Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Albert E. Mayfield, Jiri Hulcr, John L. Foltz

“… Black turpentine beetles bore into the inner bark of stressed or injured pines, where they breed and feed on phloem tissue. Adults are strongly attracted to volatile pine odors and readily breed in fresh stumps. …”
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Comparative Studies of Combined Influence of Variables on the Esterification Degree of Pectin Extracted by Sulfuric Acid and Citric Acid by Jun Li, Ling Zhang, Jun-fang Li, De-qiang Li

“…The hydrolysis reaction occurred more violently in the weak organic acid solution than that in the strong inorganic acid solution. The DE was significantly influenced by pH of extraction solution, extraction time, and temperature through the analysis of variance. …”
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A New Era of Capital Structure Choices in Technology Firms: Insights on Cultural Dimensions by Süleyman Değirmen, Mert Aktaş, Ömür Saltık, Filiz Bozagaç

“…Countries emphasizing individuality tend to have higher borrowing rates, whereas those with a strong preference for uncertainty avoidance exhibit higher gross margins and total debt-to-equity ratios. …”
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Comparison of Internal Fixations for Distal Clavicular Fractures Based on Loading Tests and Finite Element Analyses by Rina Sakai, Terumasa Matsuura, Kensei Tanaka, Kentaro Uchida, Masaki Nakao, Kiyoshi Mabuchi

“…It is difficult to apply strong and stable internal fixation to a fracture of the distal end of the clavicle because it is unstable, the distal clavicle fragment is small, and the fractured region is near the acromioclavicular joint. …”
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Deterioration of Li-doped phenanthroline-based charge generation layer for tandem organic light-emitting diodes by Ki Ju Kim, Sunwoo Kang, Taekyung Kim

“…Overall, Li diffusion occurs more favorably in sparse Bphen film with weak binding energy rather than closely packed BPPB film with strong binding energy, which highlights that atomic geometry and morphological characteristics are crucial for the stability of tandem devices.…”
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Investigation of Soil-Structure Interaction for Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures under Earthquake Load by Saffet Kılıçer, Korhan Özgan

“…One of the most common natural disasters in our country is earthquakes with strong ground motion. Earthquake damages structures with the impact of ground shaking. …”
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From megaprojects to tourism gentrification? The case of Santa Cruz Verde 2030 (Canary Islands, Spain) by Marcus Hübscher

“…The project is estimated to increase the city’s green areas by 39 % and the number of hotel beds by 70 %, provoking a strong touristifaction. Santa Cruz Verde 2030 stands for a new type of megaprojects, offering a variety of uses and sustainability wordings. …”
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Metal pollution status and health risk assessment of beach sediments along the Mersin coast, Turkey by Özbay Özgür, Akçay İsmail

“…However, the high ecological risk indices calculated in this study strongly suggested an apparent Cd, Cr and Ni pollution in the studied beach sediments due to natural and anthropogenic contamination. …”
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Structure and Properties of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes/Polystyrene Composites Prepared via Coagulation Precipitation Technique by I. N. Mazov, V. L. Kuznetsov, D. V. Krasnikov, N. A. Rudina, A. I. Romanenko, O. B. Anikeeva, V. I. Suslyaev, E. Yu. Korovin, V. A. Zhuravlev

“…According to microscopy data, composite powder consists of the polystyrene matrix forming spherical particles with diameter ca. 100–200 nm, and the surface of MWNT is strongly wetted by the polymer forming thin layer with 5–10 nm thickness. …”
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An exploratory study of interpretability for face presentation attack detection by Ana F. Sequeira, Tiago Gonçalves, Wilson Silva, João Ribeiro Pinto, Jaime S. Cardoso

“…Abstract Biometric recognition and presentation attack detection (PAD) methods strongly rely on deep learning algorithms. Though often more accurate, these models operate as complex black boxes. …”
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Circularly polarized dual-band resonance in a miniaturized implantable antenna using combined hexagonal and rhombic patches by Shanmugam Kumaravel, Madurakavi Karthikeyan

“…The antenna is noteworthy for achieving circular polarization with a broad axial ratio bandwidth of 24.6%, which enables strong performance throughout its operating frequencies. …”
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Preparation and Evaluation of Intravaginal Ring Containing Drospirenone by Ying Zhang, Chun-Xiao Li, Mei-Ying Ning, Xue-Yan Duan, Ying Liu

