Analysis of Indonesian Students’ Language Transfer of English Idiomatic Sentences by Diah Retno Widowati, Henny Rahmawati, Febti Ismiatun

“…In addition, the source of errors tends to happen because of the interlingual factors than the intralingual factors. …”
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Determination of Heavy Metals in Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. Collected from Different Cultivation Regions by Dan Zhou, Yurong Fu, Weiyong Lai, Junqing Zhang

“…The results indicated that geographical source might be a major factor to influence the contents of heavy metals of arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu) in Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. Compared to the criteria of heavy metals, the contents of As, Hg, Pb, and Cd in almost all the samples were in accordance with The Green Trade Standards. …”
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The Role of Insulin, Insulin Growth Factor, and Insulin-Degrading Enzyme in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease by Claude Messier, Kevin Teutenberg

“…Most brain insulin comes from the pancreas and is taken up by the brain by what appears to be a receptor-based carrier. Type 2 diabetes animal models associated with insulin resistance show reduced insulin brain uptake and content. …”
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Application of the Improved Multipopulation Genetic Algorithm in the TMD Controlled System considering Soil-Structure Interaction by Wei Nie, Shuxian Liu, Hang Yin, Shasha Lu, Dongxu Zhao, Hong Xu

“…With the advent of globalization, computing speed has increased tremendously, greatly advancing algorithm research in multiple fields. This paper studies the parameter optimization problem of the improved multipopulation genetic algorithm in the tuned mass damper (TMD) structure considering the soil-structure interaction (SSI) effect. …”
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Correlation of Oxidative Stress with Serum Trace Element Levels and Antioxidant Enzyme Status in Beta Thalassemia Major Patients: A Review of the Literature by Q. Shazia, Z. H. Mohammad, Taibur Rahman, Hossain Uddin Shekhar

“…The role of trace elements like selenium, copper, iron, and zinc in beta thalassemia major patients reveals a significant change of these trace elements. …”
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The Importance of Psychological and Social Factors in Influencing the Uptake and Maintenance of Physical Activity after Stroke: A Structured Review of the Empirical Literature by Jacqui Morris, Tracey Oliver, Thilo Kroll, Steve MacGillivray

“…People with stroke are not maintaining adequate engagement in physical activity (PA) for health and functional benefit. This paper sought to describe any psychological and social factors that may influence physical activity engagement after stroke. …”
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Miserable victims or Troublesome delinquents? A Critical perspective on the news media coverage of Chinese rural left-behind children by Ruixia Sun, Wei Han

“…Yet the succeeding population shift has created the group of left-behind children who often appear in headlines of news reports. This paper discusses the media representations of rural Chinese left-behind children in China Daily, a leading English newspaper in China, and analyzes the strategies the newspaper has employed to construct the images of left-behind children. …”
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Morphological comparison for the dorsal fin of Chrysichthys auratus, Synodontis schall, and Synodontis serratus (Teleosti: Siluriformes) collected from the Lake Nasser and the Rive... by Farrag Mahmoud M. S., Jawad Laith A., Park Joo M.

“…The retrorse, anterior dentations are most pronounced in the upper third of the spine and gradually alter in form until they appear as a series of distinct notches on the basal third of the spine. …”
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Variable Modal Parameter Identification for Non-Linear Mdof Systems. Part II: Experimental Validation and Advanced Case Study by Y.H. Chong, M. Imregun

“…The linear finite element model of a high-pressure turbine blade was used in conjunction with three local non-linear friction damper elements. It was shown that the response of the system could be predicted at any force level, provided that that non-linear modal parameters were available at some reference force level. …”
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Bistable Nonlinear Energy Sink Using Magnets and Linear Springs: Application to Structural Seismic Control by Y. Y. Chen, W. Zhao, C. Y. Shen, Z. C. Qian

