofa) on fish community and on instream physical habitat of two small streams in a protected area in Brazil by Marina F. Moreira, Larissa B. S. Milhomens, Pedro L. C. Uzeda, Ana Luiza V. Andrade, Paulo S. Pompeu

“…Although the sampling design does not allow for the establishment of a cause-effect relationship, these changes appear to be related to alterations in the physical habitats due to the wild boar’ behavior of forming large puddles in the stream beds. …”
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Anodized CuO Nanoflakes for the Antibacterial and Antifungal Applications by Niharika MP, B. Manmadha Rao

“…The remarkable properties of CuO (“Copper Oxide”) nanostructures have attracted much interest recently in investigating the potential for use in many sectors, including antibacterial applications. …”
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Theoretical Study on Self-Organization of Vegetation Patterns Triggered by Water Resource in Deposited Sediment Layer by Tousheng Huang, Huayong Zhang, Zhao Liu, Ge Pan, Xiumin Zhang, Zichun Gao

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Proprioception in Above-the-Knee Amputees with Artificial Limbs by E. P. Latanioti, A. G. Angoules, E. C. Boutsikari

“…The proprioceptive information of the stumps did not appear to be affected significantly after thigh amputation and application of artificial prosthesis when JPS at 15° was evaluated. …”
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Green Synthesis of Fluorescent Ag Nanoclusters for Detecting Cu2+ Ions and Its “Switch-On” Sensing Application for GSH by Yunpeng Shang, Hui Gao, Lei Li, Chaoqun Ma, Jiao Gu, Chun Zhu, Zichen Yang, Chengwei Wang, Ye Zhang, Guoqing Chen

“…The Ag NCs could successfully detect trace copper (Cu2+) ions in the aqueous solution and the limit of detection (LOD) was as low as 0.6 pM. …”
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