Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Soil Infiltration and Runoff in the Gully Regions on the Loess Plateau by MA Xueyan, MU Xingmin, WANG Shuangyin, BAI Yungang, NIU Fangpeng

“…[Results] (1) Vegetation restoration significantly increased the values of soil infiltration characteristics and capacity, with the order of artificial forest > natural grassland > corn farmland. (2) Compared to bare ground, grassland increased the transformation of rainfall into soil storage, reduced surface runoff, and led to the appearance of multiple layers of interflow. (3) Compared to bare ground, grassland showed more rapid changes in soil moisture content, richer runoff components, and less runoff volume. (4) When the intensity of rainfall on bare ground was much greater than the infiltration capacity of the land, surface runoff would be formed rapidly, and the amount of infiltration would be small, and there was a shallow and relatively impermeable layer in naturally restored grassland, and there was a big difference between the infiltration capacity of the upper and lower soil layers, so as to form a loamy mid-stream. …”
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The Research on Strain-Softening Characteristics and Local Fracture Law of Deep Granite Roadway by Chuang Sun, Yunhe Ao, Laigui Wang

“…It was seen from the numerical simulation analyses of surrounding rock local fracture properties in deep roadways that plastic shear strain appeared in the local areas of roadway vault and arch foot, which basically coincided with the damage location and depth of surrounding roadway rocks.…”
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Life expectancy of cats in Britain: moggies and mollies live longer by Fernando Mata

“…Unlike dogs, cats were not selectively bred for specific roles until the late 1800s, resulting in breeds defined primarily by appearance, which sometimes leads to genetic disorders. …”
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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Clinically Defined Parkinson’s Disease: An Updated Review of Literature by Paloma Macías-García, Raúl Rashid-López, Álvaro J. Cruz-Gómez, Elena Lozano-Soto, Florencia Sanmartino, Raúl Espinosa-Rosso, Javier J. González-Rosa

“…Patients with more significant cognitive deficits and higher levels of NPS appeared to be of older age with a longer disease duration and to have more severe motor symptoms. …”
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Phenotypic Plasticity in Gut Length in the Planktivorous Filter-Feeding Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) by Zhixin Ke, Xie Ping, Longgen Guo

“…There was a nearly significant negative correlation between zooplankton proportion in the diet and the relative gut length when silver carp were stocked in a high density (p = 0.112). It appears that silver carp might have evolved plasticity to change their gut length rapidly to facilitate efficient utilization of food resources. …”
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Limb Dominance Does Not Affect Y-Balance Test Performance in Non-Athlete Adolescents by Carissa A. Stoddard, Sharon Wang-Price, Satoko E. Lam

“… # Conclusion Limb dominance does not seem to be a factor for YBT-LQ performance in this population. The YBT-LQ appears to be a reliable tool for dynamic balance assessment in non-athlete adolescents using the individual score of each direction. …”
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The Economics of Immortality: The Demi-Immortal Oriental, Enlightenment Vitalism, and Political Economy in Dracula by J. Jeffrey Franklin

“…This character type began appearing with increasing frequency in the early nineteenth century for a range of specific historical reasons stemming from the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and Romanticism, but I will focus, secondly, on one specific historical precedent, namely “Enlightenment vitalism” and its subsequent expression as Mesmeric vitalism. …”
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Concerning the system of principles of scientific knowledge for the State power digitization by Emin Najafli

“…As a result, digitalization appears as a fragment of human activity to implement certain concepts that involve a conscious and appropriate transformation of state power and it is "the effectiveness of the influence of law on public relations that depends on the subject of law. …”
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Self-Sacrifice of a Scientist in Soviet-Russian Cinema by S. M. Medvedeva

“…Finally we ague, that in the late soviet time appeared a trend to show the sacrifice in the name of science as a senseless and useless action. …”
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A Review of Characterization Approaches for Smallholder Farmers: Towards Predictive Farm Typologies by Devotha G. Nyambo, Edith T. Luhanga, Zaipuna Q. Yonah

“…Cluster-based algorithms appeared to be the mostly used in characterizing smallholder farmers. …”
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Misir Basininda II . Abdülmecİd (1922-1926) by Hilal Livaoğlu Menküç

“…Abdülmecid, halife, hilafet, saltanat, Mısır, basın.ABDULMEJİD II İN THE EGYPTİAN PRESS (1922-1926)AbstractAbdulmejid II, elected by Turkish Parliament as the Caliph of Muslims in18th November 1922, remained in office until the abolishment of the caliphate.This period of 16 months has witnessed an intensive activity inthe Egyptian Press involving the new Caliph’s limited authority which wasfound unorthodox, appearently. His relationship with Ankara Governmentwas also discussed in detail. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF OPENNESS OF THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL MORALITY by V. V. Nadurak

“…The purpose of this paper is to investigate the specificity of the openness of the system of social morality to influence of the various phenomena of natural and social being. …”
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Effects of Vacancy Cluster Defects on Electrical and Thermodynamic Properties of Silicon Crystals by Pei-Hsing Huang, Chi-Ming Lu

“…The results can be ascribed to the formation of a defect level produced by the dangling bonds, floating bonds, or high-strain atoms surrounding the VC defects. The appearance of imaginary frequencies in the phonon spectrum of defective Si crystals indicates that the defect-region structure is dynamically unstable and demonstrates phase changes. …”
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Batılı Gezginlerin Gözlem ve Değerlendirmelerinde Ankara Keçisi by Mehmet AK

“…They analysed the Angora goats in terms of appearance, the environment they lived, and their wool (mohair). …”
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‘Empty signifier’: The concept of ‘populism’ in the contemporary mainstream political science by L. G. Fishman

“…The paper aims to clarify the origins of contemporary populism, as well as to outline the prospects for further research on this matter. …”
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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Generation Strategy and Epigenetic Mystery behind Reprogramming by Pengfei Ji, Sasicha Manupipatpong, Nina Xie, Yujing Li

“…However, such studies of ESC have been hampered by the ethical issues and technological challenges surrounding them, therefore dramatically inhibiting the potential applications of ESC in basic biomedical studies and clinical medicine. …”
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Cracked components under anti-plane loading: recent outcomes and future developments by F. Berto

“…The influence of plate bending is increasingly important as the thickness decreases. It appears that a new field parameter, probably a singularity, is needed to describe the stresses at the free surfaces. …”
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Rinosinusitis Kronis dengan Komplikasi Abses Periorbita by Effy Huriyati, Bestari Jaka Budiman, Heru Kurniawan Anwar

“…Diagnosis can be confirmed by anamnesis, physical examination either ENT department or Opthalmic department, nasoendoscopic, computer tomographic that showed homogenous appearence on the orbital and paranasal sinuses and also MRI. …”
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Le traitement funéraire des enfants décédés avant un an dans l’Antiquité : études de cas by Frédérique Blaizot, Gersende Alix, Emmanuel Ferber

“…The hypothesis of a differential preservation of the skeletons of the youngest children appears justifiable in all three examined series, in relation to the depth of the graves and to the type of burial practised. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Accelerated Corneal Cross-Linking for Pediatric Keratoconus by Abdelrahman Salman, Taym Darwish, Marwan Ghabra, Obeda Kailani, Hussam Khalil, Rafea Shaaban

“…Our 24-month follow-up demonstrated that accelerated corneal cross-linking appears to halt the progression of keratoconus in pediatric patients without apparent complications. …”
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