Complex cure kinetics of self-healing copolyester vitrimers via isothermal thermogravimetric analysis by Louis O. Vaught, Jacob L. Meyer, Omar El Arwadi, Tanaya Mandal, Ahmad Amiri, Mohammad Naraghi, Andreas A. Polycarpou

“…When combined with significant observed mass loss below the expected cure temperature and findings in prior work, this indicates that the apparent cure process may be driven by thermodynamically-favorable bond exchange reactions.…”
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The use of English as medium of instruction and students’ readiness to learn in English by Solomon Areaya Kassa, Daniel Tefera Abebe

“…The performance of students who made the transition in grade nine is significantly lower than those of others in almost all examination periods. There is an apparent difference in the performance of students who transitioned from a mother-tongue language to English as the medium of instruction at different levels. …”
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Two mechanisms of membrane digestion: enzymatic-transport ensemble exists for oligopeptides as well by S. T. Metelsky, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Decrease of sodium-independent dipeptide transport component along with рН is related, apparently, to functioning of proton-dependent PepT1 in enterocyte apical membrane. …”
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Mechanical Properties and Constitutive Model of Geopolymer Lightweight Aggregate Concrete by Peng Ren, Weijie Zhang, Xiaopeng Ye, Xi Liu

“…The results show that GLAC has the characteristics of being lightweight and having early strength. The dry apparent density of the prepared concrete is within the range of 1712–1902 kg/m³. …”
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The use of English as medium of instruction and students’ readiness to learn in English by Solomon Areaya Kassa, Daniel Tefera Abebe

“…The performance of students who made the transition in grade nine is significantly lower than those of others in almost all examination periods. There is an apparent difference in the performance of students who transitioned from a mother-tongue language to English as the medium of instruction at different levels. …”
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Physicochemical Study of Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Supported Palygorskite Clay Mineral by Lahcen Bouna, Benaissa Rhouta, Francis Maury

“…It follows a Langmuir-Hinshelwood model with a first-order reaction and an apparent rate constant of about 2.9×10-2 min−1.…”
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Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City Idea and the Ideology of Industrialism by Jean-Yves Tizot

“…Howard purported to transcend the apparent contradiction between socialism and capitalism by planting his vision firmly on the common ground of these two supposedly incompatible conceptions of society. …”
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Territoires méridionaux et îles australes : laboratoires du masculin dans les premiers romans d’aventures pour garçons victoriennes by Valentine Prévot

“…These southern and austral spaces, apparently marginal, end up being devoured by and swallowed in the centre, becoming the centre in their turn.…”
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Cultivated and Fallow Land in the Highlands of Cañar (Ecuadorean South Andes): Effects of Farmer Emigration on an Agrarian Landscape by Michel Vaillant, Marc Oswald

“…A decade later, the agrarian landscape reveals a strange paradox: some sections of the landscape, apparently abandoned to wilderness, suggest a progressive decline in agriculture, whereas others suggest the progression of a fodder front to higher altitudes. …”
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Laser-induced texturing: A sustainable approach to self-cleaning mechanisms in solar panel by Rahool Rai, Mahadzir Ishak, Aiman Bin Mohd Halil, M.M. Quazi, Sudhakar Kumarasamy

“…Despite the limitation in literature on this specific topic, this study integrates available information to provide a comprehensive overview. Apparently, the challenges posed by sunlight reflection and dust accumulation on photovoltaic panels are addressed through the application of anti-reflective and self-cleaning coatings. …”
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Imaging Shallow Velocity Structure of an Inactive Fault by Airgun Seismic Source: A Case Study of Xiliushui Fault in Qiliang Mountain by Manzhong Qin, Baichen Wu, Yi Wang, Xueyi Shang, Yuansheng Zhang, Xuzhou Liu, Xiao Guo, Rui Zou, Yahong Wang, Dianfeng Sun

“…The FZ extent range and boundaries were inverted by apparent travel time delays and amplification patterns across the fault. …”
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Rapid life-history evolution reinforces competitive asymmetry between invasive and resident species by Chapuis, Elodie, Jarne, Philippe, David, Patrice