“…Nonlinear energy sink (NES) has proven to be very effective in reducing the vibration response of structures. In this paper, a magnetic bistable nonlinear energy sink (BNES) that composed of a guided moving mass attached with linear springs and permanent magnets is proposed. …”
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Biochemical Status of Beta-Thalassemia Major Patients in Erbil City by Omar Surchi, Sarkawt Ali

“…And these changes can happen even when the patient is treated adequately. …”
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Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO With Indoor/Outdoor Users by Felip Riera-Palou, Miquel Duran, Guillem Femenias

“…While mobile infrastructure is often assumed to be deployed outdoor by the operators, reality is that most of the traffic has at least one of the communication ends located indoors. This paper introduces the problem of providing wireless service to a heterogeneous population made of indoor and outdoor users using an outdoor cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) infrastructure. …”
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ULTRASTRUCTURAL FEATURES OF CARDIOMYOCYTE CONTRACTILE APPARATUS IN RAT OFFSPRING HEARTS FOLLOWING MATERNAL CHRONIC ALCOHOL INTOXICATION by I.V. Tverdokhlib, D.G. Marchenko

“…The mechanisms underlying the development of the heart contractile apparatus and the distribution of myofibrils in cardiomyocytes following intrauterine ethanol intoxication continue to be a topic of significant debate. The aim of this paper is to determine the dynamics of postnatal changes in the ultrastructure of ventricular contractile cardiomyocytes in the rat heart after chronic alcoholization of the maternal organism. …”
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PTF-SimCM: A Simple Contrastive Model with Polysemous Text Fusion for Visual Similarity Metric by Xinpan Yuan, Xinxin Mao, Wei Xia, Zhiqi Zhang, Shaojun Xie, Chengyuan Zhang

“…Nevertheless, existing well-performing approaches for image similarity measurement only focus on the image itself without utilizing the information of other modalities, while pictures always appear with the described text. Furthermore, those methods need human supervision, yet most images are unlabeled in the real world. …”
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Analysis of metacognitive characteristics in group discussion on grade 5 fraction materials by Dyah Triwahyuningtyas, Cholis Sa’dijah, Makbul Muksar, Subanji Subanji

“…During group discussion activities to solve problems, not all metacognitive activities appear in each student. Facilitators can influence beginners to be active in the discussion and expert students can help group mates to rethink what they have done before.…”
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Use of colemanite in ferronickel smelting by Keskinkilic E., Pournaderi S., Geveci A., Topkaya Y.A.

“…In the literature, successful use of colemanite was reported both in steelmaking and copper matte smelting processes. Ferronickel smelting slags contain nickel in the range of 0.1-0.2% and correspondingly, metal-slag distribution ratio values of nickel are reported even above 200. …”
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Note sur l’Étude paléopathologique des individus inhumés dans l’ancien monastère des prêtres Lóios de Arraiolos (Portugal) by Paula Tavares

“…The excavation of the north, west and east wings of the cloister, carried out in 1994 and 1995, produced many copper and gold objects, as well as human skeletons in anatomical connexion and “ossuaries”. …”
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Mathematical Physics Modelling and Prediction of Oil Spill Trajectory for a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) System by Xuanze Ju, Zili Li, Baohui Dong, Xianwu Meng, Shuguang Huang

“…The catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) system usually moored a heavy oil tanker; due to its complex working mechanism and special working environment, oil spill accidents are easy to happen. Once the oil spill accident happens, it not only causes huge economic loss, but also kills the marine ecological environment. …”
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A survey of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) distribution in Slovenia in 2007 and 2010 by Katja Kalan, Rok Kostanjšek, Enrih Merdić, Tomi Trilar

“…Mosquito larvae were sampled with a dipper or a net from various artificial containers and the adults caught by human bait catches for 15 minutes. …”
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Temporal variation in black-caiman-nest predation in varzea of central Brazilian amazonia. by Kelly Torralvo, Robinson Botero-Arias, William E Magnusson

“…However, attacks by another species of predator do not appear to be necessary to initiate attacks by any other species of predator. …”
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