Acoustic Emission and Fractal Precursory Characteristics of Coals with Different Bursting Liabilities in Loading Failure Process by Chao Wang, Yuefeng Li, Yong Li, Jianhui Xu, Chengliang Zhang

“…Our experimental results indicated that the AE count and energy of coal samples with different bursting liabilities showed a similar evolution law of “sharp increase-calm-sharp increase” before their main rupture. …”
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The “Miss Curvy Uganda” pageant: representation, commodification and exploitation of women’s bodies by Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…In early February 2019, Godfrey Kiwanda, a Uganda Junior Minister of Tourism proposed a beauty pageant dubbed, “Miss Curvy Uganda,” to publicly showcase voluptuous Ugandan women as means of attracting foreign tourists to generate more foreign currency earnings. …”
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Esophageal Perforation following Accidental Ingestion of a Razor Blade by Suraj Shrestha, Ranjan Sapkota, Suraj Bhatta, Sanjeev Kharel, Bibek Man Shrestha, Aakriti Sharma

“…Background. Ingestion of sharp foreign bodies is uncommon and often underreported. …”
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Analysis of the impact of climate change on the woody plants vegetation in the Botanical Garden of the Ukrainian National Forestry University by Nelia Lukianchuk, Levko Bliusyuk, Nadia Bliusyuk, Nataliіa Kendzora, Liliіa Koliada

“…The process of plant metabolism is closely related, first of all, to the temperature factor, and the weather conditions in 2023 were characterized by a mild winter with predominantly positive average daily air temperature values, which caused the growing season of some plants to begin too early - as early as January and early February. Sharp fluctuations in average daily temperatures and frequent frosts in the spring period caused a delay in the beginning of the growing season of most woody plants. …”
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In Dositej's footsteps: From the paradigm of the modern to the controversy about postmodern Serbian identity by Lolić Marinko V.

“…Dositej's concept of enlightenment is emphasized by some authors not only as sharp criticism of the monastic life at that time, but also a radical break with religion and Serbian Saint Sava's tradition. …”
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Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum Cosmology by Li-Fang Li, Jian-Yang Zhu

“…Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is very powerful to deal with the behavior of early universe. Moreover, the effective loop quantum cosmology gives a successful description of the universe in the semiclassical region. …”
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Considérer les enjeux d’un enseignement de la philosophie avant le lycée, en France, au prisme de la prudence intellectuelle by Marie Coasne-Khawrin

“…It suggests a return to the Aristotelian concept of prudence, phronesis, to clarify the project of the pioneers of philosophy for children (Lipman and Sharp), but defends an updating of the notion in order to understand the contemporary educational stakes of early philosophy teaching. …”
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Changer les bâtiments pour changer l’enseignement. Le projet de l’université Toulouse Le Mirail dans les années 1960 by Pauline Collet

“…In the early 1960s, the architects Georges Candilis, Shadrach Woods and Alexis Josic were chosen to design the Mirail district, which was to house several tens of thousands of inhabitants in the heart of a new city that was to become the new centre of Toulouse. …”
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Automated Estimation of Acute Infarct Volume from Noncontrast Head CT Using Image Intensity Inhomogeneity Correction by Keith A. Cauley, Gino J. Mongelluzzo, Samuel W. Fielden

“…Lack of sharp lesion boundary delineation in early infarcts precludes manual volume measures, as well as measures using edge-detection or region-filling algorithms. …”
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The Ancient Greeks in the Thought of Arvydas Šliogeris: The Ambiguity of Reception by Gintarė Škėmaitė

“…For Šliogeris’, the essence of being human lies in being “in between” these conflicting forces. The Greeks, as an early culture, exemplify the interplay of Nihil and Presence in its most genuine form. …”
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Recent Advances of Colossal Magnetoresistance in Versatile La-Ca-Mn-O Material-Based Films by Navjyoti Boora, Rafiq Ahmad, Shafaque Rahman, Nguyen Quoc Dung, Akil Ahmad, Mohammed B. Alshammari, Byeong-Il Lee

“…Additionally, we review the early findings and diverse applications of LCMO thin films. …”
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Retrospective Study of Salinomycin Toxicosis in 66 Cats by Akos Pakozdy, Iris Challande-Kathman, Marcus Doherr, Sigitas Cizinauskas, Simon J. Wheeler, Anna Oevermann, Andre Jaggy

“…It seems that the severity of clinical signs and prognosis correlate well with the amount of toxin ingested. We conclude that early recognition and decontamination combined with supportive care results in complete recovery.…”
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The Time-Space Joint Response Characteristics of AE-UT under Step Loading and Its Application by Xiaoran Wang, Xiaofei Liu, Enyuan Wang, Chong Zhang, Haishan Jia, Dexing Li

“…Moreover, the joint response of UT-AE spatial distribution field is analyzed, and an AE-UT joint monitoring method to detect early-warning signals of a rockburst disaster in a coal seam is proposed. …”
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Design of a polarization independent terahertz metamaterial absorber for biomedical sensing applications by Tasnim Mahfuz, Arif Hossan, Naymur Rahman

“…The quality factor indicates a sharp resonance peak, which is crucial for accurate sensing measurements. …”
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Effect of Fireworks, Chinese New Year and the COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Pollution and Public Attitudes by Peter Brimblecombe, Yonghang Lai

“…Abstract Concentrations of primary air pollutants are driven by emissions and weather patterns, which control their production and dispersion. The early months of the year see the celebratory use of fireworks, a week-long public holiday in China, but in 2020 overlapped in Hubei Province with lockdowns, some of > 70 days duration. …”
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Lower Limb Metaphyseal Bone Is Lost in Men with Coeliac Disease and Does Not Relate to Parathyroid Status by Michael W. J. Davie, Sally F. Evans, Christopher A. Sharp

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Colonel k. Škirpa's suggestion to guarrantee Lithuanian independence by Germany and the Soviet Union and their pledge to support Lithuania in her fight for Vilnius by Linas Locaitis

“…It was during this time that Lithuania looked to the German and Soviet governments for diplomatic support in her push to re-establish rule over the former Lithuanian capital. In the early 1930's, Germany turned its foreign policy towards an open revision of the Versailles peace accord. …”
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Slipping Rib Syndrome in a Female Adult with Longstanding Intractable Upper Abdominal Pain by Noman Ahmed Jang Khan, Saba Waseem, Saad Ullah, Hassan Mehmood

“…Awareness among health care personnel of this rare but significant disorder is necessary for early recognition. Prompt treatment can avoid unnecessary testing, radiographic exposure, and years of debilitating pain. …”
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Capacity Compensation Price Accounting of Coal-Fired Units Under the Background of New Power System by WANG Yongli, GUO Wenhui, LI Yuyang, GUO Lu, ZHANG Yuze

“…China is in the early stages of power market reform. With the gradual decline in the utilization hours of coal-fired power generation， it is difficult for coal-fired power units to recover all fixed costs by electricity price alone. …”
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Effect of Metal Dopant on Ninhydrin—Organic Nonlinear Optical Single Crystals by R. S. Sreenivasan, N. Kanagathara, G. Ezhamani, N. G. Renganathan, G. Anbalagan

“…Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the compound crystallizes in monoclinic system with noncentrosymmetric space group P21 with lattice parameters a=11.28 Å, b=5.98 Å, c=5.71 Å, α=90∘, β=98.57, γ=90∘, and V=381 (Å)3, which agrees very well with the reported value. The sharp and strong peaks in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern confirm the good crystallinity of the grown crystals. …”
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