“…In addition, our experiments suggest that A. marmorata populations having experienced competition by P. acuta for sufficient time in nature, have evolved to become even less tolerant to it. Though apparently paradoxical, this result supports the hypothesis that rapid life-history evolution has allowed A. marmorata not to resist competition, but to avoid it by increasing its specialization into the colonizer lifestyle previously documented by long-term field surveys. …”
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Rare Somatic MEN1 Gene Pathogenic Variant in a Patient Affected by Atypical Parathyroid Adenoma by Luigia Cinque, Flavia Pugliese, Celeste Clemente, Stefano Castellana, Maria Pia Leone, Danilo de Martino, Teresa Balsamo, Claudia Battista, Tommaso Biagini, Paolo Graziano, Marco Castori, Alfredo Scillitani, Vito Guarnieri

“…We report the clinical, histologic, and molecular findings of a 44-year-old woman, presenting with a histologically proved atypical parathyroid adenoma with an apparent aggressive behaviour. Methods and Results. …”
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Early prediction of Li-ion cell failure from EIS derived from current–voltage time series by M T Wilson, V Farrow, C J Dunn, L Cowie, M J Cree, J Bjerkan, A Stefanovska, J B Scott

“…In this work we have cycled in the laboratory a previously-aged 3.2 A h, 3.6 V 18650 INR LiNi _x Mn _y Co $ _{1-x-y}$ O _2 cell for 300 d until failure was apparent, using a current waveform representative of use in an electric vehicle application. …”
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Effects of Dietary Coated Folic Acid and Folic Acid Addition on Lactation Performance, Rumen Fermentation, and Hepatic Lipid Content in Early Lactation Dairy Cows by Nan Sun, Songming Zou, Jiaxin Feng, Gang Guo, Qiang Liu, Yawei Zhang, Lei Chen, Wenjie Huo, Cong Wang

“…This study evaluated the influences of coated folic acid (CFA) and folic acid (FA) on lactation performance, apparent digestibility, rumen volatile fatty acid (VFA) production, blood metabolism, and hepatic lipid content in cows. …”
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Analysis of Horizontal Dynamic Response of a Single Pile in Layered Foundations Based on the Timoshenko–Pasternak Model by Jie Jiang, Wencheng Chai

“…The results show that (1) the pile bottom boundary condition and pile length have almost no effect on the pile top impedance after the single pile reaches the critical value of the length-to-diameter ratio. (2) The trend of pile top impedance becomes increasingly evident with increasing dimensionless frequency. (3) The pile top impedance increases with the decrease in the pile-soil elastic modulus ratio, and the changing trend becomes increasingly apparent; meanwhile, the influence of the elastic modulus of the surface soil on the pile top impedance is much more significant than the influence of the underlying soil on it.…”
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Temperature control of shoot growth and floral initiation in apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) by Ola M. Heide, Rodmar Rivero, Anita Sønsteby

“…These opposite effects of temperature have apparently confounded the understanding of the environmental control of flowering in apple.…”
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Enhancing Urban Thermal Environment and Energy Sustainability With Temperature‐Adaptive Radiative Roofs by Keer Zhang, Lei Zhao, Keith Oleson, Xinchang “Cathy” Li, Xuhui Lee

“…Sensitivities of air temperature to changes in emissivity and albedo are associated with local “apparent” net longwave radiation and incoming solar radiation, respectively. …”
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Changes in the Major Antioxidant Compounds of Red Cabbage Under Water Stress Applied at Different Vegetative Growth Periods by Okan Erken, Umut Mucan, Bayram Kızılkaya, Murat Yıldırım

“…Effective and efficient use of water resources has become an important issue in recent studies, where the impacts of climate change has become more apparent and alternative solutions are discussed. There, however, are limited studies that look at the impacts of water stress at different vegetative periods. …”
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Estimation of stepwise crack propagation in ceramic laminates with strong interfaces by K. Štegnerová, P. Hutař

“…This results to the higher value of so-called apparent fracture toughness, i.e. higher resistance of the ceramic laminate to the crack propagation. …”
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