Production of C3+ Olefins and Propylene from Ethanol by Zr-Modified H-ZSM-5 Zeolite Catalysts by Megumu Inaba, Kazuhisa Murata, Isao Takahara, Ken-ichiro Inoue

“…In general, catalysts exhibiting the higher initial yield of propylene showed the steeper decrease in propylene yield as the reaction proceeded. …”
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Schering Rosenhanes kärleksvisa: En herdes väg från Seine till Sverige by Anna Blennow

“…Den svenske diplomaten och ämbetsmannen Schering Rosenhane (1609–1663) identifieras här som författaren till en visa i 13 rimmade strofer (bevarad i Handskriftsavdelningen, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek), i vilken författarpersonan, vid namn Sylvander, klagar över sin olyckliga kärlek till Fillis, som inte besvarar hans känslor. …”
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Stability evaluation of tunnels in steeply dipping layered rock mass using numerical models: a case study by Eleyas Assefa, Kidusyared Tilahun, Siraj Mulugeta Assefa, Nagessa Zerihun Jilo, Lysandros Pantelidis, Costas Sachpazis

“…The results indicate that λ increases with steeper dip angles, such as 60° and 90°, and decreases as the layers are positioned farther from the tunnel center, for instance, two tunnel widths above or below. …”
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Let’s Not Tempt Fate: The Influence of Future Time-Orientation, Fatalism, and Superstition on Willingness to Report Expectations about Future Health by Lemi Baruh, Celia K. Naivar Sen, Zeynep Cemalcilar, G. Tarcan Kumkale

“…This association was moderated by future time orientation such that for individuals with higher future time orientation (vs. present time orientation), higher superstition was associated with a steeper increase in the probability of avoidance of future health predictions. …”
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Intelligence and obesity during the obesity epidemic by Rebecca B. Clarke, Gunhild T. Okholm, Erik L. Mortensen, Merete Osler, Cathrine L. Wimmelmann, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

“…The ITS displayed inverse J-shaped associations with BMI, with ITS peaking around a BMI of 20 kg/m2 and declining with higher BMI, although with a somewhat steeper decline in the early than in the late cohort. …”
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A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam by Anh Van Pham, Thomas Ziegler, Cuong The Pham, Thao Ngoc Hoang, Hanh Thi Ngo, Minh Duc Le

“…Scincella truongi sp. nov. is characterized by a combination of the following characters: size medium (SVL up to 59.4 mm); primary temporals 2; external ear opening without lobules; loreals two; supralabials seven or eight; infralabials six or seven; nuchals in three pairs; midbody scales in 28 rows; dorsal scales smooth, in six rows across the back; paravertebral scales 60–67, not widened; ventral scales in 60–70 rows; ten smooth lamellae beneath finger IV and 13–15 beneath toe IV; toes not reaching to fingers when limbs adpressed along body; dorsal surface of body and tail bronze brown with few black spots, a dark stripe running from nostril to eye and extending from posterior corner of eye along upper part of flank to the middle of the tail. …”
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Intein-mediated split SaCas9 for genome editing in plants by Danling Hu, Lizhe Hu, Yaqiang Lu, Xiao Dong, Xingyu Cao, Shasha Bai, Lingang Zhang, Dongming Li, Yongwei Sun

“…Additionally, we constructed barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV)-based vectors to co-express Split-v1 SaCas9 and gRNAs targeting LcHRC, LcGW2, and LcTB1 in sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis), a Gramineae forage species known for its recalcitrance to genetic transformation. …”
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Durability of carbon dioxide removal is critical for Paris climate goals by Cyril Brunner, Zeke Hausfather, Reto Knutti

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Seismic Fragility Analysis of the Reinforced Concrete Continuous Bridge Piers Based on Machine Learning and Symbolic Regression Fusion Algorithms by Hanbo Zhu, Changqing Miao

“…Finally, the probabilistic seismic demand analysis (PSDA) and seismic fragility analysis were performed by the cloud-stripe method. Taking the pier of a three-span continuous reinforced concrete hollow slab bridge as an example, a nonlinear finite element model was established for vulnerability analysis. …”
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Manipulation of the magnetic monopole injection for topological transition by Hee-Sung Han, Sergio A. Montoya, Eric E. Fullerton, Weilun Chao, Soong-Geun Je, Ki‐Suk Lee, Mi-Young Im