“…It was found that, under strong light exposure, high temperature, and high humidity conditions, drospirenone and excipients had no significant interactions. …”
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Adoptive cell transfer of piezo-activated macrophage rescues immunosuppressed rodents from life-threating bacterial infections by Xiaoyi Liu, Wenxiu Xu, Junkun Feng, Ying Wang, Kai Li, Yi Chen, Wenjun Wang, Weiwei Zhao, Shaohua Ge, Jianhua Li

“…We show that piezoNPs strongly interact with macrophages within subcutaneous abscesses caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections, and demonstrate that this interaction enhances the macrophage-mediated antibacterial phagocytosis and killing activity through intracellular piezocatalysis. …”
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Indirubin-3′-oxime as a dual-action agent: mitigating heat-induced male infertility in Drosophila melanogaster and inhibiting soluble epoxide hydrolase by Nguyen Viet Phong, Hyo-Sung Kim, Yan Zhao, Eunbyul Yeom, Seo Young Yang

“…Molecular docking showed strong interactions between I3O and key residues in the allosteric regions within the sEH enzyme, with a binding affinity of −9.2 kcal/mol. …”
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Feature Extraction of Weak-Bearing Faults Based on Laplace Wavelet and Orthogonal Matching Pursuit by Lei Hou, Junxiao Zhao, Shiwei Dun, Yufeng Cai, Yang Yang, Junzhi Xu, Chuanzong Sun

“…The transient impact component of early bearing faults is not obvious, and the traditional basis function expansion method is poor in feature extraction under strong noise conditions. In this paper, a transient feature extraction technique is proposed based on Laplace wavelet and orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm and combined with sparse representation theory. …”
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Sens i celowość ofiary z siebie. Utajony dyskurs „Donniego Darko” by Grzegorz Nadgrodkiewicz

“…Jednocześnie Nadgrodkiewicz zwraca uwagę, że rekonstruowany dyskurs utajony nie stoi w opozycji do filmowego dyskursu powierzchniowego, ale razem z nim tworzy koherentną, acz przewrotną konstrukcję, w której warstwa przekazów oficjalnych odnosi się do mrocznej strony wydarzeń i tragicznych losów bohatera, zaś warstwa podskórna pozwala na konstatacje dotyczące sensu i celowości ofiary, jaką nastoletni Donnie ponosi dla dobra swoich bliskich. …”
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIVING HADITH TO INCREASE THE LEARNING MOTIVATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS by Putri Nadha Setyaningrum, Yasri Mandar

“…The results showed that in SLB Bhakti Kencana 1 Berbah the application of hadith about learning motivation was carried out through writing, oral and practice. Providing strong learning motivation to children with special needs is very important because it can help them overcome the various problems they face. …”
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Validation of a multiplexed immunoassay for immunological analysis of pre erythrocytic malaria vaccines by L. K. Stockdale, S. Provstgaard-Morys, D. Bellamy, D. Woods, K. Rapi, A. Bajer, B. Hollingdale, O. Muñoz, S. Malik, A. V. S. Hill, K. J. Ewer

“…The assay was shown to be robust and specific, with a broad dynamic range. We report a strong linear relationship between NANP6 IgG as measured by the singleplex ELISA and the multiplexed assay with rho values of 0.89 and 0.88 for two separate clinical trials (both p < 0.0005). …”
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Hepatic Steatosis Aggravates Vascular Calcification via Extracellular Vesicle‐Mediated Osteochondrogenic Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Zhao‐Lin Zeng, Zhi‐Bo Zhao, Qing Yuan, Shi‐Qi Yang, Zhen‐Xing Wang, Zuo Wang, Shi‐Yu Zeng, An‐Qi Li, Qian Chen, Guo‐Qiang Zhu, Xin‐Hua Xiao, Guang‐Hua Luo, Hai‐Yan Luo, Jiao‐Yang Li, Xu‐Yu Zu, Hui Xie, Jiang‐Hua Liu

“…Abstract The global incidence of metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has risen sharply. This condition is strongly associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but how MAFLD affects the development and progression of CVD, particularly concerning vascular calcification, remains unclear. …”
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« Vouloir de la politique » by Isabelle Rivoal

“…However, in this society marked by confessionalism, young people distinguish themselves by their very strong politicisation. Based on an ethnography of the partisan socialisation of Druze youths, the article shows how youths “detach” themselves from their family positioning in order to become the “army of the president [Walid Joumblatt]”. …”
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