“…Here, we report the use of reliably manipulated magnetic monopole injection in the topological transition from stripe domains to skyrmions in an Fe/Gd multilayer. …”
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Reliability of Time-Temperature Indicator From Corn and Red Palm Oil Blending For Monitoring Microbial Growth of Pasteurized Milk by Reza Widyasaputra, Ryan Firman Syah, Adi Ruswanto, Masna Yanti Fau

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Automatic optical inspection of microscale defects on curved surfaces by Hiroya KANO, Hiroshi OHNO, Hideaki OKANO

“…This imaging system is equipped with a stripe-patterned multicolor filter and a radially diffusing illumination light. …”
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Development and laboratory evaluation of a novel IoT-based electric-driven metering system for high precision garlic planter. by Abdallah Elshawadfy Elwakeel, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Ahmed Z Dewidar, Ali Salem, Mohamed Anwer Abdeen

“…A combination of an infrared (IR) sensor, Arduino Mega board, stepper motor, speed sensor, and a Wi-Fi module was employed to operate the EDMS, as well as monitor and count the quantity of garlic seeds during the planting process and determine the qualified rate (QR) and missing rate (MR). …”
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Développement urbain durable des villes côtières, risques et gestion intégrée des zones côtières (GIZC) by Marie-Claude Tabar-Nouval

“…Pour les familiers des questions maritimes et littorales, il existe une évidence au moins théorique, seule l’approche « gestion intégrée », la GIZC (gestion intégrée des zones côtières) peut aider à stopper la dégradation du milieu marin. La GIZC est une méthode et un état d’esprit caractérisé par la volonté de deux mondes de culture administrative, scientifique ou professionnelle différente (les « maritimes » et les « terriens ») de travailler ensemble, par nécessité et par soucis d’efficacité, au-delà des clivages et conflits d’usages qui les opposent traditionnellement. …”
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Real-world evaluation of an evidence-based telemental health program for PTSD symptoms by Jocelynn T. Owusu, Lu Wang, Shih-Yin Chen, Robert E. Wickham, Scott T. Michael, Nazneen F. Bahrassa, Alethea Varra, Jennifer L. Lee, Connie Chen, Anita Lungu

“…On average, participants with baseline PCL-5 < 31 exhibited statistically significant declines in PTSD symptoms during care, while participants with baseline PCL-5 ≥ 31 showed statistically significantly steeper initial declines in PTSD symptoms that became less pronounced over time. …”
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Chest CT characterization of children with necrotizing pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection by Jiapu Hou, Ruiyang Sun, Xue Zhang, Wanyu Jia, Peng Li, Chunlan Song

“…CT manifestations after clinical treatment may be approximately normal or leave a striped shadow, lung atelectasis, or pleural thickening.…”
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Evaluation of Penalty Corner Success Rates for Indoor Hockey Players by Sumbara Hambali, Deni Muharam, Gugun Gunawan, Veny Juniarni Hardi

“…For the research instrument, the penalty corner test was used, which researchers analyzed starting from feeder-stopper-shooter and also success in putting the ball into the goal. …”
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Method for Increasing of Lens Gluing Technological Process Efficiency and a Reliable Evaluation of Output Controlled Parameters by R. V. Fiodоrtsev, E. A. Metelskaya, V. A. Marchik, A. V. Kuznetsov, A. E. Makarevich

“…The decentering value 2Δe is determined and a corrective control voltage is applied to three stepper motors and pushers for transverse movement of the glued optical part.Specialized software has been developed for automatically bringing the position of the autocollimating crosshair to the center of the measuring scale of the grid based on a combination of two methods of “least squares” and “successive approximation”. …”
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Maksimovka I Grave Field (Forest-Steppe Volga Region): Results of the 2019 Excavations by Arkadii I. Korolev, Anton A. Shalapinin

“…The latter’s grave goods included flint arrowheads, a scraper, a bone spearhead, a pendant, beads, piercings and marmot incisors. …”
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Genetic profile of domestic cat (<i>Felis catus</i> L.) population of Aoshima Island (Japan) by S. K. Kholin

“…Most cats have interrupted stripes (genotype Ti+Ti+TaM-). The island’s population differs from the other populations of the Japanese islands in the frequencies of two mutant alleles, O and a. …”
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